BV  4225  .F76  1883 
Foster,  Elon. 
Cyclopaedia  of  poetry 


M 


CYCLOPJIDIA  OF  SACEED  POETRY; 


COMPRISING 


POEMS  ON   THE  SCENES,  INCIDENTS, 
PEKSONS,  AND    PLACES 


OF 


THE   BIBLE. 


FOSTER'S    CYCLOPEDIAS. 


CYCLOPEDIA  OF  PROSE  ILLUSTRATIONS,   ......  Vol.    I. 

CYCLOPEDIA  OF  PROSE  ILLUSTRATIONS, Vol.  IL 

CYCLOPEDIA  OF  POETICAL  ILLUSTRATIONS,    .....  Vol.    L 

CYCLOPEDIA  OF  POETICAL  ILLUSTRATIONS  AND  INDEXES,  .        .  Vol.  IL 


CYCLOPiEDIA  OF  POETRY. 

SECOND  SERIES. 

EMBRACING  POEMS  DESCEIPTIYE 

OF  THE 

SCENES,  INCIDENTS,  PERSONS  AND  PLACES 


OF 


THE  BIBLE. 


ALSO 


IJNTDEXES 


TO 


FOSTER'S  CYCLOPEDIAS, 


By  Eey.  ELON  FOSTEE,  D.D. 


Poetry  is  in  itself  a  thing  of  God  ; 

He  made  His  prophets  poets,  and  the  more 

We  feel  of  poesy  do  we  become 

Like  God  in  love  and  power. 

Philip  James  Bailey. 


SECOND  THOUSAND. 

NEW  YORK: 

THOMAS  Y.  CROWELL  &  CO., 

13  AsTOR  Place. 

1883. 


Copyright,  1881, 

Bt  elon  foster. 

AU  rights  reserved. 


The  Christian  poets  of  all  ages  have  delighted  amid  Bible  scenes  and  per- 
sonages, and  have  derived  their  highest  inspirations  from  them.  They  sing 
of  Abel,  Abraham,  Cain,  Daniel,  Elijah,  Judas,  Moses,  Paul,  Peter,  and  the 
great  host  of  Bible  worthies  and  sometimes  unworthies.  They  gaze  into  Eden 
and  into  the  New  Jerusalem,  walk  about  Jericho  and  about  Zion,  and  tune 
David's  harp  anew.  They  portray  Pharaoh's  overthrow,  Nebuchadnezzar's  doom, 
and  Babylon's  downfall.  The  scenes  of  the  Old  and  the  incidents  of  the  New 
Testament  have  alike  "strung  and  tuned  their  lyres."  Scarcely  a  scene,  char- 
acter, event,  or  place  of  the  Bible  but  has  been  the  theme  of  song. 

This  volume  is  a  Cyclopedia  of  Sacred  Poetry,  limited  to  the  scenes, 
incidents,  persons,  and  places  of  the  Bible.  Its  object  is  to  bring  to  the  focus  of 
an  alphabet  all  the  desirable  material  in  this  department  of  poetic  literature. 
It  is  intended  to  be  comprehensive,  and  as  nearly  exhaustive  as  could  be  desired 
in  such  a  work. 

The  editor  has  made  a  special  study  of  the  whole  field  from  which  appro- 
priate material  could  be  drawn.  Eare  volumes  have  fiirnished  their  quota. 
Nearly  all  the  standard  poets  are  represented  here.  The  magazines  of  a  hundred 
years  have  yielded  their  stores.  The  "Lyra"  books  and  the  "Lays  of  Bible 
Lands "  have  been  searched  through.  Some  whose  works  are  out  of  print,  as 
Kev.  William  Knox  and  George  Croly,  LL.D.,  will  be  found  here  as  in  no  other 
available  volume.  Many  original  contributions  have  been  made  to  this  volume 
that  are  not  unworthy  of  a  place  among  the  masterpieces  of  poesy.  Hymns 
have  been  generally  excluded.  The  poems  are  given  without  abridgment  or 
amendment. 

The  method  of  the  volume  is  alphabetical,  and  its  subjects  may  be  as  readily 
found  as  words  in  a  dictionary.  The  superiority  of  the  arrangement  is  shown  by 
the  fact  that  all  the  great  Cyclopaedias  adopt  it. 

This  book  will  be  an  appropriate  companion  of  the  Bible,  in  the  pastor's 
library  or  on  the  center-table  of  the  family.  From  the  scenes  in  that  immortal 
book  it  will  ever  be  a  pleasure  to  turn  to  their  poetical  representations  in  this. 

Thanks  are  due,  for  special  favors,  to  Kev.  D wight  "Williams,  Eev.  Homer 
N.  Dunning,  Oliver  Crane,  D.D.,  George  Lansing  Taylor,  D.D.,  S.  D.  Phelps, 


D.D.,  Henry  Wadsworth  Longfellow,  and  many  other  helpers.     Attention  is 
also  called  to  the  preface  of  the  first  volume  of  Poetical  Illustrations. 

A  personal  word.  About  twenty  years  ago  a  railroad  accident  disabled  the 
author  of  these  works  from  regular  pastoral  service.  One  Sunday  afternoon, 
while  waiting  with  emj)ty  hands,  the  seed-thought  which  developed  into  these 
four  volumes  was  dropped  into  his  mind.  Some  years  after,  a  clerical  friend 
wrote  :  "I  thank  God  for  your  injury,  for  without  it,  I  suppose,  we  should 
not  have  had  your  eminently  helpful  books." 

With  thanks  to  many  friends  for  the  kind  reception  extended  to  his  former 
volumes,  and  with  the  hope  that  this  may  add  to  their  usefulness,  the  present 
work  is  respectfully  submitted. 

ELON  FOSTER 

133  Hewes  Street,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


INDEXES. 


Thirty-four  thousand  yolumes  of  the  CyclopcBdias  of  Prose  and  Poetical 
Illustrations  in  the  hands  of  clergymen  and  other  teachers,  has  created  a  de- 
mand for  elaborate  indexes,  which  it  is  here  sought  to  supply. 

The  Akalytical  Index  brings  to  the  focus  of  a  single  alphabet  all  the 
subjects  and  divisions  of  subjects  illustrated  in  any  of  the  volumes.  A  similar 
index  of  equal  copiousness  is  not  elsewhere  to  be  found. 

The  Author's  Indexes  give  the  date  and  nationality  of  the  writer,  then 
the  numbers  referring  to  his  writings.  The  poets  and  prose  writers  are  in 
separate  indexes.  These  make  it  possible  to  find  all  articles  of  any  author  or 
class  of  writers,  and  converts  the  work  into  an  available  treasury  of  the  best 
authors  both  prose  and  poetical. 

The  GrENERAL  Index,  embracing  anecdotes  of  persons  and  titles  of  poems, 
is  combined  with  the  Analytical  Index.  Around  the  great  names  of  history 
much  of  literature  clusters.  Under  Alexander  the  Great  there  are  sixty-four 
references  ;  under  Lord  Byron  nine.  By  this  Index  history  and  biography  are 
fairly  covered.  If  it  is  desired  to  find  a  series  of  classic  illustrations  or  anec- 
dotes of  any  i^erson,  turn  to  Aristotle,  Diogenes,  Plutarch,  Socrates  or  other 
classic  names  or  authors.  So,  if  any  other  class  of  illustrations  or  authors  is 
required. 

The  Textual  Index  connects  about  fifteen  thousand  illustrations  to  per- 
tinent scripture-texts,  thus  converting  the  work  into  a  novel  and  interesting 
commentary.  This  will  be  found  a  great  help  to  Bible  readings,  and  the  illus- 
tration of  any  Text  or  Sunday-school  lesson .  Incidents  connected  with  partic- 
ular texts  can  here  be  found,  and  their  history  shown. 

The  Topical  Indexes  are  intended  to  enable  any  one  to  make  more  ex- 
haustive search  through  synonymous  and  related  subjects.  Names  of  j)oems 
are  found  in  alphabetical  order  in  the  general  index.  First  lines  of  poems  have 
their  separate  indexes. 

Indexes  are  not  for  ornament  but  for  use.  They  are  very  convenieiit  work- 
ing tools.  It  is  hoped  that  these  indexes,  making  more  than  one  hundred 
thousand  references,  may  be  found  to  meet  every  demand  and  add  greatly  to 
the  value  of  the  Cyclopedias  of  Illustrations. 


CONTENTS. 


Page. 
GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX,         .  .  .   "     .  .  .509 

INDEX  OF  FIRST  LINES  OF  FIRST  POETICAL,  .  .  .  .726 

INDEX  OF  FIRST  LINES  OF  SECOND  POETICAL,  .  .  .  .503 

INDEX  OF  POETICAL  AUTHORS, 613 

INDEX  OF  PROSE  AUTHORS, 633 

INDEX  OF  SCRIPTURE  TEXTS, 643 

TOPICAL  INDEX  OF  FIRST  PROSE, 690 

TOPICAL  INDEX  OF  SECOND  PROSE, 702 

TOPICAL  INDEX  OF  FIRST  POETICAL, 720 

POEMS 9-500 


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CYCLOPJEDIA  GF 

OF   THE 

Scenes,  Incidents,  Persons  and  J!iaces 

OF 

THE  BIBLE. 


3072.  AAEON,  Death  of. 

Numbers  XX :  23-29. 

They  have  left  the  camp,  with  its  tents  out- 
spreading, 
Like  a  garden  of  lilies  on  Edom's  plain ; 
They  are  climbing  the  mountain,  in  silence 
treading 
A  path  which  one  shall  not  tread  again. 
Two  aged  brothers  the  way  are  leading, 
There  follows  a  youth  in  the  solemn  train. 

O'er  a  sister's  bier  they  have  just  been  bend- 
ing; 

The  desert  prophetess  sleeps  hard  by  : 
With  her  toilsome  sojourn  nearly  ending, 

With  Judah's  mountains  before  her  eye, 
The  echoes  of  Kadesh  and  Canaan  blending, 

She  has  calmly  turned  her  aside  to  die ! 

They  come,  not  to  gaze  on  the  matchless 
glory, 

On  grandeur  the  like  of  which  earth  has 
A  billowy  ocean  of  mountains  hoary,     [not ; 

A  chaos  of  cliffs  round  this  awful  spot; 
A  vision  like  that  in  some  old-world  story, 

Too  terrible  ever  to  be  forgot. 

The  desert-rainbow  that  gleams  before  ye, 
But  leaves  your  solitude  doubly  bleak; 

The  shadows  of  sunset  fall  ghastly  o'er  ye ; 
Cliff  frowns  upon  cliff,  and  peak  on  peak. 

O  rocks  of  the  desolate,  lean  and  hoary, 

What  lip  of  man  can  your  grandeur  speak ! 

Splintered  and  blasted  and  thunder-smitten. 
Not  a  smile  above,  nor  a  hope  below; 

Shivered  and  scorched  and  hunger-bitten, 
No   earthly  lightning    has   seamed  your 
brow; 

On  each  stone  the  Avenger's  pen  has  written. 
Horror  and  ruin,  and  death  and  woe. 

The  king  and  the  priest  move  on  unspeaking, 
The  desert-priest  and  the  desert-king; 

'Tis  a  grave,  a  mountain -grave  they  are  seek- 
Fit  end  of  a  great  life-wandering!      [ing, 

And  here,  till  the  day  of  the  glory-streaking, 
This  desert-eagle  must  fold  his  wing. 


The  fetters  of  age  have  but  lightly  bound 
him, 
This   bold  sharp  steep    he   can   bravely 
breast ; 
With  his  six-score  wondrous  years  around 
him, 
He  climbs  like  youth  to  the  mountain's 
crest. 
The  mortal  moment  at  last  has  found  him, 
Willing  to  tarry,  yet  glad  to  rest. 

Is  that  a  tear-drop  his  dim  eye  leaving, 

As  he  looks  his  last  on  yon  desert-sun? 
Is  that  a  sigh  his  faint  bosom  heaving, 

As  he  lays  his  ephod  in  silence  down? 
'Twas  a  passing  mist,  to  his  sky  still  cleav- 
ing;— 
But  the  sky  has  brightened, — the  cloud  is 
gone! 

In  his  shroud  of  rock  they  have  gently  wound 
him, 
'Tis  a  Bethel-pillow  that  love  has  given ; 
I  see  no  gloom  of  the  grave  around  him. 

The  death-bed  fetters  have  all  been  riven ; 
'Tis  the  angel  of  life,  not  of  death,  that  has 
found  him, 
And  this  is  to  him  the  gate  of  heaven. 

He  has  seen  the  tornbs  of  old  Mizraim's  won- 
der, 
Where  the  haughty  Pharaohs  embalmed 
recline ; 
But  no  pyramid-tomb,  with  its  costly  gran- 
deur, 
Can  once  be  compared  with  this  mountain- 
shrine  ; 
No  monarch  of  Memphis  is  swathed  in  splen- 
dor, 
High  Priest  of  the  desert,  like  this  of  thine ! 

Not  with  thy  nation  thy  bones  are  lying. 
Nor  Israel's  hills  shall  thy  burial  see; 

Yet  with  Edom's  vultures  around  thee  flying. 
Safe  and  unrifled  thy  dust  shall  be; — 

Oh  who  would  not  covet  so  calm  a  dying, 
And  who  would  not  rest  by  the  tide  of 
thee? 


10 


.A-A-RON. 


-AJBEL. 


Not  with  thy  fathers  thy  slumber  tasting; 
From  sister  and  brother  thou  seem'st  to 
flee. 
Not  in  Shechem's  plain  are  thy  ashes  wast- 
ing, 
Not  in  Machpelah  thy  grave  shall  be ; 
In  the  land  of  the  stranger  thy  dust  is  rest- 
ing,— 
Yet  who  would  not  sleep  by  the  side  of 
thee? 

Alone  and  safe,  in  the  happy  keeping 

Of  rocks  and  sands,  till  the  glorious  morn, 
They  have  laid  thee  down  for  thy  lonely 
sleeping, 
"Way-sore  and  weary  and  labor- worn; 
While  faintly  the  sound  of  a  nation's  weeping 
From  the  vale  beneath  thee   is  upward 
borne. 

As  one  familiar  with  gentle  sorrow, 

With  a  dirge-like  wailing  the  wind  goes 

And  echo  lovingly  seems  to  borrow  [by; 
The  plaintive  note  of  the  mourner's  cry. 

Which  comes  to-day  and  is  gone  to-morrow, 
Leaving  nought  for  thee  but  the  stranger's 
sigh. 

Alone  and  safe,  in  the  holy  keeping 

Of  Him  who  holdeth  the  grave's  cold  key, 
They  have  laid  thee  down  for  the  blessed 
sleeping, 
The  quiet  rest  which  His  dear  ones  see ; — 
And  why  o'er  thee  should  we  weep  the  weep- 
ing, 
For  who  would  not  rest  by  the  side  of 
thee? 

Three  Hebrew  cradles,  the  Nile-palms  under, 
Rocked  three  sweet  babes  upon  Egypt's 
plain ; 
Three   desert-graves  must   these  dear  ones 

sunder; 
Three  sorrowful  Imks  of  a  broken  chain ; 
Kadesh  and  Hor,  and  Nebo  yonder, — 
Three   way-marks  now  for  the  pilgrim- 
train. 

Are  these  my  way-marks,  these  tombs  of  ages? 

Are  these  my  guides  to  the  land  of  rest? 
Are  these  grim  rock-tombs  the  stony  pages 

Which  show  how  to  follow  the  holy  blest? 
And  bid  me  rise,  'bove  each  storm  that  rages. 

Like  a  weary  dove  to  its  olive  nest? 

Is  death  my  way  to  the  home  undying  ? 

Is  the  desert  my  path  to  the  Eden-plain  ? 
Are  these  lone  links,  that  are  round  me  lying. 

To  be  gathered,  and  all  reknit  again  ? 
And  is  there  beyond  this  land  of  sighing 

A  refuge  forever  from  death  and  pain? 

On  this  rugged  cliff,  while  the  sun  is  dying 
Behind  yon  majestic  mountain-wall, 

I  stand; — not  a  cloudlet  above  me  flying, — 
Not  a  foot  is  stirring,  no  voices  call ; — 


A  traveler  lonely,  a  stranger,  trying 
To  muse  o'er  this  wondrous  funeral. 

In  silence  we  stand,  till  the  faint  stars  cover 
This  grave  of  ages.     Yes,  thus  would  we 

Still  look  and  linger,  and  gaze  and  hover 
About  this  cave  where  thy  dust  may  be! 

Great  Priest  of  the  desert,  thy  toil  is  over, 
And  who  would  not  rest  by  the  side  of 
thee? 

And  night,  the  wan  night  is  bending  over 
The  twilight  couch  of  the  dying  day, 

With  dewy  eyes,  like  a  weeping  lover, 
That  doats  on  the  beauty  that  will   not 
stay. 

And  sighs  that  the  mould  so  soon  must  cover 
Each  golden  smile  of  the  well-loved  clay. 

The  night  of  ages  bends  softly  o'er  us ; 
Four  thousand  autumns  have  well   nigh 
fled, 
Love  watches  still  the  old  tomb  before  us 

Of  sainted  dust,  in  its  mountain-bed ; 
Till  the  longed-for  trump  shall  awake  the 
chorus. 
From  desert  and  field,  of  the  blessed  dead. 
Soratius  Bonar. 

3073.  AARON,  Imitation  of. 
Numbers  xx  :  28. 

Happy,  forever  happy  I, 

If  called,  like  him,  the  mount  to  ascend; 
Thine  all-suflScient  grace  supply. 

And  bless  me,  Saviour,  with  his  end: 
O  that  without  a  lingering  groan 

I  might  the  welcome  word  receive, 
My  body  with  my  charge  lay  down. 

And  cease  at  once  to  work  and  live  I 
J.  &  C.  We. 


3074.  ABEL,  Blood  of. 

Sad,  purple  well !  whose  bubbling  eye 
Did  first  against  a  murderer  cry ; 
Whose  streams,  still  vocal,  still  complain. 

Of  bloody  Cain, 
And  now  at  evening  are  as  red 
As  in  the  morning  when  first  shed. 

If  single  thou. 
Though  single  voices  are  but  low, 
Couldst  such  a  shrill  and  long  cry  rear 
As  speaks  still  in  thy  Maker's  ear. 
What  thunders  shall  those  men  arraign 
Who  cannot  count  those  they  have  slain, 
Who  bathe  not  in  a  shallow  flood. 
But  in  a  deep,  wide  sea  of  blood? 
A  sea,  whose  loud  waves  cannot  sleep, 
But  deep  still  calleth  upon  deep : 
Whose  urgent  sound,  like  unto  that 
Of  many  waters,  beateth  at 
The  everlasting  doors  above. 
Where  souls  behind  the  altar  move. 
And  with  one  strong,  incessant  cry 
Inquire  "How  long?"  of  the  most  High? 

Almighty  Judge ! 

Henry  Vaughan. 


.AJBBIj. 


J^BRJ^l:LAjyL. 


11 


3075.  ABEL  in  Heaven. 

Ten  thousand  times  ten  thousand  sung 

Loud  anthems  round  the  throne, 
When  lo !  a  solitary  tongue 

Took  up  a  song  unknown ; 
A  song  unknown  to  angel  ears, 
A  song  that  spoke  of  vanished  fears. 
Of  pardoned  sins  and  dried-up  tears. 

Not  one  of  all  the  heavenly  host 
Could  those  high  notes  attain, 
But  spirits  from  a  distant  coast 

United  in  the  strain, 
Till  he  who  first  began  the  song, 
To  sing  alone  not  suffered  long, 
Was  mingled  with  a  countless  throng. 

And  still  as  years  are  fleeting  by. 

The  angels  ever  bear 
Some  newly  ransomed  soul  on  high. 

To  swell  the  chorus  there ; 
And  still  the  song  shall  louder  grow. 
Till  all  redeem'd  from  sin  and  woe, 
To  that  fair  world  of  rapture  go. 

Oh  give  me,  Lord,  a  golden  harp. 

And  tune  my  broken  voice. 
That  I  may  sing  of  troubles  sharp 

Exchanged  for  endless  joys ! 
The  song  that  ne'er  was  heaTd  before 
A  sinner  reached  the  heavenly  shore, 
But  now  shall  sound  for  evermore ! 

Irish  Presbyterian. 

3076.  ABEL,  The  Sacrifice  of. 

An  altar  rude  of  turf  meek  Abel  piled, 
And  laid  a  spotless  lamb  on  the  cleft  wood, 
And  sprinkled  round  the  typifying  blood ; 
While  on  that  shadow  God  looked  down  and 

smiled. 
Then  Cain  arose,  with  envious  anger  wild. 
That  swept  along  like  an  unbridled  flood, 
Drowning  all  fear  of  God  and  thought  of 
good, 
And  with  a  brother's  blood  his  hands  defiled. 
Earth  shuddered  when  the  cruel  deed  was 
done, 
Heaven  heard  that  righteous  blood  in  silence 
crying; 
By  that  first  death  a  martyr's  crown  was 
won. 
He  died — but  like  a  vapor  upward  flying, 

Caught  the  slant  beams  of  our  Unrisen  Sun, 
And  he  being  dead,  yet  speaks  of  Jesus  dying. 

B.  Wilton. 

3077.  ABEAHAM, 

The  better  portion  didst  thou  choose,  Great 
Heart, 
Thy  God's  first  choice,  and  pledge  of  Gen- 
tile-grace ; 
Faith's  truest  type,  he  with  unruffled  face 
Bore  the  world's  smile,  and  bade  her  slaves 

depart ; 
Whether,  a  trader,  with  no  trader's  art, 
He  buys  in  Canaan  his  first  resting-place, 
Or  freely  yields  rich  Siddim'a  ample  space, 


Or  braves  the  rescue  and  the  battle's  smart. 
Yet  scorns  the  heathen  gifts  of  those  he  saved. 
O  happy  in  their  soul's  high  solitude. 
Who  commune  thus  with  God  and  not  with 

earth! 
Amid  the  scoffings  of  the  wealth-enslaved, 
A  ready  prey,  as  though  in  absent  mood 
They  calmly  move,  nor  hear  the  unmannered 

mirth. 

John  E.  Newman. 

3078.  ABEABAM  AND  MELCHIZEDEK. 

Hebrew  vii ;  2. 
When  conquering  Abram  Salem  sought, 
To  God's  high  priest  his  tithes  he  brought, 

His  thankfulness  to  mark: 
Melchizedek  an  offering  made 
Of  bread  and  wine  on  altar  laid, 

And  blessed  the  patriarch. 

A  victory  nobler  far  we  gain, 
A  nobler  sacrifice  is  slain, 

A  better  blessing  shed: 
Our  great  high  priest  in  heaven  stands. 
Who  gives  Himself  with  His  own  hands 

In  mystic  wine  und  bread. 

Edwin  L.  BlenJcinsopp. 

3079.  ABEAHAM,  Conversion  of. 
At  night,  upon  the  silent  plain. 
Knelt  Abraham  and  watched  the  eky ; 
When  the  bright  evening  star  arose 
He  lifted  up  a  joyful  cry : 

"This  is  the  Lord!     This  light  shall  shine 

To  mark  the  path  for  me  and  mine." 

But  suddenly  the  star's  fair  face 

Sank  down  and  left  its  darkened  place. 

Then  Abraham  cried,  in  sore  dismay, 

"The  Lord  is  not  discovered  yet; 

I  cannot  worship  gods  which  set." 

Then  rose  the  moon,  full  orbed  and  clear. 
And  flooded  all  the  plain  with  light. 
And  Abraham's  heart  again  with  joy 
O'erflowed  at  the  transcendent  sight. 
"This  surely  is  the  Lord,"  he  cried; 
"That  other  light  was  pale  beside 
This  glorious  one."     But,  like  the  star. 
The  moon  in  the  horizon  far 
Sank  low  and  vanished.     Then  again 
Said  Abraham :  "This  cannot  be 
My  Lord.     I  am  but  lost,  astray. 
Unless  one  changeless  guideth  me." 

Then  came,  unheralded,  the  dawn, 
Rosy  and  swift  from  east  to  west ; 
High  rode  the  great  triumphant  sun, 
And  Abraham  cried,  "  O  last  and  best 
And  sovereign  light  1    Now  I  believe 
This  Lord  will  change  not,  nor  deceive." 
Each  moment  robbed  the  day's  fair  grace ; 
The  reddening  sun  went  down  apace ; 
And  Abraham,  left  in  rayless  night, 
Cried,  "  O  my  people,  let  us  turn 
And  worship  now  the  God  who  rules 
These  lesser  lights,  and  bids  them  burn  1" 

Selen  Hunt. 


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.AJB  li  j^h^^m:. 


^BK,^m?L]yE. 


3080.  ABRAHAM,  Legend  of, 

Fond  heart,  when  learnest  thou  to  say, 

I  love  not  pomps  that  fade  away, 

Nor  glories  that  decay  and  wane. 

Nor  lights  that  rise  to  set  again? 

"When  wilt  thou  turn  where  Abraham  turned, 

And  learn  the  lesson  Abraham  learned? 

Beyond  the  river  while  he  dwelt, 

He  with  his  kin  to  idols  knelt. 

And  nightly  gazing  on  the  sky, 

"Worshiped  the  starry  host  on  high. 

But  when  he  saw  their  splendors  fail, 

And  that  bright  multitude  grow  pale. 

He  left  them,  and  adored  the  moon; 

But  she  too  wanly  wanfed  soon. 

Baffied,  he  knelt  unto  the  sun ; 

But  when  his  race  of  light  was  done, 

He  cried,  "To  such  no  vows  I  bring — 

I  worship  not  the  perishing!" 

And  turned  him  to  the  God  whose  hand 

Made  sun,  and  moon,  and  starry  band — 

An  everlasting  Light,  in  whom 

Decrease  and  shadow  find  no  room. 

Bichard  Chenemx  Trench. 

3081.  ABEAHAM,  Memorial  of. 

Only  a  tomb,  no  more ! 

A  rock-hewn  sepulchre, 
And  this,  and  this  is  all  that's  thine, 

Fair  Canaan's  mighty  heir ! 

Only  a  tomb,  no  more  I 

A  future  resting-place, 
"When  God  shall  lay  thee  down,  and  bid 

All  thy  long  wanderings  cease. 

This  cave  and  field, — ^no  more, — 
Canst  thou  thy  dwelling  call ; 

That  land  of  thine, — plains,  hills,  woods, 
The  stranger  has  it  all !  [streams, — 

Thy  altar  and  thy  tent 

Are  all  that  thou  hast  here ; 
With  these  content  thou  passest  on, 

A  homeless  wanderer. 

Thy  life  unrest  and  toil ; 

Thy  course  a  pilgrimage ; 
Only  in  death  thou  goest  down. 

To  claim  thy  heritage ; — 

A  heritage  which  death 

Shall  seal  to  thee  for  aye — 
A  resurrection  heritage 

When  all  things  pass  away. 

A  heritage  of  life, 

Beyond  this  guarded  gloom, 
A  kingdom,  not  a  field  or  cave ; 

A  city,  not  a  tomb. 

Horatius  Bonar. 

3082.  ABRAHAM'S  SACRIFICE. 

Genesis  xxii  :  1-15. 
The  morning's  sun  rose  bright  and  clear, 

On  Abraham's  tent  it  gayly  shone ; 
And  all  was  bright  and  cheerful  there. 

All  save  the  patriarch's  heart  alone. 


While  God's  command  arose  to  mini, 

It  forced  into  his  eye  the  tear ; 
For  though  his  soul  was  all  resigned, 

Yet  nature  fondly  lingered  there. 

The  simple  morning  feast  was  spread, 
And  Sarah  at  the  banquet  smiled ; 

Joy  o'er  her  face  its  lustre  shed. 
For  near  her  sat  her  only  child. 

The  charms  that  pleased  a  monarch's  eye 
Upon  her  cheek  had  left  their  trace ; 

His  highly  augured  destiny 

Was  written  in  his  heavenly  face. 

The  groaning  father  turned  away. 
And  walked  the  inner  tent  apart — 

He  felt  his  fortitude  decay 

While  Nature  whispered  in  his  heart : 

"  O !  must  this  son  to  whom  was  given 

The  promise  of  a  better  land. 
Heir  to  the  choicest  gifts  of  heaven. 

Be  slain  by  a  fond  parent's  hand? 

' '  This  son,  for  whom  my  eldest  bom 
Was  sent  an  outcast  from  his  home, 

And  in  some  wilderness  forlorn 
A  savage  exile  doomed  to  roam? 

' '  But  shall  a  feeble  worm  rebel, 

And  murmur  at  a  father's  rod? 
Shall  he  be  backward  to  fulfil 

The  known  and  certain  will  of  God? 

' '  Arise,  my  son !  the  cruet  fill, 
And  store  the  scrip  with  due  supplies ; 

For  we  must  seek  Moriah's  hill, 
And  offer  there  a  sacrifice !" 

The  mother  raised  a  speaking  eye. 
And  all  a  mother's  soul  was  there — 

"  She  feared  the  desert  drear  and  dry! 
She  feared  the  savage  lurking  there !" 

Abraham  beheld,  and  made  reply : 

"  On  Him,  from  whom  our  blessings  flow, 

My  sister,  we  with  faith  rely ; 

'Tis  He  commands,  and  we  must  go  I" 

The  duteous  son  in  haste  obeyed. 

The  scrip  was  filled,  the  mules  prepared. 

And  with  the  third  day's  twilight  shade 
Moriah's  lofty  hill  appeared. 

The  menials  then  at  distance  wait — 
Alone  ascend  the  son  and  sire ; 

The  wood  oq  Isaac's  shoulders  laid. 
The  wood — to  build  his  funeral  pyre  1 

No  passion  swayed  the  father's  mind ; 

He  felt  a  calm,  a  death-like  chill ; 
His  soul,  all  chastened,  all  resigned. 

Bowed  meekly,  though  he  shuddered  still. 

While  on  the  mountain's  brow  they  stood. 
With  smiling  wonder  Isaac  cries, 

"My  father,  lo !  the  fire  and  wood — 
But  Where's  the  lamb  for  sacrifice?" 


j^BR-A-H^nVE. 


.ajbra-H^m:. 


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The  Holy  Spirit  stayed  his  mind, 

While  Abraham  answered  low,  aside, 

With  steady  voice,  and  look  resigned, 
"  God  will  Himself  a  lamb  provide !" 

But  let  no  pen  profane  like  mine, 
On  holiest  themes  too  rashly  dare — 

Turn  to  the  Book  of  Books  Divine, 
And  read  the  blessed  promise  there. 

Ages  on  ages  rolled  away — 

At  length  the  hour  appointed  came ; 
And  on  the  mount  of  Calvary 

God  did  himself  provide  a  Lamb  1 

3083.  ABRAHAM'S  SACRIFICE. 
Genesis  xxii  :  1-15. 
Morn  breaketh  in   the   east.      The  purple 

clouds 
Are  putting  on  their  gold  and  violet, 
To  look  the  meeter  for   the   sun's  bright 

coming. 
Sleep  is  upon  the  waters  and  the  wind ; 
And  Nature,  from  the  wavy  forest-leaf 
To  her  majestic  master,  sleeps.     As  yet 
There  is  no  mist  upon  the  deep  blue  sky. 
And  the   clear    dew  is    on    the  blushing 

bosoms 
Of  crimson  roses  in  a  holy  rest. 

How  hallowed  is  the  hour    of  morning  ! 

meet — 
Ay,  beautifully  meet — for  the  pure  prayer. 
The  patriarch  standeth  at  his  tented  door. 
With  his  white  locks  uncovered.     'Tis  his 

wont 
To  gaze  upon  that  gorgeous  Orient ; 
And  at  that  hour  the  awful  majesty 
Of  man  who  talketh  often  with  his  God, 
Is  wont  to  come  again,  and  clothe  his  brow 
As  at  his  fourscore's  strength.    But  now,  he 

seemeth 
To  be  forgetful  of  his  vigorous  frame. 
And  boweth  to  his  staff  as  at  the  hour 
Of  noontide   sultriness.     And   that  bright 

sun — 
He  looketh  at  its  pencilled  messengers. 
Coming  in  golden  raiment,  as  if  all 
Were  but  a  graven  scroll  of  fearfulness. 
Ah,  he  is  waiting  till  it  herald  in 
The  hour  to  sacrifice  his  much-loved  son  I 

Light  poureth  on  the  world.    And    Sarah 

stands 
Watching  the   steps  of  Abraham  and  her 

child 
Along  the  dewy  sides  of  the  far  hills. 
And  praying  that  her  sunny  boy  faint  not. 
Would   she    have   watched    their  path    so 

silently. 
If  she  had  known  that  he  was  going  up, 
E'en  in  his  fair-haired  beauty,  to  be  slain 
As  a  white  lamb  for  sacrifice?     They  trod 
Together  onward,  patriarch  and  child — 
The  bright  sun  throwing  back  the  old  man's 

shade 


In  straight  and  fair  proportions,  as  of  one 
Whose  years  were  freshly   numbered.     He 

stood  up. 
Tall  in  his  vigorous  strength ;  and,  like  a 

tree 
Rooted  in  Lebanon,  his  frame  bent  not. 
His  thin  white   hairs  had   yielded  to  the 

wind. 
And  left  his  brow  uncovered ;  and  his  face, 
Impressed  with  the  stern  majesty  of  grief 
Nerved  to  a  solemn  duty,  now  stood  forth 
Like  a  rent  rock,  submissive,  yet  sublime. 
But  the  young  boy — he  of  the  laughing  eye 
And  ruby  lip — the  pride  of  life  was  on  him. 
He  seemed  to  drink  the  morning.     Sun  and 
And  the  aroma  of  the  spicy  trees,         [dew. 
And  all  that  giveth  the  delicious  East 
Its  fitness  for  an  Eden,  stole  like  light 
Into  his  spirit,  ravishing  his  thoughts 
With  love  and  beauty.    Everything  he  met, 
Buoyant  or  beautiful,  the  lightest  wing 
Of  bird  or  insect,  or  the  palest  dye 
Of  the  fresh  flowers,  won  him  from  his  path ; 
And  joyously  broke  forth  his  tiny  shout. 
As  he  flung  back  his  silken  hair,  and  sprung 
Away  to  some  green  spot  or  clustering  vine. 
To  pluck  his  infant  trophies.     Every  tree 
And  fragrant  shrub  was  a  new  hiding-place ; 
And  he  would  crouch  till  the  old  man  came 

by- 

Then  bound  before  him  with  his   childish 

laugh. 
Stealing  a  look  behind  him  playfully. 
To  see  if  he  had  made  his  father  smile. 

The  sun  rode  on  in  heaven.   The  dew  stole  up 
From  the  fresh  daughters  of  the  earth,  and 

heat 
Came  like  a  sleep  upon  the  delicate  leaves. 
And  bent  them  with  the  blossoms  to  their 
dreams.  [step, 

Still  trod  the  patriarch  on,  with  that  same 
Firm  and  unfaltering ;  turning  not  aside 
To  seek  the  olive  shades,  or  lave  their  lips 
In  the  sweet  waters  of  the  Syrian  wells. 
Whose  gush  hath  so  much  music.     Weari- 
ness 
Stole  on  the  gentle  boy,  and  he  forgot 
To  toss  his  sunny  hair  from  off  his  brow. 
And  spring  for  the  fresh  flowers  and  light 

wings 
As  in  the  early  morning ;  but  he  kept 
Close  by  his  father's  side,  and  bent  his  head 
Upon  his  bosom  like  a  drooping  bud. 
Lifting  it  not^  save  now  and  then  to  steal 
A  look  up  to  the  face  whose  sternness  awed 
His  childishness  to  silence. 

It  was  noon, — 
And  Abraham  on  Moriah  bowed  himself. 
And   buried   up    his  face,    and  prayed  for 

strength. 
He  could  not  look  upon  his  son  and  pray; 
But,  with  his  hand  upon  the  clustering  curie 
Of  the  fair  kneeling  boy,  he  prayed  that  God 
Would  nerve  him  for  that  hour.     Oh,  man 

was  made 


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^bs^lom:. 


For  the  stern  conflict.     In  a  mother's  love 
There   is    more  tenderness;   the    thousand 

chords, 
Woven  with  every  fibre  of  her  heart, 
Complain,   like  delicate  harp-strings,  at  a 

breath ; 
But  love  in  man  is  one  deep  principle. 
Which  like  a  root  grown  in  a  rifted  rock 
Abides  the  tempest. 

He  rose  up  and  laid 
The  wood  upon  the  altar.    All  was  done. 
He  stood  a  moment — and  a  deep,  quick  flash 
Pass'd  o'er  his  countenance;  and  then  he 

nerved 
His  spirit  with  a  bitter  strength  and  spoke : 
*'  Isaac  I  my  only  son !" — The  boy  looked  up : 
"Where  is  the  lamb,  my  father?"     Oh  the 

tones, 
The  sweet,  familiar  voice  of  a  loved  child ! — 
What  would  its  music  seem  at  such  an  hour ! 
It  was  the  last  deep  struggle.  Abraham  held 
His  loved,  his  beautiful,  his  only  son, 
And  lifted  up  his  arms  and  called  on  God — 
And  lo !  God's  angel  stayed  him — and  he  fell 
Upon  his  face  and  wept. 

Nathaniel  Parher  Willis. 

3084.  ABSALOM,  David's  Grief  for. 
2  Samuel  xviii  :  S4-33. 
Is  it  so  far  from  thee 
Thou  canst  no  longer  see 
In  the  Chamber  of  the  Gate 
That  old  man  desolate. 
Weeping  and  wailing  sore 
For  his  son,  who  is  no  more? 
O  Absalom,  my  sonl 

Is  it  so  long  ago 
That  cry  of  human  woe 
From  the  walled  city  came, 
Calling  on  his  dear  name, 
That  it  has  died  away 
In  the  distance  of  to-day? 
O  Absalom,  my  son  1 

There  is  no  far  nor  near. 
There  is  neither  there  nor  here. 
There  is  neither  soon  nor  late. 
In  that  Chamber  over  the  Gate, 
Nor  any  long  ago 
To  that  cry  of  human  woe, 
O  Absalom,  my  son  1 

From  the  ages  that  are  past 
The  voice  comes  like  a  blast 
Over  seas  that  wreck  and  drown, 
Over  tumult  of  trafiic  and  town, 
And  from  ages  yet  to  be 
Come  the  echoes  back  to  me, 
O  Absalom,  my  son  1 

Somewhere  at  every  hour 
The  watchman  on  the  tower 
Looks  forth  and  sees  the  fleet 
Approach  of  the  hurrying  feet 


Of  messengers  that  bear 
The  tidings  of  despair, 
O  Absalom,  my  son ! 

He  goes  forth  from  the  door 
Who  shall  return  no  more. 
With  him  our  joy  departs ; 
The  light  goes  out  in  our  hearts; 
In  the  Chamber  over  the  Gate 
We  sit  disconsolate. 

O  Absalom,  my  son ! 

That  'tis  a  common  grief 
Bringeth  but  slight  relief; 
Ours  is  the  bitterest  loss. 
Ours  is  the  heaviest  cross; 
And  forever  the  cry  will  be, 
"  Would  God  I  had  died  for  thee, 
O  Absalom,  my  son !" 

Henry  W.  Longfellow. 

3085.  ABSALOM,  Mourning  for. 

David  the  king  is  mad  with  grief. 

His  heart  is  harrowed  with  pain ; 

His  son  is  slain  in  the  battle-fight. 

His  Absalom  is  slain. 

He  covers  his  head  with  his  mantle  wide, 

And  mounts  his  highest  tower; 

While  tears  that  flow  from  his  eyes  of  woe 

Wash  his  gray  tresses  o'er; 

And  his  trembling  lips  those  words  repeat 

This  lamentation  sore : 

' '  O  Absalom,  my  son,  my  son, 

O  Absalom,  my  son ! 

Where  is  thy  dazzling  beauty  now 

Thy  charms,  by  song  untold. 

Those  locks  like  sunbeams  in  the  air. 

Shining  like  rays  of  gold? 

Thy  azure  eyes  that  shons  as  fair 

As  hyacinths  on  Zion's  hill ; 

O  hands  that  wrought  this  cruel  ill. 

Careless  of  woe — Zeruiah's  son, 

To  thee  what  had  he  done? 

Had  he  deserved  it,  cruel  man? 

And  was  he  not  my  son? 

He  was  my  joy  and  light — 

And  they  who  planned  his  fall 

Have  doubled  all  my  love  for  him : — 

Was  he  rebellious? — All — 

All — all  would  I  forgive  him  now ; 

And  had  I  been  obeyed. 

He  were  a  prisoner,  not  a  corpse  I 

Mother,  thy  child  is  dead  I 

Who  will  console  thee? — let  thy  heart 

Burst,  and  thy  soul  be  sad. 

Father  and  mother — let  us  weep 

O'er  our  devoted  lad ; 

O  Absalom,  my  son,  my  son  I 

O  Absalom,  my  son !" 

Tr.  from  Spanish. 

3086.  ABSALOM,  Tomb  of. 

Is  this  thy  tomb,  amid  the  mournful  shades 
Of  the  deep  valley  of  Jehoshaphat, 
Thou  son  of  David?    Kedron's  gentle  brook 
Is  murmuring  near,  as  if  it  fain  would  tell 


-ajbsj^lom:. 


J^Tyj^TvZ. 


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Thy  varied  history.     Methinks  I  see 

Thy  graceful  form,  thy  smile,  thy  sparkling 

eye, 
The  glorious  beauty  of  thy  flowing  hair, 
And  that  bright,  eloquent  lip,  whose  cun- 
ning stole 
The  hearts  of  all  the  people.     Didst  thou 

waste 
The  untold  treasures  of  integrity, 
The  gold  of  conscience,     for  their    light 

applause, 
Thou  fair  dissembler? 

Say,  rememberest  thou 
When  o'er  yon  flinty  steep  of  Olivet 
A  sorrowing  train  went  up !   Dark  frowning 

seers, 
Denouncing  judgment  on  a  rebel  prince, 
Passed  sadly  on ;  and  next  a  crownless  king 
Walking  in  sad  and  humbled  majesty, 
While  hoary  statesmen  bent  upon  his  brow 
Indignant  looks  of  tearful  sympathy. 
What  caused  the  weeping  there? 

Thou  heardst  it  not, 
For  thou  within  the  city's  walls  didst  hold 
Thy  revel  brief  and  base.     So  thou  couldst 

set 
The  embattled  host  against  thy  father's  life, 
The  king  of  Israel,  and  the  ioved  of  God ! 
He  mid  the  evils  of  his  changeful  lot, 
Saul's  moody  hatred,  stern  Philistia's  spear. 
His  alien  wanderings,  and  his  warrior  toil, 
Found  naught  so  bitter  as  the  rankling  thorn 
Set  ay  thy  madness  of  ingratitude 
Deep  in  his  yearning  soul. 

What  were  thy  thoughts 
When  in  the  mesh  of  thy  own  tresses  snared 
Amid  the  oak  whose  quiet  verdure  mocked 
Thy  misery,  forsook  by  all  who  shared 
Thy  meteor-greatness   and  constrained  to 

learn 
There  in  that  solitude  of  agony, 
A  traitor  hath  no  friends ! — what  were  thy 

thoughts 
When  death  careering  on  the  triple  dart 
Of  vengeful  Joab  found  thee?     To  thy  God 
Rose  there  one  cry  of  penitence,  one  prayer 
For    that    unmeasured    mercy  which    can 

cleanse 
Unbounded  guilt?    Or  turned  thy  stricken 

heart 
Toward  him  who    o'er  thy  infant  graces 

watched 
With  tender  pride,  and  all  thy  sins  of  youth 
In  blindfold  fondness  pardoned?     All  thy 

crimes 
Were  cancelled  in  that  plenitude  of  love 
Which  laves  with  fresh  and  everlasting  tide 
A  parent's  heart. 

I  see  that  form  which  awed 
The  foes  of  Israel  with  its  victor-might 
Bowed  low  in  grief,   and  hear  upon  the 

breeze 
That  sweeps  the  palm-groves  of  Jerusalem, 


The  wild  continuous  wail,  " O  Absalom! 
My  son !     My  son  I" 

We  turn  us  from  thy  tomb, 
Usurping  prince !   Thy  beauty  and  thy  grace 
Have  perished  with  thee,  but  thy  fame  sur- 
vives— 
The  ingrate  son  that  pierced  a  father's  heart. 

Lydia  Huntley  Sigoumey. 

3087.  ACELDAMA. 

Matthew  xxvii ;  8. 
Bare  ridge,  that  f rownest  over  Hinnom's  vale. 
Fronting  the  gray  and  melancholy  slopes 
Of  Zion,  where  yon  Moslem  minaret 
Proclaims  the  sejDulchre  of  Judah's  King! 
Tomb,  rock,  and  precipice,  with  grassy  shelf. 
Where  the  rare  olive  finds  a  scanty  soil. 
Flinging  its  thin  and  flickering  shadow  o'er 
The  crimson  of  the  meek  anemone, 
Or  meeker    "Star   of    Bethlehem,"  which 

haunts 
These  barren  steeps,  and  sparkles  in  the  glow 
Of  yon  gay  sun  of  dawn  that  now  lights  up 
Jerusalem,  and  flings  its  orient  joy 
O'er  this  sad  field  of  silent  sepulchres ; 
This  old  Aceldama,  this  field  of  blood ! 

3088.  ADAM,  Deati  of. 

One  morn  I  tracked  him  on  his  lonely  way. 
Pale  as  the  gleam  of  slow-awakening  day ; 
With  feeble   steps  he  climb'd  yon  craggy 

height, 
Thence  fixed  on  distant  Paradise  his  sight ; 
He  gazed  awhile  in  silent  thought  profound, 
Then,  falling  prostrate  on  the  dewy  ground. 
He  poured  his  spirit  in  a  flood  of  prayer. 
Bewailed  his  ancient  crime  with  self-despair. 
And  claimed  the  pledge  of  reconciling  grace. 
The  promised  Seed,  the  Saviour  of  his  race. 
Wrestling  with  God,  as  nature's  vigor  failed 
His  faith  grew  stronger  and  his  plea  pre- 
vailed. 
The  prayer  from  agony  to  rapture  rose. 
And  aweet  as  angel  accents  fell  the  close. 
I  stood  to  greet  him:  when  he  raised  his 

head. 
Divine  expression  o'er  his  visage  spread ; 
His  presence  was  so  saintly  to  behold. 
He  seemed  in  sinless  Paradise  grown  old. 

"This  day," said  he,  "in time's  star-lighted 
round. 

Renews  the  anguish  of  that  mortal  wound 

On  me  inflicted,  when  the  serpent's  tongue 

My  spouse  with  his  beguiling  falsehood 
stung. 

Though  years  of  grace  through  centuries 
have  passed 

Since  my  transgression,  this  may  be  my  last ; 

Infirmities  without,  and  fears  within. 

Foretell  the  consummating  stroke  of  sin ; 

The  hour,  the  place,  the  form  to  me  un- 
known, 

But  God,  who  lent  me  life,  will  claim  his 
own; 


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Then,  lest  I  sink  as  suddenly  in  death, 
As  quickened  into  being  by  his  breath. 
Once  more  I  climb'd  these  rocks  with  weary 

pace. 
And  but  once  more  to  view  my  native  place, 
To  bid  yon  garden  of  delight  farewell, 
The  earthly  paradise  from  which  I  fell. 
This  mantle,  Enoch,  which  I  yearly  wear 
To  mark  the  day  of  penitence  and  prayer; 
These  skins  the  covering  of  my  first  offence, 
When,  conscious  of  departed  innocence, 
Naked  and  trembling  from  my  Judge  I  fled, 
A  hand  of  mercy  o'er  my  vileness  spread: — 
Enoch,  this  mantle  thus  vouchsafed  to  me. 
At  my  dismission  I  bequeath  to  thee ; 
"Wear  it  in  sad  memorial  on  this  day, 
And  yearly  at  mine  earliest  altar  slay 
A  lamb  immaculate,  whose  blood  be  spilt 
In  sign  of  wrath  removed  and  cancelled  guilt : 
So  be  the  sins  of  all  my  race  confessed. 
So  on  their  heads  may  peace  and  pardon 

rest." 
Thus  spake  our  sire,  and  down  the  steep 

descent 
With  strengthened  heart  and  fearless  foot- 
steps went. 

"Ere  noon,  returning  to  his  bower,  I  found 
Our  father  laboring  in  his  harvest  ground 
(For  yet  he  tilled  a  little  plot  of  soil. 
Patient  and  pleased  with  voluntary  toil) ; 
But  oh !  how  changed  from  him  whose  morn- 
ing eye 
Outshone  the  star  that  told  the  sun  was  nigh ! 
Loose  in  his  feeble  grasp  the  sickle  shook ; 
I  marked  the  ghastly  dolour  of  his  look. 
And  ran  to  help  him ;  but  his  latest  strength 
Failed:  prone  upon  his  sheaves  he  fell  at 

length ; 
I  strove  to  raise  him;  sight  and  sense  were 

fled. 
Nerveless  his  limbs,  and  backward  swayed 

his  head. 
Seth  passed ;  I  called  him,  and  we  bore  our 

sire 
To  neighboring  shades,  from  noon's  afflic- 
tive fire : 
Ere  long  he  woke  to  feeling,  with  a  sigh, 
And  half  unclosed  his  hesitating  eye; 
Strangely  and  timidly  he  peered  around. 
Like  one  in  dreams,  whom  sudden  lights 

confound : 
— '  Is  this  a  new  creation? — Have  I  passed 
The  bitterness  of  death? ' — He  looked  aghast. 
Then  sorrowful ! — *No;  men  and  trees  ap- 
pear; 
'Tis  not  a  new  creation — pain  is  here : 
From  sin's  dominion  is  there  no  release? 
Lord,  let  thy  servant  now  depart  in  peace.' 
— Hurried  remembrance  crowding  o'er  his 

soul, 
He  knew  us ;  tears  of  consternation  stole 
Down  his  pale  cheeks: — Seth! — Enoch  1 — 

Where  is  Eve? 
How  could  the  spouse  her  dying  consort 
leave? 


' '  Eve  looked  that  moment  from  their  cottage 

door 
In  quest  of  Adam,  where  he  toiled  before ; 
He  was  not  there;  she  called  him  by  his 

name; 
Sweet  to  his  ear  the  well-known   accents 

came; 
— '  Here  am  I,'  answered  he,  in  tone  so  weak, 
That  we  who  heard  him  scarcely  heard  him 

speak ;      ' 
But,  resolutely  bent  to  rise,  in  vain 
He  struggled  till  he  swooned  away  with  pain. 
Eve  called  again,  and  turning  towards  the 

shade, 
Helpless  as  infancy  beheld  him  laid ; 
She  sprang,  as  smitten  with  a  mortal  wound, 
Forward,  and  cast  herself  upon  the  ground 
At  Adam's  feet ;  half  rising  in  despair. 
Him  from  our  arms   she  wildly  strove  to 

tear ; 
Repelled  by  gentle  violence,  she  pressed 
His  powerless  hand  to  her  convulsive  breast, 
And  kneeling,  bending  o'er  him  full  of  fears 
Warm   on  his  bosom   showered  her  silent 

tears. 
Light  to  his  eyes  at  that  refreshment  came, 
They  opened  on  her  in  a  transient  flame ; 
— 'And  art  thou  here,  my  life!  my  love!' 

he  cried, 
'  Faithful  in  death  to  this  congenial  side? 
Thus  let  me  bind  thee  to  my  breaking  heart. 
One  dear,  one  bitter  moment,  ere  we  part.' 
— '  Leave  me  not,  Adam !  leave  me  not  below ; 
With  thee  I  tarry,  or  with  thee  I  go,' 
She  said;  and  yielding  to  his  faint  embrace. 
Clung  round  his  neck,  and  wept  upon  his 
Alarming  recollection  soon  returned,    [face. 
His   fevered   frame  with  growing   anguish 

burned : 
Ah!    then,    as  nature's    tenderest    impulse 

wrought. 
With  fond  solicitude  of  love  she  sought 
To  soothe  his  limbs  upon  their  grassy  bed. 
And  make  the  pillow  easy  to  his  head. 
She  wiped  his  reeking  temples  with  her  hair : 
She  shook  the  leaves  to  stir  the  sleeping  air; 
Moistened  his  lips  with  kisses:    with  her 

breath 
Vainly  essayed  to  quell  the  fire  of  death. 
That  ran  and  revelled  through  his  swollen 

veins 
With  quicker  pulses,  and  severer  pains. 

"The  sun,  in  summer  majesty  on  high, 
Darted  his  fierce  effulgence  down  the  sky ; 
Yet  dimmed  and  blunted  were  the  dazzling 

rays. 
His  orb  expanded  through  a  dreary  haze. 
And,  circled  with  a  red  portentous  zone. 
He  looked  in  sickly  horror  from  his  throne : 
The  vital  air  was  still ;  the  torrid  heat 
Oppressed  our  hearts,  that  labored  hard  to 

beat. 
When  higher  noon  had  shrunk  the  lessening 

shade. 
Thence  to  his  home  our  father  we  conveyed, 


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And  stretched  him,  pillowed  with  his  latest 

sheaves, 
On   a  fresh   couch   of  green   and   fragrant 

leaves. 
Here,  though  his  sufferings  through  the  glen 

were  known, 
We  chose  to  watch  his  dying  bed  alone, 
Eve,  Seth,  and  I.    In  vain  he  sighed  for  rest, 
And  oft  his  meek  complainings  thus   ex- 
pressed : 

*  Blow  on  me,  Wind !  I  faint  with  heat  1  Oh, 

bring 

Delicious  water  from  the  deepest  spring ; 

Your  sunless  shadows  o'er  my  limbs  diffuse. 

Ye  Cedars!  wash  me  cold  with  midnight 
dews. 

Cheer  me,  my  friends,  with  looks  of  kind- 
ness cheer; 

Whisper  a  word  of  comfort  in  mine  ear ; 

Those  sorrowing  faces  fill  my  soul  with 
gloom; 

This  silence  is  the  silence  of  the  tomb. 

Thither  I  hasten;  help  me  on  my  way; 

Oh,  sing  to  soothe  me,  and  to  strengthen, 
pray ! ' 

We  sang  to  soothe  him — hopeless  was  the 
song; 

We  prayed  to  strengthen  him — he  grew  not 
strong. 

In  vain  from  every  herb,  and  fruit,  and 
flower. 

Of  cordial  sweetness  or  of  healing  power. 

We  pressed  the  virtue;  no  terrestrial  balm 

Nature's  dissolving  agony  could  calm. 

Thus  as  the  day  declined,  the  fell  disease 

Eclipsed  the  light  of  life  by  slow  degrees: 

Yet  while  his  pangs  grew  sharper,  more  re- 
signed. 

More  self-collected,  grew  the  sufferer's  mind ; 

Patient  of  heart,  though  racked  at  every 
pore. 

The  righteous  penalty  of  sin  he  bore; 

Not  his  the  fortitude  that  mocks  at  pains. 

But  that  which  feels  them  most,  and  yet 
sustains. 

*  'Tis  just,  'tis  merciful, '  we  heard  him  say : 

'  Yet  wherefore   hath   He   turned  His  face 

away? 
I  see  Him  not ;  I  hear  Him  not ;  I  call ; 
My  God !  my  God !  support  me  or  I  fall  1 ' 

"  The  sun  went  down  amidst  an  angry  glare 
Of  flushing  clouds  that  crimsoned  all  the  air ; 
The  winds  brake  loose ;  the  forest  boughs 

were  torn. 
And  dark  aloof  the  eddying  foliage  borne  ; 
Cattle  to  shelter  scudded  in  affright; 
The  florid  evening  vanished  into  night: 
Then  burst  the  hurricane  upon  the  vale. 
In  peals  of  thunder  and  thick -volleyed  hail ; 
Prone  rushing  rains  with  torrents  whelmed 

the  land. 
Our  cot  amidst  a  river  seemed  to  stand ; 
Around  its  base,  the  foamy  crested  streams 
Flashed  through  the  darkness  to  the  light- 
ning's gleams, 


With  monstrous  throes  an  earthquake  heaved 

the  ground, 
The  rocks  were  rent,  the  mountains  trembled 

raund ; 
Never  since  Nature  into  being  came  [frame ; 
Had    such    mysterious    motion    shook   her 
We  thought,  ingulfed  in  floods,  or  wrapt  in 

fire. 
The  world  itself  would  perish  with  our  sire. 

"Amidst  this  war  of  elements,  within 
More  dreadful  grew  the  sacrifice  of  sin, 
Whose  victim  on  his  bed  of  torture  lay. 
Breathing  the  slow  remains  of  life  away. 
Erewhile,  victorious  faith  sublimer  rose 
Beneath  the  pressure  of  collected  woes: 
But  now  his  spirit  wavered,  went  and  came. 
Like  the  loose  vapor  of  departing  flame, 
Till  at  the  point,  when  comfort  seemed  to 

die 
Forever  in  his  fixed  unclosing  eye, 
Bright   through   the   smouldering  ashes  of 

the  man. 
The  saint  brake  forth,  and  Adam  thus  be- 
gan: 

'  Oh,  ye  that  shudder  at  this  awful  strife, 
This  wrestling  agony  of  death  and  life. 
Think  not  that  He,  on  whom  my  soul  is  cast. 
Will  leave  me  thus  forsaken  to  the  last; 
Nature's  infirmity  alone  you  see; 
My  chains  are  breaking,  I  shall  soon  be  free ; 
Though  firm  in  God  the  spirit  holds  her  trust. 
The  flesh  is  frail,  and  trembles  into  dust. 
Horror  and  anguish  seize  me; — 'tis  the  hour 
Of  darkness,  and  I  mourn  beneath  its  power; 
The  tempter  plies  me  with  his  direst  art, 
I  feel  the  serpent  coiling  round  my  heart; 
He  stirs  the  wound  he  once  inflicted  there, 
Instils  the  deadening  poison  of  despair. 
Belies  the  truth  of  God's  delaying  grace, 
And  bids  me  curse  my  Maker  to  His  face. 
I  will  not  curse  Him,    though    His    grace 

delay; 
I  will  not  cease  to  trust  Him,  though  He  slay ; 
Full  on  His  promised  mercy  I  rely. 
For  God  hath  spoken — God,    who  cannot 

lie. 
Thou,  of  my  faith  the  author  and  the  end. 
Mine  early,  late,  and  everlasting  Friend; 
The  joy  that  once  Thy  presence  gave,  restore 
Ere  I  am  summoned  hence,  and  seen  no  more : 
Down  to  the  dust  returns  this  earthly  frame, 
Receive   my   spirit.    Lord,    from  Whom  it 

came; 
Rebuke  the  tempter,  show  Thy  power  to 

save, 
O,  let  Thy  glory  light  me  to  the  grave. 
That    these,    who    witness    my    departing 

breath, 
May  learn  to  triumph  in  the  grasp  of  death. ' 

"He  closed  his  eyelids  with  a  tranquil  smile. 
And  seemed  to  rest  in  silent  prayer  awhile : 
Around  his  couch  with  filial  awe  wc  kneeled. 
When  suddenly  a  light  from  heaven  revealed 


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A  spirit,  that  stood  within  the  unopened 

door; 
The  sword  of  God  in  his  right  hand  he  bore ; 
His  countenance  was  lightning,  and  his  vest 
Like  snow  at  sunrise  on  the  mountain's  crest ; 
Yet  so  benignly  beautiful  his  form, 
His  presence  stilled  the  fury  of  the  storm; 
At  once  the  winds  retire,  the  waters  cease; 
His  look  was  love,  his  salutation  '  Peace.' 

"  Our  mother  first  beheld  him,  sore  amazed, 
But  terror  grew  to  transport  while  she  gazed : 
*  'Tis    He,    the  Prince  of    Seraphim,    who 

drove 
Our  banished  feet  from  Eden's  happy  grove ; 
Adam,    my   life,    my   spouse,    awake ! '  she 

cried ; 
'Return  to  paradise;  behold  thy  guide! 
O,  let  me  follow  in  this  dear  embrace.' 
She  sunk,  and  on  his  bosom  hid  her  face. 
Adam  looked  up ;  his  visage  changed  its  hue, 
Transformed  into  an  angel's  at  the  view : 
'  I  come ! '  he  cried,  with  faith's  full  triumph 

fired. 
And  in  a  sigh  of  ecstasy  expired. 
The  light  was  vanished  and  the  vision  fled; 
We  stood  alone  the  living  with  the  dead ; 
The   ruddy  embers,  glimmering  round  the 

room. 
Displayed   the   corpse    amidst  the   solemn 

gloom ; 
But  o'er  the  scene  a  holy  calm  reposed. 
The  gate  of  heaven  had  opened  there,  and 

closed. 

"  Eve's  faithful  arm  still  clasped  her  lifeless 

spouse ; 
Grently  I  shook  it,  from  her  trance  to  rouse ; 
She  gave  no  answer;  motionless  and  cold. 
It  fell  like  clay  from  my  relaxing  hold ; 
Alarmed,  I  lifted  up  the  locks  of  gray 
That  hid   her  c^eek;  her  soul  had  passed 

away: 
A  beauteous  corse  she  graced  her  partner's 

side, 
Love  bound  their  lives  and  death  could  not 

divide,"  James  Montgomery. 

3089.  ADAM,  EnocTi's  Description  of. 

With  him  his  noblest  sons  might  not  com- 
pare, 
In  godlike  feature  and  majestic  air ; 
Not  out  of  weakness  rose  his  gradual  frame. 
Perfect  from  his  Creator's  hand  he  came ; 
And  as  in  form  excelling,  so  in  mind 
The  sire  of  men  transcended  all  mankind ; 
A  soul  was  in  his  eye,  and  in  his  speech 
A  dialect  of  heaven  no  art  could  reach ; 
For  oft  of  old  to  him  the  evening  breeze 
Had  borne  the  voice  of  God  among  the  trees ; 
Angels  were  wont  their  songs  with  his  to 

blend. 
And  talk  with  him  as  their  familiar  friend. 
But  deep  remorse  for  that  mysterious  crime, 
Whose  dire  contagion  through  elapsing  time 


Diffused  the  curse  of  death  beyond  control, 
Had  wrought  such  self-abasement  in  his  soul. 
That  he  whose  honors  were  approached  by 

none. 
Was  yet  the  niei  kc^t  man  beneath  the  sun. 
From  sin,  as  from  the  ser-  cut  tliut  betrayed 
Eve's  early  innocence,  he  slirunk  afr;iid; 
Vice  he  relmked  with  so  austere  a  frown. 
He  seemed  to   bring  an  instant  judgment 

down ;  [start. 

Yet  while  he  chid,  compunctious  tears  would 
And  yearning  tenderness  dissolve  his  heart ! 
The  guilt  of  all  his  race  became  his  own, 
He  suffered  as  if  he  had  sinned  alone. 
Within  our  glen  to  filial  love  endeared. 
Abroad  for  wisdom,  truth,  and  justice  feared. 
He  walked  so  humbly  in  the  sight  of  all. 
The  vilest  ne'er  reproached  him  with  his  fall. 
Children  were  his  delight :  they  ran  to  meet 
His  soothing  hand,  and  clasp  his  honored 

feet ;  [blest, 

While  'midst  their  fearless  sports  supremely 
He  grew  in  heart  a  child  among  the  rest: 
Yet  as  a  parent,  nought  beneath  the  sky 
Touched  him  so  quickly  as  an  infant's  eye: 
Joy  from  its  smile  of  happiness  he  caught ; 
Its   flash  of  rage   sent  horror  through  his 

thought: 
His  smitten  conscience   felt  as  fierce  a  pain, 
As  if  he  fell  from  innocence  again. 

James  Montgomery. 

3090.  ADAM,  The  Awakening  of. 

What  was  't  awakened  first  the  untuned  ear 
Of  that  sole  man  who  was  all  human  kind? 
Was  it  the  gladsome  welcome  of  the  wind. 
Stirring  the  leaves  that  never  yet  were  sear? 
The  four  mellifluous  streams  which  flowed 

so  near. 
Their  lulling  murmurs  all  in  one  combined? 
The  note  of  bird  unnamed?     The  startled 

hind 
Bursting  the  brake  in  wonder,  not  in  fear, 
Of  her  new  lord?     Or  did  the  holy  ground 
Send  forth  mysterious  melody  to  greet 
The  gracious  pressure  of  immaculate  feet? 
Did  viewless  seraphs  rustle  all  around. 
Making  sweet  music  out  of  air  as  sweet? 
Or  his  own  voice  awake  him  with  its  sound? 
Hartley  Coleridge. 

3091.  ADAM,  The  Transgression  of. 

James  i  :  15. 
Lament,  lament;  look,  look  what  thou  hast 
done; 
Lament  the  world's,   lament   thine    own 
estate ; 
Look,  look,  by  doing,  how  thou  art  undone ; 
Lament  thy  fall,   lament  thy  change    of 
state : 
Thy  faith  is  broken,  and  thy  freedom  gone. 
See,  see  too  soon,  what  thou  lament'st  too 

late, 
O  thou  that  wert  so  many  men,  nay,  all 
Abridged  in  one,  how  has  thy  desperate  fall 
Destroyed  thy  unborn  seed,  destroyed  thy- 
self withal? 


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Uxorious  Adam,  whom  thy  Maker  made 

Equal  to  angels  that  excel  in  power, 
What  hast  thou  done.     Oh,  why  hast  thou 
obeyed 
Thine    own     destruction?     like    a    new 
cropped  flower. 
How  does  the  glory  of  thy  beauty  fade ! 
How  are  thy  fortunes  blasted  in  an  hour ! 
How  art  thou  cowed  that  hast  the  power 

to  quell 
The  spite  of  new-fallen  angels,  bafile  hell, 
And  vie  with  those  that  stood,  and  vanquish 
those  that  fell. 

See  how  the  world  (whose  chaste  and  preg- 
nant womb 
Of  late   conceived,    and    brought    forth 
nothing  ill) 
Is  now  degenerated,  and  become 

A  base  adulteress,  whose  false  births  do  fill 

The  earth  with  monsters,  monsters  that  do 

roam 

And  rage  about,  and  make  a  trade  to  kill ! 

Now  gluttony  paunches;  lust  begins  to 

spawn ; 
"Wrath  takes  revenge  and  avarice  a  pawn ; 
Pale  envy  pines,  pride  swells,  and  sloth  be- 
gins to  yawn. 

The  air  that  whispered  now  begins  to  roar ; 
And  blustering  Boreas  blows  the  boiling 
tide ; 
The  white-mouthed  water  now  usurps  the 
shore. 
And  scorns  the  power  of  her  tridental  guide 
The  fire  now  burns  that  did  but  warm  before, 
And  rules  her  ruler  with  resistless  pride : 
Fire,  water,  earth,  and  air,  that  first  were 

made 
To  be  subdued,  see  how  they  now  invade ! 
They  rule  whom  once  they  served,  command 
where  once  obeyed. 

Behold,  that  nakedness,  that  late  bewrayed 
Thy  glory,  now's  become  thy  shame,  thy 
wonder; 
Behold,  those  trees  whose  various  fruits  were 
made 
For  food,  now  turned  a  shade  to  shroud 
thee  under, 
Behold,  that  voice  (which  thou  hast  dis- 
obeyed) 
That  late  was  music,  now  affrights  like 

thunder. 
Poor  man !  are  not  thy  joints  grown  faint 

with  shaking 
To  view  the  effect  of  thy  bold  undertaking. 
That  in  one  hour  didst  mar  what  Heaven  six 
days  was  making. 

Francis  Qiuirles. 

3092.  ADAM,  Where  art  thou  ? 
Adam,  where  art  thou?  monarch,  where? 

It  is  thy  Maker  calls ; 
What  means  that  look  of  wild  despair? 

What  anguish  now  enthralls? 


Why  in  the  wood's  embowering  shade 

Dost  thou  attempt  to  hide 
From  Him  whose  hand  thy  kingdom  made, 

And  all  thy  wants  supplied? 
Go  hide  again,  thou  fallen  one  1 

The  crown  has  left  thy  brow, 
Thy  robe  of  purity  is  gone, 

And  thou  art  naked  now. 

Adam,  where  art  thou?  monarcli,  where? 

Assert  thy  high  command; 
Call  forth  the  tiger  from  his  lair, 

To  lick  thy  kingly  hand ; 
Control  the  air,  control  the  earth, 

Control  the  foaming  sea: 
They  own  no  more  thy  heavenly  birth. 

Or  heaven-stamped  royalty; 
The  brutes  no  longer  will  caress. 

But  share  with  thee  thy  reign; 
For  the  sceptre  of  thy  righteousness 

Thy  hands  have  snapped  in  twain. 

Adam,  where  art  thou?  monarch,  where? 

Thou  wondrous  thing  of  clay ; 
Ah!  let  the  earth-worm  now  declare, 

Who  claims  thee  as  his  prey. 
Thy  mother,  O  thou  mighty  one. 

For  thee  re-opes  her  womb ; 
Thou  to  the  narrow  house  art  gone, 

Thy  kingdom  is  thy  tomb. 
The  truth  from  Godhead's  lips  that  came, 

There  in  thy  darkness  learn — 
Of  dust  was  formed  thy  beauteous  frame, 

And  shall  to  dust  return. 

Adam,  where  art  thou?  where,  ah,  where? 

Behold  him  raised  above. 
An  everlasting  life  to  share. 

In  the  bright  world  of  love. 
The  hand  he  once  'gainst  heaven  could  raise 

Another  sceptre  holds; 
His  brows,  where  new-born  glories  blaze. 

Another  crown  enfolds. 
Another  robe's  flung  over  him, 

More  fair  than  was  his  own, 
And  with  the  fire-tongued  seraphim 

He  dwells  before  the  throne. 

But  whence  could  such  a  change  proceed? 

What  power  could  raise  him  there? 
So  late  by  God's  own  voice  decreed 

Transgression's  curse  to  bear. 
Hark,  hark !  he  tells — a  harp  well  strung 

His  grateful  arms  embrace: 
Salvation  is  his  deathless  song, 

And  grace,  abounding  grace ; 
And  sounds  through  all  the  upper  sky 

A  strain  with  wonders  rife, 
That  Life  hath  given  itself  to  die, 

To  bring  death  back  to  life. 

Thomas  Bagg. 

3093.  ADAM  Ain)  EVE,  Doom  of. 
Alas !  how  changed  from  bowers  of  Paradise 
That    desolate    region,    overgrown   with 

thorn 
And  thistle  rank — a  trackless  waste  forlorn, 


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Unblessed  by   God,    o'erarcbed    by    sullen 

skies, 
There  stand  that  guilty  pair,  now  sadly  wise. 
Their  hearts  with  grief,  their  feet  with 

briers  torn, 
Vainly  their  faded  innocence  theV  mourn, 
And  toward  the  gates  of  Eden  turn  their  eyes. 
No  more  to  see  the  beauty  and  the  bloom 

Of  that  blest  garden  was  to  sinners  given ; 
To  weep  and  labor  wearily  their  doom. 

Out  of  God's  holy,  blissful  presence  driven, 
Till  through  life's  sorrows,  and  death's  dust 
and  gloom. 
By  woman's  promised   seed   they    enter 
heaven.  B.  WiUo7i. 

3094.  ADAM  AND  EVE,  Golden  Age  of. 
Adam  all  day  'mid  odorous  garden  bowers 
Had  lightly  toiled,    while  many   a_  tender 

word, 
With  murmurs  of  the  brook  and  song  of  bird. 
Fell  on  Eve's  ear  at  work  amongst  her  flowers ; 
When  lo!  where  grove  of  pine  and  cedar 

towers. 
As  with   a   gentle   breeze    the    leaves   are 

stirred. 
And  walking  in  the  garden  God  is  heard. 
With  voice  of  love  charming  those  evening 

hours. 
With  conscious  innocence,  and  hand  in  hand. 
That    goodly    pair    approach    their    awful 

Friend, 
Like  children  with  beloved  father  stand; 
Then  at  His  feet  in  adoration  bend. 
O  golden  age !  O  days  of  heaven  on  earth ! 
When  life  was  piety  and  labor  mirth. 

a.  Wilton. 

3095.  ADULLAM,  Cave  of. 

2  Samuel  xxiii :  15-17. 
David  and  his  three  captains  bold 
Kept  ambush  once  within  a  hold. 
It  was  in  Adullam's  cave. 
Nigh  which  no  water  they  could  have, 
Nor  spring  nor  running  brook  was  near 
To  quench  the  thirst  that  parched  them  there. 
Then  David,  King  of  Israel, 
Straight  bethought  him  of  a  well, 
Which  stood  beside  the  city  gate. 
At  Bethlem ;  where,  before  his  state 
Of  kingly  dignity,  he  had 
Oft  drunk  his  till,  a  shepherd  lad; 
But  now  his  fierce  Philistine  foe 
Encamped  before  it  he  does  know. 
Yet  ne'er  the  less,  with  heat  oppressed. 
Those  three  bold  captains  he  addressed ; 
And  wished  that  one  to  him  would  bring 
Some  water  from  his  native  spring. 
His  valiant  captains  instantly 
To  execute  his  will  did  fly. 
The  mighty  Three  the  ranks  broke  through 
Of  armed  foes,  and  water  drew 
For  David,  their  beloved  king, 
At  his  own  sweet  native  spring. 
Back  through  their  armed  foes  they  haste. 
With  the  hard-earned  treasure  graced. 


But  when  the  good  King  David, found 
What  they  had  done,  he  on  the  ground 
The  water  poured.      "Because,"  said  he, 
"That  it  was  at  the  jeopardy 
Of  your  three  lives  this  thing  ye  did, 
That  I  should  drink  it,  God  forbid." 

Charles  La/nib. 

3096.  ADULTERESS,  Porgiveness  of  the. 

Joha  viii :  1-11. 
A  still  dark  joy !     A  sudden  face ! 

Cold  daylight,  footsteps,  cries ! 
The  temple's  naked,  shining  space, 

Aglare  with  judging  eyes ! 

All  in  abandoned  guilty  hair, 

With  terror-pallid  lips. 
To  vulgar  scorn  her  honor  bare, 

To  vulgar  taunts  and  quips, 

Her  eyes  she  fixes  on  the  ground, 

Her  shrinking  soul  to  hide; 
Lest,  at  uncurtained  windows  found, 

Its  shame  be  clear  descried. 

All-idle  hang  her  listless  hands, 

And  tingle  with  her  shame ; 
She  sees  not  who  beside  her  stands, 

She  is  so  bowed  with  blame. 

He  stoops.  He  writes  upon  the  ground, 
Regards  nor  priests  nor  wife  ; 

An  awful  silence  spreads  around. 
And  wakes  an  inward  strife. 

Is  it  a  voice  that  speaks  for  thee? 

Almost  she  hears  aghast: 
"  Let  him  who  from  this  sin  is  free, 

At  her  the  first  stone  cast. " 

Astonished,  waking,  growing  sad. 

Her  eyes  bewildered  rose ; 
She  saw  the  one  true  friend  she  had. 

Who  loves  her  though  He  knows. 

Upon  her  deathlike,  ashy  face, 

The  blushes  rise  and  spread: 
No  greater  wonder  suie  had  place 

When  Lazarus  left  the  dead ! 

He  stoops.    In  every  charnel  breast 

Dead  conscience  rises  slow : 
They,  dumb  before  that  awful  guest. 

Turn,  one  by  one,  and  go. 

Alone  with  Him !     Yet  no  new  dread 

Invades  the  silence  round ; 
False  pride,  false  shame,  all  false  is  dead ; 

She  has  the  Master  found. 

Who  else  had  spoken  on  her  side. 

Those  cruel  men  withstood? 
From  Him  even  shame  she  would  not  hide ; 

For  Him  she  will  be  good. 

He  rises — sees  the  temple  bare; 

They  two  are  left  alone. 
He  turns  and  asks  her,  "Woman,  where 

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"Hath  none  condenlned  thee?" — "Master, 
no," 

She  answers,  trembling  sore. 
"  Neither  do  I  condemn  thee.     Go, 

And  sin  not  any  more." 

She  turned  and  went.    To  hope  and  grieve  ? 

Be  what  she  had  not  been? 
We  are  not  told  ;  but  I  believe 

His  kindness  made  her  clean. 

Qeorge  Macdonald. 

3097.  ADULTERESS,  The. 
St.  John  viii :  1-11. 

Without  the  city  walls,  the  Son  of  man 
Had  watched  all  night  upon  the  stony  ridge 
Beyond  the  brook  of  Kedron,  which  o'erlooks 
The  fatal  town,  and  Moriah's  mount  sublime, 
Crowned  by  the  temple  of  the  living  God, 
And  Siloa's  stream  oracular,  and  the  vale 
Named  of  Jehosaphat,  where  soon  shall  stand 
The  Abomination  making  desolate — 
There  with  His  Father,  till  the  stars  were 

pale. 
In  holiest  commune  on  that  lonely  steep. 
The  Mount  of  Olives. 

Now  the  sun  arose, 
And  through  the  stillness  of  the  early  morn 
Volumed  and  white  up  soared  the  savory 

smoke 
Of  morning  sacrifice,  and  pealed  aloft 
The  silver  trumpets  their  sonorous  praise 
O'er  Zion. 

Then  He  ceased  from  prayer,  and  came 
Again  unto  the  temple,  and  went  in, 
And  all  the  people  gathered  to  His  words, 
Breathless  and  mute  with  awe,  the  while  He 

sate 
Teaching. 

But  while  the  sweet  and  solemn  sound, 
The  words  of  Him  who  spake  as  never  man 
Spake,  or  shall  speak,  filled  every  listening 

soul 
With  wisdom  that  is  life,  a  throng  of  Scribes 
And  Pharisees   came   hasting  through  the 

doors. 
And  haling  a  fair  woman  towards  His  place. 
Set  her  before  Him  in  the  midst. 

She  was 
Indeed  most  fair,  and  young,  and  innocent 
To  look  upon.     Alas !  that  such  as  she 
So  should  have  fallen  ! 

Pale  she  stood,  and  mute, 
Her  large,  soft  eyes,  that  wont  to  swim  in 

light. 
Burning  with  tearless  torture;   cheek  and 

brow 
Whiter  than  ashes,  or  the  snow  that  dwells 
On  Sinai.     Thus  she  stood,  a  little  space. 
Gazing  around  with  a  bewildered  glare 
That  had  no  speculation  in't — 

Then  sank 
In  her  disordered  robes,  a  shapeless  heap. 
At  a  tall  pillar's  base,  her  face  concealed 
In  the  coarse  mufflings  of  her  woollen  gown. 


And  the  redundance  of  her  golden  hair 
Part  fairly  braided,  part  in  wavy  flow* 
Dishevelled,  over  her  bare  shoulders  spread, 
Purer  than  alabaster — nought  beside 
Exposed,  save  one  round  arm  the  bashful  face 
With  slinderest  fingers  hiding,    while  the 

drops 
Oozed  through  them  slow  and  silent — she 

wept  now. 
When  none  beheld  her ! — and  one  rosy  foot, 
Unsandalled,  peering  from  the  ruffled  hem 
Of  her  white  garb — all  else  a  drifted  mass 
Of  draperies  heaving  like  the  ocean's  swell. 
To  that  unspoken  agony  within, 
Which  rent  her  bosom,  unsuspect  of  man, 
But  seen  of  the  All-seeing. 

Up  they  spake — 
"Master,  this  woman  in  the  act  was  ta'en 
Sinning.      Now  Moses  taught  us  in  the  law. 
That  whoso  doeth  thus  shall  surely  die, 
Stoned  by  the  people — But  what  sayest  thou  ?" 
Thus  said  they,   tempting  Him,  that  they 

might  have 
Of  sin  to  accuse  the  sinless. 

Jesus  stooped, 
Silent,  and  with  His  finger  on  the  groi.nd 
Traced  characters,  as  though  He  heard  them 

not; 
But  when  they  asked  again  importunate, 
He  raised  Himself  in  perfect  majesty. 
Calm,  and  inscrutable,  reading  their  souls 
With  that  deep  eye  to  which  all  hearts  are 

known, 
From  which  no  secrets  can  be  hidden. 

Then, 
"  He  that  is  here,  among  you,  without  sin," 
He  said,  "let  him  first  cast  a  stone  at  her." 
Then  stooped  He  again,  and  on  the  ground 
Wrote  as  before. 

A  mighty  terror  fell 
On  those  which  heard  it,  in  their  secret  souls 
Convicted.     One  by  one  they  slunk  away. 
The  eldest  first,  as  guiltiest,  to  the  last, 
Till  none  were  left,  but  Jesus  in  the  midst 
Standing  alone,  and  at  the  column's  base, 
The  woman  grovelling  like  a  trampled  worm : 
They  two  were  in  the  temple — but  they  two, 
Of  all  the  crowd  that  thronged  it  even  now — 
The  sinful  mortal,  and  her  sinless  God. 

When  Jesus  had  arisen,  and  beheld 
That  none  were  left  of  all,  save  she  alone ; 
"Woman,"  He   said  unto  her,    "Woman, 

where 
Be  now  those  thine  accusers?     Hath  no  man 
Condemned  thee?" 

And  she  answered,  "No man.  Lord." 
"Neither  do  I " — Jesus  replied  to  her — 
"  Condemn  thee.     Go,  and  sin  no  more." 

And  she 
Arose,  and  went  her  way  in  sadness ;  and 
The  grace  of  Him,  to  whom  the  power  is 

given 
To  pardon  sins,  sank  down  into  her  soul, 
Like  gentle  dew  upon  the  drooping  herb,  _ 
That  under  that  good  influence  blooms  again, 
And  sent  its  odors  heavenward — 


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And  perchance 
Therw  was  great  joy  above,  in  those  bright 

hosts 
Who  more  rejoice  o'er  one  that  was  a  slave 
To  sin  and  hath  repented,  than  o'er  ten 
So  just  that  they  have  nothing  to  repent. 
Henry  W.  Herbert. 

3098.  ADVENT,  Approaching. 
Revelations  xxii  :  20. 
He  is  coming;  and  the  tidings 

Are  rolling  wide  and  far; 
As  light  flows  out  in  gladness, 
From  yon  fair  morning- star. 

He  is  coming ;  and  the  tidings 
Sweep  through  the  willing  air, 

With  hope  that  ends  forever 
Time's  ages  of  despair. 

Old  earth  from  dreams  and  slumber 
Wakes  up  and  says,  Amen ; 

Land  and  ocean  bid  Him  welcome. 
Flood  and  forest  join  the  strain. 

He  is  coming ;  and  the  mountains 

Of  Judea  ring  again; 
Jerusalem  awakens, 

And  shouts  her  glad  Amen. 

He  is  coming ;  wastes  of  Horeb, 

Awaken  and  rejoice ! 
Hills  of  Moab,  cliffs  of  Edom, 

Lift  the  long  silent  voice ! 

He  is  coming,  sea  of  Sodom, 
To  heal  thy  leprous  brine, 
•  To  give  back  palm  and  myrtle, 
The  olive  and  the  vine. 

He  is  coming,  blighted  Carmel, 
To  restore  thy  olive  bowers. 

He  is  coming,  faded  Sharon, 
To  give  thee  back  thy  flowers. 

Sons  of  Gentile-trodden  Judah, 
Awake,  behold,  He  comes ! 

Landless  and  kingless  exiles. 
Re-seek  your  long-lost  homes. 

Back  to  your  ancient  valleys 

Which  your  fathers  loved  so  well. 

In  their  now  crumbled  cities 

Let  their  children's  children  dwell. 

Drink  the  last  drop  of  wormwood 
From  your  nation's  bitter  cup; 

The  bitterest,  but  the  latest. 
Make  haste  and  drink  it  up. 

For  He  thy  true  Messiah, 

Thine  own  anointed  King, 
He  comes,  in  love  and  glory. 

Thy  endless  joy  to  bring. 

Yes,  He  thy  King  is  coming 
To  end  thy  woes  and  wrongs, 

To  give  thee  joy  for  mourning, 
To  turn  thy  sighs  to  songs ; 


To  dry  the  tears  of  ages, 

To  give  thee,  as  of  old. 
The  diadem  of  beauty. 

The  crown  of  purest  gold ; 

To  lift  thee  from  thy  sadness, 

To  set  thee  on  the  throne, 
Messiah's  chosen  nation. 

His  best-beloved  one. 

The  stain  and  dust  of  exile 
To  wipe  from  thy  weary  feet; 

With  songs  of  glorious  triumph 
Thy  glad  return  to  greet. 

Horatius  Bonar. 

3099.  ADVENT,  Prayer  for  the. 
Revelations  xxii :  20. 

The  Church  has  waited  long. 

Her  absent  Lord  to  see ; 
And  still  in  loneliness  she  waits, 

A  friendless  stranger  she. 

Age  after  age  has  gone, 

Sun  after  sun  has  set. 
And  still,  in  weeds  of  widowhood. 

She  weeps,  a  mourner  yet. 

Come,  then,  Lord  Jesus,  come ! 

Saint  after  saint  on  earth 

Has  lived  and  loved  and  died; 
And,  as  they  left  us  one  by  one, 

We  laid  them  side  by  side. 

We  laid  them  down  to  sleep, 

But  not  in  hope  forlorn ; 
We  laid  them  but  to  ripen  there, 

Till  the  last  glorious  morn. 

Come,  then,  Lord  Jesus,  come ! 

The  serpent's  brood  increase, 

The  powers  of  hell  grow  bold. 
The  conflict  thickens,  faith  is  low, 

And  love  is  waxing  cold. 

How  long,  O  Lord  our  God ! 

Holy  and  true  and  good,        [Church, 
Wilt    Thou    not   judge   Thy  suffering 

Her  sighs  and  tears  and  blood? 

Come,  then,  Lord  Jesus,  come ! 

We  long  to  hear  Thy  voice, 

To  see  Thee  face  to  face. 
To  share  Thy  crown  and  glory  then. 

As  now  we  share  Thy  grace. 

Should  not  the  loving  bride 

Her  absent  bridegroom  mourn? 
Should  she  not  wear  the  signs  of  grief 

Until  her  Lord  return? 

Come,  then.  Lord  Jesus,  come? 

The  whole  creation  groans, 

And  waits  to  hear  that  voice, 
That  shall  restore  her  comeliness, 

And  make  her  wastes  rejoice. 

Come,  Lord,  and  wipe  away 

The  curse,  the  sin,  the  stain, 
And  make  this  blighted  world  of  ours 

Thine  own  fair  world  again. 

Come,  then.  Lord  Jesus,  come ! 

Horatius  Bonar. 


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3100.  ADVENT,  Suddenness  of  the. 
Matthew  xxiv  :  37-39. 

Even  thus  amid  thy  pride  and  luxury, 

O  earth  !  shall  i  hat  last  coming  burst  on  thee, 

That  second' ccminu;  of  the  Son  of  man. 
When  all  the  cherub-throning  clouds  shall 

shine, 
Irradiate  with  His  bright  advancing  sign: 
When  that  Great  Husbandman  shall  wave 

His  fan, 
Sweeping,  like  chaff,  thy  wealth  and  pomp 

away: 
Still  to  the  noontide  of  that  nightless  day, 
Shalt  thou  thy  wonted  dissolute  course 

maintain. 
Along  the  busy  mart  and  crowded  street, 
The  buyer  and  the  seller  still  shall  meet, 
And  marriage  feasts  begin  their  jocund 

strain : 
Still  to  the  pouring  out  the  cup  of  woe ; 
Till  earth,  a  drunkard,  reeling  to  and  fro. 
And  mountains  molten  by  His  burning  feet, 
And  heaven,  His  presence  own,  all  red  with 

furnace  heat. 

The  hundred-gated,  cities,  then. 

The  towers  and  temples,  named  of  men. 

Eternal,  and  the  thrones  of  kings ; 
The  gilded  summer  palaces, 
The  courtly  bowers  of  love  and  ease, 

Where  still  the  bird  of  pleasure  sings: 
Ask  ye  the  destiny  of  them? 
Go  gaze  on  fallen  Jerusalem ! 
Tea,  mightier  names  are  in  the  fatal  roll, 
'Gainst  earth  and  heaven  God's  standard  is 
unfurled. 
The  skies  are  shrivelled  like  a  burning  scroll. 
And  the  vast  common  doom  ensepulchres 
the  world. 

Oh!  who  shall  then  survive? 
Oh!  who  shall  stand  and  live? 

When  all  that  hath  been  is  no  more : 
When  for  the  round  earth  hung  in  air. 
With  all  its  constellations  fair. 
In  the  sky's  azure  canopy : 
WTien  for  the  breathing  earth,  and  spark- 
ling sea. 

Is  but  a  fiery  deluge  without  shore, 

Heaving  along  the  abyss  profound  and 
dark, 

A  fiery  deluge,  and  without  an  ark. 

Lord  of  all  power,  when  Thou  art  there 

alone 
On  Thy  eternal  fiery-wheeled  throne, 
That  in  its  high  meridian  noon 
Needs  not  the  perished  sun  nor  moon : 
When  Thou  art  there  in  Thy  presiding 
state, 
Wide-sceptred  monarch  o'er  the  realm  of 

doom: 
When  from  the  sea  depths,  from  earth's 
darkest  womb. 
The  dead  of  all  the  ages  round  Thee  wait : 


And   when  the   tribes    of   wickedness  are 
strewn 
Like  forest  leaves  in  the  autumn  of  Thine 
ire: 
Faithful  and  true  Thou  still  wilt  save  Thine 
own ! 
The  saints  shall  dwell  within  th'  unharm- 
ing  fire. 
Each  white  robe  spotless,  blooming   every 
palm. 
Even  safe  as  we,  by  this  still  fountain's 

side. 
So  shall  the  church.  Thy  bright  and  mystic 
bride. 
Sit  on  the  stormy  gulf  a  halcyon  bird  of  calm. 
Yes,  'mid  yon  angry  and  destroying  signs. 
O'er  us  the  rainbow  of  Thy  mercy  shines, 
We  hail,  we  bless  the  covenant  of  its  beam. 
Almighty  to  avenge,  Almightiest  to  redeem ! 
H.  H.  Milman. 

3101.  ADVENT,  The  First. 
Luke  ii :  8-14 
Of  old  at  midnight's  starry  prime 
When  rose  the  guiding  Light  of  time, 
The  angels  from  their  twilight  clime 

Sang,  "Peace  on  earth,  good-will  to  men." 

On  Bethlehem's  haunted  fields  divine 
The  shepherds  saw  the  glory  shine. 
And  heard  their  voices,  clear  and  fine. 
Sing,  "Peace  on  earth,  good-will  to  men." 

Sing,  angels !  greet  the  listening  ear 
With  strains  so  heavenly  sweet  to  hear, 
And  usher  in  the  golden  year 

Of  "Peace  on  earth,  good- will  to  men." 

Welcome !  glad  time  of  jubilee ! 
Thou  prosp'rous  reign  of  charity ! 
A  happier  place  this  world  will  be. 

With  "Peace  on  earth,  good- will  to  men." 

Then  words  of  gall,  and  looks  of  hate, 
And  stormy  wrath,  and  fierce  debate, 
A  genial  warmth  shall  dissipate. 

With  "Peace  on  earth,  good-will  to  men." 

And  men  shall  leave  their  fields  of  blood, 
And  children  cease  to  pine  for  food, 
When  all  in  holiest  brotherhood 

Have  "Peace  on  earth,  good-will  to  men." 

The  simplest  word  the  soul  can  speak 
To  ease  a  heart  about  to  break. 
Will  spoken  be  for  His  dear  sake        [men.'' 
Who   giveth  "Peace  .  .  .    good-will  to 

A  light  shall  shine  in  sorrow's  eyes, 
Like  radiance  of  the  morning  skies ; 
And  heart  with  heart  shall  sympathize, 
With  "Peace  on  earth,  good-will  to  men." 

Our  words  and  deeds  on  hearts  of  gloom 
Shall  fall  like  flowers  of  sweet  perfume ; 
And  Eden's  bowers  again  shall  bloom, 
'Mid  "Peace  on  earth,  good- will  to  men." 
Arthur  John  Lockhart. 


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^DVEISTT. 


3102.  ADVENT,  Waiting  for  the  Second, 
Isaiah  xxi :  11. 

The  Advent  morn  shines  cold  and  clear, 

These  Advent  nights  are  long; 
Our  lamps  have  burned  year  after  year, 

And  still  their  flame  is  strong. 
Watchman,  what  of  the  night?  we  cry. 

Heartsick  with  hope  deferred : 
No  speaking  signs  are  in  the  sky, 

Is  still  the  watchman's  word. 

The  porter  watches  at  the  gate. 

The  servants  watch  within; 
The  watch  is  long  betimes,  and  late, 

The  prize  is  slow  to  win : 
Watchman,  what  of  the  night?     But  still 

His  answer  sounds  the  same ; 
No  daybreak  tops  the  utmost  hill, 

Nor  pale  our  lamps  of  flame. 

One  to  another,  hear  them  speak, 

The  patient  virgins  wise: 
Surely  He  is  not  far  to  seek, 

All  night  we  watch  and  rise; 
The  days  are  evil  looking  back. 

The  coming  days  are  dim; 
Yet  count  we  not  His  promise  slack, 

But  watch  and  wait  for  Him. 

One  with  another,  soul  with  soul, 

They  kindle  fire  from  flre; 
Friends  watch  us  who  have  touched  the  goal ; 

They  urge  us,  Come  up  higher ! 
With  them  shall  rest  our  way-sore  feet. 

With  them  is  built  our  home, 
With  Christ — they  sweet,  but  He  most  sweet. 

Sweeter  than  honeycomb. 

There  no  more  parting,  no  more  pain; 

The  distant  ones  brought  near; 
The  lost  so  long  are  found  again — 

Long  lost,  but  longer  dear: 
Eye  hath  not  seen,  car  hath  not  heard. 

Nor  lieart  conceived,  that  rest: 
With  them,  our  good  things  long  deferred ; 

With  Jesus  Christ,  our  best. 

We  weep,  because  the  night  is  long; 

We  laugh,  for  day  shall  rise; 
We  sing  a  slow  contented  song, 

And  kuock  at  Paradise : 
Weeping,  we  hold  Him  fast,  who  wept 

For  us;  we  hold  Him  fast, 
And  will  not  let  Him  go  except 

He  bless  us  first  or  last. 

Weeping,  we  hold  Him  fast  to-night ; 

We  will  not  let  Him  go. 
Till  daybreak  smite  our  wearied  .sight. 

And  summer  smite  the  snow. 
Then  figs  shall  bud,  and  dove  with  dove 

Shall  coo  the  livelong  day: 
Then  He  shall  say.  Arise,  my  love ! 

My  fair  one,  come  away  ! 

Christina  O.  Bossetti. 


3103.  ADVENT,  Waiting  for  the  Second. 

What  of  the  night,  watchman,  what  of  the 
night? 

The  wintry  gale  sweeps  by,  [call 

The  thick  shadov.s  fall,  and  the  night-bird's 

Sounds  mournfully  through  the  sky. 

The  night  is  dark,  it  is  long  and  drear, 

But  who,  while  others  sleep. 
Is  that  little  band,  who  together  stand. 

And  their  patient  vigils  keep? 

All  awake  is  the  strained  eye. 

And  awake  the  listening  ear:  [gate 

For  tlieir  Lord  they  wait,  and  watch  at  the 

His  chariot-wheels  to  hear. 

Long  have  they  waited — that  little  band. 

And  ever  and  anon 
To  fancy's  eye  the  dawn  seemed  nigh, 

The  night  seemed  almost  gone. 

And  often,  through  the  midnight  gale, 
They  thought  they  heard  at  last      [again. 

The  sound  of  His  train,   and  they  listened 
And  the  sound  died  away  on  the  blast. 

Af(es  have  rolled,  and  one  by  one 
Those  watchers  have  passed  away ; 

They  lieard  the  call  on  their  glad  ear  fall. 
And  they  hastened  to  obey. 

And  in  their  place  their  children  stand. 

And  still  their  vigils  keep, 
They  watch  and  pray  for  the  dawn  of  day, 

For  this  is  no  time  for  sleep. 

What  of  the  night,  watchman,  what  of  the 
night? 

Though  the  wintry  gales  sweep  by, 
When  the  darkest  hour  begins  to  lower 

We  know  that  the  dawn  is  nigh. 

Courage,  ye  servants  of  the  Lord, 

The  night  is  almost  o'er; 
Your  Master  will  come  and  call  you  home, 

To  weep  and  to  watch  no  more. 

3104.  ADVENT,  Watching  for  the. 

Matthew  xxiv :  42. 

Rejoice,  rejoice,  believers! 

And  let  your  lights  appear; 
The  evening  is  advancing, 

The  darker  night  is  near. 
The  Bridegroom  is  arising, 

And  soon  will  He  draw  nigh : 
Up !  pray,  and  watch,  and  wrestle. 

At  midnight  comes  the  cry. 

See  that  your  lamps  are  burning; 

Replenish  them  with  oil; 
Look  now  for  your  salvation, 

The  end  of  sin  and  toil. 
The  watchers  on  the  mountain 

Proclaim  the  Bridegroom  near; 
Go,  meet  Him  as  He  cometh, 

With  hallelujahs  clear. 


ADVEISTTS. 


^a-OlSTY, 


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Ohl  wise  and  lioly  virgins, 

Now  raise  your  voices  liiglier 
Till  in  your  jubilations, 

Ye  meet  tlie  angel-choir. 
The  marriage-feast  is  waiting, 

The  gates  wide  open  stand, 
Up,  up,  ye  heirs  of  glory, 

The  Bridegroom  is  at  hand  I 

Our  hope  and  expectation 

O  Jesus,  now  appear : 
Arise,  Thou  Sun  so  looked  for, 

O'er  this  benighted  sphere  1 
With  hearts  and  hands  uplifted 

We  plead,  O  Lord,  to  see 
The  day  of  our  redemption, 

And  ever  be  with  Thee  I 

3105.  ADVENTS,  Two. 

He  came  not  with  His  heavenly  crown,  His 

sceptre  clad  with  power : 
His  coming  was  in  feebleness,  the  infant  of 

an  hour; 
An  humble  manger  cradled,  first,  the  Virgin's 

holy  birth, 
And  lowing  herds   companioned  there  the 

Lord  of  heaven  and  earth. 

He  came  not  in  His  robe  of  wrath,  with  arm 

outstretcht  d  to  slay, 
But  on  the  darkling  paths  of  earth  to  pour 

celestial  day ; 
To  guide  in  peace  the  wandering  feet,  the 

broken  heart  to  bind ; 
And  bear,  upon  the  painful  cross,  the  sins 

of  human  kind. 

Yet  once  again  Thy  sign  shall  be  upon  the 

heavens  displayed, 
And  earth  and  its  inhabitants   be  terribly 

afraid ; 
For  not  in  weakness  clad  Thou  com'st  our 

woes,  our  sins,  to  bear. 
But  girt  with  all  Thy  Father's  might,  His 

vengeance  to  declare. 

The  terrors  of  that  awful  day,  oh!    who 

shall  understand  ? 
Or  who  abide  when  Thou  in  wrath  shalt 

lift  Thy  holy  hand? 
The  earth  shall  quake,  the  sea  shall  roar, 

the  sun  in  heaven  grow  pale. 
But  Thou  hast  sworn,  and  wilt  not  change. 

Thy  faithful  will  not  fail. 

Then  grant  us,  Saviour !  so  to  pass  our  time 

in  trembling  here. 
That  when  upon  the  clouds  of  heaven  Thy 

glory  shall  appear. 
Uplifting  high  our  joyful  heads  in  triumph 

we  may  rise. 
And  enter,    with   Thine  angel  train,    Thy 

temple,  in  the  skies! 

BisJiop  Doane. 


3106.  AFFLICTION,  Solace  in. 

Thou  sweet  hand  of  God  that  woundst  my 

heart. 
Thou  makest  me  smile  while  Thou  makest 

me  smart ; 
It  seems  as  if  God  were  at  ball-play — and  I, 
The  harder  He  strikes  me,  the  higher  I  fly. 

I  own  it :  He  bruises,  He  pierces  me  sore. 
The  hammer  and  chisel  affect  me  no  more. 
Shall  I  tell  you  the  reason?     It  is  that  I  see 
The  Sculptor  will  carve  out  an  angel  from  me. 

I  shrink    from  no  suffering,  how   painful 

soe'er, 
When  once  I  can  feel  that  my  God's  hand  is 

there ; 
For  soft  on  the  anvil  the  iron  shall  glow, 
When   the     smith  with  his  hammer   deals 

blow  after  blow. 

God  presses  me  hard,  but  He  gives  patience 

too. 
And  I  say  to  myself,    '"Tis  no  more  than 

my  due;" 
And  no  tone  from  the  organ  can  swell  on  the 

breeze 
Till  the  organist's  fingers  press  down  on  the 

keys. 

So  come,  then,  and  welcome,  the  blow  and 

the  pain; 
Without  them  no  mortal  can  heaven  attain ; 
For  what  can  the  sheaves  on  the  barn  floor 

avail 
Till  the  thresher   shall  beat  out  the  chaff 

with  his  flail? 

'Tis  only  a  moment  God  chastens  with  pain, 
Joy  follows  on  sorrow  like  sunshine  on  rain ; 
Then  bear  thou  what  God  on  thy  spirit  shall 

lay, 
Be  dumb;  but  when  tempted  to  murmur, 
then  pray.  From  the  German. 

3107.  AaONT,  The. 

Luke  xxii :  44. 
O  soul  of  Jesus,  sick  to  death ! 

Thy  blood  and  prayer  together  plead ; 
My  sins  have  bowed  Thee  to  the  ground, 

As  the  storm  bows  the  feeble  reed. 

Midnight,  and  still  the  oppressive  load 
Upon  Thy  tortured  heart  doth  lie ; 

Still  the  abhorred  procession  winds 
Before  Thy  spirit's  quailing  eye. 

Deep  waters  have  come  in,  O  Lord  1 
All  darkly  on  Thy  human  soul ; 

And  clouds  of  supernatural  gloom 
Around  Thee  are  allowed  to  roll. 

The  weight  of  the  eternal  wrath 

Drives  over  Thee  with  pressure  dread ; 

And,  forced  upon  the  olive  roots, 

In  deathlike'sadness  droops  Thy  head. 


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Thy  spirit  weighs  the  sins  of  men; 

Thy  science  fathoms  all  their  guilt ; 
Thou  sickenest  heavily  at  Thy  heart, 

And  the  pores  open — blood  is  spilt. 

And  Thou  hast  struggled  with  it,  Lord  ! 

Even  to  the  limit  of  Thy  strength, 
While  hours,  whose  minutes  were  as  years, 

Slowly  fulfilled  their  weary  length. 

And  Thou  hast  shuddered  at  each  act, 
And  shrunk  with  an  astonished  fear, 

As  if  Thou  couldst  not  bear  to  see 
The  loathsomeness  of  sin  so  near. 

Sin  and  the  Father's  anger !  they 
Have  made  Thy  lower  nature  faint ; 

All  save  the  love  within  Thy  heart, 
Seemed  for  the  moment  to  be  spent. 

My  God !  My  God  I  and  can  it  be 
That  I  should  sin  so  lightly  now, 

And  think  no  more  of  evil  thoughts, 
Than  of  the  wind  that  waves  the  bough? 

I  sin,  and  heaven  and  earth  go  round 
As  if  no  dreadful  deed  were  done, 

As  if  Christ's  blood  had  never  flowed 
To  hinder  sin,  or  to  atone. 

I  walk  the  earth  with  lightsome  step. 
Smile  at  the  sunshine,  breathe  the  air, 

Do  my  own  will,  nor  ever  heed 
Gethsemane  and  Thy  long  prayer. 

Shall  it  be  always  thus,  O  Lord  ? 

Wilt  Thou  not  work  this  hour  in  me 
The  grace  Thy  passion  merited. 

Hatred  of  self  and  love  of  Thee. 

Ever  when  tempted,  make  me  see. 

Beneath  the  olive's  moon-pierced  shade. 

My  God,  alone,  outstretched,  and  bruised. 
And  bleeding,  on  the  earth  He  made. 

And  make  me  feel  it  was  my  sin, 
As  though  no  other  sins  there  were, 

That  was  to  Him  who  bears  the  world 
A  load  that  He  could  scarcely  bear ! 
F.  W.  Faber. 

3108.  AGEIPPA,  Indecision  of. 
Acts  xsvi  ;  28. 

"  Almost  persuaded  "  now  to  believe; 
"Almost  persuaded"  Christ  to  receive; 

Seems  now  some  soul  to  say, 

"  Go,  Spirit,  go  Thy  way; 

Some  more  convenient  day 
On  Thee  ril  call." 

♦'Almost  persuaded," come,  come  to-day; 

"Almost  persuaded,"  turn  not  away; 
Jesus  invites  you  here. 
Angels  are  lingering  near, 
Prayers  rise  from  hearts  so  dear; 
O  wanderer  1  come. 


"Almost  persuaded,"  harvest  is  past! 
"Almost  persuaded, "  doom  comes  at  last  I 
"Almost"  cannot  avail; 
"Almost"  is  but  to  fail! 
Sad,  sad,  that  bitter  wail — 
''Almost— but  lost P' 

P.  P.  Bliss. 

3109.  AGEIPPA,  Paul  and. 
"  Believest  thou  the  prophets?"— Acts  xxvl :  27,  28. 
Who  believes  the  prophets  true 

Will  he  not  Paul  believe? 
Will  he  not  his  Saviour  too 

Into  his  heart  receive? 
Faith  which  leads  us  to  the  skies 

In  faith  historical  begins ; 
Faith  Divine  the  blood  applies 

That  blots  out  all  our  sins. 

Jesus'  messenger  at  last 

Brings  home  the  pointed  word, 
Seizes,  holds  the  sinner  fast 

A  captive  for  his  Lord ; 
See,  the  vanquished  monarch  see ! 

He  bows  to  a  superior  power, 
Sinks  as  one  who  must  agree. 

And  can  resist  no  more. 

Poor  Agrippa !  but  almost 

Persuaded  to  embrace 
Him  who  saves  the  sinner  lost, 

And  offers  all  His  grace! 
Grace  and  Christ  almost  to  gain 

Is  quite  to  miss  the  deathless  prize ; 
Take  another  step — and  then 

Thy  soul's  in  paradise. 

Partner  of  the  heavenly  hope, 

In  the  good  work  begun 
Do  not  with  Agrippa  stop, 

But  now  with  Paul  go  on ; 
Full  consent  to  Jesus  yield, 

With  all  thy  heart  to  Jesus  given, 
His,  entirely  His,  and  filled 

With  the  pure  light  of  heaven. 

J.  and  C.  Wesley. 

3110.  AGEIPPA,  Paul  before. 

The  son  of  Herod  sate  m  regal  state 
Fast  by  his  sister-queen,  and  'mid  the  throng 
Of  supple  courtiers  and  of  Roman  guards 
Gave  solemn  audience.  Summoned  to  his  bar, 
A  prisoner  came,  who,  with  no  flattering  tone. 
Brought  incense  to  a  mortal.     Every  eye 
Questioned  his  brow,  with  scowling  eager- 
ness. 
As  there  he  stood  in  bonds.     But  when  he 

spoke 
With  such  majestic  earnestness,  such  grace 
Of  simple  courtesy — with  fervent  zeal 
So  boldly  reasoned  for  the  truth  of  God, 
The  ardor  of  his  heaven-taught  eloquence 
Wrought  in  the  royal  bosom,  till  its  pulse 
Responsive  trembled  with  the  new-born  hope 
' '  Almost  to  be  a  Christian. " 


JklLJ^JB. 


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So  he  rose, 
And  with  the  courtly  train  swept  forth  in 

pomp. 
"Almost!" — and  was  this  all,  thou  Jewish 

prince  ? 
Thou  listener  to  the  ambassador  of  Heaven — 
"  Almost  persuaded  !"     Ah  I  hadst  thou  ex- 
changed 
Thy  trappings  and  thy  purple  for  his  bonds 
Who  stood  before  thee ;  hadst  thou  drawn  his 

hope 
Into  thy  bosom  even  with  the  spear 
Of  martyrdom — how  great  had  been  thy  gain ! 

And  ye,  who  linger  while  the  call  of  God 
Bears  witness    with  your   conscience,    and 

would  fain 
Like  King  Agrippa  follow,  yet  draw  back 
Awhile  into  the  vortex  of  the  world. 
Perchance  to  swell  the  hoard  which  Death 

shall  sweep 
Like     driven    chaff    away,     'mid    stranger 

hands — 
Perchance   by  pleasure's  deadening   opiate 

lulled 
To  false  security,  or  by  the  fear 
Of  man  constrained,  or  moved  to  give  your 

sins 
A  little  longer  scope — beware !  beware ! 
Lest   that   dread   "almost"   shut   you   out 

from  heaven. 

Mrs.  L.  H.  Sigourney. 

3111.  AHAB,  Deati  of. 

By  robe  or  plume  or  equipage  of  king 
All  undistinguished,  he  eludes  the  eyes 
Of  captains  bent  to  o'erpower  him  or  sur- 
prise; 
When  lo !  an  arrow  from  an  unknown  string 
Drawn  at  a  venture,  on  swift,  silent  wing 
Right  to  a  crevice  in  his  armor  flies. 
God's  word  of  doom  had  fallen,  and  no  dis- 
guise, 
No  power  or  wisdom  could  a  respite  bring. 
So  in  life's  battle-field  for  each  and  all. 
Or  soon  or  late,  the  cloud  of  doom  will  lower. 
But  not  at  random  will  God's  arrows  fall : 
What  though  conoealed  from  man  the  place 

and  hour. 
Enough  that  all  has  been  arranged  by  Him 
Whose  eyes  for  us  with  mortal  mists  were 
dim.  B.  Wilton. 

3112.  AHAB,  Death  of. 

1  Kings  xxii :  34,  35. 
Bowman  in  the  ranks  of  battle, 

Deem  not  thine  a  bootless  post, 
Though  thou,  'mid  the  din  and  rattle, 

Art  but  one  amid  a  host ; 
For  an  arrow  from  thy  quiver 

May  be  destined  for  an  end. 
Which  shall  serried  squadrons  shiver, 

And  the  hearts  of  heroes  rend. 

Draw  thy  bow  in  earnest,  bowman, 
As  an  archer  for  the  prize ; 


Yonder,  as  a  private  foeman, 
Rides  a  monarch  in  disguise : 

Fill  thy  bow  with  arrow  gleaming, 
Polished  with  a  master's  art. 

For  thy  barb,  how  e'er  unseeming, 
May  transfix  that  monarch's  heart. 

Draw  thy  bow,  then,  though  at  venture, 

As  a  hero  in  the  van ; 
Waver  not  through  fear  of  censure, 

Draw  it  boldly  like  a  man; 
For  a  shaft  with  will  projected, 

Stealing  stealthy  in  the  dark, 
May  as  sure  as  shaft  directed 

Go  unerring  to  its  mark. 

Draw  thy  bow,  but  not  behind  thee, 

Though  it  be  a  random  shot ; 
Firmly  at  the  post  assigned  thee, 

Face  the  foe  and  falter  not : 
Send  the  leaping  arrow  singing 

Through  the  dim  and  dusty  air. 
Nothing  doubting  but  its  winging 

May  a  fated  message  bear. 

Draw  thy  bow,  but  ere  the  arrow 

Feels  the  string's  impulsive  force. 
Up  to  Him  who  guides  the  sparrow 

On  her  viewless,  airy  course, 
Lift  in  silence  a  petition. 

That  the  shaft  at  venture  sent. 
May  not  on  its  random  mission 

Be  in  fruitless  effort  spent. 

Draw  thy  bow  in  comprehension 

Of  the  issues  that  may  hinge ; 
Draw  it  to  its  utmost  tension. 

Till  the  bow  and  barb  impinge; 
For  thine  arrow's  fateful  sending 

May  the  tide  of  battle  turn. 
And  a  kingdom's  fate  be  pending 

On  the  glory  it  may  earn. 

Oliver  Crane. 

3113.  AMOEITES,  The  Fall  of  the. 
Joshua  X  :  6-14. 

' '  Rise  from  thy  sleep !  rise  from  thy  sleep !" 
Through  Israel  rang  the  words  of  fear; 

"  The  Amorites  round  Gibeon  sweep; 
Rise,  Joshua  1  master  of  the  spear !" 

The  chieftain  from  his  slumber  sprang. 
He  heard  the  panting  herald's  tale ; 

The  trumpet  through  the  mountain  rang, 
'Twas  answered  by  the  clash  of  mail ! 

On  moved  the  tribes,  like  ocean's  wave, 

A  rapid,  dark,  resistless  tide ; 
No  torch  its  guiding  lustre  gave, 

No  shout  disclosed  their  march  of  pride. 

Down  through  the  flowery  vale  they  rushed, 
Up  through  the  thunder- shattered  hill; 

Till  on  the  night  red  splendor  gushed. 
And  wailed  the  hostile  war-horns  shrill. 


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-AJSTDRE'W. 


Ten  thousand  camp-fires  lit  the  plain; 

There  lay  the  city  of  despair; 
And  there  the  foe,  bold,  bloody,  vain, 

An  unfleshed  lion  in  his  lair. 

Morn  dawned ;  the  boundless  plain  below 
Teemed  with  the  fiery  charioteer, 

The  iron  mace,  the  twanging  bow, 
A  harvest  of  the  shield  and  spear. 

Still  on  the  mount,  a  dazzling  cloud, 
Hung  Israel,  till  the  sign  was  given ; 

There  the  mailed  head  and  banner  bowed, 
There  rose  the  mighty  hymn  to  heaven. 

Twas  done — the  pagan  taunt  replied  ; 

Then  from  the  hill  the  trumpet  pealed. 
Burst  the  deep  column  down  its  side, 

S  wept  king  and  vassal,  crown  and  shield. 

All  day  around  the  leaguered  wall 
Whirled  Israel  the  unwearied  sword ; 

Triumphed  and  slew,  till  twilight's  pall 
Fell  on  the  flying  heathen  horde. 

Then  Joshua  turned :  a  prophet's  might 

Was  in  the  chief's  dilated  eye ; 
His  form  was  clothed  in  sudden  light ; 

He  gazed  upon  the  darkening  sky. 

* '  Sun,  stand  thou  still !"   The  orb  stood  still : 
New  glory  burned  around  his  throne : 

"And  stand,  thou  moon,  upon  thy  hill!" 
In  silvery  pomp  shone  Ajalon. 

Night  was  like  day !    Through  Gibeon's  band 
No  longer  shall  those  horsemen  ride ; 

Their  blood  is  on  its  farthest  strand, 
So  die  the  heathen  homicide.         Pollio. 

3114.   ANDREW. 

Mark  xili  :  3. 

Oh  that,  ere  death  shall  close  my  eyes  in 

sleep, 
I  might  behold  that  Galilean  deep. 
Sun  -  gilded  waves,    and    hill  -  embosomed 

strand, 
Where   Andrew   dwelt  with    his   fraternal 

band! 
Andrew,  who  saw  and  heard  the   Living 

Word, 
And  came,  and  then  brought  Peter  to  the 

Lord: 
Andrew,  next  added  to  that  favored  three. 
Schooled  in  Christ's  lore  upon  their  native 

sea. 

Blest  sight !  to  see  those  heights  which  round 

them  closed. 
When  holy  eyes  on  their  dark  shapes  reposed ; 
To  watch  those  gales  which  came  upon  the 

deep. 
When  in  that  hold  their  Lord  was  laid  asleep ; 
To    see    those    rocks    where    dwelt    their 

thoughts  of  home, 
And  'neath  that  glowing  firmament  to  roam, 
Move  on  the  sea  they  moved,  and  there  behold 
The  moon  and  stars  which  they  beheld  of  old  I 


But  ah,  far  more,  when  death  has  closed  my 

eyes, 
Might  I  but  see,  beyond  those  eastern  skies, 
By  Andrew  led,  where,  round  our  Saviour's 

feet, 
The  holy  twelve  in  sweet  communion  meet 
In  their  last  haven,  on  that  stable  shore. 
Beside  that  crystal  sea  for  evermore ! 

Isaac   Williams. 

3115.  ANDREW  AND  HIS  CROSS. 

O  holy  cross,  on  thee  to  hang 

At  Jesus'  side  and  feel  the  sweet, 

And  taste  aright  each  healing  pang,    [meet? 
What  saint,  what  virgin  martyr  e'er  was 

Two  only  of  His  own  found  grace 
The  very  death  He  died  to  die. 

Joyful  they  rushed  to  thine  embrace, 
And  angel  choirs,  half -envying,  waited  by. 

Joyful  they  speed ;  but  how  is  this? 

Why  doubt  they  yet,  in  Jesus'  power 
To  grasp  their  crown  of  hard-won  bliss? 

Well  have  ye  fought;  why  faint  in  vic- 
tory's hour? 

Two  brothers'  hearts  were  they,  the  first 
Who  shone  as  stars  in  Jesus'  band. 

For  thee  in  prayer  and  fasting  nursed. 
And  bearing  the  dread  cross !  from  land  to 
land. 

And  now,  in  wondrous  sympathy. 
When  thou  art  nearer,  fain  to  draw 

These  who  had  yearned  so  long  for  thee. 
Shrink   from   thy  touch,  and  hide  their 
eyes  for  awe. 

He  who  denied — he  dares  not  scale 
With  forward  step  thy  holy  stair. 

Best  for  his  giddy  heart  and  frail,       [there. 
In  humblest  penance  to  hang  downward 

And  he  that  saintly  elder  meek. 

Wont,  of  old  time,  to  find  and  bring 

Brother  or  friend  with  Christ  to  speak. 
As  worthier  to  behold  the  heart-searching 
King: 

Ah !  little  brooked  his  lowly  heart 

Such  glorious  crown  should  him  reward. 

He  sought  the  way  with  duteous  art, 
To  change  his  cross,  yet  suffer  with  his 
Lord. 

He  sought  and  found ;  and  now,  where'er 

St.  Andrew's  holy  cross  we  see, 
In  royal  banner  blazoned  fair. 

Or  in  dread  cipher.  Holiest  Name  of  Thee, 

A  martyred  form  we  may  discern,         [meet 
There    bound,    there    preaching:    Image 

Of  One  uplifted  high,  to  turn 
And  draw  to  Him  all  hearts  m  bondage 
sweet. 


-A^ISTGELS. 


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And  as  we  gaze,  may  He  impart 

The  grace  to  bear  what  He  shall  send; 

Yet  stay  the  rash,  self-pleasing  heart. 

Too  forward  with  His  cross  c)iir  penal  woe 
to  blend.  John  Keble. 

3116.  ANGELS,  Defended  by, 

8  Kings  xvi  ;  13-18. 
Swords  of  lire  around  us  play, 

Shafts  of  flame  around  us  fly; 
Though  no  lightnings  glare  by  day. 

Though  no  meteor  cross  the  sky. 

In  the  sunniest  summer  noon 
There  is  war  amid  thccalm; 

In  the  loveliest  beaming  moon, 
Adverse  spirits  working  harm. 

Fallen  man  to  slay  in  soul 

Is  the  prize  for  which  they  fought; 
Counter  warrior  charges  roll, 

Demons  dark  with  angels  bright. 

The  swift  artillery  of  heaven 
Passes  round  us  every  hour. 

Though  to  man  it  be  not  given 
While  on  earth  to  see  its  pQwer. 

Yet  the  prophet's  servant  saw, 
When  the  Syrian  host  assailed, 

Every  heavenly  warrior 

And  bright  encampment  all  unveiled. 

So  from  yonder  distant  sky 
All  the  conflict  we  shall  view; 

Turn  and  see  the  dangers  fly, 

And    praise    the   God    that    led   us 
through.  James  Edmeston. 

3117.  ANGELS,  Song  of  the, 

Hark  !  hark  !  with  harps  of  gold 

What  anthem  do  they  sing? 
The    radiant    clouds     have    backward 

And  angels  smite  the  string,    [rolled, 
**  Glory  to  God  !" — bright  wings 

Spread  glistening  and  afar, 
And  on  the  hallowed  rapture  rings 

From  circling  star  to  star. 

"  Glory  to  God  !"  repeat 

The  glad  earth  and  the  sea; 
And  every  wind  and  billow  fleet 

Bears  on  the  jubilee. 
Where  Hebrew  bard  hath  sung. 

Or  Hebrew  bard  hath  trod. 
Each  holy  spot  has  found  a  tongue : 

"  Let  glory  be  to  God." 

Soft  swells  the  music  now 

Along  that  shining  choir, 
And  every  seraph  bends  his  brow 

And  breathes  above  his  lyre. 
What  word  of  heavenly  birth 

Thrill  deep  our  hearts  again, 
And  fall  like  dew-drops  to  the  earth? 

"Peace  and  good- will  to  men." 


Soft!  yet  the  soul  is  bound 

With  rapture  like  a  chain: 
Earth,  vocal,  whispers  them  around, 

And  heaven  repeats  the  strain. 
Sound,  harps,  and  hail  the  morn 

With  every  golden  string; 
For  unto  us  tliis  day  is  burn 

A  Saviour  and  a  King ! 

E.  H.  Chapin. 

3118.  ANGELS,  The  Ministry  of, 
Hebrews  i  :  14. 

Which  of  the  petty  kings  cf  earth 

Can  boast  a  guard  like  ours. 
Encircled  from  our  second  birth 

With  all  the  heavenly  powers? 
Myriads  of  bright  cherubic  bands, 

Sent  by  the  King  of  kings, 
Kejoice  to  bear  us  in  their  hands, 

And  shade  us  with  their  wings. 

With  them  we  march  securely  on, 

Thoughout  Immanuel's  ground, 
And  not  an  uncommissioned  stone, 

Our  sacred  feet  shall  wound ; 
No  enemy  shall  our  souls  ensnare, 

No  casual  evil  grieve, 
Nor  can  we  lose  a  single  hair 

Without  our  Father's  leave.    " 

Angels,  where'er  we  go,  attend 

Our  steps,  whate'er  betide; 
With  watchful  care  their  charge  defend, 

And  evil  turn  aside. 
A  sudden  thought  to  e.'^cape  the  blow, 

A  ready  help  we  find ; 
And  to  their  secret  presence  owe 

The  presence  of  our  mind. 

Their  instrumental  aid  unknown 

They  day  and  night  supply; 
And  free  from  fear  we  lay  us  down; 

Though  Satan's  hosts  be  nigh. 
Our  lives  the  holy  angels  keep 

From  every  hostile  pow(  r ; 
And  unconcerned  we  sweetly  sleep, 

As  Adam  in  his  bower. 

Jehovah's  charioteers  surround. 

The  ministerial  choir 
Encamp  where'er  his  heirs  are  found, 

And  form  our  wall  of  fire : 
Ten  thousand  offices  unseen 

For  us  they  gladly  do. 
Deliver  in  the  lion's  den 

And  safe  escort  us  through. 

But  thronging  round  with  busiest  love, 

They  guard  the  dying  breast ; 
The  lurking  fiends  far  off  remove, 

And  sing  our  souls  to  rest. 
And  when  our  spirits  we  resign, 

On  outstretched  wings  they  bear, 
And  lodge  us  in  the  arms  divine. 

And  leave  forever  there. 

Chas.  Wesley. 


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3110.  ANGELS,  The  Service  of. 

Daniel  9  ;  21. 
Like  an  arrow  through  the  air, 

Or  the  fountain  flow  of  light, 
Ministering  angels  fair 

Cleave  the  deep  of  night : 
Quick  as  thought's  electric  glow, 

Down  into  eaith's  chambers  dark, 
Fire-wheels  running  to  and  fro, 

Like  the  eye  of  God,  they  dart; 
Watching  o'er  the  earth's  green  bound, 

Searching  all  in  cities  round. 

Flitting,  flitting,  ever  near  thee, 

Sitting,  sitting,  by  thy  side. 
Like  your  shadow,  all  unweary. 

Angel  legions  guard  and  guide — 
Mantle,  with  their  wing,  your  heart, 

As  a  mother  folds  her  child ; 
Light,  in  cloud  pavilions  dark. 

Shielding  from  the  tempest  wild ; 
Silent  as  the  moonlight  creeping. 

Viewless  as  the  ether  breath. 
Round  the  weary  head  when  weeping, 

Soothing  with  the  peace  of  death. 
Star-like  shoots  each  holy  one 

Witli  sword  of  temper  bright, 
Casting  the  Almighty  shield 

Round  the  heir  of,  light. 

3Iiss  31.  P.  Aird. 

3120.  APOSTLES,  Commission  of  the. 
Mark  xvi :  15,  etc.    Matthew  xxvi'.i  :  18,  etc. 

"Go,  preach  My  gospel,"  saith  the  Lord; 

" Bid  the  whole  earth  My  grace  receive; 
He  shall  be  saved  that  trusts  My  word; 

He  shall  be  damned  that  won't  believe. 

* '  I'll  make  your  great  commission  known, 
And  ye  shall  prove  ]\Iy  gospel  true, 

By  all  the  works  that  I  have  done, 
By  all  the  wonders  ye  shall  do. 

"  Go  heal  the  sick,  go  raise  the  dead, 
Go  cast  out  devils  in  My  name ; 

Nor  let  My  prophets  be  afraid  [pheme. 

Though  Greeks  reproach  and  Jews  blas- 

" Teach  all  the  nations  My  commands; 

I'm  with  you  till  the  world  shall  end; 
All  power  is  trusted  in  My  hands; 

I  can  destroy,  and  I  defend." 

He  spake,  and  light  shone  round  His  head; 

On  a  bright  cloud  to  heaven  He  rode : 
They  to  the  farthest  nations  spread 

The  grace  of  their  ascended  God. 

Isaac  Watts. 

3121.  APOSTLES,  Triumphs  of  the. 

Acts  V  :  lS-15. 
The  twelve  holy  men  are  gathered  in  prayer. 
The  psalm  mounts  on  high,  the  Spirit  de- 
scends; 
A  keen  silent  thrilling  is  round  them  in  air, 
A  power  from  The  Highest  in  thought  and 
word  blends. 


They  pass  by  the  way,  to  sight  poor  and  mean ; 
How  glorious  the  train  that  streams  to  and 
fro! 
The  blind,  dumb,  halt,  withered  by  hun- 
dreds are  seen ; 
The  prisoners  of  Satan  lie  chained  where 
they  go. 

O  lay  them  but  where  the  shadow  may  fall 
Of  Christ's  awful  saint,  to  prayer  as  he 
speeds ; 
The  mighty  love-token  all  fiends  shall  appall ; 
A  gale  breath  from  Edom  assuaging  all 
needs. 

Or  bring  where  they  lie,  Paul's  girdle  or  vest : 
One  touch  and  one  word ;  the  j^ain  fleets 
away. 
The  dark  hour  of  frenzy  is  charmed  into 
rest: 
The  hem  of  Christ's  garment  all  creatures 
obey. 

Christ  is  in  His  saints :  from  Godhead  made 
man 
The  virtue  goes   out  the  whole  world  to 
bless ; 
O'er  lands  parched  and  weary  that  shadow 
began 
To  spread  from  Saint  Peter,  and  ne'er  shall 
grow  less.  John  Keble. 

3122.  ARE,  Capture  of  the. 

1  Samuel  iv  .  1-11;  v  :  1-10. 
"Mourn,  for  the  land  is  desolate, 

The  glory  hath  departed; 
Mourn,  for  the  Holiest  hath  left 

His  chosen  broken-hearted!" 

So  sung  the  melancholy  train 
Of  Judah's  fairest  daughters. 

When  Hophni  and  his  brother  fell 
By  Jordan's  rolling  waters ! 

'Twas  there  the  star  of  Eli  set : 
•    The  holiest  of  the  holy. 
By  hands  profane,  polluted  stood ; 
How  mad  their  impious  folly ! 

Borne  from  its  sacred  resting-place. 

The  Ark  of  Mercy,  guarded 
With  reeking  blades — for  palms  of  peace, 

The  doom  of  death  awarded. 

Yes!  round  the  rocky  coasts  and  vales 

Of  Palestine,  a  wailing 
Was  heard  throughout  the  gloomy  night. 

Life's  purple  fountain's  failing. 

The  sun  went  down  in  splendor  there. 

And  left  no  trace  of  sorrow ; 
How  wan  he  rose  above  the  flood 

Upon  that  fearful  morrow ! 

The  beaming  eye  low-quenched  in  death, 

The  brow  of  beauty  shaded ; 
The  lip,  Avhence  Love  his  music  flung, 

Cold  silence  now  pervaded. 


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The  temple  where  the  idol  stands, 
With  ghastly  shapes  surrounded ; 

The  temple  reels — its  thousand  priests 
Lie  low,  abashed,  confounded. 

High  from  his  shaken  pedestal 

The  impious  god  is  falling. 
His  plague-struck  ministrants,  alas ! 

In  vain  for  mercy  calling. 

David  Mallock. 

3123.  AEMAGEDDON. 

Revelation  xvi  :  16. 

The  day  of  God's  great  battle 

Is  breaking  on  the  world ; 
The  day  when  right  shall  conquer  might, 

And  wrong  to  hell  be  hurled. 
The  storms  that  shook  earth's  midnight 

Lower,  though  their  reign  is  done, 
And  ghastly  clouds,  in  blood-red  shrouds, 

Are  struggling  with  the  sun. 

The  voice  of  God  Almighty, 

A  trumpet-blast  sublime, 
Peals  out  on  high  througli  all  the  sky. 

And  startles  every  clime; 
And  lo !  through  all  the  nations, 

Where'er  the  watchword  flies. 
O'er  hill,  and  plain,  and  ocean  main, 

The  mustering  millions  rise ! 

I  see  the  mighty  gathering 

Of  uncomputed  bands; 
Prophet  and  sage,  from  every  age, 

The  living  of  all  lands; 
And  glorious  hosts  of  martyrs, 

For  God  and  Freedom  slain, 
From  dust  revive,  start  up  alive, 

And  mingle  on  the  plain ! 

The  great  and  good,  the  heroes 

Who  toil  and  die  for  man, 
From  every  land  illustrious  stand. 

And  tower  along  the  van  ; 
Not  all  in  earth's  high  places, 

Not  all  the  sons  of  fame, 
But  all  well  known  before  God's  throne. 

And  called  by  Christ's  own  name. 

No  arms  have  all  these  millions. 

No  sword,  nor  spear,  nor  shield; 
But  mightier  far  the  weapons  are 

With  which  they  win  the  field ; 
For  Truth,  and  Love,  and  Labor 

Are  more  than  shield  or  sword ; 
And  they  shall  stand  at  God's  right  hand 

Who  conquer  by  His  Word. 

But  see !  another  army 

Is  mustering  for  the  fight, 
And  earth  and  hell  its  numbers  swell 

In  dark  and  wrathful  might ; 
The  hosts  of  Gog  and  Magog, 

And  armies  of  the  air, 
Demons,  and  ghouls,  and  damned  souls 

That  rave  in  fierce  despair. 


Kings  of  the  earth,  old  despots 

Who  long  have  bruised  mankind, 
And  long  withstood  with  chains  and  blood 

The  chainless  march  of  mind; 
And  dire,  gigantic  systems 

Of  error  4jlind  and  hoar. 
On  Christian  land  new-marshalled  stand, 

And  threat  the  world  once  more. 

And  oh,  woe!  woe!  to  mortals! 

For  Satan,  in  great  wrath. 
From  war  in  heaven  by  Michael  driven, 

Descends  in  lightning  scath; 
And  all  his  dragon-angels, 

A  vengeful  cloud  and  vast, 
In  fury  fly  through  all  the  sky. 

And  swell  the  blackening  blast. 

But  short  shall  be  his  triumph, 

For  lo  !  heaven's  gates  unfold, 
And  hosts  of  light,  on  steeds  of  white, 

March  down  the  streets  of  gold; 
And  at  their  head,  o'ercircled 

By  million  arching  wings 
Flaming  all  sides,  majestic  rides 

The  conquering  "King  of  kings!" 

And  lo !  the  great  archangels. 

With  cohorts  bright  and  fair 
Of  cherubim  and  seraphim, 

Come  marching  down  the  air! 
And  far  o'er  plain  and  mountain, 

O'er  many  a  field  and  flood. 
Wide  o'er  the  world  now  floats  unfurled 

The  banner  stained  with  blood. 

Up !  up !  ye  saints  of  Jesus, 

And  make  your  vestments  white; 
And  girt  with  flame,  in  God's  great  name, 

Urge  on  earth's  final  fight ! 
That  ensign  o'er  you  flying 

Must  never,  never  fall, 
Till  Christ  shall  reign  o'er  earth  and  main, 

Saviour  and  Lord  of  all. 

O  blissful  age !     It  hastens! 

It  looms  in  light  afar. 
And  darts  a  ray  of  heavenly  day 

O'er  wrong,  and  woe,  and  war. 
O  joy!     O  martyred  brothers, 

Your  great  reward  appears ! 
Up!  live  !  and  reign  with  Christ  again 

A  thousand  golden  years  1 

Oeorge  Lansing  Taylor. 

3124.  ARMAGEDDON,  The  Day  After. 
Ezekiel  vii  :  14. 
'Tis  the  summons  to  battle ! 

But  the  cry  is  unheard ; 
The  trumpet  has  spoken. 
Not  a  warrior  has  stirred. 

Hark,  the  summons  to  battle  1 

It  has  sounded  again ; 
Still  louder  and  keener: 

It  has  sounded  in  vain. 


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Yet  a  third  time  and  shriller 
That  war-uote  has  blown  ; 

But  the  answer  that  cometh 
Is  the  echo  alone. 

'Tis  the  silence  of  silence ! 

Tower,  tent,  vale,  and  hill, 
Field,  forest,  and  highway, 

All  soundless  and  still! 

No  challenge  is  lifted, 

No  signal  unfurled ; 
'Tis  man's  dark  hour  of  terror, 

The  awe  of  the  w^orld. 

For  the  arm  of  Jehovah 

Has  been  bared  in  its  might, 

And  the  sword  of  His  vengeance 
Has  been  burnished  to  smite. 

Through  the  ridges  of  battle 
His  ploughshare  has  sped; 

And  the  tents  of  the  living 
Are  the  tombs  of  the  dead. 

The  rude  roar  of  millions 

Is  hushed  in  an  hour; 
The  array  of  the  mighty 

Is  crushed  in  its  power. 

'Twas  man's  proudest  muster 

Of  sinew  and  steel : 
His  army  of  armies. 

Mail-clad  to  the  heel. 

No  sun  had  e'er  dawned  on 

So  fearful  a  day. 
No  trumpet  had  marshalled 

So  dread  an  array. 

As  if  earth,  in  her  frenzy, 
From  each  region  afar 

Had  poured  forth  her  nations 
For  the  shock  of  that  war. 

In  the  flush  of  their  manhood, 
In  the  bud  of  their  prime, 

In  veteran  ripeness, 
The  men  of  each  clime 

Came  thronging  and  rushing, 

Like  rivers  in  flood, 
Defying  the  terrors 

And  vengeance  of  God. 

For  the  ruler  of  darkness, 
The  God  of  this  world, 

Had  summoned  his  armies, 
His  banner  unfurled. 

As  the  storm-cloud  it  gathered. 
As  the  lightning  it  sped. 

As  the  mist  it  has  vanished — 
All  is  still  as  the  dead. 

Like  the  desert  at  midnight, 
Not  a  breath  nor  a  beam ; 

'Tis  the  silence  of  silence, 
The  dream  of  a  dream. 


Now,  chains  for  the  spoiler! 

Dark  and  swift  be  his  doom! 
Thou  hast  trodden  the  nations. 

Thy  treading  is  come ! 

Earth,  cease  now  thy  wailing. 
Thy  wounds  bleed  no  more; 

Lo,  the  curse  is  departing. 
Thy  sorrows  are  o'er! 

Rise,  daughter  of  Judah ; 

Awake  now  and  sing; 
It  has  come,  the  glad  kingdom, 

He  has  come,  the  great  King. 

Thy  long  night  is  ending 

Of  sorrow  and  wrong; 
For  shame  there  is  glory. 

For  Aveeping  a  song. 

The  new  morn  is  dawning, 
Bursts  forth  the  new  sun; 

The  new  verdure  is  smiling. 
The  new  age  is  begun. 

Haratius  Bonar. 

3125.  ASCENSION,  Christ's. 
Acts  i :  9. 

He  is  gone — we  heard  Him  say, 
"  Good  that  I  should  go  away :" 
Gone  is  that  dear  form  and  face, 
But  not  gone  His  present  grace ; 
Though  Himself  no  more  we  see, 
Comfortless  we  cannot  be — 
No!  His  Spirit  still  is  ours, 
Quickening,  freshening  all  our  powers. 

He  is  gone — towards  their  goal 
World  and  church  must  onward  roll; 
Far  behind  we  leave  the  past; 
Forward  are  our  glances  cast : 
Still  His  words  before  us  range 
Through  the  ages,  as  they  change: 
Wheresoe'er  the  truth  shall  lead 
He  will  give  whate'er  we  need. 

He  is  gone — but  we  once  more 
Shall  behold  Him  as  before, 
In  the  heaven  of  heavens  the  same 
As  on  earth  He  went  and  came. 
In  the  many  mansions  there. 
Place  for  us  He  will  prepare : 
In  that  world,  unseen,  unknown. 
He  and  we  may  yet  be  one. 

He  is  gone — but,  not  in  vain, 
Wait  until  He  comes  again : 
He  is  risen.  He  is  not  here; 
Far  above  this  earthly  sphere : 
Evermore  in  heart  and  mind. 
Where  our  peace  in  Him  we  find, 
To  our  own  Eternal  Friend, 
Thitherward  let  us  ascend. 

A.  P.  Stanley, 


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3126.  ASCENSION,  Glory  of  the. 

A  holiday  in  heaven  ! — glad  jubilee 
Was  held  by  festal  throngs,  and  joyously 
The  grand  outringing  chorals  of  the  skies 
Were  bursting  with  ten  thousand  harmonies. 
The  massy  gates  of  light  were  open  thrown, 
In  welcome,  to  a  lofty,  conquering  One. 
Down  the  long  arches  of  the  skies,  on  wing. 
The  glittering  angels  silent  poised,  to  bring 
The  tidings  of  His  first  approach,  and  hail 
Him  welcome  to  the  skies,  and  bear  the  tale 
To  myriads,  round  the  throne  on  high, 
Expectant  of  returning  Deity. 
There  had  been  royal  days  in  heaven  of  old. 
When  sweet-voiced  angels  with  their  lyres  of 

gold 
Ascribed  new  honors  to  the  kingly  One, 
As  world  on  world  was  added  to  His  throne; 
But  never  scene  like  this,  with  joy  elate, 
Did  angel  host  in  concourse  celebrate. 


On  thrones,  within  the  throne,  that  gorgeous 

rise, 
O'erhung  with  radiant  golden  canopies, 
High  seraphs  wait,  with  royal  honors  due. 
When  they  shall  hail  the  coming  retinue. 
But  haik !  the  glad  exalting  tidings  break 
The  silence ;  boundless  seas  of  song  awake. 
"  He  comes !  He  comes ! !  The  King  of  glory 

comes! ! !" 
Peals  through   the   lofty  arches,   and  high 

domes 
Of  heaven.     Now  loudly  bursts  the  joyful 

cry, 
"  Lift  up,  ye  gates!"  a  welcome  to  the  sky; 
"Enter  for  aye !  the  King  of  glory  in, 
The  mighty  in  battle,  and  strong  to  win! 
Be  lifted  up!  ye  everlasting  doors! 
Welcome  His   feet,    ye   bright  and  crystal 

floors !" 
The  mighty  Victor  enters  with  His  train, 
And  bring*  the  trophies  of  His  blood  and 

pain; 
He  beareth  jewels,  from  the  sands  of  Time, 
And  brilliants,  rescued  from  the  seas  of  crime. 
He  leads  captivity  a  captive  in. 
And  holds  the  keys  of  death  and  hell  and  sin. 
Within  His  hands  are  dark  and  mournful 

scars, 
But  on  His  brow  are  radiant,  flashing  stars. 
Pie  reascends  the  throne,  and  far  and  wide 
Resound  the  honors  of  the  "  Crucified." 
His  native  heaven  is  jubilant  with  song, 
And  choral  hosts  tell  of  His  triumphs  long; 
The  Embassy  of  love  a  world  hath  won. 
And  Christ  is  King;  His  royal  reign  begun 
Shall  be  the  joy  of  endless  years. 

Dioight  Williams. 

3127.  ASCENSION,  Hymn  of  the. 

A  hymn  of  glory  let  us  sing; 

New  songs  throughout  the  world  shall  ring ; 

By  a  new  way  none  ever  trod, 

Christ  mounteth  to  the  throne  of  God. 


The  apostles  on  the  mountain  stand- 
The  mystic  mount,  in  Holy  Land; 
They,  with  the  Virgin-mother,  see 
Jesus  ascend  in  majesty. 

The  angels  say  to  the  eleven : 
"  Why  stand  ye  gazing  into  heaven? 
This  is  the  Saviour — this  is  He  ! 
Jesus  hath  triumphed  gloriously !" 

They  said  the  Lord  should  come  again, 
As  these  beheld  Him  rising  then. 
Calm  soaring  through  the  radiant  sky, 
Mounting  its  dazzling  summits  high. 

May  our  affections  thither  tend, 
And  thither  constantly  ascend. 
Where,  seated  on  the  Father's  throne. 
Thee  reigning  in  the  heavens  we  own! 

Be  Thou  our  present  joy,  O  Lord ! 
Who  wilt  be  ever  our  reward; 
And,  as  the  countless  ages  flee, 
May  all  our  glory  be  in  Thee ! 

'  Joseph  of  the  Studium,  tr.  by  J.  M.  Neale. 

3128.  ASCENSION,  The. 

Ps.  xxiv  :  7-10. 

Our  Lord  is  risen  from  the  dead : 
Our  Jesus  is  gone  up  on  high; 

The  powers  of  hell  are  captive  led. 
Dragged  to  the  portals  of  the  sky. 

There  His  triumphant  chariot  waits. 
And  angels  chant  the  solemn  lay : 

Lift  up  your  heads,  ye  heavenly  gates; 
Te  everlasting  doors,  give  way  I 

Loose  all  your  bars  of  massy  light, 
And  wide  unfold  the  ethereal  scene; 

He  claims  those  mansions  as  His  right- 
Receive  the  King  of  glory  in. 

Who  is  the  King  of  glory — who? 

The  Lord  that  all  His  foes  overcame; 
The  world,  sin,  death,  and  hell  o'erthrew; 

And  Jesus  is  the  Conqueror's  name. 

Lo,  His  triumphal  chariot  waits, 
And  angels  chant  the  solemn  lay, 

Lift  up  your  heads,  ye  heavenly  gates ! 
Ye  everlasting  doors,  give  way ! 

Who  is  the  King  of  glory — who? 

The  Lord  of  glorious  power  possessed, 
The  King  of  saints  and  angels,  too, 

God  over  all,  forever  blessed. 

Charles  Wesley. 

3129.  ASCENSION,  Triumph  of  the. 

Hosanna  to  the  Prince  of  light. 
Who  clothed  Himself  in  clay; 

Entered  the  iron  gates  of  death, 
And  tore  the  bars  away. 


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Death  is  no  more  the  king  of  dread, 

Since  our  Immanuel  rose ; 
He  took  tlie  tyrant's  sting  away, 

And  conquered  all  our  foes. 

'  See  how  the  Conqueror  mounts  aloft, 

And  to  His  Father  flies ! 
With  scars  of  honor  in  His  flesh, 
And  triumph  in  His  eyes. 

There  our  exalted  Saviour  reigns. 

And  scatters  blessings  down 
From  the  right  hand  of  Majesty, 

On  the  celestial  throne. 

Raise  your  devotion,  mortal  tongues. 

To  reach  this  blest  abode; 
Sweet  be  the  accents  of  your  songs 

To  our  incarnate  God. 

Bright  angels,  strike  your  loudest  strings, 

Your  sweetest  voices  raise ! 
Let  heaven,  and  all  created  things, 
Sound  our  Immanuel's  praise ! 

Isaac  Watts. 

3130.  ATHENS,  Paul  Preaching  in. 
Acts  xvii  :  1(5-22. 
Greece!  hear  that  joyful  sound, 
A  stranger's  voice  upon  thy  sacred  hill ; 
Whose  tones  shall  bid  the  slumbering  nations 
round 
Wake  with  convulsive  thrill. 
Athenians !  gather  there ;  he  brings  you  words 
Brighter  than  all  your  boasted  lore  affords. 

He  brings  you  news  of  One 
Above  Olympian  Jove;  One  in  whose  light 
Your  gods  shall  fade  like  stars  before  the  sun. 

On  your  bewildered  night,  [dream, 

That  unknown  God,  of  whom  ye  darkly 
In  all  His  burning  radiance  shall  beam. 

Behold,  he  bids  you  rise 

From  your  dark  worship  at  that  idol  shrine; 

He  points  to 'Him  who  reared  your  starry 

And  bade  your  Phoebus  shine.      [skies. 

Lift  up  your  souls,  from  where  in  dust  you 

bow; 
That  God  of  gods  commands  your  homage 
now. 

But  brighter  tidings  still ! 
He  tells  of  One  whose  precious  blood  was  spilt 
In  lavish  streams  upon  Judea's  hill, 

A  ransom  for  your  guilt ;  [chain ; 

Who  triumphed  o'er  the  grave  and  broke  its 
Who  conquered  death   and   hell,  and  rose 
again. 

Sages  of  Greece !  come  near — 
Spirits  of  daring  thought  and  giant  mould. 
Ye  questioners  of  time  and  nature,  hear 

Mysteries  before  untold ! 
Immprtal  life  revealed  !  light  for  which  ye 
Have  tasked  in  vain  your  proud  philosophy. 


Searchers  for  some  first  cause  [One, 

'Midst  doubt  and  darkness — lo !  he  points  to 
Where  all  your  vaunted  reason,  lost,  must 

And  faint  to  think  upon —  [pause, 

That  was  from  everlasting,  that  shall  be 
To  everlasting  still,  eternally. 

Ye  followers  of  him 
Who  deemed  his  soul  a  spark  of  Deity ! 
Your  fancies  fade,  your  master's  dreams  grow 
To  this  reality.  [dim 

Stoic !    unbend   that    brow,    drink   in   that 

sound ! 
Sceptic !  dispel  those  doubts,  the  Truth  is 
found. 

Greece !  though  thy  sculptured  walls 

Have  with  thy  triumphs  and  thy  glories  rung. 

And  through  thy  temples  and  thy  pillared 

Immortal  poets  sung,  [halls 

No  sounds  like  these  have  rent  your  startled 

air; 
They  open  realms  of  light,  and  bid  you  enter 
there.  Anne  C.  Lynch. 

3131.  ATOlffiMENT  COMPLETED. 
Johu  xix  .  30. 

"It  is  finished !"     All  is  done 

As  the  Eternal  Father  willed; 
Now  His  well-beloved  Son 

Hath  His  generous  word  fulfilled; 
Even  he  who  runs  may  read 

Here  accomplished  what  was  said, 
That  the  woman's  promised  seed 

Yet  should  bruise  the  serpent's  head ! 

"  It  is  finished !"     Needs  no  more 

Blood  of  heifer,  goat,  or  ram; 
Typical,  in  days  of  yore. 

Of  the  one  incarnate  Lamb! 
Lamb  of  God !  for  sinners  slain. 

Thou  the  curse  of  sin  hast  braved ; 
Braved  and  born  it — not  in  vain ; 

Thou  hast  died — and  man  is  saved. 

"  It  is  finished !"     Wrath  of  man 

Here  hath  wrought  and  done  its  worst; 
Still  subservient  to  His  plan. 

Greatest,  Wisest,  Last,  and  First! 
God  shall  magnify  His  praise 

By  that  very  act  of  shame; 
And  through  hatred's  hellish  ways, 

He  shall  glorify  His  name. 

"  It  is  finished !"     From  the  tree 

Where  the  Lord  of  Life  hath  died, 
His  attendant  mourners,  see, 

Gently  lower  The  Crucified! 
With  a  sister's  tender  care. 

With  a  more  than  brother's  love, 
Manhood,  womanhood  are  there, 

Truth's  devotedness  to  prove. 

"It  is  finished  !"     By  the  veil 
Of  the  temple,  rent  in  twain; 

By  the  yet  more  fearful  tale 
Of  the  dead  uprisen  again ; 


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By  that  dense  and  darkened  sky, 
By  each  rent  and  rifted  rock, 

By  that  last  expiring  cry, 

Heard  amid  the  earthquake's  shock! 

"  It  is  finished  !"     Bear  away 

To  the  garden-tomb  its  dead : 
Boast  not,  Death!  thy  transient  prey; 

Watchers!  vain  your  nightly  tread; 
"  Shining  ones''''  are  there  who  wait 

Till  their  Lord  shall  burst  His  prison, 
To  ascend  in  glorious  state: 

"  It  IS  FINISHED ! ' '    Christ  hath  risen. 
Bernard  Barton. 

3132.  BAAL,  Prophets  of, 

1  Kiugs  xviii  :  17-40. 

"Ye  prophets  of  Baal !  let  an  offering  be  laid 
On  the  altar  which  you  to  your  idol  have 

made; 
Let  an  offering  be  laid  on  the  altar  I  rear 
To  the  Lord  that  I  worship,  the  Lord  that 

I  fear. 
Pray  ye  to  your  god,  while  to  my  God  I  pray 
For  the  fire  of  His  power  to  consume   it 

away, 
And  let  Him,   the  Omnipotent,   who   hath 

bestowed 
The  boon  we  request,  be  acknowledged  as 

God." 

When  Elijah  had   spoken,  an  offering  was 

laid 
On  the  altar  which  they  to  their  idol  had 

made; 
And  the  prophets  of  Baal  to  devotion  were 

given 
From  the  morn  till  the  noon,  from  the  noon 

till  the  even ; 
But  the  voice  of  their  prayer  passed  like 

winds  of  the  sky 
That  blow  o'er  the    desert,   and  bring   no 

reply ; 
And   they  smote   them   with   lancets,   and 

leaped  in  despair, 
But  the  god  of  their  worship  was  deaf  to 

their  prayer. 

"  Ye  prophets  of  Baal !  cry  aloud,  cry  aloud  ! 
Perhaps  he  is  wrapt  iu  his  thoughts  like  a 

cloud ! 
Cry  aloud,  cry  aloud  with  your   voices  of 

woe, 
Perhaps  he  is  now  in  pursuit  of  his  foe ! 
Cry  aloud,  cry  aloud,  like  a  trumpet  of  war, 
Perhaps  he  is  gone  on  some  journey  afar ! 
Cry  aloud,  cry  aloud,  in  your  agony  deep. 
Perhaps  he  is  laid  on  his  pillow  of  sleep !" 

When  Elijah  had  spoken,  an  altar  was  reared 
To  the  Lord  that  he  worshipped,  the  Lord 

that  he  feared ; 
And  he  bowed  him  in  prayer,  and  the  fire 

was  bestowed. 
And  the  God  of  his  sires  was  acknowledged 

as  God. 


And  the  prophets  of  Baal,  who  had  offered 

in  vain. 
Were  led  to  the  banks  of  the  Kishon  and 

slain ; 
For  the  God  of  their  worship  appeared  not 

to  save 
The  blood  of  the  heathen  that  crimsoned 

the  wave.  Wm.  Knox. 

3133.  BABEL  AND  PENTECOST. 

Genesis  xi  :  7;  Acts  ii  :  11. 

Stately  on  Shinar's  ancient  plain 

Uprose  a  mighty  thought  in  stone; 
The  thinkers  scoffed  in  pure  disdain 

Of  forces  mightier  than  their  own. 
Full  many  a  moon  had  waxed  and  waned, 

Full  many  a  brain  and  hand  had  striven, 
To  pile  a  tower,  which,  unrestrained 

By  bound  or  bar,  should  smite  the  heaven. 

For  Thought  had  brooded  calm  and  long, 

And  grew  of  its  own  offspring  proud ; 
And  Labor  brought  his  sinews  strong. 

And  Art  her  children  cunning-browed; 
And  deathless  Will  and  deathless  Pride 

Bade  scorn  the  earth  and  brave  the  sky, 
Till  they,  who  all  their  peers  outvied, 

Should  now  with  their  Creator  vie. 

Then  came  the  injured  Godhead  down, 

And  cursed  them  with  an  alien  speech ; 
And  from  the  thunder  of  His  frown 

Afar  they  wandered,  each  from  each. 
But  in  the  curse  a  blessing  lurked : 

From  baffled  language  nations  grew. 
And  thus  the  wrath  of  Heaven  hath  worked 

The  purpose  of  its  mercy  too. 

Years  rolled  away.     Three  empires  vast 

Had  queened  and  faded,  one  by  one ; 
A  fourth  had  reached  its  prime,  and  cast 

The  purjale  of  its  setting  sun; 
When,  as  a  whirlwind  from  the  north 

Awes  the  bowed  forest  in  its  ire. 
Twelve  chosen  men  came  boldly  forth. 

With  hearts  of  faith  and  ' '  tongues  o/  fire. " 

No  haughty  Caesars  from  their  thrones 

With  cohort  fierce  and  lictor's  rod ; 
These  have  no  weapons,  save  the  tones 

Of  voices  strong  with  words  of  God. 
But  to  men's  hearts  those  voices  leap. 

And  pierce  through  all  their  guarded  lies. 
Till,  like  a  world  aroused  from  sleep, 

They  feel  the  baptism  of  the  skies. 

They  come  from  far — from  sunny  shores, 

Which  o'er  the  proud  ^gean  smile ; 
From  regions  where  th'  Orontes  pours 

Through  the  rich  plain  for  many  a  mile; 
A  motley  crowd  of  diverse  name! 

But  on  each  startled  listener  rung, 
Impetuous  from  the  lips  of  flame, 

God's  wonders  in  his  native  tongue. 


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B^BEL. 


Thus  Love  can  every  doom  reverse, 

Restore  the  good  long  mourned  as  lost, 
E'en  as  the  ancient  Babel's  curse 

Died  at  the  breath  of  Pentecost. 
And  teeming  brain  and  lissom  hand, 

By  breath  of  heavenly  grace  controlled, 
May  work  and  win  at  God's  command, 

More  than  the  builders  dreamt  of  old. 

O  for  the  lambent  fire  to  fall. 

To  purge  the  vile,  the  weak  to  nerve ! 
So  when  the  clarion-voices  call 

We  shall  be  meet  to  build  or  serve. 
Come,  Holy  Ghost !  with  cleansing  power, 

When  thou  from  pride  our  hearts   hast 
shriven. 
Then,  blameless,  we  may  rear  the  tower. 

Whose    topmost     stone    shall    reach    to 
heaven.  W.  Morley  Punshon. 

3134.  BABEL,  Enins  of. 

Genesis  xi  :  8. 
Since  all  that  is  not  heaven  must  fade. 
Light  be  the  hand  of  ruin  laid 

Upon  the  home  I  love ; 
With  lulling  spell  let  soft  decay 
Steal  on,  and  spare  the  giant  sway. 

The  crash  of  tower  and  grove. 

Far  opening  down  some  woodland  deep 
In  their  own  quiet  glade  should  sleep 

The  relics  dear  to  thought. 
And  wild-flower  wreaths  from  side  to  side 
Their  waving  tracery  hang,  to  hide 

What  ruthless  Time  has  wrought. 

Stich  are  the  visions  green  and  sweet. 
That  o'er  the  wistful  fancy  fleet 

In  Asia's  sea-like  plain ; 
Where  slowly,  round  his  isles  of  sand, 
Euphrates  through  the  lonely  land 

Winds  toward  the  pearly  main. 

Slumber  is  there,  but  not  of  rest ; 
There  her  forlorn  and  weary  nest 

The  famished  hawk  has  found. 
The  wild  dog  howls  at  fall  of  night. 
The  serpent's  rustling  coils  affright 

The  traveller  on  his  round. 

What  shapeless  form,  half  lost  on  high, 
Half  seen  against  the  evening  sky. 

Seems  like  a  ghost  to  glide 
And  watch,  from  Babel's  crumbling  heap. 
Where  in  her  shadow,  fast  asleep. 

Is  fallen  imperial  Pride? 

With  half-closed  eye  a  lion  there 
Lies  basking  in  his  noontide  lair, 

Or  prowls  in  twilight  gloom. 
The  golden  city's  king  he  seems, 
Such  as  in  old  prophetic  dreams 

Sprang  from  rough  ocean's  womb. 

But  where  are  now  his  eagle  wings. 
That  sheltered  erst  a  thousand  kings, 


Hiding  the  glorious  sky 
From  half  the  nations,  till  they  own 
No  holier  name,  no  mightier  throne? 

That  vision  is  gone  by. 

Quenched  is  the  golden  statue's  ray. 
The  breath  of  Heaven  has  blown  away 

What  toiling  earth  had  piled. 
Scattering  wise  heart  and  crafty  hand, 
As  breezes  strew  on  ocean's  sand 

The  fabrics  of  a  child. 

Divided  thence  through  every  age. 
Thy  rebels.  Lord,  their  warfare  wage, 

And  hoarse  and  jarring  all 
Mount  up  their  heaven-assailing  cries 
To  thy  bright  watchmen  in  the  skies 

From  Babel's  shattered  wall. 

Thrice  only  since,  with  blended  might 
The  nations  on  that  haughty  height 

Have  met  to  scale  the  heaven; 
Thrice  only  might  a  seraph's  look 
A  moment's  shade  of  sadness  brook — 

Such  power  to  guilt  was  given. 

Now  the  fierce  bear  and  leopard  keen 
Are  perished  as  they  ne'er  had  been; 

Oblivion  is  their  home. 
Ambition's  boldest  dream  and  last 
Must  melt  before  the  clarion  blast 

That  sounds  the  dirge  of  Rome. 

Heroes  and  kings,  obey  the  charm. 
Withdraw  the  proud,  high-reaching  arm; 

There  is  an  oath  on  high. 
That  ne'er  on  brow  of  mortal  birth 
Shall  blend  again  the  crowns  of  earth. 

Nor  in  according  cry 

Her  many  voices  mingling  own 
One  tyrant  lord,  one  idol  throne; 

But  to  His  triumph  soon 
He  shall  descend,  who  rules  above, 
And  the  pure  language  of  His  love 

All  tongues  of  men  shall  tune. 

Nor  let  Ambition  heartless  mourn ; 
When  Babel's  very  ruins  burn, 

Her  high  desires  may  breathe; 
O'ercome  thyself,  and  thou  mayst  share 
With  Christ  His  Father's  throne,  and  wear 

The  world's  imperial  wreath. 

JoTin  Keble. 

3135.   BABEL,  The  Tower  of. 
Gen.  xi  :  4. 
Far  in  the  Eastern  wild,  begirt  by  sands, 
A  rugged  pile,  like  some  grim  giant,  stands: 
Rude   stones,    that    once,    perchance,  with 

beaming  grace. 
Had   glowed  in  statues,   strew  its  circling 

base ; 
Though  crushed  the  halls  that  Time's  dread 

secrets  keep. 
Still,    stage   on   stage,  the  crumbling  plat- 
forms sweep : 


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High  on  its  brow  a  dark  mass  rears  its  form, 
Defying  ages,  mocking  fire  and  storm : 
Struck  by  a  thousand  lightnings,  still  'tis 

there. 
As  proud  in  ruin,  haughty  in  despair. 
O  oldest  fabric  reared  by  hands  of  man ! 
Built   ere   Art's   dawn  on   Europe's  shores 

began ! 
Rome's  mouldering  shrines,   and  Tadmor's 

columns  gray, 
Beside  yon  mass,  seem  things  of  yesterday ! 
In  breathless  awe,  in  musing  reverence,  bow, 
'Tis  hoary  Babel  glooms  before  you  now; 
The  tower  at  which  the  Almighty's  shaft 

was  hurled. 
The  mystery,  fear,  and  wonder  of  the  world ! 
Nicholas  Michell. 

3136.  BABYLON,  Belsliazzar's  Feast  in. 

'Twas  here,  beneath   this   dark   and  silent 

mound. 
Where    ages    heap  their   nameless   wrecks 

around. 
That  he,  the  last  great  king,  before  his  fall. 
Spread  his  famed  feast,  and  lit  his  gorgeous 

hall. 
Oh,  ne'er  in  Babylon  did  blaze  a  sight 
More  richly  grand,  magnificently  bright ! 
Bearing  his  crown,  and   dressed  in  robe  of 

state. 
High  on  his  throne  of  gold  Belshazzar  sate. 
In  shining  robes,  and  stretcliing  far  away, 
Like   billows    quivering  'neath  the   sunset 

ray. 
Chiefs,  nobles  stood,  the  red  lamps  flashing 

o'er 
The   golden  chains  and  purple  robes  they 

wore ; 
In  gilded  galleries  damsels,  too,  were  seen. 
Like  night  thickset  with  stars,  their  jewels' 

sheen. 
With  r©se-crowned  locks,  white  hands,  and 

radiant  eyes. 
Too  fair  for  earth,  too  earthly  for  the  skies. 

The  banquet  speeds ;  the  harp  and  psaltery 

sound. 
And  all  is  splendor,  joy,  enchantment  round. 
Wreathed  with  rich  flowers,  and  crowned 

with  rosy  wine. 
The  golden  cups  from  Salem's  temple  shine. 
Joined  by  his  chiefs,  the  exulting  monarch 

drinks, 
Nor  at  thy  voice,  condemning  conscience ! 

shrinks. 
But  mocks  the   Hebrews'   God,   and,  with 

vain  boast. 
Extols  their  Bel,  and  Heaven's  unnumbered 

host. 
'Twas  then,  while  pleasure  held  each  heart 

in  thrall, 
A  sudden  light  illumed  the  pillared  hall ; 
No  lamp,  no  earthly  fire,  could  pour  such 

beams — 
From  sun  or  comet  no  such  splendor  streams. 


Up  sprang  the  king,  and  backward  swayed 

the  crowd ; 
Mute  was  the  harp,  and  hushed  their  laugh- 
ter loud. 
See!  where  in  flame,  yet   dazzling,   strong 

and  clear. 
That  shadowy  hand  doth  trace  its  words  of 

fear ! 
It  writes ! — the  king  still  stands  with  lips 

apart. 
While  terror's  thrill  runs  shivering  to  his 

heart; 
It   writes! — and   all   veil    there,    in    dread 

amaze. 
Their   dazzled   eyes   from    that   portentous 

blaze ! 

No  sage  was  found  to  read  those  words  of 

flame. 
Till  he,  the  exile,  Salem's  prophet,  came. 
He  stood  before  them  all,  with  noble  mien. 
Bold  as  unshrinking,  lofty  as  serene. 
Age  marked  his  brow,  but  in  his  deep  clear 

eye 
Still  burned  the  fire  of  glorious  days  gone  by. 
So  hushed  each  voice,  that  hall  appeared  a 

tomb, 
He  stretched  his  hand,  and  spoke  the  mon- 
arch's doom ! 
Yes,  on  that  night  the  foe,  whose  hosts  in 

vain 
Had  fought  so  long  those  stately  towers  to 

gain. 
Bowed    deep  Euphrates   from   his   wonted 

course. 
Poured  to  the  city's  heart  with  whirlwind 

force, 
Slew  the  last  king ;  Assyria's  rule  was  o'er ! 
And  Babylon,  the  mighty,  was  no  more ! 
Nicholas  Michell. 

3137.  BABYLON,  By  the  Waters  of. 
Psalms  cxxxvii  :  1. 
But  on  before  me  swept  the  moonlit  stream 
That  had  entranced  me  with  his  memories, 
A  thousand  battles,  and  one  burst  of  psalms, 
Rolling  his  waters  to  the  Indian  sea 
Beyond  Balsara,  and  Elana  far, 
Nigh  to  two  thousand  miles  from  Ararat, 
And  his  full  music  took  a  finer  tone. 
And  sang  me  something  of  a  gentler  stream 
That  rolls  forever  to  another  shore. 
Whereof  our  God  Himself  is  the  sole  sea. 
And  Christ's  dear  love  the  pulsing  of  the  tide. 
And  His  sweet  Spirit  is  the  breathing  wind. 
Something  it  chanted,  too,  of  exiled  men, 
On  the  sad  bank  of  that  strange  river.  Life, 
Hanging  the  harp  of  their  deep  heart-desires 
To  rest  upon  the  willow  of  the  Cross, 
And  longing  for  the  everlasting  hills. 
Mount  Zion,  and  Jerusalem  of  God. 
And  then  I  thought  I  knelt,  and  kneeling 

heard 
Nothing — save  only  the  long  wash  of  waves, 
And  one  sweet  psalm  that  sobbed  forever- 
more.  William  Alexander. 


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3138.  BABYLON,  Desolate. 

Isaiah  xiii  :  20. 
Where,  oh!  where  is  Babylon? 

The  crown  is  off  her  brow, 
And  the  queen  that  ruled  o'er  many  lands 

Is  untiarad  now ! 

Say  where  is  haughty  Babylon, 

The  home  of  golden  towers? 
The  serpent  hisses  in  her  halls, 

The  dragon  in  her  bowers! 

Where  is  the  proud  destroyer  now? 

All  desolate  and  lorn, 
A  mouldering  monument  she  stands. 

To  sate  the  eye  of  scorn ! 

Where  is  the  sceptred  city,  where? 

The  bittern's  hollow  cry 
Re-echoes  round  the  reedy  marsh 

Where  broken  columns  lie ! 

Where,  where  is  haughty  Babylon? 

The  deep  pool  mantles  o'er. 
With  silent  wave,  her  gorgeous  domes; 

Babylon  is  no  more ! 

David  Mallock. 

3139.  BABYLON,  Doom  of. 

Jeremiah  i  :  23. 

How  trembled  prostrate  Babylon 

That  dread  war-cry  to  hear, 
When  foeman's  hands  her  rampart  won. 

And  mocked  each  dreaming  seer! 
Mysterious  writing  had  unrolled 

The  downfall  of  her  throne; 
The  doom  of  other  lands  he  told: 

He  could  not  read  his  own. 

Fallen  are  her  halls,  her  palaces, 

The  chambers  of  her  kings ; 
And  left  a  howling  wilderness, 

Where  the  night  demon  sings. 
Here  lies,  to  desolation  given. 

All  that  was  bright  and  fair; 
The  tower   "whose  top  should  reach  to 

Its  relics  moulder  there.  [heaven," 

From  "age  to  age  her  stream  hath  kept" 

Its  joyous  course  along; 
Its  banks,  as  when  the  Hebrews  wept. 

Are  echoless  to  song: 
And  he  who  asked  tlje  captive's  lay 

Of  old  by  Babel's  stream, 
Is  now  as  desolate  as  they ; 

His  land,  like  theirs,  a  dream. 

For   lo!    Heaven's   cleaving   curse,   fore- 
Hath  swept  the  peopled  land ;    [shown, 

Chaldea's  pride  and  Sulem's  throne 
Have  felt  an  equal  hand. 

But  Judah!  yet  shall  happier  days 
Break  on  that  night  of  thine; 

And  brighter  than  the  noontide  blaze, 
Thy  evening  star  shall  shine. 


But  o'er  that  city  of  the  day 

Tl\e  hope  of  morning  never 
Shall  dawn ;  a  home  for  beasts  of  prey, 

Forever  and  forever: 
Never  to  hear  man's  busy  hum, 

Or  echo  to  his  tread ; 
While  Desolation  walks  the  dumb, 

Drear  city  of  the  dead. 

Here,  where  in  pride  the  monarch  dwelt, 

Where  slaves  their  homage  paid. 
While  to  the  sun  the  Magian  knelt, 

And  the  Chaldean  ])rayed; 
Alike  the  sunshine  and  the  cloud. 

The  calm,  the  tempest's  sweep; 
No  ray  so  bright,  no  voice  so  loud 

To  break  that  iron  sleep.        H.  W.  J. 

3140.  BABYLON,  Fallen. 

Jeremiah  li  :  37-43. 

Fallen  is  stately  Babylon, 
Her  mansions  from  the  earth  are  gone ; 
Forever  quenched,  no  more  her  beam 
Shall  gem  Euphrates'  voiceless  stream. 
Her  mirth  is  hushed,  her  music  fled, 
All  save  her  very  name  is  dead ; 
And  the  lope  river  rolls  his  flood 
Where  once  a  thousand  temples  stood. 

Queen  of  the  golden  East !  afar 
Thou  shon'st,  Assyria's  morning-star! 
Till  God,  by  righteous  anger  driven, 
Expelled  thee  from  thy  place  in  heaven. 
For  false  and  treacherous  was  thy  ray, 
Like  swampy  lights  that  lead  astray; 
And  o'er  the  splendor  of  thy  name 
Rolled  many  a  cloud  of  sin  and  shame. 

Forever  fled  thy  princely  shrines, 

Rich  with  their  wreaths  of  clustering  vines; 

Priest,  censer,  incense — all  are  gone 

From  the  deserted  altar-stone. 

Belshazzar's  lialls  are  desolate. 

And  vanished  their  imperial  state; 

E'en  as  the  pageant  of  a  dream 

That  floats  unheard  on  memory's  stream. 

Fallen  is  Babylon !  and  o'er 
The  silence  of  her  hidden  shore. 
Where  the  gaunt  satyr  shrieks  and  sings. 
Hath  mystery  waved  his  awful  wings. 
Concealed  from  eyes  of  mortal  men, 
Of  angels'  more  pervading  ken. 
The  ruined  city  lies  o'erthrown, 
Her  site  to  all  but  God  unknown. 


3141.  BABYLON,  Prophecy  of. 
Revelation  xviii. 

Then   came   from   heaven   a  mighty   angel 

down ; 
The  sky  was  kindled,  and  the  dusky  earth 
Grew  bright  as  at  the  rising  of  the  sun. 
And  with  a  strong  voice  mightily  he  cried, 
"  Great  Babylon  is  fallen,  is  fallen — ic  fallen  ! 


BABYLON. 


BABYLOIvT. 


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And  is  the  hold  of  unclean  spirits  become; 
The  habitation  of  the  things  of  hell! 
All  nations  of  her  wickedness  have  drunk, 
And  been  defiled.     Come,  my  people,  forth 
From  out  of  her,  that  ye  share  not  of  her 

sins, 
And  that   ye  burn  not   with  her   plagues. 

For,  lo! 
Her  wickedness  hath  reached  unto  heaven ; 
God  hath  remembered  her  iniquities. 
Therefore,  in  one  day  shall  her  plagues  be 

sent — 
Famine,  and  death,  and  mourning ;  and  with 

fires 
Shall  she  be  burnt  out  utterly.   And  the  kings 
That  have  partaken  of  her  wickedness, 
Standing  fur  off,  shall  look  upon  her  smoke. 
Bewailing,  and  lamenting  her,  and  cry, 
'  Great  Babylon  !  alas !  great  Babylon  ! 
Alas '  that  mighty  city,  Babylou  ! 
For  in  one  hour  thy  judgment  is  come  down ! ' 
"The  merchants  of  the  earth  shall  weep 

and  mourn. 
Standing  far  off  for  terror  of  her  torment. 
And  cry,  '  Alas !  alas !  great  Babylon  ! 
Thou  mighty  city,  in  fine  linen  clothed, 
Purple,  and  scarlet ;  decked  with  gold  and 

pearls. 
And  precious  stones!  for  in  one   hour  thy 

wealth 
Is  come  to  nought!  what  city  was  like  thee, 
Thou  mighty  city ! '     Then  upon  their  heads 
Shall  they  cast  dust,   and  weep,  and  wail, 

and  cry, 
'  Alas  for  that  great  city !  whereby  all 
That  traded  on  the  sea  in  ships  grew  rich, 
By  reason  of  her  costliness !     Alas ! 
For  in  one  hour  is  she  made  desolate  1 '  " 

Then,  wrathfully,  a  mighty  angel  grasped 
A  rock,  and  lifted  it,  and  to  the  sea 
Cast  it  far  out.  The  waters  dashed  the  clouds, 
And  the  deep  sea  was  bared.     And  as  he 

threw. 
Thus,  with  a  terrible  voice,  cried  he,   and 

said, 
"Even  so  with  violence  shall  great  Babylon 
Be  to  the  earth  thrown  down,  and  found  no 

more ! 
The  sound  of  harpers  and  of  trumpeters, 
Of  pipers  and  of  singers,  shall  no  more 
Be  heard  in  thee   at  all.     The  craftsman's 

hand 
Shall  toil  in  thee  no  more;    the   chariot- 
wheel. 
The  snorting  steed,  shall  shake  thy  streets 

no  more. 
Thy  walls  no  more  shall  echo  to  the  laugh 
Of  drunken  revellers ;  no  more,  no  more. 
Thy  kings  shall  come  from  conquest  of  thy 

foes; 
The  voice  of  bridegrooms   and    of  brides 

shall  be 
Heard  never  more  at  all  within  thy  gates. 
In  thee  th'  Arabian  shall  not  pitch  his  tent. 
Nor  shall  the  shepherd   make   in  theo  his 

fold, 


But  wild  beasts  of  the  desert  shall  lie  in 

thee ; 
Thy  houses  shall  be  full  of  doleful  things ; 
Owls  in  thy  temples,  serpents  in  thy  halls. 
And  dragons  in  thy  pleasant  palaces. 
For  by  thy  sorceries  was  the  earth  deceived. 
And  in  thee  was  the  blood  of  prophets  found. 
Of  saints,   and  all   that  on   the  earth  were 

slain!"  Edwin  Atherst&ne. 

3142.  BABYLON,  Euins  of. 
Isaiah  xiii  :  21. 

The  many-colored  domes 
Yet  wore  one  dusky  hue; 
The  cranes  upon  the  mosque 
Kept  their  night-clatter  still. 
When  through  the  gate  the  early  traveller 
passed. 
And  when,  at  evening,  o'er  the  swampy 
plain 

The  bittern's  boom  came  far. 
Distinct  in  darkness  seen 
Above  the  low  horizon's  lingering  light, 
Rose  the  near  ruins  of  old  Babylon. 

Once  from  her  lofty  walls  the  charioteer 
Looked  down  on  swarming  myriads;  once 
she  flung 
Her  arches  o'er  Euphrates's  conquered  tide. 
And  through  her  brazen  portals  when  she 
poured 
Her    armies    forth,    the    distant    nations 

looked 
As  men  who  watch  the  thuudcr-cloud  in 
fear, 
Lest  it  should  bufst  above  them.     She  was 
fallen ! 
The  queen  of  cities,  Babylon,  was  fallen ! 
Low  lay  her  bulwarks;  the  black  scorpion 
basked 
In  the  palace-courts ;  within  the  sanctuary 

The  she- wolf  hid  her  whelps. 
Is  yonder  huge  and  shapeless  heap,  what 
once 
Hath  been  the  aerial  gardens,  height    on 
height 
Rising  like  Media's  mountains  crowned  with 
wood. 
Work   of  imjjerial  dotage?      Where  the 

fame 
Of  Belus?    Where  the  golden  image  now, 
Which   at  the   sound  of  dulcimer  and 

lute, 
Cornet  and  sackbut,  harp  and  j^saltery, 
The  Assyrian  slaves  adored? 
A  labyrinth  of  ruins,  Babylon 
Spreads  o'er  the  blasted  plain; 
The  wandering  Arab  never  sets  his  tent 
Within  her  walls;  the  sliepherd  eyes  afar 
Her   evil    towers,   and    devious    drives   his 

flock. 
Alone  unclianged,  a  free  and  bridgeless  tide, 
Euphrates  rolls  along. 
Eternal  nature's  work. 

Jiobeet  SouOieij. 


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3143.  BABYLON,  Story  of. 

Many  a  perilous  age  hath  gone 
Since  the  walls  of  Babylon 
Chained  the  broad  Euphrates'  tide, 
Which  the  great  king  in  his  pride 
Turned,  and  drained  its  channel  bare; 
Since  the  towers  of  Belus  square, 
Where  the  solid  gates  were  hung 
That  on  brazen  hinges  swung, 
Mountain- sized,  arose  so  high 
That  their  daring  shocked  the  sky. 

Famous  city  of  the  earth. 
What  magician  gave  thee  birth? 
What  great  prince  of  sky  or  air 
Built  thy  floating  gardens  fair? 
Thee  the  mighty  hunter  founded; 
Thee  the  star- wise  king  surrounded 
With  thy  mural  girdle  thick 
Of  the  black  bitumen  brick — 
Belus,  who  was  Jove,  the  god : 
He  who  each  bright  evening  trod 
On  thy  marble  streets,  and  came 
Downwards  like  a  glancing  flame, 

Love-allured,  as  fables  tell. 
But  the  last  who  loved  thee  well 
Was  the  king  whose  amorous  pride" 
(All  to  please  his  Median  bride) 
Fenced  thee  round  and  round  so  fast. 
That,  while  the  crumbling  earth  should  last, 
Thou,  he  thought,  shouldst  be,  and  Time 
Should  not  spoil  thy  look  sublime. 

He  is  gone,  whose  spirit  spoke 
To  him  in  a  golden  dream : 
He  who  saw  the  future  gleam 
On  the  present,  and  awoke 
Troubled  in  his  princely  mind, 
And  bade  his  magicians  blind 
From  their  eyelids  strip  the  scale, 
And  translate  his  hidden  tale: 
He  is  gone;  but  ere  he  died 
He  was  tumbled  from  his  pride, 
From  his  Babylonian  throne, 
And  cast  out  to  feed  alone. 
Like  the  wild  ox  and  the  ass, 
Seven  years  on  the  sprinkled  grass. 
He  is  dead :  his  impious  deeds 
Are  on  the  brass;  but  who  succeeds? 

Over  Babylon's  sandy  plains 
Belshazzar  the  Assyrian  reigns. 
A  thousand  lords  at  his  kingly  call 
Have  met  to  feast  in  a  spacious  hall. 
And  all  the  imperial  boards  are  spread 
With  dainties  whereon  the  monarch  fed. 
Eich  cates  and  floods  of  the  purple  grape: 
And  many  a  dancer's  serpent  shape 
Steals  slowly  upon  their  amorous  sights. 
Or  glances  beneath  the  flaunting  lights: 
And  fountains  throw  up  their  silver  spray. 
And  cymbals  clash,  and  the  trumpets  bray 
Till  the  sounds  in  the  arched  roof  are  hung; 
And  words  from  the  winding  horn  are  flung: 
And  still  the  carved  cups  go  round, 
And  revel  and  mirth  and  wine  abound. 


But  night  has  o'ertaken  the  fading  day; 
And  Music  has  raged  her  soul  away : 
The  light  in  the  bacchanal's  eye  is  dim: 
And  faint  is  the  Georgian's  wild  love-hymn. 
"Bring  forth"  (on  a  sudden  spoke  the  king. 
And  hushed  were  the  lords,  loud-rioting) — 
"  Bring  forth  the  vessels  of  silver  and  gold, 
Which  Nebuchadnezzar,  my  sire,  of  old 
Ravished  from  proud  Jerusalem ; 
And  we  and  our  queens  will  drink  from  them,. 
And  the  vessels  are  brought,  of  silver  and 
Of  stone,  and  of  brass,  and  of  iron  old,    [gold. 
And  of  wood,  whose  sides  like  a  bright  gem 

shine. 
And  their  mouths   are   all   filled  with  the 

sparkling  wine. 
Hark !  the  king  has  proclaimed  with  a  stately 

nod,  [god." 

"Let  a  health  be  drunk  out  unto  Baal,  the 
They  shout  and  they  drink :  but  the  music 

moans. 
And  hushed  are  the  reveller's  loudest  tones : 
For  a  hand  comes  forth,  and  'tis  seen  by  all 
To  write  strange  words  on  t  lie  plastered  wall ! 
The  mirth  is  over ;  the  soft  Greek  flute 
x\nd  the  voices  of  women  are  low,  are  mute ; 
The  bacchanals'  eyes  are  all  staring  wide; 
And  where's  the  Assyrian's  pomp  of  pride? — 
That  night  the  monarch  was  stung  to  pain: 
That  night  Belshazzar,  the  king,  was  slain ! 

Many  a  silent  age  the  prow 
Of  untiring  Time,  dividing 
Years  and  days,  and  ever  gliding 
Onwards,  has  passed  by:  and  now, 
Where's  thy  wealth  of  streets  and  towers? 
Where  thy  gay  and  dazzling  hours? 
Where  thy  crowds  of  slaves,  and  things 
That  fed  on  the  rich  breath  of  kings? 
Where  thy  laughter-crownM  times? 
Thou  art — what? — a  breath,  a  fame. 
In  the  shadow  of  thy  name 
Dwelling,  like  a  ghost  unseen; 
Grander  than  if  laurels  green 
Or  the  massy  gold  were  spread. 
Crown-like,  upon  thy  great  head : 
Mighty  in  thy  own  undoing. 
Drawing  a  fresh  life  from  ruin 
And  eternal  prophecy : 
Thou  art  gone,  but  cannot  die. 
Like  a  splendor  from  the  sky 
Through  the  silent  ether  flung. 
Like  a  hoar  tradition  hung 
Glittering  in  the  ear  of  Time, 
Thou  art,  like  a  lamp  sublime, 
Telling  from  thy  wave-worn  tower 
Where  the  raging  floods  have  power. 
How  ruin  lives,  and  how  time  flies, 
And  all  that  on  the  dial  lies. 

Bryan  Waller  Procter. 

3144.  BABYLON,  The  Fall  of. 
But  louder  yet  the  heavens  shall  ring. 
And  brighter  gleam  each  seraph's  wing, 
When  doomed  of  old  by  every  prophet's  lyre^ 

Theme  of  the  saints'  appealing  cry, 


BABYLON. 


BALAK. 


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While  underneath  the  shrine  they  lie — 
Proud  Babel  in  her  hour  sinks  in  her  sea  of 
fire. 

While  worldlings  from  afar  bemoan 

The  shattered  antichristian  throne, 

The  golden  idol  bruised  to  summer  dust — 

"Where  are  her  gems?  her  spices,  where? 

Tower,  dome,  and  arch,  so  proud  and  fair : 
Confusion  is  their  name — the  name  of  all 
earth's  trust." 

The  while  for  joy  and  victory 
Seers  and  apostles  sing  on  high, 
Chief  the  bright  pair  who   rest  in  Roman 
earth : 
Fallen  Babel  well  their  lays  may  earn, 
Whose  triumph  is  when  souls  return, 
Who  o'er  relenting  pride  take  part  in  angels' 
mirth.  John  Keble. 

3145.  BABYLON,  War  against. 

Jeremiah  L:  11-27. 
"  War  against  Babylon !"  shout  we  around, 
Be  our  banners  through  earth  unfurled  ; 
Rise  up,  ye  nations,  ye  kings,  at  the  sound  : 
"War  against  Babylon!"  shout  through  the 

world. 
O  thou  that  dwellest  on  many  waters. 
Thy  day  of  pride  is  ended  now. 
And  the  dark  curse  of  Israel's  daughters 
Breaks^  like  a  thunder-cloud,  over  thy  brow ! 
War,  war,  war  against  Babylon  ! 

Make  bright  the   arrows,   and   gather   the 

shields. 
Set  the  standard  of  God  on  high; 
Swarm  we,  like  locusts,  o'er  all  her  fields, 
"Zion"  our  watchword,  and.  "vengeance" 

our  cry ! 
Woe !  woe !  the  time  of  thy  visitation 
Is  come,  proud  land;  thy  doom  is  cast, 
And  the  black  surge  of  desolation 
Sweeps  o'er  thy  guilty  head  at  last ! 

War,  war,  war  against  Babylon ! 
Tliomas  Moore. 

3146.  BABYLON,  Weeping  by  the  Rivers  of. 

We  sate  down  and  wept  by  the  waters 
Of  Babel,  and  thought  of  the  day 

When  our  foe,  in  the  hue  of  his  slaughters, 
Made  Salem's  high  places  his  prey; 

And  ye,  O  her  desolate  daughters ! 
Were  scattered,  all  weeping,  away. 

While  sadly  we  gazed  on  the  river 
Which  rolled  on  in  freedom  below, 

They  demanded  the  song;  but,  oh  never 
That  triumph  tlie  stranger  shall  know ! 

May  this  right  hand  be  withered  forever 
Ere  it  string  our  high  harp  for  the  foe ! 

On  the  willow  tnat  harp  is  suspended, 
O  Salem ^  its  sound  should  be  free; 

And  the  hour  when  thy  glories  were  ended 
But  left  me  that  token  of  thee: 


And  ne'er  shall  its  soft  tones  be  blended 
With  the  voice  of  the  spoiler  by  me  ! 

Lord  Byron, 

3147.  BABYLON,  Woe  upon. 

Isaiah  xiii  :  1-C2. 
O  lift  ye  the  banner  on  high  o'er  the  moun- 
tain. 
Let  the  trumpet  be  loud  and  the  scimitar 
keen; 
For  Babel    shall  fall  as   a  drop    from  the 
fountain, 
And   leave   not  a  trace  where  her   glories 
have  been. 

The  prince  from  his  hall  and  the  serf  from 
his  labor 
Shall  gird  on  their  mail,  and  wave  high 
the  war  sword; 
But  the  hand  shall  relax  from  its  grasp  of 
the  sabre. 
And   the   heart   shall   grow   faint  in  the 
wrath  of  the  Lord 

The    moon  in  her  light  and  the  sun  in  his 
splendor 
Shall  hide  their  pure  ray  from  the  proud 
city's  fall; 
While  thick  clouds  of  mist  and  of  darkness 
attend  her. 
And  night  wraps  her  streets  like  a  funeral 
pall. 

For  the  Medes  from  the  north  like  a  whirl- 
wind shall  gather. 
And  Babylon  yield  to  the  might  of  the 
brave ; 
While  the  young  blooming  bride  and  the 
gray-headed  father 
Shall  lay  their  heads  low  in  the  dust  of 
the  grave. 

Her  halls  shall  be  still,  and  their  jiavements 
be  gory. 
Not  a  sound  heard  of  mirth  or  of  revel- 
ling there ; 
But  the  pride  of  the  Chaldees,  the  boast  of 
their  glory, 
Extinguished  like  Sodom,  be  blasted  and 
bare. 

On  the  spot  where  thou  raisest  thy  front, 
mighty  nation. 
Shall  the  owl  have  his  nest,  and  the  wild 
beast  his  den ; 
Thy  courts  shall  be  desert,  thy  name  Deso- 
lation, 
Now  the  tyrant  of  cities,  the  jest  of  them 
then!  G.  Woods. 

3148.  BALAK  AND  BALAAM. 
Numbers  xxii    41 ;  xxiii    1-12. 

Upon  the  hill  the  prophet  stood. 

King  Balak,  in  the  rocky  vale; 
Around  him,  like  a  fiery  flood, 

Flashed  to  the  sun  his  men  of  mail. 


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BA.L^K. 


13j^:rnj^>sbj^s. 


'Tis  morn — 'twas  noon — the  sacrifice 
Still  rolled  its  sheeted  flame  to  heaven, 

Still  on  the  prophet  turned  their  eyes; 
Nor  yet  the  fearful  curse  was  given. 

'Twas  eve — the  flame  was  feeble  now, 
Was  dried  the  victim's  burning  blood. 

The  8uu  was  sinking  broad  and  low. 
King  Balak  by  the  prophet  stood. 

"  Now,  curse,  or  die!"     The  echoing  roar 
Around  him  like  a  tempest  came ; 

Again  tiie  altar  streamed  with  gore. 
And  flushed  again  the  sky  with  flame. 

The  prophet  was  in  prayer ;  he  rose. 
His  mantle  from  his  face  was  flung; 

He  listened,  where  the  mighty  foes 
To  heaven  their  evening  anthem  sung. 

He  saw  their  camp,  like  sunset  clouds. 
Mixed  with  the  desert's  distant  blue; 

Saw  on  the  plain  their  marshalled  crowds, 
Heard  the  high  strain  their  trumpets  blew. 

"Young  lion  of  the  desert  sand," 

Burst  from  his  lips  the  prophet-cry, 
"What  strength  before  thy  strength  shall 
stand? 
What  hunter  meet  thee,  but  to  fly? 

"  Come,  heaven-crowned  lord  of  Palestine, 
Lord  of  her  plain,  her  mountain  throne; 

Lord  of  her  olive  and  her  vine : 

Come,  king  of  nations,  claim  Thine  own. 

"Be  Israel  cursed !"  was  in  his  soul, 
But  on  his  lip  the  wild  words  died; 

He  paused,  till  night  on  Israel  stole; 
Still  was  the  fearful  curse  untried. 

Now  wilder  on  his  startled  ear, 
From  Moab's  hills  and  valleys  dim. 

Rose  the  fierce  clash  of  shield  and  spear, 
Rose  the  mad  yells  of  Baalim. 

"How  shall  I  curse  whom  God  hath  blest? 

With  whom  He  dwells,  with  whom  shall 
dwell?" 
He  clasped  his  pale  hands  on  his  breast ; 

"  Then  be  thou  blest,  O  Israel!" 

A  whirlwind  from  the  desert  rushed, 
Deep  thunders  echoed  round  the  hill. 

King,  projohet,  multitude,  were  hushed  ! 
The  thunders  sank,  the  blast  was  still. 

Broad  on  the  east,  a  newborn  Star, 

On  cloud,  vale,  desert,  poured  its  blaze. 

The  prophet  knew  the  Sign  afar, 

And  on  it  fixed  his  shuddering  gaze. 

"I  shall  behold  Him — but  not  now; 

I  shall  behold  Him— but  not  nigh. 
He  comes,  beneath  the  Cross  to  bow, 

To  toil,  to  triumph,  and  to  die. 


"  All  power  is  in  His  hand ;  the  world 
Is  dust  beneath  His  trampling  heel. 

The  thunder  from  His  Ii])s  is  hurled. 
The  heavens  beneath  His  presence  reel. 

"He  comes  a  stranger  to  His  own; 

With  the  wild  bird  aud  fox  He  lies. 
The  King,  who  makes  the  stars  His  throne, 

A  wanderer  lives,  an  outcast  dies ! 

"Lost  Israel!  on  thy  diadem 

What  blood  shall  for  His  blood  be  poured? 
Torn  from  the  earth,  thy  royal  stem. 

Victim  of  famine,  chain,  and  sword." 

The  prophet  paused  in  awe :  the  Star 
Rose  broader  on  the  boundless  plain, 

Flashing  on  Balak's  marshalled  war, 
On  mighty  Israel's  farthest  vane. 

And  sweet  and  solemn  echoes  flowed. 
From  harps  of  more  than  mortals  given. 

Till  in  the  central  cope  it  glowed, 

Then  vanished  in  the  heights  of  heaven ! 
George  Croly. 

3149.  BAKNABAS,  Consecration  of. 

Acts  iv  :  3G,  37. 
See  here  an  apostolic  priest, 

Commissioned  from  the  sky, 
Who  dares  of  all  himself  divest, 

The  needy  to  supply ! 
A  primitive  example  rare 

Of  gospel  poverty. 
To  feed  the  flock  his  only  care, 

And  like  his  Lord  to  be. 

Jesus,  to  us  apostles  raise, 

Like-minded  pastors  give 
Who,  freely  may  dispense  Thy  grace 

As  freely  they  receive; 
Who,  disengiiged  from  all  below, 

May  earthly  things  des2:)ise. 
And  every  creature  good  forego 

For  treasure  in  the  skies. 

J.  and  G.  Wesley. 

3150.  BAENABAS,  The  Apostle. 

Acts  iv  :  36. 
The  world's  a  room  of  sickness,  where  each 
heart 
Knows  its  own  anguish  and  imrest; 
The  truest  wisdom  there,  and  noblest  art, 

Is  his  who  skills  of  comfort  best;  ' 

Whom  by  the  softest  step  and  gentlest  tone 

Enfeebled  spirits  own, 
And  love  to  raise  the  languid  eye, 
When,  like  an  angel's  wing,  they  feel  him 
fleeting  by : 

Feel  only — for  in  silence  gently  gliding 

Fain  would  he  shun  both  ear  and  sight, 
'Twixt  prayer  and  watchful  love  his  heart 
dividing, 
A  nursing  father  day  and  night.  [lay. 

Such  were  the  tender  arms  Avhere  cradled 
In  her  sweet  natal  day, 


B^Risr^r?  AS. 


:bj^:rajb:bj^s. 


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The  Church  of  Jesus ;  such  the  love 
He   to    His   chosen    taught    for    His    dear 
widowed  Dove. 

Warmed  underneath  the    Comforter's   safe 
wing, 
They  spread  the  endearing  warmth  around 
Mourners,  speed  here  your  broken  hearts  to 
bring, 
Here  healing  dews  and  balms  abound ; 
Here  are  soft  hands  that  cannot  bless  in  vain, 

By  trial  taught  your  pain  ; 
Here  loving  hearts  that  daily  know      [stow. 
The  heavenly  consolations  they  on  you  be- 

Sweet  thoughts  are  theirs,  that  breathe  se- 

renest  calms. 

Of  holy  offerings  timely  paid, 

Of  fire  from  heaven  to  bless  their  votive  alms 

And  passions  on  God's  altar  laid,      [shine 

The  world  to  them  is  closed,  and  now  they 

With  rays  of  love  divine, 
Through  darkest  nooks  of  this  dull  earth 
Pouring,  in  showery  times,  their  glow  of 
"  quiet  mirth." 

New  hearts  before  their  Saviour's  feet  to  lay. 

This  is  their  first,  their  dearest  joy: 
Their  next,  from  heart  to  heart  to  clear  the 
For  mutual  love  without  alloy :  [way 

Never  so  blest  as  when  in  Jesus'  roll 
They  write  some  hero-soul ; 
More  pleased  upon  his  brightening  road 
To  wait,  than  if  their  own  with  all  his  ra- 
diance glowed.     , 

O  happy  spirits,  marked  by  God  and  man 

Their  messages  of  love  to  bear, 
What  though   long  since   in    heaven  your 
brows  began 
The  genial  amaranth  wreath  to  wear. 
And  in  the  eternal  leisure  of  calm  love 

Ye  banquet  there  above, 
Yet  in  your  sympathetic  heart  [a  part. 

We  and  our  earthly  griefs  may  ask  and  hope 

Comfort,  true  sons!  amid   the   thoughts  of 
That  strew  your  pillow  of  repose,     [down 
Sure  'tis  one  joy  to  muse  how  ye  unknown 
By  sweet  remembrance  soothe  our  woes, 
And  how  the  spark  ye  lit  of  heavenly  cheer 

Lives  in  our  embers  here. 
Where'er  the  Cross  is  borne  with  smiles. 
Or  lightened  secretly  by  love's  endearing 
wiles. 

Where'er  the  Levite  in  the  temple  keeps 
The  Avatch-fire  of  his  midnight  prayer, 
Or  issuing  thence,  the  eyes  of  mourners  steeps 

In  heavenly  balm,  fresh  gathered  there; 
Thus  saints,  that  seem  to  die  in  earth's  rude 
Only  win  double  life :  [strife, 

They  have  but  left  our  weary  ways 
To  live  in  memory  here,  in  heaven  by  love 
and  praise.  John  Eeble. 


3151.  BARNABAS,  Tlie  Apostle. 
Acts  xi :  22-20. 

Of  him  the  sacred  record  saith 
He  was  a  good  man,  full  of  faith, 
Who,  by  the  Holy  Spirit  led. 
Rejoiced  to  see  the  Gospel  spread: 

Spread  by  the  saints  where'er  they  went 
From  martyrdom  to  banishment; 
The  Cross  through  every  region  laore. 
And  more  oppressed,  prevailed  the  more. 

From  doomed  Jerusalem  cast  forth, 
Eastward  and  westward,  south  and  north, 
On  fertile  field  and  barren  clod 
They  sowed  the  seed,  the  Word  of  God. 

To  heathen  Antioch,  when  they  came. 
And  first  received  their  IMaster's  name, 
They  gloried  in  it,  and  bi-queathed 
The  inheritance  to  all  that  breathed : 

To  all  that  breathed  by  second  birth, 
Children  of  God,  though  sons  of  earth; 
For  "  Christians,"  Christians  such  shall  be 
Till  time  becomes  eternity. 

Well  then  might  Barnabas  rejoice. 
And  aid  the  work  with  heart  and  voice; 
For  though  by  earth  and  hell  assailed, 
The  truth  grew  mighty  and  prevailed. 

James  Montgomery. 


3152.  BAEABBAS. 

John  xviii  :  40. 

Barabbas,  in  his  prison  cell. 

Gazed  on  the  heavens  fair. 
And  saw  the  paschal  moon  ascend 

In  night's  empurpled  air. 
The  hours  crept  on ;  with  awe  and  dread 

He  waited  for  the  morn; 
He  heard  at  last  the  soldier's  tread, 

And  saw  the  bolt  withdrawn. 

"  Barabbas,"  so  the  soldier  spake, 

I  bring  thee  news  of  grace. 
For  Christ,  the  man  of  Nazareth, 

To-day  shall  take  thy  place. 
Without  the  gate  shall  Jesus  bear 

The  cross  prepared  for  thee. 
Go  thou  to  the  atoning  feast !" 

The  man  of  crime  went  free. 

Barabbas  saw  the  darkened  earth 

When  came  the  hour  of  noon. 
And  slept  in  peace  when  Jesus  wep'^. 

Beneath  the  paschal  moon. 
O  man  of  sin  !  in  thee  I  see 

Myself  redeemed  by  grace ; 
The  blood-stained  cross  that  rose  for  thee 

Took  every  sinner's  place. 

Hezekiah  Buitericorth. 


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B^^RTIMIEUS. 


B^RTIlVtEXJS. 


3153.  BAETIMEUS. 

Luke  xviii  :  35-40. 

Then  Jesus  called 
His  twelve  disciples  unto  Him,  and  said, 
"Behold,  we  go  up  to  Jerusalem,  [be 

Where  all  that  prophets  have  foretold  shall 
Fulfilled."     None  knew  whereof  He  spake, 

for  it 
Was  hid  from  them ;  but  simply  trusting  Him 
For  all  things  that  should  be,  they  followed 

Him. 
I  think  all  nature  must  have  worn  a  smile 
Of  gladness  on  that  day;  the  smallest  bird 
Have  carolled  forth  its  heaven-taught  song 

of  joy; 
With  quiet,  folded  arms  the  trees  have  bowed 
In  adoration  as  the  Lord  passed  by. 
And  everywhere  came  weary  souls  for  whom 
No  rest  had  ever  come,  and  empty  hands 
Stretched  out  towards  Him  who  never  turned 
From  lowliest  prayers.  [away 

But  in  the  midst  of  all 
This  harmony,  beside  the  way  there  sat 
A   beggar,  blind.      No   hint   of  beauteous 

things 
E'er  reached  his  sightless  eyes;  no  ray   of 

light 
Had   ever  rent   the   deep,    black   veil  that 

wrapped 
Its  dusky  folds  about  his  life  and  made 
His  day  as  dark  as  starless  night. 

But  from 
Afar  the  sound  of  coming  feet  was  borne 
To  him,  and  set  his  heart  a-quivering 
For  fear,  the  while  he  asks,  "What  means 

the  crowd? 
Oh,  is  there  danger  near?"  Then  one  replied, 
"Jesus  of  Nazareth  is  passing  by." 
Amid  the  throng  none  saw  the  look  of  joy 
That  flashed  across  his  face,  none  knew  the 

throb 
Of  hope  that  leaped  within  his  breast,  for 

each 
Intent  upon  his  own  designing  plans 
Paid  little  heed.     They  heard  his  cry,  "O 

Christ 
Hear  Thou  my  prayer !"     And  one,  the  fore- 
most of 
Them  all,  rebuked  the  man  and  bade  him  hold 
His  peace. 

But  sooner  might  the  wildwood  flower 
Refuse   to   blossom   when  the    sjDring-time 

comes. 
Or  singing  bird  forget  its  song,  than  that 
These    darkened  years  should   fail  to  find 

their  voice. 
And  all  the  stifled  moaning  of  his  life, 
The  longing  and  the  waiting  for  a  joy 
That  never  came,  burst  forth  in  that  one 

long 
And  pleading  cry,  "  O  Son  of  David,  have 
Thou  mercy  now  on  me !" 

Above  the  noise 
And  tumult  of  the  multitude,  the  prayer 
Reached  Jesus'  ears.     And  suddenly  a  hush 
Fell  over  the  crowd,  and  even  Nature  held 


Her  breath  as  Jesus   said,   "Bring  him  to 

Me!" 
Obedient  to  His  call,  with  trembling  steps 
He  came,  and  at  the  Saviour's  feet  bowed  low. 
Could  he  have  seen  the  smile  that  shone  upon 
Christ's  face,   and  known  'twas  meant  for 

him,  it  would 
Have  struck  within  his  heart   so  grand   a 

chord 
As  would  have  filled  his  darkest  day  with 

glad. 
Sweet  joy.     He  heard  the  low,  clear  voice 

demand, 
"  What  wilt  thou  I  should  do?"  And  all  his 

fear 
Departed  then,  and  he  replied,  "  O  Lord, 
If  but  I  may  receive  my  sight !" 

On  his  drooping  head  lay  the  Master's  hand, 
Through  the  dusk  of  his  life-long  night, 

E'en  as  sunlight  scatters  the  mist  away. 
Shone  the  welcome  "  Receive  thy  sight!" 

As  the  rosy  door  of  the  morn  swings  wide 
At  the  touch  of  the  king  of  day, 

So  the  shrouded  eyes  felt  the  hand  divine. 
And  the  shadows  were  rolled  away. 

Then  the  soul's  barred  windows  were  open 
thrown, 
And  the  light  from  the  Saviour's  face 
Such  a  glorious  gleam  through  the  darkness 
As  no  sorrow  could  ever  efface.  [sent, 

Clara  Bemis. 

3154.  BAETIMEUS,  Blind. 
Mark  x  :  51. 

Blind  Bartimeus  at  the  gates 

Of  Jericho  in  darkness  waits : 

He  hears  the  crowd — he  hears  a  breath 

Say,  "It  is  Christ  of  Nazareth!" 

And  calls,  in  tones  of  agony, 

^It]6ov,  kXETjdov  jiiel 

The  thronging  multitudes  increase; 
Blind  Bartimeus,  hold  thy  peace ! 
But  still,  above  the  noisy  crowd. 
The  beggar's  cry  is  shrill  and  loud; 
Until  they  say,  "He  calleth  thee !" 
Odpdei,  eyEipcxi,  (poovel  6s\ 

Then  saith  the  Christ,  as  silent  stands 
The  crowd,  "What  wilt  thouat  My  hands?" 
And  he  replies,  "  Oh  give  me  light ! 
Rabbi,  restore  the  blind  man's  sight!" 
And  Jesus  answers,  ''Trtays: 
'H  Ttidrii  dov  6e6(johs  del 

Ye  that  have  eyes,  yet  cannot  see, 
In  darkness  and  in  misery. 
Recall  those  mighty  Voices  Three, 
^h]6ov,  tXarjdov  /hf] 
(-)dp6eA,  eyeipai,  vTtaysl 
'H  TtidriS  dov  dsdaoHS  del 

II.  W.  Lonsfellow. 


B^RTUVTEXIS. 


B^RTIIVLETJS. 


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3155.  BAETIMEUS,  Call  of. 

Luke  xviii  :  40. 

How  wondrous  are  the  ways  and  means,  O 
Lord, 

For  bringing  sinners  to  Thy  sacred  feet; 
By  grace,  and  by  Thy  Spirit  and  Thy  Word, 

Saviour  and  sinner  meet. 

Blind  Bartimeus  craved  Thy  mighty  power, 
And  Thou  didst  hear  his  anxious,  earnest 
cry; 

Didst  stand  in  that  supreme,  expectant  hour, 
And  call  the  blind  man  nigh. 

Yet  not  Thy  voice  alone,   for  Thou   didst 
please 

That  other  voices  should  repeat  Thy  word; 
Thou  didst  "  command  him  to  be  called  " 
Co-workers  with  Thee,  Lord.       [by  these 

And  many  voices,  now  uplifted,  say, 

"Take  courage,  for  He  calleth  thee ;  arise?" 

These  voices  were  the  lieralds  of  new  day 
To  those  dark,  sightless  eyes. 

Not  yet,  alas !  can  those  blind  eyeballs  see ; 

Apart   from  Jesus    still    the    blind    man 
stands, 
Thou  didst  "command  him  to  be  brought" 

By  kindly  helping  hands.  [to  thee. 

How  great  the  blessedness,  how  dear   the 
thought : 

Not  only  Pie  himself  calls  sinners  nigh. 
But  He  commands  them  "to  be  called  "  and 

By  brethren  standing  by.         ["brought" 

"Co-workers"  still — in  heart  and  voice  and 
hand. 
To  call  them,  lead  them,  to  the  Saviour's 
feet; 
Thus  by  Thy  word,  or  ours  at  Thy  command. 
Saviour  and  sinner  meet. 

Robert  Maguire. 

3156.  BAETIMEUS,  Cry  of. 

As  Jesus  went  into  Jericho  town, 
'Twas  darkness  all,  from  toe  to  crown, 

About  blind  Bartimeus. 
He  said,  "When  eyes  are  so  very  dim, 
They  are  no  use  for  seeing  Him; 

No  matter — He  can  see  us." 

"  Cry  out,  cry  out,  blind  brother,  cry; 
Let  not  salvation  dear  go  by. 

Have  mercy.  Son  of  David." 
Though  they  were  blind,  they  both  could 

hear ; 
They  heard,  and  cried,  and  He  drew  near; 

And  so  the  blind  were  savM. 

0  Jesus  Christ,  I  am  very  blind ; 
Nothing  comes  through  into  my  mind ; 

'Tis  well  I  am  not  dumb : 
Although  I  see  Thee  not,  nor  hear, 

1  cry  because  Thou  mayst  be  near : 

O  Son  of  Mary,  come. 


I  hear  it  through  the  all  things  blind: 
Is  it  Thy  voice,  so  gentle  and  kind, 

"Poor  eyes,  no  more  be  dim?" 
A  hand  is  laid  upon  mine  eyes; 
I  hear  and  hearken,  see  and  rise: 

'Tis  He :  I  follow  Him. 

George  Macdonald. 

3157.  BAETIMEUS,  Prayer  of. 
Mark  x  :  46-52. 

A  sinner  blind  and  poor, 

A  helples^  beggar  I, 
The  pardoning  grace  implore, 
Of  Him  that  passes  by: 
He  passes  now :  His  name  I  hear. 
And  long  to  see  my  Saviour  near. 

Jesus,  for  this  I  wait, 
Thy  Deity  to  know; 
Pity  my  dark  estate, 

On  me  Thy  mercy  show; 
Thou  Son  and  Lord  of  David,  be 
A  Prophet,  Priest,  and  King  to  me. 

The  world  rebuke  in  vain. 

And  would  my  clamors  still, 
Till  mercy  I  obtain 

I  must  cry  on,  and  will. 
Mercy,  thou  Son  of  David,  show 
And  give  me  eyes  Thyself  to  know. 

Stopped  by  a  sinner's  prayer, 

Thou  canst  no  farther  move. 
Thou  canst  no  more  forbear 
To  manifest  Thy  love. 
Thou  waitest  now  to  show  Thy  grace, 
And  callest  me  to  seek  Thy  face. 

I  now  Thy  call  obey, 

Put  off  my  sordid  dress, 
And  cast  the  rags  away 
Of  my  own  righteousness. 
Naked,  and  indigent,  and  blind, 
I  run  the  pardoning  God  to  find. 

By  Thy  own  mercy  brought. 

Before  Thy  face  I  stand ; 
Yet  still  I  see  Thee  not 

Till  Thou  put  forth  Thy  hand. 
And  by  Thy  word  create  the  light, 
And  by  Thy  touch  restore  my  sight. 

In  pity  to  my  cries 

And  heartfelt  poverty, 
Open  the  beggar's  eyes, 
That  I  my  way  may  see : 
My  pure  and  living  way  pursue. 
Till  Thee  I  in  Thy  glory  view. 

I  would  my  sight  receive 

And  keep  my  Lord  in  view, 
Thy  faithful  follower  live. 
Thy  steps  in  death  pursue. 
And  joyful  lay  my  body  down, 
The  cross  exchanging  for  the  crown. 


4-f] 


B^^RTIMIEXJS. 


Bj^RZILLAI. 


Faith  to  be  healed  I  have, 

The  faith  Thou  didst  impart; 
But  now  the  sinner  save, 

And  cure  the  blind  of  heart. 
This  instant.  Lord,  my  sight  restore, 
And  following  Thee  I  sin  no  more. 

Yes,  O  my  suffering  God, 

Henceforth  I  follow  Thee, 
The  narrow  jugged  road 
Which  leads  to  Calvary, 
And  there  I  on  the  cross  ascend 
To  heavenly  joys  that'never  end. 

/.  and  C.  Wesley. 

3158.  BAETIMEUS,  Story  of. 

My  Saviour,  what  Thou  didst  of  old, 
When  Thou  wast  dwelling  here. 

Thou  doest  yet  for  them  who,  bold 
In  faith,  to  Thee  draw  near. 

Mourning  I  sat  beside  the  way, 

In  sightless  gloom  apart, 
And  sadness  heavy  on  me  lay. 

And  longing  gnawed  my  heart : 

I  heard  the  music  of  the  psalma 

Thy  people  sung  to  Thee ; 
I  felt  the  waving  of  their  palms; 

And  yet  I  could  not  see. 

My  pain  grew  more  than  I  could  bear, 

Too  keen  my  grief  became ; 
Then  I  took  heart  in  my  despair 

To  call  upon  Thy  name : 

' '  O  Son  of  David  !  save  and  heal, 
As  Thou  so  oft  hast  done : 

0  heavenly  Saviour,  let  me  feel 
My  load  of  darkness  gone." 

And  ever  weeping,  as  I  spoke. 

With  bitter  prayers  and  sighs. 
My  stony  heart  grew  soft  and  broke. 

More  earnest  yet  my  cries. 

A  sudden  answer  stilled  my  fear; 

For  it  was  said  to  me, 
"  O  poor  blind  man !  be  of  good  cheer; 

Arise,  He  calleth  thee." 

1  felt.  Lord,  that  Thou  stnndest  still; 

Groping,  Thy  feet  I  sought; 
From  ofi  me  fell  my  old  self-will, 
A  change  came  o'er  my  thought. 

Thou  saidst,  ' 'What  is  it  thou  wouldst  have?" 
"  Lord,  that  I  might  have  sight; 

To  see  Thy  countenance  I  crave." 
"  So  be  it:  have  thou  light." 

And  words  of  Thine  can  never  fail. 

My  fears  are  past  and  o'er; 
My  soul  is  glad  with  light,  the  veil 

Is  on  ray  heart  no  more. 

Fouque,  tr.  by  Miss  Winkworth. 


3159.  BAETIMEUS,  Testimony  of. 
Whence  Jesus  came  I  ciiunot  tell, 

Nor  why  He  came  to  me; 
One  thing  I  know  and  know  it  well. 

Though  I  was  blind,  I  see! 
I  once  was  blind,  but  now  I  see! 
And  that  is  news  enough  for  me. 

When  all  was  dark,  One  touched  my  eyes. 

And  that  is  all  I  know  ; 
For  light  came  down  from  paradise 

And  set  my  soui  aglow; 
I  once  was  blind,  but  now  I  see ! 
And  that  is  light  enough  for  me. 

How  it  was  done  I  cannot  say 
Nor  even  think,  nor  dream; 

Nor  why  a  touch  (  f  mcnster.ed  clay 
Should  make  things  what  they  seem. 

I  once  was  blind,  but  now  I  see ! 

And  that  is  truth  enough  for  me. 

It  is  the  Son  of  God !     His  grace 
Makes  trembling  weakness  strong; 

Wipes  tears  away  from  sorrow's  face 
And  teaches  grief  a  song. 

I  once  was  blind,  but  now  I  see! 

And  that  is  joy  enough  for  me. 

The  law  of  sight  I  may  not  guess. 

Nor  reason  out  my  views; 
For  faith  itself  is  meaningless 

To  Pharisees  and  Jews. 
I  once  was  blind  but  now  I  see! 
And  that  is  faith  enough  for  me. 

3160.  BAEZILLAL 

2  Samuel  xix  •  34-37 

Son  of  Jesse !  let  me  go — 
Why  should  princely  honors  stay  me? — 

Where  the  streams  of  Giiead  flow, 
Where  the  light  first  met  mine  eye. 
Thither  would  I  turn  and  die; 
Where  my  ])arents'  ashes  lie, 
King  of  Israel,  bid  them  lay  me. 

Bury  me  near  my  sire  revered. 
Whose  feet  in  righteous  paths  so  firmly  trod, 
Who  early  taught  my  soul  with  awe 
To  heed  the  prophets  and  the  law. 

And  to  my  infant  heart  appeared 
Majestic  as  a  god: 
Oh !  when  this  sacred  dust 
The  cerements  of  the  tomb  shall  burst. 
Might  I  be  worthy  at  his  feet  to  rise 
To  yonder  blissful  skies. 
Where  angel  hosts  resplendent  shine. 
Jehovah,  Lord  of  hosts,  the  glory  shall  be 

Thine. 
Cold  age  upon  my  breast 

Hath  shed  a  frost  like  death. 
The  wine  cup  hath  no  zest. 

The  rose  no  fragrant  breath; 
Music  from  my  ear  hath  fled, 

Yet  still  one  sweet  tone  lingereth  there. 
The  blessing  that  my  mother  shed 

Upon  my  evening  prayer. 


BEG^Gf^j^R. 


BEGG-^R. 


4T 


Dim  is  my  wasted  eye 

To  all  that  beauty  brings, 
The  brow  of  grace,  the  form  of  symmetry, 

Are  half  forgotten  things; 
Yet  one  bright  hue  is  vivid  still, 
A  mother's  holy  smile  that  soothed  my  sharp- 
est ill. 

Memory,  with  traitor  tread, 

Methinks  doth  steal  away 
Treasures  that  the  mind  had  laid 

Up  for  a  wintry  day. 
Images  of  sacred  power. 
Cherished  deep  in  passion's  hour, 

Faintly  now  my  bosom  stir, 
Good  and  evil  like  a  dream 
Half  obscured  and  shadowy  seem. 
Yet  with  a  changeless  love  my  soul  remem- 
bereth  her. 

Yea,  it  remembereth  her: 
Close  by  her  blessed  side  make  ye  my  sepul- 
chre. Mrs.  L.  H.  Sigourney. 

3161.  BEaGAE,  The  Lame. 
Acts  iii  :  3-11. 

In  this  emblem  see 

My  own  unhappy  case, 
My  nature's  poverty 

And  utter  helplessness ; 
So  impotent  to  good  I  am. 
Who  from  the  womb  a  cripple  came. 

Here  at  the  temple's  gate 

(The  real  temple),  I, 
A  feeble  beggar,  wait. 

And  for  His  mercy  cry, 
Who  only  can  my  wants  relieve, 
And  power  and  peace  and  pardon  give. 

Day  after  day  distressed 

On  Jesus  I  attend, 
And  urging  my  request 

Besiege  the  sinner's  Friend ; 
In  patient  prayer  expect  a  cure, 
Till  He  pronounce  my  pardon  sure. 

Master,  Thy  pitying  eye 

Is  fastened  now  on  me, 
Thou  bidst  my  soul  rely. 

And  look  for  heljj  to  Thee: 
To  Thee  I  steadfastly  give  heed 
For  all  the  good  Thou  knowst  I  need, 

I  every  moment  hope 

To  hear  Thy  pardoning  word ; 
Mine  eyes  are  lifted  up, 

Are  ever  to  the  Lord; 
On  Thee  my  fixed  regard  I  turn, 
And  for  the  consolation  mourn. 

Thou  seest  my  helplessness. 
Thou  hearst  my  sad  complaint, 

The  riches  of  Thy  grace. 
And  nothing  else,  I  want; 

Those  riches  which  the  world  despise 

Are  all  I  wish,  and"  all  I  prize. 


The  blessing  I  implore 

Kindly  vouclisafe  to  give. 
Or  through  Thy  servants  poor. 

Or  by  Thyself  relieve. 
Raise  by  Thine  own  immediate  word, 
And  speak  my  soul  to  health  restored. 

Thyself  lay  hold  on  me, 

And  lifted  up  by  grace, 
And  apprehending  Thee, 

I  walk  in  all  Thy  ways. 
More  active  as  I  further  go. 
And  swifter  than  a  bounding  roe. 

A  sinner  poor  and  lame. 

At  Thy  command  I  rise; 
Thine  efficacious  name 

With  springing  life  supplies. 
Thy  name,  the  moment  I  believe. 
Doth  strength  and  perfect  soundness  give. 

Jesus,  through  faith  alone 

I  answer  to  Thy  call; 
I  stand,  and  walk,  and  run, 

A  leap  o'er  every  wall ; 
Enter  with  joy  the  hallowed  place. 
And  loudly  sing  my  Saviour's  praise. 

Both  strength  and  righteousness 

In  Thee  I  surely  have. 
Gladly  I  Thee  confess 

Omnipotent  to  save ; 
My  helpless  unbelief  to  heal. 
And  pardon  on  my  conscience  seal. 

Who  our  weaknesses  have  known 

Should  our  conversion  see. 
While  witli  joyful  lips  we  own 

The  name  that. sets  us  free; 
By  our  walk  the  change  sincere, 

By  holiness  of  life  we  prove, 
While  we  humbly  persevere 

In  gratitude  and  love. 

Stranger  far  the  miracle 

Which  doth  a  soul  convert, 
When  our  Lord  vouchsafes  to  heal 

Our  impotence  of  heart: 
Outward  miracles  are  done 

That  we  the  Invisible  may  see, 
God,  who  all  His  power  makes  known 

In  man's  infirmity. 

Through  the  ministry  of  man 

Whoe'er  their  cure  receive. 
Fondly  they  at  first  detain, 

And  to  the  preacher  cleave  : 
Father,  taught  by  grace  Divine. 

The  Author  of  all  good  they  own, 
Every  instrument  resign. 

And  cleave  to  Christ  alone. 

Lord,  in  these  Thy  Spirit's  days 

Thou  dost  Thy  work  renew, 
Daily  miracles  of  grace 

On  helpless  sinners  show: 


48 


LBELIEIT'. 


B  ELSH^ZZ  A.R. 


Oh,  might  all  the  thoughtless  crowd, 
With  wonder  struck  my  change  to  see, 

Flock  into  the  courts  of  God, 
And  run  for  faith  to  Thee ! 

J.  and  G.  Wesley. 

3162.  BELIEF  AND  UNBELIEF. 
Hebrews  iii  :  12. 
The  tree  that  yields  our  care  and  grief 
Is  from  a  root  of  unbelief! 
The  pricking  thorns,  the  arrows  fierce, 
Our  spirit  and  our  flesh  to  pierce — 
The  grafts  that  spoil  our  vineyard's  fruit, 
Are  from  that  bitter  evil  root. 

The  branch  that  hangs  with  clustering  woes. 
The  flagstaff  of  the  prince  of  foes. 
The  tares  that  mar  our  golden  sheaf. 
All,  all  spring  up  from  unbelief: 
And  Hope,  the  victim  of  Despair, 
Points,  dying,  to  the  poison  there. 

But  in  belief  we've  joy  and  peace, 
Of  faith  and  power  a  sweet  increase ; 
From  burning  skies  a  cool  retreat, 
A  shelter  safe  when  tempests  beat — 
Fresh  balm  of  Gilead  for  our  grief — 
For  every  wound  a  healing  leaf. 

Belief  smooths  down  our  thorny  cares. 
With  shooting  grain  uproots  the  tares. 
Our  harp  from  off  the  willow  takes 
And  every  chord  to  music  wakes, 
Till  Hope,  laid  icy  in  the  tomb. 
Springs  up  with  life  and  beauty's  bloom. 

When  night  comes  murky,  drear,  and  damp, 
Belief  will  feed  and  screen  our  lamp. 
Upon  our  feet  her  sandals  bind. 
About  our  waist  her  girdle  wind, 
Then  lend  a  staff,  and  lead  the  way, 
'Till  we  walk  forth  to  beaming  day. 

When  all  the  fountains  of  the  deep 
Seem  broken  up  o'er  earth  to  sweep ; 
While  billowy  mountains  toss  our  bark. 
Belief's  the  dove,  from  out  the  ark. 
Across  the  flood  to  stretch  her  wing, 
And  home  the  branch  of  olive  bring. 

Belief  hath  eyes  so  heavenly  bright, 
As  on  the  cloud  to  cast  their  light, 
'Till  fair  and  glorious  hues  shall  form 
From  drops  and  shades  that  robed  the  storm, 
Bent  o'er  our  world  in  peace,  to  show 
God's  covenant  sign.  His  unstrung  bow 

When  through  a  dry  and  thirsty  land 
The  pilgrim  treads  the  desert  sand, 
Belief  brings  distant  prospect  near. 
With  fruit,  and  bowers,  and  fountains  clear. 
Where,  when  he  strikes  his  tent,  he'll  be 
An  heir  of  immortality. 

While  unbelief  would  ever  bring 
A  chain  about  our  spirit's  wing, 


Belief  will  plume  it  o'er  the  grave — 
Above  the  swell  of  Jordan's  wave — 
To  fly,  nor  droop,  'till  gently  furled 
In  that  sweet  home,  the  spirit  world. 

Hannah  F.  Gould. 

3163.  BELSHAZZAE. 

Daniel  v  :  1-30. 
On  the  rushing,  mighty  river, 

On  the  wide,  night-covered  plain, 
Sounds  the  rattling  of  the  quiver, 

Sounds  the  trump,  then  dies  again. 
There,  in  numbers  without  number, 

Persia's  hordes  are  pouring  on. 
Thou  hast  slept  thy  final  slumber, 

God-defying  Babylon ! 

On  the  city's  thousand  towers 

Blaze  a  thousand  festal  fires ! 
Squandering  his  hour  of  hours. 

Guilty  son  of  guilty  sires. 
There  Belshazzar,  with  his  lords. 

To  the  timbrel's  silvery  chime, 
Shoutings  wild,  and  clash  of  swords, 

Holds  high  feast  to  Baalim. 

Tyrant,  thou  art  in  thy  glory, 

Asia's  treasures  round  thee  blaze, 
Princes  proud,  and  sages  hoary, 

Like  a  god  upon  thee  gaze: 
Harmonies  around  thee  winging; 

Beauty  in  her  brightest  bloom 
To  thy  golden  footstool  clinging. 

Yet  that  throne  shall  be  thy  tomb ! 

Hark !  what  sudden  burst  of  thunder 

Shakes  the  hall,  and  heaves  the  ground! 
All  are  hushed  in  fear  and  wonder; 

There  is  judgment  in  the  sound ! 
Conscience-struck,  the  crowned  blasphemer, 

Wild  and  wilder  quaffs  the  wine : 
"  Shall  I  turn  a  coward  dreamer, 

When  the  living  world  is  mine ! 

"Bring  the  golden  cups!"  he  cries, 

"Purchased  by  my  father's  sword. 
High  to  Baal  fill  the  prize. 

Spite  of  Israel  and  his  Lord !" 
Still,  with  mortal  anguish  saddening. 

Pledged  he  round  his  nobles  all. 
Ha!  but  are  his  senses  maddening? 

Clouds  have  filled  the  mighty  hall ! 

Tyrant !  now  is  run  thy  sand ! 

Tyrant !  now  is  wove  thy  shroud  I 
Sees  he  now  a  giant  hand. 

Darting  from  a  fiery  cloud ; 
Through  the  midnight,  murky  air. 

Flashing  ghastly  on  the  throne. 
Like  a  comet's  blasting  glare, 

Mene,  Tekel,  Perez,  shone. 

Now  is  heard  his  cry  of  terror : 

"Bring  the  priest,  and  bring  the  seerl" 

Crowding  came,  with  magic  mirror. 
Ciphered  scroll,  and  mystic  sphere, 


BELSH^^ZZ^R. 


BEL,SI-L\.ZZ^5,JR. 


49 


All  the  sons  of  sorcery ! 

With  the  idol  in  their  van ; 
Dark  Egyptian,  wild  Chaldce, 

Rushing  on  with  shout  and  ban. 

Now  the  human  victims  lie, 

Embers  in  the  altar's  blaze; 
Now,  the  priests  of  blasphemy. 

Whirling,  dance  in  mystic  maze. 
Vain  the  dance,  the  blood,  the  spell! 

Still,  upon  the  burning  stone 
Glares  the  fearful  oracle, 

Still  untold,  unread,  unknown ! 

"Let  the  foul  impostors  die!" 

Swells  the  roar  from  prince  and  slave. 
But  before  their  startled  eye. 

Like  a  vision  from  the  grave, 
Comes  the  man  of  Israel. 

Still  the  fetters  round  him  cling, 
Yet  his  words,  like  arrows  fell — 

Woe  to  people,  woe  to  king! 

"Number,  number,  weight,  and  measure! 

Thou  art  numbered,  weighed,  undone. 
Life  and  empire,  blood  and  treasure, 

All  are  lost,  and  all  are  won." 
Instant  on  the  dazzling  wall 

Stooped  the  cloud's  supernal  gloom, 
Instant  on  the  mighty  hall 

Sat  the  darkness  of  the  tomb ! 

Then  the  thunder  pealed  again. 

But  came,  mingled  with  its  roar, 
Clang  of  cymbals,  shouts  of  men. 

From  Euphrates'  hollow  shore 
Comes  the  rushing  charioteer; 

Showers  the  torch  on  shrine  and  throne. 
Dark  Belshazzar,  lie  thou  there ! 

Persia  tramples  Babylon. 

George  Croly. 

3164.  BELSHAZZAE, 
'Tis  night  :    the    proud   mansions,    gloom- 
covered,  they  lie. 
And  closed  in  repose  is  the  lewd-lighted  eye. 

Hark !  thro'  the  lone  streets  a  herald  doth  fly 
On  a  high-crested  steed,  and  this  is  his  cry  : 

"  Awaken  !  awaken  I  ye  young  and  ye  old ! 
Belshazzar  the  king  his  wassail  would  hold." 

And  the  palace  of  gold  like  the  sun  it  doth 

glare. 
And  Babylon's   sons   and   her  maidens  are 

there. 

In  his  lofty,  high-pillared,  banqueting-hall, 
Belshazzar  doth  hold  his  greet  festival. 

The  beakers  are  filled,  his  minions  loud  scoff, 
And  they  jeer,  and  they  mock,  and  they  bois- 
terously laugh. 

Belshazzar  is  pleased — Ms  goblet  he  breaks — 
He  curses  Jehovah,  and  Ids  clinched  baud 
shakes ! 


Twelve  slaves  the  gold  vessels  of  the  temple 

bring. 
Reft  from  the  place  of  Jehovah.     The  king 

Seizes  a  cup,  stolen  from  the  shrine. 

And  fillst  to  the  brim  with  o'erflowing  wine. 

He  drinketh  and  crieth  in  ribald  glee, 
While  foameth  his  mouth,  "I  curse  thee!" 
cries  he, 

"I  curse  thee,  Jehovah!  I  tell  to  thee  now, 
I'm  Babylon's  ruler,  and  greater  than  thou!" 

But  lo !  while  he  speaks  a  hand  doth  appear 
On  the  wall,  and  the  king  doth  tremble  in 
fear. 

On  the  wall  a  hand — and  writeth  alway 
In  letters  of  fire — and  fadeth  away. 

And  stilled  is  the  noise — with  riveted  eye 
Each  reveller  gazeth,  naught  else  can  espy. 

The  magians  enter — oh,  full-wise  are  they! 
But  they  gaze,  and  they  tremble,  and  nothing 
can  say. 

Then  loud  laughs  the  king,  but  that  laugh  is 

in  fear : 
"Expound  me!  what  meaneth  this  mockery 

here?" 

The  seers  of  Chaldea — oh,  full  wise  are  they! 
But  they  gaze,  and  they  tremble,  and  nothing 
can  say. 

A  captive,  a  boy,  he  readeth  the  hand : 
"  Mene,  Tekel,  Upharsin!     Thy  death  is  at 
hand ! 

"Thy  pride,  it  is  broken;  thy  kingdom  is 

flown ; 
The  Persian  is  here,  and  his  is  thy  throne !" 

The  morning  arrives :  Belshazzar  lies  dead, 
And  Babylon's  splendor  forever  is  fled ! 

Thomas  E.  Sears. 

3165.  BELSHAZZAE,  Boast  of. 

Belsliiizzar.   O  ye,  assembled  Babylon !  fair 

youilis 
And  hoary  elders,  warriors,  counsellors, 
And  bright-eyed  women,   down  my   festal 

board 
Reclining!     O  ye  thousand  living  men. 
Do  ye  not  hold  your  chartered  breath  from 

me? 
And  I  can  plunge  your  souls  in  wine  and  joy ; 
Or  by  a  word,  a  look,  dismiss  you  all 
To  darkness  and  to  shame ;  jiet  are  ye  not 
Proud  of  the  slavery  that  thus  enthralls  you? 
What  king,  what  ruler  over  subject  man 
Or  was,  or  is,  or  shall  be  like  Belshazzar! 
I  summon  from  their  graves  the  sceptred 

dead 


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JBELSHAZZ^R. 


Of  elder  days,  to  see  their  shame.     I  cry 
Unto  the  cloudy  past,  Unfold  the  thrones 
That  glorified  the  younger  world.     I  call 
To  the  dim  future,  Lift  thy  veil  and  show 
The  destined  lords  of  human  kind.  They  rise, 
They  bow  their  veiled  heads  to  the  dust,  and 

own 
The  throne  whereon  Chaldea's  monarch  sits, 
The  height  and  jjinnacle  of  human  glory. 

0  ancient  cities,  o'er  whose  streets  the  grass 
Is  green,  whose  name  hath  withered  from 

the  face 
Of  earth !     O  ye  hy  rich  o'erflowing  Nile, 
Memphis,  and  hundred-gated  Thebes,  and 

thou, 
Assyrian  Nineveh,  and  ye  golden  towers 
That  redden  o'er  the  Indian  streams,  what 

are  ye 
To  Babylon,  eternal  Babylon ! 
That's  girt  with  bulwarks  strong  as  adamant, 
O'er  whom  Euphrates'  restless  waves  keep 

watch. 
That,  like  the  high  and  everlasting  heavens, 
Grows  old,  yet  not  less  glorious?  Yes,  to  you 

1  turn,  O  azure-curtained  palaces ! 

Whose   lamps  are   stars,   whose   music  the 
sweet  motion 

Of  your  own  spheres,   in  whom   the   ban- 
queters 

Arc  gods,  nor  fear  my  Babylonian  halls 

Even  with  your  splendors  to  compare. 

Bring  wine ! 

I  see  your  souls  as  jocund  as  mine  own: 

Pour  in  yon  vessels  of  the  Hebrews'  God 

Belshazzar's  beverage — pour  it  high.    Hear, 
earth ! 

Hear,    heaven!    my   proud   defiance!      Oh, 
what  a  man, 

What  God— 

Many  Voices.  The  king !  the  king !  look  to 

the  king! 
Arioch.  Where?     I  can  see  nor  king  nor 
people — nothing 

But  a  bewildering,  red,  and  gloom-like  light 

That  swallows  up  the  fiery  canopy 

Of  lamps. 

Saharis.  Hath  blindness  smitten  thee? 
Ai'ioch.  I  know  not; 

But  all  things  swim  around  me  in  darkness 

That  dazzles — 

Sabaris.  See,   his   shuddering  joints    are 
loosened. 

And  his  knees  smite  each  other ;  such  a  face 

Is  seen  in  tombs:  what  means  it? 

Arioch.  Seest  not  thou, 

That  tauntedst  me  but  now,  upon  the  wall — 

There — there — it  moves — 

Belshazzar.         O  dark  and  bodiless  hand, 

What  art  thou,  thus  upon  my  palace  wall 

Gliding  in  shadowy,  slow,  gigantic  black- 
ness? 

Lo !  fiery  letters,  where  it  moves,  break  out : 

'Tis  there,    'tis  gone:'  tis  there  again — no, 
nought  [burn 

But  those  strange  characters  of  flame,  that 


Upon  the  unkindled  wall :    I   cannot  read 

them — 
Can  ye? 

I  see  your  quivering  lips  that  speak  not — 
Sabaris — Arioch — captains — elders — all 
As  pale  and  horror-stricken  as  myself ! 
Are   there   no   wiser?     Call    ye    forth    the 

dreamers. 
And  those  that  read  the  stars,   and  every 

priest. 
And  he  that  shall  interpret  best  shall  wear 
The  scarlet  robe  and  chain  of  gold,  and  sit 
Third  ruler  of  my  realm.  Away !     No,  leave 

me  not 
To  gaze  alone,  alone,  on  those  pale  signs 
Of  destiny,  the  inextinguishable. 
The  indelible.     Strew,  strew  my  couch  where 

best 
I  may  behold  what  sears  m^  burning  eye- 
balls 
To  gaze  on,  and  the  cold  blood  round  my 

heart 
To  stand,  like  snow.     No,  ache  mine  eyes 

and  quiver 
My  palsied  limbs;  I  cannot  turn  away; 
Here  am  I  bound  as  by  thrice-linked  brass, 
Here,  till  the  burthen  of  mine  ignorance 
Be  from  my  loaded  soul  taken  off,  in  silence 
Deep  as  the  midnight  round  a  place  of  tombs. 
H.  H.  Milman. 

3166.  BELSHAZZAE,  Daniel  before. 
Belshazzar.  Art  thou  that  Daniel  of  the  He- 
brew race, 
In  whom  the  excellence  of  wisdom  dwells 
As  in  the  gods?     I  have  heard  thy  fame; 

behold 
Yon  mystic  letters  flaming  on  the  wall, 
That  in  the  darkness  of  their  fateful  import 
Baffle  the  wisest  of  Chaldea's  sages ! 
Read  and  interpret ;  and  the  satrap  robe 
Of  scarlet  shall  invest  thy  limbs,  the  chain 
Of  gold  adorn  thy  neck,  and  all  the  world 
Own  thee  third  ruler  of  Chaldea's  realm ! 
Daniel.  Belshazzar,  be  thy  gifts  unto  thy- 
scdf. 
And  thy  rewards  to  others.     I,  the  servant 
Of  God,  will  read  God's  writing  to  the  king. 
The  Lord  of  hosts  to  thy  great  ancestor. 
To  Nabonassar,  gave  the  all-ruling  sceptre 
O'er  all  the  nations,  kingdoms,  languages; 
Lord  paramount  of  life  8.nd  death,  he  slew 
Where'er  he  willed,  and  v.  here  hcAvilled  men 

lived ; 
His  word  exalted,  and  his  word  debased ; 
And  so  his  heart  swelled  up,  and  in  its  pride 
Arose  to  heaven !    But  then  the  lord  of  earth 
Became  an  outcast  from  the  sons  of  men, 
Companion  of  the  browsing  beasts !  The  dews 
Of  night  fell  cold  upon  his  crownless  brow, 
And  the  wild  asses  of  the  desert  fed 
Round  their  unenvied  peer !  And  so  he  knew 
That  God  is  Sovereign  o'er  earth's  sceptred 

lords. 
But  thou,  his  son,  unwarned,  untaught,  un- 
tamed, 


BELSHt^ZZ^R. 


BELSH^ZZ^R. 


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Belshazzar,  hast  arisen  against  the  Lord, 
And  in  the  vessels  of  His  house  hast  quaffed 
Profane  lil)atious,'mid  thy  slaves  and  women, 
To  gods  of  gold,  and  stone,  and  wood ;  and 

laughed 
The  King  of  kings,  the  God  of  gods,  to  scorn. 
Now  hear  the  words,  and  hear  their  secret 

meaning: 
"Numbered!"     Twice     "Numbered! 

Weighed !  Divided !"     King, 
Thy   reign   is    numbered,   and   thyself    art 

weighed, 
And  wanting  in  the  balance,  and  thy  realm 
Severed,  and  to  the  conquering  Persian  given ! 
Belshazzar.  Go,   lead   the   Hebrew   forth, 

arrayed 
In  the  proud  robe;  let  all  thee  hail. 
The  honored  of  Belshazzar. 

Henry  H.  M'dman. 

3167.  BELSHAZZAR,  Fate  of. 
Joy  holds  her  court  in  great  Belshazzar's  hall, 
"Where  his  proud  lords  attend  their  mon- 
arch's call. 
The  rarest  dainties  of  the  teeming  East 
Provoke  the  revel  and  adorn  the  feast. 
And  now  the  monarch  rises.     "Pour,"  he 

cries, 
"To  the  great  gods,  the  Assyrian  deities! 
Pour  forth  libations  of  the  rosy  wine 
To  Nebo,  Bel,  and  all  the  powers  divine! 
Those  golden  vessels  crown,  which  erewhile 

stood 
Fast  by  the  oracle  of  Judah's  God, 
Till  that  accursfed  race — " 

But  why,  O  king! 
Why  dost  thou  start,  with  livid  cheek?  why 

fling 
The   un tasted   goblet   from   thy   trembling 

hand? 
Why  shake  thy   joints,  thy  feet  forget  to 

stand? 
Why  roams  thine  eye,  which  seems  in  wild 

amaze 
To  shun  some  object,  yet  return  to  gaze 
Then  shrinks  again  appalled,  as  if  the  tomb 
Had  sent  a  spirit  from  its  inmost  gloom? 

Awful  the  horror,  when  Belshazzar  raised 

His  arm,  and  pointed  where  the  vision  blazed ! 

For  see,  enrobed  in  flame,  a  mystic  shade. 

As  of  a  hand,  a  red  right-hand,  displayed ! 

And  slowly  moving  o'er  the  wall,  appear 

Letters  of  fate  and  characters  of  fear. 

In  death-like  silence  grouped,  the  revellers 
all 

Fix  their  glazed  eyeballs  on  the  illumined 
wall. 

See !  now  the  vision  brightens ;  now  'tis  gone, 

Like  meteor  flash,  like  heaven's  own  light- 
ning flown ! 

But,  though  the  hand  hath  vanished,  what 
is  writ 

Is  uneffaced.     Who  will  interpret  it? 

In  vain  the  sages  try  their  utmost  skill ; 

The  mystic  letters  are  unconstrued  still. 


"Quick,  bring  the  prophet!  let  his  tongue 

proclaim 
The  mystery  of  that  visionary  flame." 
The  holy  prophet  came,  and  stood  upright. 
With  brow  serene,  before  Belshazzar's  utiht. 
The  monarch  pointed,  trembling,  to  the  wall : 
•'  Behold  the  portents  that  our  heart  appall ! 
Interpret  them,  O  ])rophet!  thou  shalt  know 
What  gifts  Assyria's  monarch  can  bestow." 

Unutterably  awful  was  the  eye 

Which  met  the  monarch's;    and  the  stern 

reply 
Fell  heavy  on  his  soul :  "Thy  gifts  withhold. 
Nor  tempt  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  with  gold. 
Belshazzar,   hear  what   these    dread  words 

reveal ! 
That  lot  on  Avhich  the  Eternal  sets  His  seal. 
Thy  kingdom  numbered,  and  thy  glory  flown. 
The  Mede  and  Persian  revel  on  thy  throne. 
Weighed  in  tne  balance,  thou  hast  kicked 

the  beam. 
See  to  yon  western  sun  the  lances  gleam. 
Which,  ere  his  orient  rays  adorn  the  sky, 
Thy  blood  shall  sully  with  a  crimson  dye." 
In  the  dire  carnage  of  that  night's  dread  hour, 
Crushed  'mid   the   ruins  of  his  crumbling 

power, 
Belshazzar  fell  beneath  an  unknown  blow. 
His  kingdom  wasted,  and  its  pride  laid  low ! 
T.  8.  Hughes. 

3168.  BELSHAZZAR,  Sacrilege  of. 

Midnight  came  slowly  sweeping  on; 
In  silent  rest  lay  Babylon. 

But  in  the  royal  castle  high 

Red  torches  gleam  and  courtiers  cry. 

Belshazzar  there  in  kingly  hall 
Is  holding  kingly  festival. 

The  vassals  sat  in  glittering  line. 

And  emptied  the  goblets  with  glowing  wine. 

The  goblets  rattle,  the  choruses  swell, 
And  it  pleased  the  stiff-necked  monarch  well. 

In  the  monarch's  cheeks  a  wild  fire  glowed. 
And  the  wine  awoke  his  daring  mood. 

And  onward  still  by  his  madness  spurred. 
He  blasphemes  the  Lord  with  a  sinful  word ; 

And  he  brazenly  boasts,  blaspheming  wild, 
While    the    servile    courtiers    cheered    and 
smiled. 

Quick  the  king  spoke,  while  his  proud  glance 

burned. 
Quickly  the  servant  went  and  returned. 

He  bore  on  his  head  the  vessels  of  gold, 
Of  Jehovah's  temple  the  plunder  bold. 

With  daring  hand,  in  his  frenzy  grim. 
The  king  seized  a  beaker  and  filled  to  the 
brim, 


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BELSHAZZA-R. 


And  drained  to  the  dregs  the  sacred  cup, 
And  foaming  he  cried,  as  he  drank  it  up, 

"Jehovah,  eternal  scorn  I  own 

To  Thee.     I  am  monarch  of  Babylon." 

Scarce  had  the  terrible  blasphemy  rolled 
From  his  lips,  ere  the  monarch  at  heart  was 
cold. 

The  yelling  laughter  was  hushed,  and  all 
Was  still  as  death  in  the  royal  hall. 

And  see !  and  see !  on  the  white  wall  high 
The  form  of  a  hand  went  slowly  by, 

And  wrote,   and  wrote,  on  the  broad  wall 

white. 
Letters  of  fire,  and  vanished  in  night. 

Pale  as  death,  with  a  steady  stare, 

And  with  trembling  knees,  the  king  sat  there ; 

The  horde  of  slaves  sat  shuddering  chill. 
No  word  they  spoke,  but  were  deathlike  still. 

The  magians  came,  but  of  them  all, 

None  could  read  the  flame-scrip  on  the  wall. 

But  that  same  night,  in  all  his  pride, 
By  the  hand  of  his  servants  Belshazzar  died. 
Heiwich  Heine,  tr.  hy  C.  O.  Leland. 

3169.  BELSHAZZZAE'S  FEAST. 
Daniel  v  :  5. 
What  hand  is  this  that,  half  revealed 
And  half  in  shadowy  folds  concealed, 
Passeth  the  palace  wall  along. 
Portentous,  o'er  the  festal  throng: 
'Tis  gone,  and  lo!  a  line  ap'pears 
Of  dark  mysterious  characters. 
A  spell,  as  strong  and  deep  as  death. 
Chains  the  mute  tongue  and  holds  the  breath ; 
No  more  in  long  and  loud  acclaim 
The  demon  idol's  shouted  name 
Is  heard  in  oft-repeated  call. 
Loud  as  the  mountain  torrent's  fall ; 
No  more  in  clarion's  martial  blast 
Defiance  to  the  foe  is  cast; 
No  more  the  sweet  lute  breathes  its  sigh 
Of  soft  voluptuous  melody ; 
Untasted  glows  the  rosy  flood, 
The  offering  of  tlie  idol  god, 
Tlie  sacred  vessels  all  remain 
Untouched  by  hand  or  lip  profane. 
But  hark!  a  voice  the  silence  breaks- 
'Tis  he;  the  trembling  monarch  speaks; 
He  calls  his  sages  to  divine 
The  import  of  the  mystic  line : 
A  scene  so  dread  may  wbII  impart 
A  tremor  to  thy  conscious  heart, 
Can  memory's  faded  eye  detect 
No  spot  in  life's  long  retrospect 
Where  thou  hast  bade  an  altar  rise 
To  this  world's  lying  deities. 
And  there  hast  seen,  with  tearless  eye, 
Ambition's  quivering  victims  lie? 


To  ermined  pride  and  sceptred  power, 

The  pageants  of  the  passing  hour. 

Hast  poured  tlie  fragrant  incense  cloud, 

And  low  an  abject  suppliant  bowed? 

Hast  knelt  at  pleasure's  flowery  shrine 

And  called  the  phantom  goddess  thine; 

To  all  addressed  thine  impious  prayer, 

And  raised  a  dark  pantheon  there 

Of  gods  unnumbered  and  unknown; 

The  God  of  heaven  forgot  alone, 

Or  what  is  infinitely  worse, 

And  branded  with  tlie  blackest  curse. 

His  brightest  glories  turned  to  shame, 

And  cast  dishonor  on  His  name; 

His  Spirit's  gentle  power  withstood, 

And  trampled  on  a  Saviour's  blood. 

That  hand,  that  sceptre  hand  that  wrote. 

In  lines  no  hell-breathed  cloud  could  blot. 

The  proud  Chaldean's  sudden  doom 

And  hurled  him  to  a  midnight  tomb, 

Has  written — Fate's  dread  book  receives 

On  its  imperishable  leaves, 

A  destiny  thy  soul  must  hear, 

Of  heavier  wrath,  with  darker  fear; 

A  transcript  of  that  fearful  page. 

That  asks  no  aid  of  Hebrew  sage 

To  tell  its  import,  is  impressed 

On  the  dark  tablet  of  thy  breast; 

But  ere  with  ready  hands  Despair 

Fix  her  eternal  signet  there. 

May  Hope,  fair  seraph,  point  to  one 

Unknown  in  heathen  Babylon — 

To  Bethlem,  Calv'ry,  to  Heaven — 

And  say,  "Believe,  and  be  forgiven." 

3170.  BELSHAZZAE,  The  Feast  of. 

A  thousand  lords  before  Belshazzar  met, 
At  the  rich  palace  of  Assyria's  king: 
Imperial  dainties  and  rich  wines  were  set 
Before  the  guests,  for  mirth  and  wassailing. 
And  woman's  smiles  were  there,  and  eyes  of 

jet,  [ring; 

Flung  passion-glances   thro'  the  glittering 
And  many  a  brimming  cup  that  eve  was 

crowned. 
To  the  fair  dames  as  went  the  revel  round. 

Belshazzar's  brain  was  fired,   he  could  not 

hold 
The  pride  that  rose  beneath  his  diadem : 
"  Bring  forth  the  cups  of  silver  and  of  gold. 
That  from  the  temple  of  Jerusalem, 
The  king,  my  conquering  father,  brought  of 

old; 
We  and  our  princes  shall  drink  out  of  them !" 
Thus  spoke  the  monarch,  and  the  cups  were 

brought. 
With  precious  gems  and    curious  carvings 

wrought. 

Out  of  these  cups  they  drank,  and  vainly 

praised. 
Their  idol-gods,  as  went  the  red  wine  round ; 
And   music    lent  her  charms,    and   beauty 

blazed : 
Withm  that  banquet  could  a  sigh  be  found? 


BEL  SH  J^Z  Z^!^JR. 


BEL  SII.4^Z  Z^^VR. 


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Light  joy  and  jocund  mirth  were  soothly 

raised 
In  every  breast,  and  there  might  well  abound, 
For  on  that  eve  all  things  were  brightly  blent, 
To  make  the  gorgeous  feast  magnificent. 

Rich  sculpture  there  had  raised  his  skilful 

hand, 
"Waking  almost  to  life  the  Parian  bust; 
And  painting  had  depicted  all  that  land 
Or  sea  or  sky  contained  of  breathing  dust; 
Magnificence  had  waved  her  magic  wand 
Above  that  scene  of  proud  Belshazzar's  lust : 
And  night  was  treading  on  the  steps  of  day, 
Where,  at  that  feast,  sat  down  the  proud 

array 

Of  all  Assyria's  lords  before  her  king ! 
There,    too,    fair  beauty   sat   in   state   and 

smiled — 
Sweet  smiles ;    for  ye  what  varied  worships 

spring! 
And  speaking  looks  all  silently  beguiled 
The  hours,  as  love's  imagining 
Flushed  her  white  cheek;  and  beautifully 

wild, 
"Waved  back  the  tendrils  of  her  raven  hair. 
Which  seemed  in  such  a  scene  like  banners 

in  the  air. 

So  free  they  wantoned  with  the  vassal  breeze 
That  sported  on  light  wings  thro'  the  gay 

hall. 
Giving  the  very  flowers  mute  ecstasies — 
Dashing  white  spray  from  the  cool  waterfall 
Which   shown   before  a  grove  of  fragrant 

trees, 
Stirring  the  ivy  of  the  coronal 
Which,  on  tha*  evening,  on  the  hot  brow 

shone 
Of  pioud  Belshazzar,  king  of  Babylon  ! 

And  there  was  thrilling  sound  from  lyre  and 

lute. 
There  were  rich  clusters  of  the  purple  grape ; 
There  were  sweet  breathings  from  the  soft 

Greek  flute, 
And  many  a  dancer's  half-aerial  shape. 
Ha!  wherefore  are  the  lips  of  music  mute? 
Why,  half-uprisen,  doth  Belshazzar  gape? 
He  sees  a  hand,  and  it  is  seen  by  all, 
Tracing  strange  words  upon  the  palace-wall ! 

His  countenance  was  changed,  his  thoughts 

were  pain, 
His  limbs  grew  moveless,  and  his  heart  grew 

cold ; 
Then  sank  he  down  upon  his  throne  again. 
And  summoned  all  his  men  of  wisdom  old, 
Chaldeans  and  astrologers :  'twas  in  vain, 
None  could  the  marvel  of  the  words  unfold ; 
The  king  was  troubled,  all  his  joyance  fled, 
He  bowed  his  head,  and  sat  as  one  astonished, 

Till  Daniel  came,  and   in    his  words  were 

shown 
The  prophet  power  that  filled  his  glowing 

breast, 


For  unto  him  the  Lord  had  given  alone 
That  knowledge  which  His  will  denied  the 

rest. 
His  vision  saw  the  streets    with   murders 

strewn. 
The  Medes  and  Persians  in  the  rich  spoils 

drest. 
Belshazzar  heard  the  warning ;  but  in  vain 
He  smiled,  and  turned  him  to  his  feast  again. 

That  night  Darius  and  his  armies  came. 
In  countless  numbers  rushed  the  Persians  on. 
Soon  was  Belshazzar's  palace  robed  in  flame, 
He  called  upon  his  lords,  but  they  had  flown, 
Shouted  aloud  his  idol  Baal's  name. 
And  cursed  him  in  his  ire ;  when  Babylon, 
Scene  of  his  lusts,  beheld  him  call  in  vain ; — ■ 
That  night  Belshazzar  lay  among  the  slain  1 
a.  Shelton  Mackenzie. 

3171.  BELSHAZZAR,  Vision  of. 
Daniel  v  :  1. 
The  king  was  on  his  throne, 

The  satraps  thronged  the  hall; 
A  thousand  bright  lamps  shone 

O'er  that  high  festival. 
A  thousand  cups  of  gold, 

In  Judah  deemed  divine, 
Jehovah's  vessels,  hold 

The  godless  heathen's  wine ! 

In  that  same  hour  and  hall 

The  fingers  of  a  hand 
Came  forth  against  the  wall 

And  wrote  as  if  on  sand ; 
The  fingers  of  a  man ; 

A  solitary  hand, 
Along  the  letters  ran. 

And  traced  them  like  a  wand. 

The  monarch  saw,  and  shook, 

And  bade  no  more  rejoice; 
All  bloodless  waxed  his  look, 

And  tremulous  his  voice. 
"Let  the  men  of  lore  appear, 

The  wisest  of  the  earth, 
And  expound  the  words  of  fear. 

Which  mar  our  royal  mirth." 

Chaldea's  seers  are  good. 

But  here  they  have  no  skill; 
And  the  unknown  letters  stood 

Untold  and  awful  still. 
And  Babel's  men  of  age 

Are  wise  and  deep  in  lore ; 
But  now  they  were  not  sage, 

They  saw,  but  knew  no  more. 

A  captive  in  the  land, 

A  stranger  and  a  youth. 
He  heard  the  king's  command. 

He  saw  that  writing's  truth. 
The  lamps  around  were  bright. 

The  prophecy  in  view ; 
He  read  it  on  that  night — 

Tfie  morrow  proved  it  true. 


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BETHANY. 


BEXHESD^. 


"  Belsliazzar's  grave  is  made, 

His  kiugdom  passed  away; 
He,  in  the  balance  weighed. 

Is  light  and  worthless  clay. 
The  shroud  his  robe  of  state, 

His  canopy  the  stone : 
The  Mede  is  at  his  gate ! 

The  Persian  on  his  throne  !" 

Lord  Byron. 

3172.  BETHANY,  Christ  at. 
Luke  X  :  38-43. 

Martha.  She  sitteth  idly  at  the  Master's 
feet, 
And  troubles   not   herself  with   household 

cares. 
'Tis  the  old  story.     When  a  guest  arrives 
She  gives  up  all  to  be  with  him ;  while  I 
Must  be  the  drudge,  make  ready  the  guest- 
chamber, 
Prepare  the  food,  set  everything  in  order. 
And  see  that  naught  is  wanting  in  the  house. 
She  shows  her  love  by  words,  and  I  by  works. 
Mary.  O  Master !  when  Thou  comest,  it  is 


A  Sabbath  in  the  house.     I  cannot  work ; 
I  must  sit  at  Thy  feet ;  must  see  Thee,  hear 

Thee! 
I  have  a  feeble,  wayward,  doubting  heart, 
Incapable  of  endurance  or  great  thoughts. 
Striving  for  something  that  it  cannot  reach, 
Baffled  and  disappointed,  wounded,  hungry; 
And  only  when  I  hear  Thee  am  I  happy, 
And  only  when  I  see  Thee  am  at  peace ! 
Stronger  than  I,  and  wiser,  and  far  better 
In  every  manner,  is  my  sister  Martha : 
Thou  seest  how  well  she  orders  everything 
To  make  thee  welcome ;  how  she  comes  and 

goes. 
Careful  and  cumbered  ever  with  much  serv- 
ing, 
While    I    but    welcome  Thee  with  foolish 

words! 
Whene'er  Thou  speakest  to  me,  I  am  happy ; 
When  Thou  art  silent,  I  am  satisfied. 
Thy  presence  is  enough.     I  ask  no  more. 
Only  to  be  with  Thee,  only  to  see  Thee, 
Sufficeth  me.     My  heart  is  then  at  rest. 
I  wonder  I  am  worthy  of  so  much. 

Martha.  Lord,  dost  Thou  care  not  that  my 
sister  Mary 
Hath  left  me  thus  to  wait  on  Thee  alone? 
I  pray  Thee,  bid  her  help  me. 

Christ.  Martha,  Martha, 

Careful  and  troubled  about  many  things 
Art  thou,  and  yet  one  thing  alone  is  needful ! 
Thy  sister  Mary  hath  chosen  that  good  part. 
Which  never  shall  be  taken  away  from  her ! 
Henry  Wadsworth  Longfellow. 

3173.  BETHEL. 

Genesis  xxxv :  15. 
Holy  be  this,  as  was  the  place 

To  him  of  Padan-aram  known, 
When  Abraham's  God  revealed  His  face, 

And  caught  the  pilgrim  to  the  throne. 


Oh !  how  transporting  was  the  glow 

That  thrilled  his  bosom,  mixed  with  fear, 

"  Lo!  the  Eternal  walks  below — 
The  Highest  tabernacles  here !" 

Be  ours,  when  faith  and  hope  grow  dim. 

The  glories  that  the  patriarch  saw; 
And  when  we  faint,  may  we,  like  him, 

Fresh  vigor  from  the  vision  draw. 
Heaven's  lightning  hovered  o'er  his  head, 

And  flashed  new  splendors  on  his  view; 
Break  forth,  thou  Sun  I  and  freely  shed 

Glad  rays  upon  our  Bethel  too. 

'Tis  ours  to  sojourn  in  a  waste 

Barren  and  cold  as  Shinar's  ground; 
No  fruits  of  Eshcol  charm  the  taste, 

No  streams  of  Meribah  are  found; 
But  Thou  canst  bid  the  desert  bud 

With  more  than  Sharon's  rich  display, 
And  Thou  canst  bid  the  cooling  flood 

Gush  from  the  Rock  and  cheer  the  way. 

We  tread  the  path  Thy  people  trod. 

Alternate  sunshine,  bitter  tears; 
Go  Thou  before,  and  with  Thy  rod 

Divide  the  Jordan  of  our  fears. 
Be  ours  the  song  of  triumph  given, — 

Angelic  themes  to  lips  of  clay, — 
A.nd  ours  the  holy  harp  of  heaven, 

Whose  strain  dissolves  the  soul  away. 
William  B.  Taffan. 

3174.  BETHEL,  Dream  at, 

Genesis  xxviii  :  12. 
Calmly  resting  from  thy  toil 

On  tills  lonely  spot; 
Sleeping,  dreaming,  happy  saint. 

Earth  and  time  forgot; 
On  this  rocky  waste  tliou  liest, 

Thine  the  blessed  lot! 
Soaring  dreamer,  on  thee  shine 
Rays  of  love  and  joy  divine. 
What  a  dream-land  now  is  thine  I 

Who  would  not  sleep  on  such  a  bed, 
With  stony  pillow  for  his  head. 
If  they  might  dream  with  thee, 

Whose  glad  dreaming  is  no  seeming, 
Nor  whose  sleeping  ends  in  weeping, 
And  whose  waking  is  no  breaking 
Of  the  bright  reality. 

Horatius  Bonar. 

3175.  BETHESDA. 

John  V  :  3-9. 
I  saw  again  the  spirits  on  a  day,  \}^J\ 

Where  on  the  earth  in  mournful  case  they 
Five  poiches  were  there,  and  a  pool,  and 

round, 
Huddling  in  blankets,    strewn    upon    the 

ground, 
Tied  up   and  bandaged,   weary,   sore,  and 

spent. 
The  maimed  and  halt,  diseased  and  impo- 
tent. 


BEJTHESr)^. 


BETHIESIDA. 


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For  a  great   angel  came,  'twas   said,    and 

stirred 
The  pool  at  certain  seasons,  and  the  word 
Was,  witli  this  people  of  the  sick,  that  they 
Who  in  the. waters  here  their  limbs  should 

lay 
Before  the  motion  on  the  surface  ceased, 
Should  of  their  torment  straightway  be  re- 
leased. 

So   with   shrunk  bodies,    and   with   heads 

down-dropped, 
Stretched   on   the  steps,  and  at  the  pillars 

propped. 
Watching  by  day  and  listening  through  the 

night, 
They  filled  the  place,  a  miserable  sight. 

And  I  beheld  that  on  the  stony  floor 
He  too,  that  spoke  of  duty  once  before, 
No  otherwise  than  others  here  to-day, 
Foredone  and  sick  and  sadly  muttering  lay. 
"I  know  not,  I  will  do — what  is  it  I  would 

say? 
What   was  that  word  which  once  sufficed 

alone  for  all. 
Which  now  I  seek  in  vain,  and  never  can 

recall? 
I  know  not,  I  will  do  the  work  the  Lord 

requires, 
Asking  no  reason  why,  but  serving  its  de- 
sires; 
Will  do  for  daily  bread,  for  wealth,  respect, 

good  name, 
The  business  of  the  day — alas!  is  that  the 

same?" 
And  then,  as  weary  of  in  vain  renewing 
His   question,  thus   his   mournful   thought 

pursuing, 
I  know  not,  I  must  do  as  other  men  are  do 

ing. 

But  what  the  waters  of  that  pool  might  be, 
Of  Lethe  were  they  or  philosophy; 
And  whether  he,  long  waiting,  did  attain 
Deliverance  from  the  burden  of  his  pain 
Therewith  the  rest;  or  whether,  yet  before. 
Some  more  diviner  stranger  passed  the  door 
With  his  small  company  into  that  sad  place. 
And,  breathing  hope  into  the  sick  man's  face. 
Bade  him  take  up  his  bed,  and  rise  and  go. 
What  the  end  were,  and  whether  it  were  so. 
Further  than  this  I  saw  not,  neither  know. 
Arthur  H,  Clough. 

3176.  BETHESDA,  Christ  our. 
John  V  :  2. 

Jesu,  take  my  sins  away, 

And  make  me  know  Thy  name ; 
Thou  art  now  as  yesterday, 

And  evermore  the  same: 
Thou  my  true  Bethesda  be ; 

I  know  within  Thy  arms  is  room, 
All  the  world  may  unto  Thee, 

Their  house  of  mercy,  come. 


See  the  porches  open  wide, 

Thy  mercy  all  may  prove ; 
All  the  world  is  justified 

By  universal  love. 
Halt  and  withered  when  they  lie, 

And  sick,  and  impotent,  and  blind, 
Sinners  may  in  Thee  espy 

The  Saviour  of  mankind. 

See  me  lying  at  the  pool, 

And  waiting  for  Thy  grace; 
Oh,  come  down  into  my  soul, 

Disclose  Thy  angel-face ! 
If  to  me  Thy  bowels  move, 

If  now  Thou  dost  my  sickness  feel, 
Let  the  spirit  of  Thy  love 

The  helpless  sinner  heal. 

Sick  of  anger,  pride,  and  lust. 

And  unbelief  I  am; 
Yet  in  Thee  for  health  I  trust. 

In  Jesu's  sovereign  name. 
Were  I  taken  into  Thee, 

Could  I  but  step  into  the  pool, 
I  from  every  malady 

Should  be  at  once  made  whole. 

Persons  Thou  dost  not  respect; 

Whoe'er  for  mercy  call 
Thou  in  no  wise  wilt  reject: 

Thy  mercy  is  for  all. 
Thou  wouldst  freely  all  restore 

(Would  all  the  gracious  season  find), 
Fill  with  goodness,  love,  and  power, 

And  with  a  healthful  mind. 

Mercy,  then,  there  is  for  me, 

(Away  my  doubts  and  fears!) 
Plagued  with  an  infirmity 

For  more  than  thirty  years; 
Jesu,  cast  a  pitying  eye; 

Thou  long  hast  known  my  desperate  case; 
Poor  and  helpless  here  I  lie. 

And  wait  Thy  healing  grace. 

Long  hath  Thy  good  Spirit  strove 

With  my  distemper'd  soul, 
But  I  still  refused  Thy  love 

And  would  not  be  made  whole: 
Hardly  now  at  last  I  yield, 

I  yield  with  all  my  sins  to  part; 
Let  my  soul  be  fully  healed. 

And  throughly  cleansed  my  heart. 

Sin  is  now  my  sore  disease; 

But  though  I  would  be  free, 
When  the  water  troubled  is 

There  is  no  help  for  me. 
Others  find  a  cure,  not  I; 

In  Thee  they  wash  away  their  sin; 
I,  alas !  have  no  man  nigh 

To  put  my  weakness  in. 

Pain  and  sickness  at  Thy  word 

And  sin  and  sorrow  flies; 
Speak  to  me.  Almighty  Lord, 

And  bid  my  spirit  rise ; 


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BEXHESr)^. 


BETHESD^. 


Bid  me  take  my  burden  up, 

The  bed  on  which  Thyself  didst  lie, 

When  on  Calvary's  steej)  top 
My  Jesus  deigned  to  die. 

Bid  me  bear  the  hallowed  cross 

Which  Thou  hast  borne  before; 
Walk  in  Thy  righteous  laws, 

And  go  and  sin  no  more, 
Lest  the  heaviest  curse  of  all, 

The  vile  apostate's  curse,  I  prove: 
To  the  hottest  hell  they  fall 

Who  fall  from  pardoning  love. 

But  Thou  canst  preserve  from  sin, 

And  stablish  me  with  grace, 
Keep  my  helpless  soul  within 

Thy  arms  through  all  my  days: 
Jesu,  I  on  Thee  alone 

For  preserving  grace  depend ; 
Love  me  freely,  love  Thme  own, 

And  love  me  to  the  end. 

J.  and  G.  Wesley. 

Sin.  BETHESDA,  Healed  at. 
John  V  :  8,  9. 
Pale,  weary  watcher  by  Bethesda's  pool. 
From  dewy  morn  to  silent  glowing  eve; 
While  round  thee  play  the  freshening  breezes 
cool. 

Why  wilt  thou  grieve? 

Listen!  and  thou  shalt  hear  the  unearthly 

tread 
Of  heaven's  bright  herald  passing  swiftly  by, 
O'er  the  calm  pool  his  healing  wmg  to  spread ; 
Why  wilt  thou  die? 

At  his  approach  once  more  the  troubled  wave 
Leaps  gushing  into  life,  its  torpor  gone ; 
Once  more  called  forth  its  boasted  power 
to  save, 

Which  else  had  none ! 

Ah!  then  his  spirits  feel  a  deeper  grief 
When  o'er  the  rippling  surface  healing  flows ; 
Hifl  wasted  limbs  experience  no  relief, 
No  help  he  knows! 

Healing  and  strength  and  cure  for  all  his  woe 
May  linger  round  that  sacred  fountain's  brim ; 
Yet  all  unable  he  one  step  to  go ; 
No  cure  for  him ! 

No  friend  is  watching  there  whose  anxious 

love 
For  him  prompt  access  to  the  pool  can  win, 
Soon  as  the  angel  did  the  waters  move, 
Others  stepped  in ! 

O  ye  who  idly  pass  unheeding  by ! 
Knew  ye  the  sickening  pang  of  hope  delayed. 
Your  listless  steps  would  eagerly  press  nigh. 
And  give  him  aid. 

Ah !  wretched  lot,  of  gnawing  want  to  die, 
While  smiling  plenty  mocks  us  all  around; 
Or  shipwrecked  watch,  as  weall  helploss  lie, 
Others  home-bound ! 


Yet  sadder  far  to  him  who  reads  aright 
The  story  of  our  being's  end  and  aim. 
The  spirit  darkened  'mid  surrounding  light, 
By  sin  and  shame ! 

To  see  the  impervious  clouds  of  prejudice. 
Round  which  the  sunbeams  pour  their  light 

in  vain ; 
The  dead  soul  fettered  by  the  iilms  of  vice, 
Knows  not  its  chain. 

Then  if  thy  spirit  freedom,  knowledge  drink, 
Bathed  in  that  living  louut  which  maketli 

pure. 
Oh!  aid  thy  brother  ere  he  helpless  sink, 
To  work  his  cure ! 

Hopeless  and  helpless,  vainly  did  he  turn 
For  help  or  pity  to  the  busy  throng; 
Yet  found  them  both  in  One,  whose  heart 
did  burn 

With  love,  how  strong! 
Bernard  Barton. 

3178.  BETHESDA,  The  Pool  of. 

Around  Bethesda's  healing  waye. 
Waiting  to  hear  the  rustling  wing 

Which  spoke  the  angel  nigh  who  gave 
Its  virtue  to  that  holy  spring. 

With  2)atience,  and  with  hope  endued. 

Were  seen  the  gathered  multitude. 

Among  them  there  was  one  whose  eye 
Had  often  seen  the  waters  stirred ; 

Whose  heart  had  often  heaved  the  sigh. 
The  bitter  sigh  of  hope  deferred; 

Beholding,  while  he  suffered  on. 

The  healing  virtue  given — and  gone ! 

No  power  had  he ;  no  friendly  aid 
To  him  its  timely  succor  brought ; 

But,  while  his  coming  he  delayed, 
Another  won  the  boon  he  sought; 

Until  the  Saviour's  love  was  shown, 

Which  healed  him  by  a  word  alone ! 

Had  they  who  watched  and  waited  there 
Been  conscious  who  was  passing  by. 

With  what  unceasing,  anxious  care 

Would  they  have  sought  His  pitying  eye; 

And  craved,  with  fervency  of  soul. 

His  power  divine  to  make  them  whole ! 

But  habit  and  tradition  swayed 

Their  minds  to  trust  to  sense  alone; 

They  only  hoped  the  angel's  aid ; 

While  in  their  presence  stood,  unknown, 

A  greater,  mightier  far  than  he. 

With  power  from  every  pain  to  free. 

Bethesda's  pool  has  lost  its  power! 

No  angel  by  his  glad  descent 
Dis])enses  that  diviner  dower 

Which  with  its  healing  waters  went ; 
But  He  whose  word  surpassed  its  wave 
Is  still  omnipotent  to  save. 


bethleiiem:. 


BETHLEHEM:. 


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And  what  that  fountain  once  "was  found 
Religion's  outward  forms  remain ; 

With  living  virtue  only  crowned, 

While  their  first  freshness  they  retain; 

Only  replete  with  power  to  cure 

When  spirit-stirred,  their  source  is  pure. 

Yet  are  there  who  this  truth  confess 
Who  know  how  little  forms  avail; 

But  whose  protracted  helplessness 
Confirms  the  impotent's  sad  tale ; 

Who  day  by  day  and  year  by  year 

As  emblems  of  his  lot  appear. 

They  hear  the  sounds  of  life  and  love 
Which  tell  the  visitant  is  nigh;. 

They  see  the  troubled  waters  move, 

Whose  touch  alone  might  health  supply; 

But  weak  of  faith,  infirm  of  will. 

Are  powerless,  helpless,  hopeless  still! 

Saviour!  Thy  love  is  still  the  same 

As  when  that  healing  word  was  spoke; 

Still  in  Thine  all-redeeming  name 

Dwells  power  to  burst  the  strongest  yoke  ! 

Oh!  be  that  power,  that  love  displayed. 

Help  those  whom  Thou  alone  canst  aid  ! 

Bernard  Barton. 

3179.  BETHLEHEM. 

Matthew  ii :  6. 
They  speak  to  me  of  princely  Tyre, 

That  old  Phoenician  gem. 
Great  Sidon's  daughter  of  the  north; 

But  I  will  speak  of  Bethlehem. 

They  speak  of  Rome  and  Babylon — 

What  can  compare  with  them? 
So  let  them  praise  their  pride  and  pomp; 

But  I  will  speak  of  Bethlehem, 

They  praise  the  hundred-gated  Thebes, 

Old  Mizraim's  diadem, 
The  city  of  the  sand-girt  Nile, 

But  I  will  speak  of  Bethlehem. 

They  speak  of  Athens,  star  of  Greece, 
Her  hill  of  Mars,  her  Academe ; 

Haunts  of  old  wisdom  and  fair  art, 
But  I  will  speak  of  Bethlehem. 

Dear  city,  where  heaven  met  with  earth. 
Whence  sprang  the  rod  from  Jesse's  stem. 

Where  Jacob's  star  first  shone;  of  thee 
I'll  speak,  O  hapj^y  Bethlehem ! 

Horatius  Bonar. 

3180.  BETHLEHEM  AND  CALVARY. 

With  pilgrim  staff  and  hat  I  went 

Afar  through  Orient  lands  to  roam. 
My  years  of  pilgrimage  are  spent 

And  this  the  word  I  bring  you  home: 
The  pilgrim's  staff  you  need  not  crave 
To  find  Christ's  cradle  or  His  grave; 
But  seek  within  you ;  there  shall  be 
His  Bethlehem  and  His  Calvary ! 


O  heart,  what  helps  it  to  adore 

His  cradle  where  the  sunshine  glows? 
Or  what  avail  to  kneel  before 

The  grave  where  long  ago  He  rose? 
That  He  should  find  in  thee  a  birth, 
That  thou  shouldst  seek  to  die  to  earth 
And  live  to  Him :  this,  this  must  be 
Thy  Bethlehem  and  thy  Calvary. 

Frieclricli  Bilclcert. 


3181.  BETHLEHEM  AND  GOLGOTHA. 

In  Bethlehem  He  first  arose 

From  whom  we  draw  our  true  life's  breath ; 

And  Golgotha  at  last  He  chose. 

Where  His  cross  broke  the  power  of  death. 

I  wandered  from  the  western  strand, 

Through  strange  scenes  of  the  morning  land; 

But  naught  so  great  did  I  survey 

As  Bethlehem  and  Golgotha. 

The  ancient  wonders  of  the  world 
Here  rose  aloft — the  mighty  seven; 
How  was  their  transient  glory  hurled 
To  earth  before  the  might  of  Heaven! 
In  passing,  I  couhl  see  and  tell 
How  all  their  pride  to  ruin  fell; 
There  stood  in  quiet  Gloria 
But  Bethlehem  and  Golgotha. 

Cease,  pyramids  of  Egypt,  cease ! 

The  toil  that  built  you  never  gave 

The  faintest  thought  of  death's  great  peace : 

'Twas  but  the  darkness  of  a  grave. 

Ye  sphinxes,  in  colossal  stone! 

The  riddle  life  an  unread  one 

Ye  left;  the  answer  foimd  its  way 

Through  Bethlehem  and  Golgotha. 

0  Rocknabad,  earth's  Paradise, 
Of  all  Shiraz  the  sweetest  flower! 

Ye  Indian  sea-coasts,  breathing  spice. 
Where  groves  of  palms  in  beauty  tower ; 

1  see  o'er  all  your  sunny  jilains 

The  step  of  Death  leave  sable  stains. 
Look  up !     There  comes  a  deathless  ray 
From  Bethlehem  and  Golgotha. 

Thou  Caaba!  black  stone  of  the  waste. 
At  which  the  feet  of  half  our  line 
Yet  stumble.     Stand,  now,  proudly  braced 
Beneath  thy  crescent's  waning  shine  ! 
The  moon  before  the  sun  grows  dim; 
Thou  art  shattered  by  the  sign  of  Him, 
The  conquering  Prince.     "  Victoria!" 
Shout  Bethlehem  and  Golgotha. 

O  Thou,  who  in  a  shepherd-stable 

An  infant  willingly  hast  lain, 

And  through  the  cross's  pain  wert  able 

To  give  the  victory  over  pain  ! 

To  pride  the  manger  seems  disgrace; 

The  cross  a  vile,  unworthy  place ; 

But  what  shall  bring  this  pride  down?     Say? 

'Tis  Bethlehem  and  Golgotha. 


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BETHLEHEINI. 


BETHLEHEM:. 


The  Magi  kings  went  forth  to  see 
The  Sliepherd  Stock,  the  Paschal  Lamb; 
And  to  the  cross  on  Calvary 
The  pilgrimage  of  nations  came. 
Amidst  the  little's  stormy  toss, 
All  flew  to  splinters — but  the  Cross; 
As  east  and  west  encamping  lay 
Hound  Bethlehem  and  Golgotha. 

Oh,  march  we  not  in  martial  band. 
But  with  the  Spirit's  flag  unfurled ! 
Let  us  subdue  the  Holy  Land 
As  Christ  Himself  subdued  the  world. 
Let  beams  of  light  on  every  side 
Fly,  like  apostles,  far  and  wide, 
Till  all  men  catch  the  beams  that  play 
O'er  Bethlehem  and  Golgotha. 

With  pilgrim  staflE  and  scallop-shell 
Through  Eastern  climes  I  sought  to  roam; 
This  counsel  have  I  found  to  tell, 
Brought  from  my  travels  to  my  home : 
With  staff  and  scallop  do  not  crave 
To  see  Christ's  cradle  and  His  grave. 
Turn  inward !  there  in  clearest  day 
View  Bethlehem  and  Golgotha. 

O  heart!  what  helps  it  that  the  knee 

Upon  His  natal  spot  is  bended? 

What  helps  it,  reverently  to  see 

The  grave  from  which  He  soon  ascended? 

Let  Him  within  thee  find  His  birth; 

And  do  thou  die  to  things  of  earth, 

And  live  Him  ;  let  this  be  for  aye 

Thy  Bethlehem  and  Golgotha. 

Friedrkh  Rilclcert,  tr.  ly  N.  L.  Frotliingliam. 

3182.  BETHLEHEM,  Invitation  to. 

St.  Luke  ii :  15. 

Come,  let  us  with  speed  to  Bethlehem  go, 
The  house  of  that  bread  which  God  doth 

bestow : 
To  all  He  hath  given  and  sent  from  above 
The  banquet  (tf  heaven,  the  Son  of  His  love. 
By  faith  we  shall  see  Him  promised  of  old, 
And  know  it  is  He  of  whom  we  were  told; 
That  heavenly  Stranger  fall  prostrate  before, 
And  God  in  a  manger  with  angels  adore. 
J.  and  C.  Wesley. 

3183.  BETHLEHEM,  The  Babe  of. 

Matthew  ii :  1. 

Far  back  in  the  past  when  the  shadows  lay 
Like  a  curtain  o'er  the  wide,  wide  earth. 
There  were  men  who  told  of  a  coming  day 
When  a  babe  should  be  born  in  a  lowly  way, 
But  his  coming  should  gladden  the  earth. 

And  the  prophets  looked,    and   the  sages 
For  the  rising  of  that  briglit  sun ;      [longed 
In  palace  and  hovel  the  story  was  told 
Of  a  prince  who  should  sprinkle  the  earth 

with  gold. 
And  join  all  the  nations  in  one: 


Of  a  king  at  whose  throne  all  peoples  should 
kneel,  [heal, 

Physician  whose  touch  should  all  maladies 
A  brother  whose  heart  full  of  sympathy  true 
Should  dry  up  our  tears,  as  the  sun  dries  the 
dew. 

But  the  ages  came  like  the  beating  tides 
That  thunder  against  the  rocky  shore. 
Nor  heeded  the  cry  of  the  saddened  breast 
That  had  looked  and  longed  for  a  holy  rest 
Through  the  years  wjiich  liad  gone  before; 
And  the  ages  went  like  the  rolling  stream 
Whose  waters  to  ocean  ceaseless  pour ; 
The  war  trumpet  sounded  from  ocean  to  main. 
And  fields  were  all  strewn  with  mangled  and 
slain,  [drowned 

And  the  cry  of  the  perishing  heart  was 
'Mid  the  angry  battle  roar. 

But  prophet  and  sage  stand  with  lifted  brow, 
Feeling  hope  in  their  hearts  growing  strong, 
While  a  voice  speaks  with  a  tender  word. 
And  a  message   comes  which  ear  has  not 

heard ; 
In  Bethlehem  near  where  the  temple  crowns 
Old  Zion's  lofty,  hallowed  grounds. 
The  Babe  in  a  manger  is  born ; 
A  sceptreless  Prince  in  swaddling  bands, 
A  crownless  King  on  His  mother's  breast, 
A  sovereign  Ruler  of  all  the  lands, 
A  Saviour  to  give  His  people  rest; 
Lowly  He  lies  with  the  common  horde. 
Babe,  man,  and  brother,  King  and  Lord. 

The  birth  of  the  Babe  sent  a  thrill  o'er  tho 

world :  [corse ; 

'Twas  the  beat  of  a  heart  in  the  breast  of  a 
'Twas  the  gift  of  sight  to  the  eye  of  the 

blind ;  [dead ; 

'Twas  the  throb  of  a  pulse  in  an  arm  that  was 
'Twas  the  quiver  of  nerve  whence  life  had 

fled;  [despair; 

'Twas  the  bursting  of  hope  o'er  the  reign  of 
And  seraph  and  cherub  their  anthems  sing. 
As  they  fly  to  the  manger  to  crown  Him  King ; 
And  the  angels  of  God,  a  joyful  throng. 
Proclaim  to  the  shepherds  that  Christ  is  born ; 
And  the  stars  shot  smiles  from  their  lofty 

height 
O'er  the  nations  that  groped  in  deepest  night. 
While  prophet  and  sage  that  had  waited  long 
Answered  with  psalm  the  angels'  song. 

O  Christ  of  the  manger,  the  garden,  the  cross. 
We  bring  our  poor  hearts  as  an  offering  to 

Thee ; 
In  Thy  birth  we  have  hope. 
In  Thy  death  we  have  life ; 
O  touch  us  and  cause  us  Thy  beauty  to  see. 
We  will  join  with  the  angels  on  Bethlehem's 

plains,  [strains, 

Our  hearts  sing  responsive  to  heavenly 
Glad  tidings  of  joy  to  the  world  we  proclaim, 
Salvation  to  all  in  the  one  hallowed  name. 


"B  ETHIL,  E  H  E  M. 


BETHLEHEM:. 


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Evermore    may    Thy    light    be    our    guide 

through  the  gloom, 
Until  "ashes  to  ashes"  we  sleep  in  the  tomb. 
Then,  washed  in  Thy  blood  and  redeemed 

by  Thy  grace. 
May  we  dwell,  blessed  Lord,  in  the  smile  of 

Thy  face.  /.  //.  McCarty. 

3184.  BETHLEHEM,  The  rountain  of. 
Chronicles  xi  :  16-19. 
High  on  the  summit  of  a  clifE  that  beetled 

o'er  the  plain, 
The  warrior  stood,  his  fiery  eye  full -flashing 

in  disdain ; 
For  in  the  breakings  of  the  morn,  beneath, 

in  myriads  lay 
The  wild,  beleaguering  hosts  that  swept  his 

brightest  hopes  away ; 
Thick  as  the  pest  o'er  Mizraim's  land  the 

rolling  thousands  came, 
And  Judah  felt  round  all  her  coasts  the  de- 
vastating flame. 
And  as  he  gazed,  deep  thoughts  of  wrath 

his  inmost  bosom  stirred. 
As  floating  on  the  rising  breeze  their  impious 

songs  he  heard. 
From    lips    unholy — awful    thought! — like 

pestilence  there  came. 
In  horrid    mirth,   in  muttered  sounds,  the 

Unutterable  Name. 
Dark  grew  his  brow ;  his  nervous  arm  up- 
raised his  shining  spear. 
Strong   in  his   might,   his   conscious  heart 

'mong  thousands  knew  not  fear. 
Lo!  buried  thoughts,  a  glittering  train,  rose 

o'er  his  troubled  mind, 
Like  painted  clouds  before  the  breath  of  the 

soft  summer  wind ; 
He  thought  of  hours  of  victory,  when,  borne 

in  blushing  pride. 
The  wave  of  beauty  rolled  along  and  glit- 
tered by  his  side ; 
When  rosy  lips,  in  silver  sounds,  responded 

o'er  the  plain: 
"  Saul  has  his  thousands — David  has  his  tens 

of  thousands  slain !" 
Dark   grew  the  terrors  of  his  brow,  when 

gleaming  from  afar, 
Through  its  tall  palms,  sweet  Beth'lem's  fount 

showed  like  a  radiant  star. 
Pure   fountain !    thoughts    of  deepest   love 

came  on  that  glance  of  thine ; 
The  warrior's  tear,  his  nerveless  arm,  pro- 
claim the  potent  sign : 
Yes !  peaceful  thoughts  of  other  days,  when 

round  thy  shaded  brink. 
He  watched  his  bleating  flocks,  and  bore  his 

weakling  lambs  to  drink ! 
And  'neath  thy  sheltering  palms  he  raised  the 

consecrated  strain, 
And  sung  the  glories  of  the  heavens — the 

wonders  of  the  main; 
And  in  the  moments  of  rapt  thought,  with 

more  than  seraph's  fire, 
Transcendent  bard !  he  swept   the  strings, 

and  struck  the  golden  lyre. 


Celestial  thoughts  were  his;  he  cried,  "All 

hail,  pellucid  spring! 
Who  from  thy  fountain's  lucent  wave  one 

cooling  draught  may*  bring? 
Without  the  gate  I  see  thee  gleam:  'twould 

ease  this  burning  brow 
%o  know,  as  oft  in  othur  years,  thy  limpid 

waters  now. 
Oh  that  some  valiant  arm  might  gain  thine 

ever-living  spring, 
And  through  the  godlc^^s  hosts  even  now 

one  cooling  draught  would  bring!"' 
He  spoke,   and  swifter  than  the  bird  that 

loves  the  mountain  crest, 
His  warriors  through  the  embattled  lines  on 

to  the  fountain  prest. 

Exulting,  to  their  leader  they  in  conscious 
pride  return, 

Bearing  aloft  in  blood-stained  hands  the 
overflowing  urn ! 

He  gazed,  the  sacred  vessel  took,  and  o'er 
the  flowery  sod 

Libations  poured,  in  pious  joy,  to  Israel's 
chosen  God : 

"Unhallowed  wish!  Lord  of  my  life!  I  con- 
secrate to  Thee 

The  perilled  draught.  Forgive  my  sin,  and 
still  my  Guardian  be." 

Lord !  like  the  glorious  Prototype,  we  still 
would  cast  our  eyes 

To  the  red  source  whence  Zion's  wave  and 
cleansing  waters  rise ; 

We,  'mid  the  shades  of  changing  life,  in 
sunshine,  and  in  storm, 

Would  gaze  on  tiiat  most  tranquil  depth 
which  nothing  can  deform; 

And  from  its  holy  calmness  we,  through  life's 
most  checkered  years, 

Would  find  a  balm  for  agony,  an  antidote 
for  tears. 

Yes!  we  would  cast  our  cherished  hopes, 
our  earth-born  thoughts  away, 

And,  as  an  offering  at  Thy  shrine,  our  bright- 
est trophies  lay. 

Accept,  forgive,  this  erring  heart !  Oh  con- 
secrate our  strain, 

And  from  Thy  temple  in  the  skies,  smile, 
smile  on  us  again ! 

David  Malloch. 

3185.  BETHLEHEM,  The  Well  of. 
2  Samuel  sxiil  :  15-17. 
There  is  sound  of  war  in  Judah,  and  over 

Ephrath's  plain. 
Though  the  fields  are  ripe  for  harvest,  no 
Hebrew  reaps  the  grain ; 

For  the  armies  of  the  heathen  have  come 
with  flame  and  sword 

To  waste  the  pleasant  dwellings  of  the  peo- 
ple of  the  Lord. 

In  the  Valley  of  the  Giants  Philistine  tents 

are  spread 
And  their  warriors  are  marshalled  within  the 

House  of  Bread. 


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BETHLEHEIM. 


bethjlekem:. 


No  chief  goes  forth  against  them,  and  no 

champion  comes  to  save, 
For  IsraeTs  hope,  an  exile,  is  pent  within  a 

cave. 

Around  him  still  are  gathered  a  chosen  faith- 
ful few, 

Tried  in  full  many  a  battle,  and  to  his  ban- 
ner true. 

Upon  the  cliffs  of  limestone  rock  the  autumn 

sunbeams  beat, 
And  glare  upon  the  hunted  band  with  all 

their  parching  heat. 

Till  David,  faint  and  thirsty,  in  his  longing 

speaks  to  them, 
"Would  that  I  had  but  water  from  the  well  of 

Bethlehem ! 

Then  up   arose   three   chieftains  from   the 

places  where  they  sate, 
To  bring  their  master  water  from  the  fount 

beside  the  gate. 

They  reck  not  of  the  thousand  swords  which 
fain  would  bar  their  way, 

But  calm  in  strength  and  valor  straight  ad- 
dress them  to  the  fray. 

Three  men  against  an  army  vast,  they  have 

no  thought  of  flight, 
For  each  against  a  host  of  men  hath  stood 

alone  in  fight. 

Too  well  Philistine  widows  have  learnt  those 

three  names  in  woe; 
Shammah,    and  Eleazar,    and  the  peerless 

Adino. 

Those  mighty  men  have  broken  through  all 

that  opposing  ring, 
And  have  borne  the  cooling  water  in  triumph 

to  their  king. 

But  David  hath  the  chalice  out  before  Jeho- 
vah poured. 

Saying,  "  This  is  blood,  not  water ;  I  may  not 
drink  it.  Lord ! 

O  type  of  future  story !     O  most  deep  and 

mystic  sign 
Of  the  longing  of  the  nations  for  Him  of 

David's  line  I 

There   is   sound   of  war  in   all  lands,  and 

through  its  cruel  bane. 
Though  the  souls  are  ripe  for  harvest,  no 

reaper  stores  the  grain ; 

For  the  hosts  of  evil  spirits  make  war  with 
flame  and  sword 

Against  the  Gentile  watchers  who  are  wait- 
ing for  the  Lord. 

Afar  in  every  country  their  countless  legions 

spread, 
To  turn  the  poor  and  hungry  from  the  blessed 

House  of  Bread. 


And  the  scorching  rays  of  sorrow  on  mourn- 
ers ever  beat. 

No  Rock  is  in  the  weary  lands  to  shadow  from 
the  heat. 

There  is  nothing  to  bring  cooling,  and  naught 

may  comfort  them, 
Save  the  Well  of  Living  Water  that  springs 

in  Bethlehem. 

But  three  go  forth  to  seek  that  fount,  in  faith 

and  valor  strong; 
Three  who  reck  not  of  hindrances,  nor  of 

that  travail  long. 

They  go  o'er  hills  and  deserts  with  the  guid- 
ing star  before. 

Wise  Caspar,  true  Baltasar,  and  the  faithful 
Melchior. 

In  vain  the  hosts  of  Satan  would  beset  their 

wandering, 
For  the  mighty  men  break  through  them  to 

reach  their  new-born  King. 

They  haste  in  eager  worshijj  to  that  long- 
expected  sight. 

To  the  Well  of  Life  whose  glory  gives  all  be- 
lievers light, 

To  the  Chief  Who  comes  to  vanquish,  the 

Champion  strong  to  save, 
To  Israel's  Hope,  an  infant,  now  laid  within 

a  cave. 

And  where  the  Babe  is  cradled.  Whom  the 

three  in  awe  behold. 
They  lay  their  three  rich  offerings,  myrrh, 

frankincense,  and  gold. 

Then  they  turn  them  back  in  triumph,  once 
more  afar  to  roam, 

Till  they  bear  those  living  waters  to  thirst- 
ing hearts  at  home. 

And  that  chalioe  of  Thy  passion,  unto  the 

Father  poured, 
Althougli  it  is  blood,  not  water,  yet  we  may 

drink  it.  Lord ! 

O  pledge  of  future  glory !     O  most  deep  and 

mystic  sign 
Of  the  healing  of  the  nations  by  Him  of 

David's  line ! 

Richard  Frederick  LittledaU. 

3186.  BETHLEHEM,  Towers  of. 

Above,  the  towers  of  Bethlehem 
Fade  on  the  night  that  falls  on  them; 
Yet  hold  in  guard  the  rocky  steep. 
Which  Rehoboam  bade  them  keep. 

They  overlook  the  lengthening  vale, 
That  stretches  to  the  Dead  Sea  pale, 
And  far  beyond  to  Eastern  plains, 
Where  Amnon  now  no  longer  reigns. 


O  city  small !  'mid  Judah's  liost, 
Now  growing-  to  her  crown  and  boast, 
How  high  at  morn  thy  head  shall  be, 
For  earth  shall  bow  to  hallow  thee. 

a.  E.  A.  Tuwnsend. 

3187.  BEULAH,  Land  of. 

Isaiah  C:i ;  4, 
I've  reached  the  laud  of  corn  and  "wine, 
And  all  its  riches  freely  mine; 
Here  shines  uudimmed  one  blissful  day. 
For  all  my  night  has  passed  av\ay. 

0  Beulah  land,  sweet  Beulah  land, 
As  ou  thy  highest  mount  I  stand, 

1  look  awity  across  the  sea, 

Where  mansions  are  prepared  for  me. 
And  view  the  shining  glory  shore. 
My  heaven,  my  home  for  evermore ! 

The  Saviour  comes  and  walks  with  me, 
And  sweet  communion  here  have  we; 
He  gently  leads  me  with  His  hand, 
For  this  is  heaven's  border-laud. 

A  sweet  perfume  upon  the  breeze 
Is  borne  from  ever- vernal  trees, 
And  flowers  that  never-fading  grow- 
Where  streams  of  life  forever  How. 

The  zephyrs  seem  to  float  to  me 
Sweet  sounds  of  heaven's  melody. 
As  angels,  with  the  white-robed  throng. 
Join  in  the  sweet  redemption  song. 

3188.  BIBLE,  The  Picture. 
Thou  folio  dusk  and  olden, 

My  friend  in  early  days, 
When  loving  hands  oft  opened 

Thy  secrets  to  my  gaze, 
Oft  o'er  thy  pictures  bending. 

Delighted  I  would  stand. 
My  sports  forgot,  while  dreaming 

About  the  Orient  land. 

Thou  openest  the  portals 

Of  distant  zones  to  me; 
In  thee,  as  in  a  mirror, 

Their  glittering  stores  I  see. 
Thanks,  for  through  thee  are  glimpses 

Of  strange,  far  regions  sent. 
Of  camels,  palms,  and  deserts, 

The  shepherd  and  his  tent. 

More  near  to  view  thou  bringest 

The  hero  and  the  sage. 
By  gifted  seers  depicted 

Upon  thy  priceless  page; 
The  fair  and  bride-like  maidens, 

As  well  their  words  portray. 
Of  each  a  living  semblance 
Thy  figured  leaves  display. 

The  patriarchal  ages, 

What  sirajDle  times  were  they, 
When  men  on  every  journey 

Met  angels  by  the  way. 


BIRDS. 


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Their  wells  and  herds  of  cattle, 

How  often  have  I  seen. 
While  on  thy  pages  gazing 

With  quiet,  thoughtful  mien. 

Again  thou  seemst,  as  lying 

Upon  the  stool,  ot  yore, 
While  I,  intently  musing. 

Upon  thy  pages  pore. 
As  if  the  old  impressions, 

So  oft  with  rapture  viewed, 
In  fresh  and  brilliant  colors 

Before  me  stood  renewed. 

As  if,  more  bright  than  ever, 

Again  before  me  placed, 
I  saw  the  quaint  devices 

Around  thy  borders  traced; 
Branches  and  fruit  combining, 

Round  every  picture  wrought, 
Each  to  some  picture  suited. 

And  all  with  meaning  fraught ; 

As  if,  in  days  departed, 

My  eager  steps  I  bent, 
To  ask  my  gentle  mother 

What  every  picture  meant ; 
As  if  some  song  or  story, 

I  learned  of  each  to  tell. 
While  beaming  mildly  on  us, 

My  father's  glances  fell. 

O  time  now  fled  forever! 

Thou  seemst  a  tale  gone  by; 
The  picture-Bible's  treasures. 

The  bright,  believing  eye, 
The  glad  delighted  parents, 

The  calm,  contented  mien, 
The  joy  and  mirth  of  boyhood, 

All,  all,  alas !  have  been. 

Ferdinand  Freiligrath. 

3189.  BIRDS,  Support  of  the. 

Matthew  x  :  31. 
No  storehouse  nor  barn  have  we, 

And  winter  so  close  at  hand, 
With  the  chilling  shadow  of  want 

Cast  darkly  over  the  land ; 
And  Cometh  with  Tnorning  light 

A  deeper  and  darker  dread, 
That  harder  and  fiercer  will  be 

The  struggle  for  daily  bread. 

No  storehouse  nor  barn  have  we, 

The  fluttering  birds  of  the  air; 
No  voice  to  make  known  our  wants. 

With  hunger  our  only  prayer. 
Yet  God  feedcth  us  day  by  day 

As  the  light  of  the  morn  comes  round. 
And  never  without  His  leave 

Shall  one  of  us  fall  to  the  ground. 

O  Saviour !  I  hear  Thy  voice 
In  these  happy  birds  of  the  air, 

Who  sow  not,  gather,  nor  reap, 
Yet  lack  not  a  Father's  care. 


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BIRDS. 


BX.i]srr>. 


They  trust  to  a  guiding  Hand, 
Which  feedeth  them  day  by  day; 

What  want  they  with  storehouse  or  barn? 
And  are  we  not  better  than  they? 

Hollis  Freeman. 

3190.  BIRDS,  Voices  of  the. 

Luke  xii  :  6. 

A  little  sparrow  twittered  near  my  door, 

And  to  my  ear 
The  meaning  clearer  came  than  e'er  before. 

And  brought  me  cheer. 

"Not  one  of  us  without  our  Father's  care 

Falls  to  tlie  earth; 
Why  doubt  His  fonder  care  for  you,  who  are 

Of  far  more  worth?" 

A  soaring  eagle  in  his  lofty  flight 

Gave  me  a  thought, 
Which  to  my  weak  and  faltering   soul    a 

Fresh  courage  brought.  [bright, 

"Know  ye  not,  they  that  wait  upon  the  Lord 

Strength  shall  renew? 
Shall  mount  on  wings  as  eagles?     This  His 

Has  promised  you."  [Word 

Thus  humble  sparrow  and  the  prouder  bird 

Sweet  comfort  give ; 
And  I,  reminded  of  God's  faithful  Word, 

More  trusting  live. 

And  throughout  nature's  varied  forms  of  life, 

Where'er  I  look, 
I  find  them  all  with  references  rife 

To  that  dear  Book ; 

As  though  this  earth  companion  volume  were 

To  sacred  page. 
Where  man  beholds  the  illustration  fair 

From  age  to  age. 

Annie  E.  Poulsson. 

3191.  BLEST,  Land  of  the. 

The  sunset  is  calm  on  the  face  of  the  deep, 
And  bright  is  the  last  look  of  day  in  the 
west. 
And  broadly  the  beams  of  its  parting  glance 
sweep, 
Like  the  path  that  conducts  to  the  land  of 
the  blest; 
All  golden  and  green  is  the  sea  as  it  flows 

In  billows  just  heaving  its  tide  to  the  shore : 
And  crimson  and  blue  is  the  sky  as  it  glows 
With  the  colors  that  tell  us  that  daylight 
is  o'er. 

I  sit  on  a  rock  that  hangs  over  the  wave, 
And  the  surf  heaves  and  tosses  its  snow- 
wreaths  below. 
And  the  flakes,  gilt  with  sunbeams,  the  flow- 
ing tide  pave, 
Like  the  gems  that  in  gardens  of  sorcery 
grow : 


I  sit  on  the  rock,  and  I  watch  the  light  fade, 

Still  fainter  and  fainter  away  in  the  west, 

And  1  dream  I  can  catch,  through  the  mantle 

of  shade, 

A  glimpse  of  the  dim  distant  land  of  tjie 

blest. 

And  Hong  for  a  home  in  that  land  of  the  soul, 
Where   hearts    always   warm    glow    with 
friendship  and  love, 
And  days  ever  cloudless  still  cheerily  roll, 
Like  the  age  of  eternity  blazing  above : 
There  with  friendships  unbroken,  and  loves 
ever  true, 
Life  flows  on,  one  gay  dream  of  pleasure 
and  rest. 
And  green  is  the  fresh  turf,  the  sky  purely 
blue, 
That  mantle  and  arch  o'er  the  land  of  the 
blest. 

The  last  line  of  light  now  is  crossing  the  sea, 
And  the  first  star  is  lighting  its  lamp  in  the 
sky; 
It  seems  that  a  sweet  voice  is  calling  to  me, 
Like  a  bird  on  that  pathway  of  bi-ightness 
to  fly: 
"Far  over  the  wave  is  a  green  sunny  isle, 
Where  the  last  cloud  of  evening  now  shines 
in  the  west; 
'Tis  the  island  that  Spring  ever  woos  with 
her  smiles; 
Oh !  seek  it — the  bright  happy  land  of  the 
blest."  James  Gates  Fercival. 

3192.  BLIND  MAN'S  TESTIMONY. 
John  ix  :  25. 

He  stood  before  the  Sanhedrim; 

The  scowling  rabbis  gazed  at  him; 

He  recked  not  of  their  praise  or  blame; 

There  was  no  fear,  there  was  no  shame, 

For  one  upon  whose  dazzled  eyes 

The  whole  world  poured  its  vast  surprise; 

The  open  heaven  was  far  too  near, 

His  first  day's  light  too  sweet  and  clear, 

To  let  him  waste  his  new-gained  ken 

On  the  hate- clouded  face  of  men. 

But  still  they  questioned,  Who  art  thou? 
What  hast  thou  been?    What  art  thou  now? 
Thou  art  not  he  who  yesterday 
Sat  here  and  begged  beside  the  way ; 
For  he  was  blind. 

— And  I  am  he, 
For  I  was  blind,  but  now  I  see. 

He  told  the  story  o'er  and  o'er; 
It  was  his  full  heart's  only  lore; 
A  prophet  on  the  Sabbath-day 
Had  touched  his  sightless  eyes  with  clay, 
And  made  him  see  who  had  been  blind. 
Their  words  passed  by  him  like  the  wind 
Which  raves  and  howls,  but  cannot  shock 
The  hundred-fathomed-rooted  rock. 


BLiisrr>. 


BLIIVID. 


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Their  threats  and  fury  all  went  wide ; 
Tliey  could  not  touch  his  Hebrew  pride, 
Their  sneers  at  Jesus  and  His  band,   " 
Nameless  and  homeless  in  tiie  land, 
Their  boasts  of  Moses  and  his  Lord, 
All  could  not  change  him  by  one  word. 

I  know  not  what  this  man  may  be, 
Sinner  or  saint;  but  as  for  me 
One  tiling  I  know,  that  I  am  he 
That  once  was  blind,  but  now  I  see. 

They  were  all  doctors  of  renown. 
The  great  men  of  a  famous  town,       [wise 
With  deep  brows,  wrinkled,   broad  and 
Beneath  their  wide  phylacteries; 
The  wisdom  of  the  East  was  theirs, 
And  honor  crowned  their  silver  hairs. 
The  man  they  jeered  and  lauglied  to  scorn 
Was  unlearned,  poor,  and  humbly  born ; 
But  he  knew  better  far  than  they. 
What  came  to  him  that  Sabbath-day; 
And  what  the  Christ  had  done  for  him 
He  knew,  and  not  the  Sanhedrim. 

Ilarper^s  Magazine. 

3193.  BLIND  MEN  HEALED,  Two. 
Matthew  x  :  27-34. 
When  from  that  home,  with  rapture  wild. 
That  hailed  from  death  a  rescued  child, 
The  mighty  Rescuer  homeward  hied, 
Lo !   on  His  way  two  blind  men  cried : 

"Ho!  Son  of  David!  Prince  benign! 
Lend  us  Thy  sovereign  aid  divine! 
Oh  end  our  dismal,  doleful  night! 
Have  mercy  on  us !    Grant  us  sight !" 

He  heard  their  piteous  pleading  loud. 
But  paused  not  in  the  jostling  crowd; 
Their  faith  by  deeds  He  fain  would  prove, 
And  seeming  coldness  veiled  His  love. 

Homeward  to  Simon's  house  He  sped; 
But  soon  the  blind  ones,  thither  led, 
His  long-sought  presence  gained  once  more. 
With  plea  more  piteous  than  before. 

Once  more  he  asked:   "  Believe  ye,  both. 
That  I  can  do  this?"     Nothing  loth, 
Already  light  in  faith's  clear  ray. 
Instant  they  answered,  "Yea,  Lord,  yea!" 

"Be  it  according  to  your  faith," 
In  teuderest  tones  the  Saviour  saith. 
And  touched  their  eyes.    Lo !  day's  full  light 
Burst  glorious  on  their  perfect  sight! 

Then  straight,  with  emphasis  severe. 
He  charged  them,  "See  that  no  man  hear 
Or   know   who  wrought    this:"  vain  com- 
mand— 
They  sound  His  fame  through  all  the  land. 

But,  as  they  hasted  forth,  they  found 
A  man  whose  tongue  a  fiend  had  bound. 


Till,  robbed  of  man's  distinguished  boast, 
The  godlike  gift  of  speech  was  lost. 

To  Him  whose  power  themselves  had  blessed 
They  brought  their  brother,  worse  distressed, 
And  when  the  devil  was  cast  out. 
They  heard  the  dumb  man  sing  and  shout. 

The  multitude  with  wonder  tell — 

"  'Twas  ne'er  so  seen  in  Israel !" 

But  maddened  Pharisees  still  said, 

"  He  casts  out  demons  through  their  head." 

O  Saviour,  we  are  blind  and  dumb. 
To  thee  for  sight  and  speech  we  come ; 
Touch  Thou  our  eyes  with  truth's  bright  rays, 
Teach  Thou  our  lips  to  sing  Thy  praise. 

Help  us  to  feel  our  mournful  night, 

Ancl  seek,  through  all  things,  for  Thy  light, 

Till  the  glad  sentence  we  receive, 

"Be  it  to  you  as  you  believe." 

Then  swift  the  dumb  to  Thee  we'll  bring. 
Till  all  Thy  grace  shall  see,  and  sing ; 
Or,  at  Thy  word,  through  doubt  and  hate, 
For  ampler  revelations  wait. 

Oeorge  Lansing  Taylor. 

3194.  BLIND,  Sight  Restored  to  the. 
John  ix  :  11. 
When  the  great  master  spoke. 

He  touched  his  withered  eyes, 
And  at  one  gleam  upon  him  broke 

The  glad  earth  and  the  skies. 

And  he  saw  the  city's  walls, 
And  kings'  and  prophets'  tomb, 

And  mighty  arches,  and  vaulted  halls, 
And  the  temple's  lofty  dome. 

He  looked  on  the  river's  flood. 
And  the  flash  of  mountain  rills. 

And  the  gentle  waves  of  the  palms  that  stood 
Upon  Judea's  hills. 

He  saw  on  heights  and  plains 

Creatures  of  every  race : 
But  a  mighty  thrill  went  through  his  veins 

When  he  met  the  human  face ; 

And  his  virgin  sight  beheld 

The  ruddy  glow  of  even. 
And  the  thousand  shining  orbs  that  filled 

The  azure  depths  of  heaven. 

And  woman's  voice  before 

Had  cheered  his  gloomy  night. 
But  to  see  the  angel  form  she  wore 

Made  deeper  the  delight; 

And  his  heart  at  daylight's  close 
For  the  bright  world  where  he  trod, 

And  when  the  yellow  morn  arose. 
Gave  speechless  thanks  to  God. 

John  H.  Bryant. 


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BLOOD. 


BORDER, 


3195.  BLOOD,  Protecting, 

Exodus  xii  :  7-14. 
Christ,  our  Passover,  is  slain, 

To  set  His  people  free ; 
Free  from  sin's  Egyptian  chain 

And  Pharaoh's  tyranny. 
Lord,  that  we  may  now  depart. 

And  truly  serve  our  pardoning  God, 
Sprinkle  every  house  and  heart 

With  Thine  atoning  blood. 

Let  the  angel  of  the  Lord 

His  awful  charge  fulfil ; 
Let  His  pestilential  sword 

Tlie  first-born  victims  kill. 
Safe  in  snares  and  death  we  dwell 

Protected  by  that  crimson  sign 
From  the  rage  of  earth  and  hell. 

And  from  the  wrath  Divine. 

Wilt  thou  not  a  difference  make 

Betwixt  Thy  friend  and  foe? 
Vengeance  on  the  EgyjDtians  take, 

And  grace  to  Israel  show? 
Knowst  Thou  not,  most  righteous  God, 

We  on  the  paschal  Laml>  rely? 
See  us  covered  with  the  blood. 

And  pass  Thy  people  by. 

J.  and,  G.  Wesley. 

3196.  BLOOD  OP  CHKIST,  The. 

Hebrews  ix  :  22. 
Blood  is  the  pi'ice  of  heaven ; 

All  sin  that  price  exceeds ; 
Oh,  come  to  be  forgiven — 

He  bleeds!  my  Saviour  bleeds! 

Under  the  olive  boughs. 

Falling  like  ruby  beads 
The  blood  drops  from  His  brows — 

He  bleeds!  my  Saviour  bleeds! 

While  the  fierce  scourges  fall 
The  precious  blood  still  pleads ; 

In  front  of  Pilate's  hall 

He  bleeds!  my  Saviour  bleeds  ! 

Beneath  the  thorny  crown 
The  crimson  fountain  speeds; 

See  how  it  trickles  down — 
He  bleeds !  my  Saviour  bleeds  ! 

Bearing  the  fatal  wood 

His  band  of  saints  He  leads, 

Marking  the  way  with  blood ; 
He  bleeds !  my  Saviour  bleeds ! 

On  Calvary  His  shame 

With  blood  still  intercedes; 

His  open  wounds  proclaim 

He  bleeds !  my  Saviour  bleeds  ! 

He  hangs  upon  the  tree, 
Hangs  there  for  my  misdeeds ; 

He  sheds  His  blood  for  me ; 
He  bleeds !  my  Saviour  bleeds ! 


Ah,  me  !  His  soul  is  fled ; 

Yet  still  lor  my  great  needs 
He  bleeds  when  He  is  dead; 

He  bleeds  !  my  Saviour  bleeds  ! 

His  blood  is  flowing  still ; 

My  thirsty  soul  it  feeds; 
He  lets  me  drink  my  fill; 

He  bleeds  !  my  Saviour  bleeds ! 

0  sweet,  O  precious  blood  ! 
What  love,  what  love  it  breeds ! 

Ransom,  reward,  and  food — 
He  bleeds  !  my  Saviour  bleeds  ! 

F.  W.  Faher. 

3197.  BOKDEE  LANDS. 

Fathur,  into  Thy  loving  hands 

My  feeble  spirit  I  commit, 
While  wandering  in  these  border  lands, 

Until  Thy  voice  shall  summon  it. 
Father,  I  would  not  dare  to  choose 

A  longer  life,  an  earlier  death; 
I  know  not  what  my  soul  might  lose 

By  shortened  or  protracted  breath. 

These  border  lands  are  calm  and  still, 

And  solemn  are  their  silent  shades; 
And  my  heart  welcomes  them,  until 

The  light  of  life's  long  evening  fades. 
I  heard  them  spoken  of  with  dread, 

As  fearful  and  unquiet  places; 
Shades,  where  the  living  and  the  dead 

Look  sadly  iu  each  other's  faces ; 

But  since  Thy  hand  hath  led  me  here, 
And  I  have  seen  the  bordt  r  land. 

Seen  the  dark  river  flowing  near. 
Stood  on  its  brink,  as  now  I  stand. 

There  has  been  notliing  to  alarm 

My  trembling  soul;  how  could  I  fear 

While  thus  encircled  with  Thine  arm? 

1  never  felt  Thee  half  so  near. 

What  should  appall  me  in  a  place 

That  brings  me  hourly  nearer  Thee? 
Where  I  may  almost  see  Thy  face,  — 

Surely  'tis  here  my  soul  would  be. 
They  say  the  waves  are  dark  and  deep, 

That  faith  has  perished  in  the  river; 
They  speak  of  death  with  fear,  and  weep; 

Shall  my  soul  perish  ?  never,  never. 

I  know  that  Thou  wilt  never  leave 

The  soul  that  trembles  while  it  clings 
To  Thee ;  I  know  thou  wilt  achieve 

Its  passage  on  Thine  outspread  wings. 
And  since  I  first  was  brought  so  near 

The  stream  that  flows  to  the  Dead  Sea, 
I  think  that  it  has  grown  more  clear 

And  shallow  than  it  used  to  be. 

I  cannot  see  the  golden  gate 
Unfolding  yet  to  welcome  me; 

I  cannot  yet  anticipate 

The  joy  of  heaven's  jubilee. 


BOZR^H. 


BOXJl^r). 


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But  I  "will  calmly  watch  and  pray, 
Until  I  hear  my  Saviour's  voice, 

Calling  my  happy  soul  away, 
To  see  His  glory  and  rejoice. 

3198.   BOZEAH,  Vision  of. 

Is.  xxxiv  :  6,  and  Ixlii :  1. 

On  Carmel's  brow  the  wreathy  vine 

Had  all  its  honors  shed, 
And  o'er  the  vales  of  Palestine 

A  sickly  paleness  spread ; 
When  the  old  seer  by  vision  led, 

And  energy  sublime. 
Into  that  shadowy  region  sped, 

To  muse  on  distant  time. 

He  saw  the  valleys  far  and  wide, 

But  sight  of  joy  was  none; 
He  looked  o'er  many  a  mountain  side. 

But  silence  reigned  alone. 
Save  that  a  boding  voice  sung  on, 

By  wave  and  waterfall. 
As  still,  in  harsh  and  heavy  tone, 

Deep  unto  deep  did  call. 

On  Kison's  strand  and  Ephratah 

The  hamlets  thick  did  lie ; 
No  wayfarer  between  he  saw, 

No  Asherite  passed  by : 
No  maiden  at  her  task  did  ply. 

No  sportive  child  was  seen ; 
The  lonely  dog  barked  wearily 

Where  dwellers  once  had  been. 

Oh  .'  beauteous  were  the  palaces 

On  Jordan  wont  to  be, 
And  still  they  glimmered  to  the  breeze, 

Like  stars  beneath  tlie  sea! 
But  vultures  held  their  jubilee 

Where  harp  and  cymbal  rung, 
And  there  as  if  in  mockery 

The  baleful  satyr  sung. 

But  who  had  seen  that  prophet's  eye 

On  Carmel  that  reclined  ! 
It  looked  not  on  the  times  gone  by, 

But  those  that  were  behind: 
His  gray  hair  streamed  upon  the  wind, 

His  hands  were  raised  on  high, 
As  mirrored  on  his  mystic  mind 
-    Arose  futurity. 

He  saw  the  feast  in  Bozrah  spread 

Prepared  in  ancient  day ; 
Eastward,  away  the  eagle  sped, 

And  all  the  birds  of  prey. 
"Who's  this,"  he  cried,  "comes  by  the  way 

Of  Edom,  all  divine, 
Travelling  in  splendor,  whose  array 

Is  red,  but  not  with  wine?" 

Blest  be  the  herald  of  our  King 

That  comes  to  set  us  free  ! 
The  dwellers  of  the  rock  shall  sing. 

And  utter  praise  to  Thee  I 


Tabor  and  Hermon  yet  shall  see 

Their  glories  glow  ugain, 
And  blossoms  spring  on  held  and  tree, 

That  ever  shall  remain. 

"The  happy  child  in  dragon's  way 

Shall  frolic  with  delight; 
The  lamb  shall  round  the  leopard  play. 

And  all  in  love  unite; 
The  dove  on  Zion's  hill  shall  light, 

That  all  the  world  must  see. 
Hail  to  the  journeyer,  in  his  might. 

That  comes  to  set  us  free !" 

James  Hogg. 

3199.  BOUND  WOMAN  HEALED, 
Luke  xiii  :  11-13. 
For  eighteen  years,  she,  patient  soul, 

Her  eyes  hath  graveward  sent; 
All  vain  for  her  tlie  starry  pole. 
She  is  so  bowed  and  bent. 

What  mighty  words !    Who  can  be  near? 

What  tenderness  of  hands ! 
Oh  !  is  it  strength,  or  fancy  mere? 

New  hope,  or  breaking  bands? 

The  pent  life  rushes  swift  along 

Channels  it  used  to  know; 
And  up,  amidst  the  wondering  throng. 

She  rises  firm  and  slow. 

To  bend  again  in  grateful  awe, 
Will  power  no  more  at  strife. 

In  homage  to  the  living  Law 
Who  gives  her  back  her  life. 

Uplifter  of  the  drooping  head ! 

Unbinder  of  the  bound ! 
Thou  seest  us  sore-burdened 

Bend  hopeless  to  the  ground. 

What  if  they  see  Thee  not,  nor  cry. 
Thou  watchest  for  the  hour, 

To  raise  the  forward  beaming  eye, 
To  wake  the  slumbering  power. 

I  see  Thee  wipe  the  stains  of  time 
From  off  the  withered  face ; 

Lift  up  thy  bowed  old  men,  in  prime 
Of  youthful  manhood's  grace. 

Like  summer  days  from  winter's  tomb. 

Arise  thy  women  fair ; 
Old  age  a  shadow,  not  a  doom, 

Lo !  is  not  anywhere. 

All  ills  of  life  shall  melt  away 

As  melts  a  cureless  woe. 
When,  by  the  dawning  of  the  day 

Surprised,  the  dream  must  go. 

I  think  thou.  Lord,  wilt  heal  me  too, 
Whate'er  the  needful  cure ; 

The  great  best  only  thou  wilt  do, 
And  hoping  I  endure. 

Qeorge  Macdonald. 


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BREAD. 


BRIDE. 


3200.  BREAD,  Blessing  the. 

Matthew  xxvi  :  2&-28. 

Onward  it  speeds,  the  awful  hour  from  man's 
first  fall  decreed, 

When  the  dark  serpent's  wrath  shall  bruise 
the  woman's  spotless  seed ; 

The  foe  He  met — the  desert  path  trium- 
phantly He  trod. 

And  now  a  darker,  deadlier  strife  awaits  the 
Son  of  God. 

Soon  shall  a  strange  and  midnight  gloom  in- 
volve the  conscious  Heaven, 

While  in  Jehovah's  mystic  fane  the  inmost 
veil  is  riven ! 

Soon  shall  one  deep  and  dying  groan  the  soiid 
mountains  rend ; 

The  yawning  grave  shall  yield  their  dead,  the 
buried  saints  ascend ! 

And  yet,  amidst  his  little  flock,  still  Jesus 

stands,  serene, 
TJnawed  by  sufferings  yet  to  be,  unchanged 

by  what  hath  been ; 
Still  beams  the  light  of  love  undimmed  in 

that  benignant  eye. 
Nor,  save   his  own  prophetic  word,  aught 

speaks  him  soon  to  die ! 

He  pours  within  the  votive  cup   the  rich 

blood  of  the  vine. 
And  "Drink  ye  all  the  hallowed  draught," 

he  cries,  "this  blood  is  mine." 
lie  breaks  the  bread :  then  clasps  His  hands, 

and  lifts  His  eyeg  in  prayer, 
"  Receive  ys  this,  and  view  by  faith  My  body 

symboUed  there  1 

**  For  like  the  wine  that  crowns  this  cup.  My 

blood  shall  soon  be  shed ; 
My  body  broken  on  the  cross,  as  now  I  break 

the  bread : 
For  you  the  crimson  stream  shall  flow — for 

you  the  hand  divine 
Bares  the  red  sword,  although  the  heart  that 

meets  the  blows  be  mine ; 

"And  oft  your  willing  steps  renew  around 

the  sacred  board. 
And  break  the  bread  and  pour  the  wine  in 

memory  of  your  Lord : 
To  drink  with  me  the  grape's  fresh  juice  to 

you  shall  yet  be  given. 
Fresh  from  the  deathless  vine  that  blooms  in 

blest  abodes  of  heaven  !" 

Thomas  Bale. 

3201.  BREAD,  Onr  Daily. 

Matthew  vi  :  11. 

*'  Give  us  this  day  our  daily  bread ;" 
Hear  Thou,  O  Lord,  our  prayer, 
Lone  children  of  Thy  care ; 

It  is  a  desert  land  we  journey  through; 

Each  day  anew,  [dew. 

We  need  for  food  Thy  bread,  for  drink  Thy 


*'  Give  us  this  day  our  daily  bread," 

We  dare  not  ask  for  more ; 

Enough  is  ample  store; 
But  should  Thy  hand  a  larger  gift  impart, 

Keep  Thou  our  heart. 
Lest  we  be  puffed  with  vain  and  selfish  art. 

"  Give  us  this  day  our  daily  bread ;" 
Thy  bread  is  strength  indeed, 
And  in  our  deepest  need 

It  is  enough,  upon  life's  dusty  road, 

To  find  our  load  [stowed. 

Sustained  by  grace,  and  help  each  day  be- 

"  Give  us  this  day  our  daily  bread." 

Oh  may  we  be  content 

With  blessings  daily  sent; 
We  cannot  eat  to-morrow's  bread  to-day, 

We  need  not  prey 
Upon  the  ills  the  future  hides  away. 

"Give  us  this  day  our  daily  bread." 
This  answered  prayer  shall  bring 
Each  cherished,  needful  thing ;     [peace 

For  sorrow,  joy ;  for  weakness,  strength  and 
As  storms  increase ; 

Our  never-failing  good  till  life  shall  cease. 
Dwight  Williams. 

3202.  BRIDE,  The  Three  Songs  of  the. 
Expectans  Expectavi. 

A  maiden,  clothed  in  purple, 

Sat  on  a  fenced  hill ; 
Her  face,  I  saw,  was  hidden, 

And  her  fettered  hands  were  still. 
She  sat  beneath  a  palm-tree, 

With  a  veil  upon  her  head ; 
While  a  voice  came  forth  from  Horeb, 

As  the  deserts  round  her  spread. 

A  rock  stood  up  beside  her, 

Amidst  those  thirsty  sands; 
She  sat  beneath  its  shadow. 

With  her  head  upon  her  hands. 
Then  I  listened  to  her  singing — 

Her  voice  was  low  and  faint ; 
And  thus  towards  the  morning 

I  heard  her  make  her  plaint : 

' '  I  am  waiting  for  my  Loved  One, 

As  the  long  dark  years  go  by; 
I  am  waiting  for  my  Loved  One, 

Till  His  star  is  in  the  sky. 
My  sight  is  always  failing, 

My  eyes  with  tears  are  dim ; 
And  my  heart  is  faint  with  waiting, 

But  I  only  wait  for  Him. 

"  I  am  waiting  for  my  Loved  One, 

But  His  step  I  cannot  hear; 
And  I  ask  the  stars  above  me 

To  tell  me  He  is  near. 
I  look  upon  the  mountains, 

But  His  feet  I  cannot  see, 
Nor  the  promised  light  which  telleth 

That  my  Love  doth  come  to  me. 


BRIDE. 


BKIDK. 


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•'My  heart  is  cold  and  empty, 

Which  He  alone  can  fill; 
Once  I  thought  1  heard  Him  coming 

By  the  lightning-girded  hill. 
There  only  came  the  thunder, 

And  His  written  words  on  stone; 
Then  passed  away  the  glory, 

And  I  was  left  alone. 

"I  waited  'midst  the  coverings 

Of  scarlet,  white,  and  blue; 
And  when  upward  the  great  Temple 

In  its  noiseless  beauty  grew, 
Then  a  symbol  of  His  presence 

In  that  Temple  made  a  home; 
Now  I  wait  before  the  curtain. 

But  my  Loved  One  doth  not  come. 

*'  So  I  sit  beneath  this  palm-tree, 

And  my  eyes  are  dim  with  tears, 
As  I  look  out  for  His  coming. 

Through  the  twilight  of  the  years. 
And  I  turn  from  every  other, 

For  He  alone  can  be 
The  golden-girdled  Husband, 

Whom  God  hath  given  to  me." 

Thus  she  waited  for  b^r  Loved  One, 

Thus  she  veiled  herself  for  Him; 
The  day-spring  had  not  risen, 

And  she  sat  in  twilight  dim. 
I  stood  beside  the  palm-tree, 

I  heard  the  north  wind  blow. 
As  she  sorrowed  for  her  Loved  One, 

And  her  voice  was  faint  and  low. 


In  widow's  weeds  a  maiden 

Sat  waiting  for  her  Love ; 
Above  her  grew  an  apple-tree, 

And  in  it  sat  a  dove ! 
The  villages  were  round  her. 

The  vineyards  off  the  King; 
Through  the  dark-green  olive-gardens 

The  birds  were  on  the  wing. 

She  was  waiting  for  her  Loved  One; 

All  her  love  grew  more  and  more. 
As  her  wistful  gaze  was  fastened 

On  the  cedar- boarded  door. 
She  was  clothed  in  white  and  purple, 

With  a  presence  full  of  grace ; 
Her  veil  was  off  her  forehead. 

Still  I  could  not  see  her  face. 

Then  I  wondered  how  this  maiden. 

With  her  bright  and  yellow  hair, 
Could  be  sitting  in  her  sorrow. 

In  widow's  mourning  there. 
So  I  listened  to  her  singing. 

Where  the  vines  and  palm-trees  meet ; 
Thus  she  sorrowed  for  her  Loved  One, 

And  her  voice  was  low  and  sweet : 

"  I  am  7»aiting  for  my  Loved  One, 
I  am  waiting  for  His  day ; 


He  came  to  me  at  midnight, 

He  came,  but  went  away. 
He  came,  and  once  He  called  me. 

With  His  hand  upon  the  door; 
I  only  saw  Him  pass  me 

On  the  thorn-strewn  purple-floor. 

"  My  Loved  One  came :  one  moment 

His  light  upon  me  shone: 
I  rose  to  see  His  beauty. 

He  had  turned,  and  He  was  gone. 
He  came,  and  went  away  again. 

He  went,  but  doth  not  stay; 
He  will  come  again  to  find  me 

In  the  brightness  of  the  day. 

' '  I  cried  about  the  city, 

'  O  watchmen,  can  ye  tell 
The  footsteps  of  my  Loved  One, 

Or  the  place  where  He  doth  dwell? ' 
The  watchmen  answered  roughly. 

And  took  my  veil  from  me: 
So  I  wandered  late  and  early. 

But  my  Love  I  could  not  see. 

"I  am  waiting  for  my  Loved  One* 

0  weary  hours,  go  by ! 

I  am  waiting  for  His  coming. 

Till  His  cross  is  in  the  sky. 
He  will  not  leave  me  always. 

He  will  come  again  at  last; 
I  am  waiting  for  His  coming, 

Till  the  winter  all  be  past. 

"  He  hung  upon  the  apple-tree. 

When  His  eyes  with  blood  were  dim. 
To  drag  me  from  the  darkness. 

So  I  keep  myself  for  Him. 
For  when  He  hung  uplifted. 

And  the  thorns  were  round  His  head, 
He  brought  me  to  the  bridal. 

And  I  to  Him  was  wed. 

"  He  stayed  but  for  a  moment 

1  looked,  and  He  was  gone: 
But  I  love  Him  more  than  ever. 

Though  He  left  me  thus  alone. 
For  though  He  hastened  from  me, 

Yet  He  also  came  to  stay ; 
Now  He  dwells  upon  His  altar, 

And  He  doth  not  go  away. 

"  I  am  waiting  for  my  Loved  One, 

For  He  hath  gone  afar ; 
I  have  promised  to  expect  Him, 

Till  the  rising  of  His  star. 
Yet  He  always  is  beside  me 

In  the  shadows  of  this  night; 
I  am  waiting  for  my  Loved  One, 

In  His  beauty  and  His  light." 

Thus,  sorrow-crowned,  she  waited, 
With  her  heart  all  full  of  love ; 

A  virgin-wife  and  widow. 

Whilst  above  her  moaned  the  dove. 


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BRIDE. 


BRIDE. 


As  she  sat  beneath  the  apple-tree, 
I  heard  the  south  wind  blow ; 

Thus  she  sorrowed  for  her  Loved  One, 
And  her  voice  was  sweet  and  low. 


In  heavenly  light,  a  maiden 

Sat  at  her  Loved  One's  side ; 
While  He  gazed  with  love  upon  her 

In  a  glory  deep  and  wide. 
I  looked— her  robes  were  ruddy  •, 

I  looked— and  they  were  white ; 
Then  they  burned  in  mingled  beauty, 

With  a  blaze  of  golden  light. 

I  had  wandered  through  the  deserts, 

With  footsteps  upward  turned ; 
When  this  glory  flashed  upon  me, 

When  this  fiery  splendor  burned. 
The  sea  of  glass,  fire-mingled. 

In  its  quivering  brightness  shone ; 
There  the  crystal  stream  was  flowing, 

And  there  stood  the  sapphire  throne 

The  gates  of  pearl  were  open ; 

The  lily-beds  were  fair; 
And  the  bride,  in  burning  raiment, 

Sat  with  her  Loved  One  there. 
Through  my  soul  astonished,  fainting. 

Through  my  senses  dull  and  dim, 
I  saw  the  King  in  all  His  beauty. 

And  His  sister  crowned  with  Him. 

There  dark  nights  and  days  of  anguish, 

Grief,  and  deat'i  could  come  no  more : 
Shade  of  sorrow  dims  no  faces 

On  that  radiant,  deathless  shore. 
Faithful  she  had  been  in  Egypt, 

Then  the  loneliness  was  past ;  _ 
From  her  plaintive,  patient  waiting, 

He  had  brought  her  home  at  last. 

She  had  waited  for  her  Loved  One 

Till  He  called  her,  till  He  came ; 
Till  He  set  upon  her  forehead 

Her  turret-crown  of  flame. 
I  looked  upon  the  Bridegroom, 

On  the  ransomed  gleaming  throng. 
As  she  sang  and  praised  her  Loved  One, 

And  her  voice  was  sweet  and  strong : 

"  He  hath  brought  me  from  the  darkness, 

He  hath  bought  me  with  His  blood ; 
For  me  He  made  a  pathway 

Through  the  dark  and  stormy  flood. 
He  won  me  by  His  dying, 

He  gave  for  me  His  life ; 
He  brought  me  up  from  Egypt, 

To  be  His  virgin-wife. 

"  He  hath  given  me  all  my  graces — 

I  have  nothing  of  my  own ; 
He  hath  made  me  as  His  sister; 

He  hath  set  me  on  His  throne. 
I  stood  beside  the  Red  Sea, 

I  saw  its  waters  part, 


Now  His  arms  are  ever  round  me, 
Now  my  head  is  on  His  heart. 

"  I  waited  for  my  Loved  One 

Through  the  long  and  dreary  days ; 
When  my  prayers  could  scarcely  find  Him, 

And  I  knew  not  how  to  praise. 
I  waited  for  my  only  One 

By  the  manger  and  the  tree, 
And  by  His  holy  sepulchre, 

Till  He  rose  and  made  me  free. 

"  I  waited  for  my  Loved  One 

In  the  black  and  pitchy  night; 
When  the  sable  veil  was  round  me, 

And  I  could  not  see  the  light. 
I  waited  for  my  only  One, 

In  the  deep  heart-breaking  gloom ; 
Through  the  lonely  darkened  valley. 

Through  the  shadows  of  the  tomb, 

"I  waited  for  my  Loved  One, 

Till  this  promised  day  had  come ; 
I  waited  by  His  altar. 

Where  He  dwelt  as  in  His  home. 
There  the  tabernacle's  glory 

Was  a  glory  from  above. 
With  the  beauty  of  my  Loved  One, 

In  the  knowledge  of  His  love. 

"I  saw  Him  come  from  Bozrah, 

With  raiment  dyed  in  blood ; 
In  the  morning,  on  the  mountain. 

In  His  loveliness  He  stood. 
In  His  dying  and  His  rising. 

My  Love  was  still  the  same ; 
But  His  blood-stained,  seamless  raiment 

Shone  like  a  burning  flame. 

"  In  the  wine-press,  at  the  vintage, 

He  was  still  Eternal  God ; 
Though  thorns  were  strewn  around  Him 

In  the  way  on  which  He  trod. 
He  turned  not  back,  nor  faltered 

Till  the  vintage  all  was  gleaned ; 
I  loved  Him  through  that  sorrow, 

And  upon  his  heart  I  leaned. 

"  He  went  down  to  the  harvest. 

With  His  sickle  sharp  and  bright; 
And  I  watched  Him  in  His  reaping. 

In  His  weakness  and  His  might. 
Now  all  His  wheat  is  garnered 

Beneath  this  starry  dome; 
And  He  makes  for  all  a  banquet 

In  this  ceaseless  harvest-home. 

"  My  eyes  were  dim  with  watching, 

When  I  waited  in  the  night; 
Now  they  are  dim  with  gazing 

On  the  brightness  of  His  light. 
On  this  beauty  of  my  Loved  One 

Now  I  gaze  for  evermore ; 
And  with  all  my  heart  upon  Him. 

Ever  as  I  gaze,  adore. 


BRIDE. 


BUILDER. 


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"I  drink  in  all  His  beauty, 

As  on  His  heart  I  lie ; 
As  there  burneth  in  my  memory 

The  day  when  He  did  die — 
When  He  did  die  to  save  me, 

And  bring  me  home  to  this; 
This  fulness  of  His  presence 

In  this  thrillingness  of  bliss. 

"I  drink  in  all  His  beauty, 

All  my  heart  to  Him  is  bowed; 
All  my  heart  is  faint  with  loving, 

With  tlie  love  that  once  I  vowed. 
I  knew  not  when  I  vowed  it. 

What  one  day  it  would  be ; 
In  this  bridal  never-ceasing, 

In  this  fire  of  charity. 

"  I  drink  in  all  His  beauty, 

As  on  His  heart  I  lie ; 
One  thrilling  joy  is  with  me — 

That  He  is  ever  nigh. 
In  His  heart  a  torrent  floweth ; 

All  my  love  is  perfect  now. 
As  I  gaze  upon  my  Loved  One, 

With  His  crowns  upon  His  brow. 

"  As  I  lie  amidst  these  splendors. 

His  strong  arms  round  me  fold; 
He  gives  me  all  His  treasures, 

All  His  silver  and  His  gold. 
But  purer,  stronger,  brighter 

Than  this  fiery  crystal  sea. 
Is  the  love  with  which  He  loves  me — 

Is  the  love  He  gives  to  me. 

"Thus  for  Him  I  ever  waited, 

Till  He  made  me  all  His  own ; 
Then  at  last  He  brought  me  to  Him, 

Then  He  set  me  on  His  throne. 
Now  He  kisses  me  and  loves  me, 

My  God,  and  spouse  divine; 
He  has  married  me  forever, 

I  am  His  and  He  is  mine." 

Thus  she  sang  her  heavenly  anthem, 

Sitting  at  her  Loved  One's  side; 
Rapturous,  fainting,  crowned,  exulting, 

Sceptred  as  His  sister-bride ; 
On  His  heart,  and  in  His  kingdom. 

Where  old  things  are  passed  away — 
Where  the  eternal  hills  are  lighted 

By  the  everlasting  day. 

Ever  drinking  in  His  beauty. 

Thus  she  sang  of  love  and  grace ; 
Sang  of  triumph,  sang  of  glory, 

Looking  in  her  Loved  One's  face. 
There  her  song  kept  ever  rising. 

By  the  piercM  hands  and  feet; 
All  the  Bridegroom's  love  was  round  her, 

And  her  voice  was  strong  and  sweet. 
E.  A.  Bawes. 


3203.  BROIDERY-WORK. 
Exodus  xxxvi :  1. 

Beneath  the  desert's  rim  went  down  the  sun, 
And  from  their  tent-doors,  all  their  service 

done, 
Came  forth  the  Hebrew  women,  one  by  one. 

For  Bezaleel,  the  magter,  who  had  rare 
And  curious  skill,  and  gifts  beyond  compare. 
Greater  than  old  Mizraim's  greatest  ware, 

Had  bidden  them  approach  at  his  commaud, 
As  on  a  goat-skin  spread  ujDon  the  sand, 
He  sat,  and  saw  them  grouped  on  every  hand. 

And  soon,  as  came  to  pass,  a  silence  fell, 
He  spake  and  said.  "  Daughters  of  Israel, 
I  bring  a  word ;  I  pray  ye,  hearken  well. 

"God's  tabernacle,  by  His  pattern  made, 
Shall  fail  in  finish,  though  in  order  laid. 
Unless  ye  women  lift  your  hands  to  aid !" 

A    murmur    ran    the    crouched     assembly 

through, 
As  each  her  veil  about  her  closer  drew : 
"We  are  but  women!     What  can  women 

do?" 

And  Bezaleel  made  answer :   ' '  Not  a  man 
Of  all  our  tribes,  from  Judah  unto  Dan, 
Can  do  the  thing  that  just  ye  women  can ! 

"The  gold  and  broidered  work  about  the 

hem  [stem — 

Of  the  priest's  robes — pomegranate, knop  and 

Man's  clumsy  fingers  cannot  compass  them. 

' '  The  sanctuary  curtains  that  must  wreathen 

be, 
And  bossed  with  cherubim,  the  colors  three. 
Blue,  purple,  scarlet,  who  can  twine  but  ye? 

"Yours  is  the  very  skill  for  which  I  call ; 
So  bring  your  cunning  needlework,  though 

small 
Your  gifts  may  seem :  the  Lord  hath  need  of 

all!" 


O  Christian  women !  for  the  temple  set 
Throughout  earth's  desert  lands,  do  you  for- 
get 
The  sanctuary  curtains  need  your  broidery 
yet?  Margaret  J.  Preston. 

3204.  BUILDER,  The  Foolish. 
Matthew  vii :  26,  27. 

Upon  the  loose,  unstable  sands 

He  built  his  home  unblest: 
"And  this,"  he  cried,  "  my  bulwark  stands. 

And  here  shall  be  my  rest." 


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BTJSH. 


BXISH. 


The  deep  floods  rose,  the  wild  winds  blew, 

The  rain  and  tempest  came; 
The  wind,  and  storm,  and  flood  o'erthrew 

His  home,  and  hoj^e,  and  name. 

It  fell,  nor  left  a  longer  trace 

Thau  those  dark  clouds  that  lowered; 
For  founded  on  a  faithless  base 

The  mighty  fabric  towered ! 

He  knew  not  of  a  rock  that  stood 

Secure  'mid  storm  and  rain, 
Where  warning  wind  and  swelling  flood 

Had  risen  and  raged  in  vain. 

Oh !  had  his  home  been  founded  there, 

Amid  the  tempest's  shock 
Had  risen  secure  tliat  fabric  fair, 

On  that  eternal  Rock !  H.  W.  J. 

3205.  BUSH,  A  Modern  Burning. 

In  the  tangled,  dim  old  garden. 

Where  the  frost  had  traced  its  name, 
I  saw  one  autumn  morning 

A  sumac  bush  aflame ; 
All  its  leaves  like  burning  falchions 

Leaped  up  in  a  glowing  blaze, 
And  I  thought,  the  old-time  marvel 

Is  wrought  in  latter  days. 

Not  a  fibre  curled  or  shrivelled, 

No  tissue  scorched  or  lost. 
Yet  it  flamed  like  the  fiery  pillar 

That  led  old  Israel's  host. 
And  a  voice  like  perfume  stealing, 

Spake  soft,  but  made  no  sound ; 
And  I  knew  that  God  was  saying, 

"This  ground  is  holy  ground; 

"There's  no  backward  glancing  needed 

To  teach  thee  what  to  do; 
For  the  bush  that  burned  for  Moses 

Glows  bright  to-day  for  you; 
And  the  voice  that  thrilled  the  prophet 

To  deeds  before  unwrought. 
Is  the  same  that  now  interprets 

Jehovah's  mighty  thought; 

"O'er  the  busy  present's  pathway 

Still  '  signs  and  wonders  '  move, 
And  the  miracles  of  Nature 

Her  laws  unchanging  prove; 
Te  have  need  to  walk  with  reverence, 

Bare-browed  and  feet  unshod, 
Lest  ye  fail  to  see  the  glory 

And  hear  the  Word  of  God." 

Chicago  Unity. 

3206.  BUSH,  The  Burning. 

Exodus  iii  ;  1-5. 

The  historic  Muse,  from  age  to  age. 
Through  many  a  waste  heart-sickening  page 

Hath  traced  the  works  of  man: 
But  a  celestial  call  to-day 
Stays  her,  like  Moses,  on  her  way, 

The  works  of  God  to  scan. 


Far  seen  across  the  sandy  wild, 
Where,  like  a  solitary  child, 

He  thoughtless  roamed  and  free, 
One  towering  thorn  was  wrapt  in  flame. 
Bright  without  blaze  it  went  and  came; 

Who  would  not  turn  and  see? 

Along  the  mountain  ledges  green 
The  scattered  stieep  at  will  may  glean 

The  desert's  spicy  stores: 
The  while,  with  undivided  heart. 
The  sheplierd  talks  with  God  apart. 

And,  as  he  talks,  adores. 

Ye  too,  who  tend  Christ's  wildering  flock. 
Well  may  ye  gather  round  the  rock 

That  once  was  Sion's  hill : 
To  watch  the  flre  upon  the  mount 
Still  blazing,  like  the  solar  fount. 

Yet  unconsuming  still. 

Caught  from  that  blaze  by  wrath  divine. 
Lost  branches  of  the  once-loved  vine, 

Now  withered,  spent,  and  sere, 
See  Israel's  sons,  like  glowing  brands. 
Tossed  wildly  o'er  a  thousand  lands 

For  twice  a  thousand  year. 

God  will  not  quench  nor  slay  them  quite. 
But  lifts  them  like  a  beacon  light 

The  apostate  church  to  scare; 
Or  like  pale  ghosts  that  darkling  roam, 
Hovering  around  their  ancient  home. 

But  find  no  refuge  there. 

Ye  blessed  angels !  if  of  you 

There  be,  who  love  the  ways  to  view 

Of  kings  and  kingdoms  here 
(And  sure  'tis  wortli  an  angel's  gaze 
To  see,  throughout  the  dreary  maze, 

God  teaching  love  and  fear) : 

Oh  say,  in  all  the  bleak  expanse. 
Is  there  a  spot  to  win  your  glance, 

So  bright,  so  dark  as  this? 
A  hopeless  faith,  a  homeless  race. 
Yet  seeking  the  most  holy  place. 

And.  owning  the  true  bliss  1 

John  Eeble. 

3207.  BUSH,  The  Burning. 
Exodus  iii  :  3-5. 
It  was  a  lonely  desert  spot,  and  near. 
Outlined  against  the  clear  blue  atmosphere, 
A  mountain  rose,  in  bold  and  towering  form ; 
In  sunshine  calm,  majestic  in  the  storm; 
And  Moses  hither  led  his  peaceful  flock ; 
Or  paused  for  rest,  by  tall  o'erhanging  rock ; 
Or  still  among  the  mountain  dells  pursued 
For  pasturage  his  way  of  solitude; 
When,  lo !  a  sudden  flame  burst  on  his  sight. 
An  awful  brightness  of  unearthly  light ; 
And  Moses  marvelled  at  its  flashing  hue. 
Still  wondering,  he  near  and  nearer  drew. 
Until  he  saw  a  bush,  with  wild  amaze, 
Still  uncousumed  within  the  fiery  blaze ; 


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And  then  he  heard  with  dread  a  voice  that 

came, 
And  broke  Ihe  silence  of  the  scene  of  fiame; 
Tlie  voice  was  iu  the  fire;  the  mighty  one, 
The  angel  spoke,  and  Moses  heard  alone : 
"Take    off   thy  shoes;    the    place   is   holy 

ground." 
And  Moses  hid  his  face  in  fear  profound. 
And  then  in  gentler  strain  the  voice  returned, 
Still  from  the  bush,  within  the  fire  unburned  ; 
And  God  with  3Ioses  spake,  and  gave  com- 
mand, 
With  promise  of  deliverance  by  His  hand, 
To  all  His  people,  still  in  bondage  sore, 
"When  He  should    open  wide  their  prison 
door.  Dwight  Williams. 

3208.  CAIN. 

Genesis  Iv  ;  8-15. 
He  fled !     Ah !  whither  bends  the  assassin's 

path 
"Whose  hand  is  crimsoned  with  a  brother's 

blood? 
He  fled,   wild-howling  from  the  avenging 

wrath. 
That  branded  the  fell  murderer  as  he  stood : 
On  his  dark  brow  the  Almighty  seal  is  set, 
That  all  who  see  may  fear,  and  fearing  shun; 
O  Cain  !  thy  punishment  is  deeper  yet 
To  think  on  that  thine  own  red  arm  hath 

done! 

To  live,  and  think  on  the  dead  Abel's  love, 
His  gentle  bearing,  and  his  causeless  wrong? 
Alas!  what  demon  could  thy  fury  move 
To  slay  the  bright,  the  innocent,  the  young — 
He  who  upon  the  same  fond  bosom  hung. 
Nurtured  by  one  fond  mother's  hand,  and 

taught 
To  lisp  twin    prayers  with  thee,  in  infant 

tongue? 
Oh!    canst  thou    pray  who  hast  this  ruin 

wrought? 

Thou  canst  not,  fratricide !  a  voice  pursues 
Thy  trembling  step;  a  cry  is  in  thine  ear 
That  freezes  breath ;  the  feeling  that  bedews 
Sorrow's  wan  cheek  yields  not  one  softening 

tear 
To  thy  despair:  the  tempest  is  within; 
The  quenchless  fire,  the  never-dying  worm ! 
O  wretched  man  of  horror  and  of  sin, 
Where  wilt  thou  hide  thee  from  life's  com- 
ing storm? 

Where  wilt  thou  hide  thee,  whom  no  smiling 

home 
Again  shall  cheer  and  woo  to  balmy  rest? 
'Tis  thine  a  wretched  fugitive  to  roam 
O'er  trackless  wastes  that  foot  hath  never 

prest ! 
'Tis  thine  to  till  the  earth,  for  thee  accurst ; 
To  win  thy  bread  in  sorrow  and  in  pain; 
To  rear  a  cruel  race ;  and  oh  !  yet  worse. 
To  ask  of  Heaven  the  death  thou  gavest — 

in  vain ! 


Thou  canst  not  pray,  nor  could  thy  prayers 

atone 
The  past,  or  give  that  peace  thou  ne'er  shalt 

know ; 
Oh  !  vain  to  still  thy  Abel's  dying  groan. 
Or  stanch  the  bubbling  life-streams  as  they 

flow^ 
The  shaft  is  sped — the  foul  unhallowed  deed 
That  glares,  that  flashes  on  thy  shrinking 

eye ! 
Again  thine  arm  is  raised,  thou  seest  him 

bleed — 
Smile  on  his  murderer;  look  to  heaven — 

and  die ! 

Hark !  'tis  thy  mother's  voice  !     She  comes 

to  seek 
Her  wandering  sons,  to  chide,  to  weep,  to 

bless. 
Hark  !  where  thy  father  Adam  tries  to  speak 
The  peace  he  feels  not ;  fearful  visions  press 
On  his  rapt  soul ;  and  thy  fair  sister  one. 
Whose  thrilling  accents  on  the  night  breeze 

flow 
In  liquid  music.     Oh !  if  aught  atone 
For  guilty  deed,  thy  heart  atoneth  now. 

They  reach  the  spot — breaks  forth  one  bitter 
cryr 

' '  My  son,  my  Abel !  wake  thee ;  let  my  breath 

Breathe  life  into  thy  lifeless  form  '  Oh,  why 

Still  dost  thou  sleep?  Great  God!  can  this 
be  death? 

It  is,  it  IS  !  yet  who  this  deed  hath  done? 

Who  could  thy  precious  blood  inhuman 
shed?" 

And  Adam  faintly  whispered,  "Cain,  our 
son." 

The  murderer  shuddering  heard,  and  shriek- 
ing fled. 

He  fled,  not  unpursued  !     Oh !  woman's  love 
Endures  through  all — want,  woe,  abasement, 

guilt. 
Her  fears  are  earthward,  but  her  hope  above. 
She  knelt  for  pardon  on  the  life-blood  spilt — 
Knelt  first  to  Heaven,  then  to  the  weeping 

pair 
That  sorrow  for  the  living  and  the  dead — 
Kissed  her  pale  sister-form  of  lone  despair, 
"  I  go  to  Cain,"  and  unrepining  fled. 

And  forth  they  went ;  for  oh !  he  dares  not 

meet 
A  father's  eye,  nor  brook  a  mother's  tears ; 
And  forth  they  went,  to  press  with  toilsome 

feet 
Unpractised  wastes,  through  long  and  lonely 

years ; 
Fruit   of    his    deadly    crime:    yet    pitying 

Heaven, 
That  e'en  in  chastening  still  delights  to  save, 
To  life's  dark  pilgrimage  through  time  hath 

given 
A  beacon-light,  a  hope  beyond  the  grave  ! 

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3209.  CAIN,  Brother  of. 

Genesis  iv :  9. 
Here  it  found  me:  "  Where  is  thy  brother?" 

Out  of  the  very  heavens  it  fell, 
Sharp  as  a  peal  of  rattling  thunder; 

Then  the  echo  leapt  up  from  hell. 

He — Jehovah — "Where  is  thy  brother?" 
I  knew,  He  knew ;  the  devil  laughed, 

He  that  gave  me  the  staff  to  fell  him. 
So  the  archer  reviled  the  shaft ! 

O  my  brother,  my  brother,  my  brother  ! 

Thy  blood  panted  and  throbbed  in  me; 
We  were  children  of  one  mother, 

Little  children  upon  her  knee. 

0  my  brother,  my  brother,  my  brother ! 
Sad-eyed,  tender,  good,  and  true; 

Never  more  on  hill  or  valley. 

Never  tracked  through  morning  dew. 

1  held  up  the  staff  before  me, 

Down  it  crashed  on  the  gentle  head; 
One  live  look  of  wondering  sorrow, 
One  sharp  quiver — that  was  dead. 

Thou  !  Thou  gavest  me  a  brother — 

Gave  me  a  life  to  cast  away. 
Hast  Thou  in  heaven  such  another? 

Hast  Thou  in  heaven  a  sword  to  slay? 

Hasten  Thou :  "Where  is  thy  brother?" 
Voice  my  curst  lijis  dare  not  name, 

Hasten  !  write  with  thy  fiery  finger 
On  my  forehead  the  murderer's  shame. 

I  am  doomed — alone  forever. 

Ye*,  so  long  as  the  slow  years  part. 
Thou  shalt  brand  new  Cains  with  curses. 

Not  on  the  forehead,  but  in  the  heart ! 
Hose  Terry  Cooke. 

32  lO.  CAIN,  Cnrse  of. 

Said  Enoch :  "  On  this  spot  began 
The  fatal  curse:  man  perished  here  by  man; 
The  earliest  death  a  son  of  Adam  died 
Was  murder,  and  that  murder  fratricide  ! 
Here  Abel  fell  a  corse  along  this  shore; 
Here  Cain's  recoiling  footsteps  reeked  with 

gore; 
Horror    upraised    his    locks,  unloosed    his 

knees; 
He  heard  a  voice ;  he  hid  among  the  trees. 
'Where  is  thy  brother?'     From  the  whu-1- 

wind  came 
The  voice  of  God  amidst  enfolding  flame : 
'Am  I  my  brother's   keeper?'    hoarse  and 

low, 
Cain  muttered  from  the  copse, '  that  I  should 

know.' 
Lo !  from  the  dust  the  blood  of  Abel  cries: 
'  Curst  from  the  earth  that  drank  his  blood, 

with  toil 
Thine  hand  shall  plough  in  vain  her  barren 

soil; 


An  exile  and  a  wanderer  thou  shalt  be ; 
A  brother's  eye  shall  never  look  on  thee.' 

"The  shuddering  culprit  answered  in  de- 
spair : 
'  Greater    the    punishment  than   flesh   can 

bear. ' 
'  Yet  thou  shalt  bear  it ;  on  thy  brow  revealed 
Thus  be  thy  sentence   and   thy  safeguard 

sealed  ! ' 
Silently,  swiftly  as  the  lightning  blast, 
A  hand  of  fire  athwart  his  temples  passed; 
He  ran,  as  in  the  terror  of  a  dream, 
To    quench    his    burning    anguish    in   the 

stream ; 
But,  bending  o'er  the   brink,  the  swelling 

wave 
Back  to  the  eye  his  branded  visage  gave. 
As  soon  on  murdered  Abel  durst  he  look. 
Yet  power  to  fly  his  palsied  limbs  forsook ; 
There,  turned  to  stone  for  his  presumptuous 

crime, 
A  monument  of  wrath  to  latest  time. 
Might  Cain  have  stood;  but  Mercy  raised 

his  head 
In  prayer  for  help ;  his  strength  returned — 

he  fled. 
That  mound  of  myrtles  o'er  their  favorite 

child 
Eve  planted,  and  the  hand  of  Adam  piled; 
Yon  mossy  stone,  above  his  ashes  raised, 
His  altar  once  with  Abel's  offering  blazed, 
When  God,  well  pleased,  beheld  the  flame 

arise. 
And  smiled  acceptance  on  the  sacrifice." 
James  Montgomery. 

3211.  CALVARY. 

Luke  xxiii  :  33. 

Mount  of  horrors  !  Calvary  ! 
Where,  on  the  accursed  tree, 
Christ  His  life  a  ransom  gave, 
Man's  rebellious  race  to  save. 
Mount  of  horrors  !  thee  I  sing, 
Wafted  on  contrition's  wing 
To  thy  summit,  thence  to  view 
What  our  guilt  had  rendered  due. 

Yonder  rugged,  flinty  way, 
First,  my  mournful  soul,  survey. 
Lo !  where  the  delirious  throng 
Urge  the  Man  of  woes  along. 
Overburdened,  bruised,  and  faint, 
Who  the  cruel  scene  may  paint ! 
See  him  sink,  as  up  the  steep 
He  strains  !   Weep,  Salem's  daughters,  weep ! 
Not  alone  for  Him  you  see 
On  His  road  to  Calvary, 
Weep,  but  for  yourselves ;  for  you 
And  your  babes  the  deed  shall  rue  ! 

Onward  still,  Thou  Man  Divine, 
Lies  that  thorny  track  of  Thine ; 
More  indignity  and  pain. 
Ere  the  destined  spot  Thou  gain, 


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Doomed  to  suffer.     Why  that  pause? 

How  the  scene  my  spirit  awes ! 

Is  the  final  crime  begun? 

Is  that  bruised,  that  mangled  one 

To  the  cross  supinely  bound? 

See,  His  hands  and  feet  they  wound ! 

Was  it  thus  Messiah  died? 

Hide  the  spectacle,  oh  !  hide. 

Ah !  'tis  done  !     Upon  the  rood, 
Crimsoned  with  His  sacred  blood, 
There  he  hangs  the  thieves  between. 
He  of  meek,  majestic  mien. 
He,  His  Father's  image  pure, 
Sin's  demerit  to  endure  ! 

And  is  no  kind  soother  near? 
None  to  succor,  none  to  cheer? 
Where  is  he  who  vowed  to  shed 
His  life's  blood  for  Him?  he  has  fled. 
Where  is  he  who  on  His  breast, 
Much-favored  youth,  was  wont  to  rest? 
Gone,  e'en  that  beloved  one — gone ! 
He  treads  the  wine-press  all  alone, 
With  no  refuge  but  the  grave, 
Of  all  deserted,  all  to  save  ! 
By  God  above,  and  men  below, 
By  earth  and  heaven  forsaken  now. 
See  Him  languish  !  hear  Hirn  groan  ! 
Mortals,  have  ye  hearts  of  stone? 
Is  not  hatred  yet  appeased? 
Has  not  yet  your  malice  ceased? 
Still  the  Jew's  blaspheming  leer; 
Still  the  Roman's  callous  jeer; 
Still  those  dying  sons  of  crime 
Railing  out  their  fleeting  time  ! 
All  conspire  the  dregs  to  pour 
Of  wrath's  full  cup  on  that  dread  hour. 

Hark !  with  the  voice  of  God  He  cries, 
*"Tis  finished  !"  Scorn  turns  pale — He  dies  ! 
For  so  Redeeming  Mercy  willed. 
All  is  now  at  length  fulfilled ; 
Christ  has  bowed  His  sacred  head. 
And  seeks  the  regions  of  the  dead. 
As  I  contemplate  the  sight. 
Shrinks  my  spirit  with  affright ; 
Trembles  all  the  man  within. 
Conscious  of  that  blackest  sin  ! 
Well  might  heaven  its  light  withdraw! 
Well  might  earth  recoil  with  awe ! 
Well  the  temple's  veil  might  rend  ! 
Well  the  wondering  dead  ascend, 
Startled  by  the  daring  deed 
Which  doomed  the  Lord  of  life  to  bleed  ! 

Whom  on  Calvary  thus  I  view, 
Oh  'twas  I,  'twas  I  that  slew  ! 
I  transpierced  him,  mocked  him,  spurned; 
I  such  love  with  hate  returned  ! 
Spirit,  that  canst  bid  them  flow, 
Touch  the  springs  of  holy  woe; 
Let  mine  eyes  as  fountains  be. 
Pouring  tears  incessantly. 
Like  a  deluge,  down  my  cheek; 
Break  this  flinty  heart,  oh !  break. 


Mount  of  wonders  !  Calvary  ! 
When  I  fix  my  gaze  on  thee, 
Adoration  sways  my  soul ; 
Mysteries  round  thy  summit  roll. 
Angel's  ken  can  never  pierce. 
Nor  archangel's  power  disperse. 

Who,  with  garments  dyed  in  blood, 
Victor  in  that  conflict  stood. 
Which  the  power  of  Satan  broke, 
And  released  us  from  his  yoke? 
Who  was  thus  for  sinners  slain? 
Who  this  ignominious  pain 
Freely,  gladly  underwent? 
God,  the  Lord  Omnipotent: 
He  who  glory's  middle  throne 
Fills — the  unbegotten  Son ; 
In  the  plenitude  of  bliss, 
Forming,  ruling  all  that  is. 
He  the  guiltless,  He  the  God, 
Thus  endured  His  Father's  rod ; 
Whom  we  chiefly  might  expect 
To  renounce  us,  and  reject ; 
Whose  just  vengeance  might  have  rushed 
Forth  on  our  guilty  heads,  and  crushed. 
We  against  Him  had  rebelled. 
We  His  goodness  had  repelled; 
We  His  word  had  disbelieved. 
And  His  Holy  Spirit  grieved: 
Yet  for  us  His  throne  He  left, 
Of  His  royalties  bereft. 
And  in  fashion  as  a  man. 
Perfected  redemption's  plan. 
Humbled  by  His  creatures  so, 
Burdened  with  such  matchless  woe! 

Oh  the  patience !  Oh  the  love  ! 
All  our  loftiest  thoughts  above. 
Which  could  thus  with  sinners  bear ! 
Which  could  hold  them  still  so  dear ! 
Which  could  such  a  ransom  give. 
That  our  ruined  race  might  live ! 
Mount  of  wonders !  'tis  on  thee 
Mercy  can  with  Truth  agree ; 
Righteousness  and  Peace  can  kiss; 
Man  recover  strength  and  bliss. 
Angels  view  thee  with  amaze, 
Wondering  more  the  more  they  gaze ; 
Deeper,  wishing,  still  to  pry 
Into  that  boundless  mystery. 
I  with  angels  would  adore. 
And  with  them  still  more  and  more 
Into  things  desire  to  look 
Thou  recordest  in  thy  book, — 
Fount  of  grace,  which  thou  hast  given, 
To  reveal  the  will  of  Heaven ! 
On  me  pour  increasing  light. 
That  the  length,  the  breadth,  the  height. 
And  the  depth,  my  soul  may  know — 
All  Thy  saints  can  reach  below — 
Of  that  vast,  stupendous  love. 
Human  knowledge  far  above! 

Mount  of  triumph  !  Calvary  ! 
What  effulgence  beams  from  thee  ! 
How  my  night  is  turned  to  day. 
How  my  fears  are  chased  away, 


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How  my  fainting  heart  grows  bold 
When  thy  glories  I  behold  ! 

Yes,  redemption  is  complete  ! 
Trampled  'neath  Messiah's  feet 
Sin  and  deatii  forever  lie; 
lie  luiih  won  the  victory. 
And  tlie  captor's  captive  led — 
lie  liatli  bruised  the  serpent's  head. 
Hope,  welcome  visitant,  appears, 
I'oints  to  Thee,  and  dries  my  tears; 
Faith  her  station  at  m\^  side 
Takes,  from  my  prison-house  to  guide; 
And  Charity,  supremely  fair, 
Enters  my  breast,  and  nestles  there; 
Moulding  to  Thy  image,  Lord, 
The  heart  with  holiness  abhorred, 
And  creating  all  anew, 
When  thy  wondrous  grace  I  view. 

Mount  of  triumph  !  what  shall  now 
My  tirm  expectance  overthrow? 
Is  it  life,  or  is  it  death, 
Aught  around,  above,  beneath? 
Who  shall  my  accuser  be. 
Lord,  if  I  am  found  in  Thee? 
Who  condemneth?  Thou  hast  died, 
Through  Thy  Godhead  crucified; 
As  the  warrior  backward  steps, 
Who  on  his  foe  resistless  leaps; 
That  Thou  from  the  ravening  grave 
Mightst  be  omnipotent  to  save. 
And  from  that  roaring  lion's  power 
Who  ever  seeketh  to  devov;r. 
What  shall  harm  me,  while  I  lean 
On  the  cross  in  spirit  seen? 
Nought !     Thy  strength  can  never  fail. 
Never  shall  my  foes  prevail: 
Though  in  tenfold  might  they  rise, 
My  soul  their  utmost  rage  defies. 
When  to  Calvary  I  turn, 
There  I  my  privilege  discern, 
And  in  thy  redemption  strong, 
March  triumphantly  along: 
March  rejoicing,  for  I  feel 
Thy  kind  hand  my  bruises  heal, 
And  a  taste  at  times  bestow 
Of  heaven's  enjoyments  here  below. 
Upward  looking,  I  behold 
Paradise  its  gates  unfold; 
Where  a  mansion  waits  for  me. 
Where  of  life's  unfading  tree 
I  the  blessed  fruit  shall  share, 
And  to  those  living  founts  repair. 
Which,  gushing  forth  at  God's  right  hand, 
Flow  copious  through  Immanuel's  land. 
Till  the  hour  when  over  death 
Exulting  with  my  latest  breath, 
Prompt  me  with  this  mortal  tongue 
To  thy  praise  to  pour  my  song, 
Captain  of  my  saivation  !  Thou 
From  whom  each  perfect  gift  must  flow. 
Thou  who  all  this  bliss  for  me 
Purchasedst  on  Cavalry ! 

T.  Greenwood. 


3212.  CALVAEY,  Scenes  of. 

Sing,  trembling  Muse,  how  on  the   awful 

brow 
Of  Calvary,  veiled  in  unearthly  shadows 
As  on  a  dai'kened  theatre,  was  wrought 
The  tragedy  that  moved  the  universe. 
And  moulded  all  its  destinies  anew! 

The  mist  of  years  hath  melted.  Where  am  I? 
Without  thy  walls,  templed  Jerusalem ! 
Amid  the  tlirong  of  thy  tumultuous  people. 
Upon  the  hill  of  death.     Three  crosses  rise 
From  yonder  rocky  bed.    Three  forms  of  men. 
Are  quivering  on  them!   Are  they  all  alike — 
Felons  upon  whose  dark,  atrocious  deeds, 
Stern  justice  hath  affixed  her  burning  brand? 
Speak,  ye  invisible  spirits!  who  attend 
On  injured  innocence;  is  there  not  One, 
Pronounced    unblamed    by   Rome's    proud 

procurator. 
Even  in  the  solemn,  public  judgment-hall? 
Ah!  ye  are  silent.     Some  dread  mystery 
Hangs  o'er  this  scene,  ye  cannot  pierce  as  yet ! 
Spirit  of  prophecy!  unveil  thy  light. 
And  to  my  trembling  heart  the  truth  dis- 
close. 

The  veil  of  heaven  is  rent ;  and  through  the 

gloom 
I  see,  I  see,  upon  that  midmost  cross, 
In  fashion  as  a  man,  and  humbled  low 
(Oh,  awful  "mystery  of  godliness!" 
Awful,    and   yet   engaging;    dear,    though 

dread), 
My  Lord  !  my  God !  God  manifest  in  flesh ! 
And  "numbered  with  transgressors!"    It  ia 

He! 
Bear  witness,  blessed  spirits !  ye  who  bowed 
Around  His  throne  on  high:  bear  witness 

now 
To  His  eternal  glory.     On  that  throne    [left 
Man's  misery  touched  His  heart :  for  man  He 
That  glory ;  threw  aside  the  form  of  God, 
Assumed  a  servant's  state,  and  to  the  world 
Came,  gentle  as  a  man  to  sympathize, 
Yet  able  as  the  Omnipotent  to  save! 
The  world  beheld  Him,  but  it  knew  Him  not : 
Blind  to  the  beauty  of  His  holiness,  [all 

It  turned  from  Him  in  scorn.     In  vain  were 
His  miracles  of  mercy,  and  His  words 
Fraught  with  celestial  wisdom.  One  betrayed 
And  others  crucified  Him!     Tell  it  not 
In  hell,  lest  demons  triumph ;  nor  in  heaven, 
Lest  angels  tremble. 

He  had  come  to  die ! 
He  saw  the  storm  of  ruin  that  o'erhung 
Man's  whole  horizon.    Was  there  none  could 

save? 
He  threw  Himself  upon  the  lifted  cross, 
'Twixt  earth  and  heaven.     The  bolt  of  ven- 
geance fell. 
That  would   have  shivered    and  consumed 

the  world,  * 

But  fell  on  Him.     He,  self-devoted,  caught 
The  wrath  in  His  own  bosom,  and  quenched 

it  there ! 


CJ^i^'VJ^Tr^ 


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Stupendous  sacrifice !     I  see  Thee  now, 
Incarnate  Love !     I  see  Thee  on  that  tree 
Of  agony  and  execration  hung; 
Girt  round  witli  scornful  men.     Qh!  they 

have  wreathed 
Thy  throbbing   temples  with   the   pointed 

thorn, 
In  bitter  mockery  of  Thy  regal  claims; 
lUuttrious  victim!  Prince  of  life!  I  see 
The  ci  imson  current  draining  drop  by  drop. 
Through  every  wound  with  anguish ;  yet  tiie 

look 
Of  bland  and  suffering  meekness  changes  not ! 
Mcthinks  that  silent  meekness  doth  upbraid 
Thy  murderers,  methinks  expostulates 
With  me.     Hark!  Didst   Thou   speak,  my 

dying  Lord? 

"  O  man  of  many  sins!  behold  the  price 
Of  thy  redemption.    Look,  and  sin  no  more !" 
I  hear  Thee,  lover  of  my  soul !     I  hear, 
And  my  whole  heart  is  moved.  Oh  let  me  die 
To  sin  with  Thee !     I  would  not  leave  Thy 

view. 
I  feel  a  sweet  and  secret  sympathy 
Grow  a ;  I  gaze  upon  Thee.     I  would  share. 
My  suiiering  Saviour  !  every  pang  of  Thine, 
Each  throb,  each  pulse,  each  thought! 

So  shall  I  know 
The  bitterness  of  sin:  so  shall  I  feel 
What  dread  desert  of  death  was  mine,  what 

love 
Unbounded  Thine !  my  Life !  my  Hope !  my 

Joy! 
My  Triumph,  and  my  Song ! 

But  'tis  the  hour 
Of  Thy  soul's  travail.     Mysterious  hour! 
How  like  a  mountain  doth  our  guilt  oppress 
That  wrung,   and  crushed,   and   quivering 

heart !     I  see 
The  fainting  head  sink  on  that  throbbing 

brenst, 
The  languid  eye  pour  its  last  look  of  love, 
Then  darken  into  death. 

There  was  a  sound 
Of  agony,  and  prayer,  and  triumjih  came 
From  those  expiring  lips !     My  heart  shall 

drink 
The  spirit  of  His  words,  and  life  forever ! 
"'Tis  finished!"     Heaven  hath  caught  the 

rising  cry. 
And  echoed  back  to  earth.    But  who  can  tell 
The  fulness  of  its  meaning?     Yet  a  while. 
And  He  who  uttered  will  Himself  explain, 
And  pour  the  brightness  of  eternity 
Where  rested  time's  dark  shadow ! 

Calvary ! 
Thy  name  to  me  is  balm.  My  thoughts  repose 
On  thee  the  livelong  day ;  and  when  at  night 
Deep  sleep  descends  on  men,  my  thoughts 

awake. 
And  muse  upon  thy  wonders.     Round  the 

cross 
Twine  my  eternal  hopes,  and  flourish  there! 

John  Newton. 


3213.  CALVAET,  Shrine  of. 
Luke  xxiv  :  46. 

Oh  close  the  book,  and  seal  the  seal, 
And  let  the  veil  drop  over  all;  • 

Would  that  oblivion  could  conceal 
What  memory  shudders  to  recall! 

'Twas  here,  on  this  accursed  hill, 

"Without  the  gate,"  the  deed  was  done, 

Which  made  the  vexed  earth's  heart  to  thrill, 
And  darkened  the  indignant  sun. 

Here  rose  the  taunts  of  cruel  scorn, 
Here  hung  the  felons  by  His  side ; 

Less  vile  than  they  who  wove  the  thorn 
And  reared  the  cross  on  which  He  died. 

Well  might  the  night  o'erspread  the  day, 
As  darkness  ruled  ere  time  began. 

When  He,  wliom  lieavenly  hosts  obey, 
"Was  made  a  curse"  for  sinful  man. 

"Was  made  a  curse;"  but  never  yet 
Did  curse  such  fruit  of  blessing  bear; 

For  all  our  sin,  and  doom,  and  debt. 
By  costliest  price  were  cancelled  there. 

Hence  more  than  other.  Calvary  slopes 
Invite  the  pilgrim  feet  to  stray.. 

As  some  fair  shrine,  where  buried  hopes 
Love  has  embalmed  to  cheat  decay. 

The  full  heart  here,  all  shrines  above, 

Its  wealthier  adoration  pours; 
In  sight  of  that  all-sufiering  love. 

The  eyes  may  weep,  the  faith  adores. 

'Tis  not  the  life,  divinely  pure, 
And  even  more,  divinely  kind: 

'Tis  not  the  power  all  ills  to  cure. 

Nor  flash  earth's  beauty  on  the  blind : 

'Tis  not  that  loaves  to  banquets  grew 
Whene'er  He  willed  the  thousands  fed; 

Nor,  at  His  word,  that  life  anew 

Quickened  the  swathed  or  buried  dead: 

'Tis  not  His  teaching,  though  He  spake 
The  wisest  words  to  human  thought ; 

Words,  which  the  proud  ones  oft  mistake, 
But  sweetly  to  the  child-heart  taught : 

Life,  healing,  teaching !  in  all  these 
Some  purpose  and  some  lesson  lie ; 

But  faith  the  deeper  mystery  sees, 

"That  it  behoved"  the  "Christ  to  die." 

To  die,  not  in  oblation  vain. 

The  seal  to  all  His  words  to  give; 

Not  in  the  martyr's  scorn  of  pain ; 
To  die  that  ali  the  world  might  livel 

Oh  for  the  heait  this  truth  to  learn, 
Erewhile  too  darkly  understood! 

We  for  the  lining  Saviour  yearn; 
Our  trust  id  in  the  sprinkled  blood. 


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C^Ij"V^RY. 


C^LVA.RY. 


And  while  by  faith  we  humbly  cling 

To  Christ  the  crucified  alone, 
Each  to  His  cross  our  sins  would  bring, 

Eager  to  crucify  our  own. 

W.  Morley  Punshon. 

3214.  OALVAET,  The  Highway  to. 

John  xviii :  33. 
Repair  to  Pilat's  hall, 

Which  place,  when  thou  hast  found, 
Then  shall  thou  see  a  pillar  stand, 

To  which  thy  Lord  was  bound. 

'Tis  easie  to  be  known 

To  anie  Christian  eye ; 
The  bloudie  whips  doe  point  it  out 

From  all  that  stand  thereby. 

By  it  there  lies  a  robe 

Of  purple,  and  a  reed 
Which  Pilat's  servants  used  t'  abuse 

In  sinne's  deriding  deed ; 

When  they  pronounced  ' '  All  hail ! 

God  save  thee !"  with  a  breath, 
And  by  the  same  cride  ])resently, 

"Let  Christ  be  done  to  death." 

His  person  had  in  scorne. 

His  doctrine  made  a  iest, 
Their  mockeries  were  a  martirdome; 

No  wrongs  but  Him  opprest. 

What  courage  less  than  His 

Would  have  endured  like  shame. 

But  would  with  griefs  of  such  contempt 
Have  dide  t'  indure  the  same ! 

A  little  from  that  place, 

Upon  the  left  hand  side, 
There  is  a  curious  port  lie  dore 

Right  beautifuU  and  wide. 

Leave  that  in  anie  wise. 

Forbid  thy  foot  goe  thether; 

For  out  thereat  did  Judas  goe — 
Despaire  and  he  together. 

But  to  the  right  hand  turn, 

Where  is  a  narrow  gate ; 
Forth  which  St.  Peter  went  to  weepe 

His  poor  distrest  estate. 

Doe  immitate  the  like, 

Goe  out  at  sorrov/e's  dore ; 
Weepe  bitterly  as  he  did  weepe, 

That  wept  to  smne  no  more. 

Keep  wide  of  Cayphus'  house. 

Though  courtous  thoughts  infence  r 

There  bribery  haunts,  despare  was  hatcht  • 
False  Judas  came  from  thence. 

But  go  on  forward  still, 

Where  Pilat's  pallace  stands; 

There,  where  he  first  did  false  condemne. 
There  washed  his  guiltie  hands, 


Confessed  he  found  no  cause, 

And  yet  condemned  to  die, 
Fearing  an  earthly  Ceaser  more 

Thaa  God  that  rules  on  hie. 

By  this  direction  then 

The  way  is  vuderstood ; 
No  porch,  no  dore,  nor  hal  to  passe, 

Vnsprinkled  with  Christ's  blood. 

So  shall  no  errour  put 

Misguiding  steppes  betweene; 

For  every  drop  sweet  Jesus  shed 
Is  freshly  to  be  scene. 

A  crowne  of  piercing  thornes 

There  lies  imbrued  in  gore; 
The  garland  that  thy  Sauiour's  head 

For  thy  offences  wore. 

Which,  when  thou  shalt  behold, 
Thinke  what  His  loue  hath  binne. 

Whose  head  was  loaden  with  those  briars 
'T  vnlade  thee  of  thy  sinne. 

Whose  sacred  flesh  was  tome. 
Whose  holie  skinne  was  rent; 

Whose  tortures  and  extreamest  paines 
Thy  pains  in  hell  preuent. 

As  God  from  Babilon 

Did  turne,  when  they,  past  cure, 
Refused  help  whome  He  would  heale, 

Denying  health  t'  indure : 

So  from  Hierusalem 

The  soule's  Phisition  goes, 
When  they  forsook  His  sauing  health 

And  vowed  themselves  His  foes. 

Goe  with  Him,  happy  soule, 

From  that  forsaken  towne, 
Vpon  whose  wals  lies  not  a  stone 

But  ruin  must  throw  downe. 

Follow  His  feet  that  goes 

For  to  redeeme  thy  losse. 
And  carries  alle  our  smnes  with  Him 

To  cansel  on  His  crosse. 

Behold  what  multitudes 

Doe  guard  thy  God  about. 
Who,  bleeding,  beares  His  dying  tree 

Amidst  the  Jewish  rout ! 

Look  on  with  liquid  eies. 

And  sigh  from  sorrowing  mind, 

To  see  the  death's-man  goe  before, 
The  murdering  troopes  behind. 

Centurion  hard  at  hand, 

The  thieues  upon  the  side, 
The  exclamations,  shouts,  and  cries, 

The  shame  He  dotn  abide. 


C^I.Vj^RY. 


CA.I.VA.R,Y. 


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Then  presse  amongst  the  throng, 
Thyselfe  with  sorrowes  weed; 

Get  very  neare  to  Christ,  and  see 
What  toares  the  women  shed    ' 

Teares  that  did  t arne  Him  backe 

They  were  of  such  a  force — 
Teares  that  did  purchase  daughters'  names 

Of  Father's  kind  remorse. 

To  whom  He  said :   "Weepenot; 

For  me  drop  not  a  teare ; 
Bewaile  your  offspring  and  yourselues 

Griefe's  cause  vnseen  is  neare." 

Follow  their  steppes  in  teares, 
And  with  these  women  mourn; 

But  not  for  Christ ;  weepe  for  thyselfe, 
And  Christ  will  grace  returne. 

To  Pilat's  bold  demands 

He  yeelded  no  replie ; 
Although  the  iudge  importuned  much, 

Yet  silence  did  denie. 

Vnto  his  manie  words 

No  answer  Christ  would  make; 

Tet  to  those  women  did  He  speake 

For  teares'  and  weepings'  sake. 

Thinke  on  their  force  by  tears — 

Teares  that  obtained  love ; 
Where  words  too  weak  could  not  persuade. 

How  teares  had  power  to  moue. 

Then  looke  towards  Jesus'  load, 

More  than  He  could  indure ; 
And  how  for  hslpe  to  beare  the  same, 

A  hireling  they  procure. 

Joine  thou  vnto  the  crosse; 

Beare  it  of  loue's  desire; 
Doe  not  as  Cyrenaeus  did, 

That  took  it  vp  for  hire. 

It  is  a  gratefull  deede, 

If  willing  vnderta'ne ; 
But  if  compulsion  set  aworke, 

The  labour's  done  in  vaine. 

The  voluntarie  death 

That  Christ  did  die  for  thee. 
Gives  life  to  none  but  such  as  ioy 

Crosse-bearing  friends  to  be. 

Vp  to  Mount  Caluarie, 

If  thou  desire  to  goe. 
Then  take  tliy  crosse  and  followe  Christ, 

Thou  canst  not  miss  it  so. 

When  there  thou  art  arriued, 

His  glorious  wounds  to  see, 
Say  but  as  faithful  as  the  thiefe : 

"O  Lord,  remember  me!" 


Assure  thyselfe  to  haue 

A  gift  all  gifts  excelling; 
Once  sold  by  sinne,  once  bought  by  Christ, 

For  saints'  eternall  dwelling. 

By  Adam,  Paradise 

Was  sinne's  polluted  shade; 
By  Christ,  the  dunghill  Golgotha, 

A  paradise  was  made. 

Samuel  Rowlands. 

3215.  CALVAET,  The  Star  of. 

It  is  the  same  infrequent  star, 

The  all-mysterious  light. 
That  like  a  watcher,  gazing  on 

The  changes  of  the  night, 
Toward  the  hill  of  Bethlem  took 

Its  solitary  flight. 

It  is  the  same  infrequent  star, 

Its  sameness  startleth  nif^; 
Although  the  disk  is  red  a   blood 

And  downward,  silently, 
It  looketh  on  another  hill, 

The  hill  of  Calvary ! 

Nor  noon,  nor  night;  for  to  the  west 

The  heavy  sun  doth  glow; 
And  like  a  ship,  the  lazy  mist 

Is  sailing  on  below; 
Between  the  broad  sun  and  the  earth 

It  tacketh  to  and  fro. 

There  is  no  living  wind  astir; 

The  bat's  unholy  wing 
Threads  through  the  noiseless  olive-trees. 

Like  some  unquiet  thing 
Which  playeth  in  the  darkness  when 

The  leaves  are  whispering. 

Mount  Calvary !  Mount  Calvary, 

All  sorrowfully  still. 
That  mournful  tread,  it  rends  the  heart 

With  an  unwelcome  thrill ; 
The  mournful  tread  of  them  that  crowd 

Thy  melancholy  hill ! 

There  is  a  cross,  not  one  alone, 

'Tis  even  three  I  count. 
Like  columns  on  the  mossy  marge 

Of  some  old  Grecian  fount; 
So  pale  they  stand,  so  drearily, 

On  that  mysterious  Mount. 

Behold,  O  Israel!  behold. 

It  is  no  human  One 
That  ye  have  dared  to  crucify. 

What  evil  hath  He  done? 
It  is  your  King,  O  Israel? 

The  God-begotten  Son  I 

A  wreath  of  thorns,  a  wreath  of  thorns! 

Why  have  ye  crowned  Him  so? 
That  brow  is  bathed  in  agony, 

'Tis  veiled  in  every  woe ; 
Ye  saw  not  the  immortal  trace 

Of  Deity  below. 


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CAJSTA.. 


CAL.NA.AJI<r. 


It  is  the  foremost  of  the  Three ; 

Resignedly  they  fall, 
Those  death-like,  drooping  features, 

Unbending,  blighted  all: 
The  Man  of  Sorrows,  how  He  bears 

The  agonizing  thrall ! 

'Tis  fixed  on  thee,  O  Israel! 

His  gaze!  liow  strange  to  brook; 
But  that  there's  mercy  blended  deep 

In  each  reproachful  look, 
'Twould  search  thee,  till  the  very  heart 

Its  withered  home  forsook. 

To  God !  to  God  !  how  eloquent 

The  cry,  as  if  it  grew 
By  those  cold  lips  unuttered,  yet 

All  heartfelt  rising  through, 
"Father  in  heaven!  forgive  them,  for 

They  know  not  what  they  do !" 

Nathaniel  Hawthorne. 

32 IG.  CANA,  Christ  in. 

John  ii  :  1-11. 

Dear  Friend,  whose  presence  in  the  house. 
Whose  gracious  word  benign 

Could  once,  at  Cana's  wedding  feast. 
Change  water  into  wine. 

Come,  visit  us !  and  when  dull  work 

Grows  weary,  line  on  line, 
Revive  our  souls  and  let  us  see 

Life's  water  turned  to  wine. 

Gay  mirth  shall  deepen  into  joy, 
Earth's  hopes  grow  half  divine, 

When  Jesus  visits  us  to  make 
Life's  water  glow  as  wine. 

The  social  talk,  the  evening  fire. 
The  homely  household  shrine. 

Grow  bright  with  angel  visits  when 
The  Lord  pours  out  the  wine. 

For  when  self-seeking  turns  to  love, 
Not  knowing  mine  nor  thine. 

The  miracle  again  is  wrought, 
And  water  turned  to  wine. 

J.  F.  Clarke. 

3217.  CM  A,  The  Marriage  at. 
John  ii  •  1. 

They  stand  amid  their  earnest  friends,  joy- 
ful yet  awed  and  still, 

As  priestly  liands  the  rite  of  old  by  God  or- 
dained fulfil; 

The  few  and  simple  words  they  breathe, 
though  scarce  they  meet  the  ear. 

Pledge  heart  to  heart,  and  life  to  life 
through  many  a  coming  year. 


Henceforth  together  do  they  pass,  in  joy  and 

sorrow  one, 
jSTor  that  mysterious  union   ends,    till    life 

itself  be  done. 

And  now  with  blushes  and  with  smiles,  the 

young  bride  meets  her  friends; 
With  voice  of  trembling  earnestness,  a  father 

o'er  her  bends, 
A  sister's  tear  is  on  her  cheek,  a  mother's 

heart  o'erflows. 
As  hope  and  fear  their  visions  to  her  anxious 

eyes  disclose. 

That  trusting  one,   whose   deepest  love  is 

yielded  to  his  claim, 
Who  now  by  smiling  friends  addressed,  first 

hears  her  matron  name ! 
To  her  he  vows  himself  anew,  before  that 

secret  shrine 
Where  conscience  to  the  heart  reveals  the 

majesty  divine. 

Blest  Saviour !  though  no  bridal  wreath  en- 
twine Thy  awful  brow. 

Not  void  of  sympathy  for  aught  of  blame- 
less joy  wast  Thou. 

And  walking  in  Thy  gospel's  light,  Thy  true 
disciples  prove 

The  purity  of  wedded  bliss,  the  holiness  of 
love.  8.  G.  BuJfinch. 

3218.  CANAAN,  From  Egypt  to. 

My  God,  while  journeying  to  Canaan's  land, 

For  peace  I  do  not  pray; 
Nor  seek  beneath  Thy  sheltering  sweetness, 

To  rest  each  circling  day ;  [Lord, 

I  cry  to  Thee  for  strength  to  struggle  on, 

But  do  not  ask  that  smoot  li  the  way  may  be ; 
Sufficient  for  Thy  servant  'tis  to  know  [Thee. 

That  earth's  bleak  desert  ends  at  last  with 

I  do  not  ask  of  Thee  that  loving  friends 

Should  wander  by  my  side, 
Or  that  my  hand  should  feel  an  angel's  touch, 

A  guardian  and  a  guide; 
But  Israel's  God,  do  Tiiou  go  on  before. 

An  ever-present  beacon  in  the  way : 
A  fiery  pillar  in  dark  sorrow's  night, 

A  cloudy  column  in  my  prosperous  day. 

I  do  not  ask,  O  Master  dear!  to  lean 

My  head  upon  Thy  breast; 
Nor  seek  within  Thy  circling  arms  to  find 

An  ever-present  rest; 
I  beg  from  Thee  that  crown  of  prickly  thorns 

That  once  Thy  sacred  forehead  rudely  tore : 
And  I  will  press  those  crimson  brambles  close 

To  my  poor  heart  and  ask*  from  Thee  no 
more. 


As  meet  their  hands  with  tender  grasp,  each    But  when,  at  length,  my  scorched  and  weary 


heart  renounces  there 
Whatever  thought  of  earthly  bliss  the  other 
may  not  share. 


Shall  reach  their  journey's  end,  [feet 

And  I  have  gained  the  longed-for  promised 
Where  milk  and  honey  blend,  [land, 


CJ^isrj^A.isr. 


c^l^T^A]s^ITE. 


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Then  give  me  rest  and  food  and  drink,  dear 
Lord; 

For  then  another  pilgrim  will  have  passed, 
As  Thou  didst,  o'er  tlie  wastes  of  barren  sand 

From  Egypt  into  Canaan,  safe  at  last. 

3219.  CANAAN,  The  Heavenly. 

On  Jordan's  stormy  banks  I  stand, 

And  cast  a  wishful  eye 
To  Canaan's  fair  and  happy  land, 

Where  my  possessions  lie. 

Oh,  the  transporting,  rapturous  scene. 

That  rises  to  my  sight ! 
Sweet  fields  arrayed  in  living  green 

And  rivers  of  delight ! 

All  o'er  those  wide  extended  plains 

Shines  one  eternal  day; 
There  God,  the  Son,  forever  reigns. 

And  scatters  night  away. 

No  chilling  winds  or  poisonous  breath, 
Can  reach  that  heaUliful  shore; 

Sickness  and  sorrow,  pain  and  death. 
Are  felt  and  feared  no  more. 

When  shall  I  reach  that  happy  place. 

And  be  forever  blest? 
When  shall  I  see  my  Father's  face, 

And  in  His  bosom  rest? 

Filled  with  delight,  my  raptured  soul 

Would  here  no  longer  stay: 
Though  Jordan's  waves  around  me  roll, 

Fearless  I'd  launch  away. 

Samuel  Stennett. 

3220.  CANAAN,  The  Prospect  of. 

Deuteronomy  iii  :  27. 

Lo !  in  longing  hope  I  stand. 
To  enter.  Lord,  the  goodly  land, 
Land  of  liberty  and  peace, 
Happy  land  of  rigliteousness! 
We,  who  have  rebellious  been, 
Bring  into  the  rest  from  sin. 

Into  the  rest  of  ripest  love. 

Into  the  rest  of  saints  above. 

For  Thy  people's  rest  I  sigh. 

Ready  on  Jordan's  brink  to  die ; 

Must  I,  Lord,  excluded  be, 

Never  tread  the  land  I  see? 

Oh !  for  mercy's  sake  receive, 

Bid  me  in  Thine  image  live; 
And  then  in  perfect  peace  depart. 
Holy  and  just,  and  pure  of  heart. 

Charles  Wesley. 

3221.  CANAAN,  Woman  of. 

Matthew  xv  :  23- ""R. 

Prayer  an  answer  will  obtain, 
•      Though  the  Lord  a  while  delay; 
None  shall  seek  Ilis  face  in  vain, 
None  be  empty  sent  away. 


When  the  woman  came  from  Tyre, 
And  for  help  to  Jesus  sought, 

Though  lie  granted  her  desire, 
Yet  at  first  He  answered  not. 

Could  she  guess  at  His  intent. 
When  He  to  His  followers  said, 

"  I  to  Israel's  sheep  am  sent. 
Dogs  must  not  have  children's  bread." 

She  was  not  of  Israel's  seed. 
But  of  Canaan's  wretched  race : 

Thought  herself  a  dog  indeed? 
Was  not  this  a  hopeless  case? 

Yet  although  from  Canaan  sprung, 
Though  a  dog  herself  she  styled, 

She  had  Israel's  faith  and  tongue, 
And  was  owned  for  Abrah'm's  child. 

From  His  words  she  draws  a  plea: 
"Though  unworthy  children's  bread, 

'Tis  enough  for  one  like  me. 
If  with  crumbs  I  maybe  fed." 

Jesus  then  His  heart  revealed : 

"  Woman,  canst  thou  thus  believe? 

I  to  thy  petition  yield ; 

All  that  thou  canst  wish,  receive." 

'Tis  a  pattern  set  for  us. 

How  we  ought  to  wait  and  pray; 
None  who  plead  and  wrestle  thus. 

Shall  be  empty  sent  away. 

John  Newton. 

3222.  CANAANITE,  Prayer  of  the. 
Matthew  xv  :  22-28. 

Lord,  regard  my  earnest  cry, 

A  potsherd  of  the  earth; 
A  poor  guilty  worm  am  I, 

A  Canaanite  by  birth  : 
Save  me  from  this  tyranny, 

From  all  the  power  of  Satan  save; 
Mercy,  mercy  upon  me. 

Thou  Son  of  David,  have ! 

To  the  sheep  of  Israel's  fold 

Thou  in  Thy  flesh  wast  sent; 
Yet  the  Gentiles  now  behold 

In  Thee  their  covenant : 
See  me  then,  with  pity  see, 

A  sinner  whom  Thou  cam'st  to  save ; 
Mercy,  mercy  upon  me. 

Thou  Son  of  David,  have ! 

Still  I  cannot  part  with  Thee; 

I  will  not  let  Thee  go; 
Mercy,  mercy  upon  me. 

Thou  Son  of  David,  show ! 
Vilest  of  the  sinful  race, 

On  Thee,  importunate,  I  call. 
Help  me,  Jesus,  show  Thy  grace; 

Thy  grace  is  free  for  all. 


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C^N^^lsriTE. 


C-A.P»TIA^ES. 


Nothing  am  I  ia  Thy  sight, 

Nothing  have  I  to  plead ; 
Unto  dogs  it  is  not  right 

To  cast  the  children's  bread. 
Yet  the  dogs  the  crumbs  may  eat 

That  from  the  master's  table  fall; 
Let  the  fragments  be  my  meat; 

Thy  grace  is  free  for  all. 

Give  me,  Lord,  the  victory, 

My  heart's  desire  fulfil. 
Let  it  now  be  done  to  me 

According  to  my  ■will? 
Give  me  living  bread  to  eat. 

And  say,  in  answer  to  my  call,  " 

"  Canaanite,  thy  faith  is  great, 

My  grace  is  free  for  all." 

If  Thy  grace  for  all  is  free. 

Thy  call  now  let  me  hear, 
Show  this  token  upon  me. 

And  bring  salvation  near ; 
Now  the  gracious  word  repeat, 

The  word  of  healing  to  my  soul, 
"Canaanite,  thy  faith  is  great! 

Thy  faith  has  made  thee  whole." 

J.  and  G.  Wesley. 

3223.  CANAANITE,  The. 

Within  the  cool  quadrangle's  welcome  shade. 
Beneath  the  linen  awning,  Jesus  sought 

A  moment's  quiet,  while  the  fountain  played 
Her  pleasant  interlude  to  weary  thought. 

Through   the  porch   gleamed  the   rose-red 
sunset  snows 
Of  the  wild  crags  of  northern  Galilee; 
What  awful  life  is  in  the  God-repose, 

That  with  the  past   and   present    welds 
futurity ! 

Up  the  benched  gateway  thrills  a  woman's 
cry, 

As  if  the  swollen  torrent  of  deep  care 
Had  torn  down  silence  in  its  agony 

To  fling  grief's  secret  on  the  trembling  air ! 

The  loneliness  of  one  unuttered  woe. 

The  silent  tears  when  every  hope  had  fled. 
The   sacred  love,  which  mothers  best  may 
know. 
When  sickness  glooms  around  a  first-born's 
bed. 

The  weary  hours  beside  her  little  child, 
The  patient  sadness  of  her  darling's  eye. 

As  with  unselfish  love  she  feebly  smiled. 
All,  all,  came  sobbing  on  that  bitter  cry. 

"  0  Lord,  Thou  Son  of  David,  pity  me!" 
So  'mid  the  wreck,  bareheaded,  'gainst  the 
spray, 

A  drowning  man  might  shriek  across  the  sea, 
When  hope  of  human  help  had  passed  away. 


0  Lord,  thou  Son  of  David,  pity  me  I 
While  ghastly  doubts  stung  her  sin-laden 

If  for  the  guilt  done  by  her  secretly,    [  breast, 
God's  curse  had  fallen  on  what  she  loved 
the  best. 

He  did  not  answer  her  one  single  word. 

Yet  love  was  speaking  in  His  every  look. 
When  earth   is  silent  then  may  heaven  be 
heard. 
In  sorrow's  gloom  faith  best  reads  God's 
own  book. 

Thinkst  thou  He  hears  not,  when  for  many 
a  day 
Thy  knees  are  worn  with  fasting  and  with 
prayer? 
Thinkst  thou  He  turns  with  any  love  away, 
Because  thou  seest  no  angel  on  the  air? 

Tempter,  away !  each  throb  of  pain  He  knows ; 

I  will  kneel  on,  and  wait  His  blessed  time; 
Up  the  steep  staircase  of  life's  darksome  woea 

I'll  climb  and  sing,  till  overhead  God'f 
chime 

Break  with  one  roar  of  an  eternal  sea ; 
And  lo!  if  I  have  prayed  He  givethmore; 

1  stagger  down,  half  blind  with  victory. 

Whispering  the  chant  from  out  the  open- 
ing door.  A.  Brodrick. 

3224.  CAPERNAUM. 

Matthew  xi  :  23. 

But  near  where  Jordan,  rippling,  joins  the 

lake. 
And  towering  hills  a  wilder  aspect  take. 
Dark  groups  of  ruin  draw  the  traveller's  eye, 
And  while  they  prompt  reflection  ask  a  sigh. 
Frieze,    cornice,    pillar,  lie   in  mouldering 

heaps. 
Where  in  the  sun  the  listless  adder  sleeps. 
With  ivies  hung  by  Ruin's  mocking  hand, 
A  huge  black  pile  o'erlooks  the  wave-kissed 

sand; 
Here  frowns  a  building,  pierced  with  arches 

gray. 
Temple  or  royal  palace,  who  may  say? 
Within  those  courts  their  tents  wild  Arabs 

spread. 
Or  some  fell  robber  hides  his  dastard  head : 
Bright  pleasure's  town,  where  sorrow  shed  no 

tear, 
'Tis  proud  Capernaum,  all  thou  seest  here ! 
Nicholas  Michell. 

3225.  CAPTIVES,  Song  of  the  Jewish. 

Psalm  cxxxvii :  1-6. 
We  sat  us  down  by  Babel's  streams. 
And    dreamed    soul  -  saddening    memory's 

dreams ; 
And  dark  thoughts  o'er  our  spirits  crept 
Of  Sion — and  we  wept,  we  wept! 
Our  harps  upon  the  willows  hung 
Silent,  and  tuneless,  and  unstrung; 
For  they  who  wrought  our  pains  and  wrongs, 
Asked  us  for  Sion's  pleasant  songs. 


c^rm;el. 


CEISTTTTRIOInT. 


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How  can  we  sing  Jehovah's  praise 
To  those  who  Baal's  altars  raise? 
How  warble  Judah's  freeborn  hymns, 
With  Babel's  fetters  on  our  limbs? 
How  chant  thy  lays,  dear  Fatherland, 
To  strangers  on  a  foreign  strand? 
Ah  no!  we'll  bear  grief's  keenest  sting. 
But  dare  not  Sion's  anthems  sing. 

Place  us  where  Sharon's  roses  blow; 
Place  us  where  Siloe's  waters  flow; 
Place  us  on  Lebanon,  that  waves 
Its  cedars  o'er  our  fathers'  graves: 
Place  us  upon  that  holy  mount, 
Where  stand  the  temple,  gleams  the  fount; 
And  love  and  joy  shall  loose  our  tongues, 
To  warble  Sion's  pleasant  songs. 

If  I  should  e'er,  earth's  fairest  gem. 
Forget  thee,  O  Jerusalem  ! 
May  my  right  hand  forget  its  skill 
To  wake  the  slumbering  lyre  at  will ! 
If  from  my  heart,  e'en  when  most  gay, 
Thy  memory  e'er  should  fade  away, 
May  my  tongue  rest  within  my  head 
Mute  as  the  voices  of  the  dead ! 

Remember,  oh !  remember,  Lord, 
In  that  day  Edom's  race  abhorred; 
When  once  again  o'er  Salem's  towera 
The  son  of  joy  its  radiance  pours, 
Forget  not  them  whose  hateful  cry 
Rose  loud  and  fiend-like  to  the  sky; 
'  Be  that  unholy  city  crushed. 
Raze,  raze  it  even  with  the  dust ! ' 

Daughter  of  Babylon,  the  hour 
Is  coming  that  shall  bow  thy  power, 
The  Persian  sword  shall  make  thee  groan. 
The  Mede  shall  fill Tielshazzar's  throne; 
Best  shall  be  he  who  bids  thee  sip 
The  cup  thou  heldst  to  Salem's  lip, 
And  mocks  thee,  weeping  o'er  the  stones 
Red  with  thy  children's  bleeding  bones. 

Henry  Neile. 

3226.  CARMEL,  Elijah  on. 
1  Kings  rviii :  43. 

Where   ancient    Carmel,  vast,  abrupt,  and 

steep, 
Lifts  its  blue  summit  o'er  the  midland  deep, 
The  prophet  kneeled,  to  pray  that  genial  rain 
Might  spread  fresh  verdure  o'er  the  scorched 

plain: 
For  God,  to  punish  Israel's  sin  had  banned 
The    clouds  of   heaven,  and  drought  com- 

sumed  the  land. 
Each  spring  had  failed,  and  every  blade  of 

grass, 
The  earth  seemed  iron,  and  the  heavens  brass ; 
And  three  long  years  the  sluices  of  the  sky 
Their  influence  to  a  guilty  land  deny, 
Turning   the  vales  where  milk  and   honey 

flowed 
To  barren  wilds,  gaunt  famine's  dread  abode. 


At  length  the  penal  vengeance  passed  away, 
And  melting  Mercy  heard  the  prophet  pray; 
Inspired  the  faith  that  turned  aside  the  rod. 
And  touched  with  tenderness  the  heart  of 

God. 
He  bowed,  he  prayed,  but  still  the  sky  was 

clear. 
Nor  sound  of  gust,  nor  sight  of  cloud,  was 

near; 
Then  from  the  earth  on^which  he  leaned  his 

head. 
The  prophet  rose,  and  to  his  servant  said, 
"  Haste  to  the  summit,  the  horizon  sweep, 
And  cast  thine  eye  along  the  distant  deep;" 
He  went,  he  gazed  upon  the  sky  and  main. 
Still  there  was  nothing — not  a  sign  of  rain, 
Elijah  said,  "  Go  seven  times,"  and  bowed 
His  face  between  his  knees,  and  now  a  cloud 
Small  as  a  human  hand  at  first  appeared. 
But  quick  as  thought  the  mighty  column 

reared 
Along  the  sky — and  black  and  wide  it  spread, 
While  the  wind  whistled  round  the  moun- 
tain's head. 

Say,  muse,  what  truth  dost  thou  from  this 

deduce. 
Has  it  a  moral,  meant  for  Christian  use? 
Yes,   pilgrim,   listen'!    there  are   gems  and 

gold 
Beneath  the  surface  of  this  common  mould. 
In  all  thy  trials  through  this  world  of  woe; 
In  all  thy  ills,  and  thou  hast  ills  to  know. 
Go  to  thy  God,  in  patience,  for  redress; 
Go  seven  times!  and  each  the  promise  press: 
But  leave  to  Him  the  mode,  the  time,  the 

place 
To  hear  thy  prayer,  and  remedy  thy  case : 
Be  not  impatient  of  a  quick  reply, 
He  may  delay  it  but  He  can't  deny ! 
Pray,    wait   and   watch — then  watch,    and 

wait,  and  pray,. 
And  do  it  seven  times  on  every  day; 
Thy  full  deliverance  is  surely  planned. 
Although  it  come  but  as  a  little  hand; 
The  blessing  in  some  simple  medium  lurks, 
For  not  by  miracle,  but  means,  He  works. 
Joshua  Marsden. 

3227.  CENTURIOFS  SEEVAISrr  HEALED,  The. 
Matthew  viii  :  5-13. 

From  that  mount  where  Christ's  discourse 
From  the  lips  of  seeming  man. 

Like  a  river  from  its  source, 

Deep  with  wondrous  wisdom  ran, 

Homeward  now  the  Saviour  moves, 
Toward  Capernaum's  gates  once  more. 

Toward  the  city  that  He  loves, 
But  whose  blindness  grieves  Him  sore. 

As  the  favored  town  He  nears, 

Lo,  a  hastening  cavalcade, 
Issuing  from  its  gate  appears, 

Sent  to  beg  His  instant  aid  I 


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CHILIDREISr. 


CHILDREN', 


Palsy-smitten,  moaning  lies 

A  centurion's  servant  dear; 
In  another  hour  he  dies — 

When  the  Lord's  approach  they  hear. 

In  the  good  centurion's  heart 
Hope  and  fear  alternate  strive — 

"  He  can  bid  disease  depart, 
He  can  bid  my  servant  live. 

"But,  a  Gentile  foe,  I  fear 
My  own  prayer  He  will  refuse ; 

Let  me — for  He  now  is  near — 
Send  the  elders  of  the  Jews." 

Now  they  plead  with  interest  bold : 
*'  "Worthy  he  who  asks  Thy  grace ; 

Yonder  synagogue  behold. 

Reared  by  Him;  He  loves  our  race." 

Soon  their  pompous  plea  is  spent, 
Spent  in  praise  of  pride  and  pelf; 

Ah,  how  humbler  he  who  sent, 
He  who  hastens  now  himself  I 

"  Lord,  I  am  not  worthy  Thou 
Under  my  poor  roof  shouldst  stand, 

And,  if  Thou  but  speak,  I  know, 
E'en  as  at  my  own  command, 

*'  This  man  comes,  another  goes, 

Or  my  servant  does  my  will, 
So,  whate'er  our  mortal  woes. 

All  obey  Thy  power  and  skill. 

"If  Thou  wilt  but  speak  the  word, 
Lo,  my  servant  shall  be  healed." 

Marvelling  much,  the  Saviour  heard. 
Nor  His  wonder  long  concealed. 

"Not  in  Israel  have  I  found 
Faith  like  this  a  Gentile  shows! 

Trust  so  perfect,  so  profound, 

Faith  that  failure  fears  nor  knows !" 

"  Go ;  and  as  thou  hast  believed, 

Be  it  unto  thee  and  thine !" 
Lo,  they  find  the  man  relieved. 

Healed  and  saved  by  power  divine ! 

Thou  who  didst  the  Gentile  meet 

In  his  sad  extremity. 
To  our  inmost  souls  repeat — 

Faith  needs  true  humility. 

And  whene'er  we  seek  thy  face, 
Let  us  leave  our  works  behind; 

Seek  Thee  only  through  Thy  grace, 
Seeking  thus  we  can  but  find. 

George  Lansing  Taylor. 

3228.  CHILDREN  BLESSED  BY  CHEIST. 
Mark  x :  lS-16. 

It  was  the  sunset  hour — and  thousands  came 
From  the  lone  villages  and  distant  hills 
Of  far-ofE  Galilee,  to  meet  the  Lord, 


Bearing,  with  gentle  step  and  anxious  eye, 
The  sufferers  of  their  race  to  Jesus'  feet. 
That  He  might  lay  His  sin-subduing  hand 
In  blessing  on  their  wan  and  wasted  frames, 
And  heal  them  with  a  sanctifying  touch. 

Amid  the  crowds  that,  with  adoring  looks, 
Hung  on  the  footsteps  of  the  Son  of  God, 
A  Galilean  mother  brought  her  child. 
In  its  young  loveliness,  its  laughing  eyes 
Dancing  in  dewy  light — and  kneeling,  prayed 
A  benediction  from  those  sinless  lips 
Upon  the  cherub  beauty  of  tlie  babe — 
But  the  disciples  with  officious  zeal 
Silenced  the  suppliant  with  this  stern  rebuke : 
"  Why  troublest  thou  the  Master?" 

Jesus  heard, 
And  in  displeasure  turned  His  radiant  eye 
With  a  reproving  glance  on  him  tiat  spake; 
Then  in  a  voice  of  calm  authority. 
With  gentle  accents  briefly  thus  replied : 
"  Suffer  these  little  ones  to  come  to  Me, 
Nor  let  them  be  forbidden;  for  of  such 
My  Father's  kingdom  is." 

Then  Jesus  took  the  infant  in  His  arms. 
And  gently  with  His  blessed  hand  put  back 
The  silken  curls  that  clustered  on  its  brow; 
And  bending  o'er  it,  pressed  His  holy  lips 
Upon  the  stainless  forehead  of  the  babe — 
Making  the  brow  of  childhood,  from  that 

hour, 
A  thing  of  holiness — the  only  shrine 
Which  the  Redeemer  hallowed  with  a  kiss. 

"  Suffer  these  little  ones  to  come  to  me," 
Was  the  command  of  Him  who,  on  the  cross, 
Bowed  His  anointed  head,  and  with  His  blood 
Purchased  redemption  for  our  fallen  race; 
And  blessed  they  who  to  that  holy  task 
Devote  the  energies  of  their  young  years, 
Teaching,  with  pious  care,  the  dawning  light 
Of  infant  intellect  to  know  the  Lord  : 
Thrice  blessed  they  who  guide  with  gentle 

hand 
The  timid  steps  of  childhood  in  that  path 
Which,  rightly  trodden,  leads  the  wanderers 

home, 
Where  they  shall  meet  the  teachers  and  the 

taught. 
On  that  blest  Sabbath  which  shall  have  no 

end.  C.  Huntingdon. 

3229.  OHILDEEN,  Christ  Blessing. 
"  The  Master  has  come  over  Jordan," 

Said  Hannah,  the  mother,  one  day: 
"He  is  healing  the  people  who  throng  Him, 

With  a  touch  of  His  finger,  they  say. 
And  now  I  shall  carry  the  children. 

Little  Rachel  and  Samuel  and  John ; 
I  shall  carry  the  baby,  Esther, 

For  the  Lord  to  look  upon." 

The  father  looked  at  her  kindly; 

But  he  shook  his  head  and  smiled: 
"Now,  who  but  a  doting  mother 

Would  think  of  a  thing  so  wild? 


CIIILr>REl^^. 


CHILDREN". 


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If  the  children  -were  tortured  by  demons, 
Or  dying  of  fever,  'twere  well; 

Or  bad  they  the  taint  of  the  leper, 
Like  many  in  Israel " — 

"Nay,  do  not  hinder  me,  Nathan; 

I  feel  such  a  burden  of  care : 
If  I  carry  it  to  the  Master, 

Perhaps  I  shall  leave  it  there. 
If  He  lay  His  hands  on  the  children, 

My  heart  will  be  lighter,  I  know; 
For  a  blessing  forever  and  ever 

Will  follow  them  as  they  go." 

So,  over  the  hills  of  Judah, 

Along  the  vine-rows  green, 
With  Esther  asleep  on  her  bosom, 

And  Rachel  her  brothers  between, 
'Mong  the  j^eople  who  hung  on  His  teaching. 

Or  waited  His  touch  and  His  word,    [ing. 
Through  the  row  of  proud  Pharisees  hasten- 

She  pressed  to  the  feet  of  the  Lord. 

"Now  why  shouldst  thou  hinder  the  Master," 

Said  Peter,  "  with  children  like  these? 
Seest  not  how,  from  morning  till  evening, 

He  teacheth,  and  healeth  disease?" 
Then  Christ  said,  "  Forbid  not  the  children; 

Permit  them  to  come  unto  Me :" 
And  He  took  in  His  arms  little  Esther, 

And  Rachel  He  set  on  His  knee. 

And  the  heavy  heart  of  the  mother 

Was  lifted  all  earth-care  above, 
As  He  laid  His  hands  on  the  brothers. 

And  blessed  them  with  tenderest  love; 
As  He  said  of  the  babes  in  His  bosom, 

"  Of  such  is  the  kingdom  of  heaven;" 
And  strength  for  all  duty  and  trial 

That  hour  to  her  spirit  was  given. 

Julia  Gill, 

3230.  CHILDREN,  Clirist  Blessing  tte, 
Matthew  xix  :  13,  14. 
The  errand  upon  earth  was  well-nigh  done; 
A  little  more,  and  that  dread  passer-on, 
Time,  that  not  even  at  the  cross  stood  still, 
Must  come  with  Calvary's  ninth  hour.     And 

Christ 
Turned  toward  Jerusalem.  Galilee  was  sweet 
With  its  fair  mount,  that  was  the  step  of 

heaven 
(Whereon  He  had  but  just  now  stood,  and 

through 
The  door  flung  open  to  the  throne  of  God, 
Drank  strength  in  the  transfiguring  light), 

and  here 
Dwelt  Mary,  holy  mother,  and  'twas  here 
His  childhood  had  been  passed;  and  here 

the  life 
E'en  Clirist  must  learn  to  love,  to  be  '  'like  us, " 
Had  been  most  sweet  to  Him.    But  not  where 

life 
So  gently  beautiful  is  known;  oh,  not 
Where  Nature  with  her  calm  rebuke  is  heard ; 
Could  the  great  wrong  be  done !  in  Mam- 
mon's mart, 


The  crowded  city,  where  the  small  still  voice 
Is,  like  the  leaf's  low  whisper,  overborne ; 
Where  the  dark  shadow,  which  before  us  falls 
When  we  are  turning  from  the  light  away. 
Seems  at  another's  ft^et  and  not  our  own ; 
Where,    'mid  the  multitude's  bewildering 

shout, 
Angiiish  may  moan  unheedly  and  even 
Lama  sabacthani  go  up  unheard — 
There  only,  could  the  Son  of  God  be  slain ! 
And  when  to  His  disciples  Jesus  said, 
"  Behold,  we  go  up  to  Jerusalem," 
Then  turned  His  path  from  peaceful  Galilee; 
Thence  to  the  scourge,  the  buffet  and  the 

scorn, 
Gethsemane's  last  conflict,  and  the  cross — 
The  meek  first  step  to  Calvary  was  there ! 

And  Christ  passed  over  Jordan  to  the  coast 
Of  populous  Judea,  and  there  came 
Multitudes  to  Him,  listening  as  He  taught, 
And  wondering  at  His  miracles;  for  lo! 
His  cahn  word  healed  all  sicknesses ;  the  blind 
Rose  up  and  gazed  upon  the  luminous  brow 
Whose  glory  had  shone  through  their  dark- 
ened lids; 
The  dumb  spoke,  and  the  leper  became  clean, 
And  devils  were  cast  out  which  had  defied 
The  word  of  His  disciples.     With  new  awe, 
Touched  with  compassionating  love,  looked 

these 
Upon  their  Master  now ;  for  near  at  hand 
They  felt  the  shadow  of  His  coming  hour, 
And  though  His  face  shone  with  the  strengh 

new  given 
By  the  celestial  sacrament  of  light 
Upon  the  mount  administered,  they  still 
Trembled  as  men,  for  One  who  as  a  man. 
Must   pass  through   death — death   of   such 

agony 
As  for  a  world's  transgressions  might  atone — 
Whose  bitter  cup  even  the  Son  of  God 
Must  shrink  from,  with  a  prayer  that  it  might 
pass! 

Christ  had  told  o'er  His  sorrows  to  the  end. 
They  knew  what  must  befall.  In  silence  sad 
Listened  the  twelve,  while  jeered  the  Phari- 
see, 
And  tempted  Him  the  Scribe — for  so  must  He 
To  His  last  victory  come ;  but  eager  still, 
Looked  they  where  they  might  minister  to 

Him, 
Or  watchfully,  from  that  dark  path  of  woe. 
Pluck  out  the  needless  thorn. 

The  eventide 
Found  Him  among  His  questioners  the  same, 
Patient  and  meek  as  in  the  morning  hour; 
And   while    the    Scribes,    with    His    mild 

answers  foiled. 
Sat  by  and  reasoned  in  their  hearts,  behold 
There  was  a  stir  in  the  close  multitude, 
And  voices    pleaded    to   come   nigh;    and 

straight. 
The  crowd  dividod,  nnd  a  mother  came, 
Holding  her  babe  Licfure  her,  and  on  Christ 


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CI3:i3Sr]S"EE,EXII. 


Fixing  her  moist  eye  steadfastly.    He  turned, 
Benignant,  as  she  tremblingly  came  near, 
And  the  sad  earnestness  His  face  had  worn 
While  He  disputed  with  the  crafty  Scribes, 
Was  touched  with  the  foreshadowing  of  a 

smile. 
And  lo!  another  and  another  still, 
Led  by  this  sweet  encouragement  to  come. 
Pressed  where  the  first  had  made  her  trust- 
ing way, 
And  soon  a  fair  young  company  they  stood: 
A  band  who  (by  a  lamp  of  love,  new  lit 
And  fed  by  oil  of  tenderness  from  heaven. 
By  recognition,  instinct  as  the  eye 
To  know  'mid  clouds  the  twinkle  of  a  star — 
By  mother's  love)  knew  what  must  holiest  be, 
And  where  to  bring  their  children  to  be  blest. 
And  as  Christ  looked  upon  them  where  they 

stood, 
And  each  would  lay  her  infant  in  His  arms. 
To  see  it  there  and  know  that  He  had  borne 
Her  burden  on  His  bosom,  there  rose  up 
Some  of  the  twelve ;  and  mindful  of  the  night, 
And  of  the  trials  of  the  weary  day, 
They  came  between,  and  badethem  to  depart. 
And  trouble  not  the  Master.  Then  did  Christ, 
Reproving  His  disciples,  call  again 
The  mothers  they  had  turned  from  Him  away ; 
And  leaning  gently  toward  them  as  they  came, 
Tenderly  took  the  babes  unto  His  arms. 
And  laid  His  hand  upon  their  foreheads  fair. 
And  blessed  them,  aaying:  "  Suffer  them  to 

come. 
For  in  My  Father's  kingdom,  such  are  they. 
Whoso  is  humble  as  a  little  child. 
The  same  is  greatest  in  the  courts  of  heaven." 
Spotless  is  infancy,  we  fondly  feel ; 
Angels  in  heaven  are  like  it.  He  hath  said. 

Mothers  have  dreamed  the  smile  upon  the  lips 

Of  slumbering  babes  to  be  the  memory 

Of  a  bright  world  they  come  from ;  and  that, 

here,  • 

'Mid  the  temptations  of  this  fallen  star. 
They  bide  the  trial  for  a  loftier  sphere — 
Ever  progressing.     Fearfully,  if  so, 
Give  we,  to  childhood,  guidance  for  high 

heaven ! 
But  be  this  lofty  vision  as  it  may, 
Christ  blessed  them  here.    And  oh !  if  in  the 

hour 
Of  His  first  steps  to  Calvary,  and  'mid 
The  tempters,  who.  He  knew,  had  thus  begun 
The  wrongs  that  were  to  lead  Him  to  the 

cross 
If  here,  'mid  weariness  and  gathering  woe. 
The  heart  of  Christ  turned  meltingly  to  them. 
And,  for  a  harsh  word  to  these  little  ones. 
Though  uttered  but  with  sheltering  care  for 

Him, 
He  spoke  rebukingly  to  those  He  loved — 
If  babes  thus  jDure   and   priceless  were   to 

Christ, 
Holy,   indeed,  the   trust   to   whom  they're 

given ! 
Sacred  are  they !  iV.  P.  Willis. 


3231.  CHILDEEN,  Clirist's  Love  for. 

Matthew  xiv  :  13,  14. 
There  is  no  sweeter  story  told 

In  all  the  blessed  book. 
Than  how  the  Lord  within  His  arms 

The  little  children  took. 

We  love  Him  for  the  tender  touch 

That  made  the  leper  whole. 
And  for  the  wondrous  words  that  healed 

The  tired,  sin-sick  soul. 

But  closer  to  His  loving  self 
Our  human  hearts  are  brought, 

When  for  the  little  children's  sake 
Love's  sweetest  spell  is  wrought. 

For  their  young  eyes  His  sorrowing  face 

A  smile  of  gladness  wore — 
A  smile  that  for  His  little  ones 

It  weareth  evermore. 

The  voice  that  silenced  priest  and  scribe, 
For  them  grew  low  and  sweet; 

And  still  for  them  His  gentle  lips 
The  loving  words  rejjeat : 

"Forbid  them  not!"  O  blessed  Christ! 

We  bring  them  unto  Thee, 
And  pray  that  on  their  heads  may  rest 

Thy  benedicite ! 

3232.  CHINNERETH. 

St.  John  xvi  :  3-8. 
The  limpid  waters  of  the  sacred  lake 

All  sparkling  lay; 
Each  wave  an  opal,  laughed  and  danced, 
As  o'er  the  emerald  hills  first  glanced 

The  new-born  day. 

A  tiny  ship  all  through  the  night  had  rocked 

Upon  the  wave; 
Its  owners  heeded  not  ihe  morning  wind, 
For  baflied  hopes  had  made  them,  heart  and 

No  longer  brave.  [mind, 

But  lo!  as  toward  the  shining,  pebbly  shore 
Their  eyes  they  turn,  [light. 

They  see,  bathed  in  the  morning's  glorious 
A  form  so  fair,  their  sad  hearts  at  the  sight 
Within  them  burn. 

Ah,  waters  pure !  above  all  waters  blest. 

True  name  is  thine,  [pressed 

A  harp:  Chinnereth;   and   thy   strings  are 
By  sacred  feet;  thy  music  lulled  to  rest 
Manhood  divine. 

Across  the  conscious  billows  came  a  voice, 

"What  will  ye  gain,  [moil? 

My  children,  from  your  weary  night's  tur- 
For  without  Me  even  hard  and  earnest  toil 
Must  be  in  vain. 

' '  Cast  ye  your  nets  upon  the  ship's  right  side, 

And  ye  shall  find." 
Obedient,  they  met  their  sure  reward ; 


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Their  nets  were  filled.      "We  knew  Thee 
not,  O  Lord ! 
For  we  were  blind." 

Across  the  billows  of  life's  troubled  sea 

There  comes  a  voice  [tossed, 

To  us,  who  all  uight  long  have  toiled  and 
Ahnost  despairing  at  our  labor  lost, 
And  we  rejoice. 

*'  O  thou  of  little  faith !  when  wilt  thou  learn 
That  without  Me  [plete? 

Thy  heart,  thy  hopes,  thy  dreams  are  incom- 
Cast  now  thy  life  on  this  side,  at  My  feet, 
And  thou  shalt  see 

•'That  He  who  in  the  wilderness  can  feed 

Ten  thousand  men 
With  loaves  and  fishes,  He  can  surely  make 
Of  thy  poor  gift,  when  offered  for  His  sake, 

E'en  talents  ten."  A.  F.  P. 

3233.  CHRIST,  Agony  of. 

Matthew  xxvi  :  36-46. 

A  wreath  of  glory  circles  still  His  head, 
And  yet  He  kneels,  and  yet  He  seems  to  be 
Convulsed  with  more  than  human  agony; 
On  His  pale  brow  the  drops  are  large  and  red 
As  victim's  blood  on  votive  altar  shed ; 
His  hands  are  clasped.  His  eyes  are  raised  in 

prayer. 
Alas !  and  is  there  strife  He  cannot  bear 
Who  calmed  the  tempest,  and  Who  raised 

the  dead  ? 
There  is !  there  is !  for  now  the  powers  of  hell 
Are  struggling  for  the  mastery.    'Tis  the  hour 
When  death  exerts  his  last  permitted  power; 
When  the  dread  weight  of  sin  since  Adam 

fell. 
Is  visited  on  Him  who  deigned  to  dwell 
A  man  with  men,  that  He  might  bear  the 

stroke 
Of  wrath  divine,  and  burst  the  captive's  yoke. 
But  oh !  of  that  dread  strife  what  words  can 

tell? 
Those,  only  those,  which  broke  with  many  a 

groan 
From  His  full  heart,  "O  Father,  take  away 
The  cup  of  vengeance  I  must  drink  to-day : 
Yet,  Father,  not  my  will,  but  Thine  be  done !" 
It  could  not  pass  away,  for  He  alone 
Was  mighty  to  endure  and  strong  to  save; 
Nor  would  Jehovah  leave  Him  in  the  grave. 
Nor  could  corruption  taint  His  Holy  One. 

3234.  CHRIST,  Ascension  of. 
Luke  xxiv  :  50,  51. 

Rise,  glorious  Conqueror,  rise 
Into  Thy  native  skies — 

Assume  Thy  right; 
And  when  in  many  a  fold 
The  clouds  are  backward  rolled, 
Pass  through  the  gates  of  gold, 

And  reign  m  light ! 


Victor  o'er  death  and  hell ! 
Cherubic  legions  swell 

The  radiant  train: 
Praises  all  heaven  inspire ; 
Each  angel  sweeps  his  lyre, 
And  waves  his  wings  of  fire, 

Thou  Lamb  once  slain  ! 

Enter  incarnate  God ! 

No  feet  but  Thine  have  trod 

The  serpent  down : 
Blow  the  full  trumpets,  blow  I 
Wider  your  portals  throw ! 
Saviour,  triumphant,  go, 

And  take  Thy  crown. 

Yet  who  are  these  behind. 
In  numbers  more  than  mind 

Can  count  or  say ; 
Clothed  in  immortal  stoles, 
Illumining  the  poles 
A  galaxy  of  souls. 

In  white  array? 

And  then  was  heard  afar, 
Star  answering  to  star: 

Lo !  these  have  come, 
Followers  of  Him  who  gave 
His  life  their  lives  to  save ; 
And  now  their  palms  they  wave, 

Brought  safely  home  I 

O  Lord,  ascend  Thy  throne ! 
For  Thou  shalt  rule  alone 

Beside  Thy  sire. 
With  the  great  Paraclete 
The  Three  in  One  complete, 
Before  whose  awful  feet 

All  foes  expire. 

Egerton  Brydget. 

3235.  CHRIST,  Ascension  of. 
John  XX  :  30,  31. 

See  the  Conqueror  mounts  in  triumph, 

See  the  King  in  royal  state 
Riding  on  the  clouds  His  chariot 

To  His  heavenly  palace  gate; 
Hark!  the  choirs  of  angel  voices 

Joyful  hallelujahs  sing, 
And  the  portals  high  are  lifted 

To  receive  their  heavenly  King. 

Who  is  this  that  comes  in  glory, 

With  the  trump  of  jubilee? 
Lord  of  battles,  God  of  armies 

He  has  gained  the  victory ; 
He  who  on  the  cross  did  suffer. 

He  who  from  the  grave  arose, 
He  has  vanquished  sin  and  Satan, 

He  by  death  has  spoiled  His  foes. 

While  He  lifts  His  hands  in  blessing, 
He  is  parted  from  His  friends; 

While  their  eager  eyes  behold  Him, 
He  upon  the  clouds  ascends; 


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CHlPilST. 


He  who  walked  with  God,  and  pleased  Him, 
Preaching  truth  and  doom  to  come, 

He,  our  Enoch,  is  translated 
To  His  everlasting  home. 

Now  our  heavenly  Aaron  enters, 

With  His  blood,  within  the  veil; 
Joshua  now  is  come  to  Canaan, 

And  the  kings  before  Him  quail ; 
Now  He  plants  the  tribes  of  Israel 

In  their  promised  resting-place, 
Now  our  great  Elijah  offers 

Double  portion  of  His  grace. 

He  has  raised  our  human  nature 

In  the  clouds  to  God's  right  hand; 
There  we  sit  in  heavenly  places. 

There  with  Him  in  glory  stand : 
Jesus  reigns,  adored  by  angels; 

Man  with  God  is  on  the  throne; 
Mighty  Lord,  in  Thine  ascension 

We  by  faith  behold  our  own. 

ChrUtopher  Wordsworth. 

3236.  CHEIST,  Baptism  of. 

Matthew  iii  :  13-17. 

It  was  a  green  spot  in  the  wilderness. 
Touched  by  the  river  Jordan.  The  dark  pine 
Never  had  dropped  its  tassels  on  the  moss 
Tufting  the  leaning  bank  ;  nor  on  the  grass 
Of  the  broad  circle  stretching  evenly 
To  the  straight  larches,  had  a  heavier  foot 
Than  the  wild  heron's  trodden.     Softly  in 
Through  a  long  aisle  of  willows,  dim  and 

cool. 
Stole  the  clear  waters  with  their  muffled  feet, 
And,  hushing  as  they  spread  into  the  light. 
Circled  the  edges  of  the  pebbled  tank 
Slowly,   then   rippled  through  the    woods 

away. 
Hither  had  come  the  apostle  of  the  wild. 
Winding  the  river's  course.     'Twas  near  the 

flush 
Of  eve,  and,  with  a  multitude  around, 
Who  from  the  cities  had  come  out  to  hear. 
He    stood    breast-high    amid   the   running 

stream, 
Baptizing  as  the  Spirit  gave  Him  power. 
His  simple  raiment  was  of  camel's  hair, 
A  leathern  girdle  close  about  his  loins. 
His  beard  unshorn,  and  for  his  daily  meat 
The  locust  and  wild  honey  of  the  wood; 
But  like  the  face  of  Moses  on  the  mount 
Shone  his  rapt  countenance,  and  in  his  eye 
Burned  the  mild  fire  of  love ;  and  as  he  spoke 
The  ear  leaned  to  him,  and  persuasion  swift 
To  the  chained  spirit  of  the  listener  stole. 
Silent  upon  the  green  and  sloping  bank 
The  people  sat,  and  while  the  leaves  were 

shook 
With  the  birds  dropping  early  to  their  nests, 
And  the  gray  eve  came   on,    within   their 

hearts 
They  mused  if  he  were  Christ.    The  rippling 

stream 


Still  turned  its  silver  courses  from  his  breast 
As  he  divined  their  thought.     "  I  but  bap- 
tize," 
He  said,    "with  water;   but  there  cometh 

One, 
The  latchet  of  whose  shoes  I  may  not  dare 
E'en  to  unloose.     He  will  baptize  with  fire 
And  with  the  Holy  Ghost."    And  lo !  while 

yet 
The  words  were  on  his  lips,  he  raised  his 

eyes, 
And  on  the  bank  stood  Jesus.     He  had  laid 
His  raiment  off,  and  with  His  loins  alone 
Girt  with  a  mantle,  and  His  perfect  limbs, 
In  their  angelic  slightness,  meek  and  bare, 
He  waited  to  go  in.     But  John  forbade, 
And  hurried  to  His  feet  and  stayed  Him 

there. 
And  said,   "Nay,   Master!  I  have  need  of 

Thine, 
Not  Thou  of  mine !"   And  Jesus,  with  a  smile 
Of  heavenly  sadness,  met  his  earnest  looks, 
And  answered,  "  Suffer  it  to  be  so  now; 
For  thus  it  doth  become  Me  to  fulfil 
All  righteousness."     And,    leaning  to   the 

stream. 
He  took  around  Him  the  apostle's  arm, 
And  drew  him  gently  to  the  midst.     The 

wood 
Was  thick  with  the  dim  twilight  as  they 

came 
Up  from  the  water.    With  his  clasped  hands 
Laid  on  his  breast,  the  apostle  silently 
Followed   his   Master's   steps;   when  lo!    a 

light. 
Bright  as  the  tenfold  glory  of  the  sun, 
Yet  lambent  as  the  softly  burning  stars, 
Enveloped  them,  and  from  the  heavens  away 
Parted  the  dim  blue  ether  like  a  veil; 
And  as  a  voice,  fearful  exceedingly. 
Broke  from  the  midst,  "This  is  My  much- 
loved  Son, 
In  whom  I  am  well  pleased,"  a  snow-white 

dove. 
Floating  upon  its  wings,  descended  through ; 
And,  shedding  a  swift  music  from  its  plumes, 
Circled,  and  fluttered  to  the  Saviour's  breast. 
Nathaniel  ParTcer  Willis. 

3237.  CHEIST,  Baptism  of. 
Luke  iii :  21-23. 

To  be  baptized,  not  cleansed,  cometh  He, 
Who  is  more  spotless  than  that  living  Light 
Which  gilds  the  crest  of  heaven's  sublimity; 
He  comes,  by  being  washed,  to  wash  white 
Baptism  itself,  that  it  henceforth  from  Him 
And  His  pure  touch,  with  purity  may  swim. 

As  when,  amongst  a  gross  ignoble  crowd 
Of  flints,  and  pebbles,  and  such  earth-bred 

stones, 
A    henven-descended    diamond    strives    to 
Iis  lu8  re's  brave  ejaculations;  [shroud 

Ai  hough  it  'scapes  the  test  of  vulgar  eyes, 
The  wiser  jeweller  the  gem  descries: 


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So  most  judicious  John's  discerning  eye 
This  stranger's  shy  but  noble  splendor  read; 
Besides,  when  others  to  their  baptism  by 
A  penitent  confession  prefaced, 
He  waived  that  useless  circumstance,  and  so 
Himself  concealed,  yet  intimated  too. 

See  how  suspense  astounds  the  Baptist:  for 
The  promised  sign  his  Master  to  descry 
Appeared  not;  this  made  his  just  demur 
Dispute  the  case,  and  resolutely  cry, 
"  If  Thou  art  spotless,  fitter  'tis  for  me, 
Who  sinful  am,  to  be  baptized  by  Thee." 

But  when  his  Lord  replied,  "For  once  let 
Prevail,  since  thus  alone  we  must  fulfil  [Me 
The  sum  of  righteousness,"  ambiguous,  he 
Felt  sacred  awe  surprise  his  trembling  will : 
He  mused,  and  guessed,  and  hovered  about 
The  glimmering  truth  with  many  a  yielding 
thought ; 

Which  Jesus  seeing.  He  upon  him  threw 
The  urgent  yoke  of  an  express  injunction ; 
Whose  virtue  forthwith  efficacious  grew, 
And  made  the  meek  saint  bow  to  His  high 

function : 
Cast  but  thine  eye  a  little  up  the  stream, 
Wading  in  crystal  there  thou  seest  them. 

Old  Jordan  smiled,  receiving  such  high  pay 
For  those  small  pains  obedient  he  had  spent. 
Making  his  waters  guard  the  dried  way 
Through  wonders  when  to   Canaan   Israel 

went ; 
Nor  does  he  envy  now  Pactolus'  streams 
Or  eastern  floods,   whose  paths  are  paved 

with  gems. 

The  waves  came  crowding  one  upon  another 
To  their  fair  Lord,   their  chaste  salute  to 

give: 
Each   one   did   chide   and  jostle  back  his 

brother. 
And  with  laborious  foaming  murmur  strive 
To  kiss  those  feet,  and  so  more  spotless  grow, 
Than  from  its  virgin  spring  it  first  did  flow. 

But  those  most  happy  drops  the  Baptist  cast 
On  life's  pure  head,  into  the  joyless  sea 
Which  borroweth  from  death  its  stile,  made 

haste. 
And  soon  confuted  that  sad  heraldry : 
The  deep  that  day  revived,  and  clapped  his 

hands. 
And  rolled  his  smiles  about  his  wondering 

strands.  James  Beaumont. 

3238.  OHEIST,  Birth  of. 

Luke  ii  :  1-7. 
Blessed  night,  when  first  that  plain 
Echoed  with  the  joyful  strain  : 
"  Peace  has  come  to  earth  again." 

Blessed  hills,  that  heard  the  song 
Of  the  glorious  angel-throng, 
Swelling  all  your  slopes  along. 


Happy  shepherds,  on  whose  ear 
Fell  the  tidings  glad  and  dear, 
"  God  to  man  is  drawing  near." 

Happy  shepherds,  on  whose  eye 
Shone  the  glory  from  on  high, 
Of  the  heavenly  Majesty. 

Happy,  happy  Bethlehem, 
Judah's  least  but  bnghtest  gem, 
Where  the  rod  from  Jesse's  stem, 

Scion  of  a  princely  race. 

Sprung  in  Heaven's  own  perfect  grace, 

Yet  in  feeble  lowliness. 

This,  the  woman's  promised  seed, 
Abram's  mighty  son  indeed ; 
Succorer  of  earth's  great  need. 

This  the  victor  in  our  war, 
This  the  glory  seen  afar. 
This  the  light  of  Jacob's  star! 

Happy  Judah,  rise  and  own 
Him,  the  heir  of  David's  throne, 
David's  Lord,  and  David's  Son. 


-k^' 


Babe  of  promise,  born  at  last. 

After  weary  ages  past. 

When  our  hopes  were  overcast. 

Babe  of  weakness,  can  it  be 
That  earth's  last  great  victory 
Is  to  be  achieved  by  Thee? 


Child  of  meekness,  can  it  be 
That  the  proud  rebellious  knee 
Of  this  world  shall  bend  to  Thee? 

Child  of  poverty,  art  Thou 

He  to  whom  all  Heaven  shall  bow, 

And  all  earth  shall  pay  the  vow? 

Can  that  feeble  head  alone 

Bear  the  weight  of  such  a  crown, 

As  belongs  to  David's  son? 

Can  these  helpless  hands  of  Thine 
Wield  a  sceptre  so  divine, 
As  belongs  to  Jesse's  line? 

Heir  of  pain  and  toil,  whom  none 
In  this  evil  day  will  own. 
Art  Thou  the  Eternal  One? 

Thou,  o'er  whom  the  sword  and  rod 
Wave,  in  haste  to  drink  Thy  blood. 
Art  Thou  very  Son  of  God? 

Thus  revealed  to  shepherds'  eyes, 
Hidden  from  the  great  and  wise, 
Entering  earth  in  lowly  guise ; 

Entering  l^  this  narrow  door, 
Laid  upon  this  rocky  floor. 
Placed  in  yonder  manger  poor. 


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CHRIST. 


CHRIST. 


We  adore  Thee  as  our  King, 
And  to  Thee  our  song  we  sing; 
Our  best  offering  to  Thee  bring. 

Guarded  by  the  shepherd's  rod, 
'Mid  their  flock  Tliy  poor  abode, 
Thus  we  own  Thee,  Lamb  of  God. 

Lamb  of  God,  Thy  lowly  name. 
Kings  of  kings  we  Thee  proclaim; 
Heaven  and  earth  shall  hear  its  fame. 

Bearer  of  our  sins'  sad  load, 
Wielder  of  the  iron  rod, 
Judah's  Lion,  Lamb  of  God ! 

Mighty  King  of  righteousness, 
King  of  Glory,  King  of  Peace, 
Never  shall  Thy  kingdom  cease ! 

Thee,  earth's  heir  and  Lord,  we  own; 
Raise  again  its  fallen  throne, 
Take  its  everlasting  crown. 

Blessed  Babe  of  Bethlehem, 
Owner  of  earth's  diadem, 
Claim  and  wear  the  radiant  gem. 

Scatter  darkness  with  Thy  light. 
End  the  sorrows  of  our  night, 
Speak  the  word,  and  all  is  bright. 

Spoil  the  spoiler  of  the  earth. 
Bring  creation's  second  birth, 
Promised  day  of  song  and  mirth. 

'Tis  Thine  Israel's  voice  that  calls, 
Build  again  Thy  Salem's  walls, 
Dwell  within  her  holy  halls, 

'Tis  Thy  Church's  voice  that  cries. 
Rend  these  long  unrended  skies, 
Bridegroom  of  the  Church,  arise. 

Take  to  Thee  Thy  power  and  reign. 

Purify  this  earth  again ; 

Cleanse  it  from  each  curse  and  stain. 

Sun  of  peace,  no  longer  stay. 
Let  the  shadows  flee  away. 
And  the  long  night  end  in  day. 

Let  the  dayspring  from  on  high, 
That  arose  in  Judah's  sky. 
Cover  earth  eternally. 

Babe  of  Bethlehem,  to  Thee, 
Infant  of  eternity. 
Everlasting  glory  be. 

Horatius  Bonar. 

3239.  CHRIST,  Birth-Song  of. 

Luke  ii :  13, 14. 
Calm  on  the  listening  ear  of  night 

Come  Heaven's  melodious  strains. 
Where  wild  Judea  stretches  far 

O'er  silver-mantled  plains. 


Celestial  choirs  from  courts  above 

Shed  sacred  glories  there, 
And  angels,  with  their  sparkling  lyres, 

Make  music  iu  the  air. 

The  answering  hills  of  Palestine 

Send  back  the  glad  reply ; 
And  greet  from  all  their  holy  heights 

The  Day- Spring  from  on  high. 

O'er  the  blue  depths  of  Galilee 

There  comes  a  holier  calm ; 
And  Sharon  waves,  in  solemn  praise. 

Her  silent  groves  of  palm. 

"  Glory  to  God  !"  the  sounding  skies 
Loud  with  their  anthems  ring; 

"  I'eace  to  the  earth,  good-will  to  men, 
From  Heaven's  eternal  King." 

Light  on  thy  hills,  Jerusalem: 

The  Saviour  now  is  born, 
And  bright  on  Bethlehem's  joyous  plains 

Breaks  the  first  Christmas  morn. 

Edmund  H.  Sears. 

3240.  CHEIST,  Burial  of. 
Mark  xv  :  43. 
At  length  the  worst  is  o'er,  and  Thou  art  laid 

Deep  in  Thy  darksome  bed; 
All  still  and  cold  beneath  yon  dreary  stone. 

Thy  sacred  form  is  gone ;  [bung, 

Around  those  lips  where  power  and  mercy 

The  dews  of  death  have  clung. 
The  dull  earth  o'er  Thee  and  thy  foes  around. 
Thou  sleepst  a  silent  corse  in  funeral  fetters 

bound. 

Where'er  Thou  roamst,  one  happy  soul,  we 

Seen  at  Thy  side  in  woe,  [know. 

Waits  on  Thy  triumph — even  as  all  the  blest 

With  him  and  Thee  shall  rest. 
Each  on  his  cross,  by  Thee  we  hang  a  while. 

Watching  Thy  patient  smile, 
Till  we   have  learned  to  say,    "'Tis  justly 

done; 
Only  in  glory,  Lord,  Thy  sinful  servant  own." 

Soon  wilt   Thou  take  us  to  Thy  tranquil 

To  rest  one  little  hour,  [bower 

Till  Thine  elect  are  numbered,  and  the  grave 

Call  Thee  to  come  and  save ; 
Then  on  Thy  bosom  borne  shall  we  descend, 

Again  with  earth  to  blend, 
Earth  all  refined  with  bright  supernal  fires, 
Tinctured  with  holy  blood,  and  winged  with 

pure  desires. 

Oh  come  that  day,  when  in  this  restless  heart 

Earth  shall  resign  her  part, 
When  in  the  grave  with  Thee  my  limbs  shall 

My  soul  with  Thee  be  blest !  [rest. 
But  stay,   presumptuous — Christ  with  thee 

In  the  rock's  dreary  sides;  [abides 
He  from  the  stone  will  wring  celestial  dew. 
If  but  the  prisoner's  heart  be  faithful  found 

and  true.  John  Keble. 


CHRIST. 


CHRIST 


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3241.  CHRIST,  Crucifixion  of. 
Matthew  xxvii  :  35-38. 
Ringing  out  on  the  air, 
Hear  their  impious  prayer, 
As  they  shout,  in  wilcl  rout, 
And  Omnipotence  dare : 
"  On  our  heads  evermore, 
Be  the  blood  which  we  pour !" — 
Rising  high,  hear  the  cry, 
In  its  murderous  roar. 

Now  mocking,  they  cry 
"Let  the  Nazarene  die!" 

"  Spare  Him  not!"  'tis  the  plot 
Of  His  doom,  drawing  nigh; 
"  Ha!  ha!  King  of  the  Jews," 
How  they  taunt  and  abuse. 

With  their  sneers,  and  their  jeers. 
Him  they  madly  accuse. 

" Barabbas"  they  cry; 

"Let  Him  live,  and  not  die!" 

*'  Bring  Him  out !"  how  they  shout, 
"Lift  the  Nazarene  high!" 
See  the  crown  on  His  brow, 
They  are  mocking  Him  now, 

As  they  smite  Him  in  spite, 
And  with  insult  they  bow. 

Look  at  Pilate,  afraid, 

As  in  purple  arrayed, 
Jesus  waits  in  the  gates. 

Where  decision  is  made ; 

Hear  him  cry  as  he  stands, 

While  he  washes  his  hands, 
"  Not  the  blood  of  the  good 

The  occasion  demands  1 

"No  fault  have  I  found 
In  the  man  ye  have  bound; 

Loose  the  bands  from  His  hands, 
Nor  the  innocent  wound! 
Even  Herod  hath  said, 
Let  His  blood  be  not  shed; 

Let  me  rise  and  chastise 
This  your  captive,  instead. 

"  Shall  I  lift  Him  on  high  ! 
Must  the  Innocent  die ! 

Shall  I  bring  out  your  King, 
At  your  murderous  cry?" 
"  None  but  Caesar!"  they  shout, 
With  fierce  clamor  and  rout ; 

"Let  Him  hang,  till  death's  pang: 
Bring  the  Nazarene  out ! !" 

How  they  surge  on  the  street ; 

Oh  those  murderous  feet. 
He  is  led  with  the  tread 

Of  a  storm  in  the  heat. 

To  the  mountain  of  pain. 

Where  the  blood  of  the  slain 
Shall  be  poured  on  the  sward. 

As  the  earth's  richest  stain. 

" Lifted  up,"  as  He  said. 
On  the  cross  where  He  bled ; 


'Tis  the  hour  of  His  power. 
By  the  blood  which  He  shed; 
By  His  grief,  by  His  pain, 
He  shall  conquer  and  reign; 

He  shall  win  from  its  sin, 
Rebel  earth  with  its  train. 

Ages  past,  ages  yet. 

Are  on  Calvary  met, 
Evermore  as  before. 

He  hath  cancelled  our  debt; 

So  He  came  to  this  hour. 

From  dominion  and  power; 
Yielding  life  in  the  strife 

As  a  frail  tender  flower. 

By  the  cross  is  the  crown, 
On  past  the  world's  frown; 

Let  it  smite,  in  the  fight. 
Here  we  conquer  alone. 
From  the  night  of  the  grave 
Came  the  mighty  to  save; 

And  He  rose  o'er  His  foes, 
With  the  life  which  He  gave. 

Dwight  Williams. 


3242.  CHRIST  FORSAXEN. 
Matthew  xxvi  :  56. 

Fled ! — and  from  whom?     The  Man  of  woe 

Who  in  Gethsemane  had  felt 
Such  pangs  as  bade  the  blood-drops  flow, 

And  the  crushed  heart  with  anguish  melt? 
They  who  were  gathered  round  His  board, 

Partook  His  love,  beheld  His  power. 
Saw  the  sick  healed,  the  dead  restored. 

Failed  they  to  watch  one  fearful  hour? 

All  fled?    Yet  one  there  was  who  laid 

His  head  upon  that  sacred  breast. 
By  friendship's  holy  ardor  made 

A  cherished,  an  illustrious  guest; 
One,  too,  who  walked  with  Christ  the  wave, 

When  the  mad  sea  confessed  His  sway. 
And  strangely  sealed  her  gaping  grave — 

Fled  these  forgetfully  away? 

Yes :  all  forsook  the  Master's  side 

When  foes  and  dangers  clustered  round. 
And  when  in  bitterness  He  cried, 

'Mid  the  dread  garden's  awful  bound. 
Yet  knew  they  not  how  near  Him  stood 

The  host  of  heaven,  a  guardian  train, 
Deploring  man's  ingratitude. 

And  wondering  at  his  Saviour's  pain. 

O  ye,  whose  hearts  in  secret  bleed 

O'er  transient  hope,  like  morning  dew, 
O'er  friendship  faithless  in  your  need. 

Or  love  to  all  its  vows  untrue ; 
Who  shrink  from  persecution's  rod, 

Or  slander's  fang,  or  treachery's  tone, 
Look  meekly  to  the  Son  of  God, 

And  in  His  griefs  forget  your  own. 


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Forsaken  are  ye?— so  was  He; 

Reviled?— yet  check  the  vengeful  word ; 
Rejected? — should  the  servant  be 

Exalted  o'er  His  suffering  Lord? 
Nor  deem  that  Heaven's  omniscient  eye 

Is  e'er  regardless  of  your  lot; 
Deluded  man  from  God  may  fly, 

But  when  was  man  by  God  forgot? 

L.  H.  Sigourney. 

3243.  CHEIST,  Infancy  of. 
Home  of  the  Christ-child  at  Nazareth, 

Let  my  thoughts  within  thee  dwell; 
There,  where,  shrouded  in  man's  weakness, 

Dwelleth  Light  Ineffable. 

Angels  circle  round  adoring, 

Watchful  as  the  hours  go  by, 
As  the  mystery  advanceth 

Of  that  wondrous  infancy. 

Cradled  by  a  human  mother, 

Though  with  grace  divine  imprest, 

Playing  with  soft  aimless  touches 
On  her  cheek  and  on  her  breast. 

In  the  water  from  the  fountain, 

'Mid  the  oleanders  wild. 
In  the  early  morn  and  evening, 

Mary  bathes  the  unsullied  Child. 

Joyfully  she  clothes  and  feeds  Him, 
And  she  trains  Him  day  by  day, 

Till  the  beautiful  child  Jesus 

Has  been  taught  to  kneel  and  pray. 

Humbly  were  the  small  hands  folded, 
Bended  was  the  golden  head : 

But  God  only,  in  the  heavens, 
Understood  the  prayer  He  said. 

For  of  all  the  cries  and  pleadings 
That  have  yet  ascended  there, 

None  has  ever  come  before  Him 
Mighty  as  that  Infant's  prayer. 

'Twas  the  highest  act  of  homage 
That  the  world  had  ever  shown; 

And  the  purest  pulse  of  worship 
That  man's  heart  had  ever  known. 

Then  He  learned  to  be  obedient ; 

And  with  simple,  winning  grace. 
In  the  precincts  of  that  cottage 

He  has  filled  a  child's  true  place. 

And  the  name  at  which  archangels 
Bow  adoring,  and  say,  "Lord," 

In  that  peasant-home  was  spoken, 
As  a  common  household  word. 

Caroline  M.  Noel. 

8244.  CHEIST  Ilf  THE  TEMPEST. 
Matthew  xv  :  22-27. 
Lo !  in  the  moonless  night. 
In  the' rough  wind's  despite. 
They  ply  the  oar. 


CHIilST. 

Keen  gusts  smite  in  their  teeth; 
The  hoarse  winds  chafe  beneath 
With  muffled  roar. 

Numb  fingers,  failing  force. 
Scarce  serve  to  hold  the  course 

Hard-won,  half-way. 
When  o'er  the  tossing  tide. 
Pallid  and  heavy-eyed. 

Scowls  the  dim  day. 

And  now  in  the  wan  light, 
Walking  the  waters  white, 

A  shape  draws  near, 
Each  soul,  in  troubled  wise. 
Staring  with  starting  eyes. 
Cries  out  for  fear. 

Each  grasps  his  neighbor  tight. 
In  helpless,  huddled  fright 

Shaken  and  swayed. 
And  lo !  the  Master  nigh 
Speaks  softly,  " It  is  I; 
Be  not  afraid." 

E'en  so  to  us,  that  strain 
Over  life's  moaning  main, 

Thou  drawest  near. 
And,  knowing  not  Thy  guise, 
We  gaze  with  troubled  eyes, 

And  cry  for  fear. 

A  strange  voice  whispers  low, 
"  This  joy  must  thou  forego. 

Thy  first  and  best." 
A  shrouded  phantom  stands 
Crossing  the  best-loved  hands 

For  church-yard  rest. 

Then,  soft  as  is  the  fall 
Of  that  white  gleaming  pall 

By  snowflakes  made, 
Stilling  each  startled  cry. 
Thou  speakest,  "It  is  I; 

Be  not  afraid." 

3245.  CHEIST  KNOCKING. 
Revelations  iii  :  20. 

Behold,  I  knock !     'Tis  piercing  cold  abroad 

This  bitter  winter-time; 
The  ice  upon  the  dark  pines  has  not  thawed. 

The  earth  is  white  with  rime ; 
O  human  hearts !  are  ye  all  frozen  too. 
That  at  closed  doors  I  vainly  call  to  you? 

Is  there  not  one  will  open  to  his  Lord? 
Behold,  I  knock ! 

Behold,  I  knock !     The  evening  shadows  lie 

So  peaceful  near  and  far ; 
Earth  sleepeth,  but  in  yonder  cloudless  sky 

Glimmers  the  evening  star; 
'Tis  in  such  holy  twilight  time,  that  oft 
Full  many  a  stony  heart  hath  waxed  soft, 

Like  Nicodemus,  in  the  dark-drawn  night, 
Behold,  I  knock ! 


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CHRIST. 


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Behold,  I  knock!     O  soul,  art  thou  at  home? 

For  thy  Beloved's  here; 
Hast  thou  made  ready  flowers  ere  He  should 
Is  thy  lamp  hurnuig  clear?  [come? 

Know'st  thou  how  such   a  friend  received 

should  be? 
Art  thou  m  bridal  garments  dressed  for  Me? 
Decked  with  thy  jewels  as  for  guests  most 
dear? 

Behold,  I  knock ! 

Behold,  I  knock!     Say  not,    '"Tis  zephyr 
Which  rustles  the  dead  leaf."  [mild 

It  is  thy  Saviour,  'tis  thy  God,  my  child, 
Let  not  thine  ear  be  deaf; 

If  I  come  now  in  breezes  soft  and  warm, 

I  may  return  again  upon  the  storm ; 
'Tis  no  light  fancy — firm  be  thy  belief; 
Behold,  I  knock. 

Behold,  I  knock !     As  yet  I  am  thy  guest, 

Waiting  without  for  thee ; 

The  time  shall  come  when,  homeless  and  dis- 

Thou,  soul,  shalt  knock  for  Me;  [tressed, 

To  those  who  heard  My  voice  'ere  'twas  too 

I  open  in  that  hour  ]\Iy  peaceful  gate ;    [late. 

To  those  who  scorned,  a  closed  door  will 

it  be. 

Behold,  I  knock ! 

3246.  CHRIST  ENOOKING  STILL. 

Knocking,  knocking,  who  is  there? 
Waiting,  waiting,  oh,  how  fair! 
'Tis  a  pilgrim,  strange  and  kingly, 

Never  such  was  seen  before. 
Ah !  my  soul,  for  such  a  wonder, 

Wilt  thou  not  undo  the  door? 

Knocking,  knocking,  still  He's  there, 
Waiting,  waiting,  wondrous  fair ; 
But  the  door  is  hard  to  open. 

For  the  weeds  and  ivy-vine, 
With  their  dark  and  clinging  tendrils, 

Ever  round  the  hinges  twine. 

Knocking,  knocking,  what !  still  there  ? 
Waiting,  waiting,  grand  and  fair; 
"Yes,  the  piercM  hand  still  knocketh. 

And  beneath  the  crowned  hair 
Beam  the  patient  eyes,  so  tender. 

Of  thy  Saviour  waiting  there. 

Harriet  Beecher  Stowe. 

3247.  CHRIST,  Loneliness  of. 

Luke  ix  :  58. 

Birds  have  their  quiet  nest, 
Foxes  their  holes,  and  man  bis  peaceful  bed ; 

All  creatures  have  their  rest ; 
But  Jesus  had  not  where  to  lay  His  head. 

Winds  have  their  hour  of  calm, 
And  waves  to  slumber  on  the  voiceless  deep ; 

Eve  hath  its  breath  of  balm 
To  hush  all  senses  and  all  sounds  to  sleep. 


The  wild  deer  hath  its  lair, 
The  homeward  flocks  the  shelter  of  their 
shed ; 

All  have  their  rest  from  care, 
But  Jesus  had  not  where  to  lay  His  head. 

And  yet  He  came  to  give 
The  weary  and  the  heavy-laden  rest, 

To  bid  the  sinner  live. 
And  soothe  our  griefs   to  slumber  on  His 
breast. 

What,  then,  am  I,  my  God, 
Permitted  thus  the  paths  of  peace  to  tread, 

Peace  purchased  by  the  blood 
Of  Him  who  had  not  where  to  lay  His  head. 

I  who  once  made  Him  grieve, 
I  who  once  bid  His  gentle  spirit  mourn ; 

Whose  hand  essayed  to  weave 
For  His  meek  brow  the  cruel  crown  of  thorn. 

Oh  !  why  should  I  have  peace? 
Why?  but  for  that  unchanged,  undying  love 

Which  would  not,  could  not,  cease. 
Until  it  made  me  heir  of  joy  above 

Yes,  but  for  pardoning  grace, 
I  feel  I  never  should  in  glory  see 

The  brightness  of  that  face, 
That  once  was  pale  and  agonized  for  me. 

Let  the  birds  seek  their  nest, 
Foxes  their  holes,  and  man  his  peaceful  bed; 

Come,  Saviour,  in  my  breast. 
Deign  to  repose  Thine  oft-rejected  head ! 

Come !  give  me  rest,  and  take 
The  only  rest  on  earth  Thou  lovest,  within 

A  heart,  that  for  Thy  sake 
Lies  bleeding,  broken,  penitent  for  sin. 

J.  8.  Monsell. 

3248.  CHRIST,  Mother  of. 
Luke  ii  :  19. 

Thy  boy  was  sad,  yet  fair. 
The  marvels  of  His  birth  were    strange  to 

hear. 
And,  to  regard  His  gentle  face  and  speak 
Some   fond   word  of  Him  to  His  youthful 

mother. 
Seemed  kindness  to  the  humble  Nazarenes 
Who  stopped  at  Mary's  door ;  but  thought- 
fully. 
She  listened  to  their  praises  of  the  child — 
So  less  than  all  she  knew — and  let  her  heart 
Look  with  its  answer  up  to  God.    And  day 
Followed  on  day,  like  any  childhood's  pass- 
And  silently  sat  Mary  at  her  wheel,        [ing ; 
And  watched  the  boy  Messiah  as  she  spun, 
And — as  a  human  child  unto  his  mother 
"  Subject"  the  while— He  did  her  low-voiced 

bidding, 
Or  gently  came  to  lean  upon  her  knee 
And  asked  her  of  the  thoughts  that  in  Him 

stirred 
Dimly  as  yet,  or  with  affection  sweet, 


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CHRIST. 


Tell  murmuring  of  His  weariness;  and  there, 
All  tearful-hearted,  as  a  luiman  mother 
Unutterably  fond,  while  touched  with  awe — 
She  paused,  or  with  a  tremulous  hand  spun 

on, 
The  blessing  that  her  lips  instmctive  gave, 
Asked  of  Him  with  an  instant  thought  again. 

And  when  they  "  went  up  to  Jerusalem, 
After  the  custom  of  the  feast,"  and  there 
"Fulfilled  the  days,"  and  back  to  Nazareth 
Went   a   day's  journey,   and  sought   Jesus 

there, 
Among  their  kinsfolk  who  had  gone  before. 
And  found  Him  not — the  mother's  heart  of 

Mary 
Well   knew,  that  wheresoever   strayed   the 

child. 
He  could  not  go  by  angels  unattended; 
But,    therefore,    was     her     tenderness    un- 
troubled?    No. 
Though  in  her  memory  lay  Gabriel's  words, 
Brought  her  on  wings  at  God's  own  throne 

unfolded ; 
Though  in  rapt  speech,  Anna,  the  prophetess, 
Had  named  llim  the  Redeemer,  newly  born ; 
And  Simeon,  forbidden  to  see  death 
Till  he  had  seen  the  Clirist,  had  taken  Him 
Into  his  arms,  and  ])rayed  that  he  might  now 
Depart  in  peace;  though  of  the  song  they 

sang 
(That  host,  who,  while  the  glory  of  the  Lord 
Shone  round  about,  told  of  His  birth  by  night 
Unto  the  shepherds  as  they  watched),  she 

knew 
The  burden  was  a  work  yet  unfulfilled — 
To  him  the  Saviour  given,  and  yet  to  do. 
Still  was  the  child  she  loved  gone  from  her 

now, 
And  Mary  ' '  sought  Him  sorrowing. " 

And  who 
'  'Kept  all  His  sayings  in  her  heart"  but  Mary  ? 
It  was  not  with  unnatural  brightness  beam- 
ing 
^rom  the  fair  forehead  of  the  boy,  nor  yet 
By  revelations  from  His  infant  lips. 
Too  wondrous  to  deny,  that  Jesus  first 
Gave  out  the  dawn  of  the  Messiah  morn 
Breaking  within  His   soul.     With  wisdom 

only 
Reached  by  the  child's  simplicity — so  oft 
Truer  than  sage's  lore — and  outward  pressed 
By  the  divinity  half  conscious  now. 
He  argued  in  the  temple,  and  amazed 
The  elders,  seated  in  their  midst;  but  none. 
In  these  first  teachings,  saw  the  Son  of  God, 
And  He  went  back  to  Nazareth,  a  child. 
Unsought  by  the  disputing  priests  again. 
And  His  strange  words   forgotten  but  by 

Mary, 
Who  "kept  them  in  her  heart." 

Oh,  not  alone 
In  His  pure  teachings  and  in  Calvary's  woe, 
Lay  the  blest  errand  of  the  Saviour  here. 
His  walk  through  life's  dark  pathway  blessed 
yet  more. 


Distant  from  God  so  infinitely  far 
Was  human  weakness,  till  He  came  to  bear, 
With  us,  our  weaknesses  awhile,  that  fear 
Had  heard  Jehovah's  voice,  in  thunder  only, 
And  worshipped  trembling.  Heaven  is  nearer 

now. 
At  God's  right  hand   sits  One  who  was  a 

child, 
Born  as  the  humblest,  and  who  here  abode 
Till  of  our  sorrows  He  had  suffered  all. 
They   who  now   weep   remember   that   He 

wept. 
The  tempted,  the  despised,  the  sorrowing, 

feel 
That  Jesus,  too,  drank  of  these  cups  of  woe. 
And  oh  !  if  of  our  joys  He  tasted  less; 
If  all  but  one  passed  from  His  lips  away — 
That  one — a  mother's  love — by  His  partak- 
ing 
Is  like  a  thread  of  heaven  spun  through  our 

life, 
And  we,  in  the  untiring  watch,  the  tears. 
The  tenderness  and  fond  trust  of  a  mother, 
May  feel  a  heavenly  closeness  unto  God — 
For  such,  all  human  in  its  blest  excess, 
Was  Mary's  love  for  Jesus. 

Nathaniel  Parker  Willis. 

3240.  CHEIST,  My  Advocate. 
Hebrews  ix  ;  24. 

Entered  the  holy  place  above, 
Covered  with  meritorious  scars, 

The  tokens  of  His  dying  love 

Our  great  High-priest  in  glory  bears; 

He  pleads  His  passion  on  the  tree. 

He  shows  himself  to  God  for  me. 

Before  the  throne  my  Saviour  stands, 
My  Friend  and  Advocate  appears ; 

My  name  is  graven  on  His  hands. 
And  Him  the  Father  always  hears; 

While  low  at  Jesus'  cross  I  bow,  \ 

He  hears  the  blood  of  sprinkling  now.     • 

This  instant  now  I  may  receive 

The  answer  of  His  powerful  prayer : 

This  instant  now  by  Him  I  live. 
His  prevalence  with  God  declares; 

And  soon  my  spirit,  in  His  hands. 

Shall  stand  where  my  Forerunner  stands. 

Wesleyan  Hymns. 

3250.  CHRIST,  My  Guest. 

Speechless  Sorrow  sat  with  me ; 
I  was  sighing  wearily ! 
Lamp  and  fire  were  out :  the  rain 
Wildly  beat  the  window-pane. 
In  the  dark  we  heard  a  knock; 
And  a  hand  was  on  the  lock; 
One  in  waiting  spake  to  me. 

Saying  sweetly, 
"I  am  come  to  sup  with  thee !" 

All  my  room  was  dark  and  damp ; 
"  Sorrow!"  said  I,  "trim  the  lamp; 


CHRIST. 


CHRIST. 


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Light  the  fire,  and  cheer  thy  face ; 
Set  the  guest-chair  in  its  place." 
And  again  I  heard  the  knock; 
In  the  dark  I  found  the  lock: 

"Enter!  I  Jiave  turned  the  key! — 
Enter,  Stranger ! 

Who  art  come  to  sup  with  me." 

Opening  wide  the  door,  he  came; 
But  I  could  not  speak  his  name: 
In  the  guest-chair  took  his  place; 
But  I  could  not  see  his  face ! 
When  my  cheerful  fire  was  beaming, 
When  my  little  lamp  was  gleaming, 
And  the  feast  was  spread  for  thee, 

Lo !  my  Master 
Was  the  Guest  that  supped  with  me ! 
Harriet  M.  Kimlall. 

3251.  CHKIST,  No  Eoom  for.  • 

Luke  ii  :  7. 

Footsore  and  weary,  Mary  tried 

Some  rest  to  seek,  but  was  denied. 

"  There  is  no  room,"  the  blind  ones  cried. 

Meekly  the  Virgin  turned  away, 
No  voice  entreating  her  to  stay; 
There  was  no  room  for  God  that  day. 

No  room  for  her  round  whose  tired  feet 
Angels  are  bowed  in  transport  sweet, 
The  Mother  of  their  God  to  greet. 

No  room  for  Him  in  whose  small  hand 
The  troubled  sea  and  mighty  land 
Lie  cradled  like  a  grain  of  sand. 

No  room,  O  Babe  divine !  for  Thee 
That  Christmas  night;  and  even  we 
Dare  shut  our  hearts  and  turn  the  key. 

In  vain  Thy  pleading  baby  cry 

Strikes  our  deaf  souls;  we  pass  Thee  by. 

Unsheltered  'neath  the  wintry  sky. 

No  room  for  God !     O  Christ !  that  we 
Should  bar  our  doors,  nor  ever  see 
Our  Saviour  waiting  patiently. 

Fling  wide  the  doors!     Dear  Christ,  turn 

back ! 
The  ashes  on  my  hearth  lie  black, 
Of  light  and  warmth  a  total  lack. 

How  can  I  bid  Thee  enter  here 

Amid  the  desolation  drear 

Of  lukewarm  love  and  craven  fear? 

What  bleaker  shelter  can  there  be 
Than  my  cold  heart's  tepidity — 
Chill,  wind-tossed,  as  the  winter  sea? 

Dear  Lord,  I  shrink  from  Thy  pure  eye, 
No  home  to  offer  Thee  have  I ; 
Yet  in  Thy  mercy  pass  not  by. 

Catholic  World. 


3252.  CHEIST,  Passion  of. 

Isaiah  liii :  7. 
Kneeling  on  the  earth,  He  prays, 

Man  of  sorrows,  all  alone ! 
Yet,  in  depth  of  agony, 

Still  He  comforteth  His  own. 
Pale,  the  blood-sweat  o'er  Him  flows, 
To  the  Father's  will  He  bows. 

Judas  kisses  and  betrays : 

Crowds  in  fury  onward  roll ; 
Lo !  He  speaks  the  healing  word. 

And  the  smitten  ear  is  whole. 
Prisoner,  He  is  led  alone. 
Friend  and  lover  both  are  gone. 

Binding  Him  in  cruel  chains, 
On  they  drag  Him  at  their  will; 

Smiting  with  their  fists  His  back, 
His  deep  cup  of  woe  they  fill; 

Stripe  on  stripe  they  on  Him  lay. 

Mixed  with  bitter  mockery. 

Innocent,  He  stands  condemned, 
SjDite  of  taunts,  serenely  meek; 

Questioned,  answers  not  a  word, 
Bears  the  buffet  on  His  cheek ; 

Hears  unmoved  the  nation's  cry, 

Crucify  Him !  crucify. 

Horatius  Bona/r. 

3253.  CHRIST,  Poverty  of. 

Matthew  viii :  20. 
O'er  the  dark  wave  of  Galilee 

The  gloom  of  twilight  gathers  fast, 
And  on  the  waters  drearily 

Descends  the  fitful  evening  blast. 

The  weary  bird  hath  left  the  air, 
And  sunk  into  his  sheltered  nest; 

The  wandering  beast  has  sought  his  lair. 
And  laid  him  down  to  welcome  rest. 

Still  near  the  lake,  with  weary  tread, 
Lingers  a  form  of  human  kind ; 

And  on  His  low  unsheltered  head. 

Flows  the  chill  night-damp  of  the  wind. 

Why  seeks  He  not  a  home  of  rest? 

Why  seeks  He  not  a  pillowed  bed? 
Beasts  have  their  dens,  the  bird  its  nest ; 

Christ  hath  not  where  to  lay  His  head. 

Such  was  the  lot  He  freely  chose. 
To  save  from  woe  the  human  race ; 

And  from  His  poverty  there  flows 
Enriching  streams  of  heavenly  grace. 

Russell. 

3254.  CHRIST,  Prophecy  of. 

John  iii ;  30. 
He  must  grow  greater,  I  grow  less  and  less ; 
I  like  the  mist  which  o'er  the  mountain  flies, 
And  in  the  rising  glory  vanishes; 
He  like  the  sun  in  yon  fair  morning  skies ; 
Amen,  amen  1  I  would  not  have  it  otherwise. 


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CHRIST. 


CHRIST. 


His  name  among  the  nations  shall  go  forth, 
Above  all  names  that  earth  has  ever  known ; 
A  name  for  ages,  name  of  matchless  worth, 
Enduring  when  each  other  name  is  gone, 
And  this  poor  name  of  mine  to  dark  obliv- 
ion thrown. 

His  story  over  earth  shall  yet  be  told, 
A  story  for  the  universe  to  hear;  [ol^, 

A  wondrous  story,  which  sliall  ne'er  grow 
But  fresher  yet  shall  grow,  and  yet  more  dear, 
When  my  brief  tale  is  told  of  sin  and  want 
and  fear. 

His  love,  the  more   than  sunshine  for  all 

things 
And  beings,  or  above  or  here  below, 
Shall  fly  abroad  on  everlasting  wings, 
Gladdening    all    space    and    time  with   its 

swift  flow. 
Till   this   cold   love  of  mine  be  lost  in  -its 

bright  glow. 

His  voice,  that  fills  the  heaven  of  heavens 

with  bliss. 
The  more  than  music  of  each  listening  ear, 
Itself  the  melody  of  melodies, 
Swells  out  o'er  space,  entrancing  sphere  on 

sphere, 
Till    this    frail  voice    of     mine   is  hushed 

with  love  and  fear. 

His  throne,  before  whose  majesty  so  few 

On  earth  now  bow,  shall  be  of  thrones  the 
throne. 

Its  splendor  ever  bright  and  ever  new ; 

■^Jhile   on  His  head  there   rests  the  eternal 
crown. 

When  from  each  brow  of  earth  the  glitter- 
ing gold  has  gone. 

Iloratius  Bonar. 

3255.  CHRIST,  Eesurrection  of. 

Mark  xvi:  1. 
Morning  of  the  Sabbath  day, 

O  thou  sweetest  hour  of  prime ! 
Dart  a  retrospective  ray 

O'er  the  eastern  hills  of  time;' 
Daybreak  let  my  spirit  see 
At  the  foot  of  Calvary. 

Joseph's  sepulchre  is  nigh; 

Here  the  seal  upon  the  stone, 
There  the  sentinel,  with  eye, 

Star-like,  fixed  on  that  alone; 
All  around  is  calm  and  clear, 
Life  and  death  keep  Sabbath  here. 

Bright  and  brighter,  beam  on  beam, 

Now,  like  first  created  light, 
From  the  rock-cleft,  gleam  by  gleam, 

Shoot  athwart  the  waning  night, 
Till  the  splendor  grows  intense, 
OverpoM'ering  mortal  sense. 


Glory  turns  with  me  to  gloom, 
Sight,  pulsation,  thought  depart, 

And  the  stone  that  closed  the  tomb, 
Seems  to  lie  upon  my  heart; 

With  that  shock  the  vision  flies; 

Christ  is  risen :  and  I  may  rise. 

Rise,  like  Him,  as  from  this  trance, 
When  the  trumpet  calls  the  just 

To  the  saints'  inheritance. 

From  their  dwellings  in  the  dust; 

By  Thy  resurrection's  power, 

Jesus,  save  me  in  that  hour. 

Sabbath  morning,  hail  to  thee, 
O  thou  sweetest  hour  of  prime ! 

From  the  foot  of  Calvary, 
Now  to  Zion's  top  I  climb. 

There  my  risen  Lord  to  meet, 

In  His  temple,  at  His  feet. 

James  Montgomery. 

3256.  CHRIST,  Resurrection  of. 

Matthew  xxviii:  2-4.  * 

Lift  your  glad  voices  in  triumph  on  high, 
For  Jesus  hath  risen,  and  man  cannot  die. 
Vain  were  the  terrors  that  gathered  around 
Him, 
And  short  the  dominion  of  death  and  the 
grave ; 
He  burst  from  the  fetters  of  darkness  that 
bound  Him, 
Resplendent  in  glory  to  live  and  to  save. 
Loud  was  the  chorus  of  angels  on  high: 
"The  Saviour  hath  risen,  and  man  shall  not 
die," 

Glory  to  God,  in  full  anthems  of  joy; 
The  being  He  gave  us  death  cannot  destroy^ 
Sad  were  the  life  we  must  part  with  to-mor- 
row. 
If  tears  were   our  birthright,  and  death 
were  our  end ; 
But  Jesus  hath  cheered  the  dark  valley  of 
sorrow. 
And  bade  us,  immortal,  to  heaven  ascend. 
Lift,  then,  your  voices  in  triumph  on  high, 
Jesus  hath  risen,  and  man  shall  not  die. 

H.  Ware,  Jr. 


3257.  CHRIST  RISEN. 

Matthew  xii ,  44. 

The  tomb  is  empty ;  wouldst  thou  have  it 

full? 
Still  sadly  clasping  the  unbreathing  clay ; 
O  we»k  in  faith,  O  slow  of  heart  and  dull, 
To  dote  on  darkness,  and  shut  out  the  day ! 

The  tomb  is  empty;  He  who,  three  short 

days, 
After  a  sorrowing  life's  long  weariness, 
Found  refuge  in  this  rocky  resting-place. 
Has  now  ascended  to  the  throne  of  bliss. 


CHRIST. 


CHRIST. 


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Here  lay  the  Holy  One,  the  Christ  of  God, 
He  who  for  death  gave  death,  and  life  for  life ; 
Our  heavenly  Kinsman,  our  true  flesh  and 

blood; 
Victor  for  us  on  hell's  dark  field  of  strife. 

This  was  the  Bethel,  where,  on  stony  bed, 
"While  angels  went  and  came  from  morn  till 

even, 
Our  truer  Jacob  laid  His  wearied  head ; 
This  was  to  Him  the  very  gate  of  heaven. 

The  Conqueror,  not  the  conquered,  He  to 

whom 
The  keys  of  death  and  of  the  grave  belong. 
Crossed  the  cold  threshold  of  the  stranger's 

tomb. 
To  spoil  the  spoiler  and  to  bind  the  strong. 

Here  death  had  reigned ;  into  no  tomb  like 

this 
Had  man's  fell  fo^  aforetime  found  his  way, 
So  grand  a  trophy  ne'er  before  was  his, 
So  vast  a  treasure,  so  divine  a  prey. 

But  now  His  triumph  ends;  the  rock-barred 

door 
Is  opened  wide,  and  the  great  prisoner  gone ; 
Look  round  and  see,  upon  the  vacant  floor 
The  napkin  and  the  grave-clothes  lie  alone. 

Tes,  death's  last  hope,  his  strongest  fort  and 

prison 
Is  shattered,  never  to  be  built  again ; 
And  He,  the  mighty  captive,  He  is  risen. 
Leaving  behind  the  gate,  the  bar,  the  chain. 

Yes,  He  is  risen  who  is  the  First  and  Last; 
Who  was  and  is;  who  liveth  and 'was  dead ; 
Beyond  the  reach  of  death  He  now  has  passed, 
Of   the   one  glorious   church    the   glorious 
Head.  Horatius  Bonar. 

3258.  CHRIST,  Samson  and. 
Judges  xvi ;  2,  3. 
He  laid  him  down  in  Gaza  town, 

The  forceful  Nazarite, 
And  the  heathen  guard  kept  watch  and  ward 

To  slay  him  at  morning-light. 

But  at  midnight  he  rose  from  the  midst  of 

No  longer  would  he  stay;  [his  foes, 

And  to  Hebron's  hill  of  his  own  strong  will. 

He  carried  their  gates  away. 
The  Nazarene  captive  whom  hell  had  en- 
snared. 
Around  whom  the  hosts  of  the  evil  one  glared, 
Hath  gone  from  among  them  in  conquering 

state. 
And  broken  in  pieces  their  bars  and  their 
gate. 

Oh  now  His  rolling  chariot  wheels 

Lead  bound  captivity. 
And  where  His  presence  He  reveals 

His  people  bow  the  knee. 
He  takes  to  Him  a  priestly  bride, 

And  He  Himself  is  glorified, 


Ana  clad  in  white  and  gold: 
He  sittfith  on  the  royal  seat, 
And  all  the  nations  at  His  feet 

Lay  tribute  manifold. 

The  riddle  erewhile  spoken, 

May  now  be  read  with  ease ; 
The  slaughtered  lion's  tokens, 

The  honey  and  the  bees. 
To-day  in  full  completeness 

The  mystery  stands  good, 
Since  from  the  strong  comes  sweetness, 

And  from  the  eater  food. 

Hearken  to  Him  as  He  comes  in  His  might, 
Monarch  of  monarchs,  victorious  in  fight : 
Speaks  He  in  anger,  the  sinner  to  blame? 
Speaks  He  in  sorrow,  the  dastard  to  shame? 

With  no  reproach  for  blindness 
He  meets  His  own  to-day, 

In  perfect  loving-kindness 
Thus  only  will  He  say. 

The  winter  time  away  is  past,  the  rain  is  gone 

and  o'er, 
The  flowerets  bloom  again  at  last,  the  birds 

are  heard  once  more ; 
And  in  our  land  we  list  afresh  the  cooing  of 

the  dove. 
The  figs  and  vines  are  green  and  lush:  oh 

come  away,  my  love ! 

R.  F.  Littledale. 

3259.  CHRIST,  Scourging. 

Matthew  xxvii  :  20-30. 

Pilate  then,  Jesus'  spotless  life  to  save, 

Command  to  soldiers  for  His  scourgmg  gave ; 

Within  the  common  hall  the  armed  bands 

Strip  Him,  and  to  a  pillar  tie  His  hands; 

With  knotted  cords  His  tender  fiesh  they 
lashed, 

Long  gaping  furrows  in  His  muscles  gashed; 

His  blood  which  gushing  ran  from  every  pore, 

Bathed  Him  a  second  time  in  His  own  gore ; 

His  head  they  with  a  wreath  of  thorns  sur- 
round. 

And  every  thorn  gave  a  peculiar  wound ; 

His  blood  afresh  in  showers  came  trickling 
down, 

From  the  sharp,  numerous  gorings  of  His 
crown ; 

Mock-purple  robes  He  on  His  shoulders  wore. 

For  sceptre,  in  His  hand  a  reed  He  bore; 

With  bended  knee  His  patience  they  abuse. 

Spit  in  His  face,  and  cry,  Hail,  King  of 
Jews.  Bishop  Ken. 

3260.  CHRIST,  Seeking. 

Matthew  xi  :  7-9. 

What  went  ye  out  to  see 

O'er  the  rude  sandy  lea. 
Where  stately  Jordan  flows  by  many  a  palm, 

Or  where  Gennesaret's  wave 

Delights  the  flowers  to  lave,     [balm? 
That  o'er  her  western  slope  breathe  airs  of 


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CHRIST. 


CHRIST. 


All  through  the  summer  night 
Those  blossoms  red  and  bright 

Spread  their  soft  breasts,  unheeding,  to  the 
Like  hermits  watching  still  [breeze, 
Around  the  sacred  hill,  [knees. 

Where  erst  our  Saviour  watched  upon  His 

The  paschal  moon  above 

Seems  like  a  saint  to  rise, 
Left  shining  in  the  world  with  Christ  alone; 

Below  the  lake's  still  face 

Sleeps  sweetly  in  the  embrace 
Of  mountain  terraced  high  with  mossy  stone. 

Here  may  we  sit  and  dream 

Over  the  heavenly  theme. 
Till  to  our  soul  the  former  days  return ; 

Till  on  the  grassy  bed. 

Where  thousands  once  He  fed. 
The  world's  incarnate  Maker  we  discern. 

Oh  cross  no  more  the  main. 
Wandering  so  wild  and  vain. 

To  count  the  reeds  that  tremble  in  the  wind. 
On  listless  dalliance  bound, 
Like  children  gazing  round, 

Who  on  God's  works  no  seal  of  Godhead  find : 

Bask  not  in  courtly  bower. 

Or  sun-bright  hall  of  power. 
Pass  Babel  quick,  and  seek  the  holy  land; 

From  robes  of  Tyrian  dye 

Turn  with  undazzled  eye        [strand, 
To  Bethlehem's  glade  or  Carmel's  ha        d 

Or  choose  thee  out  a  cell 

In  Kedron's  storied  dell. 
Beside  the  springs  of  Love,  that  never  die; 

Among  the  olives  kneel 

The  chill  night-blast  to  feel. 
And  watch  the  moon  that  saw  thy  Master's 

agony. 

Then  rise  at  dawn  of  day. 

And  wind  thy  thoughtful  way 
Where    rested    once   the   Temple's   stately 

With  due  feet  tracing  round    [shade. 

The  city's  northern  bound. 
To  the  other  holy  garden,  where  the  Lord 

was  laid. 

Who  thus  alternate  see 

His  death  and  victory, 
Rising  and  falling  as  on  angel  wings, 

They,  while  they  seem  to  roam, 

Draw  daily  nearer  home,      [of  kings. 
Their  heart  untravelled  still  adores  the  King 

Or  if  at  home  they  stay, 

Yet  are  they,  day  by  day,  [land, 

In  spirit  journeying  through   the  glorious 
Not  for  light  fancy's  reed, 
Nor  honor's  purple  meed, 

Kor  gifted  prophets'  lore,  nor  science'  won- 
drous wand. 


But  more  than  prophet,  more 

Than  angels  can  adore 
With  face  unveiled,  is  He  they  go  to  seek: 

Blessed  be  God,  whose  grace 

Shows  Him  in  every  place 
To  homeliest  hearts  of  pilgrims  pure  and 

meek.  John  Keble. 

3261.  CHRIST,  Seeking  for. 

Christ,  whose  first  appearance  lighted 

Gloomy  death's  obscure  domain, 
Long  in  Herod's  courts  benighted 

Sought  I  Thee,  but  sought  in  vain: 
All  was  glitter,  pomp  and  pleasure, 

Sensuality  and  pride ; 
But  my  heart  found  not  its  treasure, 

And  remained  unsatisfied. 

Then  to  learned  scribes  and  sages 

Seeking  Christ  I  wandered  on; 
But  upon  their  barren  pages 

Jacob's  Star  had  never  shone: 
True,  indeed,  like  men  in  prison 

Groping  for  the  light  of  day, 
Spake  they  of  the  Light  new  risen, 

But  themselves  saw  not  one  ray. 

To  the  temple  I  was  guided 

By  the  altar-fire  and  lights ; 
But,  though  all  else  was  i)rovided, 

Christ  was  absent  from  the  rites. 
Then  more  precious  time  I  wasted 

In  thy  streets,  Jerusalem; 
But  I  sought  in  vain,  and  hasted 

On  my  way  to  Bethlehem. 

In  the  streets  I  wandered  slowly. 

Looking  for  some  trusty  guide; 
All  was  dark  and  melancholy. 

None  I  met  with,  far  and  wide. 
On  a  sudden  I  perceiv&d 

O'er  my  head  a  star  to  shine ; 
Lo,  because  I  had  believed, 

And  had  sought  Him,  Christ  was  mine ! 

Only  seek  and  you  will  find  Him: 

Never  cease  to  seek  the  Lord ; 
And  should  He  delay,  remind  Him 

Boldly  of  His  plighted  word. 
Follow  Him,  and  He  will  lead  you; 

Trust  Him  in  the  darkest  night; 
Jacob's  Star  will  still  precede  you, 

Jacob's  Star  will  give  you  light. 

Spitta^  tr.  hy  R.  Massie, 

3262.  CHEIST'S  ENTRY  INTO  JERUSALEM. 
Mark  xi :  9-11. 

From  Olivet's  sequestered  seats, 

What  sounds  of  transport  spread? 
What    concourse    moves    through    Salem'3 
streets. 

To  Zion's  holy  head? 
Behold  Him  there  in  lowliest  guise  1 

The  Saviour  of  mankind : 
Triumphal  shouts  before  Him  rise, 

And  shouts  reply  behind : 


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And  ''strike,  "they  cry,  "your  loudest  string, 
He  comes  I     HoSanna  to  our  King!" 

Not  those  alone,  the  present  train, 

Their  present  King  adored; 
An  earlier  and  a  later  strain 

Extolled  the  self -same  Lord. 
Obedient  to  His  Father's  will, 

He  came,  He  lived.  He  died; 
And  gratulating  voices  still 

Before  and  after  cried, 
"All  hail !  the  Prince  of  David's  line! 
Hosanna  to  the  Man  Divine !" 

He  came  to  earth :  from  eldest  years, 

A  long  and  bright  array 
Of  prophet-bards  and  patriarch-seers 

Proclaimed  the  glorious  day : 
The  light  of  heaven  in  every  breast. 

Its  fire  on  every  lip, 
In  tuneful  chorus  on  they  pressed, 

A  goodly  fellowship; 
And  still  their  pealing  anthem  ran, 
"Hosanna  to  the  Son  of  Man!" 

He  came  to  earth :  through  life  He  passed 

A  Man  of  griefs :  and,  lo ! 
A  noble  army  following  fast 

His  track  of  pain  and  woe : 
All  decked  with  palms,  and  strangely  bright, 

That  suffering  host  appears; 
And  stainless  are  their  robes  of  white. 

Though  steeped  in  blood  and  tears; 
And  sweet  their  martyr-anthem  flows 
"Hosanna  to  the  Man  of  Woes!" 

From  ages  past  descends  the  lay 

To  ages  yet  to  be, 
Till  far  its  echoes  roll  away 

Into  eternity. 
But,  oh !  while  saints  and  angels  high. 

Thy  final  triumph  share. 
Amidst  Thy  followers.  Lord,  shall  I, 

Though  last  and  meanest  there. 
Receive  a  place,  and  feebly  raise 
A  faint  hosanna  to  Thy  praise. 

J.  TF.  Cunningham. 

3263.  OHEIST,  Silence  of. 
Mark  xv  :  5. 

While  for  us  He  undertakes. 
Burdened  with  our  sinful  load. 

No  defence  our  proxy  makes. 
Speechless  at  the  bar  of  God ; 

Dumb  before  the  Judge  supreme, 

All  our  crimes  He  owns  to  Him. 

Man  will  speak  accused  by  man, 
Fearful  of  disgrace  and  loss, 

Long  his  innocence  maintain. 
Eagerly  defend  his  cause ; 

God  with  us  accepts  the  shame. 

Yields  to  death  a  silent  Lamb, 

Sealed  His  lips  with  wisdom's  seal. 
Sealed  by  meek  humility, 


Reverence  for  His  Father's  will, 
Love  for  all  mankind  and  me: 
Nothing  need  the  L;mib  reply; 
All  His  business  is  to  die. 

But  His  silence  intercedes. 
If  their  guilt  the  guilty  own. 

For  the  self-condemned  it  pleads, 
Powerful  at  the  gracious  throne; 

But  His  blood  a  voice  hath  found. 

Life  and  heaven  is  in  the  sound ! 

J.  and  C.  Wesley. 

3264.  CHRIST,  The. 

Monarchs  are  feasting  in  their  towers; 

E'en  through  the  starry  midnight  hours. 

The  festal  radiance  streams  around. 

O'er  the  hushed  cities,  blent  the  sound 

Of  music  and  luxurious  mirth ; 

For  boundless  peace  is  on  the  earth. 

Around  them  famous  captains  sit ; 

Beauty,  nobility,  and  wit : 

Each  to  his  proud  heart  saith,  with  glee, 

"I  am  a  king;  there's  none  like  me !" 

Ah,  foolish  pride !     Ah,  vaunting  cheer! 

A  King  more  mighty  far  is  near. 

He  walks  the  desert,  and  His  throne 

Is  of  the  massy  mountain-stone : 

He  walks  the  waters,  and  they  spread 

In  silent  homage  to  His  tread  : 

And  the  wild  winds,  with  playful  sweep. 

Herald  His  path  across  the  deep. 

Heaven's  spirits  in  their  glory  speed 

To  wait,  or  minister  at  need. 

Know  ye  not  whence  this  Monarch  springs? 

He  IS  the  King  of  kings ! 

The  world  speeds  on  as  it  has  sped 
Through  all  the  ages  that  are  fled. 
The  city  streets  with  sunshine  glow; 
The  city  throng  moves  to  and  fro; 
The  gay,  the  gainful,  and  the  grave. 
Mingle  like  air-drops  in  the  wave; 
Mingle,  yet  mix  not ;  seen  and  lost ! 
Each  with  his  own  sole  thoughts  engrossed. 
They  hope  no  change,  they  fear  no  change ; 
They  feel  at  hand  no  era  strange ; 
But  from  the  desert  scorched  and  dry 
Comes  the  wild  prophet's  warning  cry: 
And  by  the  brooks  and  shepherd's  fold 
There  walks  One  awful  to  behold; 
And  by  the  borders  of  the  sea. 
Passing,  He  says,  **Come,  follow  Mel" 
And  men  rise  up,  forsaking  all, 
Through  power  of  that  mysterious  call. 
What  word  is  that?    The  same  which  spake, 
Made  earth,  and  shall  unmake ! 

In  synagogues  throughout  the  land 
The  priest  and  the  proud  Levite  stand, 
Dealing  without  or  stint  or  flaw 
The  terrors  of  the  ancient  law; 
Bad  to  the  bad,  and  to  the  worse 
A  heavier  doom,  a  bitterer  curse. 
But  there  sits  One  in  wilds  apart. 
Awful  in  aspect,  meek  in  heart; 


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And  from  His  graceful  lips  descend 
Blessing,  and  blessing  ■without  end. 

The  eager  crowds  around  Him  press; 

His  very  glance  doth  heal  and  bless. 

By  desert,  mountain,  rock,  and  sea, 

They  follow  Him  continually. 

His  form  is  glorious  to  behold; 

His  words  are  drops  of  living  gold; 

His  face  is  like  a  king's,  but  sad, 

Yet  in  its  light  all  souls  are  glad; 

Amaze,  and  dread,  and  love  devour 

All  hearts,  new  thoughts  and  words  of  power. 

Whence  brings  He  joy  in  such  increase? 

He  is  the  Prince  of  Peace ! 

The  sage,  in  his  most  secret  cell, 

Ponders  each  antiquated  spell ; 

Each  prophet-scroll,  each  starry  sign, 

For  advent  of  the  Hope  Divine. 

O  fool !  in  knowledge  lost  and  drowned. 

They  who  sought  not,  the  first  have  found. 

Even  now  the  ignorant  and  low 

Hear  words  of  wonder  overflow; 

Stupendous  visions  view  the  dark: 

TJie  dumb  is  singing  like  the  lark: 

Lameness  runs  far  and  wide  to  tell 

Tidings  of  many  a  miracle. 

What  need  of  seer  or  sage  renowned. 

To  tell  such  hearts  whom  they  have  found? 

The  very  demons  shriek  with  fear : 

The  Christ !  the  Christ  is  here ! 

The  old  man  faints  upon  his  bed ; 
The  young  man  in  his  strength  is  dead; 
In  silent  chambers  tears  descend 
Through  anguish  for  the  perished  friend. 
But  at  one  death,  one  parting  cry. 
Earth  trembles,  darkness  fills  the  sky. 
The  deed  is  done,  the  deed  of  woe! 
The  King  of  kings  has  been  below: 
The  Prince  of  peace  has  trod  the  earth; 
The  very  Christ  has  had  His  birth. 

No  word  of  old  is  rendered  vain, 

The  world's  Desire  is  found  and  slain, 

Time  has  not  such  a  guest  as  He ! 

Time  never  more  such  scenes  shall  see  I 

But  every  breath  of  His  shall  time 

Bear  to  remotest  age  and  clime, 

His  words  that  to  the  winds  were  sown. 

In  heedless  ears,  and  places  lone, 

Like  rains  upon  the  mountains  shed, 

Shall  run  and  fill  an  ocean-bed ;  [spring 

Like  beams  that  fall,  seemed  quenched,  yet 

Upward  in  every  living  thing;  [burn. 

Thus   shall  they  live,  spread,  breathe,  and 

Till  Time  expire,  and  Christ  return. 

William  Uoicitt. 

3265.  OHEIST,  The  Temptation  of. 
Luke  iv :  1-13. 
Too  weak,  alas !  too  weiak  is  the  temptation 
For  one  whose  soul  to  nobler  things  aspires 
Than  sensual  desires  1 


Ah !  could  I,  by  some  sudden  aberration, 
Lead  and  delude  to  suicidal  death 
This  Christ  of  Nazareth ! 

Unto  the  holy  Temple  on  Moriah, 

With  its  resplendent  domes,  and  manifold 

Bright  pinnacles  of  gold. 
Where  they  await  Thy  coming,  O  Messiah ! 
Lo !  I  have  brought  thee.  Let  Thy  glory  here 

Be  manifest  and  clear. 

Reveal  Thyself  by  royal  act  and  gesture. 
Descending  with  the  bright  triumphant  host 

Of  all  the  highermost 
Archangels,  and  about  Thee  as  a  vesture 
The  shining  clouds,  and  all  Thy  splendors 
show 

Unto  the  world  below ! 

Cast  Thyself  down,  it  is  the  hour  appointed; 
And  God  hath  given  His  angels  charge  and 
care 

To  keep  Thee  and  upbear 

Upon  their  hands  His  only  Son,  the  Anointed, 

Lest  He  should  dash  His  foot  against  a  stone, 

And  die,  and  be  unknown. 

Henry  Wadsworth  Longfellow. 

3266.  CHRIST  THE  LIGHT  OF  THE  WORLD. 
Luke  ii:  32. 

Light  of  the  Kosmos,  Reason,  Cause 
Of  all  that  is,  below,  above. 
Centre  and  sj^ring  of  life  and  love, 

And  Lord  of  love's  eternal  laws; 

One  world  of  Thine  we  dimly  scan. 
And  own  it  full  of  wrong  and  woe; 
We  know  not  why  it  should  be  so. 

Nor  why  should  sin  Thy  offspring,  man. 

We  know  we  sin.  Through  mind  and  heart. 
Through  soul  and  sense  defilement  stains ; 
The  good  in  us  is  bound  in  chains 

Whose  links  we  will  not  rend  apart. 

And  darkness,  vast  and  dense  and  sad 
Hangs  o'er  us  all,  a  tearful  cloud ; 
Each  heart  with  aching  throbs  aloud, 

With  none,  none,  none  to  make  us  glad. 

What,  none?     Nay,  nay!  O  Thou  divine! 
Thou  Light  of  worlds !    We  see  Thee  stand 
'Mid  suns  abashed  on  either  hand, 

O'erawed  we  see  Thee  stand  and  shine  1 

Thou  shin'st  for  us !     In  mortal  frame. 
With  mortal  weakness  compassed  round 
In  Thee,  and  Thee  alone  were  found 

Love's  spotless  light  and  scathless  flame  1 

Thou  shin'st  in  us.     Truth's  crystal  ray 
From  Thee,  Thyself  the  truth  who  art, 
Fills  reason's  eye  and  passion's  heart, 

And  lifts  us  toward  Thy  nameless  day. 


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Thou  shin'st  through  us.    From  man  to  man, 
From  age  to  age,  from  race  to  race, 
Thy  broadening  beams  our  darkness  chase, 

To  crown  with  light  what  light  began. 

A&  truth  and  love  took  human  mould 
To  touch  and  teach  and  save  at  first, 
So  still,  from  soul  to  soul,  as  erst, 

Must  goodness  win  its  way,  and  hold. 

Our  goodness  Thou,  our  love  and  light, 
In  us  set  up  Thy  kingdom  soon; 
Shine,  shine  to  boundless,  blissful  noon, 

To  noon  that  knows  nor  shade  nor  night. 

Like  sunrise  lances  through  a  wood, 

So  through  our  hearts,  through  nations, 

climes, 
Flash,  till  the  clash  of  heavenly  chimes 

Shall  hail  o'er  earth  the  dawn  of  good ! 

Rise,  orbed  in  glory !  Saviour!  King! 

Jehovah !  Jesus !  Truth !  Light !  Love ! 

Lion  of  Judah  1  Lamb  and  Dove ! 
Reign  Thou,  till  earth  like  heaven  shall  sing ! 
George  Lansing  Taylor. 

3267.  CHEIST,  The  Third  Temptation  of. 
Matthew  iv :  8. 

The  mountain  is  a  blaze  of  light ! 
Who  stands  upon  its  topmost  height? 
His  only  robe  the  lightning, 
His  burning  crown,  his  tossing  wing; 
Nor  spear  nor  sceptre  in  his  hand. 
But  flashing  from  his  eye  command ! 
There,  tem])ter,  towers  the  haughty  frame, 
That  not  the  thunderbolt  could  tame ; 
Nor  age  on  age's  dreary  flight. 
Nor  dungeons  of  eternal  night: 
In  pride,  in  grandeur  and  despair, 
There  stands  the  princedom  of  the  air. 

"Who  stands  upon  the  mountain's  height? 

No  form  of  majesty  and  might. 

No  splendors  darting  from  His  robe. 

To  startle  or  to  blast  the  globe ; 

But  patience  in  his  heavenward  eye, 

Like  one  who  came  to  toil  and  die. 

The  Infant  of  the  Virgin's  womb — 

He  comes  to  make  the  earth  His  tomb ; 

Beneath  the  pagan  scourge  to  bleed, 

To  bear  the  sceptre  of  the  reed ; 

To  wear  the  robe  of  mockery. 

To  meet  the  scorn,  the  taunt,  the  lie; 

To  feel  the  tortures  of  the  slave ; 

Victor,  yet  victim,  of  the  grave ! 

With  more  than  mortal  anguish  wan. 

Stands,  on  that  height,  the  Son  of  Man ! 

Twice  had  His  holy  strength  been  tried. 

Twice  had  He  smote  the  Tempter's  pride; 

But  now  along  the  desert-sand 

Bursts,  tempest-like,  the  wild  command: 

"Ye  kingdoms,  in  your  glory  rise." 

Earth  hears  it  from  her  farthest  skies. 


From  the  chill  Tartar's  boundless  plain, 
From  jewelled  India's  mountain-chain; 
From  forest  depth,  and  golden  cave, 
Beyond  the  ocean's  western  wave; 
The  visions  of  the  empires  come. 
Circling  thy  central  glory,  Rome  1 

The  wild  command  is  heard  once  more! 

In  panoply  earth's  millions  pour; 

As,  borne  upon  the  eagle's  wings, 

Rise  the  rich  musterings  of  her  kings; 

Helm,  turban,  golden  diadem. 

Pour  onward  like  a  fiery  stream, 

On  horse,  on  foot,  on  scythed  car; 

The  living  hurricane  of  war! 

As  rushed  they  on  the  tempter's  gaze 

Around  him  shot  a  broader  blaze; 

The  flash  of  triumph  in  his  eye. 

His  words,  the  words  of  victory ;       [crown, 

"Man,   wouldst  thou  wear  of  crowns  tlu 

Worship  its  lord;  the  world's  thine  own." 

The  grandeur  of  the  God  awoke? 
In  sounds  of  death  the  judgment  broke: 
"Satan,  avaunt!"     Despair,  despair. 
Was  in  his  groan,  and  shrinking  glare; 
Prone  on  his  face,  the  guilt-struck  fell! 
The  panther  bounded  at  his  yell. 
The  viper  started  from  the  spring. 
The  vulture  rushed  upon  the  wing. 
The  jackal  cowered  beside  the  dead, 
The  hungry  lion  howled  and  fled. 
The  vision  and  the  fiend  were  gone! 
There  stood  the  Conqueror — alone. 

But  o'er  the  mountain's  pinnacle. 
What  splendors  upon  splendors  swell. 
What  more  than  mortal  harmonies, 
What  clouds  of  more  than  incense  rise ! 
The  shout  of  joy,  the  holy  hymn. 
Are  from  your  lips,  ye  seraphim ; 
Your  shout,  your  song,  "  for  man  forgiven," 
Your  King,  Messiah,  King  of  heaven ! 

George  Croly. 

3268.  OHEIST  WALKING  ON  THE  SEA. 
Matthew  xiv  :  23-36. 

The  multitudes,  miraculously  fed. 
Had  to  their  distant  homes  been  sent  away ; 
Jesus  had  sought  apart  the  mountain  head, 
'Mid  Nature's  solitude  to  pray. 
In  darkness  and  in  storm  had  closed  the  day 
And  on  the  water  of  Gennesaret 
The  bark  that  held  His  faithful  followers  lay. 
Tossed  to  and  fro ;  their  Master  comes  not  yet, 
Can  He,  who  fed  the  crowd.  His  chosen  fevi 
forget? 

Believe  it  not ;  though  heaven  above  be  dark, 
And  ocean  stormy,  still  His  love  and  might 
Are  with  the  inmates  of  that  little  bark; 
And,  in  the  fourth  watch  of  that  fearful 

night, 
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Treads  with  unfaltering  feet,  the  billowy 

tide; 
The  moon  has  risen,  and  sheds  her  silvery 

light 
Full  on  that  form  which  toward  them  seems 

to  glide 
As  if  the  winds  to  chain,  and  all  their  fears 

to  chide. 

Can  it  be  human?     One  of  mortal  mould 
Could  walk  not  thus  the  waves  in  majesty. 
Fear  strikes  the  timid,  awe  o'ercomes  the 

bold, 
As,  underneath  that  shadowy  moonlit  sky. 
The  glorious  vision  silently  draws  nigh, 
Shining    more    brightly  from  surrounding 

shade ; 
"  It  is  a  spirit "  in  their  fear  they  cry. 
Soon  does  their  Master's  voice  those  fears  up- 
braid, 
"  Be  of  good  cheer,  "He  says;  "  'tis  I:  be  not 
afraid." 

Peter  goes  forth  to  meet  Him ;  but  the  sound 
E'en    of  the    sinking    tempest's    lingering 

breath. 
The  clouds  of  night  yet   darkly  hovering 

round 
The  parting  waves  his  only  path  beneath, 
Recall  to  him  but  images  of  death. 
And  fear    had   sank   Him;    but  with   out- 
stretched hand 
His  Lord  exclaims,  "  O  thou  of  little  faith ! 
Why  didst  thou  doubt?"  his  hope  and  faith 

expand. 
And  by  his  Master's  side  he  walks  as  on  dry 
land. 

Oh !  well  might  they  before  whose  eyes  were 

trod 
The  deep's  unyielding  waves,  then  worship 

Thee; 
Confess  Thee  of  a  truth  the  Son  of  God 
And  bend  in  prayer  and  j^raise  the  reverent 

knee: 
Should  theirs  alone  such  rites  of  homage  be? 
Forbid  the  thought !  unseen  of  mortal  eye. 
E'en  in  this  day,  on  life's  tempestuous  sea, 
Thou  walk'st  its  waves  when  stormy  winds 

are  high ; 
Thy  people's  guide   and   guard:   nor  wilt 

Thou  pass  them  by. 

As  to  Thy  loved  disciples  in  their  bark 
Thou  showedst  Thyself  upon  the    fearful 

night. 
E'en  now,  when  waves  are  rough  and  skies 

are  dark. 
Dost  Thou  in  condescending  love  delight 
To  manifest  Thy  saving  arm  of  might. 
For  such  as  look  to  Thee  alone  for  aid; 
To  those  who  walk  by  faith  and  not  by  sight ; 
Yet  visible  in  sorrow's  dreariest  shade 
And  heard  proclaiming  still,  '"Tis  I,  be  not 

afraid ;" 


Then  wind  and  wave  are  hushed,  and  all  is 

calm; 
Light  from  above  breaks  forth,  the  clouds 

are  riven, 
And  for  the  cry  of  fear  the  grateful  psalm 
Of  joy  and  praise  is  to  the  spirit  given. 
No  more  the  bark  is  tempest-tossed  or  driven, 
But  as  in  the  delightful,  tranquil  scene, 
The  parting  clouds  one  vistas  into  heaven ; 
For  fear  and  doubt  spring  faith  and  hope 

serene. 
And  holy  peace  presides  where  horror   late 

hath  been. 

Saviour,  Redeemer,  and  Incarnate  Word ! 
Since    Scripture  hath  declared   that   every 

knee 
To   Thee  shall  bow,    each  tongue   confess 
"Thee"  Lord, 
In  mercy  or  in  judgment  grant  that  we 
May  in  the  hour  of  mercy  bow  to  Thee. 
If  not,  in  judgment,  gracious  Lord,  arise; 
And  on  the  wave  of  trial's  stormiest  sea. 
Beneath  the  gloom  of  sorrow's  darkest  skies. 
Come  as  Thou  earnest  of  yore  to  Thy  dis- 
ciples' eyes.  Bernard  Barton. 

3269.  CHRIST,  WeaTiness  of. 

St.  John  iv  :  6. 

Weary  on  the  well  reclined, 

Mercy  in  Thy  weariness, 
Mercy  in  Thy  rest  we  find ; 

Then  Thou  stay'st  to  grant  Thy  peace 
Waitest  there  to  seize  Thy  stray, 

Rest  and  pardon  to  bestow. 
Wearied  with  her  sinful  way 

That  she  may  her  Saviour  know. 

Welcome  weariness  and  pain  ! 

Servant  of  Thy  Church  and  Thee, 
Saviour,  shall  I  not  sustain 

That  Thou  didst  sustain  forme? 
Let  my  toil  advance  Thy  praise, 

My  repose  resemble  Thine, 
Tend  to  minister  Thy  grace. 

Serve  the  blessed  cause  divine. 

J.  and  C.  Wesley. 

3270.  CHEIST,  Weep  not  for. 

Luke  xxiii  :  27,  28. 

Jerusalem's  daughters,  for  Me  do  not  weep ! 
Your  eyes'  bitter  waters  for  other  days  keep, 
For  days  of  sad  sighing,  deep  wailing,  and 

moan; 
For  the  dead  and  the  dying ;  for  cities  o'er- 

thrown. 
When  you  pray  that  the  mountains  may  fall 

on  your  head 
Then  from  those  misty  fountains  salt  tears 

may  be  shed : 
But,  Jerusalem's  daughters,  for  Me  do  not 

weep; 
Your  eyes'  bitter  waters  for  other  days  keep. 


CHRIST. 


CHRIST. 


101 


When  mothers,  soul-mourning,  curse  the  day 

when  was  pressed 
The  child  of  long  yearning  most  close  to  the 

breast ; 
When  those  eyes  they  are  blessing  which 

ne'er  saw  a  son, 
And  those  arms,  which  caressing  of  daughters 

had  none; 
When  the  maid,  thickly  sobbing,  her  own 

love  shall  mourn, 
And  the  father's  heart,  throbbing,  breaks 

o'er  his  first-born : 
Then,  Jerusalem's  daughters,  for  Me  do  not 

weep; 
Your  eyes'  bitter  waters  for  other  days  keep. 

When  the  helmeted  foeman  shall  stride  o'er 

the  wall. 
And  Titus,  the  Roman,  "No  quarter!"  shall 

call; 
When  his  horse  through   your   city  proud 

prancing  shall  steep 
In  blood,  shed  without  pity,  his  hoof  fet- 
lock deep. 
When  the  temple  is  crashing  in  horror  and 

flame, 
And  the  priests  are  down  dashing  in  anguish 

and  shame : 
Then,  Jerusalem's  daughters,  for  Me  do  not 

weep ; 
Your  eyes'  bitter  waters  for  other  days  keep. 

Weep  for  strongholds  down  battered,   for 

vineyards  uptorn. 
For  a  nation  all  scattered,   a  byword  and 

scorn : 
Weep  for  chieftains  still  meeting,  where'er 

be  their  track. 
Vile  words  of  base  greeting,  gyve,  gibbet, 

and  rack ; 
Weep  for  outrage  on  woman,  for  bondage 

and  thrall, 
For  compassion  from  no  man,  and  spurning 

from  all: 
So,  Jerusalem's  daughters,  for  Me  do  not 

weep, 
Your  eyes'  bitter  waters  for  other  days  keep ! 

Though,  soft-hearted  maiden !  you  now  see 

that  I, 
Deserted,  cross-laden,  stagger  onward  to  die ; 
The  cross  I  am  bearing  will  yet  be  the  gem 
For  the  lofty  knight's  wearing,  the  king's 

diadem. 
And  the  words  I  have  spoken  shall,  over  the 

earth, 
To  the  sad  and  heart-broken  of  comfort  give 

birth : 
Then,  Jerusalem's  daughters,  for  Me  do  not 

weep ; 
Your  eyes'  bitter  waters  for  other  days  keep ! 

Now  is  ended  My  mission :  I  answer  the  call, 
I  fulfil  the  condition,  of  One  slain  for  all! 
Though  dark  seems  the  story,  the  moment  is 
near 


When,  throned  in  heaven's  glory,  I  beaming 

appear ! 
From  its  light  ne'er  to  sunder,  till  here  am  I 

found, 
Amid   lightnings   and   thunder,    when  the 

trumpet  shall  sound : 
Then  Jerusalem's  daughters,  for  Me  do  not 

weep; 
Your  eyes'  bitter  waters  for  other  days  keep ! 

Dr.  Maginn. 

327 1.  CHEIST7  What  Think  Te  of. 

Matthew  xxvi  :  43-46. 
I  think  Him  David's  Son 

Whom  David  Lord  doth  call; 
I  think  Him  God  and  man  in  one, 

1  think  Him  all  in  all. 

I  think  Him  the  Most  High, 

Sole,  self-existing  God, 
Made  flesh,  a  sinful  world  to  buy. 

And  save  us  through  His  blood. 

I  think  Him  perfect  love 

Who  groaned  on  Calvary ; 
I  more  than  think  His  bowels  move 

For  such  a  worm  as  me. 

I  think  Him  still  the  same 

My  Ransomer  divine; 
I  think  if  His  through  life  I  am, 

He  is  forever  mine. 

J.  and  C.  Wesley. 

3272.  CHRIST,  Wisdom  of. 

Abashed  be  all  the  boast  of  age, 

Be  hoary  learning  dumb ! 
Expounder  of  the  mystic  page. 

Behold  an  infant  come  1 

O  wisdom  !  whose  unfading  power 

Beside  the  Eternal  stood. 
To  frame  in  nature's  earliest  hour 

The  land,  the  sky,  the  flood; 

Yet  didst  Thou  not  disdain  a  while 

An  infant's  form  to  wear; 
To  bless  Thy  mother  with  a  smile. 

And  lisp  Thy  faltered  prayer. 

But  in  Thy  Father's  own  abode. 
With  Israel's  elders  round, 

Conversing  high  with  Israel's  God, 
Thy  chiefest  joy  was  found. 

So  may  our  youth  adore  Thy  name ! 

And,  Saviour,  deign  to  bless 
With  fostering  grace  the  timid  flame 

Of  early  holiness.         Bishop  Heber. 

3273.  CHRIST,  Words  of. 

Luke  ii :  47. 

The  voice  of  God  was  mighty,  when  it  brake 

Through  the  deep  stillness  of  chaotic  night, 

Uttering  the  potent  words,  "Let  there  be 

light !" 


102 


CHRIST. 


CHRISTIM^S- 


And  light  was  kindled  as  th'  Eternal  spake; 
While  hosts  seraphic  hymned  the  wondrous 

plan 
Which  formed  heaven,  earth,  sun,  sea,  and 

crowned  the  work  with  man. 

The  voice  of  God  was  mighty,  when  it  came 
From  Sinai's  summit  wrapped  in  midnight 

gloom ; 
When  ceaseless  thunders  told  the  sinner's 

doom. 
And  answering  lightnings  flashed,  devouring 

flame ; 
Till  prostrate  Israel  breathed  th'  imploring 

cry, 
' '  Veil, Lord,  Thy  terrors ;  cease  Thy  thunders, 

or  we  die !" 

The  voice  of  God  was  mighty,  when  alone 
Elijah  stood  on  Horeb,  and  the  blast 
Rent  tlie  huge  mountains  as  Jehovah  passed. 
And  the  earth  quaked  beneath  the  Holy  One ; 
When  ceased  the  storm,  the  blast,  the  light- 
ning glare. 
And  but  the  "still  small  voice"  was  heard, 
yet  God  was  there. 

Yet  not  alone  in  thunder  or  in  storm 
The  voice  of  God  was  mighty,  as  it  came 
From  the  red  mountain,  or  the  car  of  flame: 
When  stooped  the  Godhead  to  a  mortal  form ; 
When  Jesus  came  to  work  His  Father's  will, 
His  was  the  voice  of  God,  and  it  was  mighty 
still. 

He  chid  the  billows,  and  the  heaving  sea 
Lay  hushed ;  the  warring  winds  obeyed  His 

word; 
The  conscious  demons  knew  and  owned  their 

Lord, 
And  at  His  bidding  set  the  captive  free. 
But  is  not  hatred  strong  as  wave  or  wind. 
And  are  the  hosts  of  hell  more  stubborn 

than  mankind? 

These,  too,  He  vanquished.    When  the  holy 

law 
From  His  pure  lips  like   mountain  honey 

flowed : 
Still,  as  He  spake,  the  haughty  heart  was 

bowed. 
Passion  was  calmed,  and  malice  crouched  in 

awe; 
The  Scribe,  perversely  blind,  began  to  see, 
And  mute   conviction   held    the    humbled 

Pharisee. 

"Man  never  spake  like  this  man,"  was  their 

cry; 
And  yet  He  spake,  and  yet  they  heard  in 

vain: 
E'en  as  their  sires  to  idols  turned  again 
When  Sinai's  thunders  shook  no  more  the 

sty, 
So  these  wentlback  to  bend  at  Mammon's 

shrine, 
And  heard  that  voice  no  more,  yet  felt  it 

was  divine !  Thomas  Dale. 


3274.  CHRIST,  Worthiness  of. 

Revelations  v  :  9-13. 

Worthy  the  Lamb  to  interpret  the  pages 
Writ  with  the  Trinity's  counsels  sublime; 
Worthy  to  open  the  seals  that  for  ages 
Shrouded  the  destinies  future  of  time: 
Worthy  to  take  the  book, 
Worthy  thereon  to  look. 
Worthy  the  name  He  took, 
Worthy  forever  the  Lamb  that  was  slain. 

Worthy  the  Lamb  who  was  slain  to  redeem  us, 
Washing  our  sins  in  His  pardoning  blood; 
Worthy   the    Lamb   who    has    deigned  to 

esteem  us, 
Making  us  kings  and  us  priests  unto  God: 

Worthy  angelic  lays, 

Worthy  redemption's  praise, 

Worthy  in  all  His  ways. 
Worthy  forever  the  Lamb  that  was  slain. 

Worthy  the  Lamb  who  from  every  nation. 
Out  of  each  kindred  and  people  and  tongue. 
Gathered  and  loved  us  and  gave  us  salvation, 
Worthy  the  anthem  adoringly  sung: 
Worthy  the  crown  to  own, 
Worthy  of  heaven's  throne. 
Worthy  all  homage  shown, 
Worthy  forever  the  Lamb  that  was  slain. 

Worthy  the  Lamb  His  dominion  possessing, 
Worthy  of  riches  and  wisdom  and  strength; 
Worthy  of  honor  and  glory  and  blessing. 
Worthy  the  highest  hosannas  at  length: 

Worthy  the  choral  strain, 

Worthy  the  new  refrain. 

Worthy  to  rule  and  reign, 
Worthy  forever  the  Lamb  that  was  slain. 

Oliver  Crane. 

3275.  OHEISTMAS  BELLS. 

Luke  ii  :  1-7. 

Hark !  the  bells  of  Christmas  ringing, 
All  abroad  their  echoes  flinging. 
Wider  still  and  wider  winging 

On  the  waste  of  wintry  air; 
On  their  solemn,  swift  vibrations, 
Rapture,  rapture  through  the  nations; 
Rapture,  till  their  glad  pulsations 

Million  blissful  bosoms  share. 

Every  bell  to  every  hammer 
Answers  with  a  joyous  clamor; 
Answers,  till  from  out  the  glamour 

Of  the  ages  far  and  dim. 
Till  from  Bethlehem's  stable  lowly. 
Fair  as  moonrise,  opening  slowly. 
Streams  of  radiance  pure  and  holy 

Down  the  brightening  centuries  swim. 

Then  the  bells  ring  flne  and  tender; 
And  from  out  that  far-oflf  splendor. 
Veiled  in  light  no  dreams  could  lend  her, 

Lo!  the  virgin  mother  mild. 
Pale  from  guiltless  pain  unspoken, 


CHRISTJMAS. 


cpiristm:^s. 


103 


Calm  in  faith's  deep  trust  unbroken, 
Bright  with  Heaven's  unconscious  token, 
Bends  above  her  wondrous  child. 

Still  the  bells  ring,  softly,  sweetly, 
Mingling  all  their  chimes  so  meetly, 
Trancing  all  my  soul  completelj^. 

Till  the  rosy  clouds  divide; 
And  o'er  Bethlehem's  mountains  hoary 
Bursts  a  strange  celestial  glory. 
Swells  a  sweet  seraphic  story, 

Trembling  o'er  the  pastures  wide. 

Glory!  glory!  God,  descending, 
Weds  with  man  in  bliss  unending. 
Hark !  the  ecstatic  choirs  attending 

Smite  their  lyres  with  tempest  sound. 
Shout!  Old  Discord's  reign  is  riven. 
Peace  on  earth!  good-will  is  given. 
Shout  the  joy  through  highest  heaven; 

Make  the  ci-ystal  spheres  resound ! 

Earth's  sad  wails  of  woe  and  wrangling. 
Like  wild  bells  in  night-storms  jangling. 
Now  their  jarring  tones  untangling 

In  some  deep,  harmonious  rhyme, 
Touched  by  Love's  own  hand  supernal, 
Hush  their  dissonance  infernal, 
Catch  the  rhythmic  march  eternal. 

Throbbing  through  the  pulse  of  time. 

Lo !  the  Babe,  where,  glad,  they  found  Him, 
By  the  chrismal  light  that  crowned  Him; 
See  the  shaggy  shepherds  round  Him, 

Round  His  manger  kneeling  low! 
See  the  star-led  Magi  speeding. 
Priest  and  scribe  the  record  reading, 
Craft  and  hate  each  omen  heeding. 

Brooding  swift  the  direful  blow! 

Vain  the  wrath  of  kings  conspiring; 
Vain  the  malice  demons  firing; 
On  the  nations,  long  desiring, 

Lo,  at  last  the  Day-star  shines. 
Earth  shall  bless  the  hour  that  bore  Him, 
Unborn  empires  fall  before  Him, 
Unknown  climes  and  tribes  adore  Him, 

In  ten  thousand  tongues  and  shrines. 

Hark  !  the  Christmas  bells  resounding, 
Earth's  old  jargon  all  confounding ! 
Round  the  world  their  tumult,  bounding. 

Spreads  Immanuel's  matchless  fame ! 
Million  hands  their  offerings  bringing, 
Million  hearts  around  Him  clinging. 
Million  tongues  hosanna  singing, 

Swell  the  honors  of  His  name! 

Crown  Him,  monarchs,  seers,  and  sages 
Crown  Him,  bards,  in  deathless  pages! 
Crown  Him  King  of  all  the  ages! 

Let  the  mighty  anthem  rise. 
Hark!  the  crash  of  tuneful  noises; 
Hark!  the  children's  thrilling  voices. 
Hark  !  the  world  in  song  rejoices. 

Till  the  chorus  shakes  the  skies ! 


Living  Christ,  o'er  sin  victorious, 
Dying  Lamb,  all-meritorious, 
Rising  God,  forever  glorious, 

Take  our  songs  and  hearts,  we  pray. 
May  we.  Thee  by  faith  descrying, 
On  Thy  death  for  life  relying. 
Rise  to  rapture  never  dying, 

Rise  with  Thee  in  endless  day. 

George  Lansing  Taylor. 

3276.  CHEISTMAS  DAT. 

What  sudden  blaze  of  song 

Spreads  o'er  tlie  expanse  of  heaven 
In  waves  of  light  it  thrills  along. 
The  angelic  signal  given: 
"  Glory  to  God !"  from  yonder  central  fire 
Flows  out  the  echoing  lay  beyond  the  starry 
choir. 

Like  circles  widening  round 

Upon  a  clear  blue  river. 
Orb  after  orb,  the  w^ondrous  sound 
Is  echoed  on  forever : 
"  Glory  to  God  on  high,  on  earth  be  peace, 
And  love  towards  men  of  love,  salvation  and 
release!" 

Yet  stay,  before  thou  dare 

To  join  that  festal  throng; 
Listen,  and  mark  what  gentle  air 
First  stirred  the  tide  of  song: 
'Tis  not,  "  The  Saviour  born  in  David's  home, 
To  whom  for  power  and  health  obedient 
worlds  should  come." 

'Tis  not,  "  The  Christ  the  Lord:" 

With  fixed  adoring  look 
The  choir  of  angels  caught  the  word, 
Nor  yet  their  silence  broke :  [should  be, 
But  when  they  heard  the  sign,  where  Christ 
In  sudden  light  they  shone,  and  heavenly 
harmony. 

Wrapped  in  His  swaddling  bands. 

And  in  His  manger  laid. 
The  Hope  and  Glory  of  all  lands 
Is  come  to  the  world's  aid : 
No  peaceful  home  upon  His  cradle  smiled; 
Guests  rudely  went  and  came,  where  slept 
the  royal  Child. 

But  where  Thou  dwellest,  Lord, 
No  other  thought  should  be ; 
Once  duly  welcomed  and  adored, 
How  should  I  part  with  Thee? 
Bethlehem  rrust  lose  Thee  soon;  but  Thou 

wilt  grace 
The  single  heart  to  be  Thy  sure  abiding-place. 

Thee,  on  the  bosom  laid 
Of  a  pure  virgin  mind, 
In  quiet  ever  and  in  shade 

Shepherd  and  sage  may  find;        [sway, 
They  who  have  bowed  untaught  to  Nature's 
And  they  who  follow  Truth  along  her  star- 
paved  way. 


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CHRISTiyLA-S. 


ciiristm:a.s. 


The  pastoral  Bpirits  first 

Approach  Thee,  Babe  divine : 
For  they  in  lowly  thoughts  are  nursed, 
Meet  for  Thy  lowly  shrine :   [dost  dwell. 
Sooner  than  they  should  miss  where  Thou 
Angels  from  heaven  will  stoop  to  guide  them 
to  Thy  cell. 

Still,  as  the  day  comes  round 

For  Thee  to  be  revealed, 
By  wakeful  shepherds  Tiiou  art  found, 
Abiding  in  the  field  ;  [night  air 

All  through  the  wintry  heaven    and   chill 
In  music  and  in  light  Thou  dawnest  on  their 
prayer. 

Oh  faint  not  ye  for  fear ! 

What  though  your  wandering  sheep, 
Reckless  of  what  they  see  and  hear, 
Lie  lost  in  wilful  sleep? 
High  Heaven,  in  mercy  to  your  sad  annoy, 
Still  greets  you  with  glad  tidings  of  immor- 
tal joy. 

Think  on  the  eternal  home 
The  Saviour  left  for  you; 
Think  on  the  Lord  most  holy,  come 
To  dwell  with  hearts  untrue : 
So  shall  ye  tread  untired  His  pastoral  ways. 
And  in  the  darkness  sing  your  carol  of  high 
praise.  John  Keble. 

3277.  CHRISTMAS  HTMIT. 

It  was  the  calm  and  silent  night ! 

Seven  hundred  years  and  fifty-three 
Had  Rome  been  growing  up  to  might, 

And  now  was  queen  of  land  and  sea! 
No  sound  was  heard  of  clashing  wars; 

Peace  brooded  o'er  the  hushed  domain ; 
Apollo,  Pallas,  Jove,  and  Mars, 

Held  undisturbed  their  ancient  reign. 

In  the  solemn  midnight 
Centuries  ago ! 

'Twas  in  the  calm  and  silent  night! — 

The  senator  of  haughty  Rome 
Impatient  urged  his  chariot's  flight, 

From  lordly  revel  rolling  home! 
Triumphal  arches  gleaming  swell 

His  breast  with  thoughts  of  boundless 
What  recked  the  Roman  what  befell  [sway ; 

A  paltry  province  far  away. 

In  the  solemn  midnight 
Centuries  ago ! 

Within  that  province  far  away 

Went  plodding  home  a  weary  boor: 
A  streak  of  light  before  him  lay, 

Fallen  through  a  half-shut  stable-door 
Across  his  path.     He  passed — for  naught 

Told  what  was  going  on  within  ; 
How  keen  the  stars!  his  only  thought; 

The  air  how  calm  and  cold  and  thin. 

In  the  solemn  midnight 
Centuries  ago ! 


O  strange  indifference!     Low  and  high 

Drowsed  over  common  joys  and  cares: 
The  earth  was  still,  but  knew  not  why; 

The  world  was  listening,  unawares! 
How  calm  a  moment  may  precede 

One  that  shall  thrill  the  world  forever! 
To  that  still  moment  none  would  heed, 

Man's  doom  was  linked  no  more  to  sever 
In  the  solemn  midnight 
Centuries  ago ! 

It  is  the  calm  and  silent  night ! 

A  thousand  bells  ring  out,  and  throw 
Their  joyous  peals  abroad,  and  smite 

The  darkness,  charmed  and  holy  now ! 
The  night  that  erst  no  name  had  worn, 

To  it  a  happy  name  is  given ; 
For  in  that  stalale  lay  new-born 

The  peaceful  Prince  of  earth  and  heaven 
In  the  solemn  midnight 
Centuries  ago ! 

Alfred  Domett. 

3278.  CHEISTMAS,  Tte  First. 
I. 
The  magi,  skilled  in  astrologic  lore 
Had  scanned  for  years  the  starry  concave  o'er. 

And  looked  and  gazed  in  vain ; 
But,  on  this  most  memorial  night  of  nights 
They  saw,  among  the  old  accustomed  lights, 
A  stranger  on  the  plain. 

"Behold  the  Star !  Behold !  behold  the  Star ! 
It  shines  afar,"  they  cry,  "  it  shines  afar!" 

To  gladden  all  the  earth.  [King! 

The  King!  our  King!  the  promised,  coming 
Let  all  make  haste  our  joyful  gifts  to  bring 

And  celebrate  His  birth !" 

The  shepherds  left  unkept  their  bleating 
Alone  to  pasture  on  the  barren  rocks,   [flock3 

To  drink  from  springs  run  dry. 
The  wise  men  left  unturned  their  horoscopes, 
While  each  one,   as  in  midnight  darkness 

gropes. 
To  see  and  know  the  Babe  on  whom  the  hopes 

Of  all  the  future  lie. 

II. 

Now,  on  the  outstretched  finger  of  the  night. 
Bright  beams  a  jewel,  a  clear  sparkling  gem, 
That  points  the  world  by  its  prophetic  light. 
Where  sweetly  sleeps  the  Babe  of  Bethlehem. 

O  tell  us,  Magi !  answer,  learned  seer ! 
Who  long  foretold  the  branch  from  Jesse's 

stem; 
Know  ye  the  time  the  meteor  should  appear, 
That  ushers  in  the  Babe  of  Bethlehem? 

What  power  of  divination  has  been  givea 
To  serpent  wand  or  wizard  diadem. 
To  read  the  secrets  of  the  front  of  heaven. 
And  find  the  Babe  just  born  in  Bethlehem? 


CHRI STIM  A.S. 


CHRi  stm:^s. 


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Each  wise  man  seized  his  astrolabe,    [wand, 
Each    gray  -  beard    wizard    stretched    his 

To  find  where  breatlied  the  Holy  Babe 
That  should  be  King  of  all  the  land. 

When  hark  the  stillness  of  the  night 

Is  broken  by  triumphant  song: 
The  plains  are  bright  with  heavenly  light 

Reflected  from  that  heavenly  throng. 

And  this  the  burden  of  their  song: 

"  To  God  the  highest  glory  give, 
For  right  shall  triumph  over  wrong, 

Repentant  sinners  now  may  live. 
For  lo !  the  Prince  of  peace  is  born, 

Hosannah  in  the  highest  sing! 
For  you  in  Bethlehem  is  born 

The  lordliest  Lord,  the  kingliest  King! 
This  day,  within  a  manger,  born 

The  Priest  who  shall  good  tidings  bring. 

Sing  ye,  the  Mighty  Conqueror,  sing! 
For  Christ  is  born  this  Christmas  morn !" 
Simeon  Tucker  Clarh. 

3279.  CHRISTMAS,  The  Nativity. 

This  is  the  month,  and  this  the  happy  morn, 
Wherein  the  Son  of  Heaven's  eternal  King, 
Of  wedded  Maid  and  Virgin  Mother  born, 
Our  great  redemption  from  above  did  bring ; 
For  so  the  holy  sages  once  did  sing, 
That  He  our  deadly  forfeit  should  release, 
And  with  His  Father  work  us  a  perpetual 
peace. 

That  glorious  form,  that  light  insufferable, 
And  that  far -beaming  blaze  of  majesty, 
Wherewith  he  wont  at  Heaven's  high  coun- 
cil-table 
To  sit  the  midst  of  Trinal  Unity, 
He  laid  aside ;  and  here  with  us  to  be, 
Forsook  the  courts  of  everlasting  day. 
And  chose  with  us    a  darksome  house  of 
mortal  clay. 

Say,  heavenly  Muse,  shall  not  thy  sacred 

vein 
Afford  a  present  to  the  Infant  God? 
Hast  thou  no  verse,  no  hymn,  or  solemn 

strain, 
To  welcome  Him  to  this  His  new  abode. 
Now  while  the  heaven   by  the  sun's  team 

untrod. 
Hath  took  no  print  of  the  approaching  light, 
And   all  the  spangled  host  keep  watch  in 

squadrons  bright. 

See  how  from  far  upon  the  eastern  road 
The  star-led  wizards  haste  with  odors  sweet: 
Oh  run,  prevent  them  with  thy  humble  ode. 
And  lay  it  lowly  at  His  blessed  feet; 
Have  thou  the  honor  first  thy  Lord  to  greet, 
And  join  thy  voice  unto  the  angel  quire, 
From  out  his  secret  altar  touched  with  hal- 
lowed fire. 


THE   HYMN. 

It  was  the  winter  wild. 

While  the  heaven-born  child 
All  meanly  wrapt  in  the  rude  manger  lies; 

Nature  in  awe  to  Him 

Had  doffed  her  gaudy  trim, 
With  her  great  Master  so  to  sympathize ; 
It  was  no  season  then  for  her 
To  wanton  with  the  sun,  her  lusty  paramour. 

Only  with  speeches  fair 

She  wooes  the  gentle  air 
To  hide  her  guilty  front  with  innocent  snow, 

And  on  her  naked  shame. 

Pollute  with  sinful  blame. 
The  saintly  veil  of  maiden  white  to  throw. 
Confounded,  that  her  Maker's  eyes        [ties. 
Should  look  so  near  upon  her  foul  deformi- 

But  He  her  fears  to  cease, 
Sent  down  the  meek-eyed  Peace; 
She  crowned  with  olive  green,  came  swiftly 
sliding 
Down  through  the  turning  sphere 
His  ready  harbinger,  [ii^g; 

With  turtle  wing  the  amorous  clouds  divid- 
And  waving  with  her  myrtle  wand. 
She  strikes  a  universal  peace  through  *ea 
and  land. 

No  war,  or  battle  sound 
Was  heard  the  world  around : 
The  idle  spear  and  shield  were  high  up  hung. 
The  hooked  chariot  stood 
Unstained  with  hostile  blood. 
The  trumpet  spake  not  to  the  armed  throng, 
And  kings  sat  still  with  awful  eye. 
As  if  they  surely  knew  their  sovran  Lord 
was  by. 

But  peaceful  was  the  night, 

Wherein  the  Prince  of  light 
His  reign  of  peace  upon  the  earth  began ; 

The  winds  with  wonder  whist 

Smoothly  the  waters  kist, 
Whisp'ring  new  joys  to  the  mild  ocean, 
Who  now  hath  quite  forgot  to  rave. 
While  birds  of  calm   sit   brooding  on  the 
charmed  wave. 

The  stars  with  deep  amaze. 

Stand  fixed  in  steadfast  gaze, 
Bending  one  way  their  precious  influence, 

And  will  not  take  their  flight 

For  all  the  morning  light. 
Or  Lucifer  that  often  warned  them  thence ; 
But  in  their  glimmering  orbs  did  glow, 
Until  the  Lord  Himself  bespake,  and  bid 
them  go. 

And  though  the  shady  gloom 
Had  given  day  her  room. 
The  sun  himself  withheld  his  wonted  speed, 
And  hid  his  head  lor  shame, 
As  his  inferior  flame 


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CHRISTMAS. 


CHRISTIMAS. 


The  new  enlightened  world  no  more  should 

need ; 
He  saw  a  greater  sun  appear 
Than  his  bright  throne,  or  burning  axle-tree 

could  bear. 

The  shepherds  on  the  lawn, 

Or  e'er  the  point  of  dawn, 
Sat  simply  chatting  in  a  rustic  row; 

Full  little  thought  they  then 

That  the  mighty  Pan 
Was  kindly  come  to  live  with  them  below, 
Perhaps  their  loves,  or  else  their  sheep, 
Was   all  that  did  their   silly  thoughts    so 
busy  keep. 

When  such  music  sweet, 
Their  hearts  and  ears  did  greet. 

As  never  was  by  mortal  finger  strook, 
Divinely-warbled  voice 
Answering  the  stringed  noise. 

As  all  their  souls  in  blissful  rapture  took : 

The  air  such  pleasure  loth  to  lose 

With  thousand   echoes  still  prolongs  each 
heavenly  close. 

Nature  that  heard  such  sound, 

Beneath  the  hollow  round 
Of  Cynthia's  seat,  the  aery  region  thrilling. 

Now  was  almost  won 

To  think  her  part  was  done. 
And  that  her  reign  had  here  its  last  fulfill- 
She  knew  sucli  harmony  alone  [iug» 

Could  hold  all  heaven  and  earth  in  happier 
union. 

At  last  surrounds  their  sight 

A  globe  of  circular  light. 
That  with  long  beams  the  shamefaced  night 

The  helmed  cherubim  [arrayed  •, 

The  sworded  seraphim 
Are  seen  in  glittering  ranks  with  wings  dis- 
played, 
Harping  in  loud  and  solemn  choir 
With  unexpressive  notes  to   heaven's  new- 
born Heir. 

Such  music  (as  'tis  said) 

Before  was  never  made. 
But  when  of  old  the  sons  of  morning  sung, 

While  the  Creator  great 

His  constellations  set. 
And  the  well-balanced  world  on  hinges  hung, 
And  cast  the  dark  foundations  deep. 
And  bid  the    welt'ring  waves    their   oozy 
channel  keep. 

Ring  out,  ye  crystal  spheres, 

Once  bless  our  humble  ears 
(If  ye  have  power  to  touch  our  senses  so), 

And  let  your  silvery  chime 

Move  in  melodious  time, 
And  let  the   bass  of  heaven's  deep  organ 
And  with  your  ninefold  harmony,         [blow, 
Make  up  full  concert  to  the  angelic  sym- 
phony. 


For  if  such  holy  song 

luvvrap  our  fancy  long. 
Time   will   run    back,  and  fetch  the  age  of 

And  speckled  Vanity  [gold, 

Will  sicken  soon  and  die. 
And   leprous    Sin    will   melt   with    earthly 
And  Hell  itself  will  pass  away,  [mould, 

And  leave   her   dolorous  mansions    to  the 
peering  day. 

Yea,  Truth  and  Justice  then 

Will  down  return  to  men, 
Orbed  in  a  rainbow ;  and  like  glories  wearing, 

Mercy  will  sit  between. 

Throned  in  celestial  sheen. 
With   radiant  feet  the  tissued  clouds  down 
And  Heaven,  as  at  some  festival,     [steering. 
Will  open  wide  the  gates  of  her  high  palace 
hall. 

But  wisest  Fate  says  no, 

This  must  not  yet  be  so. 
The  Babe  lies  yet  m  smiling  infancy, 

That  on  the  bitter  cross 

Must  redeem  our  loss; 
So  both  Himself  and  us  to  glorify: 
Yet  first  to  those  ychained  in  sleep. 
The  wakeful  trump  of  Doom  must  thunder 
through  the  deep. 

With  such  a  horrid  clang 

As  on  Mount  Sinai  rang. 
While  the  red  fire  and  smouldering  cloiids 

The  aged  earth,  aghast,  [outbreak; 

With  terror  of  that  blast. 
Shall  from  the  surface  to  the  centre  shake : 
When  at  the  world's  last  session, 
The   dreadful   Judge    in    middle   air  shall 
spread  His  throne. 

And  then  at  last  our  bliss 

Full  and  perfect  is. 
But  now  begins;  for  from  this  happy  day, 

Th'  old  Dragon  underground 

In  straiter  limits  bound. 
Not  half  so  far  casts  his  usurped  sway, 
And  wroth  to  see  his  kingdom  fail, 
Swindges  the  scaly  horror  of  his  folded  tail. 

The  oracles  are  dumb. 
No  voice  or  hideous  hum  [ceiving. 

Runs  through  the  arched  roof  in  words  de- 
Apollo  from  his  shrine 
Can  no  more  divine,  [leavisg. 

With  hollow  shriek  the  steep  of  Delphos 
No  nightly  trance  or  breathed  spell 
Inspires  the  pale-eyed  priest  from  his  pro- 
phetic cell. 

The  lonely  mountains  o'er 

And  the  resounding  shore, 
A  voice  of  weeping  heard  and  loud  lament, 

From  haunted  spring  and  dale 

Edged  with  poplar  pale. 
The  parting  Genius  is  with  sighing  sent; 


CHRISTMl^S. 


CHTjnOH. 


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"With  flower-inwoven  tresses  torn, 
The  nymphs  in  twilight  shade  of  tangled 
thickets  mourn. 

In  consecrated  earth 

And  on  the  holy  hearth, 
The  Lars  and  Lemures  moan  with  midnight 

In  urns  and  altars  round  [plaint, 

A  drear  and  dying  sound 
AflErights  the  Flamens  at  their  service  quaint ; 
And  the  chill  marble  seems  to  sweat, 
While    each    peculiar    power  foregoes    his 
wonted  seat. 

Peor  and  Baalim 

Forsake  their  temples  dim. 
With  that  twice-battered  god  of  Palestine ; 

And  mooned  Ashtaroth, 

Heaven's  queen  and  mother  both. 
Now  sits  not  girt  with  tapers'  holy  shrine ; 
The  Lybic  Hammon  shrinks  his  horn, 
In  vain  the  Tyrian   maids  their  wounded 
Thammus  mourn. 

And  sullen  Moloch  fled. 

Hath  left  in  shadows  dread, 
His  burning  idol  all  of  blackest  hue ; 

In  vain  with  cymbals'  ring 

They  call  the  grisly  king, 
In  dismal  dance  about  the  furnace  blue^ 
The  brutish  gods  of  Nile  as  fast, 
Isis  and  Orus,  and  the  dog  Anubis  haste. 

Nor  is  Osiris  seen 

In  Memphian  grove  or  green. 
Trampling  the  unshowered  grass  with  low- 

Nor  can  he  be  at  rest  [ings  loud ; 

Within  his  sacred  chest. 
Naught  but    profoundest  hell   can   be    his 

shroud ; 
In  vain  with  timbrelled  anthems  dark. 
The  sable-stoled  sorcerers  bear  his  worshipt 
ark. 

He  feels  from  Juda's  land 

The  dreaded  Infants'  hand. 
The  rays  of  Bethlehem  blind  his  dusky  eyn ; 

Nor  all  the  gods  beside 

Longer  dare  abide. 
Not  Typhon  huge  ending  in  snaky  twine; 
Our  Babe,  to  show  His  Godhead  true. 
Can   in  His    swaddling  bands    control  the 
damned  crew. 

So  when  the  Sun  in  bed, 

Curtained  with  cloudy  red, 
Pillows  his  chin  upon  an  orient  wave, 

The  flocking  shadows  pale 

Troop  to  the  infernal  jail. 
Each  fettered  ghost  slips  to  his  several  grave. 
And  the  yellow-skirted  Fayes 
Fly  after    the   night-steeds,    leaving   their 
moon-loved  maze. 

But  see  the  Virgin  blest. 
Hath  laid  her  Babe  to  rest, 


Time  is   our  tedious  song  should  here  have 
ending; 
Heaven's  youngest-teemed  star; 
Hath  fixed  her  polished  car      [tending; 
Her  sleeping  Lord  with  handmaid  lamp  at- 
And  all  about  the  courtly  stable 
Bright  harnest  angels  sit  in  order  service- 
able. John  Milton. 

3280.  CHURCH,  The  Primitive. 
Acts  iv  :  32. 
Happy  the  souls  that  first  believed, 
To  Jesus  and  each  other  cleaved; 
Joined  by  the  unction  from  above, 
In  mystic  fellowship  of  love. 

Meek,  simple  followers  of  the  Lamb, 

They   lived,  and  spake,   and   thought   the 

same! 
Brake  the  commemorative  bread. 
And  drank  the  Spirit  of  their  Head. 

On  God  they  cast  their  every  care. 
Wrestling  with  God  in  mighty  prayer 
They  claimed  the  grace  through  Jesus  given. 
By  prayer  they  shut  and  opened  heaven. 

To  Jesus  they  performed  their  vows, 
A  little  church  in  every  house; 
They  joyfully  conspired  to  raise 
Their  ceaseless  sacrifice  of  praise. 

Proprietors  were  there  unknown. 
None  called  what  he  possessed  his  own: 
Where  all  the  common  blessings  share, 
No  selfish  happiness  was  there. 

With  grace  abundantly  endued 
A  pure,  believing  multitude, 
They  all  were  of  one  heart  and  soul. 
And  only  love  inspired  the  whole. 

O  what  an  age  of  golden  days ! 
O  what  a  choice,  peculiar  race! 
Washed  in  the  Lamb's  all-cleansing  blood. 
Anointed  kings  and  priests  to  God ! 

Where  shall  I  wander  now  to  find 
The  successors  they  left  behiifd  ? 
The  faithful  whom  I  seek  in  vain. 
Are  minished  from  the  sons  of  men. 

Ye  different  sects,  who  all  declare, 
"  Lo,  here  is  Christ !"  or  "  Christ  is  there!" 
Your  stronger  proofs  divinely  give. 
And  show  me  where  the  Christians  live. 

Your  claim,  alas !  ye  cannot  prove ; 
Ye  want  the  genuine  mark  of  love: 
Thou  only,  Lord,  Thine  own  canst  show, 
For  sure  Thou  hast  a  church  below. 

The  gates  of  hell  cannot  prevail; 
The  church  on  earth  can  never  fail. 
Ah !  join  me  to  Thy  secret  ones ! 
Ah  I  gather  all  Thy  living  stones  I 


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CIRCXJMICISIO^. 


CROSS. 


Scattered  o'er  all  the  earth  they  lie, 
Till  Thou  collect  them  with  Thine  eye 
Draw  by  the  music  of  Thy  name 
And  charm  into  a  beauteous  frame. 

For  this  the  pleading  Spirit  groans, 
And  cries  in  all  Thy  banished  ones; 
Greatest  of  Gifts,  Thy  love  impart. 
And  make  us  of  one  mind  and  heart. 

Join  every  soul  that  looks  to  Thee, 
In  bonds  of  perfect  charity ; 
Now,  Lord,  the  glorious  fulness  give, 
And  all  in  all  forever  live ! 

J.  and  C.  We 


3281.  CIEOUMCISION  OF  CHRIST,  The. 

Luke  ii  :  21. 
Ye  flaming  pow'rs,    and   winged  warriors 

bright. 
That  erst  with  music,  and  triumphant  song, 
First  heard  by  happy  watchful  shepherds' 

ear. 
So  sweetly  sung  your  joy  the  clouds  along 
Through  the   soft  silence  of  the   list'ning 

night; 
Now  mourn,  and  if  sad  share  with  us  to  bear 
Your  fiery  essence  can  distill  no  tear, 
Burn  in  your  sighs,  and  borrow 
Seas  wept  from  our  deep  sorrow : 
He  who  with  all  heav'n's  heraldry  whilere 
Entered  the  world,  now  bleeds  to  give  us 
Alas,  how  soon  our  sin  [ease ; 

Sore  doth  begin 

His  infancy  to  seize ! 
O  more  exceeding  love,  or  law  more  just ! 
Just  law  indeed,  but  more  exceeding  love ! 
For  we  by  rightful  doom  remediless 
Were  lost  in  death,  till  He  that  dwelt  above 
High  throned  in  secret  bliss,  for  us  frail  dust 
Emptied  His  glory,  ev'n  to  nakedness ; 
And  that  great  covenant   which   we   still 
Entirely  satisfied,  [transgress 

And  the  full  wrath  beside 
Of  vengeful  justice  bore  for  our  excess. 
And  seals  obedience  first,  with  wounding 
This  day ;  but  oh  1  ere  long  [smart, 

Huge  pangs  and  strong 
"Will  pierce  more  near  His  heart. 

John  Milton. 

3282.  CLOUD  AND  PILLAR  OF  FIRE. 

Kehemiah  ix  :  IS. 
In  cloud  by  day,  in  fire  by  night, 

Jehovah's  pillared  symbol  hung; 
And  day  and  night,  in  Israel's  sight, 

Its  heaven-sent  token  earthward  flung. 

It  rested  o'er  their  sacred  tent. 

And  in  their  camp  the  host  abode ; 

It  lifted  thence,  and  onward  went. 
And  they  its  desert  pathway  trode. 

They  saw  it  rest,  they  saw  it  rise, 
The  signal  of  Jehovah's  will; 

They  watched  it  with  unfailing  eyes. 
And  struck  their  tents,  or  waited  still. 


Not  now  in  columned  shade  or  flame, 
Our  steps,  O  God!  Thy  glory  leads; 

But  signs  divine  Thy  will  proclaim, 
Thy  banner  still  Thy  churcb  precedes. 

Thy  light  is  on  our  pathway  shed. 
Thy  counsel  on  our  hearts  impressed. 

And  by  Thy  guiding  Spirit  lead 
Thy  watching  host  move  on,  or  rest, 
Samuel  Wolcott. 

3283.  CLOUDS,  Cluist  and  the. 

Acts  i  :  9. 
I  cannot  look  above  and  see 

Yon  high-piled  pillowy  mass 
Of  evening  clouds,  so  swimmingly, 

In  gold  and  purple  pass. 
And  think  not.  Lord,  how  Thou  wast  seen 

On  Israel's  desert  way 
Before  them,  in  Thy  shadowy  screen, 

Pavilioned  all  the  day ! 

Or  of  those  robes  of  gorgeous  hue. 

Which  the  Redeemer  wore. 
When,  ravished  from  His  followers'  view, 

Aloft  His  flight  He  bore ; 
When  lifted,  as  on  mighty  wing, 

He  curtained  his  ascent, 
And  wrapped  in  clouds,  went  triumphing 

Above  the  firmament. 

Is  it  a  trail  of  that  same  pall 

Of  many-colored  dyes. 
That  high  above,  o'er  mantling  all 

Hangs  midway  down  the  skies — ■ 
Or  borders  of  those  sweeping  folds 

Which  shall  be  all  unfurled 
About  the  Saviour,  whom  He  holds 

His  judgment  on  the  world? 

For  in  like  manner  as  He  went — 

My  soul,  hast  thou  forgot? — 
Shall  be  His  terrible  descent. 

When  man  expecteth  not ! 
Strength,  Son  of  man,  against  that  hour, 

Be  to  our  spirits  given, 
When  Thou  shalt  come  again  with  power, 

Upon  the  clouds  of  heaven  ! 

William  Crosicell. 

3284.  CROSS,  Attraction  of  the. 

Galatians  vi  :  14. 
O  cross,  O  cross  of  shame ! 
In  every  age  the  same, 
Thou  symbol  of  a  shameful  thing, 
Meet  for  a  slave  and  not  a  King; 
Symbol  of  shame  and  loss, 
Where  is  thy  grace,  O  cross !  [hand, 

That  I  should  bear  thee  thus  with  heart  and 
Where  earth's  rude  scorners  stand; 
Myself  a  laughing-stock  for  thee, 
A  byword  and  a  mockery? 

0  cross,  O  cross  of  pain ! 
Where  is  to  me  the  gain 

That  in  this  bleeding  heart  of  mine 

1  nail  each  bitter  nail  of  thine ; 


CROSS. 


CRO"W"]sr. 


109 


That  still  with  every  breath 

I  live  a  life  of  death — 

A  life  that  is  a  daily  dying  still, 

A  death  that  may  not  kill, 

But  hour  by  hour  and  day  by  day 

Feeds  on  the  life  it  will  not  slay? 

0  cross,  O  cross  of  light. 
With  heavenly  beauty  bright! 

1  love  and  glory  in  thy  shame ; 
For  He  I  love  has  borne  the  same; 
The  world  may  scorn  and  threat 
Her  idle  vengeance  yet, 

But  I  will  bear  thee  still  with  heart  and  hand. 

Though  men  with  devils  band ; 

For  He  I  love  is  with  me  still. 

And  shame  is  sweet  if  His  dear  will. 

O  cross,  O  cross  of  joy, 

O  sweetness  without  cloy ! 

Still  wound  and  pierce  my  bleeding  heart, 

For  honey  streams  from  every  dart. 

O  crimson,  crimson  tree ! 

Still  let  me  cling  to  thee; 

In  thy  dear  arms  reposing  day  by  day, 

Still  let  me  die  alway ; 

For  He  I  love  is  by  my  side. 

And  death  is  sweet,  for  He  has  died. 

O  cross,  O  cross  of  woe ! 
When  heaven  and  earth  shall  glow. 
When  blazing  in  the  eastern  sky 
The  Son  of  Man's  dread  sign  shall  lie, 
His  sign  no  more  of  shame, 
His  cross  a  cross  of  flame. 
To  whom  the  gain,  to  whom  the  endless  loss. 
At  that  dread  day,  O  cross ! 
To  scorner  or  to  scorned  on  high? 
The  fire  shall  try  ....  the  fire  shall  try. 
Folliott  8.  Pierpont, 

3285.  CROSS,  The. 

Colossians  i  :  20. 

The  cross  is  ever  good, 

Although  with  tears  bedewed; 

A  Father's  hand  from  heaven 

This  very  /iross  has  given. 

Take  it  as  children  should ; 
What  bitter  is  at  present. 
We  own  ere  long  as  pleasant, 

It  is  so  good,  so  good  1 

The  cross  is  ever  fair ; 

And  though  no  beauty  there 

The  eye  of  sight  discerneth. 

Such  glory  round  it  burneth, 

That  watching  angels  wear 

Sweet  looks  of  joy  and  wonder 
As  on  the  cross  they  ponder, 

It  is  so  fair,  so  fair ! 

And  with  the  cross  is  light : 
Before  it  naught  aright 
Of  thine  own  self  thou  knowest, 
While  unto  it  thou  owest. 


Of  God  the  first  true  sight. 

The  cross  in  darkness  finds  thee, 
But  scatters  all  that  binds  thee : 

For  with  the  cross  is  light ! 

The  cross  makes  all  things  pure : 

No  falsehood  can  endure 

Its  coming;  guilt  long  hidden 

Arises  then  unbidden ; 

And  though  severe  the  cure. 

At  sorrow's  touch  must  perish 
The  sins  we  fain  would  cherish, 

It  makes  so  pure,  so  pure ! 

The  cross  makes  man  so  small, 
His  proudest  hopes  must  fall, 
Their  glory  fast  dispelling 
The  while  the  cross  is  telling 
That  God  alone  is  all ; 

That  only  lie  is  holy. 

And  must  be  worshipped  solely, 
Man  is  so  small,  so  small ! 

The  cross  to  me  is  dear, 

It  brings  the  Saviour  near; 

And  worldly  joy  resigning, 

I  take  it  unrepining. 

Lord  of  the  cross,  'tis  here 
My  life,  my  all  I  tender 
To  Thee,  in  full  surrender, 

And  thus  the  cross  is  dear ! 

Lyra  Messianica. 

3286.  CKOSS,  The. 

Blessed  cross,  hail,  holy  rood ! 
Death,  by  thee,  was  first  subdued 
When  my  God  was  crucified, 
When  my  King  and  Saviour  died. 

Queen  of  trees  art  thou,  O  palm  ! 
For  our  wounds  the  sovereign  balm. 
Strong  support  wh#n  burdens  press, 
Solace  in  our  sore  distress. 

Tree  of  life,  O  sacred  tree  ! 
Glorious  sign  of  victory; 
Christ  thy  fruit,  O  tree  divine ! 
Never  fruit  so  sweet  as  thine. 

When  before  Thy  judgment-seat 
Friend  and  foe  at  last  shall  meet, 
Jesus,  then  propitious  be ; 
Son  of  God,  remember  me. 

Tr.  by  N.  B.  Smithers. 

3287.  CROWN  OF  THORNS,  The. 

John  xix  :  2-5. 

If  thou  wilt  indeed  and  truly 
Find  whereof  to  boast,  and  duly 

Be  with  glory  crowned  of  God, 
View  this  coronal,  think  o'er  it. 
Track  the  steps  of  Him  who  bore  it, 

Follow  in  the  path  He  trod. 


no 


CRUCiFixioisr- 


CRUCIlf'IXIOTQ-. 


For  our  King  this  emblem  lowly 
Bore  with  honor,  make  it  holy, 

On  the  brows  divine  it  stood; 
In  this  helmet  He  arrayed  Him, 
Met  the  ancient  fiend,  and  laid  him. 

Therein  triumphed  on  the  wood. 

Helmet  unto  him  that  fighteth, 
Wreath  of  bays  when  victory  lighteth, 

Mitre  for  the  princely  brow; 
First  it  was  of  thorns  en  woven, 
Then,  on  that  divine  head  proven. 

Touched  Him,  and  is  golden  now. 

Yea,  the  virtue  of  Christ's  passion 
Twined  it  in  a  nobler  fashion. 

Changed  each  prickly  spur  to  gold : 
Pierced  with  many  sins  and  sorrows, 
Heir  to  endless  death,  man  borrows 

Ease  for  thorns  and  wreath  untold. 

Crown  compact  of  ills  tormenting 
To  the  sinner  unrepenting 

Thorny  is  it,  rough  with  pain; 
When  the  way  of  truth  he  learneth, 
Straight  to  virgin  gold  it  turneth, 

While  the  heart  grows  pure  again. 

Jesu,  in  Thy  love  stand  near  us, 
Help  in  our  own  fight,  and  cheer  us, 

Lavish  Thy  victorious  aid ; 
So,  we  pray  Thee,  shape  our  spirit, 
That  we  glory  may  inherit 

Of  the  crown  that  cannot  fade. 

From  the  Latin,  tr.  ly  P.  8.  Worsley. 

3288.  CRUCIFIXION,  Christ's. 
Matthew  xxvii :  35-38. 

Soon  as  they  at  Mount  Calvary  arrived. 
Where  malefactors  were  of  life  deprived; 
For  anodyne,  to  criminals  then  used, 
Of  wine,  with  frankincense  and  myrrh  in- 
fused, 
The  envious  Jews,  His  angors  to  augment, 
A  cup  of  gall  and  vinegar  ])resent; 
He,  thirsty,  of  the  odious  portion  sips. 
And  from  it  straight  withdrew  His  injured 

lips. 
Naked  they  stript  Him  to  increase  disgrace, 
Then  on  the  cross   His  frame  supine   they 

place; 
His  tender  hands  and  feet  with  cords  they 

retch. 
And  when  extended  to  their  utmost  stretch. 
With  nails,  to  fix  Him  to  the  tree,  they  gore, 
Of  a  large  size,  to  make  the  wider  bore: 
Jesus  thus  nailed,  the  cross  on  high  they 

heaved, 
And  that  He  might  be  with  fresh  torments 

grieved, 
Each,  the  same  moment,  letting  go  his  hand, 
Into  the  hole  in  which  it  was  to  stand. 
With  such  a  mighty  torturing  jerk  it  fell, 
The  malice  could  not  be  outdone  by  hell. 


His  body,  which  his  wounds  alone  support, 
Feels  now  of  torment  the  extreme  eft'ort. 
It  racks  His  joints,  unsockets  all  His  bones, 
Each  muscle  in  Him  agonizing  groans, 
Each  artery,  nerve,  tendon,  fibre,  vein, 
Each  atom  felt  strong  confluential  pain. 
But  'midst  His  dire  convulsions,  pangs,  and 

tliroes, 
No  wrongs  His  charity  could  discompose; 
He  pardon  begs  forpagan  and  for  Jew: 
Father,  forgive ;  they  know  not  what  they  do. 

The  crime  for  which  the  malefactor  bled. 
Was  by  old  custom  labelled  o'er  his  head; 
This  sole  inscription  Pilate  chose  to  use: 
Jesus  of  Nazareth,  the  King  of  Jews. 
As  He   in   torment   hung,  contemned    and 

scorned, 
God  with  this  public  witness  Him  adorned. 
Of  sacred  truth,  though  Pilate  nothing  knew, 
He  gave  the  title  to  Messiah's  due. 

High  Heaven,  which  could  not  the  sad  sight 

endure. 
To  see  the  source  of  light  divine  obscure. 
Its  cheerful  glories  on  a  sudden  shrouds. 
In     thick,    black,     mournful,    confluential 

clouds; 
The  sun,  who  of  its  light  then  wholly  failed. 
The  full-cheeked  moon  which  hindered  it, 

bewailed ; 
The  spheres,  which  moved  in  harmony  before. 
Began  in  groans  their  Maker  to  deplore ; 
Suu,  moon,  and  stars,  withdrew  their  con- 
scious light, 
Egypt  ne'er  felt  such  horrid,  dismal  night; 
From  the  sixth  hour  until   the   ninth,  the 

realm 
Of  darkness  seemed  the  land  to  overwhelm; 
All  nature,  when  the  God  of  nature  bled. 
Was  struck  wdth  horrid,  universal  dread, 
Despairing  filial  God  to  have  survived, 
From  whose  high  w-ill  it  origin  derived. 
The  rocks  cleft,  earth  to  hell  began  to  quake. 
And  to  increase  the  fiery  brimstone  lake; 
From  its  dark,  subterraneous  stores  to  throw 
Whole  mines  of  flaming  sulphur  down  below ; 
Infernal  ghosts  ne'er  suffered,  since  they  fell. 
So  hot,  so  insupportable  a  hell : 
And  all  the  tortured  spirits  cursed  the  day 
When  they  sent  Judas,  Jesus  to  betray ; 
The   graves  flew   open,  and  exposed  their 

store, 
And  into  bodies  shook  the  human  ore ; 
The  troubled  sea  its  bed  no  longer  kept. 
But  o'er  its  shores  its  inundations  wept; 
The  temple  corner-stones  were  seen  to  yield. 
And  to  and  fro  the  laboring  fabric  reeled ; 
The  hallowed  loaves  were  thrown  the  floor 

about, 
And  the  seven  golden  burning  lamps  went 

out; 
The  sacred  incense  lost  its  odorous  scent. 
The  awful  veil  was  into  pieces  rent ;     [done. 
The  trembling  priests  leave  holy  rites  un- 
Affrighted  Levites  from  their  stations  run ; 


CRXJCiin:xio]sr. 


CRTJCIFIXIOISr. 


Ill 


Harps,  psalteries,  cymbals,  trumpets,  on  the 

ground, 
Lie  bruised  and  broken  all  the  temple  round. 
Caiaphas  hid  his  self  upbraiding  head, 
The  impious  council  were  from  Gazith  fled; 
Black  honors  haunted  the  accursed  room, 
Where  envious   sinners   hatched   their   Sa- 
viour's doom ; 
The  evening  lamb,  which  was  but  newly 

fired, 
As  on  the  cross  the  Lamb  of  God  expired. 
Grew  on  the  altar,  on  a  sudden,  cold. 
And  from  the  grate  the  dying  embers  rolled. 

The  pagan  soldiers  trembled  in  their  stands, 
Down  dropped  their  weapons   from  their 

feeble  hands. 
None  ever  had  recovered  of  the  fright. 
Had  not  our  God  restored  the  solar  light. 
Aloud  the  thoughtful,  wise  centurion  cried. 
The  mighty  Son  of  God  is  crucified ; 
Each  envious  Jew-spectator  smote  his  breast. 
And  in  his  actions  plainly  Christ  confessed; 
They  all,  convicted  at  that  moving  light. 
Denied  Messias  only  out  of  spite ; 
Tyrannic  sin  of  empire  lay  bereft, 
The  idol  ghosts  their  tottering  temples  left, 
Of  their  own  fatal  oracles  afraid ; 
Which,  forced  by  Heaven,  unwelcome  truth 

displayed 
Eden's  bright  cherub  sheathed  his  two-edged 

flume ; 
Heaven  bid  him  open  Paradise  proclaim; 
Fear  the  old  world  into  hard  labor  threw, 
It  groaned  till  'twas  delivered  of  a  new. 

Bishop  Ken. 

3280.  CEUCIPIXION,  Scene  of  the. 
Luke  xxiii  :  33-38. 
City  of  God  !  Jerusalem, 
Why  rushes  out  thy  living  stream? 
The  turbaned  priest,  the  hoary  seer. 
The  Roman  in  his  pride,  are  there ! 
And  thousand,  tens  of  thousands,  still 
Cluster  round  Calvary's  wild  hill. 

Still  onward  rolls  the  living  tide ; 

There  rush  the  bridegroom  and  the  bride. 

Prince,  beggar,  soldier,  Pharisee, 

The  old,  the  young,  the  bond,  the  free, 

The  nation's  furious  multitude. 

All  maddening  with  the  cry  of  blood. 

'Tis  glorious  morn ;  from  height  to  height, 
Shot  the  keen  arrows  of  the  light; 
And  glorious  in  their  central  shower, 
Palace  of  holiness  and  power, 
The  temple  on  Moriah's  brow 
Looks  a  new-risen  sun  below. 

But  woe  to  hill,  and  woe  to  vale  ! 
Against  them  shall  come  forth  a  wail ; 
And  woe  to  bridegroom  and  to  bride  ! 
For  death  shall  on  the  whirlwind  ride; 
And  woe  to  thee,  resplendent  shrine, 
The  SAvord  is  out  for  thee  and  thine  ! 


Hide,  hide  thee  in  the  heavens,  thou  sun, 
Before  the  deed  of  blo^d  is  done! 
Upon  that  temple's  haughty  ste^p 
Jerusalem's  last  angels  weep ; 
They  see  destruction's  funeral  pall, 
Blackening  o'er  Zion's  sacred  wall. 

Like  tempests  gathering  on  the. shore. 
They  hear  the  coming  armies  roar: 
They  see  in  Zion's  halls  of  state 
The  sign  that  maketh  desolate; 
The  idol-standard,  pagan  spear, 
The  tomb,  the  flame,  the  massacre. 

They  see  the  vengeance  fall ;  the  chain, 

The  long,  long  age  of  guilt  and  pain  : 

The  exile's  thousand  desperate  years, 

The  more  than  groans,  the  more  than  tears; 

Jerusalem  a  vanished  name. 

Its  tribe  earth's  warning,  scoff,  and  shame. 

Still  pours  along  the  multitude. 

Still  rends  the  heavens  the  shout  of  blood; 

But  in  the  murderer's  furious  van, 

Who  totters  on?     A  weary  man ; 

k.  cross  upon  his  shoulder  bound. 

His  brow,  his  frame,  one  gushing  wound. 

And  now  he  treads  on  Calvary — 
What  slave  upon  that  hill  must  die? 
What  hand,  what  heart,  in  guilt  imbued. 
Must  be  the  mountain  vulture's  food? 
There  stand  two  victims  gaunt  and  bare, 
Two  culprits,  emblems  of  despair. 

Yet  who  the  third?    The  yell  of  shame 
Is  frenzied  at  the  sufferer's  name.  [torn. 

Hands  clinched,    teeth   gnashing,   vestures 
The  curse,  the  taunt,  the  laugh  of  scorn, 
All  that  the  dying  hour  can  sting,       [King! 
Are  round  Thee  now,  Thou  thorn-crowned 

Yet  cursed  and  tortured,  taunted,  spurned, 
No  wrath  is  for  the  wrath  returned; 
No  vengeance  flashes  from  the  eye, 
The  sufferer  calmly  waits  to  die; 
The  sceptre-reed,  the  thorny  crown. 
Wake  on  that  pallid  brow  no  frown. 

At  last  the  word  of  death  is  given. 
The  form  is  bound,  the  nails  are  driven: 
Now  triumph.  Scribe  and  Pharisee! 
Now  Roman,  bend  the  mocking  knee  ! 
The  cross  is  reared.     The  deed  is  done. 
There  stands  JNIessiah's  earthly  throne  1 

This  was  the  earth's  consummate  hour. 
For  this  hath  blazed  the  prophet's  power; 
For  this  hath  swept  the  conqueror's  sword ; 
Hath  ravaged,  raised,  cast  down,  restored. 
Persepolis,  Rome,  Babylon, 
For  this  ye  sank,  for  this  ye  shone ! 

Yet  things  to  which  earth's  brightest  beam 
Were  darkness — earth  itself  a  dream. 
Foreheads  on  which  shall  crowns  be  laid 
Sublime,  when  sun  and  stars  shall  fade : 


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CRTJCIFIXION". 


Worlds  upon  worlds,  eternal  things, 
Hung  on  Thy  anguish,  King  of  kings ! 

Still  from  ITis  lips  no  curse  has  come, 
His  lofty  eyo  lias  looked  no  doom ! 
No  earthquake  burst,  no  angel  brand. 
Crushes  the  black,  blaspheming  band: 
What  say  these  lips,  by  anguish  riven? 
"  God,  be  my  murderers  forgiven  I" 

He  dies!  in  whose  high  victory 
The  slayer,  death  himself,  shall  die. 
He  dies  !  by  whose  all-conquering  tread 
Shall  yet  be  crushed  the  serpent's  head; 
From  his  proud  throne,  to  darkness  hurled, 
The  God  and  tempter  of  the  world. 

He  dies !  Creation's  awful  Lord, 

Jehovah,  Christ,  eternal  word ! 

To  come  in  thunder  from  the  skies, 

To  bid  the  buried  world  arise ; 

The  earth  his  footstool ;  heaven  His  throne ; 

Redeemer !  may  Thy  will  be  done ! 

George  Croly. 

3290.  CRUCIFIXION,  The. 
Mark  xv  :  34-28. 

Sunlight  upon  Judea's  hills! 

And  on  the  waves  of  Galilee, 
On  Jordan's  stream,  and  on  the  rills 

That  feed  the  dead  and  sleeping  sea. 
Most  freshly  from  the  greenwood  springs 
The  light  breeze  on  its  scented  wings ; 
And  gayly  quiver  in  the  sun, 
The  cedar  tops  of  Lebanon ! 

A  few  more  hours,  a  change  hath  come ! 

The  sky  is  dark  without  a  cloud ! 
The  shouts  of  wrath  and  joy  are  dumb. 

And  proud  knees  unto  earth  are  bowed. 
A  change  is  on  the  hill  of  Death, 
The  helmed  watchers  pant  for  breath. 
And  turn  with  wild  and  maniac  eyes, 
From  the  dark  scene  of  sacrifice  I 

That  Sacrifice ! — the  death  of  Him, 

The  High  and  ever  Holy  One  ! 
Well  may  the  conscious  Heaven  grow  dim 

And  blacken  the  beholding  sun. 
The  wonted  light  hath  fled  away. 
Night  settles  on  the  middle  day. 
And  earthquake  from  his  caverned  bed 
Is  waking  with  a  thrill  of  dread ! 

The  dead  are  waking  underneath ! 

Their  prison  door  is  rent  away ! 
And,  ghastly  with  the  seal  of  death. 

They  wander  in  the  eye  of  day ; 
The  temple  of  the  cherubim. 
The  house  of  God  is  cold  and  dim; 
A  curse  is  on  its  trembling  walls, 
Its  mighty  veil  asunder  falls ! 

Well  may  the  cavern-depths  of  earth 
Be  shaken,  and  her  mountains  nod ; 


Well  may  the  sheeted  dead  come  forth 

To  gaze  upon  a  suffering  God  ! 
Well  may  the  temple-shrine  grow  dim. 
And  shadows  veil  the  cherubim. 
When  He,  the  chosen  one  of  Heaven, 
A  sacrifice  for  guilt  is  given  1 

And  shall  the  sinful  heart  alone 

Behold  unmoved  the  atoning  hour, 
When  Nature  trembles  on  her  throne, 
And  Death  resigns  his  iron  power? 
Oh,  shall  the  heart,  whose  sinfulness 
Gave  keenness  to  His  sore  distress, 
And  added  to  His  tears  of  blood, 
Refuse  its  trembling  gratitude ! 

John  O.  Whittier. 

3291.  CEUCIFIXION,  The. 

John  xix  :  18-34. 

O'erwhelmed  in  depths  of  woe, 

Upon  the  tree  of  scorn. 
Hangs  the  Redeemer  of  mankind, 

With  racking  anguish  torn. 

See  how  the  nails  those  hands 

And  feet  so  tender  rend  ! 
See  down  His  face,  and  neck,  and  breast, 

His  sacred  blood  descend ! 

Hark !     With  what  awful  cry 

His  spirit  takes  its  flight ; 
That  cry,  it  pierced  His  mother's  heart, 

And  whelmed  her  soul  in  night. 

Earth  hears,  and  to  its  base 

Rocks  wildly  to  and  fro; 
Tombs  burst ;  seas,  rivers,  mountains,  quake ; 

The  veil  is  rent  in  two. 

The  sun  withdraws  his  light ; 

The  midday  heavens  grow  pale; 
The  moon,  the  stars,  the  universe. 

Their  Maker's  death  bewail. 

Shall  man  alone  be  mute? 

Come,  youth !     Come,  hoary  hairs  I . 
Come,  rich  and  poor !     Come,  all  mankind  1 

And  bathe  those  feet  in  tears. 

Come !  fall  before  His  cross 

Who  shed  for  us  His  blood ; 
Who  died  the  victim  of  pure  love, 

To  make  us  sons  of  God. 

Jesus,  all  praise  to  Thee, 

Our  joy  and  endless  rest! 
Be  Thou  our  guide  while  pilgrims  here, 

Our  crown  amid  the  blest. 

Lyra  Catholica. 

3292.  OEUCIFIXION,  The. 

Matthew  xxv  :  47-50. 
The  stones  they  raise. 
Life's  hope  decays ; 
With  insults  greeted 
And  woes  repeated, 


CRUCIFY. 


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Affection  gone, 
Woe  stands  alone; 
Who  suffers  this?     Oh  tell! 
'Tis  He  who  loves  so  well. 

Lights  darkened  all, 
The  stone-showers  fall, 
The  wild  winds  blowing, 
His  long  hair  flowing, 
His  eyes  are  wet, 
Thorns  wound  His  feet. 
Who  suffers  this?     Oh  telll 
'Tis  He  who  loves  so  well. 

Perplexed  the  road, 
His  breast  a  load ; 
His  heart  is  torn ; 
The  world  in  scorn, — 
The  flowers  are  faded, 
The  sun  is  shaded. 
Who  suffers  this?     Oh  tell  1 
'Tis  He  who  loves  so  well. 

What  weary  sighs, 

And  weeping  eyes. 

And  plaints  forbid, 

And  glories  hid, 

And  absence  drear 

Prom  friends  sincere. 

Who  suffers  this?     Oh,  telll 

'Tis  He  who  loves  so  well. 

A  clouded  star, 

A  journey  far, 

A  fearful  doom, 

A  day  of  gloom; 

The  path  mistaken, 

By  all  forsaken. 

Who  suffers  this?     Oh  tell! 

'Tis  He  who  loves  so  well. 

Maria  Doceo,  tr.  hy  J.  Bowring. 

3293.  "CEUCIFT  HIM!" 
Luke  xxiii  :  21. 

At  the  bar  of  Pilate,  bound. 

Falsely  tried,  and  marred  and  crowned, 

Jesus  meekly,  dumbly  stood. 

Pleading  with  the  multitude. 
Vainly  plead  His  suffering, 
Vainly  looked  He  more  than  king; 
Loudly  rose  their  bitter  cry: 
"Crucify  Him!     Crucify!" 

Him  they  hated  without  cause ; 

Loyal  He  to  all  their  laws; 

His  a  life  of  word  and  deed 

Sacrificed  to  human  need. 

Full  His  fellowship  with  God, 
Right  and  true  the  path  He  trod ; 
Yet  against  Him  stormed  the  cry — 
"  Crucify  Him !     Crucify !" 

What  the  revelation  here 
Of  the  ruin,  far  and  near. 


Wrought  to  man,  without,  within, 

By  the  cruel  course  of  sin  ! 

What  the  disregard  for  life. 
What  the  envy,  blindness,  strife, 
What  the  murder  in  the  cry! — 
* '  Crucify  llim !     Crucify !" 

Sin  revealed  in  what  it  would 
'Gainst  communion  with  the  Good, 
'Gainst  the  manifesting  Light, 
'Gainst  tlie  will  of  throned  Right, 
Hurling  all  the  might  of  hell 
'Gainst  this  one,  Immauuel; 
Mean  the  cross,  the  rage,  the  cry: 
' '  Crucify  Ilim !     Crucify !" 

Break  with  sin,  O  brother !  break. 
For  thy  own  and  heaven's  sake; 
Arm  against  it,  brother,  arm, 
Only  sin  can  do  thee  harm ; 

Hate  it,  brother,  fear  and  shun, 

Sm  defies  the  Holy  One; 

Join  not,  brother,  in  the  cry; 

"  Crucify  Him !     Crucify !" 

James  Madison  Williams. 


3294.  DAIHEL. 

Daniel  xil  :  13. 

Son  of  sorrow,  doomed  by  fate 
To  a  lot  most  desolate; 
To  joyless  youth  and  childless  age, 
Last  of  thy  father's  lineage: 
Blighted  being!  whence  hast  thou 
That  lofty  mien  and  cloudless  brow? 

Ask'st  thou  whence  that  cloudless  brow? 

Bitter  is  the  cup,  I  trow ; 

A  cup  of  weary  well-spent  years, 

A  cup  of  sorrows,  fasts  and  tears. 

That  cup  whose  virtue  can  impart 

Such  calmness  to  the  troubled  heart. 

Last  of  his  father's  lineage,  he. 
Many  a  night  on  bended  knee. 
In  hunger  many  a  livelong  day. 
Has  striven  to  cast  his  slough  away : 
Yea,  and  that  long  prayer  is  granted, 
Yea,  his  soul  is  disenchanted. 

0  blest  above  the  sons  of  men ! 

For  thou  with  more  than  prophet's  ken. 
Deep  in  the  secrets  of  the  tomb. 
Hast  read  thine  own,  thme  endless  doom, 
Thou,  by  the  hand  of  the  Most  High, 
Art  sealed  for  immortality. 

So  may  I  read  thy  story  right, 
And  in  my  flesh  so  tame  my  spright, 
That  when  the  mighty  ones  go  forth. 
And  from  the  east  and  from  the  north 
Unwilling  ghosts  shall  gathered  be, 

1  in  my  lot  may  stand  with  thee. 

Lyra  Apostolica. 


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DA.]SriEL. 


3295.  DANIEL. 

Daniel  i  :  19. 

We  sit  beside  the  streams  of  Babylon, 
'Neath  willowy  shades,  and  hang  our  harps 

thereon, 
Remembering  Zion.     What  strong  cords  of 

love 
Shall  bind  the  exile  to  his  home  above? 
Loved  intercessor,  thou  the  arts  canst  tell 
Which  draw  from  heaven  that  all-constrain- 
0  ing  spell : 

Whether  thou  sitt'st  by  Hiddekel's  broad 

stream, 
Or  where  on  XJlai  sleeps  the  noonday  beam ; 
Or  stand'st  with  outstretcHed  hands  in  palace 

hall. 
Where  fiery  characters  night's  shades  appall. 
It  is  in  steadfast  prayer,  the  earnest  eyes 
Set  toward  the  living  temple  of  the  skies; 
Stern  hardihood, 'mid  fasts  and  watches  won, 
And  that  pure  lamp  that  shall  outshine  the 

sun. 
The  virgin  soul — these,  in  thy  breast  inurned, 
All  glowing  thoughts  to  love  seraphic  turned : 
Until  an  ear  in  wakeful  trance  was  given. 
Converse  to  hold  with  pursuivants  of  heaven ; 
An  eye,  the  shapes  in  Time's  dark  womb  to 

scan. 
And  see  amid  the  clouds  the  Son  of  man ; 
A  better  boon  than  sons  or  daughters  fair. 
To  find  a  place  within  God's  house  of  prayer. 
Isaac  Williams. 

3296.  DANIEL,  DeUverance  of. 

Daniel  vi  :  10-34. 
Darius.  See  that  den ! 

There  Daniel  met  the  furious  lions'  rage ! 
There  were  the  patient   martyr's   mangled 

limbs 
Torn    piecemeal!     Never    hide    thy  tears, 

Araspes ; 
'Tis  virtuous  sorrow,  unalloyed,  like  mine. 
By  guilt  and  fell  remorse !    Let  us  approach ; 
Who  knows  but  that  dread  Power,  to  whom 

he  prayed 
So  often  and  so  fervently,  has  heard  him  ! 

[He  goes  to  the  mouth  of  the  den. 
O  Daniel,  servant  of  the  living  God ! 
He  whom  thou  hast  served  so  long,  and  loved 

60  well. 
From  the  devouring  lion's  famished  ]aws, 
Can  he  deliver  thee? 

Daniel.  He  can— he  has. 

Darius.  Methought  I  heard  him  speak ! 
Araspes.  O  wond'rous  force 
Of  strong  imagination !     Were  thy  voice 
Loud  as  the    trumpet's  blast,  it  could  not 

wake  him 
From  that  eternal  sleep ! 

Darnel.   [In  the  den]  Hail,  King  Darius! 
The  God  I  serve  has  shut  the  lions'  mouths 
To  vindicate  my  innocence. 

Darius.  He  speaks ! 

He  lives! 

Araspes.  'Tis  no  illusion ;  'tis  the  sound 
Of  his  known  voice. 


Darius.     Where  are  my  servants?     Haste! 
Fly,  swift  as  lightning,  free  him  from  the 

den; 
Release  him,  bring  him  hither!  break  the 

seal 
Which  keeps  him  from  me !     See,  Araspes ! 

look ! 
See  the  charmed  lions!     Mark   their  mild 

demeanor : 
Araspes,  mark!  they  have  no  power  to  hurt 

him ! 
See  how  they  hang  their  heads  and  smooth 

their  fierceness 
At  his  mild  aspect! 

Araspes.  Who  that  sees  this  sight, 

Who  that  in  after  times  shall  hear  this  told, 
Can  doubt  if  Daniel's  God  be  God  indeed? 
Darius.  None,  none,  Araspes! 
Araspes.  Ah,  he  comes,  he  comes ! 

[Enter  Daniel.] 
Daniel.  Hail,  great  Darius ! 
Darius.  Dost  thou  live  indeed ! 

And  live  unhurt? 

Araspes.  O  miracle  of  joy! 

Darius.  I  scarce  can  trust  my  eyes !    How 

didst  thou  'scape? 
Daniel.  That  bright  and  glorious  Being, 
who  vouchsafed 
Presence  divine  when  the  three  martyred 

brothers 
Essayed  the  caldron's  flame,  supported  me ! 
E'en  in  the  furious  lions'  dreadful  den, 
The  prisoner  of  hope,  even  then  I  turned. 
To    the   stronghold,    the   bulwark    of    my 

strength. 
Ready  to  hear  and  mighty  to  redeem ! 

Hannah  More. 

3297.  DANIEL,  Fidelity  of. 
Daniel  vi  :  10. 

Araspes.  O  holy  Daniel!  prophet,  father, 
friend, 
I  come  the  wretched  messenger  of  ill ! 
Thy  foes  complot  thy  death.     For  what  can 

mean 
This  new-made  law,  extorted  from  the  king 
Almost  by  force?     What   can   it   mean,   O 

Daniel ! 
But  to  involve  thee  in  the  toils  they  spread 
To  snare  thy  precious  life? 

Daniel.  How !  was  the  king 

Consenting  to  this  edict? 

Araspes.  They  surprised 

His  easy  nature ;  took  him  when  his  heart 
Was  softened  by  their  blandishments.  They 

wore 
The  mask  of  public  virtue  to  deceive  him. 
Beneath  the  specious  name  of  general  good. 
They  wrought  him  to  their  purposes:  no 

time 
Allowed  him  to  deliberate.    One  short  hour. 
Another  moment,  and  his  soul  had  gained 
Her  natural  tone  of  virtue. 

Daniel.  That  great  Power 

Who  sullers  evil  only  to  produce 


JDAJSTZISZ^. 


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Some  unseen  good,  permits  that  this  should 

be; 
And  He  permitting,  I  well  pleased  resign. 
Retire,  my  friend :  this  is  my  second  hour 
Of  daily  prayer.     Anon  we'll  meet  again. 
Here  in  the  open  face  of  that  bright  sun 
Thy  fathers  worshipped,  will  I  ofEer  up, 
As  is  my  rule,  petitions  to  my  God, 
For  thee,  for  me,  for  Solyma,  for  all ! 

Araspes.    Oh,    stay,   wliat  mean'st   thou? 
sure  thou  hast  not  heard 
The  edict  of  the  king?     I  thought  but  now 
Thou  knew'st  its  purport.    It  expressly  says. 
That  no  petition  henceforth  shall  be  made 
For  thirty  days,  save  only  to  the  king; 
Nor  prayer  nor  intercession  shall  be  heard 
Of  any  God  or  man,  but  of  Darius. 

Daniel.  And  think'st  thou  then  my  rever- 
ence for  the  king. 
Good  as  he  is,  shall  tempt  me  to  renounce 
My  sworn  allegiance  to  the  King  of  kings? 
Hast  thou  commanded    legions?   strove  in 

battle. 
Defied  the  face  of  danger,  mocked  at  death 
In  all  its  frightful  forms,  and  tremblest  now? 
Come  learn  of  me :  I'll  teach  thee  to  be  bold. 
Though   sword   I   never   drew.     Fear   not, 

Araspes, 
The  feeble  vengeance  of  a  mortal  man. 
Whose  breath  is  in  his  nostrils ;  for  wherein 
Is  he  to  be  accounted  of?  but  fear 
The  awakened  vengeance  of  the  living  Lord, 
He  who  can  plunge  the  everlasting  soul 
In  infinite  perdition ! 

Araspes.  Then,  O  Daniel ! 

If  thou  persist  to  disobey  the  edict, 
Retire  and  hide  thee  from  the  prying  eyes 
Of  busy  malice ! 

Daniel.  He  who  is  ashamed 

To  vindicate  the  honor  of  his  God, 
Of  him  the  living  Lord  shall  be  ashamed 
When  He  shall  judge  the  tribes! 

Araspes.  Yet,  oh,  remember! 

Oft  have  I  heard  thee  say  the  secret  heart 
Is  fair  devotion's  temple;  there  the  saint, 
E'en  on  that  living  altar,  lights  the  flame 
Of  purest  sacrifice,  which  burns  unseen, 
Not  unaccepted.     I  remember,  too, 
When  Syrian  Naaman  by  Elisha's  hand 
Was  cleansed  from  foul  pollution,  and  his 

mind. 
Enlightened  by  the  miracle,  confessed 
The  Almighty  God  of  Jacob,  that  he  deemed 
No  flagrant  violation  of  his  faith  [it 

To  bend  at  Rimmon's  shrine ;  nor  did  the 
Forbid  the  rite  external.  [seer 

Daniel.  Know,  Araspes, 

Heaven  designs  to   suit   our   trials  to  our 

strength ; 
A  recent  convert,  feeble  in  his  faith, 
Naaman,   perhaps,    had   sunk  beneath  the 

weight 
Of  so  severe  a  duty.     Gracious  Heaven 
Forbears  to  bruise  the  reed  or  quench  the 

flax 
When  feeble  and  expiring.     But  shall  I, 


Shall  Daniel,  shall  the  servant  of  the  Lord, 
A  veteran  in  His  cause,  long  trained  to  know 
And  do  His  will,  long  exercised  in  woe. 
Bred  in  captivity  and  born  to  sufEer — 
Shall   I,   from   known,    from   certain   duty 

shrink 
To  shun  a  threatened  danger?     O  Araspes ! 
Shall  I,  advanced  in  age,  in  zeal,  decline? 
Grow  careless  as  I  reach  my  journey's  end, 
And  slacken  in  my  pace,  the  goal  in  view  ? 
Perish  discretion,  when  it  interferes 
With  duty !     Perish  the  false  policy 
Of  human  wit,  which  would  commute  our 

safety 
With  God's  eternal  honor !     Shall  His  law 
Be  set  at  nought  that  I  may  live  at  ease? 
How  would  the  heathen  triumph  should  I 

fall 
Through  coward  fear!     How  would  God's 

enemies 
Insultingly  blaspheme ! 

Araspes.  Yet  think  a  moment. 

Daniel.  No ! 
Where  evil  may  be  done,  'tis  right  to  ponder ; 
Where  only  suffered,  know  the  shortest  pause 
Is  much  too  long.    Had  great  Darius  paused, 
This  ill  had  been  prevented.     But  for  me, 
Araspes,  to  deliberate  is  sin. 

Ar'aspes.  Think   of  thy  power,  thy  favor 

with  Darius; 
Think  of  thy  life's  importance  to  the  tribes. 
Scarce  yet  returned  in  safety.  Live,  oh!  live, 
To  serve  the  cause  of  God. 

Daniel.  God  will  Himself 

Sustain  His  righteous  cause.     He  knows  to 

raise 
Fit  instruments  to  serve  Him.     Know,  Ar- 
aspes, 
He  does  not  need  our  crimes  to  help  His 

cause. 
Nor  does  His  equitable  law  permit 
A  sinful  act,  from  the  preposterous  plea 
That    good    may   follow  it.      For   me,   my 

friend, 
The  spacious  earth  holds  not  a  bait  to  tempt 

me. 
What  would  it  profit  me  if  I  should  gain 
Imperial  Ecbatan,  the  extended  land 
Of  fruitful   Media,   nay,   the   world's  wide 

empire. 
If  mine  eternal  soul  must  be  the  price  ? 
Farewell,  my  friend!  time  presses;  I  have 

stelen 
Some  moments  from  my  duty  to  confirm 
And  strengthen  thy  young  faith!     Let  us 

fulfil 
What  Heaven  enjoins,  and  leave  to  Heavea 

th'  event !  Hannah  More. 

3298.  DAIIIEL  IN  CAPTIVITY. 

How  changed  our  fate ! 
Not  for  myself,  O  Judah  !  but  for  thee, 
I  shed  these  tears  of  joy.     For  I  no  more 
Must  view  the  cedars  which  adorn  the  brow 
Of  Sj^rian  Lebanon;  no  more  shall  see 
Thy  pleasant  stream,  O.Jordan;  northc  flocks 


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D^VIID. 


Which  whiten  all  the  mountains  of  Judea ; 
No  more  these  eyes  delighted  shall  review 
Or   Carmel's    heights   or    Sharon's  flowery 

vales. 
I  must  remain  in  Babylon !     So  Heaven, 
To  whose  awards  I  bow  me,  has  decreed. 
I  ne'er  shall  see  thee,  Salem!     I  am  old; 
And  few  and  toilsome  are  my  days  to  come. 
But  we  shall  meet  in  those  celestial  climes, 
Compared  with  which  created  glories  sink; 
Where  sinners  shall  have  power  to  harm  no 

more. 
And  martyred  virtue  rests  her  weary  head. 
Though  ere  my  day  of  promised  grace  shall 

come, 
I  shall  be  tried  by  perils  strange  and  new; 
Nor  shall  I  taste  of  death,  so  have  I  learned. 
Till  I  have  seen  the  captive  tribes  restored. 
Hannah  More. 

3299.  DANIEL  IN  THE  DEN  OP  LIONS. 

Daniel  vi  :  16-24. 
God  of  Daniel,  hear  my  prayer, 

And  let  Thy  power  be  seen ; 
Stop  the  lion's  mouth,  and  bear 

Me  safe  out  of  his  den : 
Save  me  in  this  dreadful  hour ; 

Earth  and  hell  and  nature  join, 
All  stand  ready  to  devour 

This  helpless  soul  of  mine. 

No  way  to  escape,  I  see 

The  sure-approaching  death; 
Vain  are  all  my  hopes  to  flee 

Out  of  the  lion's  teeth; 
In  the  mire  of  sin  I  lie. 

In  the  dungeon  of  despair; 
Hear  my  lamentable  cry, 

O  God  of  Daniel,  hear ! 

Thee  I  serve,  my  Lord,  my  God, 

In  me  Thy  power  display. 
Save  me,  save  me,  and  defraud 

The  lion  of  his  prey. 
Angel  of  the  covenant, 

Jesus  mighty  to  retrieve, 
Let  Him  to  my  help  be  sent ; 

In  Jesus  I  believe. 

Save  me  for  Thine  own  great  name, 

That  all  the  world  may  know 
Daniel's  God  is  still  the  same, 

And  reigns  supreme  below. 
Him  let  all  mankind  adore. 

Spread  His  glorious  name  abroad ; 
Tremble  all,  and  bow  before 

The  great,  the  living  God. 

Absolute,  unchangeable, 

O'er  all  His  works  He  reigns; 
His  dominion  cannot  fail, 

But  undisturbed  remains; 
His  dominion  standeth  fast. 

Is  when  time  no  more  shall  be, 
Still  shall  His  dominion  last 

Through  all  eternity. 


He  delivers  by  His  love, 

He  rescues  souls  from  death; 
Signs  He  works  in  heaven  above, 

And  signs  in  earth  beneath; 
Daniel  He  doth  every  hour 

From  the  lion's  paw  retrieve: 
I  am  saved  from  Satan's  power, 

And  lo !  by  grace  I  live. 

/.  and  C.  Wesley. 

3300.  DANIEL,  Prayers  of. 

Daniel  vi :  10. 

Imperial  Persia  bowed  to  his  wise  sway, 
A  hundred  provinces  his  daily  care; 
A  queenly  city  with  its  gardens  fair    [away. 
Smiled  round   him,  but  his   heart  was  far 
Forsaking  pomp  and  power  "three  times  a 

day" 
For  chamber  lone,  he  seeks  his  solace  there; 
Through  windows  opening  westward  floats 

his  prayer. 
Towards  the  dear  distance  where  Jerusalem 

lay. 
So  let  me  morn,  noon,  evening,  steal  aside. 
And,  shutting  my  heart's  door  to  earth's  vain 

pleasure 
And  manifold  solicitudes,  find  leisure 
The  windows  of  my  soul  to  open  wide 
Towards  that  blest  city  and  that  heavenly 

treasure, 
Which  past  these  visible  horizons  hide. 

B.  Wilton. 

3301.  DANIEL'S  BAND.     ^ 

Daniel  iii  :  16. 
Standing  by  a  purpose  true, 

Heeding  God's  command. 
Honor  them,  the  faithful  few! 

All  hail  to  Daniel's  Band ! 

Many  mighty  men  are  lost, 

Daring  not  to  stand. 
Who  for  God  had  been  a  host 

By  joining  Daniel's  Band. 

Many  giants  great  and  tall. 
Stalking  through  the  land. 

Headlong  to  the  earth  would  fall, 
If  met  by  Daniel's  Band. 

Hold  the  gospel  banner  high  I 

On  to  vict'ry  grand ! 
Satan  and  his  host  defy. 

And  shout  for  Daniel's  Band. 

P.  P.  Bliss. 

3302.  DAVID,  Call  of. 

1  Samuel  xvi  :  12. 
Latest  born  of  Jesse's  race, . 
Wonder  lights  thy  bashful  face, 
While  the  prophet's  gifted  oil 
Seals  thee  for  a  path  of  toil. 
We,  thy  angfls,  circling  round  thee, 
Ne'er  shall  And  thee  as  we  found  thee, 
When  thy  faith  first  brought  us  near 
In  thy  lion-fight  severe. 


T>AJVTT>. 


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Go !  and  'mid  thy  flocks  awhile, 
At  thy  doom  of  greatness  smile ; 
Bold  to  bear  God's  heaviest  load, 
Dimly  guessing  of  the  road — 
Rocky  road,  and  scarce  ascended, 
Though  thy  foot  be  angel-tended; 
Double  praise  thou  shale  attain, 
In  royal  court  and  battle  plain. 

Then  comes  heart-ache,  care,  distress. 
Blighted  hope  and  loneliness; 
Wounds  from  friend  and  gifts  from  foe, 
Dizzied  faith,  and  guilt  and  woe. 
Loftiest  aims  by  earth  defiled, 
Gleams  of  wisdom  sin-beguiled. 
Sated  power's  tyrannic  mood, 
Counsels  shared  with  men  of  blood, 
Sad  success,  parental  tears. 
And  a  dreary  gift  of  years. 

Strange  that  guileless  face  and  form 
To  lavish  on  the  scarring  storm ! 
Yet  we  take  thee  in  thy  blindness, 
And  we  harass  thee  in  kindness; 
Little  chary  of  thy  fame — 
Dust  unborn  may  bless  or  blame; 
But  we  mould  thee  for  the  root. 
Of  man's  promised  healing  fruit. 
And  we  mould  thee  hence  to  rise 
As  .our  brother  to  the  skies. 

John  H.  Newman. 

3303.  DAVID,  Choice  of. 

2  Samuel  xxiv  :  10-17. 
O  Lord  our  God !  how  wonderful 

That  Thy  dread  wrath  should  be — 
Thou,  m  Thy  strength — more  merciful 

Than  beings  frail  as  we ! 
Yea,  rather  would  I  brave  Thy  might, 

The  thunder,  fire,  and  storm. 
The  bared  arm  of  the  Infinite, 

Than  man,  the  cruel  worm, 

"I  feel  my  sin,  I  choose  my  doom, 

I  trust  Thee  though  Thou  slay ; 
Ten  thousand  midnights  cannot  gloom 

Thy  pity's  tender  ray : 
Wroth  art  Thou  w4th  us  now,  and  deep, 

Deep  must  our  sufferings  be. 
But  through  Thy  vengeance'  '  sternest  sweep ' 

I'll  trust  to  none  but  Thee. 

"  Take  back  my  choice,  thou  man  of  God, 

And  pray  when  thou  hast  done : 
The  sword  is  ravenous  for  blood, 

Though  wielded  by  a  son ; 
And  famine  with  its  silent  sting, 

That  dull,  slow  serpent  foe ; 
God,  let  Thy  angel  spread  His  wing. 

And  through  my  kingdom  go!" 

'Twas  said,  and  pestilence  went  forth 

To  reap  for  death  and  hell, 
To  make  a  garner  of  the  earth 

Where'er  his  sickle  fell. 


No  step  was  heard  ;  he  spake  no  word: 

All  silently  wrought  he. 
Like  a  laborer  grim,  till  the  twilight  dim, 

And  again  with  the  sun  rose  he. 

He  strode  along,  a  conqueror. 

By  his  single  power,  of  more 
Than  thrice  ten  thousand  warriors 

E'er  slew  'mid  battle's  roar: 
Yet  not  a  banner  round  him  wreathed. 

The  trump  was  blown  by  none ; 
He  only  stepped,  he  only  breathed. 

Breathed  once,  and  life  was  gone. 

He  strode  along,  the  breadth  and  length 

Of  Judah  prostrate  lay, 
Its  myriad  hopes,  its  gathered  strength. 

His  work  was  but  to  slay ! 
And  captives  weary  of  the  light. 

And  babes  unused  to  sigh, 
And  old  mailed  warriors  in  their  might. 

Their  work  was  but  to  die. 

Two  days,  two  nights,  and  then  a  voice 

Bade  the  avenger  cease ; 
He  heard  the  word,  he  sheathed  his  sword, 

And  Israel  slept  in  peace! 
O  Lord  our  God !  how  wonderful 

That  Thy  dread  wrath  should  be — 
Thou,  m  Thy  strength — more  merciful 

Than  beings  frail  as  we ! 

Maria  J.  Jewsbury. 

3304.  DAVID,  Death  of. 

1  Chronicles  xxix  :  26-28. 
Thus  David  slept,  the  great,  the  wise,  the 

good; 
The  man  who  long,  by  Heaven's  appoint- 
ment, stood 
His  country's  friend ;  who  met  the  giant  foe, 
While  yet  a  ruddy  youth,  and  laid  him  low ; 
The  patriot  prince,  who  guided  Israel's  bands 
With  firm  integrity  and  skilful  hands; 
The  holy  seer,  who,  rapt  to  future  times, 
Sang  of  Messiah  dying  for  the  crimes 
Of  countless  ages — his  illustrious  Son, 
His  glorious  deeds,  His  reign  on  earth  begun ; 
The  sacred  hand,  wh5  oft  attuned  the  lyre 
To  themes  prophetic,  with  a  prophet's  fire ; 
He  who  with  Israel's  God  communed,  and 

wept 
O'er  Israel's  wrongs,  and  Israel's  honor  kept, 
A  trust  inviolate,  from  men  of  blood: 
Great  David  softly  slept — he  slept  in  God, 
"Of  honors,  days,  and  riches  full;  a  calm 

release ! 
And  to  his  fathers  laid,"  reposed  in  peace. 

Bishop. 

3305.  DAVID,  Exploits  of. 

1  Samuel  xvii  :  34-37. 
David.  This  youthful  arm  has  been  imbrued 
in  blood. 
Though  yet  no  blood  of  man  has  ever  stained 
Thy  servant's  occupation  is  a  shepherd,    [it. 


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IDASVIID. 


D^VID. 


With  jealous  care  I  watched  my  father's 
A  brindk-d  lion  and  a  furious  bear  [tiock : 
Forth  from  the  thicket  rushed  upon  the  fold, 
Seized  a  young  lamb,  and  tore  their  bleating 

spoil. 
Urged  by  compassion  for  my  helpless  charge, 
I  felt  a  new-born  vigor  nerve  my  arm, 
And,  eager,  on  the  foaming  monsters  rushed. 
The  famished  lion  by  his  grizzly  beard 
Enraged  I  caught,  and  smote  him  to  the 

ground. 
The  panting  monster,  struggling  in  my  gripe, 
Shook  terribly  his  bristlmg  mane,  and  lashed 
His    own    gaunt,    gory    sides ;  ^fiercely   he 

ground 
His  gnashing  teeth,  and  rolled  his  starting 

eyes. 
Bloodshot  with  agony;  then,  with  a  groan 
That  waked  the  echoes  of   the  mountain, 

died. 
Nor  did  his  grim  associate  'scape  my  arm ; 
Thy  servant  slew  the  lion  and  the  bear; 
I  killed  them  both,  and  bore  their  shaggy 

spoils 
In  triumph  home :  and  shall  I  fear  to  meet 
The  uncircumcised  Philistine?  No :  that  God 
Who  saved  me  from  the  bear's  destructive 

fang 
And  hungry  lion's  jaw,  will  not  He  save  me 
From  this  idolater? 

Saul.  He  will !  He  will ! 

Go,  noble  youth !  be  valiant  and  be  blessed ! 
The  God  thou  serv'st  will  shield  thee  in  the 

fight. 
And  nerve  thy  arm  with  more  than  mortal 
strength.  Hannah  More. 

3306.  DAVID,  Five  Smooth  Stones  of. 
1  Samuel  xvii :  40. 
Ready  for  battle's  grim  array. 
Encamped  two  hostile  armies  lay — 

Now  trumpet  sounds  and  drum; 
But  still  from  yonder  mountain's  side. 
Though  signs  there  are  of  martial  pride, 

None  armed  for  combat  come. 
A  mighty  champion's  standing  here, 
And  all  his  form  gigantic  fear: 
Fierce  is  his  look,  his  challenge  loud; 
Pale  terror  haunts  the  fainting  crowd. 

His  height  six  cubits  and  a  span, 
By  half  he  passes  mortal  man. 

Who  can  his  stature  reach? 
The  very  love  God  gives  of  life 
To  turn  from  such  unequal  strife 

Would  all  but  madmen  teach. 
Thus  argue  still  the  worldly  wise. 
Forever  seeing  mountains  rise. 
And  trembling  lest  a  little  breath 
Should  swell  into  the  storm  of  death. 

A  brazen  helmet  on  his  head 
Nods  terrible,  and  plates  are  spread 

Of  polished  brass  around; 
Of  stature  vast  he  treads  the  earth, 
Like  offspring  of  some  monstrous  birth. 

And  shakes  the  solid  ground. 


Impregnable  appears  the  shield 
One  bears  before  him  on  the  field; 
His  hands,  like  hazel  wand,  uprear 
Of  dreadful  length  his  iron  spear. 

Methinks  I  trace  in  him  again 
The  great  arch-enemy  of  men, 

In  verse  immortal  told : 
He  when  his  fury  fiercest  burned 
From  armory  celestial  turned — 

And  why  art  thou  less  bold? 
'Twas  angels  and  an  arm  divine 
Repulsed  him  then :  such  arms  are  thine ;" 
The  soldiers  of  a  heavenly  King 
To  combat  heavenly  weapons  bring. 

Thou  who  in  youth  hast  often  read, 
"  Salvation  sure  shall  fence  the  head. 

True  peace  the  feet  defend ; 
Strong  faith,  resisting  every  dart 
With  ample  shield,  fence  every  part, 

And  round  thy  steps  descend  " — 
His  simple  word  to  thee  is  "Stand! 
Girt  round  with  truth,  and  in  thy  hand 
Tight  grasp,  to  serve  for  spear  and  sword. 
The  two-edged  falchion  of  His  Word." 

There's  but  one  secret  in  the  fight — 
The  trusting  to  Another's  might; 

For,  strange  as  it  may  seem, 
Whoe'er  shall  to  the  lists  descend. 
Though  armed  in  proof,  without  this  friend, 

Will  find  his  strength  a  dream. 
We  wrestle  not  with  things  of  earth. 
But  subtle  foes  of  airy  birth : 
Who  combats  in  that  shadowy  field 
Must  more  than  mortal  weapons  wield. 

He  who  this  champion  vast  withstood 
Thought  not  e'en  royal  armor  good 

Whose  temper  was  unknown; 
But,  mindful  of  a  former  strife, 
Trusted  who  then  preserved  his  life    • 

Would  still  with  triumph  crown. 
Now  first,  ere  join  we  in  the  fray, 
A  moment  each  in  earnest  pray ; 
Together  turn  we  then  and  look 
For  five  smooth  pebbles  in  the  brook. 

Inquire  you  where  that  river  flows? 
On  Sinai  first  the  fountain  rose. 

Then  Judah's  valleys  laves, 
Till,  mixing  with  the  waters  free, 
From  one  small  well  in  Galilee 

It  swelled  to  mightiest  waves : 
And  still  with  never-ceasing  song 
It  rolls  majestical  along, 
Fountain  of  peace  in  every  land, 
Or  Zembla's  ice,  or  Afric's  sand. 

One  stone  resplendent  o'er  the  rest, 
Fit  jewel  for  an  angel's  breast, 

Shines  bright  xu  cold  or  heat; 
And  not  in  all  yon  eastern  train, 
'Mid  mines  of  gold  where  sultans  reign. 

May  such  your  vision  meet: 


DA'V^IID. 


UATVllD. 


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No  larger  than  the  mustard's  seed, 
From  it  such  lustrous  raj^s  proceed; 
Where'er  Faith's  lucid  sparkles  shine 
They  make  whate'er  they  touch  divine. 

Fragment  of  some  unshaken  rock 

This  seems,  whose  force  may  bear  the  shock 

Of  temijest  and  of  tide; 
And  though,  perchance,  of  rougher  face, 
It  stands  with  more  enduring  grace 

Thau  smoother  works  of  pride : 
If  placed  beside  the  waters'  brink, 
Who  treads  on  it  shall  never  sink; 
Wild  though  the  waves  of  sorrow  roll, 
They  may  not  whelm  the  patient  soul. 

In  the  clear  depths  another  lies 
Of  wiiich  secure  a  shaft  may  rise 

Ascending  day  by  day ; 
Upright  and  pure,  the  busy  mora 
Shines  on  it  from  the  early  dawn, 

Till  gleams  the  evening  ray ; 
Contented  with  the  rules  of  old, 
It  seeks  no  adventitious  gold 
Of  man's  device.     Thus  spake  the  Lord : 
Obedience  asks  no  further  word. 

Goodly  thy  structure:  clouds  will  form 
And  shroud  it  with  the  coming  storm; 

Perchance  thy  heart  may  quail, 
The  pillar  of  obedience  rock 
Unsteady  'neath  the  thunder  shock, 

Well-nigh  the  basement  fail ; 
Faith's  jewel  will  its  light  supply 
More  radiant  through  its  bright  ally : 
Who  could  with  earthly  sorrow  cope 
Unlighted  by  the  gleams  of  hope? 

Now  all  seems  polished,  fixed,  secure, 
Rock,  pillar,  jewel  to  endure 

And  shine  through  years  to  come; 
Yet  somewhat  still  deficient  seems, 
A  warmer  glow  to  shed  its  beams 

On  neighbor  and  on  home: 
It  shines  with  such  diffusive  ray. 
Ne'er  on  one  spot  its  glories  stay ; 
Base,  column,  capital  above, 
All  sparkle  with  the  rays  of  love. 

Oh  might  I  such  a  temple  rise. 
Compact  with  what  the  Lord  supplies, 

The  unction  of  His  grace ! 
Oh  might  my  life  henceforward  be 
Pure,  straight,  from  worldly  follies  free, 

Steadfast  in  its  own  place ! 
Patient  myself,  with  active  zeal. 
True  love  that  can  for  others  feel. 
With  hope  still  cheerful  in  my  breast, 
And  faith  in  an  eternal  rest. 

J.  M.  King. 

3307.  DAVID,  Goliath  and. 

1  Samuel  "xvii  :  38-52. 

He  lays  his  mantle  by,  and  shepherd's  crook. 

And  dons  the  cumbrous  armor  of  the  king. 

One  moment ;  then  resumes  his  well-proved 

sling. 


And  simple  pebbles  rounded  by  the  brook. 

On  wings  of  faith  and  prayer  the  "smooth 
stone"  took 

Its  fatal  flight,  urged  by  the  circling  string; 

And  the  prone  giant's  shield  and  helmet  ring 

Hollovv,and  earth  at  his  loud  downfall  shook. 

So  with  one  promise  from  the  sacred  images. 

The  streams  whereof  make  glad  the  Church 
below, 

One  text  worn  smooth  by  use  of  rolling  ages, 

Our  soul's  strong  enemy  we  overthrow ; 

Faith  in  God's  Word  the  help  of  God  en- 
gages. 

And  "It  is  written"  puts  to  flight  the  foe. 

H.  Wilton. 

3308.  DAVID,  Goliath  and. 

1  Samuel  xvii. 

Who  is  this  gigantic  foe 

That  proudly  stalks  along. 
Overlooks  the  crowd  below. 

In  brazen  armor  strong? 
Loudly  of  his  strength  he  boasts. 

On  his  sword  and  spear  relies; 
Meets  the  God  of  Israel's  hosts. 

And  all  their  force  defies. 

Tallest  of  the  earth-born  race. 

They  tremble  at  his  power. 
Flee  before  the  monster's  face. 

And  own  him  conqueror. 
Who  this  mighty  champion  is. 

Nature  answers  from  within; 
He  is  my  own  wickedness, 

My  own  besetting  sin. 

In  the  strength  of  Jesu's  name 

I  with  the  monster  fight; 
Feeble  and  unarmed  I  am, 

But  Jesus  is  my  might. 
Mindful  of  His  mercies  past. 

Still  I  trust  the  same  to  prove; 
Still  my  helpless  soul  I  cast 

On  His  redeeming  love. 

With  my  sling  and  stone  I  go 

To  fight  the  Philistine ; 
God  hath  said  it  shall  be  so, 

And  I  shall  conquer  sin; 
On  His  promise  I  rely, 

Trust  in  an  Almighty  Lord, 
Sure  to  win  the  victory. 

For  He  hath  spoke  the  word. 

In  the  strength  of  God  I  rise, 

I  run  to  meet  my  foe ; 
Faith  the  word  of  power  applies, 

And  lays  the  giant  low. 
Faith  in  Jesu's  conquering  name 

Slings  the  sin-destroying  stone, 
Points  the  word's  unerring  aim, 

And  brings  the  monster  down. 

Kise,  ye  men  of  Israel,  rise ! 

Your  routed  foe  pursue ; 
Shout  His  praises  to  the  skies 

Who  conquers  sin  for  you. 


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D^VID. 


D^A^ID. 


Jesus  doth  for  you  appear, 

He  His  conquering  grace  affords, 

Saves  you,  not  Avith  sword  and  spear, 
The  battle  is  the  Lord's. 

Every  day  the  Lord  of  Hosts 

His  miglity  ])ower  displays; 
Stills  the"))roud  Pliilistine's  boasts, 

The  threatening  Gitlite  slays; 
Israel's  God,  let  all  below 

Conqueror  over  sin  proclaim; 
Oh  that  all  the  earth  might  know 

The  power  of  Jesu's  name. 

J.  and  C.  Wesleij. 

3309.  DAVID,  Grief  of. 

S  Samuel  xvii  :  15-23. 

David  awoke 
And  robed  himself,   and   prayed.     The  in- 
mates, now, 
Of  the  vast  palace  were  astir,  and  feet 
Glided  along  the  tessellated  floors 
With  a  j^ervading  murmur,  and  the  fount, 
Whose  music  had  beeu  all  the  night   un- 
heard. 
Played  as  if  light  had  made  it  audible ; 
And  each  one,  waking,  blessed  it  unaware. 
The  fragrant  strife  of  sunshine  with  the 
morn 
Sweetened  the  air  to  ecstasy !  and  now 
Tlie  king's  wont  was  to  lie  upon  his  couch 
Beneath  the  sky-roof  of  the  inner  court. 
And,  shut  in  from  the  world,  but  not  from 

heaven, 
Play  with  his  loved  son  by  the  fountain's  lip ; 
For,  with  idolatry  confessed  alone. 
To  the  rapt  wires  of  his  reproofless  harp. 
He  loved  the  child  of  Batlisheba.    And  when 
The  golden  selvedge  of  his  robe  was  heard 
Sweeping  the  marble  pavement,  from  within 
Broke  forth  a  child's  laugh  suddenly,  and 

words — 
Articulate,  perhaps,  to  his  heart  only — 
Pleading  to  come  to   him.     They  brought 

the  boy. 
An  infant  cherub,  leaping  as  if  used 
To  hover  with  that  motion  upon  wings, 
And  marvellously  beautiful !     His  brow 
Had  the  inspired  up-lift  of  the  king's, 
And  kingly  was  his  infantine  regard. 

It  was  the  morning  of  the  seventh  day. 
A  hush  was  in  the  palace,  for  all  eyes. 
Had  woke  before  the  morn ;  and  they  who 

drew 
The  curtains  to  let  in  the  welcome  light 
Moved  in  their  chambers  with  unslippered 

feet. 
And  listened  breathlessly.    And  still  no  stir ! 
The  servants  who  kept  watch  without  the 

door 
Sat  motionless ;  the  purple  casement-shades 
From  the   low   windows   had  been  rolled 

away. 
To  give  the  child  air ;  and  the  flickering  light 


That,    all   the    night,   within   the   spacious 

court. 
Had  drawn  the  watcher's  eyes  to  one  spot 

only. 
Paled  with  the  sunrise  and  fled  in. 

And  hushed 
With  more  than  stillness  was  the  room  where 

lay 
The  king's  son  on  his  mother's  breast.     His 

locks 
Slept  at  the  lips  of  Bathsheba  unstirred — 
So  fearfully,  with  heart  and  pulse  kept  down. 
She  watched  his  breathless  slumber.     The 

low  moan 
That  from  his  lips  all  night  broke  fitfully 
ilud    silenced  with    the  daybreak;    and   a 

smile — 
Or  something  that  would  fain  have  been  a 

smile — 
Played  in  his  parted  mouth ;  and  though  his 

lids 
Hid  not  the  blue  of  his  unconscious  eyes, 
His  senses  seemed  all  peacefully  asleep, 
And  Bathsheba  in  silence  blessed  the  morn. 
That  brought  back  hope  to  her !     But  when 

the  king 
Heard   not  the   voice   of   the   complaining 

child. 
Nor  breath  from  out  the  room,  nor  foot  astir. 
But  morning  there,  so  welcomeless  and  still, 
He  groaned  and  turned  upon  his  face.     The 

nights 
Had  wasted  and  the  mornings  come;  and 

days 
Crept  through  the  sky,  unnumbered  by  the 

king. 
Since  the  child  sickened ;  and  without  the 

door. 
Upon  the  bare  earth  prostrate,  he  had  lain. 
Listening  only  to  the  moans  that  brought 
Their  inarticulate  tidings,  and  the  voice 
Of  Bathsheba,  whose  pity  and  caress. 
In  loving  utterance  all  broke  with  tears. 
Spoke  as  his  heart  would  speak  if  he  were 

there. 
And  filled  his  prayer  with  agony.     O  God! 
To  Thy  bright  mercy-seat  the  way  is  far! 
How  fail  the  weak  words  while  the  heart 

keeps  on ! 
And  when  the  spirit,  mournfully,  at  last. 
Kneels  at  Thy  throne,  how  cold,   how  dis- 
tantly » 
The  comforting  of  friends  falls  on  the  ear, 
The  anguish  they  would  speak  to,  gone  to 

Thee! 

But  suddenly  the  watchers  at  the  door 
Rose  up,  and  they  who  ministered  within 
Crept  to  the  threshold  and  looked  earnestly 
Where  the  king  lay.     And  still,  "while  Bath- 
sheba 
Held  the  unmoving  child  upon  her  knees. 
The  curtains  were  let  down,  and  all  came 

forth. 
And,  gathering  with  fearful  looks  apart, 
,  Whispered  together. 


r>^vir). 


r>jkvir>. 


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And  the  king  arose 
And  gazed  on  them  a  moment,  and  with  voice 
Of  quick,  uncertain  utterance,  he  asked, 
"Is  the  child  dead?"    Tiiey  answered,  "  He 

is  dead  I" 
Bntwhen  they  looked  to  see  liim  fall  again 
Upon  liis  face,  and  rend  himself  and  weep — 
For,  while  the  child  was  sick,  his  agony 
Would  bear   no   comforters,   and  they  had 

thought 
His  heartstrings  with  the  tidings  must  give 

way- 
Behold  !  his  face  grew  calm,  and,  with  his 

robe 
Gathered  together  like  his  kingly  wont, 
He  silently  went  in. 

And  David  came, 
Robed  and  anointed,  forth,  and  to  the  house 
Of  God  went  up  to  pray.     And  he  returned, 
And  they  set  bread  before  him,  and  he  ate; 
And  when  they  marvelled,  he  said,  "Where- 
fore mourn? 
The  child  is  dead,  and  I  shall  go  to  him, 
But  he  will  not  return  to  me." 

Nathaniel  Parker  Willis. 

3310.  DAVID,  Harp  of, 

1  Samuel  xvi :  23. 
The  harp  the  monarch  minstrel  swept. 
The  king  of  men,  the  loved  of  heaven. 
Which  music  hallowed  while  she  wept 
O'er  tones  her  heart  of  hearts  had  given, 
Redoubled  be  her  tears,  its  cords  are  riven! 
It  softened  men  of  iron  mould, 
It  gave  them  virtues  not  their  own; 
No  ear  so  dull,  no  soul  so  cold. 
That  felt  not,  fired  not  to  the  tone,    [throne. 
Till  David's  lyre  grew  mightier   than    his 

It  told  the  triumphs  of  our  King, 
It  wafted  glory  to  our  God  ; 
It  made  our  gladdened  valleys  ring, 
The  cedars  bow,  the  mountains  nod; 
Its  sound  aspired  to  heaven,  and  there  abode ! 
Since  then,  though  heard  on  earth  no  more. 
Devotion,  and  her  daughter.  Love, 
Still  bid  the  bursting  spirit  soar 
To  sounds  that  seem  as  from  above, 
In  dreams  that  day's  broad  light  cannot  re- 
move. Loi'd  Byron. 

3311.  DAVID  NUMBERINa  THE  PEOPLE. 

2  Samuel  xxiv  ;  14. 
If  e'er  I  fall  beneath  Thy  rod, 

As  through  life's  snares  I  go, 
Save  me  from  David's  lot,  O  God! 

And  choose  Thyself  the  woe. 

How  should  I  face  Thy  plagues?  which  scare, 

And  haunt,  and  stun,  until 
The  heart  or  sinks  in  mute  despair, 

Or  names  a  random  ill. 

If  else  .  .  ,  the  guide  in  David's  path, 
Who  chose  the  holier  pain ; 


Satan  and  man  are  tools  of  wrath. 
An  angel's  scourge  is  gain. 

John  n.  Newman. 

3312.  DAVID,  Offering  of. 

2  Samuel  23  :  13-17. 
Faint  on  Rephaim's  sultry  side 

Sat  Israel's  warrior  king; 
"  Oh  for  one  draught,"  the  hero  c -ied, 

"From  Bethlehem's  cooling  spring! 
From  Bethlehem's  spring,  upon  whose  brink 
My  youthful  knee  bent  down  to  drink  ! 

"  I  know  the  spot,  by  yonder  gate. 

Beside  my  father's  home. 
Where  pilgrims  love  at  eve  to  wait. 

And  girls  for  water  come. 
Oh  for  that  healing  water  now. 
To  quench  my  lip,  to  cool  my  brow! 

''But  roimd  that  gate,  and  in  that  home, 

And  by  that  sacred  well, 
Xow  hostile  feet  insulting  roam, 

And  impious  voices  swell. 
The  Philistine  holds  Bethlehem's  halls, 
While  we  pine  here  beneath  its  walls." 

Three  gallant  men  stood  nigh,  and  heard 
The  wish  their  king  expressed; 

Exchanged  a  glance,  but  not  a  word. 
And  dashed  from  'midbt  the  rest. 

And  strong  in  zeal,  with  ardor  flushed, 

They  up  the  hill  to  Bethlehem  rushed. 

The  foe  fast  mustering  to  attack, 

Their  fierceness  could  not  rein, 
No  friendly  voice  could  call  them  back. 

"  Shall  David  long  in  vain? 
Long  for  a  cup  from  Bethlehem's  spring, 
And  none  attempt  the  boon  to  bring?" 

And  now  the  city  gate  they  gain. 

And  now  in  conflict  close; 
Unequal  odds  !  three  dauntless  men 

Against  unnumbered  foes. 
Yet  through  their  ranks  they  plough  their 
Like  galleys  through  the  ocean  spray,  [way, 

The  gate  is  forced,  the  crowd  is  j^assed; 

They  scour  the  open  street ; 
While  hosts  are  gathering  fierce  and  fast. 

To  block  up  their  retreat. 
Haste  back,  haste  back,  ye  desperate  three. 
Or  Bethlehem  soon  your  grave  must  be ! 

They  come  again,  and  with  them  bring 

Nor  gems  nor  golden  prey ; 
A  single  cup  from  Bethlehem's  spring 

Is  all  they  bear  away, 
And  through  the  densest  of  the  train 
Fight  back  their  glorious  way  again. 

O'er  broken  shield  and  prostrate  foes 
They  urge  their  conquering  course. 

Go  try  the  tempest  to  oppose. 
Arrest  the  lightning's  force ; 

But  hope  not,  pagans,  to  withstand 

The  shock  of  Israel's  chosen  band ! 


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j:>j^^td. 


Hurrah  !  hurrah !  again  tliey're  free; 

And  'neath  the  open  sky, 
On  tlie  green  turf,  they  bend  the  knee, 

Aiui  lift  tlie  prize  on  high; 
Then  onward  through  the  shouting  throng 
To  David  bear  their  spoil  along. 

All  in  Iheir  blood  and  dust  they  sink 

Full  low  before  their  king. 
"Again,"  they  cry,  "let  David  drink 

Of  his  own  silver  spring; 
And  if  the  draught  our  lord  delight. 
His  servants'  toil  'twill  well  requite." 

With  deep  emotion  David  took 

From  their  red  hands  the  cup. 
Cast  on  its  stains  a  shuddering  look, 

And  held  it  heavenward  up. 
"I  prize  your  boon,"  exclaimed  the  king, 
"  But  dare  not  taste  the  draught  you  bring. 

"  I  prize  the  zeal  that  perilled  life 

A  wish  of  mine  to  crown ; 
I  prize  the  might  that  in  the  strife 

Bore  foes  by  thousand  down; 
But  dare  not  please  myself  with  aught 
By  Israel's  blood  and  peril  bought. 

"To  Heaven  the  glorious  spoil  is  due, 

And  His  the  offering  be 
"Whose  arm  has  borne  you  safely  through, 

My  brave,  but  reckless,  three !" 
Then  on  the  earth  the  cup  he  poured, 
A  free  libation  to  the  Lord. 

There  is  a  well  in  Bethlehem  still, 

A  fountain,  at  whose  brink 
The  weary  soul  may  rest  at  will, 

The  thirsty  stoop  and  drink: 
And  unrepelled  by  foe  or  fence 
Draw  living  waters  freely  thence. 

Oh  !  did  we  thirst,  as  David  then, 

For  this  diviner  s])ring; 
Had  we  the  zeal  of  David's  men 

To  please  a  higher  King; 
What  precious  draughts  we  thence  might 
What  holy  triumphs  daily  gain!  [drain, 

Henry  Francis  Lyte. 

3313.  DAVID,  Offering  of. 

1  Chronicles  xi :  15-19. 

Watch-fires  are  blazing  on  hill  and  plain; 
The  noonday  light  is  restored  again; 
There  are  shining  arms  in  Raphaim's  vale. 
And  bright  is  the  glitter  of  clanging  mail. 

The  Philistine  hath  fixed  his  encampment 
here; 

Afar  stretch  his  lines  of  banner  and  spear. 

And  his  chariots  of  brass  are  ranged  side  by 
side, 

And  his  war  steeds  neigh  loud  in  their  trap- 
pings of  pride. 


His  tents  are  placed  where  the  waters  flow; 
The  sun  hath  dried  up  the  springs  below, 
And  Israel  hath  neither  well  nor  pool. 
The  rage  of  her  soldiers'  thirst  to  cool. 

In  the  cave  of  Adullam  King  David  lies. 
Overcome  with  the  glare  of  the  burning  skies ; 
And  his  lip  is  parched  and  his  tongue  is  dry, 
But  none  can  the  grateful  draught  supply. 

Though  a  crowned  king,  in  that  painful  hour 
One   flowing   cup  might  have   bought   his 

power. 
What  worth,  in  the  fire  of  thirst,  could  be 
The  purple  pomp  of  his  sovereignty? 

But  no  cooling  cup  from  river  or  spring 
To  relieve  his  want  can  his  servants  bring; 
And  he  cries,  ' '  Are  there  none  in  my  train 

or  state 
Will  fetch  me  the  water  of  Bethlehem  gate?" 

Then  three  of  his  warriors,  the  "mighty 
The  boast  of  the  monarch's  chivalry,  [three, " 
Ui^rose  in  their  strength,  and  their  bucklers 

rang. 
As  with  eyes  of  flame  on  their  steeds  they 

sprang. 

On  their  steeds  they  sprang,  and  with  spurs 

of  speed 
Rushed  forth  in  the  strength  of  a  noble  deed, 
And  dashed  on  the  foe  like  the  torrent  flood. 
Till  he  floated  away  in  a  tide  of  blood. 

To  the  right,  to  the  left,  where  their  blue 

swords  shine 
Like  autumn  corn  falls  the  Philistine ;  [fate. 
And  sweeping  along  with  the  vengeance  of 
The  "mighty "rush  onward  to  Bethlehem 

gate. 

Through  a  bloody  gap  in  his  shattered  array. 

To  Bethlehem's  well  they  have  hewn  their 
way; 

Then  backward  they  turn  on  the  corse-cov- 
ered plain. 

And  charge  through  the  foe  to  their  monarch 
again. 

The  king  looks  at  the  cup,  but  the  crystal 

draught 
At  a  price  too  high  for  his  want  hath  been 

bought ; 
They  urge  him  to  drink,  but  he  wets  not  his 

lip ; 
Though  great  is  his  need,  he  refuses  to  sip. 

But  he  pours  it  forth  to  Heaven's  Majesty, 

He  pours  it  forth  to  the  Lord  of  the  sky; 

'Tis  a  draught  of  death,  'tis  a  cup  blood- 
stained, 

'Tis  a  prize  from  man's  suffering  and  agony 
gained. 


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Should  he  taste  of  a  cup  that  his  "mighty 

three" 
Had  obtained  by  their  peril  and  jeopardy? 
Should  he  drink  of  their  life?     'Twas  the 

thought  of  a  king; 
And  again  he  returned  to  his  suffering. 

New  Monthly  Magazine. 

3314.  DAVID,  Psalms  of. 
The  cloud  is  on  the  monarch's  soul, 

Foreshadower  of  his  future  doom; 
So  mists,  before  the  thunders  roll, 

Come  down  and  wrap  the  hill  in  gloom. 

Go,  call  the  gentle  Bethlemite, 

And  bid  him  wake  his  sweetest  lay. 

Perchance  that  music,  pure  and  light. 
May  drive  the  threatening  fiend  away. 

The  shepherd  boy  has  brought  his  lute. 
He  sings,  he  strikes  the  pliant  chords; 

Each  ear  is  caught,  each  lip  hangs  mute, 
On  the  sweet  air,  the  wondrous  words. 

He  stays  his  hand,  th'  impassioned  strain 

Along  the  lofty  palace  dies; 
The  listening  courtiers  breathe  again, 

The  cloud  has  left  the  monarch's  eyes. 

Ah,  no !  the  measure  died  not  all : 
The  echoes  of  that  golden  rhyme 

Are  ringing  on  from  fall  to  fall, 
Forever  down  the  stream  of  time. 

At  matin  hour,  in  vespers  low. 

They  ring,  they  ring,  those  silver  bells, 
For  praise,  for  plaint,  for  joy  or  woe 

Whene'er  our  strain  of  worship  swells. 

The  silken  thread  so  wrought  and  wrought 

Into  the  tissue  of  its  frame. 
It  hath  a  tongue  for  every  thought, 

Through  all  its  moods,  and  still  the  same. 

The  fair  cathedral's  arches  grand. 
Her  marble  saints  with  lifted  palms, 

Her  carven  pillars  ever  stand, 

Wrapt  in  a  dream  of  rolling  psalms. 

The  gray  old  wall  beneath  the  yew. 
With  modest  porch,  and  taper  spire, 

Have  ripened  to  their  music  too, 

Rung  from  the  clamorous  village  choir. 

When  wakeful  men,  with  ears  unstopped 
Through  weary  hours  have  told  eacli  sound 

That  broke  upon  the  dark,  then  dropped 
Into  the  pulseless  silence  round. 

While  the  strained  eye  impatient  longs 
For  the  first  throb  of  breaking  light. 

What  snatches  of  those  heavenly  songs 
Have  come  to  him  at  dead  of  night ! 

Some  grand  Laudate's  lofty  roll, 

Some  tender  penitential  wail, 
Have  made  a  music  in  his  soul. 

Sweeter  than  any  nightingale. 


Come,  blessed  Psalms !  when  mists  of  sin 
Over  my  soul  beclouded  lie,  [din. 

Pierce  through  the  wild  world's  strife  and 
And  bid  the  evil  spirit  fly. 

Come,  blessed  Psalms!  when  weak  and  lone 
My  heart  breaks  down  and  finds  no  aid, 

And  let  iSe  find  in  your  deep  tone 
Some  voice  of  comfort  ready  made. 

For  who  shall  find,  in  pain  or  loss, 

Words  of  such  sweet  sustaining  power, 

As  those  that  hung  about  the  cross. 
And  soothed  my  Saviour's  dying  hour? 
Mrs.  C.  F.  Alexander. 

3315.  DAVID,  Victories  of. 

1  Samuel  xviii  :  7. 

Prepare !  your  festal  ntes  prepare ! 

Let  your  triumphs  rend  the  air! 

Idol  gods  shall  reign  no  more: 

We  the  living  God  adore ! 
Let  heathen  host  on  human  help  repose. 
Since  Israel's  God  has  routed  Israel's  foes. 

Let  remotest  nations  know 

Proud  Goliath's  overthrow ; 

Fallen,  Philistia,  is  thy  trust, 

Dagon  mingles  with  the  dust! 
Who  fears  the  Lord  of  glory  need  not  fear 
The  brazen  armor  or  the  lifted  spear. 

See!  the  routed  squadrons  fly! 

Hark  !  their  clamors  rend  the  sky ! 

Blood  and  carnage  stain  the  field ! 

See  the  vanquished  nations  yield ! 
Dismay  and  terror  fill  the  frightened  land. 
While  conquering  David  routs  the  trembling 
band. 

Lo !  upon  the  tented  field 
Royal  Saul  has  tliousands  killed ! 
Lo !  upon  the  ensanguined  plain 
David  has  ten  thousands  slain ! 
Let  mighty  Saul  his  vanquished  thousands 

tell. 
While   tenfold   triumphs   David's  victories 
swell.  Hannah  More. 

3316.  DAT  OF  THE  LOKD  AT  HAND. 

The  day  of  the  Lord  is  at  hand,  at  hand ; 

The  storms  roll  up  the  sky ; 
A  nation  sleeps  starving  on  heaps  of  gold, 

All  dreamers  toss  and  sigh. 
When  the  pain  is  sorest  the  child  is  born, 
And  the  day  is  darkest  before  the  morn 

Of  the  day  of  the  Lord  at  hand. 

Gather  you,  gather  you,  angels  of  God; 

Chivalry,  justice,  and  truth : 
Come,  for  the  earth  is  grown  coward  and  old ; 

Come  dow^n  and  renew  us  her  youth ! 
Freedom,  self-sacrifice,  mercy,  and  love. 
Haste  to  the  battle-field,  stoop  from  above 

To  the  day  of  the  Lord  at  hand. 


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DEIAIT'. 


Gather  you,  gather  you,  hounds  of  hell, 

Famine  and  plague  and  war; 
Idleness,  bigotry,  cant,  and  misrule 

Gather,  and  fall  in  the  snare!  [knaves, 
Hirelings  and  JIammonites,  pedants  and 
Crawl  to  the  battle,  or  sneak  to  your  graves, 

In  the  day  of  the  Lord  at  hand. 

Who  would  sit  down  and  whine  for  a  lost 
Age  of  Gold 
Wliile  the  Lord  of  all  ages  is  here? 
True  hearts  will  leap  up  at  the  trumpet  of 
God, 
And  those  who  can  suffer  can  dare. 
Each  past  age  of  gold  was  an  iron  age,  too. 
And  the  meekest  of  saints  may  find  stern 
work  to  do 
In  the  day  of  the  Lord  at  hand. 

Charles  Eingsley. 

3317.  DAT,  WisUng  for  tte. 
Acts  xxvii  ;  29. 

In  the  horror  of  great  darkness. 
In  the  starless  midnight  gloom, 

'Mid  the  shrieking  of  the  tempest, 
'Mid  the  hissing  of  the  foam ; 

When  the  sons  of  men  are  quailing, 

When  the  strongest  faith  is  failing. 
Sailor !  cast  an  anchor, 
Wishing  for  the  day. 

When  the  chilly  sea-fog  curtain 

Gathers  close  with  stealthy  tread. 
While  weird  voices  stran'gely  whisper : 

"Breakers,  breakers  close  ahead!" 
In  the  agony  of  keeping 
The  stern  watch  that  knows  no  sleeping, 
Sailor !  cast  an  anchor, 
Wishing  for  the  day. 

When  a  more  than  midnight  darkness 

Hangs  its  heavy  pall  of  clouds. 
When  a  worse  than  ocean  tempest 

Rattles  through  the  shivering  shrouds, 
When  the  life-blood  is  congealing, 
When  the  ^eart  and  brain  are  reeling. 
Christian  !  cast  an  anchor, 
Wishing  for  the  day. 

When  the  icy  hand  of  sorrow 

Lays  its  grasp  upon  thy  heart. 

And  the  very  thought  of  thinking 

Makes  thine  inmost  being  start; 

When  the  pulse  of  hope  is  failing. 

When  the  last  faint  star  is  paling. 

Christian !  cast  an  anchor, 
Wishing  for  the  day. 

When  the  One  who's  gone  before  thee, 

In  the  bitter  thorny  road. 
Bids  thee  trace  the  bleeding  footprints 

Of  the  wounded  Son  of  God ! 
When  the  willing  spirit  chooses, 
And  the  writhing  flesh  refuses. 

Christian !  cast  an  anchor, 
Wishing  for  the  day. 


When  the  corn  of  wheat  is  dying. 

In  its  dark  forgotten  tomb. 
And  the  glowing  golden  harvest 

Scarcely  glimmers  through  the  gloom; 
When  the  hand  that  sows  is  weary, 
And  the  barren  land  looks  dreary. 

Christian !  cast  an  anchor, 
Wishing  for  the  day. 

When  the  sound  of  coming  judgment 

Falls  on  many  a  startled  ear, 
And  a  voice  is  on  the  mountains, 

Lo!  the  Bridegroom  draweth  near! 
When  earth's  bravest  sons  are  quaking, 
And  the  world's  foundations  shaking. 
Christian !  ride  at  anchor, 
'Tis  the  break  of  day. 

G.  P. 

3318.  BEAT  AND  DUMB  HEALED. 
Luke  ix  :  41,  42. 

The  Son  of  God  in  doing  good 

Was  fain  to  look  to  heaven  and  sigh: 

And  shall  the  heirs  of  sinful  blood 
Seek  joy  unmixed  in  charity? 

God  will  not  let  love's  work  impart 

Full  solace,  lest  it  steal  the  heart; 

Be  thou  content  in  tears  to  sow. 

Blessing,  like  Jesus,  in  thy  woe. 

He  looked  to  heaven,  and  sadly  sighed. 
What  saw  my  gracious  Saviour  there, 
What  fear  and  anguish  to  divide 

The  joy  of  heaven-accepted  prayer ! 
So  o'er  the  bed  where  Lazarus  slept 
He  to  His  Father  groaned  and  wept : 
What  saw  He  mournful  in  that  grave, 
Knowing  Himself  so  strong  to  save? 

O'erwhelming  thoughts  of  pain  and  grief 

Over  His  sinking  spirits  sweep ! 
What  boots  it  gathering  one  lost  leaf 
Out  of  yon  sere  and  withered  heap, 
Where  souls  and  bodies,  hopes  and  joys. 
All  that  earth  owns  or  sin  destroys. 
Under  the  spurning  hoof  are  cast. 
Or  tossing  in  the  autumnal  blast? 

The  deaf  may  hear  the  Saviour's  voice. 
The  fettered  tongue  its  chain  may  break; 

But  the  deaf  heart,  the  dumb  by  choice. 
The  laggard  soul,  that  will  not  wake, 

The  guilt  that  scorns  to  be  forgiven; 

These  baffle  e'en  the  spells  of  heaven; 

In  thought  of  these,  His  brows  benign 

JS'ot  even  in  healing  cloudless  shine. 

No  eye  but  His  might  ever  bear 

To  gaze  all  down  that  drear  abyss. 
Because  none  ever  saw  so  clear 

The  shore  of  endless  bliss; 
The  giddy  wave  so  restless  hurled. 
The  vexed  pulse  of  this  feverish  world. 
He  views  and  counts  with  steady  sight 
Used  to  behold  the  Infinite. 


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But  that  in  sucli  commuuion  high 
He  hath  a  fount  of  strength  within, 

Sure  His  meek  heart  would  break  and  die, 
O'erburdened  by  His  brethren's  sin; 

Weak  eyes  on  darkness  dare  not  gaze, 

It  dazzles  like  the  noonday  blaze; 

But  He  who  sees  God's  face  may  brook 

On  the  true  face  of  Sin  to  look. 

What  then  shall  wretched  sinners  do, 

When  in  their  last,  their  hopeless  day, 
Sin  as  it  is,  shall  meet  their  view, 

God  turn  His  face  for  aye  away? 
Lord,  by  Thy  sad  and  earnest  eye, 
When  Thou  didst  look  to  heaven  and  sigh; 
Thy  voice,  that  with  a  word  could  chase 
The  dumb,  deaf  spirit  from  his  place. 

As  Thou  hast  touched  our  ears,  and  taught 

Our  tongues  to  speak  Thy  praises  plain, 
Quell  Thou  each  thankless,  godless  thought 

That  would  make  fast  our  bonds  again. 
From  worldly  strife,  from  mirth  unblest, 
Drowning  Thy  music  in  the  breast. 
From  foul  reproach,  from  thrilling  fears, 
Preserve,  good  Lord,  Thy  servant's  ears. 

From  idle  words,  that  restless  throng. 

And  haunt  our  hearts  when  we  would  pray 
From  pride's  false  chime,  and  jarring  wrong, 

Seal  Thou  my  lips  and  guard  the  way ; 
For  Thou  hast  sworn  that  every  ear. 
Willing  or  loth.  Thy  trump  shall  hear, 
And  every  tongue  unchained  be 
To  own  no  hope,  no  God,  but  Thee. 

John  Keble. 

3319.  DEBORAH,  Song  of. 
Judges  V. 

Wake,  Deborah!  wake;   and  thou,  Barak! 

arise. 
And  swell  the  proud  chorus  which  gladdens 

the  skies : 
Attend,  O  ye  kings,  and  ye  princes,  give  ear ! 
I,  Deborah,  speak,  but  Jehovah  is  near. 

O  Lord,  it  was  Thou  with  Thy  people  didst 

ride. 
When  they  conquering  burst  from  rough 

Edom's  dark  side. 
The  huge  mountains  staggered  along  on  Thy 

way, 
While  the  hearts  of  the  nations  all  melted 

away. 

But  forsaken  by  Thee,  then  how  triumphed 

our  foes, 
Till  I,  mother  in  Israel,  Deborah,  rose ; 
How   silent  our   valleys,  how  wasted   our 

plains. 
While  we  sat  down  in  sackcloth,  and  wept 

o'er  our  chains. 

Speak,  Deborah!  speak;   and  thou,  Barak! 

oh,  say. 
How  captivity  captive  was  led  on  that  day ! 


All  honor  to   you   who,  inspired    by   our 

breath, 
So  bravely  did  jeopard  your  lives  to  the 

death. 

But  curse  ye  the  cowards,  who,  trembling 

with  fear. 
Resolved  not  the  summons  of  rescue  to  hear; 
Yes,  bitterly  curse  them,  who  mocked  at  the 

word — 
'Gainst  the  Mighty,  oh,  come!  to  the  help 

of  the  Lord. 

Oh !  that  was  a  triumph,  a  glorious  fight. 
When  ye  came,  O  ye  kings !  to  Megiddo  to 

fight; 
Ah,    Sisera!   well    may    your    chariots    be 

nought. 
When  against  you  the  stars  in  their  bright 

courses  fought. 

Then  tell  me,  O  Kishon !  then  tell  me,  oh, 
whither 

Hast  thou  swept  all  their  glory,  thou  deep- 
flowing  river? 

Where  has  vanished  so  swiftly  their  boastful 
array  ? 

O  my  soul !  down  what  strength  hast  thou 
trodden  this  day. 

By  the  window  she  sat  of  the  watch-tower 

so  high — 
It  was  Sisera's  mother:  she  looked  at  the 

sky; 
"Why  tarries  his   chariot  so  long  on  the 

way? 
Why  thus,  O  my  conquering  son !  dost  thou 

stay?" 

Her  wise  ladies  answered,  "The  spoil  to 
divide. 

The  glad  warriors  rest  on  the  steep  moun- 
tain's side ; 

They  come"— dreamers,  hush!  shall  I  tell 
you  the  tale. 

How  your  Sisera  died  by  the  sharp-piercing 
nail? 

Thus  perish,  consumed,  at  the  flash  of  Thy 

sword. 
The  madmen  who  challenge  Thy  honor,  O 

Lord  I 
But  they  who  love  Thee,  on  strong  pinions 

unfurled. 
Like  suns  shall  mount  upward,  and  tread  on 

the  world.  E.  Dudley  Jackson. 

3320.  DEBTOR,  A  Great. 
Luke  xvl  :  5. 

When  this  passing  world  is  done, 
When  has  sunk  yon  glaring  sun. 
When  we  stand  with  Christ,  in  glory, 
Looking  o'er  life's  finished  story, 
Then,  Lord,  shall  I  fully  know- 
Not  till  then — how  much  I  owe. 


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DEBTORS. 


When  I  hear  the  wicked  call 
Oa  the  rocks  and  hills  to  fall, 
When  I  see  them  start  and  shrink 
On  the  fiery  deluge  brink, 
Then,  Lord,  shall  I  fully  know — 
Not  till  then — how  much  I  owe. 

When  I  stand  before  the  throne 
Dressed  in  beauty  not  my  own, 
When  I  see  Thee  as  Thou  art. 
Love  Thee  with  unsinning  heart, 
Then.  Lord,  shall  I  fully  know — 
Not  till  then — how  much  I  owe. 

When  the  praise  of  heaven  I  hear. 
Loud  as  thunders  to  the  ear, 
Loud  as  many  waters'  noise, 
Sweet  as  harps'  melodious  voice, 
Then,  Lord,  shall  I  fully  know — 
Not  till  then — how  much  I  owe. 

Even  on  earth,  as  through  a  glass 
Darkly,  let  Thy  glory  pass, 
Make  forgiveness  feel  so  sweet, 
Make  Thy  Spirit's  help  so  meet; 
Even  on  eartli.  Lord,  make  me  know 
Something  of  how  much  I  owe. 

Chosen  not  for  good  in  me. 
Wakened  up  from  wrath  to  flee, 
Hidden  in  the  Saviour's  side. 
By  the  Spirit  sanctified, 
Teach  me.  Lord,  on  earth  to  show. 
By  my  love,  how  much  I  owe. 

Oft  I  walk  beneath  the  cloud. 
Dark  as  midnight's  gloomy  shroud; 
But,  when  fear  is  at  the  height, 
Jesus  comes,  and  all  is  light; 
Blessed  Jesus!  bid  me  show 
Doubting  saints  how  much  I  owe. 

When  in  flowery  paths  I  tread. 

Oft  by  sin  I'm  captive  led; 

Oft  I  fall,  but  still  arise, 

The  Spirit  comes,  the  tempter  flies; 

Blessed  Spirit!  bid  me  show 

Weary  sinners  all  I  owe. 

Oft  the  nights  of  sorrow  reign — 
Weeping,  sickness,  sighing,  pain; 
But  a  night  Thine  anger  burns — 
Morning  comes  and  joy  returns. 
God  of  comforts!  bid  me  show 
To  Thy  poor  how  much  I  owe. 

Robert  Murray  McCheyne. 

3321.  DEBTORS,  The  Two. 

Luke  vii  :  41-43. 
O  precious  alabaster ! 

And  unction,  fragrant,  sweet. 
That  she  who  was  a  sinner 

Poured  on  the  Saviour's  feet ; 
While  Jesus  sat  reclining. 

And  she  lay  prostrate  there, 
And  washed  them  with  her  tear-drops, 

And  wiped  them  with  her  hair. 


O  precious  faith  1  that  opened 

The  fountain  of  that  spring, 
And  from  its  secret  chambers 

Such  costly  tears  did  bring 
Warm  from  the  heart's  deep  feeling, 

Human  and  yet  divine; 
Seasoned,  embittered,  salted, 

With  penitential  brine. 

O  precious  love !  forgiving 

The  debt  I  owed  to  Thee— 
The  "fifty"  or  "five  hundred," 

I  could  not  either  pay ; 
And  Thou  didst  frankly  cancel 

The  debt  both  great  and  small: 
The  more  Thou  dost  forgive  me, 

The  more  I  owe  Thee  all. 

O  precious  truth,  and  priceless ! 

The  vilest,  deepest-lost. 
Who  owed  Thee  most,  now  oweth 

The  debt  of  love  the  most. 
Not  that  our  Father's  children 

Should  still  in  wrath  be  found; 
Nor  yet  in  sin  continue. 

That  grace  may  more  abound. 

O  precious  Saviour!  love  me, 

And  make  my  offering  meet, 
The  box  of  alabaster. 

In  fragments  at  Thy  feet ; 
Accept  this  heart  all-broken. 

And  speak  the  saving  word; 
My  fount  of  tears  outpouring 

Its  baptism  on  my  Lord. 

My  sinful  tears  are  flowing 

In  this  defil&d  flood; 
The  baptism  of  Thy  washing 

Is  poured  on  me  in  blood; 
My  soul  is  all  defilement. 

My  tears  all  bitterness; 
But  Thou  art  my  salvation, 

And  Thou  my  righteousness. 

O  blessed  contemplation — 

The  sinner,  guilty,  lost, 
Now  feels—  the  most  forgiven 

Is  bound  to  love  Him  most. 
My  soul,  bring  forth  thy  treasures, 

Thy  spices,  fragrant,  sweet; 
Oh  bring  thy  all  to  Jesus, 

And  pour  it  at  His  feet  I 

Robert  3Iaguire. 

3322.  DEBTORS,  The  Two. 
Luke  viii  :  47. 
Once  a  woman  silent  stood, 

While  Jesus  sat  at  meat; 
From  her  eyes  she  poured  a  flood, 

To  wash  His  sacred  feet; 
Shame  and  wonder,  joy  and  love, 

All  at  once  possessed  her  mind, 
That  she  e'er  so  vile  could  prove, 

Yet  now  forgiveness  find. 


DELILAH. 


IDELXJGE. 


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"  How  came  this  vile  woman  here? 

"Will  Jesus  notice  such? 
Sure,  if  He  a  prophet  were, 

He  would  disdain  her  touch  !" 
Simon  thus,  with  scornful  heart, 

Slighted  one  whom  Jesus  loved; 
But  her  Saviour  took  her  part, 

And  thus  his  pride  reproved : 

*'  If  two  men  in  debt  were  bound, 

One  less,  the  other  more, 
Fifty  or  five  hundred  pound, 

And  both  alike  were  poor; 
Should  the  lender  both  forgive, 

When  he  saw  them  both  distressed, 
Which  of  them  would  you  believe 

Engaged  to  love  him  best?" 

"  Surely  he  who  most  did  owe," 

The  Pharisee  replied ; 
Then  our  Lord,  "  By  judging  so. 

Thou  dost  for  her  decide ; 
Simon,  if,  like  her,  you  knew 

How  much  you  forgiveness  need; 
You  like  her  had  acted  too, 

And  welcomed  me  indeed. 

"  When  the  load  of  sin  is  felt. 

And  much  forgiveness  known. 
Then  the  heart  of  course  will  melt, 

Though  hard  before  as  stone ; 
Blame  not  then  her  love  and  tears, 

Greatly  she  in  debt  has  been; 
But  I  have  removed  her  fears, 

And  pardoned  all  her  sin." 

John  Newton. 


3323.  DELILAH,  Pame  of. 

Fame,    if    not    double  -  faced,    is    double- 
mouthed,  [deeds ; 
And   with  contrary   blast    proclaims    most 
On  both  his   wings,   one  black,    the  other 

white, 
Bears  greatest  names  in  his  wild  airy  flight. 
My  name  perhaps  among  the  circumcised 
In  Dan,  in  Judah,  and  the  bordering  tribes. 
To  all  posterity  may  stand  defamed. 
With  malediction  mentioned,  and  the  blot 
Of  falsehood  most  unconjugal  traduced. 
But  in  my  country,  where  I  most  desire, 
In  Ecron,  Gaza,  Asdod,  and  in  Gath, 
I  shall  be  named  among  the  famousest 
Of  women,  sung  at  solemn  festivals. 
Living  and  dead  recorded,  who  to  save 
Her  country  from  a  fierce  destroyer,  chose 
Above  the  faith  of  wedlock-bands,  my  tomb 
With  odors  visited,  and  annual  flowers; 
Not  less  renowned  than  in  mount  Ephraim 
Jael,  who  with  inhospitable  guile      [nailed. 
Smote  Sisera  sleeping,  through  the  temples 
Nor  shall  I  count  it  heinous  to  enjoy 
The  public  marks  of  honor  and  reward 
Conferred  upon  me,  for  the  piety 
Which  to  my  country  I  was  judged  to  have 
shown.  John  Milton. 


3324.  DELUGE,  Escape  from  the. 

Genesis  viii  :  lG-21. 
A  world  of  sinners  once  was  drowned, 

A  deluge  swept  them  all  away; 
One  family  alone  had  found 

Mercy  in  that  great  judgment-day. 

Forewarned  of  wrath  to  come,  they  feared, 
And,  taught  by  God,  prepared  an  ark. 

Which  o'er  the  waves  in  sunshine  steered. 
Where  all  below  was  dead  and  dark. 

Again  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord 

Moved  on  the  formless  deep  and  void, 
And  to  the  patriarch's  sight  restored 

The  relics  of  that  world  destroyed ; 

A  world  without  a  breathing  soul, 

Or  sign  of  life  in  plant  or  tree ; 
Stretched  like  a  corjjse  from  pole  to  pole, 

Untravelled  land,  unvoyaged  sea. 

Then  from  their  hiding-place  they  came, 
And  straightway  built  an  altar  there; 

Whence  rose  to  heaven  the  double  flame 
Of  pure  burnt  sacrifice  and  prayer. 

We,  in  an  ark  not  made  with  hands, 
God's  own  new  covenant  of  peace, 

Which  on  the  rock  of  ages  stands. 
Seek  refuge  till  His  anger  cease. 

Then  as  the  cloud-born  rainbow  smiled 
On  Noah's  ransomed  ones,  we  trace 

Our  heavenly  Father  reconciled 
In  our  incarnate  Saviour's  face. 

James  Montgomery, 

3325.  DELUGE,  The. 

Genesis  vii. 

The  gloom  of 
Coming  wrath  was  thickening  o'er  all  the 

land. 
The  sky  was  livid,  and  the  sun  looked  down 
With  a  ghastly  glare.     While  reason  slum- 
bered. 
Instinct  stood  upon  her  watch-tower. 
And  warned  both  man  and  beast  of  approach- 
ing ill. 
Filled  all  at  once  with  strong  expectancy 
Of  some  mighty  ruin,  the  world  is  hushed. 
As  though  some  shock  had  stiffened  all  its 

nerves, 
Its  pulse  is  still.  At  their  employ  men  stand 
The  same  in  posture,  but  mute,  motionless. 
The  grazing  herds  in  groups  collect  and  shake 
With  fL'ar ;  the  agile  goats  that  frisked  upon 
The  tops  of  verdant  hills  repress  their  sport ; 
Wild  beasts  of  prey  that  urged  their  panting 

game. 
Affrighted,  cease  pursuit ;  and  ravening  birds 
Poised  o'er  their  eyries  drop  from  gory  beaks 
Their  prey.      But   silence  such  as  reigned 
before  [pause. 

Earth  was,  endured  not  long;  'twas  Nature's 
While  she  armed  her  own  elements  against 


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DEJliUG-E. 


Herself.     Anon  the  enrthquake's  awful  tread 
Is  felt;   its  rumbling  wheels   roll  through 

earth's  depths; 
It  sinks  the  hills,  lifts  up  the  vales,  and  shakes 
The  seas ;  it  breaks  the  silent  spell  that  binds 
All  flesh,  tears  off  the  mask  of  coming  woe. 
Shows  its  haggard  forms ;  deeply  thrills  all 

hearts  [wail. 

With  fears  of  death ;  unstops  all  mouths  to 
Then  the  cry  ascends  from  pole  to  pole  of 
Nature  in  despair;  the  astonished  depths 
I.eap  up  and  foam  alongthe  trembling  shores ; 
The  shores  reply  with  yells  of  forest  beasts; 
From  fields  the  lowing  herds  moan  forth 

their  prayer, 
And  birds  with  screams  fill  up  the  ghastly  air. 
The  sinful  race  'gainst  whom  Jehovah  drives, 
The  raging  elements,  a  fearful  band. 
When  unconfined  and  winged  with  wrath 

they  fly 
To  execute  His  dire  command,  no  more 
Are  mute ;  with  cries  and  wails  that  might 

have  moved 
All  heaven,  had  heaven  listened,  they  pour 
Their  guilty  souls  to  God  in  prayer  to  stay 
His  awful  hand.     Yet  not  all  prayed ;  despair 
Closed  up  the  lips  of  some,  and  some  defied 
The  God  that  made  them,  and  urged  with 

curses 
And  horrid  oaths  the  Omnipotent  to  arms. 
Around  the  whole  horizon's  edge  there  lay 
A  ridge  of  clouds  so  smooth  and  watery, 
That  it  seemed  like  a  mighty  river  winding 
Round  the  world;  now  chafed  by  pent-up 

winds,  it 
Foams,  it  leaps,  it  scales  the  skies;  anon  it 
Looks  like  frothy  seas,  which  rush  to  dash  in 
Wrath  around  the  invisible  zenith. 
From  out  their  stormy  fonts  the  lightnings 

leap, 
With  crash  of  many  thunder-bolts  they  meet ; 
Earth  feels  the  shock  and  trembling  groans 

aloud,  [shroud. 

Shut  from  the  light,  wrapped  in  a  watery 

On  every  hand 
They  hear  the  peals  of  desperate  woe  that 
Break  from  out  the  agony  of  hearts ;  they 
Hear  their  neighbors,  kinsmen,  in  frightful 

screams. 
Imploring  life,  life,  by  all  the  ties 
That  knit  the  heart  to  earth,  by  all  the  groans 
That  they  must  breathe  in  dying  such  a  death. 
By  all  the  present  misery  that  made  [of 

The  brute  earth  quake  with  its  piercing  cries. 
Him  whom  they  had  long  defied:  but  thun- 
ders [burn 
Mingle  with  their  prayers,  and  lightnings 
Upon  their  suppliant  eyes.  With  the  roar 
Of  many  waters,  leaping,  thundering,  down 
Precipice  or  rock,  the  ponderous  clouds 
Now  meet  the  earth ;  the  rivers  scales  their 

banks,  [through 

The  valleys  sink,  men  leave  the  vales,  and 
The  misty  sea  rush  to  the  hills ;  fathers 
Gray-haired  with  age,  and  aged  mothers, 

pursue 


Their  sons  and  daughters,  fleet  with  youth; 

soon  they 
Lag  behind,  and  with  their  homes  are  buried 
In  the  deep.     Struck  by  the  lashing  billows 
The  ark  creaks  through  all  its  joints,  reels, 

heaves. 
Then  mounts  the  waves,   and  rides  secure 

amid 
The  watery  gloom.     All  day  the  waters  rave 

and 
Rise ;  then  night  in  stormy  darkness  settles 
Round  the  world ;  all  night  the  hills  resound 

with 
Cries  of  mortals  herded  on  their  brows.    Day 
Dawns  with  misty  light ;  still  the  waters  rise ; 
Another  night,  another  day  returns; 
But  no  abatement  of  the  storm ;  the  clouds, 
Like  seas,  dash  round  the  earth,  ingulf  the 
hills,  ;  _  [by 

And  roar  against  the  mountain  cliffs.    Forced 
The  tempest,  the  bounding  ark  strikes  Oreb, 
Rebounds,  then  on  the  swelling  tide  rides  up 
Its  dark  and  foaming  side.   From  the  window 
Japheth  looks  out  upon  the  scene;  far  as 
His  eye  could  reach  live  forms  seem  throng- 
ing up 
The  lofty  steeps  before  the  climbing  floods, 
And  beasts  of  every  kind  were  herded 
There;  and  fierce  hunger  gnawed  their  en- 
trails, but 
They  were  harmless,  crept  among  the  men,  and 
Gazed  into  their  faces  as  if  to  ask 
Some  aid;  they  did  howl  most  piteously 
Through  the  gloom  of  their  coming  destiny; 
And  dragons  crawled  out  of  their  rocky  dens, 
And  lay  innoxious  at  the  feet  of  men. 
The    eagles    from    their    drenched    eyries 

screamed,  and 
Other  birds  in  flocks  hung  round  the  summits 
And  uttered  cries  and  shrieks.  One  fear,  one 

thought, 
Filled  all  flesh :  it  was  the  thought  of  death. 

From 
Out  the  crowd  of  miserable  beings. 
Half  famished,  half  drowned  with  rain,  a  lion 
Leaped,  and  stood  on  the  water's  edge ;  his 
mane  [tail 

Like  water  streamed  down  his  neck ;  with  his 
He  lashed  his  dripping  sides;  gazed  on  the 

ark 
With  desperate  look,  then  leaped  towards  it. 
But  fell  into  the  sea.  With  teeth  and  claws 
He  seized  and  tore  the  wood  awhile,  but  soon 
His  kingly  strength  was  spent,  and  sunk  be- 
neath 
The  wave.    Still  upward  the  throng  ascends ; 

some 
Gain  the  mountain's  top,  and  there  stand  and 

gaze 
Around ;  others  press  up  and  form  below 
In  columns  dense,  others  lower  down,  and 
Still  lower,  till  they  reach  the  water's  edge. 
The  last  are  first  destroyed ;  the  ranks  above 
N<  xt  feel  the  shock  of  dashing  seas;  thus 
They  disappear,  till  all  are  drowned. 

The  Classic. 


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3326.  DELUGE,  Tokens  after  the. 

Sweet  dove!  the  softest,  steadiest  plume 

In  all  the  sun-bright  sky, 
Brightening  in  ever-changeful  bloom 

As  breezes  change  on  high ; 

Sweet  leaf!  the  pledge  of  peace  and  mirth 
"Long  sought,  and  lately  won," 

Blessed  increase  of  reviving  earth, 
When  first  it  felt  the  sun ; 

Sweet  rainbow  I  pride  of  summer  days, 
High  set  at  Heaven's  command, 

Though  into  drear  and  husky  haze 
Thou  melt  on  either  hand : 

Dear  tokens  of  a  pardoning  God, 

We  hail  ye,  one  and  all. 
As  when  our  fathers  walked  abroad, 

Freed  from  their  twelvemonth's  thrall, 

How  joyful  from  th'  imprisoning  ark 
On  the  green  earth  they  spring ! 

Not  blither,  after  showers,  the  lark 
Mounts  up  with  glistening  wing. 

So  home-bound  sailors  spring  to  shore. 

Two  oceans  safely  past ; 
So  happy  souls,  when  life  is  o'er 

Plunge  in  th'  empyrean  vast. 

What  wins  their  first  and  fondest  gaze 

In  all  the  blissful  field. 
And  keeps  it  through  a  thousand  days? 

Love  face  to  face  revealed : 

And  that  most  welcome  and  serene 
Dawns  on  the  patriarch's  eye, 

In  all  th'  emerging  hills  so  green, 
In  all  the  brightening  sky  ? 

What  but  the  gentle  rainbow's  gleam, 

Soothing  the  wearied  sight, 
That  cannot  bear  the  solar  beam 

With  soft  undazzling  light? 

Lord,  if  our  fathers  turned  to  Thee 

With  such  adoring  gaze, 
Wondering  frail  man  Thy  light  should  see 

Without  Thy  scorching  blaze ; 

Where  is  our  love,  and  where  our  hearts, 

We  who  have  seen  Thy  Son, 
Have  tried  Thy  Spirit's  winning  arts. 

And  yet  we  are  not  won? 

The  Son  of  God  in  radiance  beamed 

Too  bright  for  us  to  scan, 
But  we  may  face  the  rays  that  streamed 

From  the  mild  Son  of  man. 

There,  parted  into  rainbow  hues, 

In  sweet,  harmonious  strife, 
We  see  celestial  love  diffuse 

Its  light  o'er  Jesus'  life. 


God,  by  His  bow,  vouchsafes  to  write 
This  truth  in  heaven  above; 

As  every  lovely  hue  is  light, 

So  every  grace  is  love.        John  Keble. 

3327.  DEMONIAC  OF  CAPERNAUM,  The. 
Mark  i  :  2;3-27. 
Sabbath's  soft  silence  swoetly  fulls 
Around  Capernaum's  dum'S  and  walls; 
No  hurrying  crowds  the  ni  irkets  fill, 
Harbor  and  wharves  and  slrcets  are  still. 

In  the  liigh  synagogue  the  tlirong 
Chant  loud  in  David's  grand  old  song. 
Moses  once  more  God's  law  proclaims, 
Ezekiel  glows,  Isaiah  flames. 

Then  rose  another,  He  whose  word 

On  trembling  Sinai  Moses  heard. 

Who  breathed  through  David's  royal  lyre, 

And  touched  Isaiah's  lips  with  fire. 

Godlike  authority  and  grace 
Majestic  brightened  all  His  face. 
Yet  pity,  and  sweet  love  benign, 
Blent  there,  in  harmony  divine. 

He  speaks,  not  like  the  timorous  Scribe, 
Weak  with  vain  lore,  or  dumb  with  bribes; 
His  word,  with  terrors  all  its  own, 
Fell  on  their  hearts  with  power  unknown. 

Astonishment  and  awe  and  fear 
Attend  the  doctrine  as  they  hear. 
Till,  sharp  and  wild,  a  fearful  cry 
Appalls  each  heart  and  chains  each  eye. 

"Let  us  alone !  for  what  have  we, 
Jesus,  thou  Nazarene,  with  Thee? 
We  know  Thee — once  we  felt  Thy  rod — 
Thou  dread,  Thou  Holy  One  of  God ! 

"  Art  Thou  come  hither  to  destroy 
Our  poor  revenge,  our  transient  joy? 
To  drive  us — here  adored  as  gods — 
Back  to  those  dismal,  dire  abodes?" 

"  Silence !     Come  out  of  him !"     In  pain 
The  victim  writhes,  convulsed  amain. 
As  with  one  mad,  despairing  yell. 
The  foul,  fell  demon  sinks  to  hell. 

Amazed,  yet  blind  with  doubt,  the  throng 
In  useless  questioning  linger  long, 
Nor  feel,  nor  own,  that  none  save  God 
Rules  hell,  as  heaven,  with  His  nod. 

O  wondrous  Saviour !  strong !  divine ! 
Thine  ancient  empire  still  is  Thine ; 
The  truth,  man's  darkness  to  inform; 
The  power,  his  frozen  heart  to  warm. 

Oh  let  Thine  own,  Thy  heavenly  power 
Still  arm  Thy  Gospel  every  hour; 
The  sharp  conviction  still  impart. 
And  cast  out  sin  from  every  heart. 

George  Lansing  Taylor. 


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DEIVIONS. 


3328.  DEMONIAC,  Restoration  of  a 
Matthew  xii:  23-30. 

Through  Galilee's  remotest  bound 
The  Saviour  sped  His  second  round, 
And  all  its  towns  and  cities  heard 
With  wondering  joy  the  saving  word. 

Home  to  Capernaum  come  once  more, 
Again  the  throng  assailed  his  door. 
So  eager,  all,  to  hear  and  greet, 
That  Christ  could  neither  rest  nor  eat. 

But  when  His  friends  and  brethren  knew, 
With  zeal  officious  forth  they  flew, 
Doubting  His  self-control,  and  strove 
To  force  Him  from  His  work  of  love. 

But  in  that  hour  a  man  they  brought. 
In  whom  a  f  renzying  fiend  had  wrought 
Till  soul  and  sense  grew  strange  and  numb; 
His  eyes  were  blind,  his  tongue  was  dumb. 

And  Christ  pronounced  the  word  of  power 
That  healed  him  in  that  self-same  hour ; 
Obedient  to  that  instant  law. 
The  blind  and  dumb  both  spake  and  saw ! 

Then  all  the  people  were  amazed. 
And  feared  and  wondered  as  they  gazed. 
And  asked,  o'er  joyed  at  what  was  done, 
"Is  not  this  David's  promised  son?" 

But  Pharisees  and  Scribes  which  came 
From  proud  Jerusalem,  heard  His  fame. 
And  raged,  of  vile  blaspheming  full, 
"This  fellow  hath  Befelzebul!" 

"And  through  the  prince  of  fiends  he  rules 
These  imps,  his  trained  and  trembling  tools !" 
But  Christ  their  inmost  hatred  scanned. 
And  thus  His  parable  He  planned : 

"What  kingdom,  city,  house,  or  land. 

Divided  'gainst  itself,  can  stand? 

If  Satan  'gainst  himself  contend. 

His  realm  embroiled,  his  reign  must  end. 

"  If  by  Befelzebul  I  thrive. 
By  whom  do  your  disciples  strive? 
But  if  God's  hand  with  Me  appear. 
No  doubt  His  kingdom  now  is  near. 

"And  in  that  reign  shall  be  forgiven 
All  sins  of  men,  'gainst  earth  or  heaven ; 
But  he  who  reviles  the  Holy  Ghost 
Sinks  unforgiven — forever  lost," 

O  Spirit !  by  whose  power  divine 
These  bright,  attesting  wonders  shine, 
Chase  every  doubt  from  every  soul. 
For,  doubting  these,  we  doubt  the  whole ! 

What  thousands  saw,  let  us  believe ; 
What  foes  confessed,  let  us  receive; 
Nor  let  the  fiends,  of  old  cast  out, 
Still  taint  the  world  with  damning  doubt. 


And  oh  !  all-conquering  proof,  may  we 
In  our  own  hearts  Thy  victories  see. 
Till  through  our  inmost  nature  shine 
The  glories  of  Thy  grace  divine! 

Oeoi'ge  Lansing  Taylor. 

3329.  DEMONS,  A  Legion  of,  Cast  Out. 
Matthew  viii  :  28-a4. 
'Scaped  Gennesaret's  humbled  main, 

Jesus  and  His  grateful  band 
Tread  the  trusted  earth  again; 

Gadara's  towers  before  them  stand. 

As  they  pass  her  rock-hewn  tombs, 
Many  a  plain  or  princely  grave, 

Lo !  from  out  the  sculptured  glooms 
Two  demoniac  madmen  rave. 

On  they  come,  by  furies  driven. 
Urged  by  demons  hot  from  hell;  * 

While  the  hideous  air  is  riven. 
Tortured  by  their  frenzied  yell. 

Naked,  scarred  with  stones,  and  chains 

Rent  by  superhuman  might. 
Frantic  with  infernal  pains. 

Here  they  wander,  day  and  night. 

None  can  tame  them,  none  assuage 

Such  immeasurable  woe ; 
Love  forsakes  such  fiendish  rage. 

No  man  dares  that  way  to  go. 

Lost  to  mortal  sympathy. 

Sundered  from  the  human  race, 

Evermore  they  moan  and  cry 
In  this  sad  and  dreary  place. 

But  when  Christ  from  far  they  know, 
Filled  with  trembling  fear  they  fly; 

Dreading  instant,  endless  w^oe. 
Prostrate  at  His  feet  they  cry : 

"What  have  we  to  do  with  Thee, 
Jesus,  Son  of  God  Most  High? 

Must  we  back  to  darkness  flee? 
Chained  in  fiery  tortures  lie? 

' '  Oh  torment  us  not,  we  pray ! 

We  adjure  Thee,  let  us  wait! 
Let  our  lingering  doom  delay 

Till  the  hour  of  final  fate!" 

"What's  thy  name?"  the  Saviour  asked, 
While  the  listeners  shook  with  fear. 

"Legion!"  cried  the  demons  masked, 
"For  a  host  of  us  is  here. 

"Oh  condemn  us  not  to  roam 
Far  from  this,  our  chosen  haunt, 

Banished  from  our  human  home. 
Lonely,  naked,  grim,  and  gaunt  1 

"Drive  us  not  to  howl  and  weep 
On  the  moaning  wintry  wnnd. 

Wailing  o'er  the  weltering  deep!" 
Chattered  wild  the  Avoful  fiend. 


DEJMONS. 


DSSERT. 


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"Lo,  where  yonder  grovelling  herd 

Graze  by  thousands  in  a  line, 
If  thou  speak'st  th'  expelling  word, 

Let  us  go  into  the  swine." 

"  Go !"     They  flew ;  the  quivering  air 
Owned  their  dusk  and  deadly  flight; 

See !  their  victims  gnash  and  tear, 
Stung,  as  by  a  serpent's  bite ! 

Howling  toward  the  horrid  brink, 
Lo !  their  headlong  route  they  urge ; 

Leap,  and  dash  below,  and  sink, 
Swallowed  in  the  seething  surge  1 

Filled  with  fright,  the  swineherds  flee ; 

Wide  the  wondrous  news  they  tell ; 
All  the  town  comes  out  to  see — 

All  the  town,  that  knew  them  well. 

Sitting,  clothed,  at  Jesus'  feet, 
Lo !  the  maniacs  now  they  flnd ; 

Glad  their  former  friends  to  greet, 
Sound  in  body,  soul,  and  mind ! 

While  the  startling  tale  they  hear. 
Told  by  those  who  heard  and  saw, 

Every  cheek  is  white  with  fear. 
Every  heart  is  hushed  with  awe. 

But  when  gain  the  soul  has  blurred, 
Conscience  wields  but  faint  control ; 

Selfishness  and  sin,  once  stirred. 
Soon  usurp  and  rule  the  whole. 

"What  are  two  such  outcasts  worth. 
E'en  though  saved  by  power  divine," 

Cries  the  mammon  god  of  earth, 

"Matched  with  twice  a  thousand  swine?" 

"Leave,  oh  leave  our  coasts,  we  pray; 

Let  us  as  aforetime  dwell ; 
Thou  hast  wrought  us  ruth  this  day, 

Ruined  what  we  rear  and  sell !" 

Fit  for  demons  such  a  land ! 

Jesus  leaves  it,  filled  with  woe ; 
While  the  shallop  chafes  the  strand 

The  restored  ones  plead  to  go. 

"Nay;  go  home  and  tell  your  kin 
All  God's  goodness  shown  in  this;" 

Straight  with  gladness  they  begin. 
Startling  all  Decapolis. 

Thou  whom  legions  feared  of  old. 
And  who  rul'st  them  now  as  then, 

Save  us  from  the  demon  Gold, 

Darkening  still  and  damning  men ! 

Let  him  ne'er  our  souls  enslave. 
Blight  us  with  his  withering  ban. 

Drown  us  in  his  Lethean  wave. 
Till  a  swine  outweighs  a  man. 

Oeorge  Lansing  Taylor. 


3330.  DESEKT,  A  Vision  in  the. 

By  night,  amid  the  desert  waste,  we  camped 

upon  the  ground ; 
Beside    our    reinless    steeds    outstretched, 

Bedouins  slept  around. 
Far  on  tlie  mountains  of  the  Nile  the  yellow 

moonlight  beamed. 
And  many  a  camel's  bleaching  bones  from 

out  the  sand-waves  gleamed. 


But  sleep  I  could  not ;  on  my  saddle  pillowed 

lay  my  head. 
And  piled   beneath  the   husky  fruit   from 

lofty  date-palms  shed, 
My  outspread    caftan's    flowing    folds   o'er 

breast  and  feet  I  drew ; 
Beside  me  lay  my  naked  sword,  my  spear 

and  musket  true. 

Deep  the  silence ;  but  a  moment  crackles  the 

low  flre. 
Or  wandering  and  benighted    screams  the 

lonely  vulture  dire; 
In  his  sleep  but  for  a  moment  stamps  the 

unbridled  steed. 
Or  turns  some  rider  in  his  dreams  to  grasp 

the  barbed  jereed. 

The  earth  is  shaken  to  and  fro,  and  shadows 

dusk  and  dun 
Obscure  the  moon,  wild  beasts  athwart  the 

desert  howling  run, 
Fierce   prance   our    snorting   steeds,   while 

grasps  our  flag  the  foremost  man, 
Then  drops  it  as  he  murmurs  low,  "The 

spectre  caravan." 

Lo!  it  Cometh — on  their  camels  sweep  the 
ghostly  drivers  past; 

Secure  aloft  the  women  sit,  no  veil  around 
them  cast ; 

Beside  them  maidens  wander,  bearing  pitch- 
ers, like  Rebecca 

At  the  fountain ;  riders  follow,  sweejfhig  on 
to  Mecca. 

More  yet?     Who  can  their  number  tell?  it 

seems  an  endless  train ; 
Yes !  all  these  camels'  bleaching  bones  with 

life  aglow  again ; 
And    this   brown  dust  in  whirling  masses 

heaved  so  oft  on  high, 
Is  changed  to  dusky-visaged  men  who  guide 

the  camels  by. 

This  is  the  night  when  all  who  'mid  the  sand- 
plains  sleep  forlorn. 

Whose  scattered  ashes  parch  our  tongues,  by 
sultry  breezes  borne ; 

Whose  skulls  beneath  our  horses'  hoofs 
moulder  in  dust  away. 

Arise,  and  haste  in  crowded  ranks  at  Mecca's 
shrine  to  pray  I 


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DESERT. 


r)ESERT. 


Still  on  they  come !     The  rearmost  guard 

our  troop  hath  scarcely  passed, 
And  yonder  comes  the  van  again,  with  loose 

rein  driving  fast. 
From  the  green  hills  that  skirt  the  shore  of 

Babelmandeb  strait ; 
Before  my  steed  can  break  his  cord,  they 

hurry  swift  as  fate. 

Steady  now !    our  beasts  are  startled !   and 

mount  each  man  to  horse, 
Nor  basely  shrink,  like  timid  sheep,  before 

the  lion's  course. 
What  though  their  floating  robes  ye  touch, 

as  on  their  path  they  hie, 
At  Allah's  name  both  man  and  beast  will 

pass  forever  by. 

Wait  till  your  turban  feathers  float  in  morn- 
ing's dewy  breeze ; 

For  morning's  dawn  and  morning  air  are 
death  to  things  like  these. 

When  daylight  gleams  these  spectre  pilgrims 
fade  to  dust  away ; 

Night  wanes  e'en  now,  my  neighing  steed 
salutes  the  welcome  day. 

G.  F.  FreiligratTi. 

3331.  DESERT,  Journeying  in  the. 
Jeremiah  ii  :  6. 
Safe  across  the  waters. 

Here  in  peace  we  stand; 
See  the  wrecks  of  Egypt 
Strewn  along  the  land. 

Safe  across  the  waters, 

Foes  forever  gone, 
Now  we  march  in  safety, 

God  our  guide  alone. 

'Tis  the  silent  desert. 

Sand  and  rock  and  waste; 
But  the  chain  is  broken, 

And  the  peril  past. 

Onward,  then,  right  onward, 

This  our  watchword  still, 
Till  we  reach  the  glory 

Of  the  wondrous  hill. 

Now  for  the  journey  girded 

We  hasten  on  our  way. 
The  pillar-cloud  above  us 

Our  guide  by  night  and  day. 

The  sky  is  burning  o'er  us ; 

Beneath,  the  burning  soil ; 
But  God,  our  God,  shall  keep  us 

In  heat  and  thirst  and  toil. 

Then  on  through  waste  and  bleakness, 

On  o'er  our  desert  road ; 
On,  on,  till  Sinai  greets  us. 

The  mountain  of  our  God. 

Horatius  Bonar. 


3332.  DESERT,  Springs  in  tie. 

Numbers  xx  :  11 ;  Isaiah  xxxv  :  7. 
"  Water !  water !"  went  forth  the  sorrowing 
"We  die,  we  die:  [cry; 

Parched  is  the  desert,  barren  is  the  plain; 

We  look  in  vain 
For  morning  dew,  or  the  sweet  summerrain; 
No  blessed  cloud  floats  o'er  the  torrid  sky, 
And  'neath  its  brazen  arch  in  misery  we  die !" 
Thus  murmured  Israel's  host,  but  soon 
A  shout  arose ;  beneath  the  fiery  noon 
Gleamed,  cool  and  beautiful,  a  crystal  spring, 
Gleamed  like  an  angel's  wing, 

That  limpid  wave. 
The  murmuring  host  fell  down,  and  homage 

gave 
Unto  the  Power  omnipotent  to  save, 
Then  rushed  with  eager  haste. 
And  burning  lips  to  taste,  [waste. 

That  brimming  cup  of  joy  amid  the  desert 

Another  sorro'wing  wail  went  up  on  high ; 
The  host  fell  to  the  earth :  "  O  Master !  why 
Have  we  gone  forth  from  Egypt's  land  to  die? 
The  bitter  waters  mock  our  thirst. 
The  fountain  of  the  desert  is  accursed. 
And  still  we  die !" 

The  Lord  was  strong  to  save. 

His  prophet  cast  a  palm  into  the  wave, 

And  lo !  the  bitter  waters  at  his  feet 

Were  rippling  pure  and  sweet. 
Then  Israel  rose  to  bless 
The  Power  that  saved  them  in  the  wilderness. 
Ah !  angel-guarded  band. 

Well  may  your  songs  ascend 

Unto  that  Father  friend,  [land, 

Who  wandered  with   you   o'er  that  desert 
Who  kept  you  in  the  hollow  of  His  hand. 

Are  we  not  wanderers  through  a  wilderness  ? 
Is  not  that  Power  over  us  to  bless? 
Doth  He  not  lead  us  with  a  gentle  hand 
Toward  the  confines  of  a  better  land? 
Have  we  not  felt  a  burning  drouth, 
Borne  by  hot  breezes  from  a  joyless  south? 
Have  we  not  oft-times  paused  upon  the  brink 
Of  Marah's  bitter  fount,  and  stopped  to  drink, 
And  in  our  bitter  anguish  turned  to  die. 
E'en  while  the  healing  palm  was  bending 
nigh? 

We  faint  with  thirst,  and  lo !  before  our  sight 
Gleam,  as  through  trees  and  bowers  of  de- 
Waves  clear  and  bright.  [light, 
Ah  !  bitterly  we  turn  away. 
And  woe  betide  the  day. 
When  to  the  barren  wilderness  we  came. 
To  shrink  and  wither  'neath  yon  orb  of  flame ; 
To  look  with  longing  eyes  unto  the  brazen 

To  murmur  and  to  die.  [sky. 

But  lo !  a  tree  of  life  is  growing  nigh, 
Its  fadeless  verdure  droops  above  the  wave. 

That  healing  palm 
Can  make  each  bitter  drop  a  saving  balm. 

There  Mercy  waits  to  save. 


DESERT. 


DISCIPLES. 


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The  bitter  waters  rippling  at  her  feet 
Grow  pure  and  sweet. 
Fall  down,  immortal ;  praise  and  bless 
The  God  that  guides  thee  through  the  wil- 
derness ; 
To  Him  thy  heartfelt  song  of  triumph  give, 
And  drink  and  live.     E.  E.  Edwards. 

3333.  DESERT,  The  Rower  in  the. 
One  day  in  the  desert 

With  pleasure  I  spied 
A  flower  in  its  beauty, 

Looking  up  at  my  side. 
And  I  said,  ' '  O  sweet  floweret, 

That  bloomest  alone ! 
What's  the  worth  of  thy  beauty. 

Thus  shining  unknown?" 

But  the  flower  gave  me  answer, 

With  a  smile  quite  divine, 
'*  'Tis  the  nature,  O  stranger! 

Of  beauty  to  shine. 
Take  all  I  can  give  thee, 

And  when  thou  art  gone, 
The  light  that  is  in  me. 

Will  keep  shining  on. 

"And,  O  gentle  stranger  ! 

Permit  me  to  say, 
To  keep  up  thy  spirits 

Along  this  lone  way ; 
While  thy  heart  shall  flow  outward 

To  gladden  and  bless. 
The  fount  at  its  centre 

Will  never  grow  less." 

I  was  struck  with  its  answer, 

And  left  it  to  glow 
To  the  clear  sky  above  it, 

And  the  pale  sands  below; 
Above  and  around  it. 

Its  lights  to  impart. 
But  never  exhausting 

The  fount  at  its  heart. 

Thomas  G.  JJpham. 

3334.  DISCIPLES,  The  Sleeping. 

Luke  xxii  :  45. 
Upon  the  cold,  cold  earth  they  lie. 

While  night-winds  wildly  o'er  them  sweep, 
Their  canopy  the  cloudless  sky, 

And  they  are  sad,  and  yet  they  sleep. 

Their  Master,  Saviour,  guide,  their  all , 
Their  polar  star  on  life's  dark  deep. 

Is  soon  by  traitor  hands  to  fall ; 

They  fear  it,  yet  in  grief  they  sleep. 

Yes!  the  big  drops  of  agony. 

The  cold  dank  limbs  of  Jesus  steep. 

And  they  so  near  Him  close  the  eye 
Of  sorrow,  and  for  grief  they  sleep. 

How  soundly  sleep!  though  nature  sighs. 
And  heaven  is  sad,  and  seraphs  weep, 

And,  to  His  God  in  sorrow,  cries 

Their  tortured  friend — and  yet  they  sleep. 


Oh,  what  strange  anguish  must  l»ave  wrung 
Their  hearts  on  Olive's  rocky  steep. 

When  nature  failed,  and  all  unstrung, 
They  sank  into  reluctant  sleep  ! 

But  He  who  led  them  from  the  shore 
Of  their  own  native  lake,  to  sweep 

Their  nets  for  men,  though  lone  and  poor, 
Assuaged  their  sorrow  by  a  sleep ; 

And  when,  by  slumber,  nerved  to  bear 
The  vigils  of  the  night,  whose  deep, 

Dark  tragedy  'twas  theirs  to  share. 
He  gently  broke  their  mournful  sleep ; 

Called  them  from  worldly  griefs  away, 
To  view  His  empire  on  the  steep 

Acclivity  of  heaven,  which  lay 

Far,  far  beyond  the  realms  of  sleep. 

Oh  thus,  when  I,  by  sorrow  wrung. 
Am  tempest-tossed  on  life's  dark  deep. 

The  canvas  torn,  the  helm  unhung. 
And  earthly  pilots  all  asleep : 

May  He  who  felt.  Himself,  the  throes 
Of  mortal  anguish,  o'er  me  keep 

His  sleepless  watch,  and  soothe  my  woes, 
And  call  me  from  my  sinful  sleep ; 

Direct  my  vision  to  the  skies. 

Where  saints  forever  cease  to  weep. 

Where  seraphs  lift  unclouded  eyes, 
And  sorrow  never  sinks  to  sleep ! 

J.  K.  Mitchell. 

3335.  DISCIPLES,  Last  Command  to  the. 
Matthew  xxviii  :  19. 
Go  to  the  lands  afar. 
Where  the  changeless  winter  reigns, 
Night  hath  her  empire  there. 
The  night  of  deep  despair; 
Go  bid  the  morning  star 
Rise  o'er  those  snowy  plains. 

Go,  love's  soft  dew  to  shower 
On  the  far-off  southern  isles ; 

Though  darkness  hath  her  hour, 

Truth  is  a  mightier  power; 

Go,  bid  the  lily  flower. 
And  the  rose  of  Sharon  smile. 

Go  where  its  glittering  wave 
The  spreading  Ganges  pours ; 

No  hidden  power  to  save 

Those  earth-born  waters  have ; 

Oh,  purer  streamlets  lave 
Zion's  thrice-hallowed  shores ! 

Go  where  o'er  golden  sands 

The  streams  of  Afric  glide ; 
Bear  to  those  distant  lands 
The  Saviour's  sweet  commands, 
Firm,  firm  His  purpose  stands, 

"  Lo !  I  am  by  thy  side !" 


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DIVES. 


DIAZES. 


Wide  is  the  glorious  field; 
Throughout  the  world  go  forth, 

The  Spirit's  sword  to  wield, 

To  bear  the  Spirit's  shield, 

Till  every  nation  yield, 
And  blessings  crown  the  earth. 

Oh  r  speed  the  rising  rays 
Of  the  Sun  of  Righteousness! 

So  shall  the  glad  earth  raise 

A  noble  song  of  praise, 

Touched  by  the  light  which  plays 
From  a  nobler  world  than  this ! 

Early  and  late  still  sow 
The  seed  which  God  hath  given; 
Seek  not  reward  below, 
The  glorious  flower  shall  blow 
Where  cloudless  summers  glow ; 
The  harvest  is  in  heaven, 

3336.  DIVES  KM)  LAZAEUS. 
Luke  xvi  :  19-31. 

You  friend  of  God,  for  God's  dear  sake. 
Show  me  the  gulf  that's  fixed  between 
The  upper  Hades  and  the  subterrene; 
He  yielding.  Thought  obtained  a  vista  clear. 
To  lower  Hades,  from  the  upper  sphere ; 
There  Dives  for  one  watery  drop  still  cried. 

Yet  still  denied. 
You,  said  Thought,  when  to  pain  confined, 
Had  a  regard  for  those  you  left  behind ; 
From  distributions,  which  unequal  seem. 
Of  temporal  things,  which  worldlings  most 

esteem, 
Say,  is  great  God  unjust,  when  He  bestows 
Wealth  on  the  wicked,  and  loads  saints  with 

woes? 
Most  just,  said  Dives :  men  who  dare  dispute 
God's  justice  when  in  life,  in  hell  themselves 

confute ; 
I,  when  in  life,  you  know,  fed  every  day 
Deliciously,  wore  garments  rich  and  gay. 
My  slaves  searched  all  Engaddi's  vines. 

To  choose  the  richest  wines; 
I  gratified  each  sense  to  the  utmost  heights, 
Wallowed  in  gold,  purveyed  for  all  delights ; 
The  world  my  presence  honored  and  admired. 
Oh !  I  had  all  my  lust  desired. 
Yet  all  could  ne'er  me  happy  make. 
Oh,  'tis  a  damnable  mistake 
To  think  on  earth  true  bliss  to  gain. 
Where  Solomon  found  all  that  glittered  vain. 

Like  me,  the  wicked  live  in  fear 

At  judgment  to  appear; 
Th'  uncertainty  of  vital  breath. 

The  certainty  of  death ; 

Sharp  pains  acute  disease, 
When  wealth  gives  neither  cure  nor  ease; 
The  cries  to  Heaven  of  indigents  oppressed, 
Horrors  of  conscience,   which   corrode   the 

breast ; 
Vexation  which  on  wealth  attends, 
Insidious  flatteries  and  false  friends ; 


Of  carnal  sweets 

The  disappointing  cheats; 
The  terrors  of  exchanging  all 
For  endless  torments,  at  death's  call. 
All  wicked  mortals  more  or  less  infest. 
That,  like  the  troubled  sea,  they  feel  no  rest; 
They  here  their  hell  foretaste,  and  none  can 

say, 
That  sinners  live  one  happy  day; 
Such  terrors  to  the  deep  the  worldlings  sink, 

Whene'er  they  think; 
Or  if  they  think  not,  greater  risks  they  run, 
Their  reprobation  is  in  life  begun ; 
Pride  hardened  me  the  needy  to  pass  by, 

Dogs  were  more  merciful  than  I. 

Fool  as  I  was,  I  thought  my  ease  and  health, 
Honor,  prosperity,  command,  and  wealth. 
The  blessings  of  kind  Heaven,  that  Heaven 

had  chose 
Me  for  a  favorite,  and  secured  from  woes; 

But  now,  too  late,  I  find 
Heaven  only  for  my  trial  them  designed 
My  portion,  while  I  lived,  I  misemployed. 
And  what  I  should  have  merely  used,  en- 
joyed ; 
What  were  my  idols  once,  me  now  forsake. 
They  no  cool  drop  give  in  this  burning  lake. 
The  fool  who  to  himself,  from  plenteous  store, 
Promised  long  life  and  ne'er  to  sorrow  more, 

Into  a  neighboring  furnace  flung. 
Begging,  like  me,  one  drop  to  cool  his  tongue ; 
Though  fool  in  life,  true  wisdom  learnt  in  hell, 
And  the  like  mournful  truth  can  tell. 
My  luxury  would  spare  no  time  to  look 

Into  the  Sacred  Book; 
Ah !  had  I  cast  on  that  considerate  eyes, 
One  line  of  Solomon  had  made  me  wise; 
Wealth  fuelled  sin,  and  had  it  been  withheld. 

In  these  fierce  flames  I  ne'er  had  yelled; 
I,  to  my  sad  experience,  feel  too  late 
The  woes  of  what  the  world  styles  happy 

state ; 
View  Lazarus  in  bliss,  and  me  in  flame. 

And  if  you  can,  God's  justice  blame; 
On  earth  men  live  on  purpose  to  be  tried. 
Death  best  God's  just  allotments  will  decide. 

Thought  next  to  Lazarus  addressed : 
When  in  the  world  you  lived  distressed, 
With  painful  sores,  and  want  of  bread, 
And  wanting  place  to  lay  your  head, 
Exposed  to  cold,  to  nakedness,  to  all 
That  men  could  miserable  call. 
Did  you  for  your  afflicting  lot 
On  God's  strict  justice  cast  a  blot? 
Oh  no,  said  he,  I  still  God's  justice  cleared, 

God  all  my  woes  endeared ; 
I  had  no  merit  at  God's  throne  to  plead, 
God  saw  'twas  best  for  me  to  live  in  need ; 

A  heaven-erected  mind, 
Good  conscience,  and  a  will  resigned, 

Woes  which  enervate  sin. 

And  raise  a  calm  within ; 
Death  which  would  free  me  in  short  time 
From  possibility  of  crime, 


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The  lively  sense 
Of  Jesu's  love  immense, 
Assurance  of  God's  promises  fulfilled, 
On  which  glad  hope  of  heaven  the  faithful 

build; 
One  glance  of  God's  paternal,  tender  eye, 
One  short  foretaste  of  bliss  on  high. 
Create  unutterable  joys, 
Which  worldly  woe  a  thousand  times  o'er- 

poise 
No  saint  below  men  should  unhappy  style. 
Were  his  wants  great,  and  his  condition  vile; 
His  wants,  which  God  for  medicine  sends, 
For  which  one  pulse  above  makes  infinite 

amends.  Bishop  Ken. 

3337.  DIVES  AND  LAZAEUS. 

The  rich  man  sat  in  his  father's  seat — 
Purple  an'  linen,  an'  a'  thing  fine! 

The  puir  man  lay  at  his  gate  i'  the  street, 
Sairs  an'  tatters,  an'  weary  pine! 

To  the  rich  man's  table  ilk  dainty  comes ; 

Mony  a  morsel  gaed  frae't,  or  fell; 
The  puir  man  fain  wad  hae   dined  on  the 
crumbs. 

But  whether  he  got  them  I  canna  tell. 

Servants  prood,  salt-fittit  an'  stoot, 

Stan'  by  the  rich  man's  curtained  doors; 

Maisterless  dogs  'at  rin  aboot 

Cam  to  the  puir  man  an'  lickit  his  sores. 

The  rich  man  deed,   an'  they  buried  hmi 
gran'; 

In  linen  fine  his  body  they  wrap; 
But  the  angels  tuik  up  the  beggar  man, 

An'  laid  him  doou  iu  Abraham's  lap. 

The  guid  upo'  this  side,  the  ill  upo'  that — 
Sic  was  the  rich  man's  waesome  fa' ; 

But  his  brithers  they  eat,  an'  they  drink,  an' 
they  chat, 
An'  care  na  a  strae  for  their  father's  ha'. 

The  trowth's  the  trowth,  think  what  ye  will ; 

An  1  some  they  kenna  what  they  wad  be  at ; 

But  the  beggar  man  thoucht  he  did  no  that 

Wi'  the  dogs  o'  this  side,  the  angels  o'  that. 
George  Macdonald. 

3338.  DIVES  AND  LAZAEUS,  BaUad  of. 

Dives  put  on  his  purple  robes, 

And  linen  white  and  fine. 
With  glittering  jewels  on  his  hands, 

And  sate  him  down  to  dine. 
He  sate  in  a  crimson  chair  of  state, 

And  cushions  many  a  one 
Were  ranged  around,  and  on  the  floor. 

To  set  his  feet  upon. 
There  were  twenty  dishes  of  wild  fowl. 

And  twenty  of  the  tame. 
And  flesh  of  kine,  and  curious  meats. 

Which  on  the  table  came; 


And  he  ate  from  plate  of  ruddy  gold, 

With  a  fork  of  silver  fine. 
And  drank  the  while,  in  a  crystal  cup, 

The  bright  and  foaming  wine. 
And  twenty  men  beside  him  stood. 

As  silent  as  might  be, 
To  wait  upon  him  whilst  he  dined, 

Amid  his  luxury. 

Now  Lazarus  was  a  beggar  poor, 

A  cripple  old  and  gray; 
Too  old  to  work,  a  childless  man, 

And  he  begged  upon  the  way; 
And,  as  he  went  along  the  road. 

Great  pain  on  him  was  laid, 
So  he  sate  hini  down  upon  a  stone, 

And  unto  God  he  prayed. 
'Twas  in  the  dismal  winter-time, 

And  on  a  stone  he  sate, 
A  weary,  miserable  man. 

And  'twas  at  Dives'  gate. 
And  many  servants  out  and  in, 

Did  pass  there  to  and  fro, 
And  Lazarus  prayed,  for  the  love  of  God, 

Some  mercy  they  would  show ; 
And  that  the  small  crumbs  might  be  his, 

Which  fell  upon  the  fioor; 
Or  he  should  die  for  lack  of  food. 

Before  the  palace  door. 

Now,  Dives  on  a  silken  couch. 

In  sumptuous  ease  was  laid, 
And  soft-toned  lutes,  and  dulcimers, 

A  drowsy  music  made; 
And  lie  heard  the  voice  of  Lazarus, 

Low  wailing  where  he  lay, 
And  he  said  unto  his  serving-men, 

"Yon  beggar  drive  away!" 
"  He's  old,"  said  one;  another  spake: 

"  lie's  lame,  and  cannot  go." 
Said  a  third,  "  He  asketh  for  the  crumbs 

That  lie  the  board  below." 

"It  matters  not,"  said  Dives; 

"My  blood-hounds,  gaunt  and  grim. 
Go  take  them  from  their  kennel  warm. 

And  set  the  dogs  on  him. 
And  hunt  him  from  the  gate  away; 

For  while  he  thus  doth  moan 
I  cannot  get  a  wink  of  sleep;" 

And  so  the  thing  was  done. 
But  when  they  saw  the  poor  old  man. 

Who  not  a  word  did  say. 
The  very  dogs  did  pity  him, 

And  licked  him  as  he  lay. 
And  in  the  middle  of  the  night. 

Sore  smitten  with  want  and  pain, 
Lazarus  lay  down  on  the  frosty  ground. 

But  he  ne'er  arose  again. 

And  Dives  likewise  laid  him  down, 

On  a  bed  of  soft  delight. 
And  silver  lamps  were  burning  dim 

In  his  chamber  all  the  night. 
But  ghostly  form  stole  softly  in, 

And  the  curtains  drew  aside, 


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And  laid  its  hand  upon  his  heart; 

And  the  rich  man  likewise  died. 
Then  burning  guilt,  like  heavy  lead, 

Upon  his  soul  was  laid, 
And  down  and  down ;  yet  lower  and  lower. 

To  the  lowest  depths  of  shade. 
Went  the  wicked  soul  of  Dives, 

Like  a  rock  into  the  sea ; 
To  the  bottomless  pit,  where  the  evil  ones 

Wailed  over  their  misery; 
And  he  wildly  opened  his  burning  eyes 

In  a  gulf  of  flaming  leven  ; 
And  afar  he  saw,  all  green  and  cool, 

The  pleasant  land  of  heaven; 
And  a  broad  clear  river  went  winding  there 

'^long  trees  in  leafy  pride, 
And  there  sate  the  beggar,  Lazarus, 

And  Abraham  by  his  side. 
"  O,  father!"  then  cried  Dives; 

"Let  Lazarus  come  along 
And  dip  his  finger  in  yon  wave, 

To  cool  my  burning  tongue; 
For  I'm  tormented  in  this  flame 

Which  burneth  evermore !" 
Said  Abraham :  "  Dives,  think  upon 

The  days  that  now  are  o'er: 
Thou  hadst  thy  soft  and  pleasant  things. 

Thy  water,  food,  and  wine; 
And  decked  thyself  in  costly  robes. 

Purple  and  linen  fine; 
Yet  Avas  thy  heart  an  evil  one 

Amid  thy  pomp  and  gold? 
And  Lazarus  sate  before  thy  gate 

Despised,  and  poor,  and  old, 
A  beggar  vainly  craving  bread, 

And  whom  thou  didst  revile. 
Wretched  and  weak,  yet  praising  God, 

With  a  faithful  heart  the  while. 
And  now  in  the  blooming  land  of  heaven. 

Great  comfort  doth  he  know; 
But  thou  must  be  in  torments  dark. 

In  the  burning  seas  below. 
Besides  all  this  there  is  a  gulf 

That  lieth  us  between, 
A  boundless  gulf,  o'er  which  the  iving 

Of  the  blessed  ne'er  hath  been." 

So  Dives  saw  them  pass  away 

From  the  broad,  green  river's  shore, 

And  angels  many,  on  snowy  wings, 
The  beggar  Lazarus  bore. 

Mary  Howitt. 

3339.  DOECAS. 

Acts  ix  :  36-41. 

If  I  might  guess,  then  guess  I  would: 

Amid  the  gathered  folk, 
This  gentle  Dorcas  one  day  stood, 

And  heard  what  Jesus  spoke. 

She  saw  the  woven,  seamless  coat, 

Half  envious  for  His  sake : 
' '  O  happy  hands, ''  she  said, ' '  that  WTOught 

That  honored  thing  to  make!"  i 


Her  eyes  with  longing  tears  grew  dim, 

She  never  can  come  nigh 
To  work  one  service  poor  for  Him 

For  whom  she  glad  Avould  die ! 

But  hark !  He  speaks  a  mighty  word : 

She  hearkens  now,  indeed  ! 
"When  did  we  see  Thee  naked.  Lord, 

And  clothed  Thee  in  Thy  need? 

"The  King  shall  answer,  Inasmuch 

As  to  My  brothers  ye 
Did  it,  even  to  the  least  of  such. 

Ye  did  it  unto  Me." 

Home,  home  she  went,  and  plied  the  loom, 

And  Jesus'  poor  arrayed. 
She  died:  they  wept  about  the  room. 

And  showed  the  coats  slie  made. 

Oeorge  Macdonald. 

3340.  DOECAS,  Eesurrectioa  of. 
The  poor  afflicted  saints 

Their  common  loss  bemoan. 
And  God  regards  in  their  complaints 

The  Spirit  of  His  Son; 
Who  gave  the  Son  of  man, 

He  lets  the  servant  go 
Out  of  His  arms  to  earth  again, 

And  tend  His  church  below. 

What  heart  can  e'er  conceive 

How  great  the  soul's  surprise 
When,  sent  again  in  flesh  to  live, 

She  here  lifts  up  her  eyes ! 
Did  not  her  eyes  o'erflow, 

This  weeping  vale  to  see, 
These  scenes  of  wretchedness  and  woe, 

Of  sinful  misery? 

The  poor  might  well  embrace 

With  joy  their  friend  restored, 
The  church  their  powerful  Saviour  praise. 

Who  thus  confirmed  His  word: 
But  could  a  saint  return 

To  dwell  beneath  the  skies, 
And  not  with  deepest  sorrow  mourn 

Her  twice  lost  paradise  ? 

From  spirits  glorified. 

As  soon  as  she  withdrew. 
Oblivion's  veil  was  drawn  to  hide 

The  vision  from  her  view: 
She  then  with  double  zeal 

Employed  her  added  days, 
To  do  the  Saviour's  perfect  will, 

T'  improve  His  utmost  grace. 

Superior  joys  above 

For  lengthened  toils  prepared, 
And  richer  stores  of  heavenly  love 

Enhanced  her  vast  reward ; 
Called  to  a  happier  state. 

When  all  her  work  was  done, 
She  found  a  more  exceeding  weight 

Of  glory  in  her  crown  ! 

J.  and  C.  Wesley. 


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3341.  DOVE,  Homeward  Flight  of  the. 

The  dove  let  loose  in  eastern  skies, 

Returning  fondly  home, 
Ne'er  stooi)s  to  earth  her  wing,  nor  flies 

Where  idle  warblers  roam. 
But  liigh  she  shoots  through  air  and  light. 

Above  all  low  delay. 
Where  nothing  earthly  bounds  her  flight, 

Nor  shadow  dims  her  way. 

So  grant  me,  God,  from  earthly  care. 

From  pride  and  passion  free. 
Aloft  through  faith  and  love's  pure  air, 

To  hold  my  course  to  Thee. 
No  lure  to  temjit,  no  art  to  stay 

My  soul,  as  home  she  springs; 
Thy  sunshine  on  her  joyful  way, 

Thy  freedom  on  her  wings. 

Thomas  Moore. 


3342.  DOVE,  Noah's. 

Genesis  viii  :  8,  9. 

Speed  thy  light  course ;  fly,  winged  one,  fly, 

Along  that  shoreless  sea; 
That  deluged  earth,  that  clouded  sky, 

Are  not  a  home  for  thee. 

There  are  no  mates  for  thee  on  earth. 

Save  those  the  ark  has  won ; 
And  the  bright  valleys  of  thy  birth, 

And  waving  groves,  are  gone. 

For  all  the  glory  of  the  spring 

The  dark  seas  overwhelm, 
And  the  leviathan  is  king 

Of  an  unbounded  realm. 

The  mount,  whose  towering  crest  had  dwelt 

'Mid  darkling  storms  alone, 
A  stranger  visitant  hath  felt 

Invade  his  cloudy  throne. 

And  all  beneath  is  but  the  grave 

Of  that  creation  fair ; 
There  gleams  no  rock  above  the  wave, 

No  port  of  rest  is  there. 

Then  seek  afar  the  tempest-tost 

Companions  of  thy  ark, 
That  dimly  floats — now  seen,  now  lost — 

In  yon  horizon  dark. 

Swift  be  thy  flight:  those  waters  green 

Can  show  no  home  for  thee; 
Nor  yet  the  mountain-tops  are  seen, 

Nor  yet  the  olive-tree.  H.  W.  J. 

3343.  DOVE,  Oh  for  the  Wings  of  a. 
Psalms  Iv  :  6. 

So  prayed  the  Psalmist  to  be  free 

From  mortal  bonds  and  earthly  thrall. 

And  such,  or  soon  or  late,  shall  be 

Full  oft  the  heart-breathed  prayer  of  all. 


And  we,  when  life's  last  sands  are  rove, 
With  faltering  foot  and  aching  breast, 

Shall  sigh  for  wings  that  waft  the  dove 
To  flee  away  and  be  at  rest. 

While  hearts  are  young,  and  hopes  are  high, 

A  fairy  scene  doth  life  appear. 
Its  sights  are  beauty  to  the  eye. 

Its  sounds  are  beauty  to  the  ear. 
But  soon  it  glides  from  youth  to  age, 

And  of  its  joys  no  more  possessed, 
We,  like  the  captives  of  the  cage, 

Would  fly  away  and  be  at  rest. 

Beyond  the  hills,  beyond  the  sea. 

Oh  for  the  pinions  of  a  dove ! 
Oh  for  the  morning's  wings  to  flee 

Away,  and  be  with  them  we  love  ! 
When  all  is  fled  that's  bright  and  fair. 

And  life  is  but  a  wintry  waste. 
This,  this  at  last  our  prayer  must  be. 

To  flee  away  and  be  at  rest.       Malcolm. 

3344.  DRAW-NET,  Parable  of  the. 
Matthew  xiii :  47-50. 

"  The  field  the  world;"  and  now  the  sea 
yields  up  its  treasures.  Lord,  to  Thee ; 
The  toilers  with  the  gospel  net 
Shall,  with  Thy  blessing,  gather  yet, 
From  far  and  near,  at  home,  abroad, 
The  fulness  of  the  seas  to  God. 

As  seed  broadcast  throughout  the  soil 
Doth  yield  the  blessed  fruits  of  toil, 
So  from  the  ocean  to  the  shore 
The  net  shall  draw  its  goodly  store : 
Fishers  of  men,  sent  forth  to  be 
The  toilers  of  the  broad  deep  sea. 

The  "barren  sea,"  that  none  hath  tilled. 
With  plenteous  seed  of  souls  is  filled; 
And  these  the  net  must  gather  in, 
From  native  element  of  sin ; 
And  draw  them  out,  for  life  renewed, 
To  die  to  sin,  and  live  to  God. 

All  that  the  fishers'  net  hath  caught, 

Into  the  Church  on  earth  are  brought. 

Of  every  sort,  of  every  kind. 

Of  every  phase  of  heart  and  mind ; 

The  meshes  of  the  net  include 

The  true,  the  fal^e,  both  bad  and  good. 

Thus  is  it  here ;  thus  is  it  now; 
And,  while  on  earth,  it  must  be  so: 
Where  prejudice  is  dark  and  blind. 
And  one  knows  not  another's  mind; 
Where  motives  are  misunderstood. 
And  evil  mingled  with  the  good. 

But  when  the  fishers'  work  is  o'er. 
And  when  the  net  is  drawn  to  shore. 
Then  shall  it  be,  in  that  great  day. 
Some  gathered  in,  some  cast  away: 
From  depths  of  sin's  unfathomed  sea. 
May  I  be  "gathered,"  Lord,  to  Thee! 
Robert  Maguire. 


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3345.  DRY  BONES,  Ezekiel's  Vision  of. 

Ezekiel  xxxvii :  1-10. 

Hark !  the  prophet  lays  his  hand 
Once  more  upon  the  trembling  chords,  and 
A  valley,  desolate  as  Tophet,  tilled  [lo! 

With  bones  innumerable,  sere  and  bleached, 
As  though  the  sudden  pestilence  of  God  • 
Hud  fallen  on  some  mighty  host,  and  men 
Had  left  them  in  the  sun  and  winds  to  rot. 
Death  brooded  o'er  them.    But  a  voice  from 

heaven 
Startles  the  awful  silence:  and  behold 
A  shaking,  and  the  bones,  bone  to  his  bone, 
Together  framed  the  perfect  skeleton; 
And   sinews  covered   them,  and  flesh  and 
The  very  lineaments  of  life.    Again      [skin. 
The  prophet's  voice  falls  on  them;  and  the 

winds 
Breathed  like  the  quickening  Spirit  of  the 

Lord 
Above  the  lifeless  slain :  and  lo !  they  rose, 
An  army  numberless,  equipped  for  fight. 
Edward  Henry  Bickersteth. 

3346.  DET  BONES,  The  VaUey  of. 

Ezekiel  xxxvii  :  10. 
In  vision  wrapt,  by  Hinnom's  vale, 

The  mystic  prophet  stood ; 
And  still,  where'er  he  looked,  the  dale 

With  lifeless  bones  were  strewed. 
No  breath  of  air,  no  voice,  nor  sound. 

Disturbed  the  awful  gloom : 
But  all  above,  beneath,  around. 

Was  silent  as  the  tomb. 

At  length  a  gentle  voice  from  heaven 

Upon  that  stillness  broke ; 
*'  Can  life  to  these  dry  bones  be  given?" 

'Twas  thus  the  Godhead  spoke ; 
One  doubtful  glance  the  prophet  threw 

O'er  every  mouldering  bone; 
Then  answer  made  with  reverence  due, 

"That,  Lord,  to  Thee  is  known!" 

"  Then  prophesy,"  Jehovah  said, 

"  That  each  to  life  shall  wake;" 
The  wondering  seer  at  once  obeyed. 

And  all  began  to  shake; 
Now  limb  to  meet  its  kindred  limb, 

With  strange  precision  flew ; 
And  each  of  late  so  gaunt  and  grim, 

With  flesh  was  clothed  anew. 

Again  the  Lord's  command  was  given 

Upon  the  wind  to  call. 
To  breathe  from  every  end  of  heaven, 

And  animate  them  all ; 
The  prophet  called,  the  breezes  blew. 

And  soon  beneath  their  breath 
A  living  army  sprung  to  view 

Through  all  that  vale  of  death. 

'Tis  abject  thus,  O  Lord !  and  lone, 

The  sin-bound  spirit  lies; 
And  sapless  as  a  mould'ring  bone 

All  human  aid  defies ; 


Or  if  beneath  the  gospel  sound, 

A  shape  it  seem  to  wear; 
The  form  of  life  alone  is  found. 

The  power  is  wanting  there. 

But  if  thy  Spirit  deign  to  blow, 

A  wond'rous  change  it  brings: 
At  once  the  soul  from  death  and  woe 

To  life  and  vigor  springs ; 
With  rapture  strange  the  inward  eye 

Imbibes  celestial  rays; 
The  heart  with  hope  and  love  beats  high 

The  mouth  is  filled  with  praise. 

Oh  then,  if  wrapt  in  slumber  deep. 

Our  poor,  dead  souls  remain; 
Let  Thy  dear  Spirit  break  our  sleep. 

And  burst  each  earthly  chain ; 
That  fired  with  hope,  and  filled  with  love, 

And  freed  from  fleshly  dross. 
We  now  may  spring  to  life,  and  prove 

Good  soldiers  of  the  Cross !  H.  E. 

3347.  EAGLES,  Gathering  of  the. 
Matthew  24  :  28. 

Lured  by  the  grateful  scent  of  blood, 
With  instinct  from  above  endued. 
The  eagles  their  commission  knew, 
To  death  devoted  Salem  flew. 
And  gathering  where  the  carcass  lay. 
The  Roman  hosts  devoured  their  prey. 

But  lo !  a  deeper  mystery 

We  in  yon  sacred  body  see. 

The  bleeding  marks  of  death  it  bears, 

'Tis  covered  still  with  glorious  scars. 

His  wounded  feet,  and  hands,  and  side, 

And  cross  proclaim  the  Crucified. 

Thither  the  saints  shall  soon  repair. 
When  flames  His  standard  in  the  air. 
With  bodies  spiritual  remove 
From  earth,  and  seek  the  realms  above ; 
On  eagle's  wings  mount  up  and  fly 
To  Jesus  gathered  in  the  sky. 

/.  and  C.  Wei 


3348.  EAST,  The  Poet  in  the. 

The  poet  came  to  the  land  of  the  east. 

When  spring  was  in  the  air: 
The  earth  was  dressed  for  a  wedding  feast, 

So  young  she  seemed,  and  fair ; 
And  the  poet  knew  the  land  of  the  east — 

His  soul  was  native  there. 

All  things  to  him  were  the  visible  forms 
Of  early  and  precious  dreams — 

Familiar  visions  that  mocked  his  quest, 
Beside  the  western  streams, 

Or  gleamed  in  the  gold  of  the  clouds,  unrolled 
In  the  sunset's  dying  beams. 

He  looked  above  in  the  cloudless  calm. 
And  the  sun  sat  on  his  throne ; 


EAST. 


EiDicisr. 


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The  breath  of  gardens,  deep  in  balm, 

Was  all  about  him  blown, 
And  a  brother  to  him  was  the  princely  palm, 

For  he  cannot  live  alone. 

His  feet  went  forth  on  the  myrtled  hills, 
And  the  flowers  their  welcome  shed ; 

The  meads  of  milk-white  asphodel 
They  knew  the  poet's  tread, 

And  far  and  wide,  in  a  scarlet  tide, 
The  poppy's  bonfire  spread. 

And,  half  in  shade  and  half  in  sun, 

The  rose  sat  in  her  bower. 
With  a  passionate  thrill  in  her  crimson  heart. 

She  had  waited  for  the  hour! 
And,  like  a  bride's,  the  poet  kissed 

The  lips  of  the  glorious  flower. 

Then  the  nightingale,  who  sat  above 
In  the  boughs  of  the  citron-tree. 

Sang:  "  We  are  no  rivals,  brother  mine, 
Except  in  ministrelsy ; 

For  the  rose  you  kissed  with  the  kiss  of  love. 
She  is  faithful  still  to  me." 

And  further  sang  the  nightingale : 

"  Your  power  not  distant  lies. 
I  heard  the  sound  of  a  Persian  lute 

From  the  jasmined  window  rise,       [bars. 
And,  twin-bright  stars,  through  the  lattice- 

I  saw  the  sultana's  eyes." 

The  poet  said :  "I  will  here  abide, 

In  the  sun's  unclouded  door; 
Here  are  the  wells  of  all  delight 

On  the  lost  Arcadian  shore : 
Here  is  the  light  on  sea  and  land, 

And  the  dream  deceives  no  more." 

Bayard  Taylor. 

3349.  EAST,  Turning  to  the. 
2  Chronicles  vl  :  39. 

'Tis  to  the  east  the  Hebrew  bends, 

When  morn  unveils  its  brow ; 
And  while  the  evening  rite  ascends, 

The  east  receives  his  vow. 
Dear  to  the  exile  is  the  soil 

That  reared  Jehovah's  vine ; 
Dear  to  the  wretched  heir  of  toil 

Thy  memory,  Palestine  I 

'Tis  to  the  east  the  Hebrew  turns, 

The  east !  to  Hebrews  dear, 
When  kindling  recollection  burns. 

When  memory  claims  the  tear. 
Land  of  the  patriarch !  he  recalls 

The  days  of  promise,  when 
The  timbrel  rang  along  thy  halls. 

And  God  communed  with  men. 

Where  Babel  murmured  Judah's  wrongs, 

The  banished  Hebrew  sighs; 
Where  Zion  swelled  her  holy  songs. 

His  tribute  seems  to  rise ; 


And  hope  still  wings  his  thought  afar — 

It  tells  to  those  that  roam, 
That  He  who  rode  the  cloudy  car 

Will  guide  His  children  home. 

William  B.  Tappan. 

3350.  EDEN,  Lost. 

2  Chronicles  vi  :  39. 
Unto  the  East  we  turn,  in  thoughtful  gaze, 
Like  longing  exiles  to  their  ancient  home. 
Mindful  of  our  lost  Eden.  Thence  may  come 
Genial,  ambrosial  airs  around  the  ways 
Of  daily  life,  and  fragrant  thoughts  that  raise 
Home  sympathies:  so  may  we  cease  to  roam. 
Seeking  some  resting-place  before  the  tomb, 
To   which   on    wandering  wings    devotion 

strays. 
But  true  to  our  high  birthright,  and  to  Him 
Who  leads  us  by  the  flaming  cherubim. 
Death's  gate,  our  pilgrim  spirits  may  arise 
O'er  earth's  affections,  and  'mid  worldlings 

rude, 
Walk  loosely  in  their  holier  solitude. 
And  breathe  the  air  of  their  lost  paradise. 
Isaac  Williams. 

3351.  EDEN,  Where  is  7 

Genesis  ii :  8. 

Where  is  that  garden  of  the  Lord  God, 
planted 

Eastward  in  Eden  in  tne  days  of  old; 

Where  the  large  blossoms  and  the  fruits  en- 
chanted. 

That  filled  the  earliest  tale  our  mothers  told? 

Lingers  it  yet,  kept  by  an  angel  warden, 
Over  the  purple  mountains  far  away; 
Untouched,  since  sinless  Adam  dressed  the 

garden. 
And  the  Lord  walked  there  in  the  cool  of  day? 

Nay,  ask  not ;  wherefore  should  our  spirits 

venture 
Over  the  eastern  hills,  beyond  the  bars. 
Where  the  broad    sun,  girt  with   his  rosy 

cincture, 
Comes  burning  up,  and  darkens  all  the  stars? 

Why  should  we  wish  o'er  sea  and  desert  going 
To  find  the  vision  true  in  some  far  land; 
To  dwell  beside  the  gate,  and  hear  the  flowing 
Of  the  great  river  with  its  golden  sand? 

The  font  stands  yet  in  many  a  church's  portal. 
The  prayers  still  echo  round  where  we  were 

made 
Heirs  of  an  Eden  beautiful,  immortal. 
Where   never   serpent  glided  through  the 

glade. 

There  flows  eternally  the  gifted  river. 
Whose  healing  wave  is  as  the  crystal  clear ; 
There  grows  the  tree  of  life  that  sheddeth 

never 
Its  twelve  bright  fruits  renewed  twelve  times 

a  year. 


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edom:. 


edom:. 


For  us  that  cooling  wave,  for  us  the  beauty 
Of  that  bright  place  that  has  nor  sun,  nor 

night, 
If  but  by  Christ's  dear  grace, in  love  and  duty, 
We  walk  below  like  children  of  the  light. 

So  may  we  dream  of  those  invisible  bowers. 
The  water's  tremulous  flow,  the  flowery  sod. 
Hopeful  that  Christ's  new  Eden  shall  be  ours. 
The  home  of  saints,  the  paradise  of  God. 
Mrs.  C.  F.  Alexander. 

3352.  EDOM,  The  OonqTieror  from. 

Isaiah  Isiii  :  1-6. 
What  mighty  man,  or  mighty  God, 

Comes  travelling  in  state 
Along  the  Idumean  road. 

Away  from  Bozrah's  gate  I 

The  glory  of  His  robes  proclaim, 

'Tis  some  victorious  king; 
"  'Tis  I,  the  Just,  the  Almighty  One, 

That  your  salvation  bring." 

Why,  mighty  Lord,  Thy  saints  inquire, 

Why  Thine  apparel  red ; 
And  all  Thy  vesture  stained  like  those 

Who  in  the  wine-press  tread? 

"I,  by  Myself,  have  trod  the  press, 

And  crushed  My  foes  alone ; 
My  wrath  has  struck  the  rebels  dead. 

My  fury  stamped  them  down. 

"  'Tis  Edom's  blood  that  dyes  My  robes 

With  joyful  scarlet  stains : 
The  triumph  that  My  raiment  wears, 

Sprung  from  their  bleeding  veins. 

"Thus  shall  the  nations  be  destroyed 

That  dare  insult  My  saints, 
I  have  an  arm  t'  avenge  their  wrongs. 

An  ear  for  their  complaints." 

Isaac  Watts. 

3353.  EDOM,  The  Victor  from. 

Isaiah  Ixiii  :  1-6. 
Who  cometh  here  from  Edom's  rocks. 

From  Bozrah's  haughty  tower, 
That  journeyeth  glorious  in  array. 

Majestic  in  His  power? 
With  garments  red  from  fields  of  blood, 

A  conqueror  he  doth  seem ! 
*'  I  come.  Who  speak  in  righteousness. 

The  Mighty  to  redeem !" 

And  why  is  Thine  apparel  red, 

Like  his  who  treads  the  wine? 
And  why,  like  his  who  treads  the  vat, 

Do  all  Thy  garments  shine? 
"The  wine-press  I  have  trodden  out. 

Have  trodden  it  alone ; 
And  in  that  bloody  vintage  hour 

With  Me  there  stood  not  one. 


"In  anger  did  I  trample  them, 

In  fury  did  I  tread  ; 
Their  blood  is  sprinkled  on  My  robe. 

My  raiment  all  is  red ; 
The  awful  day  is  in  Mine  heart 

Of  vengeance  on  My  foes. 
The  year  is  come  when  I  redeem 

My  people  from  their  woes. 

"And  I  beheld,  and  none  could  save 

His  brethren  by  his  hand; 
I  wondering  saw  no  child  of  man 

In  that  dread  day  could  stand ; 
Therefore  Mine  own  right  arm  alone 

My  great  salvation  brought ; 
And  by  My  strength  of  zeal  upheld 

The  conquest  I  have  wrought !" 

Yes !  Thou  hast  conquered  mightier  foes 

Than  Edom's  hostile  power ; 
Hast  Victor  come  from  stronger  holds 

Than  Bozrah's  haughty  tower  ! 
For  Thou  hast  burst  the  gates  of  death, 

And  laid  beneath  Thee  low. 
By  Thy  right  hand  and  holy  arm, 

Thine  Israel's  hellish  foe ! 

Thou  didst  behold  no  child  of  man 

His  brother's  soul  could  save ; 
Or  make  agreement  unto  God 

To  free  him  from  the  grave; 
A  costlier  price  their  souls  demand 

Than  man  hath  power  to  pay; 
And  therefore  Thou,  O  Christ !  wouldst  die 

That  we  might  live  for  aye. 

And  therefore,  when  the  appointed  year 

Of  Thy  redeemed  came. 
Thou  didst  assume  the  flesh  of  man, 

Didst  take  a  mortal  frame; 
Thou  didst  the  bloody  wine-press  tread 

Of  suffering  from  Thy  foes, 
To  save  Thy  people  from  their  sins. 

From  hell's  eternal  woes. 

And  therefore,  when  o'er  hell  and  death 

The  conquest  Thou  hadst  won. 
Thou  didst  ascend  to  God's  right  hand. 

And  take  Thy  glorious  throne; 
There  still  dost  Thou  retain,  O  Lord ! 

The  Mediator's  seat. 
Until  the  Lord  fhall  make  Thy  foes 

The  footstool  for  Thy  feet. 

Gird  then,  O  Thou  most  mighty  One  ! 

Thy  sword  upon  Thy  thigh. 
Ride  forth !     Avenge  Thee  on  Thy  foes 

Who  still  Thy  name  defy ! 
But  when  that  wine-press  of  God's  wrath 

Thy  conquering  feet  shall  tread, 
Help  us,  Thy  children,  Lord,  for  whom 

Thy  precious  blood  was  shed  ! 

Richard  Mant. 


EDOIMC. 


E&^^FT. 


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3354.  EDOM?  Who  Cometh  from. 
Isaiah  Ixiii  :  1-6. 

Strange  scene  of  glory !  am  I  well  awake, 
Or  is  it  my  fancy's  wild  mistake? 
It  cannot  be  a  dream ;  bright  beams  of  light 
Flow  from  the  visions  fair,  and  pierce  my 

tender  sight. 
No  common  vision  this ;  I  see 
Some  marks  of  more  than  Imman  majesty, 
Who  is  this  mighty  Hero,  who. 
With  glories  round  his  head,  and  terror  in 

his  brow? 

From  Bozrah,  lo!     He  comes;  a  scarlet  dye 
O'erspreads  his  clothes,  and  does  outvie 
The  blushes  of  the  morning  sky. 
Triumphant  and  victorious  He  appears. 
And  honor  in  His  looks  and  habit  wears: 
How  strong  He  treads,  how  stately  does  He 
Pompous  and  solemn  is  His  pace,  [go ! 

And  full  of  majesty  as  His  face. 
Who  is  this  mighty  Hero,  who? 

'Tis  I  who  to  my  promise  faithful  stand ; 
I,who  the  powers  of  death,  hell,  and  the  grave 
Have  foiled  with  this  all-conqiiering  hand ; 
I  who  most  ready  am,  and  mighty  too,  to  save. 

Why  wearest  Thou,  tlien,  this  scarlet  dye? 
Say,  mighty  Hero,  why? 
Why  do  Thy  garments  look  all  red, 
Like  them  that  in  the  wine-vat  tread? 

The  wine-press  I  alone  have  trod. 

That  vast  unwieldy  frame,  which  long  did 

stand 
Unmoved,  and  which  no  mortal  force  could 

e'er  command. 
That  ponderous  mass  I  plied  alone, 
And  with  me  to  assist  were  none.         [God ! 
A  mighty  task  it  was,  worthy  the  Son  of 
Angels  stood  trembling  at  the  dreadful  sight, 
Concerned  with  what  success  I  should  go 

through 
The  work  I  undertook  to  do; 
I  put  forth  all  my  might. 
And  down  the  engine  pressed ;  the  violent 

force 
Disturbed  the  universe,  put  nature  out  of 

course ; 
The    blood    gushed   out    in    streams,    and 

checkered  o'er 
My  garments  with  its  deepest  gore ; 
With  ornamental  drops  bedecked  I  stood, 
And  writ  my  victory  with  my  enemy's  blood. 
The  day,  the  signal  day  is  come 
When  of  my  enemies  I  must  vengeance  take ; 
The  day  when  Death  shall  have  its  doom, 
And  the  dark  kingdom  with  its  powers  shall 

shake. 
Fate  in  her  calendar  marked  out  this  day 

with  red, 
She  folded  down  the  iron  leaf,  and  thus  she 

said: 
•*  This  day,  if  aught  I  can  divine  be  true, 

Shall,  for  a  single  victory, 

Be  celebrated  to  posterity : 


Then  shall  the  Prince  of  Light  descend. 

And  rescue  mortals  from  the  infernal  fiend; 

Break  through  his  strongest  forts,  and  all  his 
hosts  subdue." 

This  said,  she  shut  the  adamantine  volume 
close. 

And  wished  she  might  the  crowding  year 
transpose ; 

So  much  she  longed  to  have  the  scene  dis- 
play, 

And  see  the  vast  event  of  this  important  day. 

And  now  in  midst  of  the  revolving  years. 
This  great,  this  mighty  One  appears : 
The  faithful  traveller,  the  sun, 
Has  numbered   out   the  days,  and  the   set 

period  run. 
I  looked,  and  to  assist  was  none; 
My  angelic  guards  stood  trembling  by, 
But  durst  not  venture  nigh. 

Tn  vain,  too,  from  my  Father  did  I  look 
For  help ;  my  Father  me  forsook. 

Amazed  I  was  to  see. 

How  all  deserted  me, 
I  took  My  fury  for  My  soul  support. 
And  with  My  single  arm  the  conquest  won. 
Loud  acclamations  filled  all  heaven's  court : 
The  hymning  guards  above. 
Strained  to  an  higher  pitch  of  joy  and  love, 
The  great  Jehovah  praised,  and  His  victorious 

Son.  John  Norris. 

3355.  EQTPT,  Christ  caHed  from. 
Matthew  ii  :  15. 
Come  out  of  Egypt,  O  mine  undefiled. 
Dove   of  the   Lord;    innocuous,  wondrous 

Child  ! 
Thy  foes  are  dead,  and  sleeps  the  sword  that 

swept 
The  homes  of  Rama,  when  their  Rachel  wept. 

Come  out  of  Egypt — to  that  land  of  death 
The  shut-up  heavens  reveal,  not  now,  life's 

breath ; 
To  Zion  shall  the  Light  of  Life  return ; 
O'er  Palestine  the  Gospel  Star  shall  burn. 

Come  out  of  Egypt;  not  "in  haste,"  "by 

night, 
As  when  fear  waited  on  Messiah's  flight; 
In  peace  return  to  David's  royal  town, 
Whose  throne   awaits  Thee  not  nor  lineal 

crown." 

Come  out  of  Egypt;  yet,  as  sinks  the  sun, 
To  rise  again  when  night's  due  course  is  run, 
So  thou,  from  Mizraim,  shalt  withdraw  thy 

ray. 
To  flood  her  with  thy  beams  another  day. 

Come  out  of  Egypt;  yet,  to  trials  come; 
To   suffering,    lack   of   case,  of  friends,  of 

home; 
Yes,  griefs  by  day,  at  night  with  tears  to  lie; 
Come  thou,  to  be  betrayed,  to  groan  and  die. 


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EGYPT. 


EGYPT. 


Come  out  of  Egypt,  from  the  grave  to  rise, 
And,  for  its  slain,  to  ope  tlie  eternal  skies; 
To  plant  Religion's  Rowe  in  every  wild. 
To  bless  a  world,  oh  come.  Incarnate  Child ! 
William  B,  Tappan. 

3356.  EGYPT,  Dead. 

Isaiah  xix  :  25. 
Are  thy  pyramids  still  smiling 

To  the  everlasting  sun, 
Mighty  Mizraim  of  the  sand-waste, 

As  they  smiled  in  ages  gone? 

Is  thy  Sphinx  still  grandly  gazing 
With  those  melancholy  eyes, 

Drinking  in  delicious  moonlight 
From  those  silver-showering  skies? 

Does  thy  gray  Mukattam  cliff-range 

Yet  protect  thy  level  shore? 
Is  that  highway  to  the  desert 

Still  as  lonely  as  of  yore? 

Is  the  bronze  on  thy  brown  ripples 
Still  as  brilliant  as  when  she, 

Stately  queen  of  spells  and  splendor, 
Glided  o'er  her  river  sea? 

Does  that  river-sea  so  royal, 

With  its  soft,  slow-swelling  tide, 

Still  do  battle  single-handed 
With  the  wastes  on  either  side? 

Are  thy  Pharaohs  resting  yonder. 
Filling  each  his  fragrant  shroud. 

With  their  own  calm  stars  above  them, 
As  of  old,  without  a  cloud? 

Do  they  still  claim  awful  homage. 

Oldest  peerage  of  the  dead. 
In  their  chiselled  shrines  unconscious 

Of  the  ages  that  have  sped? 

Does  the  breath  of  ancient  odors 
Sweeten  still  their  cheerless  room? 

Do  the  robes  of  princely  Pathos 
Still  adorn  them  in  the  tomb? 

Is  thy  Memphis  still  the  Memphis 
Of  young  Mizraim  when  he  came 

From  his  cradle-plain  of  Shinar, 
Here  to  build  a  boundless  name? 

Mystic-realm  of  magic  story, 

Never-changing  clime  and  stream, 

Shadowy  fatherland  of  science, 
Home  of  fable  and  of  dream. 

From  thy  temples  marched  the  ages 
Of  our  earth's  unwritten  prime; 

These  majestic  Nubian  portals 
Are  the  mouldering  gates  of  time. 

Buried  dark  beneath  the  ruins 
Of  dead  kingdoms  thou  hast  lain; 

But  thy  day  of  honor  dawneth, 
Thou  shalt  rise  to  youth  again. 


In  His  hour  of  infant  exile, 
Once  the  Son  of  God  in  thee 

Found  a  refuge  from  the  tyrant. 
Underneath  thy  sheltering  tree. 

And  for  this  thou  art  remembered; 

This  great  debt  shall  be  repaid. 
In  earth's  age  of  promised  glory 

Israel's  God  shall  lift  thy  head. 

The  voice  of  seers  hath  spoken 
Words  of  glorious  light  and  rest; 

It  has  blest  thee,  lonely  Egypt; 

And  thou  shalt — thou  shalt  be  blest. 
Horatius  Bonar. 

3357.  EGYPT,  Israel's  Escape  from. 
Exodus  xiv. 
The  morning  saw  a  cavalcade 
Drawn  up  in  order  and  arrayed. 
Six  hundred  thousand  men  of  strength 
Made  up  the  van  of  wondrous  length; 
And  wives  and  children  in  the  rear 
Turned  from  their  bondage  dark  and  drear. 
To  feel  no  more  a  tyrant's  hand. 
And  seek  afar  the  promised  land. 
Their  line  of  march  is  toward  the  sea. 
And  forth  they  journey  glad  and  free; 
The  cloudy  pillar  goes  before, 
And  leads  them  on  the  desert  o'er; 
Or,  standing  in  the  rear  at  night. 
It  shines  and  all  their  path  is  light. 
The  towers  of  Egypt  in  the  haze 
Fade  slowly  from  their  backward  gaze. 
Behind  them  lie  their  broken  chains. 
Before  them  freedom's  unknown  plains. 
And  thus  they  journey,  day  by  day, 
Led  by  the  cloud  along  their  way, 
Till  sand  and  wilderness  are  past, 
They  stand  before  the  sea  at  last. 

But  hark  !  a  sound  upon  the  breeze : 

Is  it  the  murmur  of  the  seas? 

Is  it  the  simoom's  distant  roar 

That  wildly  sweeps  the  desert  o'er? 

Is  it  the  storni  with  banner  rent 

With  lightnings  on  the  firmament? 

Now  louder,  deeper,  is  the  swell. 

And  rolling  clouds  of  dust  arise. 

"They  come!  they  come!!"  what  horrors, 

tell; 
"  The  Egyptians  come!"  what  frantic  cries; 
The  camp  with  fear  and  dread  is  wild, 
And  ghastly  pale  is  sire  and  child. 
•'  O  God!"  they  cry,  in  bitter  prayer; 
"  O  save  us,  Lord ;  in  pity  spare !" 
In  panic  wild  they  seek  their  chief. 
And  him  upbraid  in  frantic  grief: 
"Ah !  better  had  we  died  as  slaves. 
And  mouldered  in  Egyptian  graves. 
Than  perish  here  by  cruel  hands. 
And  Avaste  upon  the  desert  sands." 

And  Moses  said,  "  Stand  still  and  see. 
The  Lord  your  strong  defence  will  be  I" 


EG-YFT. 


EGr^^FX. 


143 


He  waiting  stood,  and  thus  he  heard 
A  voice  that  spoke  this  awful  word: 
"  Speak  to  My  people !  forward  go! 
What  if  the  path  ye  do  not  know; 
I  am  the  Lord,  'tis  mine  to  lead ; 
Tlien  forward !  to  the  sea,  with  speed !" 

The  angel  of  the  Lord  turned  back 
And  stood  across  the  Egyptian's  track; 
And  hid  the  camp  of  Israel, 
While  ou  their  foes  dense  darkness  fell. 

The  Red  Sea  waves  were  chanting  low ; 
And  day  was  fading  fast  and  slow; 
When  Israel's  leader  stood  beside, 
With  lifted  hand  the  murmuring  tide ; 
He  stretched  his  rod  upon  the  sea, 
And  gave  the  waters  his  decree. 

The  east  wind  rose,  and  all  that  night 
It  blew  until  the  morning  light; 
When,  lo !  the  water  stood  on  heaps, 
And  down  the  dark  and  briny  steeps 
They  saw  a  pathway  broad,  and  bare, 
'Mid  mountain  walls  of  water  there; 
Down,  down  they  go,  with  solemn  tread ; 
Down  through  the  caverns  of  the  dead; 
Down  by  the  sea  king's  dark  domain. 

Where  never  from  the  morn  of  time. 
The  might  of  man  disturbed  his  reign, 

Or  trod  his  solitudes  sublime. 
On,  through  the  water's  dark  defiles ; 
On,  through  the  vast  o'erhanging  piles. 
They  pass  as  gently  on  their  way. 
As  if  through  summer  fields  it  lay; 
Until  they  reach  the  rocky  stair 
That  leads  them  to  the  upper  air; 
And  on  the  Red  Sea's  other  shore. 
They  wondering  stand,  and  God  adore. 

With  heart  of  ice  and  brain  of  fire, 
The  maddened  Pharaoh  with  desire, 
Enters  the  sea  with  double  ire. 

His  charioteers  with  frenzy  drive ; 
And  jostling  horsemen  hurried  strive 
To  capture  Israel  alive. 

Down  through  the  sea  wall's  open  doors, 
Down  to  the  dark  abysmal  floors, 
The  frantic  throng  tumultuous  pours. 

The  furious  monarch  heads  his  train. 
And  vows  to  measure  swords  again 
With  God,  who  left  his  first-born  slain. 

Down  in  the  mid  sea's  darkest  hall 
He  dreams  of  sport  and  carnival. 
When  he  shall  pass  the  deep  sea  wall. 

As  when  a  lightning  bolt  is  hurled, 
As  when  a  tempest  cloud  unfurled. 
Falls  crashing  on  a  thoughtless  world ; 

So,  tumbling  waves  fall  from  tlie  verge; 
So,  wall  smote  wall  with  awful  surge ; 
God's  last  o'erwhelraing  judgment  scourge. 


And  there  was  one  wild  shriek  of  doom; 
Then  all  was  silent  in  the  gloom 
Of  that  unsculptured  ocean  tomb. 

And  king  and  horseman  breathless  lay; 

Cold  ghastly  statues  of  dismay; 

In  stillness  'neath  the  wild  sea  spray. 

Ah  !  long  in  royal  halls  they  wait; 
When  Pharaoh  shall  return  in  state; 
And  march  his  captives  back  to  fate. 

But  silent  weeps  the  queen  alone; 
The  king  comes  never  to  his  throne, 
And  wives  of  lords  make  bitter  moan. 

No  garlands  grace  their  arches  high; 
No  proud  and  gorgeous  pageantry 
Tells  Egypt's  glory  passing  by. 

God  cancels  thus  the  debt  of  years. 
Where  Pharaoh  with  his  charioteers. 
Goes  down  'mid  Egypt's  love  and  tears. 

God  liveth  yet;  and  often  He 

Hath  traced  the  path  of  history 

Through  many  a  dark  and  deep  "Red  Sea." 

The  foes  of  God  and  foes  of  man. 
He  dooms  by  His  almighty  plan; 
And  leads  Himself  His  loyal  van. 

Hail !  hail !  ye  grand  prophetic  years; 
The  dawn  of  jubilee  appears, — 
Sweet  promise  of  the  ancient  seers. 

The  Christ  of  nations  is  in  view ; 

The  ever  strong ;  the  only  true ; 

He  smites  the  sea  and  passes  through. 

"  I  am  the  way,"  hark  how  He  saith; 
And  through  the  waves  we  go  by  faith, 
A  sure,  triumphant,  royal  path. 

So  Moses  sang  beside  the  sea; 
And  these  his  words  of  jubilee. 
An  olden  anthem  of  the  free : 

Oh  sing  to  Jehovah, 

And  speak  of  His  fame ; 
Exalt  Him  forever; 

The  Lord  is  His  name. 
At  the  breath  of  His  nostrils 

The  waters  on  heaps 
Were  parted  asunder, 

A  way  through  the  deeps; 
And  hither  His  people  He  led  like  a  flock, 
Down,  down  through  the  shadows,  a  path- 
way of  rock : 
But  the  horse  and  His  rider  he  drowned  in 

the  sea; 
Jehovah  hath  triumphed,  and  Israel  is  free. 

The  Holy  and  Mighty  One 

Bareth  His  arm; 
And  Pharaoh's  proud  captains 

Are  faint  with  alarm ; 


144 


KGYFT. 


EO-YPT. 


He  stilleth  their  clamor 

Where  mountain  waves  leap, 
And  hushes  forever 

Their  shouts  in  the  deep; 
From  madness  to  stillness;  a  shriek  and  a 

moan ; 
They  sink  to  the  bottom  as  sinketh  a  stone; 
The  horse  and  his  rider  are  drowned  in  the 

sea; 
Jehovah  hath  triumphed,  and  Israel  is  free. 

Forever  and  ever, 

O  Lord !  be  Thy  reign ; 
Thy  mountain  of  beauty, 
Thy  people  shall  gain ; 
The  proud  dukes  of  Edom 

Shall  vanish  away, 
And  princes  of  Moab 
Be  filled  with  dismay; 
For  gently  Thou  leddest  Thy  flock  through 

the  deep, 
And  tenderly  folded  in  safety  Thy  sheep ; 
The  horse  and  his  rider  are  drowned  in  the 

sea, 
Jehovah  hath  triumphed,  and  Israel  is  free. 
From  "Moses,"  ly  Dwight  Williams. 

3358.  EGYPT,  Last  Plague  of. 

Exodus  xii :  29,  30. 
How  brightly  does  the  sunlight  fall 
On  temple,  tower,  and  princely  hall! 
Wild  gleams  afar  the  mighty  Nile, 
As  if  each  wave  had  learned  to  smile ; 
And  every  light  and  stealing  breeze 
That  loves  to  grace  the  morning  hours, 
Hath  dallied  with  the  spicy  trees, 
And  kissed  the  young  and  rising  flowers. 

Yet  there  is  gloom  in  Memphis  now, 
A  cold  despair  on  every  brow ; 
From  him  who  toils  his  life  away, 
The  victim  of  a  tyrant's  sway, 
To  him  who  from  his  gorgeous  throne 
Looks  down  on  Egypt  as  his  own. 
All  shudder,  as  the  morning  sun 
Reveals  a  woe  they  may  not  shun ; 
That  sun  in  mockery  resteth  now 
On  pallid  lip  and  rigid  brow: 
On  manhood's  features,  harsh  and  grim, 
The  beamless  eye  and  pulseless  limb. 
The  cold,  pale  lips  of  childhood  wear. 
The  last  faint  smile  that  quivered  there ; 
And  beauty's  raven  locks  are  thrown 
O'er  features  fixed  as  sculptured  stone. 

Wild,  deep,  and  long  the  wail  is  made 
Above  the  unregarding  dead ; 
The  loud  lament  for  glory  gone ; 
The  wail  for  Egypt's  elder-born  I 
The  monarch  from  his  eye  of  pride 
Hath  dashed  in  scorn  the  tear  aside. 
And  checked  within  himself  the  groan. 
When  fell  the  heir  of  Egypt's  throne! 
The  princely  hall,  the  mailfed  shed. 
Have  each  their  own  devoted  dead; 
Each  hath  the  mourner's  thilling  cry, 
The  mother's  tear,  and  father's  sigh. 


Groans  Israel  'neath  the  spoiler's  tread; 
Rises  her  wail  above  the  dead? 
Not  so;  from  bondage,  chains,  and  toil, 
The  tyrant's  jest,  the  heathen's  spoil, 
Unharmed  by  all  the  plagues  that  bowed 
The  spirits  of  the  stern  and  proud. 
With  cymbal  tone,  and  minstrel  lay, 
Her  joyous  thousands  pass  away, 
And  brightly  in  their  pathway  rise 
The  grateful  fires  of  sacrifice. 

3359.  EGYPT,  Last  Plague  of. 
Exodus  xi :  4-7. 
Night,  gentle  night!  sweet  season  of  rest. 
When  even  the  slave  as  the  monarch  is  blest; 
Mother  benign  !  in  whose  bounty  may  share 
The  wearied  with  pleasure,  the  wearied  with 

care ; 
Once  more  hast  thou  sheltered  the  land  with 

thy  pall. 
And  lonely,  and  lovely,  and  peaceful  is  all ! 
Breathless  the  city  as  yonder  dark  hill, 
The  temples  deserted,  the  palaces  still; 
The  warrior  unmailed  as  the  infant  is  calm, 
His  banner  droops  down  like  the  plumes  of 

the  palm ; 
The  judge  hath  put  off  his  stately  array. 
Only  in  visions  the  ruler  bears  sway; 
Fair  eyes  have  closed   like  the  sisters  the 

flowers,  [hours; 

Watchful  ears   heed   not  the  flight  of  the 
Mother  and  babe  one  soft  slumber  keep. 
Captive  and  mourner  awhile  cease  to  weep. 
And  Egypt  the  splendid,  the  warlike,  but 

seems 
A  kingdom  of  silence,  a  valley  of  dreams. 

'Tis  morn,  and  the  spirit  of  slumber  hath 

fled:  [dead! 

Woe  now  to  the  living!  woe,  woe  for  the 
Myriads  beheld  the  last  setting  sun. 
Myriads  behold  him  now  day  is  begun; 
Warrior,  and  priest,  and  ruler  are  here. 
Maiden,  and  sire,  and  stripling  appear. 
There  is  grandeur,  and  beauty,  and  prowess 

at  hand,  [laud? 

But  where  are  the  first-born,  the  pride  of  the 
The  prince  in  his  palace — where  else  should 

he  dwell?  [cell; 

The  babe  with  its  mother,  the  slave  in  his 
Hunter  and  herdsman,  abroad  in  the  field, 
Chieftain  and  soldier,  each  one  by  his  shield ; 
How  vary  those   first-born  in  fortune  and 

fame  I  [same ; 

But  traverse  wide  Egypt,  their  fate  is  the 
Not  by  the  pestilence,  not  by  the  sword. 
But  smitten  in  slumber,  the  slain  of  the  Lord : 
Of  their  late  breathing  thousands  alone  may 

be  said,  [dead !" 

"They  lay  down  the  living,  they  lie  now  the 

Burst  forth,  glorious  sun,  on  this  day  long 
decreed ;  [freed ! 

The  haughty  are  humbled,  the  captives  are 

Farewell  to  four  ages  of  bondage  and  fears ; 

Farewell  to  the  land  they  have  moistened 
with  tears ; 


E&YPT. 


EGYTPT. 


145 


The  tribes  of  the  chosen  are  gathering  fast; 
Their  late  lords  are  crouching — farewell  to 

the  past ! 
They  need  not  the  splendors  of  martial  array, 
Jehovah  Himself  is  the  guide  of  their  way ; 
His  bright  cloud  their  banners,  His  arm  their 

own  shield ;  [field ! 

Stern  rocks  shall  be  fountains,  the  desert  a 
Oh  shine  as  at  noontide,  great  sun !  on  this 

host,  [boast; 

And  symbol  the  glories  their  future  shall 
And  tiiou,  hoary  Ocean,  with  all  thy  wild 

waves. 
Cease,  cease  thy  vain  roaring,  wind  rest  in 

thy  caves ; 
Make  ready  a  path  through  the  dark  depths 

of  old, 
For  Judah  must  pass  like  a  flock  to  the  fold ; 
But  Egypt  shall  follow,  priest,  people,  and 

throne ; 
Then  rage,  mighty  Ocean,  that  host  is  thine 

own.  M.  J.  J. 

3360.  EGYPT  LEFT  BEHnTD. 

Zechariah  x  ;  10. 
Rise,  my  soul,  thy  God  directs  thee, 

Stranger  hands  no  more  impede ; 
Pass  thou  on,  His  strength  protects  thee. 

Strength  that  has  the  captive  freed. 
Is  the  wilderness  before  thee, 

Desert  lands  where  drought  abides? 
Heavenly  springs  shall  there  restore  thee. 

Fresh  from  God's  exhaustless  tides. 

Light  divine  surrounds  thy  going, 

God  Himself  shall  mark  thy  way ; 
Secret  blessings,  richly  flowing, 

Lead  to  everlasting  day. 
God,  thine  everlasting  portion, 

Feeds  thee  with  the  mighty's  meat ; 
Saved  from  Egypt's  hard  extortion, 

Egypt's  food  no  more  to  eat. 

Art  thou  weaned  from  Egypt's  pleasures? 

God,  in  secret,  shall  thee  keep; 
There  unfold  His  hidden  treasures, 

There  His  love's  exhaustless  deep. 
In  the  desert  God  will  teach  thee 

What  the  God  that  thou  hast  found. 
Patient,  gracious,  powerful,  holy : 

All  His  grace  shall  there  abound. 

On  to  Canaan's  rest  still  wending. 

E'en  thy  wants  and  woes  shall  bring 
Suited  grace  from  high  descending. 

Thou  shalt  taste  of  mercy's  spring. 
Though  thy  way  be  long  and  dreary, 

Eagle  strength  He'll  still  renew ; 
Garments  fresh  and  feet  unweary. 

Tell  how  God  had  brought  thee  through. 

When  to  Canaan's  long-loved  dwelling 
Love  divine  thy  foot  shall  bring, 

There,  with  shouts  of  triumph  swelling, 
Zion's  songs  in  rest  to  sing. 


There  no  stranger-God  shall  meet  thee; 

Stranger  tliou  in  courts  above  ! 
He  who  to  His  rest  shall  greet  thee. 

Greets  thee  with  a  well-known  love 


3361.  EGYPT,  The  Plight  uito. 
Matthew  ii :  13, 14. 

'Tis  noon — the  sun  is  in  the  sky; 

And  from  his  broad  and  burning  ray 
To  groves  and  glens  the  shepherds  fly 

Where  welcome  shade  excludes  the  day. 

Or  rest,  where  sparkling  waters  play 
Like  fairy  streams  of  liquid  gold, 

Such  as  mysterious  legends  say 
Around  the  Fire-King's  palace  roUed. 

Behold  yon  scattered  group  recline 
Beneath  a  tall  oak's  ample  shade, 

A  form  of  manly  port  benign, 

And  one  who  seems  a  loveliest  maid. 
Save  that  within  her  arms  is  laid, 

An  Infant  like  his  mother  fair; 

Though  never  earth-born  babe  displayed 

Such  beauties  as  are  blended  there. 


No  tints  of  healthful  crimsoli  glow 

In  that  fair  Infant's  polished  cheek; 
Paler  His  brow  than  mountain  snow, 

His  dove-like  eyes  serenely  meek. 

No  smiles  around  His  lips  bespeak 
The  joy  of  heart  to  childhood  given : 

But  vain,  oh,  vain  it  were  to  seek 
For  charms  of  earth  in  Child  of  Heaven ! 


For  this  is  He,  the  mystic  Child ! 

Yea,  this  the  Virgin's  promised  Son  1 
Behold  the  mother  undefiled  I 

Behold  her  babe,  the  Holy  One  1 

And  do  they  wander  forth  alone, 
By  Israel  slighted  or  forgot ; 

And,  when  the  Highest  seeks  "His  own," 
Do  even  "His  own"  receive  Him  not? 


Yes !  from  a  despot's  fell  decree, 

To  seek  a  foreign  home  they  fly ; 
And,  Egypt,  once  again  in  thee 

Shall  dwell  the  Holy  Family. 

Where  erst  in  bitter  slavery 
Sad  Israel  mourned  his  joyless  doom; 

There  shall  he  now  his  Light  descry; 
Thence  shall  his  God,  his  Glory,  come  1 


O  happy  mother!  happiest  far 
Of  all  who  felt  a  mother's  throes ! 

What  though  no  more  the  mystic  star 
Above  thy  path  through  darkness  glows, 
When  gazing  on  the  calm  repose 

Of  Him,  thy  cherished  Babe  divine : 
The  bliss  earth's  fondest  mother  knows. 

Oh  I  can  it  give  a  thought  of  thine? 

Thomas  Dale. 


1 


Ea-YIFT. 


I3:i^  a-rioK. 


3362.  EaTPT,  The  Hope  of. 

The  oar  is  dipping  in  the  waves, 

That  bear  me  on  their  watery  wings. 

Farewell  to  Egyi)t's  hind  of  graves ! 
Farewell,  tlie  monuments  of  kings! 

They  died ;  and  clianged  the  living  throne 

For  chambers  of  the  mountain  stone. 

I  trod  the  vast  sepulchral  halls. 

Designed  their  lifeless  dust  to  keep, 

And  read  upon  the  chiselled  walls 
The  emblems  of  their  final  sleep; 

And  learned,  that  when  they  bowed  to  die 

They  hoped  for  immortality. 

Dark  was  the  way.     They  knew  not  how 
That  other  life  would  come  again, 

To  rend  the  flinty  mountain's  brow, 
That  overlooks  the  Theban  plain. 

But  if  aright  their  hearts  they  read, 

The  rocks  at  last  would  yield  their  dead. 

Oh  yes !    The  instincts  of  the  heart, 

In  every  land,  in  every  clime, 
The  great,  ennobling  truth  impart, 

That  life  has  empire  over  time. 
Death  for  eternal  life  makes  room, 
And  heaven  is  born  upon  the  tomb. 

They  saw  the  end,  but  not  the  way. 
The  life  to  come,  but  not  the  power; 

And  felt,  when  called  in  dust  to  lay, 
Tlie  dust  and  anguish  of  the  hour. 

O  Christ !  By  Thee  the  word  is  spoken ; 

The  power  is  given;  the  tomb  is  broken. 
Thomas  C.  Upham. 

3363.  ELAH,  The  Vale  of. 

1  Samuel  xvii :  40-42. 
In  Elah's  vale,  at  summer  eve, 

The  pilgrim  oft  delays. 
O'er  the  now  faded  joys  to  grieve 

For  Israel's  brighter  days ; 
And  lingers  'ncath  the  silent  shade 

Of  many  an  olive  wood. 
Where  once,  in  glittering  lines  arrayed, 

The  hostile  legions  stood. 

In  Elah's  vale  a  brook's  cool  waves 

With  silvery  lustre  gleam, 
And  many  a  lovely  floweret  laves 

Its  blossom  in  the  stream. 
The  murmuring  bee  doth  revel  here. 

And  in  the  sultry  ray 
Oft  doth  the  way-worn  traveller 

His  parching  thirst  allay. 

There,  in  the  lapse  of  ages  fled, 

The  fearless  shepherd  took 
His  weapons  from  the  pebbly  bed 

Of  this  pellucid  brook ; 
Upheld  by  energy  divine, 

As  sacred  records  tell. 
And  soon  the  giant  Philistine 

Before  the  stripling  fell. 


Though  dimmed  be  Israel's  glory  now, 

Forlorn,  but  not  forsaken, 
Hope  doth  impart  a  fervent  glow. 

The  bre.ath  of  prayer  to  waken ; 
That  still  "  the  briglit  and  morning  star" 

May  shed  a  healing  ray. 
The  harbinger  to  realms  afar 

Of  Israel's  happier  day. 

T.  G.  Nicholas, 

3364.  EL  GHOR,  The  Eock  in. 

Dead  Petra  in  her  hill-tomb  sleeps, 
Her  stones  of  emptiness  remain; 

Around  her  sculptured  mystery  sweeps 
The  lonely  waste  of  Edom's  plain. 

From  the  doomed  dwellers  in  the  cleft 
The  bow  of  vengeance  turns  not  back; 

Of  all  her  myriads  none  are  left 
Along  the  Wady  Mousa's  track. 

Clear  in  the  hot  Arabian  day 

Her  arches  spring,  her  statues  climb, 

Unchanged,  the  graven  wonders  pay 
No  tribute  to  the  spoiler,  Time  1 

Unchanged  the  awful  lithograph 
Of  power  and  glory  undertrod, 

Of  nations  scattered  like  the  chaff 

Blown  from  the  threshing-floor  of  God. 

Yet  shall  the  thoughtful  stranger  turn 
From  Petra's  gates,  with  deeper  awe. 

To  mark  afar  the  burial  urn 
Of  Aaron  on  the  cliffs  of  Hor ; 

And  where  upon  its  ancient  guard 
Thy  rock.  El  Ghor,  is  standing  yet, 

Looks  from  its  turrets  desertward, 

And  keeps  the  watch  that  God  has  set. 

The  same  as  when  in  thunders  loud 
It  heard  the  voice  of  God  to  man. 

As  when  it  saw  in  fire  and  cloud 
The  angels  walk  in  Israel's  van. 

Or  when  from  Ezion-Geber'sway 
It  saw  the  long  procession  file. 

And  heard  the  Hebrew  timbrels  jflay 
The  music  of  the  lordly  Nile ; 

Or  saw  the  tabernacle  pause. 

Cloud-bound,  by  Kadesh  Barnea's  wells, 
While  Moses  graved  the  sacred  laws. 

And  Aaron  swung  his  golden  bells. 

Rock  of  the  desert,  prophet-sung ! 

How  grew  its  shadowing  pile  at  length, 
A  symbol,  in  the  Hebrew  tongue, 

Of  God's  eternal  love  and  strength. 

On  lip  of  bard  and  scroll  of  seer. 

From  age  to  age  went  down  the  name, 

Until  the  Shiloh's  promiseil  year. 

And  Christ,  the  llock  of  Ages,  came  1 


ELIJAH. 


ELIJAH. 


147 


The  path  of  life  we  walk  to-day 
Is  strange  as  that  the  Hebrews  trod : 

We  need  the  shadowing  rock,  as  they ; 
We  need,  like  them,  the  guides  of  God. 

God  send  His  angels,  Cloud  and  Fire, 

To  lead  us  o'er  the  desert  sand ! 
God  give  our  hearts  their  long  desire. 

His  shadow  in  a  weary  land ! 

John  GreenleafWMUier. 

3365.  ELIJAH. 

Malachi  iv  :  6. 
Stern,  awful  was  thy  mercy,  Tishbite  seer, 
To  close  heaven's  crystal  doors  for  three  long 

year. 
With  bands  of  thy  strong  prayer,  and  from 

men's  eyes 
To  sweep  each  cloud  from  the  offended  skies. 
Sure  our  apostate  land  is  worse  than  thine. 
Nor  know  we  what  to  seek,  what  to  decline. 

Where  wast  thou  wafted  o'er  earth's  azure 

roof, 
Borne  on  the  whirlwind  wheel  and  fiery  hoof  ? 
From  whence  thou  camest  forth  to  realms  of 

sight, 
With  Moses  on  the  mount  in  radiant  light ; 
And  by  the  gifted  eye  of  faith  was  seen 
In  the  stern  Baptist's  vest  and  awful  mien. 

From  heaven's  calm  mansions  and  ethereal 

cell, 
Where  thou  beyond  the  summer  clouds  dost 

dwell, 
Wilt  thou  again  upon  the  earth  appear, 
In  living  form,  or  type,  or  vision  clear, 
To  harbinger  the  great  Elisha's  sway, 
The  coming  in  of  the  eternal  day? 

Full  much  we  need  thee,   and  thy  mantle 

strong, 
To  part  the  rising  waters !     Envious  wrong 
And  filial  disobedience  lift  on  high 
Their  swelling  waves,  and  seem  to  threat  the 

sky.  Isaao  Williams. 

3366.  ELIJAH,  Angel's  Invitation  to. 

1  Kings  xix  :  5. 
Christian,  did  no  one,  thinkest  thou,  behold 

thee,  [heat? 

What  time  thou  faintedst  in  the  noonday 
Heard'st  thou  no  angel's  voice  which  sweetly 

told  thee. 
The  journey  is  too  great ;  arise  and  eat. 

An  angel's  voice?    Nay,  'twas  thy  God  that 

spake  it 
In  fonder  tones  than  angel  could  repeat ;      * 
Himself  the  food.  His  own  the  hands  that 

brake  it ; 
His  own  the  words  that  bade  thee.  Rise  and 

eat. 

O  fainting,  faltering  wanderer,  art  thou  able 
Still  to  refuse  thy  suppliant  God's  request? 


Be   filled,   ye   hungry,   from  My  bounteous 

table. 
And  come,  ye  weary,  I  will  give  you  rest. 

Oh,  may  His  gracious,  oft-urged  invitation 
Subdue  thee  with  its  tones  so  soft  and  sweet; 
Mayst  thou  at  length,  with  heartfelt  adora- 
And  tearful  penitence,  Arise  and  eat.   [tiou, 

Another  banquet  is  for  thee  preparing, 
Another  feast  thy  longing  eyes  shall  greet; 
An  angel's  voice  shall  break  thy  rest,  declar- 
ing, 
Behold,  all  things  are  ready;  rise  and  eat. 
Lyra  Eucharistica. 

3367.  ELIJAH  and  the  PROPHETS  OF  BAAL. 
1  Kings  xviii  :  20-40. 

The  mountain  lifts  its  form  on  high 
Against  the  azure  of  the  sky; 
And  far  beneath  appears  in  view 
The  sea,  with  waves  of  darker  blue. 

But  what  triumphant  multitude 
Upon  that  flowery  mountain  stood? 
What  acclamations,  loud  and  long, 
Arose  from  that  assembled  throng? 

A  prophet  of  the  Lord  was  there, 
With  form  erect  and  forehead  bare, 
And  flowing  locks  of  radiant  white, 
Transfigured  in  the  golden  light. 

Fearless  he  stood  without  dismay, 
Surrounded  by  that  strange  array ; 
But  well  the  godless  legions  knew 
That  they  were  false,  and  he  was  true. 

At  Baal's  shrine  they  vainly  call. 
No  sacrificial  fire  shall  fall ; 
But  rocks  unhewn,  on  grassy  sod. 
Receive  the  flame  when  reared  to  God. 

But  lo !  upon  the  evening  air. 
Was  heard  the  prophet's  voice  in  prayer : 
"  O  Lord,  the  fount  of  fire  unseal; 
As  Thou  art  God,  Thyself  reveal !" 

That  prayer,  so  earnest,  so  intense, 
Went  up  with  faith's  true  eloquence ; 
And  winged  from  heaven  with  rushing  flame, 
The  suppliant's  awful  answer  came ! 

The  astonished  people,  in  amaze 
Shrink  from  the  preternatural  blaze, 
Then  falling  on  their  faces,  cry, 
"  The  Lord,  He  is  the  God,  most  high!" 

Oh,  vainly  had  the  men  of  pride, 
The  living  God  so  long  defied  ! 
On  stubborn  necks  the  sword  He  drew. 
And  priest  and  idol  perished  too. 

Thus,  when  a  giant  wrong  has  grown. 
And  Evil  builds  itself  a  throne; 
When  "  Who  is  God?"  tlie  proud  ones  say, 
"That  we  should  worship  and  obey?" 


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ELIJAH. 


ELIJAH. 


Then,  from  His  ancient  seat  in  heaven, 
The  word  goes  forth,  the  sign  is  given; 
"The  Lord  is  God!"  the  people  cry. 
And  right  shall  live,  and  wrong  shall  die. 

In  every  age,  and  everywhere. 
The  burden  of  the  prophet's  prayer. 
Though  not  of  fire  or  vengeful  sword, 
Shall  win  an  answer  from  the  Lord. 

Arthur  John  Lockhwrt. 

3368.  ELIJAH,  Antitype  of. 

8  Kings  ii  :  11,  13. 
See  the  true  Elijah  flies, 
Lord  of  those  unfolding  skies! 
Swifter  than  the  whirlwind's  wings 
Flies  the  glorious  King  of  kings ; 
Girt  with  flames  of  living  fire. 
Higher  still  He  soars  and  higher, 
Till  He  gains  His  bright  abode, 
Carries  up  our  hearts  to  God ! 

Jesus,  dear  departing  Lord, 
Hang  we  on  Thy  latest  word; 
Us  who  can  Thy  word  receive, 
Fatherless  Thou  wilt  not  leave : 
Though  we  may  a  moment  mourn. 
Yet  we  look  for  Thy  return ; 
Now  enjoy  the  earnest  given. 
Then  ascend  with  Thee  to  heaven. 

Lord  of  hosts,  to  Thee  we  bow, 
Israel's  car  and  horsemen  Thou  I 
Shall  we  not  Thy  loss  deplore, 
"Whom  we  see  on  earth  no  more? 
Ever  mindful  of  Thine  own. 
Thou  for  us  to  heaven  art  gone. 
Gone  but  to  prepare  our  place. 
Room  for  all  the  ransomed  race. 

J.  and  C.  Wesley. 

3369.  ELIJAH,  Ascent  of.  • 

2  Kings  ii  :  11-13. 
Servant  of  God,  thy  fight  is  fought ; 
Servant  of  God,  thy  crown  is  wrought: 
Lingerest  thou  yet  upon  the  joyless  earth? 
Thy  place  is  now  in  heaven's  high  bowers. 
Far  from  this  mournful  world  of  ours, 
Among  the  sons  of  light,  that  have  a  dif- 
ferent birth. 

Thy  human  task  is  ended  now; 

No  more  the  lightning  of  thy  brow 
Shall  wake  strange  terror  in  the  soul  of  guilt ; 

As  when  thou  wentest  forth  to  fling 

The  curse  upon  the  shuddering  King, 
Yet  reeking  with    the  blood,  the   sinless 
blood,  he  spilt. 

And  all  that  thou  hast  braved  and  borne. 
The  heathen's  hate,  the  heathen's  scorn, 

The  wasting  famine,  and  the  galling  chain. 
Henceforth  these  things  to  thee  shall  seem 
The  phantoms  of  a  bygone  dream ; 

And  rest  shall  be  for  toil,  and  blessedness 
for  pain. 


Such  visions  of  deep  joy  might  roll 
Through  the  rapt  prophet's  inmost  soul. 

As,  with  his  fond  disciple  by  his  side, 
He  passed  with  dry  and  stainless  tread 
O'er  the  submissive  river's  bed. 

And  took  his  onward  way  from  Jordan's 
refluent  tide. 

High  converse  held  those  gifted  seers 
Of  the  dark  fates  of  after  years. 

Of  coming  judgments,  terrible  and  fast; 
The  father's  crime,  the  children's  woe, 
The  noisome  pest,  the  victor  foe. 

And  mercy  sealed,  and  truth  made  manifest 
at  last. 

Thus  as  they  reasoned,  hark !  on  high 
Rolled  back  the  portals  of  the  sky; 

And  from  the  courts  of  the  empyrean  dome 
Came  forth  what  seemed  a  fiery  car. 
On  rushing  wheels,  each  wheel  a  star, 

And  bore  the  prophet  thence — oh,  whither? 
— to  his  home ! 

With  head  thrown  back,   and  hand  up- 
raised, 
Long,  long  that  sad  disciple  gazed, 
As  his  loved  teacher  passed  for  aye  away : 
"Alas,  my  father!"  still  he  cried, 
"One  look,  one  word  to  soothe  and  guide ! 
Chariot  and  horse  are  gone  from  Israel's  tents 
to-day !" 

Earth  saw  the  sign ;  Earth  saw  and  smiled, 
As  to  her  Maker  reconciled;  [along; 

With  gladder  murmur  flowed  the  streams 
Unstirred  by  breath  of  lightest  breeze 
Trembled  the  conscious  cedar  trees, 

And  all  around  the  birds  breathed  gratitude 
in  song. 

Death  frowned  far  off  his  icy  frown, 

The  monarch  of  the  iron  crown. 
First-born  of  Sin,  the  universal  foe; 

Twice  had  his  baffled  darts  been  vain ; 

Death  trembled  for  his  tottering  reign. 
And  poised  the  harmless  shaft,  and  drew  the 
idle  bow. 

To  us  between  the  world  and  heaven 
A  rougher  path,  alas !  is  given ; 

Red  glares  the  torch,  dark  waves  the  funeral 
pall ; 
The  sceptred  king,  the  trampled  slave, 
Go  down  into  the  common  grave,         [all. 

And  there  is  one  decay,  one  nothingness  for 

It  is  a  fearful  thing  to  die ! 

To  watch  the  cheerful  day  flit  by. 
With  all  its  myriad  shapes  of  life  and  love ; 

To  sink  into  the  dreamy  gloom 

That  broods  forever  o'er  the  tomb. 
Where  clouds  are  all  around,  though  heaven 
may  shine  above ! 


ELIJAH. 


KLIJj^JET. 


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But  still  a  firm  and  faithful  trust 
Supports,  consoles,  the  pure  and  just : 
Serene,  though  sad,  they  feel  life's  joys  ex- 
pire; 
And  bitter  though  the  death-pang  be, 
Their  spirits  through  its  tortures  see 
Elijah's  car  of  light,  Elijah's  steeds  of  fire. 
Winthrop  MackwortTi  Praed. 

3370.  ELIJAH,  Description  of. 

The  Tishbite  dread,  Elijah,  stood  in  Ahab's 

ivory  hall : 
His  cloak  the  skin  of  mountain  goat;  his 

robe  a  mohair  pall ; 
His  garb  around  his  sinewy  loins  a  raw-hide 

belt  confined; 
His  hair    and   beard,    like  raven    plumes, 

streamed  dark  along  the  wind ; 
A    strong     acacia's     spiky    stem,     scarce 

smoothed,  was  in  his  hand ; 
His  feet  were  fleshless,  callous,  bare,  and 

tawny  as  the  sand ; 
His  brow,    a    soaring    crag,    o'erhung   his 

swart  and  shaggy  chest. 
And  'neath  its  shades  his  eyes  gleamed  keen 

as  eagles  from  their  nest. 
Remote  from  courts,  corruption,  crime,  in 

that  high  shepherd  land. 
With   God   alone,   his  soul  had  grown  to 

stature  bold  and  grand ; 
And  many  a  wild  and  lonely  glen,  and  many 

sublime. 
Could  tell  how  agonies  with  God  breed  souls 

that  conquer  time. 
From  "Elijah,"  hy  Oeoi-ge Lansing  Taylor. 

3371.  ELIJAH,  Discouragement  of. 

1  Kings  xix  :  1-8. 
Judea's  holy  men,  in  desert  caves,    [shroud ; 
From  the  free  light  of  day  themselves  did 
The  fear  was  on  them  of  untimely  graves. 
To   which    by    Jezebel    their    forms   were 

vowed, 
A  woman,  cruel,  idolatrous,  and  proud ! 
Oh !  many  were  the  brows  before  her  pale. 
Of  men  with  God's  superior  gifts  endowed. 
His  priests  and  prophets,  whose  firm  hearts 

did  fail ; 
For  hundreds  had  she  sacrificed  to  Baal ! 

Even  Elijah,  God's  most  favored  one, 
Fled  to  the  desert  in  his  spirit's  fear; 
And,  wearied  with  his  journey,  slept  alone 
Beneath  a  juniper;  where  to  him  there, 
In  visioned  glory,  did  a  form  appear — 
God's  messenger :   ' '  Elijah !  wake,  arise !" 
The  angel  cried  to  the  reposing  seer; 
' '  Awake !  renew,  with  these  required  sup- 
plies. 
For  forty  days  and  nights  thy  wasted  ener- 
gies !" 

Thrilled  with  the  seraph's  voice,  Elijah  rose. 
And  from  his  waking  eyes  the  vision  fled: 
No  longer,  vexed  with  shame  and  Israel's 
woes, 


Called  he  on  God  to  name  him  with  the 

dead! 
But  ate  and  drank,  and  on  his  journey  sped. 
Sustained  with  food  the  angel  had  supplied ; 
And  by  the  Lord  in  spirit  to  Horeb  led, 
A  cave  he  found  within  the  mountain  side. 
And  lonely  in  his  grief  did  there   awhile 

abide. 


Thus  far  from  man  he  dwelt ;  yet  in  the  eye 
Of  the  All-seeing  present,  though  alone. 
A  voice  he  heard;  a  message  from  the  sky 
Stole  on  his  ear,  with  its  mysterious  tone: 
The  playful  wind  that  kissed  the  caverned 

stone 
Perchance  it  seemed?  No.  Well  Elijah  knew 
The  voice,  with  him  through  years  familiar 

grown : 
He  heard ;  and  his  emotions  to  subdue 
He  strove,   and  girt   his   loins,  and  to  the 

cave's  mouth  drew. 

Then  gloom  was  on  the  mountain,  and  the 

flame 
Of  heaven  flashed  round  him  with  a  fearful 

light; 
And  the  impetuous  winds  all  wildly  came. 
Till  rocks  were  rent  before  them  in  their 

flight;    _ 
And  day,  as  with  anticipated  night,       [air; 
Was  black ;  and  thunders  shook  the  murky 
An  earthquake  tossed  the  mountain  in  its 

might ; 
Yet  with  all  these  was   God   not  present 

there. 
In  the  dread  earthquake's  shock,  the  winds 

nor  lightning's  glare. 

The  thunder  ceased;  the  earthquake's  vio- 
lent rush 
Was    quieted;    the    lightnings  flashed    no 

more; 
And  in  the  gentle  solitude  and  hush, 
As  died  away  the  storm's  majestic  roar. 
The  "still  small  voice"  was  audible  as  be- 
fore: 
"What  doest  thou  here,  Elijah?"     The  seer 

heard. 
And  on  the  earth  fell  prostrate,  to  adore 
That  awful  Presence,  whose  mysterious  word 
Pierced  to  his  inmost  heart;  then  he  this 
plaint  preferred : 

"  Oh !  I  was  jealous  for  the  Lord  of  hosts, 
With  Israel  vexed,  and  to  the  desert  fled ; 
The  hand  of  violence  is  on  all  her  coasts. 
Her  altars  are  o'erturned,  her  priests  have 

bled; 
The  temple  is  profaned,  the  seers  are  dead. 
The  righteous  to  the  unrighteous  are  a  prey. 
And  for  Jehovah,  Baal  is  worshipped; 
And  I,  I  only,  live  to  see  this  day. 
Yet  even  my  life  they  seek,  and  feign  would 

take  i*way." 


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ELIJAH. 


ELIJAH. 


Oh,  time  of  trial  for  the  just  and  true! 
Of  fiery  ordeal  to  the  pure  in  heart ! 
A  time  the  lukewarm  spirit  to  subdue  ! 
To  cause  the  weak  and  wavering  to  depart; 
But  not  the  righteous !    No :  in  them  to  start 
Redoubled  zeal,  redoubled  power  to  bear 
The  keenest  efforts  of  the  torturer's  art; 
Nobly  to  die  for  God  !  but  not  to  dare 
To  breathe   at   other   shrines  the  voice  of 
praise  and  prayer. 

Yet  are  there  seasons  when  the  spirit  seems 
Reft  of  that  holy  influence,  which  so  well 
From  lowest  degradation  oft  redeems 
[Man's  frailer  sense,  that  fainly  w^ould  rebel: 
In  such  an  hour  it  was  that  Adam  fell, 
And  thence  was  from  his  Paradise  exiled; 
In  such  an  hour  Elijah  fled,  to  dwell, 
Doubtful  to  trust  in  God,  with  fears  beguiled, 
In  Horeb's  mountain  cave,  a  refuge  in  the 
wild,  Richard  Jlowitt. 


3372.  ELIJAH,  Elisha  and. 
2  Kings  ii  :  15. 

Stern  remembrancer  of  error, 

With  the  lightning  of  thine  eye 
Locking  with  the  key  of  terror 

All  the  portals  of  the  sky, 
Calling  while  the  blessing  lingers. 

Laving  flames  on  Carmel's  steep, 
Ere  the  cloud  with  dewy  fingers 

Scoops  the  vapors  of  the  deep: 
Man  of  God,  no  Christ  I  see; 
What  have  I  to  do  with  thee? 


Earth  with  fire  and  blood  baptizing. 

Mingling  with  the  gracious  rain, 
Then,  on  wheels  of  flame  i\prising. 

Shine  upon  the  mount  again; 
There  with  wrathful  Moses  standing, 

Smiting  with  the  vengeful  rod. 
Fire  from  heaven  and  earth  commanding, 

Make  thee  like  the  Son  of  God: 
Darkest  of  the  clouded  Three, 
We  will  build  no  house  for  thee ! 

Cast  thy  mantle  on  another. 

Who  shall  all  thy  terrors  quell. 
Kissing  father,  kissing  mother. 

Ere  he  bids  the  world  farewell ; 
Like  thee  only  once  in  cursing, 

When  the  scoffing  sons  rebel. 
As  the  spirit  gently  nursing. 

Save  when  Ananias  fell : 
There  the  Son  of  God  I  see ; 
Prophet,  let  me  cleave  to  thee ! 

Thine  the  still  small  voice  remaining, 
Chiding  Iloreb's  stormy  blast, 

Hushing  all  the  world's  complaining. 
When  the  flaming  law  is  past; 

Bidding  with  the  minstrel's  soothing 
All  our  angry  passions  cease. 


Softened  by  the  spirit's  smoothing 
All  to  gentleness  and  peacr, 
Perfect  love  without  a  fear, 
Sou  of  God,  I  see  Thee  near! 

H.  Kynaston. 

3373.  ELIJAH  FED  BY  EAVENS, 
1  Kings  xvii :  6. 

Elijah's  example  declares. 

Whatever  distress  may  betide. 
The  saints  may  commit  all  their  cares 

To  Ilim  who  will  surely  provide ; 
When  rain  long  withheld  from  the  earth 

Occasioned  a  famine  of  bread, 
The  prophet,  secured  from  the  dearth, 

By  ravens  was  constantly  fed. 

More  likely  to  rob  than  to  feed 

Were  ravens  who  lived  upon  prey; 
But  when  the  Lord's  people  have  need. 

His  goodness  will  find  out  a  way: 
This  instance  to  those  may  seem  strange 

Who  know  not  how  faith  can  prevail ; 
But  sooner  all  nature  shall  change 

Than  one  of  God's  promises  fail. 

Nor  is  it  a  singular  case: 

The  wonder  is  often  renewed ; 
And  many  can  say,  to  His  praise, 

He  sends  them  by  ravens  their  food : 
Thus  worldlings,  though  ravens  indeed, 

Though  greedy  and  selfish  their  mind, 
If  God  has  a  servant  to  feed. 

Against  their  own  wills  can  be  kind. 

Thus  Satan,  that  raven  unclean. 

Who  croaks  in  the  ears  of  the  saints. 
Compelled  by  a  power  unseen 

Administers  oft  to  their  wants ; 
God  teaches  them  how  to  find  food, 

From  all  the  temptations  they  feel; 
This  raven  who  thirsts  for  my  blood 

Has  helped  me  to  many  a  meal. 

How  safe  and  how  happy  are  they 

Who  on  the  good  sliepherd  rely  ! 
He  gives  them  out  strength  for  their  day, 

Their  wants  he  will  surely  supply; 
He  ravens  and  lions  can  tame. 

All  creatures  obey  his  command: 
Then  let  me  rejoice  in  his  name, 

And  leave  all  my  cares  in  His  hand. 

John  Newton. 


3374.  ELIJAH  IN  THE  WILDERNESS. 

1  Kings  xix  :  1-9. 
When  from  before  the  threatening  queen 

Far,  for  his  life,  the  prophet  fled. 
He  durst  not  seek  the  fields  of  green. 

But  straightway  to  the  desert  sped. 

There,  'neath  the  juniper,  he  came 
To  make  its  flavoring  shade  his  rest, 

For  languor  bent  his  aged  frame, 

And  heavier  woe  his  heart  oppressed. 


TGLIJA.II. 


ELIJAH. 


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Losing  his  trust,  that  weary  day, 

He  lifta  the  murmuring  voice  on  higli: 

"Now  talce,  O  Lord,  my  life  away! 
It  is  enough — now  let  me  die !" 

As  thus  he  lay  amid  the  waste, 

His  faithful  God  beheld  him  there, 

And,  pitying,  bade  His  angel  haste 
His  grief  to  soothe,  his  meal  prepare. 

Then  rose  the  seer  His  name  to  bless. 
Who  for  the  houseless  wanderer  spread 

A  table  in  the  wilderness. 

And  there  with  strengthening  waters  fed. 

3375.  ELIJAH  IS  THE  WILDERNESS. 

Thus  prayed  the  prophet  in  the  wilderness : 
"God  of  my  fathers!  look  on  my  distress; 
My  days  are  spent  in  vanity  and  strife. 
Oh  that  the  Lord  would  please  to  take  my  life ! 
Beneath  the  clods  through  this  lone  valley 

spread. 
Fain  would  I  join  the  generation  dead !" 

Heaven  deigned  no  answer  to  that  murmur- 
ing prayer: 
Silence  that  thrilled  the  blood  alone  was 

there ; 
Down  sunk  his  weary  limbs,  slow  heaved 

his  breath. 
And  sleep  fell  on  him  with  a  weight  like  death. 
Dreams  raised  by  evil  spirits  hovered  near, 
Thronged  with  strange  thoughts  and  images 

of  fear; 
The  abominations  of  the  Gentiles  came : 
Detested  Chemosh,  Moloch  clad  with  flame, 
Ashtaroth,   queen  of  heaven,   with  moony 

crest. 
And  Baal,  sunlike,  high  above  the  rest, 
Glared  on  him,  gnashed  their  teeth,  then 

sped  away 
Like  ravening  vultures  to  their  carrion-prey, 
Where  every  grove  grew  darker  with  their 

rites. 
And  blood  ran  reeking  down  the  mountain 

heights. 
But  to  the  living  God,  throughout  the  land, 
He  saw  no  altar  blaze,  no  temple  stand; 
Jerusalem  was  dust,  and  Zion's  hill, 
Like  Tophet's  valley,  desolate  and  still : 
The  prophet   drew   one   deep    desponding 

groan, 
And  his  heart  died  within  him  like  a  stone. 

An  angel's  touch  the  dire  entranceraent  broke, 
"Arise  and  eat,  Elijah!"     He  awoke. 
And  found  a  table  in  the  desert  spread. 
With  water  in  the  cruse  beside  his  head  ; 
He  blessed  the  Lord,  who  turned  away  his 

prayer. 
And  feasted  on  the  heaven-provided  fare ; 
Then  sweeter  slumber  o'er  his  senses  stole, 
And  sunk  like  life  new-breathed  into  his  soul. 
And  dream  brought  David's  city  on  his  sight: 
Shepherds  were  watching  v'er  their  flocks 

by  night, 


Around  them  uncreated  splendor  olazcd. 
And  heavenly  hosts  their  hallelujahs  raised; 
A  theme  unknown  since  sin  to  death  gave 

birth, 
"Glory  to  God!     good-will  and  peace  on 

earth !" 
They  sang ;  his  heart  responded  to  the  strain, 
Though  memory  sought  to  keep  the  words 

in  vain. 
The  vision  changed :  amid  the  gloom  serene 
One  star  above  all  other  stars  was  seen; 
It  had  a  light,  a  motion  of  its  own, 
And  o'er  a  humble  shed  in  Bethlehem  shone. 
He  looked,  and  lo !  an  infant  newly  born, 
That  seemed  cast  out  to  poverty  and  scorn, 
Yet  Gentile  kings  its  advent  came  to  greet, 
Worshipped,  and  laid  their  treasure  at  its 

feet. 
Musing  what  this  mysterious  Babe  might  be. 
He  saw  a  sufferer  stretched  upon  a  tree; 
Yet  while  the  victim  died,  by  men  abhorred, 
Creation's egonies  confessed  Him  Lord. 
Again  the  angel  smote  the  slumberer's  side: 
"Arise  and  eat;  the  way  is  long  and  wide." 
He  rose  and  ate,  and  with  unfainting  force 
Through  forty  days  and  nights  upheld  his 

course. 
Horeb,  the  mount  of  God,  he  reached,  and 
Within  a  cavern  till  the  cool  of  day.        [lay 
"What  dost  thou  here,  Elijah?"     Like  the 

tide 
Brake  that  deep  voice  through  silence.     He 

replied, 
"I  have  been  very  jealous  for  thy  cause. 
Lord  God  of  Hosts !  for  men  make  void  Thy 

laws ;  ,  [slain 

Thy  people  have  thrown  down  Thy  altars 
Thy  prophets — I,  and  I  alone,  remain  ; 
My  life  with  reckless  vengeance  they  pursue, 
xind  what  can  I  against  a  nation  do?" 

"  Stand  on  the  mount  before  the  Lord,  and 

know 
That  wrath  or  mercy  at  My  will  I  show." 
Anon  the  power  that  holds  the  winds  let  fly 
Their  devastating  armies  through  the  sky; 
Then  shook  the  wilderness,  the  rocks  were 

rent. 
As  when  Jehovah  bowed  the  firmament. 
And  trembling  Israel,  while  he  gave  the  law, 
Beheld  his  symbols,  but  no  image  saw. 
The  storm  retired,  nor  left  a  trace  behind; 
The  Lord  passed  by :  He  came  not  with  the 

wind. 
Beneath  the  prophet's  feet  the  shuddering 

ground 
Clave,  and  disclosed  a  precipice  profound. 
Like  that  which  opened  to  the  gates  of  hell. 
When  Korah,  Dathan,  and  Abiram  fell; 
Again  the  Lord  passed  by,  but  unrevealed; 
He  came  not  with  the  earthquake — all  was 

sealed. 

A  new  amazement !  vale  and  mountain  turned 
Red    as    the   battle-field   with   blood,  then 
burned 


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ELIJAH. 


EX^Uu^H. 


Up  to  the  stars,  as  terrible  a  flame 
As  shall  devour  this  universal  frame; 
Elijah  watched  it  kindle,  spread,  expire; 
The  Lord  passed  by :  He  came  not  with  the 
fire. 

A  still  small  whisper  breathed  upon  his  ear ; 
He  wrapped  his  mantle  round  his  face  with 

fear ; 
Darkness  that  might  be  felt  involved  him ; 
With  expectation  of  a  voice  to  come,  [dumb 
He  stood  upon  the  threshold  of  the  cave 
As  one  long  dead,  just  risen  from  the  grave, 
In  the  last  judgment.     Came  the  voice  and 

cried, 
"What  dost  thou  here,  Elijah?"  He  replied, 
"  I  have  been  very  jealous  for  thy  cause. 
Lord  God  of  Hosts !  for  men  make  void  Thy 

laws ; 
Thy  people  have  thrown  down  Thine  altars, 

slain 
Thy  prophets — I,  and  I -alone,  remain; 
My  life  with  ruthless  violence  they  pursue, 
And  what  can  I  against  a  nation  do?" 

"  My  day  of  vengeance  is  at  hand :  the  year 
Of  My  redeemed  shall  suddenly  appear. 
Go  thou,  anoint  two  kings,  and  in  thy  place 
A  prophet  to  stand  up  before  My  face ; 
Then   he  who  'scapes   the    Syrian's  sword 

shall  fall 
By  his  whom  to  Samaria's  throne  I  call; 
And  he  who  'scapes  from  Jeliu,  in  that  day, 
Him  shall  the  judgment  of  Elisha  slay. 
Yet  hath  a  remnant  been  preserved  by  Me : 
Seven  thousand  souls  who  never  bowed  the 

knee 
To  Baal's  image,  nor  have  kissed  his  shrine ; 
These  are  My  jewels,  and  they  shall  be  Mine 
When  to   the   world    My  righteousness  is 

shown, 
And,  root  and  branch,  idolatry  o'erthrown." 

So  be  it,  God  of  truth !  yet  why  delay? 
With  Thee  a  thousand  years  are  as  one  day ; 
Oh  crown  Thy  people's  hopes,  dispel  their 

fears. 
And  be  to-day  with  Thee  a  thousand  years! 
Cut  short  the  evil,  bring  the  blessed  time. 
Avenge  thine  own  elect  from  clime  to  clime ; 
Let  not  an  idol  in  Thy  path  be  spared, 
All  share  the  fate  which  Baal  long  hath 

shared ; 
Nor  let  seven  thousand  only  worship  Thee : 
Make  every  tongue  confess,  bow  every  knee ; 
Now  o'er  the  promised  kingdoms  reign  Thy 

Son, 
Our  Lord  through  all  the  earth.  His  name 

be  one ! 
Hast  Thou  not  spoken?  Shall  it  not  be  done? 
t'  James  Montgomery. 

3376.  ELIJAH  ON  CAEMEL. 
1  Kings  xviii :  42. 

In  the  presence  of  approaching  good, 
On  Carmel's  height  the  prophet  stood ; 


And  though  the  blazing  sun  had  spread 
A  sky  of  brass  above  his  head ;  [knew 

Though  the  parched  earth  through  years  nor 
The  gracious  rain  nor  gentle  dew; 
Strong  in  the  promise  and  the  power. 
Faith's  ear  drank  in  the  coming  shower, 
And  now  with  prayer  he  waits  the  hour. 

Six  times  the  prophet's  servant  gave 

His  eager  glances  to  the  wave, 

But  the  horizon  made  no  sign 

Across  its  hard  and  burning  line. 

But  faith  is  strong;  he  looked  again: 

A  small  cloud  issued  from  the  main, 

Small  as  the  least  of  clouds  that  lie 

Like  snow  flakes  on  a  summer  sky. 

Within  him  leaped  the  prophet's  soul 

As  on  the  spreading  blessing  stole;  [bowed, 

Till  with  their  freight   the   dark   heavens 

And  rushed  the  torrent  long  and  loud. 

And  Judah's  parched  and  withered  sod 

Now  felt  a  long-neglected  God. 

How  oft,  like  Judah,  we  have  known 
No  God  but  idols  of  our  own ; 
Our  soul's  best  powers,  all  high  desires 
Withered  by  sins  consuming  fires ! 
Forgive  us,  Lord,  and  from  above 
Drop  gentle  dews  that  nourish  love, 
Till  the  full  tide  of  grace  divine 
Rush  on  our  hearts  and  make  us  Thine. 

Snow. 

3377.  ELIJAH  ON  HOEEB. 
1  Kings  xix  :  9-13. 
Away  from  the  city  and  gay  resort, 

Where  the  bustling  multitudes  throng; 
From  the  palace-hall  and  the  temple-court, 

From  the  revel  of  dance  and  song ! 
Away  from  a  people  that  spurn  their  Lord, 

From  the  perilous  struggle  and  strife. 
From  the  maddening  queen  and  the  menacing 

Away,  in  escape  for  life  !  [sword — 

Let  me  stand  on  the  spot  where  the  old  seer 

In  the  mountain's  wild  retreat,        [stood, 
By  the  bush  that  burned  with  the  fire  of  God, 

And  hearkened  with  naked  feet ! 
Perchance    where   he  stood   on    that   holy 
ground, 

And  heard  the  unspeakable  name, 
I  shall  find  the  dread  face  of  the  God  he 

And  the  voice  of  the  great  I  AM.   [found, 

Let  me  hide  'neath  the  cloud  of  glory  that 
swept 
O'er  the  seer  in  the  cleft  of  the  rock. 
Where  the  thunders  pealed  and  the  light- 
nings leapt. 
And  the  earthquake  heaved  its  shock ! 
Perchance  I  shall  come  to  the  burning  throne 

Whence  the  Voice  proclaimed  the  law. 
And  the  people  shrank  from  its   dreadful 
tone, 
And  shuddered  with  breathless  awe. 


ELU-A-H. 


ELIJAH. 


153 


Through  the  desert  wilds  the  prophet  trod, 

On  his  journey  of  many  days, 
Till  he  saw  the  hoary  mount  of  God 

Uplift  to  his  wistful  gaze ; 
And  there  on  the  sacred  ground  he  bowed, 

And  moaned  out  his  plaintful  cry: 
"Let  me  see  Thy  face,  O  Thou  hidden  God, 

Let  me  hear  Thy  voice,  and  die !" 

He  looked  in  the  burning  blue  of  the  sky. 

No  God  shone  there  in  the  light ! 
He  looked  on  the  pinnacled  summits  high. 

No  God  throned  there  in  tlie  height! 
He  looked  in  the  gloom  of  the  hollow  cave. 

And  listened  with  awe-struck  fear; 
The  brooding  darkness  no  answer  gave, 

Save   the   whisper:     "What   doest  thou 
here?" 

The  tempest    tore  through    the  mountain 
No  God  did  rend  the  rock !  [chasm : 

The  earthquake  upheaved  the  ground  with 
No  God  was  in  the  shock !         [its  spasm : 

The  thunderbolt  gleamed  its  flashes  of  ire: 
No  God  was  in  the  flame  !  [ning's  Are 

Nor  whirlwind  nor   earthquake   nor  light- 
Voice  the  word  of  the  great  I  AM ! 

Apart  at  last  from  the  roar  and  the  rush. 

Apart  from  the  deafening  din. 
In  the  whirlwind's  lull  and  the  cavern's  hush. 

He  turned  his  ear  within. 
Where  the  pulses  throb  with  their  measured 

'Neath  the  bosom's  rise  and  fall,        [beat. 
And  he  caught  the  murmur,  so  sad,  so  sweet. 

Of  the  voice  so  still  and  small. 

So  still !    As  when  in  the  hush  of  the  breeze 

Steals  a  murmured  monotone. 
And  the  silence  breathes  to  the  listening 

Its  secret  in  plaintful  moan !  [trees 

So  small !  As  when  in  the  distant  throb 

Of  surges  upon  the  shore, 
The  ocean  sighs  in  the  smothered  sob — 

Its  might  in  the  muffled  roar  ! 

So  still  and  small  on  his  ear  it  stole, 

He  knew  not  from  whence  it  came, 
But  knew  'twas  the  echo  of  his  soul 

To  the  voice  of  the  great  I  AM ! 
And  with  face  enwrapped  in  his  prophet's 

With  spirit  subdued  and  awed,  [pall, 

He  stood  to  hear  in  its  mystic  call 

The  will  and  the  word  of  God  1 

What  doest  thou  here,  O  thou  man  of  God? 

Not  here  on  the  mountain's  crest. 
Not  here  in  the  roar  of  the  thunders  loud. 

But  within  thy  conscious  breast; 
Not  there  in  the  rush  of  the  bustling  crowd, 

Not  there  in  the  altar-flame, 
But  in  souls  that  never  to  idols  have  bowed. 

Hear  the  voice  of  the  great  I  AM ! 

Go  back  to  the  palace  ar.d  temple-court, 
And  brave  the  edsre  of  the  sword ! 


Go  back  to  the  city  and  thronged  resort. 
With  the  still  small  voice  of  the  Lord ! 

Go  stand  in  thy  place  and  utter  His  will. 
In  the  ears  of  the  court  and  the  crowd, 

Till  the  hearts  of  the  multitude  tremble  and 
With  the  still  small  voices  of  God !  [thrill 

And  the  breath  of  thy  spirit's  hot  desire, 

And  the  word  that  burns  in  thy  bones, 
Shall  uplift  thee  on  wings  and  wheels  of  fire, 

In  thy  flight  to  my  burning  thrones; 
And  the  spirit  dropped  with  thy  prophet's  pall 

Shall  light  through  the  ages  its  flame, 
In  the  souls  that  hear,  so  still  and  small, 

The  voice  of  the  great  I  AM ! 

"What  doest  thou  here?"  "What  doest  thou 

Osoul!  hear  the  voices  within,       [there?" 
Rebuking  thy  doubt  and  dark  despair. 

Dispelling  thy  sorrow  and  sin ! 
Whose  sound  is  the  roll  of  the  wheels  of  fire, 

And  the  rush  of  the  steeds  of  flame. 
That  speed  thee  to  duty,  still  swifter  and 

On  thy  course  to  the  great  I  AM !  [higher, 
Homer  N.  Dunning. 

3378.  ELIJAH  ON  HOEEB. 
1  Kings  xix  :  9-14. 
On  Horeb's  brow  the  Tishbite  stands. 
Encompassed  round  with  burning  sands; 
He  felt  the  sullen  earthquake's  shock, 
The  heaving  ground,  the  reeling  rock; 
Beheld  the  whirlwind's  awful  force. 
Rending  the  mountains  in  its  course, 
And  flre  that  seemed  to  fill  the  sky. 
Showing  that  Israel's  God  drew  nigh. 
Distinctly  in  the  desert  drear 
A  still  small  voice  now  strikes  his  ear, 
"Elijah,  say,  what  dost  thou  here?" 

"I  have  been  jealous  for  the  Lord, 
Contemning  Ahab's  cruel  sword ; 
And  stood  on  Carmel's  height  unmoved, 
Where  I  Thy  people's  sin  reproved ; 
For  they  Thy  altars  have  o'erthrown, 
Thy  prophets  slain,  and  I  alone 
Assert  the  honor  of  Thy  name." 
With  whom  now  dwells  this  holy  flame, 
If  the  great  Judge  should  now  appear? 
How  few  like  him,  with  heart  sincere. 
Durst  thus  avow  what  do  they  here ! 

Am  I  then  jealous  for  the  Lord, 

Or,  like  to  Israel,  scorn  His  word? 

Like  them,  are  idols  my  desire? 

Quench  I  like  them  the  Spirit's  fire? 

Alas !  when  with  Thy  saints  I  pray, 

To  realms  remote  my  thoughts  will  stray, 

Intent  on  scheme^of  worldly  pleasure, 

Ambition's  dream  or  earth-born  treasure, 

Till,  roused,  I  start  with  sudden  fear. 

As  conscience  whispers  in  my  ear, 

"  Can  God  approve  what  thou  dost  here?" 

O  Lord !  henceforward  let  it  be 
My  whole  desire  to  follow  Thee, 


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ELU^^H. 


ELIJAH:. 


To  glory  in  my  Saviour's  cross, 
And  nil  beside  to  count  as  dross; 
Elijah-like,  each  sin  I'll  slay, 
Like  him  each  high  command  obey; 
Press  forward  on  the  narrow  road, 
Deriving  strength  and  hope  from  God, 
Then  Death's  dread  voice  I  need  not  fear; 
Jesus  shall  whisper  in  mine  ear, 
"My  servant,  thou  hast  well  done  here  !" 

Sheen. 

3379.  ELIJAH  PEAYING  FOE  EAIN. 
1  Kings  xviii  :  42-45. 
The  watcher  stood  on  Carmel's  height, 

With  eager,  longing  eye, 
Gazing  across  the  sobbing  sea, 

Scanning  tlie  burning  sky; 
Wiiilo  with  bowed  head  between  his  knees, 

Scorched  by  the  sun's  fierce  glow, 
The  prophet,  i^rcsscd  with  anguish  sore, 

Prayed  in  the  vale  below ; 

Watched  for  the  coming  of  the  cloud. 

Prayed  for  the  blessed  rain, 
To  shade  the  burning  of  the  sky, 

To  cheer  the  earth  again ; 
The  cloud  with  wind,  like  breath  of  God, 

Among  the  thick  tree-tops, 
The  rain,  like  rush  of  angels'  wings, 

Murm'rous  with  pattering  drops. 

"Nothing  !  nothing  !"  the  watcher  cried, 

"  No  cloud,  no  sign  of  rain  ! 
The  same  fierce  sun  that  burns  the  earth 

Burns  o'er  the  watery  main." 
Again  the  prophet  bowed  his  head 

Between  his  knees  and  prayed ; 
Again  the  watcher's  eye  looked  for 

The  blessing  still  delayed. 

"Nothing!  nothing!"  the  watcher  cried, 

"No  cloud,  no  sign  of  rain  !" 
The  prophet,  laboring  in  prayer. 

Bowed  'twixt  his  knees  again. 
And  thus  twice,  thrice,  seven  times   they 

With  faith  that  cannot  fail,  [strive. 

One  watching  on  the  mount  above. 

One  wrestling  in  the  vale ! 

"  Oh !  can  it  be  the  God  whose  breath 

Burns  like  consuming  fire. 
Scorching  the  earth  and  sky  and  sea 

With  blast  of  judgment  dire? 
Oh !  can  it  be  the  God  whose  flame 

Consumes  the  sacrifice? 
The  wood,  stones,  water,  all  ablaze 

In  incense  to  the  skies. 

"Oh!  can  it  be  this  God  M?hose  wrath 

Our  prostrate  souls  approve. 
So  burning  in  Ilis  holiness. 

Is  not  a  God  of  love? 
O  Heaven !  for  thy  dear  mercy's  sake, 

Accept  oiir  sacrifice ! 
Dissolve  this  spell  of  burning  wrath. 

Oh,  melt  these  brazen  skies!" 


Seven   times   the    two   souls  watched   and 

Seven  times  with  faith  and  hope,   [prayed. 
When  from  the  sea  a  little  cloud 

Pushes  its  finger  up. 
A  hand  !  a  hand!  a  cloud-formed  hand  I 

The  hand  God's  chosen  find 
Always  revealed  to  point  before 

AVhen  God  is  close  behind ! 

And  swelling  in  proportions  vast 

Reveals  an  awful  form ; 
God  coming  in  His  majesty, 

God  in  the  blessed  storm ; 
Blackening   the   heavens  with   clouds   and 

Pouring  the  welcome  rain;  [wind. 

Filling  the  thirsty  earth  with  floods 

Of  life  and  joy  again! 

O  watchers  on  the  mountain  height! 

Stand  with  eye  steadfast  there; 
O  wrestlers  in  the  vale  beneath, 

Cease  not  your  sevenfold  prayer! 
God  will  not  always  frown :  He  will 

Accept  your  sacrifice 
Of  loving  hearts  and  praying  hands; 

God  will  in  love  arise ! 

A  finger,  hand,  an  arm,  a  form 

Of  power  and  grace  divine ! 
The  heavens  shall  swell  with  blessed  showers. 

The  earth  with  rain-drops  shine! 
Oh,  dare  with  loving  hearts  to  bring 

The  sacrifice  of  blood ! 
While  Hope  stands  watching  on  the  mount. 

And  Faith  lays  hold  on  God ! 

Homer  N.  Dunning. 

3380.  ELIJAH,  Searching  for. 

2  Kings  ii  :  14-1 7. 
When  saints  forsake  our  mean  abode, 

Our  hearts  should  after  them  ascend; 
Inquire,  where  is  Elijah's  God, 

The  God  of  my  translated  friend? 
Ilis  God  and  mine  forever  lives, 

Giver  of  immortality, 
And  who  but  now  my  friend  receives. 

Shall  send  the  chariot  soon — for  me ! 

To  traverse  hills  and  dales  is  vain, 

Or  search  the  world  around ; 
It  cannot  bring  us  to  the  man 

On  earth  no  longer  found: 
But  following  Him  in  holy  love. 

In  zeal,  and  faith,  and  prayer, 
We  soon  shall  find  the  seer  above. 

And  share  his  rapture  there. 

J.  and  0.  Wesley. 

3381.  ELIJAH'S  PIEE  TEST. 

1  Kings  xviii  :  17-40. 
Clad  in  a  hairy  robe  of  coarsest  weed. 
And  girt  as  one  for  battle  or  for  speed. 
He  looks  no  denizen  of  land  so  dread, 
A  land  whose  living  scarce  can  hide  its  dead ; 
But  one  whose  valor  never  brooked  a  lord, 
Who  never  stooped  to  famine,  or  the  sword. 


ELIJ^KC. 


ELIJ^VH. 


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But  from  a  land  remote  had  hither  come, 
To  gaze.  Himself  unmoved,  on  Israel's  doom. 
Yet  is  He  all  unmoved?  'Twere  hard  to  trace 
The  deep-wrought  feelings  of  that  holy  face. 
Grief  sits  upon  that  forehead  broad  and  high. 
Yet  'tis  not  grief  that  sparkles  from  his  eye. 
There  is  a  fire  that  springs  not  of  the  earth. 
That  draws  from  no  poetic  fount  its  birth, 
But  deeper,  brighter,  holier  is  its  glow. 
Than  springs  from  mortal  thought — from  joy 

or  woe ! 
It  is  Elijah ;  prophet  of  the  Lord,        [word. 
Fraught  with  the  bearing  of  His  Master's 
For  him  the  heavens  are  shut,  the  people 

mourn 
For  Him,  God's  prophet,  laughed  by  man  to 

scorn. 
He  comes  at  Heaven's  behest,  to  set  before 
His  race  a  blessing  and  a  curse,  once  more ; 
To  wake,  by  mighty  signs,  that  ancient  awe 
"Which  Israel  felt  for  Moses  and  the  Law, 
And  teach  her  sons  that  He  their  sires  adored 
Is  still  the  same    unchanged,  unconquered 

Lord, 

The  crowds  are  met  on  Carmel ;  'tis  a  scene 
Such  as  again  will  be  not,  nor  hath  been. 
From  utmost  Dan,  to  far  Beersheba's  bound, 
Wherever  Israel's  name  and  race  are  found, 
They  gather  fast ;  and  pour  their  human  tide. 
In  swelling  waves,  on  Carmel's  grassy  side. 
There  sits  the  monarch  on  his  ivory  throne, 
With  eye  of  evil  fire,  and  heart  of  stone. 
Around,  the  ranks  of  white-stoled  prophets 

stand. 
That  lift  to  heathen  Baal  apostate  hand ; 
While  those  who  consecrate  the  groves  are 

seen 
In  rival  pride  to  circle  round  his  queen. 
Silence  through  all  that  mighty  concourse 

spread. 
And  stillness,  such  as  fills  the  heart  with 

dread. 
As  to  the  centre  of  that  ring,  they  scan, 
Slowly  advancing  still,  that  single  man! 
They  gaze  with  awe ;  and  as  the  lines  they 

trace 
Of  grief  and  thought  upon  the  well-known 

face. 
Dim  recollection  dawns  of  former  days, 
Ere  Israel  left  his  God  for  crooked  ways; 
Of  meekest  Closes,  with  his  rod  of  might, 
The  guiding  cloud  by  day,  the  fire  by  night. 
Of  strong-armed  Joshua,  conquering  in  the 

field, 
Jephthah   and    Samson,  Israel's  sword  and 

shield ; 
Of  David's  holy  head,  God's  favorite  son, 
And  all  the  royal  pomp  of  Solomon. 
And  when  they  heard  in  tones  so  deep  and 

clear. 
The  utmost  verge  of  that  vast  host  might 

hear, 
That  single,  coarse-clad,  friendless  prophet 

throw 
A  proud  defiance  on  his  mighty  foe ; 


Dare  every  friend  by  magic  art  or  spell. 
To  struggle  for  tlie  knee  of  Israel — • 
There  Avas  a  husli,  a  throbbing  of  the  heart, 
A  breath  suppressed,;!  half  unconscious  start, 
A  pang  of  hope  !  a  self-convicting  prayer. 
That   He,   their   long-scorned   God,    might 

triumph  there ! 
Oh  with  what  anxious  heart  and  eager  eye. 
They  watched  each  spell  that  Baal's  prophets 

try! 
Now  every  ear  is  turned  to  catch  the  sound 
Of    Baal    thundering    from    the    yawning 

ground ; 
Now,  every  eye  is  gazing  on  the  pyre, 
To  catch  the  glance  of  his  consuming  fire; 
But  still  no  sound  is  heard,  no  sight  is  seen; 
The  earth  is  dumb,  the  elements  serene; 
And  doubt,  and  grief,  and  hate  the  prophet 

rouse 
To  tenfold  energy  of  prayer  and  vows — 
Grief  for  their  shame,  and  hatred  to  have 

borne 
Elijah's  mockery  and  the  people's  scorn  ! 
Now  sinks  the  sun  on  Carmel;  'tis  the  time 
Ere  rites  unholy  bowed  the  land  to  crime. 
When  prayer,  with  incense-wreath,  was  wont 

to  rise 
The  solemn  hour  of  evening  sacrifice. 
Then  stood  Elijali  by  the  grassy  mound, 
Once  God's  own  altar,  consecrated  ground, 
But  now  a  ruined  mass  of  scattered  stone, 
With  bones  polluted,  and  wild  weeds  o'er- 

grown. 
With  reverent  hand  he  raised  the  levelled 

shrine, 
Performed  with  holy  care  each  rite  divine, 
And  stood  the  centre  of  a  nation's  eyes. 
With  hand  upraised,  before  the  sacrifice  I 
His  manly  form  now  rose  to  giant  height, 
His  glowing  eye  now  beamed  intenser  light; 
And  as  his  solemn  words  fell  one  by  one, 
The  people  stood  like  monuments  of  stone. 
All  was  so  still  the  listener  might  descry 
The  murmuring  Jordan,  but  his  fount  was 

dry! 

'Tis  done,  'tis  done,  the  prophet's  prayer  is 

heard ! 
The  Lord  of  hosts  performs  His  servant's 

word ; 
The  fire  of  heaven,  with  whirlwind  motion, 

came. 
And  wrapped  the  altar  in  a  living  flame. 
There  was  a  moment  lost  to  all  around. 
The  eye  forgot  its  sight,  the  ear  its  sound; 
But  when  the  heart  and  eye  their  sense  regain, 
Bullock  nor  altar,  wood  nor  stone  remain! 
The  shrine  in  that  upraising  flame  is  gone, 
And  by  the  mound  Elijah  stands  alone  1 

Then  what  a  shout  when  prostrate  Israel  rose, 
Of  faith  in  God,  of  triumph  o'er  His  foes? 
The  rocks  reply,  the  immortal  cedars  nod. 
In  glad  response,  ' '  The  Lord,  He  is  the  God !" 

B.  P. 


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KLIJA-H. 


EJL.IJ-A.II. 


3382.  ELIJAH'S  FIEE  TEST. 
1  Kings  xviii  :  20-40. 
Then  came  the  word,  "Elijah  calls!"     In 

haste  the  monarch  turned ; 
"Art  thou  the  troubler  of  this  land?"  in  in- 
stant rage  he  cries : 
"Not  I,  but  thou  and  all  thy  house,"  that 

iron  lip  replies; 
"  Because  Jehovah's  law  ye  scorn,  in  Baal  to 

delight ! 
Go,  bring  all  Israel  now  to  me,  on  Carmel's 

hallowed  height ; 
Bring  Baal's  seers,  four  hundred  men  and 

fifty,  bring  them  all, 
And  those  four  hundred  more  who  feast  in 

Jezebel's  lewd  hall !" 
The  monarch  heard ;  on  Carmel's  crown  now 

swarms  a  countless  throng. 
With  one  brave  soul  to  stand  for  God  'gainst 

millions  in  the  wrong. 
Then  through  that  throng,  with  heart  on 

fire,  he  preached  Jehovah's  law 
To  rouse    their  hearts  to  patriot  glow,    or 

thrill  with  heavenly  awe : 
"How  long  thus  halt,  ignobly  dumb,  nor 

own  your  Maker's  claim  ! 
If  He  be  God,  serve  Him;  if  not,  then  bow 

to  Baal's  shame !" 

No   answering  word!     Not  one?     O   God! 

can  truth  be  sunk  so  low, 
That  not    a   nation's   challenged  host   one 

champion  can  show? 
Oh,  sight  to  make  brave  angels  blush,  and 

stir  the  Eternal  ire. 
When  conscious  millions,  meanly  tame,  tread 

manhood  in  the  mire ; 
Choke  conscience  down,  and  strangle  shame, 

and  'neath  the  sun's  broad  smile 
Stand  basely  weak,  flout  heaven,  and  dare, 

dare  only  to  be  vile  ! 

Then  spake  the   dauntless   soul:   "I  stand 

alone,  God's  prophet  here, 
But  Baal  counts  four  hundred  men  elate  with 

royal  cheer ; 
Let  them  therefore  bring  bullocks  twain,  and 

choose  and  slay  their  own,  [alone ; 
And  on  a  fireless  altar  pile,  invoking  Baal 
I'll  do  the  same,  and  call  on  God,  and  he 

whose  flame  replies. 
Let  him  be  God !"     The  nation  hears,  and 

answering  plaudits  rise. 

Evasion  fled,  the  steers  are  brought,  and 
Baal's  offering  slain ; 

From  early  morn  till  glowing  noon  his  fol- 
lowers howl  in  vain ; 

Fierce,  frantic,  wild,  they  beat  the  ground, 
and  gash  their  reeking  sides ; 

What  time  stern  satire  does  its  work,  and 
conquering  wit  derides: 

" Cry  out,  cry  loud  !  he's  sure  a  god!  Per- 
haps brown  study  binds 

His  absent  thoughts,  perhaps  he  wars,  or 
hunts  among  his  hinds ; 


Perhaps  he  journeys,  nay,  perhaps  he  takes 

his  nap  at  noon; 
Bawl  louder  !  split  his  stupid  ears ;    you'll 

surely  rouse  him  soon !" 

Strange  imps  alone,  and  goblins  weird,  flock 

gibbering  at  thy  cry; 
When  God  binds  these,  not  hell  itself  can 

mutter  one  reply. 

Then  while  the  sunset  hour  sped  on,  in  ac- 
cents bold  and  clear, 

Elijah  bade  the  attesting  tribes  to  mark  his 
deed  draw  near. 

God's  ancient  altar,  far  renowned  in  centu- 
ries of  yore, 

A  shapeless,  moss-grown  heap,  he  rears  with 
pious  care  once  more ; 

And  twelve  fresh  stones  he  adds,  each  tribe 
presenting  thus  in  view 

To  plead  with  God  that  changeless  vow  made 
when  the  world  was  new. 

The  victim  bleeds;  the  pile  is  scanned  by 
strict  and  hostile  eyes; 

Then,  in  the  gaze  of  thousand  foes,  aloud 
once  more  he  cries : 

"From  your  perennial  fountain  pour  four 
barrels  on  the  shrine. 

Once,  twice,  and  thnce!"  'Tis  done:  on 
stole  the  peaceful  hour  divine. 

The  hour  of  evening  sacrifice,  when  God,  of 
old  attent. 

Had  heard  well  pleased  man's  voice  in  prayer, 
and  many  an  answer  sent. 

Thenceforth  he  stood,  that  one  weird  man, 
before  dark  Ahab's  throne, 

While  Baal's  seers  glanced  vengeance  fell, 
and  called  on  God  alone. 


Sublime,  serene,  that  lone  form  looms,  cm- 
bathed  in  sunset  now. 

And  more  than  mortal  majesty  is  gleaming 
on  his  brow; 

He  prays:  His  few  calm,  clarion  tones  on 
night's  faint  zephyrs  swell : 

"  Jehovah,  God  of  Abraham,  of  Isaac,  Israel, 

Let  it  be  known  this  day  that  Thou  in  Israel 
art  Lord, 

And  I  Thy  servant  all  these  things  have  done 
but  at  Thy  word !" 

He  ceased;  see!  see!  a  ruddier  flash  o'er- 
spreads  the  pomp  on  high  ! 

An  awful  cloud  of  beaming  fire  sweeps  eddy- 
ing down  the  sky ! 

And  from  its  sparkling  bosom  fall  broad 
sheets  of  blinding  flame. 

While  thunders  shock  the  trembling  world, 
and  peal  Jehovah's  name. 

One  puff  of  smoke,  the  sacrifice  consumed  in 
ashes  lies! 

And  water,  dust,  and  calcined  stones  have 
vanished  from  their  eyes ! 


ELIJAH. 


ELIJAH. 


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The  trench  aloue,  with  cinders  strewn,  re- 
mains to  mark  the  pyre 

Where  God  most  high,  at  a  mortal's  cry, 
answered  from  heaven  by  fire ! 

Then  from  a  prostrate  nation  rose  the  long 
and  loud  acclaim: 

<'The  Lord  is  God  !  the  Lord  is  God !  Jeho- 
vah is  His  name  !" 

From  tribe  to  tribe,  from  crest  to  crest,  the 
sh»ut  rang  glad  and  free, 

Like  trumpets  eclioing  through  the  hills,  or 
thunders  of  the  sea  ! 

"The  Lord  is  God !  the  Lord  is  God !"    The 
clouds  roll  back  the  sound, 

And  airy  tongues  from  height  to  height  the 
answering  shout  rebound : 

Then  rose  that  faithful  voice   once  more: 
"Take  Baal's  prophet's,  all! 

Let  none  escape !"     A  nation,  roused,  obeys 
the  righteous  call. 

And    Kishon's   ancient    stream,    that    erst 
whelmed  Jabin's  proud  array. 

With  impious  gore  ran  red  ouce  more  on 
God's  great  reckoning  day. 
From,  Oeorge  Lansing  Taylor'' s  "Elijah." 

3383.  ELIJAH'S  MANTLE. 

2  Kings  ii  :  11-14. 
Elisha,  struck  with  grief  and  awe, 

Cried,  "  Ah  !  where  now  is  Israel's  stay?" 
When  he  his  honored  master  saw 

Borne  by  a  fiery  car  away. 

But  while  he  looked  a  last  adieu, 
His  mantle  as  it  fell  he  caught; 

The  Spirit  rested  on  him  too, 
And  equal  miracles  he  wrought. 

"  Where  is  Elijah's  God?"  he  cried. 
And  with  the  mantle  smote  the  flood; 

His  word  controlled  the  swelling  tide, 
Th'  obedient  waters  upright  stood. 

The  wonder-working  gospel,  thus 

From  hand  to  hand  has  been  conveyed; 

We  have  the  mantle  still  with  us, 

But  where,  oh  where,  the  Spirit's  aid? 

When  Peter  first  his  mantle  waved, 
How  soon  it  melted  hearts  of  steel ! 

Sinners  by  thousands  then  were  saved, 
But  now  how  few  its  virtues  feel ! 

Where  is  Elijah's  God,  the  Lord, 

Thine  Israel's  hope  and  joy  and  boast  1 

Reveal  Thine  arm,  confirm  Thy  word, 
Give  us  another  Pentecost! 

John  Newton. 

3384.  ELIJAH,  Translation  of. 

2  Kings  ii  :  11,  12. 
Suitable  grace  to  him  is  showed 
Who  burned  with  fervent  zeal  for  God; 
By  heavenly  fire  refined,  removed, 
Translated  to  the  God  he  loved, 


He  without  pain  obtains  the  prize, 
And  mounts  immortal  to  the  skies. 

Seraphs  the  fiery  horses  were, 

And  cherubs  formed  the  heavenly  car; 

And  lo,  in  state  Elijah  rides 

To  where  the  glorious  God  resides ! 

And  thus  the  everlasting  Son 

Returned  in  triumph  to  His  Throne ! 

J.  and  C.  Wesley. 


3385.  ELIJAH,  Translation  of, 

By  Judah's  vales  and  olive  glades, 

Where  Eastern  fruits  entwine. 
Her  bowers  of  rose  and  palm-tree  shades. 

Her  fields  of  corn  and  wine, 
Elijah  and  Elisha  passed, 
And  well  they  knew  it  was  the  last, 

The  last  dear  hour  to  friendship  given 
Before  the  fire-car  and  the  blast 

Should  bear  the  prophet  up  to  heaven. 

How  fondly  then  Elisha  hung 

On  all  his  aged  master  spoke ! 
How  dear  each  word,  that  from  his  tongue 

Like  dying  farewell  broke ! 
Friendship's  a  sun  that  ever  seems 
Brightest  in  its  departing  beams. 
And  never  to  the  full  we  feel 

The  depth  and  warmth,  and  force  of  love. 
Till  death  comes  in,  the  gem  to  steal, 

And  those  so  dear  have  passed  above; 
Then  we  discover  by  the  smart 
How  they  entwined  around  the  heart. 

They  went  along,  and  o'er  their  head. 

High  in  the  fields  of  air, 
Appeared  a  beauteous  cloud  of  red. 
And  as  against  the  breeze  it  fled, 

It  seemed  a  seraph  fair ; 
One  of  tliose  spirits  who  assume 

The  lurid  flame  in  all  its  forms, 
To  guard,  to  punish,  to  consume, 

To  wield  the  lightning-sword  of  storms. 

To  earth  it  came, 

That  beauteous  flame, 
The  friends,  who  dearly  loved,  it  parted. 

Its  mantle  round 

The  prophet  wound. 
Then  back  to  its  own  heaven  it  darted ; 
And  oh !  Elisha's  wildered  eyes 
Followed  his  master  to  the  skies. 

As  we  to-day 

Perceive  the  ray 
Of  glory  when  a  Christian  dies ! 
Sweet  parting  this,  but  not  for  us 
To  pass  to  those  bright  regions  thus 
We  must  go  through  the  cold  dark  stream ; 
But  ah !  if  faith's  celestial  beam 
Shine  over,  all  will  then  be  bright, 
And  we  scarce  need  wish  for  the  car  of  light. 
So  fair  will  the  waters  seem  I 

J.  Edmeston. 


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ELIIVI. 


ELISHj^. 


3386.  ELIM,  Marah  and. 

Exodus  XV  :  23-37. 
To-day  'tis  Elim,  with  its  palms  and  wells, 
And  happy  shade  for  desert- weariness; 
Twas  Marah  yesterday,  all  rock  and  sand, 
Unshaded  solitude  and  bitterness. 

Tet  the  same  desert  holds  them  both ;  the 

same 
Soft  breezes  wander  o'er  the  lonely  ground. 
The  same  low  stretch  of  valley  shelters  both. 
And   the   same   mountains    compass    them 

around. 

So  is  it  here  with  us  on  earth ;  and  so 
I  do  remember  it  has  ever  been ; 
The  bitter  and  the  sweet,  the  grief  and  joy, 
Lie  near  together  but  a  day  between. 

Sometimes  God  turns  our  bitter  into  sweet; 

Sometimes  He  gives  us  pleasant  water- 
springs  ; 

Sometimes  lie  shades  us  with  His  pillar- 
cloud. 

And  sometimes  to  a  blessed  palm-shade 
brings. 

What  matters  it?  The  time  will  not  be  long ; 
Marah  and  Elim  will  alike  be  past; 
Our  desert-wells  and  palms  will  soon  be  done ; 
We  reach  the  city  of  our  God  at  last. 

O  happy  land !  beyond  these  lonely  hills. 
Where  gush  in  joy  the  everlasting  springs ! 
O  holy  Paradise!  above  these  heavens. 
Where  we  shall  end  our  desert-wanderings. 
Horatius  Bonar. 

3387.  ELIM,  Palms  of. 

At  Elim,  with  its  whispering  grove  of  palm, 
And  clustered  wells  in  cool  abundance  sjjring- 

ing, 
Israel  encamped,  their  sighs  exchanged  for 

singing,     • 
And  Marah's  murmurs  for  a  gladsome  psalm. 
Earth  has  its  Elims  still  of  shadowy  calm. 
Sweet  homes,  with  gentle  vines  about  them 

clinging; 
And    olive    branches   green — young   voices 

ringing. 
And  tried  affection  breathing  grateful  balm. 
Lord,  if  such  love  makes  glad,  such  beauty 

graces, 
The  desert  tracts  Thy  people  tread  below; 
Such  wells  of  comfort  cheer  earth's  resting- 
places. 
Such  pleasant  shades  relieve  the  way  we  go — 
That  heavenly  land  itself,  how  passing  fair ! 
How  passing  sweet  the  home  that  waits  us 

there !  R.  Wilton. 

3388.  ELIPHAZ,  The  Vision  of, 

Job  iv  :  13-21. 
'Twas  midnight  deep ;  the  world  was  hushed 

to  rest, 
And  airy  visions  every  brain  possessed  : 


O'er  all  my  frame  a  horror  crept  severe, 
An  ice  that  shivered  every  bone  with  fear; 
Before  my  face  a  spirit  saw  I  swim. 
Erect  uprose  my  hair  o'er  every  limb; 
It  stood,  the  spectre  stood,  to  sight  displayed, 
Yet  traced  I  not  the  image  I  surveyed : 
'Twas   silence  dead;  no  breath  the   torpor 

broke. 
When  thus  in  hollow  voice  the  vision  spoke : 
"  Shall  man  his  Maker's  piercing  kon  endure? 
Before  his  God  shall  man  be  just  and  pure? 
Lo !  His  own  servants  falter  in  His  eyes. 
His  trustiest  angels  are  not  always  wise. 
What  are  the  dwellers,  then,  in  tents  of  clay, 
Sprung  from  the  dust,  that  into  dust  decay? 
Before  the  moth  they  fail;  with  easier  strife 
Beat  down  and  plundered  of  their  little  life; 
From  morn  to   morn   they   perish,    to   the 

ground 
Unnoticed    drop,  and  quit   their  fluttering 

round ; 
Their  total  sum  of  wisdom,  when  they  die, 
An  empty  boast,  a  mockery  and  lie." 

John  Mason  Good. 

3389.  ELISHA  AND  THE  ANGELS. 
2  Kings  vi  :  13-18. 
The  cheerful  sunbeams  hastened  up  the  east, 
Chasing  the  gray  mists  to  the  mountain-tops, 
And  morning  bursts  upon  Gilboa's  hills. 
The  playful  kids  were  leaping  o'er  the  crags: 
The  little  happy  birds,  that  all  night  long 
In  the  dry  clefts  had  found  a  nestling-place, 
Were    flying   sunward,    singing    hymns    of 

praise ; 
And  from  the  green,  awakening  vales  arose 
The  sound  of  bleating  herds  and  lowing  kine. 
Elisha's  servant,  issuing  early  forth 
To  the  day's  needful  toil,  with  vigorous  step. 
Trod  a  worn  path  that  wound  among  the 

rocks. 
He  paused  to  gaze  upon  the  enlivening  scene, 
And  hear  the  harmony  of  Nature's  joy. 
And  bless  the  God  of  morning. 

Suddenly 
A  flash  of  light  unusual  struck  his  eye: 
Half  doubting,  he  beheld  a  line  of  spears 
And  burnished  shields,  that  from  a  neigh- 
boring hill 
In  mocking   splendor  threw   the   sunlight 

back ; 
And  saw,  stretched  far  around,  a  circle  wide 
Of  rich  war-chariots,  while  horsemen  armed 
Crowded  each  mountain-pass  and  deep  defile. 
Too  well  he  knew  the  terrible  array — 
The  Assyrian  host,  his  masters'  foes  and  his ! 
Fear,  like  an  inward  demon,   blanched  his 

cheek. 
Stared  from  his  eye,  and  shook  his  nerveless 

limbs. 
Poor  feeble  man !  why,  e'en  the  little  birds, 
That    sung   so   blithely   o'er  the    frightful 

chasms, 
Had   taught  him  stronger  confidence  than 

this. 
Yet,  weak  as  he,  how  often  we  forget 


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That  ia  our  great  All-seeing  Father's  sight, 
We  are  worth  more  than  sparrows  ! 

Back  he  turned 
Unto  the  prophet's  dwelling,  nor  did  rest 
Till,  faint  with  terror,  at  his  feet  he  fell. 
The  man  of  God  upon  his  threshold  stood. 
His  forehead  bared  unto  the  streaming  light, 
And  inspiration  beaming  from  his  eye. 
Doth  he  not  tremble?     Nay;  the  cedar  tree 
That  stands  in  unmoved  grandeur  at  his  side 
Is  not  more  firm  than  he.     Calmly  he  scans 
The  panoply  of  war  before  him  spread, 
As  'twere  a  flock  reposing  in  the  shade. 
He  hears  his  prostrate  servant's  stifled  cry, 
"Alas,  my  master!  how  shall  we  escape?" 
How  foolish  must  such  fright  have  seemed 

to  him 
Whose  eyes  the  Lord  had  opened !     Should 

he  deign 
To  speak  a  soothing  word  and  lull  his  fears? 
If  man  might  e'er  be  proud,  'twas  surely  he 
Who  had  been  singled  out  from  common  men 
To  be  an  oracle  unto  his  kind. 
His  was  the  dignity  sublime  of  one 
Who  feels  divinity  within  him  burn, 
And   thinks   the  thoughts  and  speaks  the 

words  of  God. 
But  haughtiness  belongs  to  narrow  souls, 
And  wisdom  is  too  Godlike  to  be  proud. 
Elisha  owned  himself  of  kindred  dust 
With  that  frail  trembler.    Mildly  he  replied : 
"Fear   thou  no  more;  for   lo!    a  mightier 

force 
Than  all  yon  heathen  host,  is  on  our  side." 
"But  where?"  the  servant's  doubtful  glance 

inquires. 
The  prophet  answered  not,  but  clasped  his 

hands. 
Looked  up  to  heaven,  and  prayed  in  tones 

subdued, 
"  Lord,  open  thou  his  eyes  that  he  may  see !" 
How  changed  the  scene !    These  rocks,  that 

lately  lay 
Opaque  and  dull  beneath  the  azure  sky. 
Are  robed  in  glory  that  outshines  the  sun. 
Embattled  legions  gird  the  prophet  round 
With  blazoned  banners  and  heaven- tempered 

spears ; 
Horses  and  chariots,  in  whose  fiery  sheen 
The  pomp  of  Syria's  army  but  appears 
Like  a  dim  candle  in  the  noonday  blaze : 
The  mount  is  full  of  angels  ! 

Blest  were  we. 
When  every  earthly  prospect  is  shut  in. 
And  all  our  mortal  helpers  disappear. 
If  with  faith's  eye  undimmed  and  opened 

wide, 
We  might  behold  the  blessed  angel-troop, 
Which  God,  our  God,  has  promised   shall 

encamp 
Round  those  who  fear  His  name.    Our  sickly 

doubts, 
That  flit  like  foul  night-ravens  o'er  our  soul. 
Would  hush  their  screams  and  fly  before  the 

dawn. 
And  we  should  learn  to  fear  no  evil  thing, 


And  in  Adversity's  grim  gaze  could  smile. 
Sometimes,  when  wandering  in  a  labyrinth 
Whence  we  can  find  no  clue,  and  all  is  dark, 
We  wonder  why  our  spirits  do  not  die. 
Perhaps,  in  secret  bowed,  some  holy  soul 
Utters  for  us  the  prophet's  kind  request; 
And  we,  though  dimly,  are  allowed  to  see 
The  prints  of  angels'  feet  along  the  road; 
And  our  hearts,  beating  lightly,  follow  on 
After  the  steps  that  sound  before,  albeit 
Uncertain  whose  they  are,  though  we  are  sure 
Of  a  safe  outlet  from  the  tangled  way. 

Father  of  Spirits !  Saviour  of  our  souls ! 
Let  heavenly  guides  go  with  us  down  life's 


And  when  we  come  imto  that  river's  brink, 
Upon  whose  other  bank  in  light  and  love 
We  shall  be  as  the  angels,  then  we  know 
Thou  wilt  be  near  us,  though  this  earth-born 

clay. 
Shrinking  in  mortal  terror  from  the  plunge 
Which  shall  release  its  tenant  unto  bliss, 
May  with  foreboding  clouds  obscure  our  faith 
And  hide  Thy  presence.    Oh !  hear  now  one 

prayer. 
Which  then  our  hearts  may  be  too  faint  to 

breathe, 
"Lord,   open  Thou  our  eyes,  that  we  may 

see !"  Lucy  Larcom. 

3390.  ELISHA,  Chamber  for. 

2  Kings  iv  :  8-10. 

"  Little  chamber"  built  "upon  the  wall," 
With  stool  and  table,  candlestick  and  bed. 
Where  he  might  sit,  or  kneel,  or  lay  his  head, 
At  night  or  sultry  noontide;  this  was  all 
A  prophet's  need :  but  in  that  chamber  small, 
What  mighty  prayers  arose,  what  grace  was 

shed; 
What  gifts  were  given,  potent  to  wake  the 

dead. 
And  from  its  viewless  flight  a  soul  recall ! 

And  still  what  miracles  of  grace  are  wrought 
In  many  a  lowly  chamber  with  shut  door. 
Where  God  our  Father  is  in  secret  sought. 
And  shows  Himself  in  mercy  more  and  more ! 
Dim   upper  rooms  with   God's   own  glory 

shine. 
And  souls  are  lifted  to  the  life  divine. 

Bev.  R.  Wilton. 

3391.  ELISHA,  Helpers  of. 

2  Kings  6:  13-18. 

They  gathered  round  the  mountain's  slope, 

The  vast  embattled  host, 
In  all  the  martial  blazonry 

That  Syria's  king  could  boast  I 
Warriors  in  bravery  of  mail. 

With  sword  and  spear  and  shield, 
With  chariot  wheel  and  prancing  steed, 

Careerinff  o'er  the  field. 


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EXjISHA. 


ELISH^. 


Oh,  grandly  on  the  bannered  host 

Looked  forth  the  rising  sun ! 
Oh,  brightly  through  the  crystal  air 

Helmet  and  corselet  shone ! 
And  all  their  spangled  panoply 

Flung  back  the  sunlight's  gleam, 
As  if  the  horses  were  of  fire, 

The  chariots  of  flame ! 

In  all  their  pageantry  and  pride, 

In  serried  ranks  they  stood, 
Around  the  modest  home  where  dwelt 

The  humble  man  of  God. 
What  single  heart  will  dare  confront, 

What  might  of  single  hand. 
Will  hope  to  brave  this  bold  array, 

Their  bristling  ranks  withstand? 

The  servant  of  the  man  of  God, 

When  bursts  upon  his  gaze 
The  vision  of  the  circling  bands, 

Stands  in  bewildered  maze; 
His  blinded  eye  of  sense  can  see  ' 

Naught  but  the  earthly  host: 
"Alas!"  in  blank  dismay  he  cries, 

"My  master !  we  are  lost !" 

No  terror  shook  the  prophet's  soul : 

Uplifted  in  that  hour 
His  spirit  on  its  Helper  leaned. 

And  felt  an  unseen  Power. 
Warriors  of  heaven,  a  shining  host. 

Around  his  dwelling  hem  •, 
"Fear  not,"  he  cries,  "for  those  with  us 

Are  more  than  those  with  them." 

And  answering  the  prophet's  prayer. 

Upon  his  servant's  eyes 
The  vision  of  the  angelic  host 

Flashes  with  glad  surprise  ! 
Ten  thousand  times  ten  thousand  strong, 

Around,  above,  they  stand. 
In  serried  rank  a  solid  front. 

Band  rising  beyond  band  ! 

What  wonder  that  the  prophet's  soul 

The  hosts  of  earth  defied. 
When  thronging  spirits  fill  the  skies. 

And  Heaven  stands  by  his  side ! 
What  wonder  that  the  Syrian  bands 

Give  way  without  a  blow, 
Stunned  by  a  stroke  they  knew  not  whence. 

Blinded  they  knew  not  how! 

O  ye  that  stand  for  truth  and  God, 

Trust  not  your  mortal  sight ! 
Fear  not  tlie  thronging  multitudes, 

Fear  not  their  marshalled  might! 
One  soul  in  panoply  of  heaven 

Is  stronger  than  their  host  I 
The  cause  which  God  befriends  cannot 

Outnumbered  be,  gr  lost  I 

Celestial  hosts  muster  their  ranks, 

Waving  on  high  their  swords; 
Voices  of  God,  voices  of  heaven, 

Speak  through  their  burning  words ! 


Brighter  than  flaming  chariot. 

Stronger  than  fiery  horse. 
All  heaven  is  marshalled  on  your  side — 

God  and  the  Universe  ! 

Homer  N.  Dunning. 

3392.  ELISHA  IN  DOTHAN. 
2  Kings  vi :  8-23. 
'Tis  night!  and  the  tempest 

Is  rushing  through  heaven; 
The  oaks  on  the  hills 

By  the  lightnings  are  riven: 
The  rain  in  the  valleys 

Falls  heavy  and  chill; 
And  the  cataract  bursts 

In  the  bed  of  the  rill. 
Wild  home  for  the  Syrian, 

On  Hermon's  white  brow ! 
While  the  gust  bears  along 
The  scoff  and  the  song. 
From  Israel's  proud  tents. 

In  the  forest  below. 

'Tis  midnight,  deep  midnight, 

The  hour  for  surprise ! 
From  the  storm-shattered  ridges 

The  warriors  arise : 
Now  the  Syrian  is  marching 

Through  storm  and  through  snow, 
On  the  revel  of  Israel 

To  strike  the  death-blow. 
No  light  guides  his  march. 

But  the  tempest's  red  glare; 
No  ear  hears  his  tramp 
In  Israel's  doomed  camp. 
The  hunters  have  driven. 

The  deer  to  its  lair ! 

Now,  wild  as  the  wolf 

When  the  sheepfold  is  nigh. 
They  shout  for  the  charge, 

"Let  the  Israelite  die!" 
Still  no  trumpet  has  answered, 

No  lance  has  been  flung. 
No  torch  has  been  lighted. 

No  arrow  has  sprung. 
They  pour  on  the  rampart. 

The  tents  stand  alone ! 
Through  the  gust  and  the  haze 
The  watch-fires  still  blaze. 
But  the  warriors  of  Israel 

Like  shadows  are  gone  ! 

Then  spake  the  king's  sorcerer : 

"  King,  wouldst  thou  hear 
How  these  Israelite  slaves 

Have  escaped  from  thy  spear: 
Know  their  prophet  Elisha 

Has  spells  to  unbind 
The  words  on  thy  lip. 

Nay,  the  thoughts  in  thy  mind. 
Though  the  secret  were  deep 

As  the  grave,  'twould  be  known. 
The  serpent  has  stings. 
And  the  vulture  has  wings, 
But  he's  serpent  and  vulture 

To  thee  and  thy  throne  1" 


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'Tis  morning:  they  speed 

Over  mountain  and  plain. 
'Tis  noon:  yet  no  cliieftain 

Has  slackened  the  rein. 
'Tis  eve:  and  the  valleys 

Are  dropping  with  wine, 
But  no  chieftain  lias  tasted 

The  fruit  of  the  vine 
To  Dothan  the  horseman 

And  mailed  charioteer 
Are  speeding  like  fire; 
Their  banquet  is  ire, 
For  the  scorner  of  Syria, 

Elisha,  is  there ! 

On  thy  battlements,  Dothan: 

That  evening  was  woe; 
There  fell  the  fierce  hail 

Of  the  lance  and  the  bow. 
Yet  still  from  the  towers 

The  banners  were  hung, 
And  still  from  the  ramparts 

The  stormers  were  flung. 
But  the  fire-shafts  are  showered 

On  roof  and  on  wall; 
And  the  cry  of  despair 
Rises  wild  on  the  air. 
For  Dothan,  that  Eve, 

Must  be  rescued,  or  fall  I 

Hark !  the  ramparts  are  scaled, 

All  rush  to  the  gate ; 
'Tis  the  moment  of  terror, 

The  moment  of  fate  ! 
And  men  tore  their  garments. 

And  women  their  hair: 
But  Elisha  came  forth 

From  the  chamber  of  prayer. 
Like  thunder  his  voice 

O'er  the  multitude  rolled : 
"Jehovah,  arise  ! 
Pour  Thy  light  on  our  eyes; 
And  show  Israel  the  shepherds 

Who  watch  o'er  Thy  fold." 

The  mountain  horizon 

Was  burning  with  light ; 
On  its  brow  stood  the  Syrian, 

In  glory  and  might; 
Proud  waved  to  the  sunset 

The  banner's  rich  fold : 
Proud  blazed  the  gemmed  turbans, 

And  corselets  of  gold. 
And  loud  rose  the  taunt 

Of  the  infidel's  tongue: 
"Ho!  Israelite  slaves, 
This  night  sees  your  graves ; 
And  first  from  your  walls 

Shall  Elisha  be  flung!" 

At  the  word  stooped  a  cloud 

From  the  crown  of  the  sky  1 
In  its  splendors  the  sun 

Seemed  to  vanish  and  die. 
From  its  depths  poured  a  host  ■, 

Upon  mountain  and  plain, 
There  was  seen  the  starred  helm. 

And  the  sky-tinctured  vane, 


And  the  armor  of  fire, 

And  the  seraph's  bright  wing; 
But  no  eyeball  dared  gaze 
On  the  pomp  of  the  blaze. 
As  their  banner  unfolded 

The  name  of  their  King ! 

But  where  are  the  foe  I 

Like  a  forest  o'erblown, 
In  their  ranks,  as  they  stood. 

Their  squadrons  are  strown  ! 
No  banner  is  lifted. 

No  chariot  is  wheeled; 
On  earth  lies  the  turban. 

On  earth  lies  the  shield. 
There  is  terror  before  them. 

And  terror  behind ; 
Now,  proud  homicide. 
Thou  art  smote  in  thy  pride, 
The  Syrian  is  captive. 

His  host  are  struck  blind  I 

There  were  writhings  of  agony, 

Yells  of  despair, 
And  eyeballs  turned  up. 

As  if  seeking  the  glare; 
And  sorcerers  howling 

To  Baal  in  vain, 
The  madness  of  tongue. 

And  the  madness  of  brain ! 
And  groups  of  pale  chieftains, 

Awaiting  in  gloom, 
Till  the  Israelite  sword 
In  their  bosoms  was  gored ; 
While  the  shoutings  of  Dothan 

Seemed  shoutings  of  doom ! 

But  they  knew  not  Elisha, 

They  knew  not  his  Lord, 
Unsubdued  by  the  sword, 

They  were  spared  by  the  sword. 
Sad,  silent,  and  slow, 

Like  a  funeral  train, 
They  were  led  by  the  hand. 

Over  mountain  and  plain. 
Alone  by  the  might 

Of  Jehovah  o'erthrown ; 
No  drop  of  their  blood 
Stained  forest  or  flood. 
Till  the  host  o'er  the  borders 

Of  Israel  were  gone  1 

Those,  those  were  the  triumphs 

Of  Israel  of  old ! 
And  those  were  the  shepherds. 

Who  guarded  the  fold. 
But  the  leopard  was  loosed 

From  his  thickets  again, 
And  the  flock  of  the  chosen 

Were  scattered  and  slain. 
But  visions  are  rising, 

Mysterious  and  grand; 
The  trumpet  shall  sound. 
And  the  dead  be  unbound, 
For  the  night  is  far  spent. 

And  the  day  is  at  hand ! 

George  Croly. 


1G3 


ELISH^^.. 


E!M:iVtA.XJS. 


3303.  ELISHA,  The  Prayer  of. 
3  Kings  iv  :  33-36. 

The  door  is  shut !     Let  none  intrude 
On  that  momentous  solitude : 

Elisha  is  alone ! 
Alone,  beside  that  lifeless  boy, 
But  yesterday  so  full  of  joy, 

Now  motionless  as  a  stone  I 

The  door  is  shut ;  but  God  is  there, 
The  living  God  who  answers  prayer: 

What  will  the  issue  be? 
A  glorious  answer  comes  ere  long, 
A  prayer  is  quenched  in  thankful  song : 

Where,  Death,  thy  victory  ? 

Desponding  Christian !     Why  not  share 
This  glorious  privilege  of  prayer, 

And  share  its  great  reward? 
'Tis  secret  prayer  that  wins  the  day. 
Not  prayerless  effort!     Rise  and  pray! 

Thine  is  Elisha's  God ! 

Enter  thy  closet :  wrestle  there. 

With  faith's  "  effectual  fervent  prayer," 

Till  death  shall  change  to  life; 
Till  hope  out  of  the  dust  shall  spring, 
And  joyous  notes  of  2:)raise  shall  ring 

Out  of  the  bitter  strife. 

Go  on  in  faith,  go  on  in  prayer; 
Order  thy  cause  before  Him  there ; 

It  cannot  but  prevail. 
The  things  impossible  with  men 
Grow  possible  with  God  again :    . 

His  power  cannot  fail. 

Fear  not,  though  face  to  face  with  death ! 
Only  invoke  the  Living  Breath, 

To  breathe  upon  the  slain  ! 
Once  thou  thyself  wast  lying  there, 
As  dead  as  he!  canst  thou  despair? 

Arise,  and  pray  again ! 

Go,  stretch  thyself  upon  the  dead, 
Thou  living  proof  that  Christ  has  said, 

"  Ask,  and  ye  shall  receive!" 
O  claim  His  promise!     "  Ask"  once  more! 
Thou  shalt  receive  a  boundless  store, 

"If" — "if  thou  canst  believe!" 

Catharine  Hanhey. 

3394.  EMMAUS. 

Luke  xxiv  :  29. 

Abide  with  us,  the  evening  shades 

Begin  already  to  prevail ; 
And  as  the  lingering  twilight  fades, 

Dark  clouds  along  th'  horizon  sail. 

Abide  with  us,  the  night  is  chill; 

And  damp  and  cheerless  is  the  air: 
Be  our  companion,  Stranger,  still, 

And  Thy  repose  shall  be  our  care. 


Abide  with  us.  Thy  converse  sweet 
Has  well  beguiled  the  tedious  way, 

With  such  a  friend  we  joy  to  meet, 
We  supplicate  Thy  longer  stay. 

Abide  with  us,  for  well  we  know 
Thy  skill  to  cheer  the  gloomy  hour, 

Like  balm  Thy  honeyed  accents  flow. 
Our  wounded  spirits  feel  their  power. 

Abide  with  us,  and  still  unfold 
Thy  sacred.  Thy  prophetic  lore ; 

What  wond'rous  things  of  Jesus  told ! 
Stranger,  we  thirst,  we  pant  for  more. 

Abide  with  us,  and  still  converse 
Of  Him  who  late  on  Calvary  died ; 

Of  Him  the  prophecies  rehearse. 
He  was  our  Friend  they  crucified. 

Abide  with  us,  are  hearts  are  cold. 
We  thought  that  Israel  He'd  restore ; 

But  sweet  the  truths  Thy  lips  have  told, 
And,  Stranger,  we  complain  no  more. 

Abide  with  us,  we  feel  the  charm. 

That  binds  us  to  our  unknown  Friend: 

Here  pass  the  night  secure  from  harm. 
Here,  Stranger,  let  Thy  wand'rings  end. 

Abide  with  us :  to  their  request 

The  Stranger  bows,  with  smiles  divine; 
Then  round  the  board  the  unknown  guest 

And  weary  travellers  recline. 

Abide  with  us,  amazed  they  cry. 
As  suddenly,  whilst  breaking  bread, 

Their  own  lost  Jesus  meets  their  eye, 
With  radiant  glory  on  His  head ! 

Abide  with  us,  Thou  heavenly  Friend, 
Leave  not  Thy  followers  thus  alone : 

The  sweet  communion  here  must  end — 
The  heavenly  visitant  is  gone. 

Thomas  Raffles. 

3395.  EMMAUS,  The  Walk  to. 

Mark  xvi :  13,  14;  Luke  xxiv  :  13-35. 
Slowly  along  the  rugged  pathway  walked 
Two  saddened  wayfarers,  bent  on  one  quest ; 
With  them  Another  who  had  asked  to  share 
Their  travel,  since  they  left  the  city  walls; 
Their  converse  too  intent  for  speed ;  and  oft. 
Where  lingered  on  the  rocks  the  sunset  tints, 
They  checked  their  footsteps,  careless  of  the 

hour 
And  waning  light  aud  heavy  falling  dews. 
For  from  the  Stranger's  lips  came  words  that 

burned 
And  lit  the  altar  fuel  on  their  hearts. 
Consuming   fear,   and  quickening  faith   at 

once. 
God's  oracles  grew  luminous  as  He  spake ; 
And  all  along  the  ages  good  from  ill 
And  light  from  darkness  sprang,  as  day  from 

night. 


EMiiyr^xjs. 


EISTDOR. 


163 


The  first  faint  dawn  from  ruined  Eden  rose, 
And  glimmered  round  tlie  solitary  ark, 
And  lighted  up  IVIoriah's  sacrifice. 
And  shed  its  warmth  on  Jacob's  dying  couch, 
And   bathed    the  blood-stained    mercy-seat 

with  love; 
The  eastern  heavens  were  flushed  with  rosier 

gleams ; 
It  woke  the  minstrel  shepherd,  and  his  hand, 
Obedient  to  the  gladness,  struck  his  harp, 
"  Joy  coraeth  in  the  morning;''and  the  words 
Thereafter  lived  in  song.     Isaiah's  soul 
Glowed  with  the  coming  glory,  and  his  page 
Caught  the  far  splendors  of  the  orient  clouds ; 
And  plaintive  Jeremy  looked  up  and  smiled; 
And  rapt  Ezekiel  breathed  his  hopes  in  fire. 
A  deeper  shade  is  glooming  on  the  hills: 
A  livelier  amber  brightens  in  the  sky 
And  broadens,  till  the  Sun  of  Righteousness 
Rises  at  last  with  healing  in  His  wings. 

Thus  on  their  path  they  communed,  till  they 

reached 
The  lowly  wicket,  and  their  urgent  plea, 
"  Day  is  far  spent,  abide  Avith  us,"  prevailed. 
The  lamp  is  lighted  o'er  the  simple  board; 
And  there  is  silence  for  a  space  :  but  lo  ! 
The  Stranger  takes  the  bread  and  blesses  it 
And  l)reaks:  and  like  a  dream  the  veil  is  rent 
Which  hid  their  Lord  and  Master  from  their 

gaze. 
It  is  Ilis  eye,  His  hand,  His  voice,  Himself. 
Fain  had  they  fallen  at  IHs  feet,  and  fain 
Clung  to  Him  as  of  old  :  it  may  not  be; 
His  place  is  empty,  but  His  love  is  there, 
A  calm  abiding  Presence  in  their  hearts. 

O  Jesu,  Saviour,  hear  our  cry.     We  too 
Are  weary  travellers  on  life's  rough  path, 
And  Thou  art  still  unchangeably  the  same. 
Come,  Lord,  tous,  niidletrs walkwithThee; 
Come  and  unfold  the  words  of  heavenly  life, 
Till  our  souls  burn  within  us,  and  the  day 
Breaks,  and  the  Day  star  risos  in  our  hearts. 
Yea,  Lord,  abide  with  us,  rending  the  veil 
Which  hides  Thee  from  the  loving  eye  of 

faith. 
Dwell  with  us  to  the  world's  end  evermore, 
Until  Thou  callest  us  to  dwell  with  Thee. 
E.  H.  Bichersteth. 

3396.  EMMAUS,  Towards. 
Luke  xxiv :  32. 
"  A  journeying  to  Emmaus ! 
The  grandest  man  of  men  with  us. 
The  Christ  of  God  was  then  with  us 

As  we  went  down  to  Emmaus  ! 
How  burned  our  hearts  along  the  way, 
At  every  word  we  heard  Him  say ; 
We  never  may  forget  the  day 

We  journeyed  down  to  Emmaus !" 

O  blest  disciples,  favored  few. 
How  gladly  had  we  walked  with  you. 
And  talked  with  Him  who  talked  with  you, 
As  you  went  down  to  Emmaus  1 


Have  touched  the  hand  and  found  it  warm. 
That  raised  the  dead  and  stilled  the  storm; 
Have  worshipped  God  in  human  form 
As  He  walked  down  to  Emmaus ! 

But  Jesus  walks  and  talks  with  men 

As  perfectly  to-day  as  then, 

And  hearts  burn  uoav  as  yours  burned  when 

You  walked  with  Christ  to  Emmaus  1 
In  starless  night,  or  sunless  day, 
Whoever  walks  life's  weary  way. 
Forgetting  not  to  watch  and  pray, 

Is  journeying  toward  Emmaus  1 

Simeon  Tucker  Clarlc. 

3397.  EMPIRES,  The  Fate  of. 

The  wolf  is  in  thy  kingly  hall. 

The  lion  in  thy  garden  howls. 
And  wilder,  bloodier  than  they  all. 

The  Arab  robber  round  thee  prowls: 
High  vengeance  smote  thee  from  thy  throne; 

Thou'rt  dust  and  ashes,  Babylon ! 

Where  are  thy  pomps,  Persepolis? 

The  traveller  trembles  on  his  way 
To  hear  thy  serpent's  sullen  hiss. 

Thou  mighty  daughter  of  decay ! 
Thou  thing  of  wonder  and  of  scorn. 

Thy  night  has  come  without  a  morn. 

Where  are  thy  glories,  Carthage?     Dead! 

Death  lords  it  o'er  thy  pallid  shore. 
What  stirs  thy  sands?     The  robber's  tread ! 

What  stirs  thy  waves?     The  robber's  oar ! 
The  arm  that  smote  the  crest  of  Rome, 

Here  wastes  in  the  eternal  tomb ! 

City  of  Constantine,  earth's  queen ! 

Where  are  thy  banner  and  thy  bow? 
Sits  in  thy  gates  the  Saracen? 

Oh  fallen  1  the  lowest  of  the  low  1 
Has  not  the  earth  one  generous  sword 

To  save  thee  from  the  Tartar  horde? 

Pollio. 

3398.  EinoOE,  Witch  of. 

1  Samuel  xxviii :  7-25. 

Dark  Endor!  canst  thou  now  existing  be? 
How  creeps  the  blood,  as  thus  we  gaze  on 

thee ! 
Hath  nothing  changed?     Time's  wave  rolled 

on  unfelt? 
Is   this  the    cave  where   Endor's   sorceress 

dwelt? 
Our  fancy  leaps  past  years:  we  see  her  now 
Stand  in  the  midst,  with  scorched  and  with- 
ered brow ; 
She  shakes  her  wand  of  might,  and  weaves 

her  spell. 
And  calls  on  powers  of  air  and  fiends  of  helL 
And  there  leaned  he,  in  stern  though  calm 

dismay, 
Whom  deep  remorse  and  woe  had  made  their 

prey; 


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ENOCH. 


ETTOCH. 


Who,  wronged  by  men,  and  now  cast  off  by 

God, 
The  fearful  path  of  desperation  trod, 
And  came  to  bid  the  dead  unfold  his  doom, 
And  lift  from  future  hours  the  veil  of  gloom. 

She   saw;    the   witch    moved  back  in  pale 

affright, 
And  her  bleared  eyes  shot  forth  a  fiendish 

light: 
lie  comes !  in  mantle  clad,  austere  and  old, 
Around  his  brow  the  grave's  white  napkin 

rolled ; 
He  comes,  in  ghastly  stillness  rising  slow, 
Through  opening  earth,  from  Hades'  mists 

below ! 
For  ah !  not  yet  the  soul  hath  winged  away, 
"Wrapped  in  deep  rest,  till  dawns  the  judg- 
ment-day. 

Could  Saul  confront  that  prophet's  risen 
shade. 

With  eye  unblenching,  spirit  undismayed? 

He  never  quailed  in  fight,  but  now  he  grew 

Palsied  with  fear,  his  cheek  of  livid  hue; 

The  grave's  cold  atmosphere  seemed  round 
him  cast, 

That  silence  thrilled  beyond  the  trumpet- 
blast  ; 

Instinctive  dread  ran  creeping  to  his  heart, 

His  hair  stood  up,  his  eyeballs  seemed  to 
start ; 

Yet  still  he  gazed,  retreating;  wildly  stirred 

His  heaving  breast,  although  he  spoke  no 
word ; 

Each  pale  limb  shook ;  he  bowed ;  to  earth 
he  clung, 

And  on  his  brow  big  drops  of  terror  hung. 

Then  Samuel  spoke;  his  words  sepulchral 

came, 
And  pierced  like  fire  the  wretched  monarch's 

frame ; 
And  Saul  can  answer  now — alas !  his  fate 
Is  hopeless  all,  and  more  than  desolate. 
The  battle  lost,  his  kingdom  torn  away, 
All  clouds   and   darkness  life's  fa^t-closing 

day. 
Hark  !  'tis  the  Shade  declares :  '  'Another  sun, 
Thou  man  of  woe  and  crime !  thy  race  is  run ; 
To-morrow  Hades  opes  its  gloom  for  thee, 
Thou  and  thy  warrior  sons  shall  be  with  me !" 
And  so  it  fell ;  the  fierce  unpitying  foe    [low ; 
Triumphed  o'er  Saul,  and  laid  his  followers 
And  yonder  rise  those  hills  in  lonely  pride. 
Where  on  his  sword  the  king  in  anguish  died, 
And  gentle  Jonathan's  career  was  o'er. 
To  shield  his  friend,  and  warm  with  love  no 

more.  Nicholas  Michell. 

3399.  ENOCH. 

Genesis  v  :  21  34. 
Hast  thou  not  seen  at  break  of  day, 

One  only  star  the  east  adorning, 
That  never  set  or  paled  its  ray, 
But  seemed  to  sink  at  once  away 

Into  the  light  of  morning? 


From  it  the  sage  no  portent  drew, 
It  came  to  light  no  meteor  fires. 
But  silver  shone  the  whole  night  through, 
On  hawtliorn  hedges  steeped  in  dew. 
And  quiet  village  spires. 

Like  him  of  old  who  dwelt  beneath 

The  tents  of  patriarchal  story. 
Who  passed  without  the  touch  of  death, 
Without  dim  eye  or  failing  breath. 

At  once  into  God's  glory. 

The  patriarch  of  one  simple  spot. 

The  sire  of  sons  and  daughters  lowly. 
And  this  the  record  of  his  lot, 
"  He  walked  with  God  and  he  was  not," 
For  the  Lord  took  him  wholly. 

Like  a  child's  voice  in  sacred  song. 

That  trembling  rises  higher  and  higher, 
Till  lost  at  last  it  peals  along, 
Swelling  the  anthem  sweet  and  strong. 
Of  sweet  cathedral  choir. 

So  year  by  year,  and  day  by  day. 
In  pastoral  care  and  household  duty, 

He  walked  with  God,  nor  knew  decay, 

But  faded  gently,  rapt  away, 
Into  His  glorious  beauty. 

There's  many  a  household  fair  to  see. 

By  woodland  nook  or  running  river, 
Where  children  climb  the  parent's  knee: 
Oh,  that  those  homes,  like  his,  might  be 
Filled  with  God's  presence  ever! 

Oh,  that  our  thoughts  so  heavenly  were, 
Our  hearts  to  Christ  so  fully  given. 

That  all  our  loves,  and  toils,  and  care, 

Might  only  lead  us  nearer  there, 
Where  He  is  set  in  heaven. 

Mrs.  C.  F.  Alexander. 

3400.  ENOCH. 

The  few  fond  words  of  Enoch  tell 
Sublimest  chapters  in  the  lore  of  mati ; 
He  saw  and  knew  the  father  of  the  race, 
And  he  perhaps,  a  child  at  Adam's  knee, 
Climbed  up  to  listen  to  the  tales  of  old; 
And  it  may  be  that  Eve  in  age  took  up 
The  tender  child  and  taught  him  holy  prayer. 
And  charmed  him  with  the  memories  that 
To  her  sad  soul  of  Eden  and  its  joy.    [clung 
She  told  him  of  the  promise,  cherished  long. 
Which  God,  forgiving,  gave  her  in  her  tears, 
And  knew  perhaps  by  prophecy  that  he 
Was  in  the  golden  chain  of  royal  ones 
From  whom  at  last  Messiah  should  come  forth. 
She  told  him  of  her  Abel,  first  to  go 
Through  gates  immortal  to  the  skies  beyond  ; 
And  his  young  heart  was  ravished  with  desire 
To    climb    the    alluring   heights   of    faith; 

assured 
That  just  behind  the  mists  that  hide  the  view 
The  land  immortal  spread,  a  waiting  land 
For  millions  yet  to  come  from  paths  of  earth. 


EIvTOCH. 


ElSrOCH. 


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He  talked  ■with  those  who  once  had  talked 

with  God, 
And  listened  to  the  first  fond  lesson  told 
In  that  rare  dialect  in  which  the  Lord 
And  man  together  first  conversed.     He  drank 
At  wisdom's  fountain  pure,  and  in  the  light 
Of  God  and  truth  aspired  to  heiglits  of  life 
Divine.     With  few  or  many  comrades  still 
We  may  not  know.     But  evil  prowled  o'er 

earth. 
He  saw  its  curse.     Himself  was  tried.    He  felt 
The  tempter's  power.     To  walk  with  God 

was  then 
As  now.     A  consecrated  life,  a  heart 
]VIade  pure  at  healing  fountains  opened  when 
From  the  foundation  of  the  world  the  Lamb 
Of  God  was  slain.     By  faith  he  walked,  as  all 
Must  walk  through  all  the  realms  of  doubt 

and  fear. 
And  so  his  ways  pleased  God.     Men  saw  the 

light 
Of  his  calm,  blessed  life ;  and  like  a  tower 
He  stood  invincible,  a  shaft  of  strength 
That  pointed  to  the  skies,  and  in  the  midst 
Of  men  rose  beautiful  as  if  of  gems 
And  polished    gold    the    fabric   had   been 

wrought. 
It  was  the  noon  of  life  with  him.     His  form 

erect, 
His  soul  acquaint  with  mysteries  of  God, 
Familiar  with  creation's  tale,  a  priest  of  God, 
Elect,  profound,  companion  of  I  am; 
And  still  a  man  of  tender  heart,  with  tears 
For  sorrow's  tale  and  words  of  wisdom  pure 
For  erring  ones;  the  joy  of  children  who 
Delighted  listened  to  his  winning  words. 
At  once  a  strange  unearthly  brightness  came. 
The  Angel  of  the  covenant  drew  near: 
"Rise!   leave   thy   native   realm,"  he  said. 

"Go  not 
The  way  of  all  the  earth.    The  gates  of  death 
Thou  shalt  not  see.    A  golden  throne  let  down 
Is  here.     Ascend  and  take  thy  seat  just  now. 
And  bands  cherubic,  with  celestial  songs. 
Shall  lift  thee  in  attending  flight,  till  thou 
Shalt  hear  the  welcome  at  the  gate  of  pearl." 

He  saw  the  earth  recede,  till,  like  a  star, 
It  faded  on  his  sight,  and  then  the  gleam 
Of  jasper  on  his  vision  broke;  above 
The  sapphire  hues  of  beauty  fell,  and  then 
The  chalcedony  and  the  emerald, 
With  blended  rays,  transfixed  his  wondering 

eye. 
And  amethyst,  that  sparkled  evermore 
In  God's  own  light,  and  then  the  welcome 

song: 

"Come  home  to  the  realms  of  the  holy, 

Caught  up  in  thy  beautiful  throne. 
Come  home  from  the  land  of  the  lowly, 

Thou  blessed,  beatified  one. 
Bright  spirits  we've  welcomed,  but  e'er 

They  came  by  the  valley  so  cold. 
They  passed  from  the  dark  rolling  river, 

And  entered  the  city  of  gold. 


"Ah,  never  in  heaven's  bright  story, 

Came  one  like  a  monarch  before, 
And  deathless  ascended  to  glory. 

Nor  passed  through  tlie  sepulchre's  door; 
Sing,  angels  that  stand  at  the  portals, 

Ye  tlirongs  on  the  pavements  of  gold  ; 
Ah  never  such  honor  liad  mortals 

Translated  ye  seraphs  behold !" 

No  grave  they  made  for  him  of  rock  out- 
hewn, 
They  only  told  this  wondrous  tale  to  men, 
"  That  he  was  not,"  God  took  him  as  he  was. 
Dioight  Williams. 

3401.  ENOCH. 

Hebrews  xi :  5. 
He  walked  with  God,  by  faith,  in  solitude, 
At  early  dawn  or  tranquil  eventide. 
In  some  lone  leafy  place,  he  would  abide 
Till  his  whole  being  was  with  God  imbued : 
He  walked  with  God  amid  the  multitude. 
No  threats  or  smiles  couid  his  firm  soul 

divide 
From  that  beloved  presence  at  his  side. 
Whose  still  small  voice  silenced  earth's  noises 
Boldly  abroad  to  men  he  testified     [rude. 
How  "the  Lord  cometh,"  and  the  judgment 

brings; 
Gently  at  home  he  trained  his  "sons  and 
daughters;" 
Till,  praying,  a  bright  chariot  he  espied 
Sent  to  translate  him  as  on  angels'  wings, 
To  walk  with  God  beside  heaven's  "living 
waters."  B.  Wilton. 

3402.  ENOCH,  Translation  of. 

Genesis  v  :  24. 
Though  proudly  through  the  vaulted  sky 

Was  borne  Elisha's  sire; 
And  dazzling  unto  mortal  eye 

His  car  and  steeds  of  fire ; 

To  me  as  glorious  seems  the  change 

Accorded  to  thy  worth ; 
As  instantaneous  and  as  strange 

Thy  exit  from  this  earth. 

Something  which  makes  a  deeper  thrill 
These  few  brief  words  unfold. 

Than  all  description's  proudest  skill 
Could  of  that  hour  have  told. 

Fancy's  keen  eye  may  trace  the  course 

Elijah  held  on  high: 
The  car  of  flame,  each  fiery  horse 

Her  visions  may  supply ; 

But  thy  transition  mocks  each  dream 
Framed  by  her  wildest  power. 

Nor  can  her  mastery  supreme 
Conceive  thy  parting  hour. 

Were  angels  with  expanding  wings 
As  guides  and  guardians  given  ! 

Or  did  sweet  sounds  from  seraphs'  strings 
Waft  thee  from  earth  to  heaven? 


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EPHESXIS. 


'Twere  vaia  to  ask:  we  know  but  this, 
Thy  path  from  grief  aud  time 

Uuto  eternity  and  bliss, 
Mysterious  and  sublime ! 

Witli  God  thou  walkedst,  and  wast  not! 

And  thought  and  fau'-y  fail 
Further  than  this  to  paint  thy  lot 

Or  tell  thy  wondrous  tale. 

Bernard  Barton. 

3403.  EPHESUS. 

Revelations  ii :  5. 

And  where  stands  Ephesus,  in  days  gone  by 
Pride  of  the  East,  Ionia's  radiant  eye, 
Boasting  the  shrine  to  famed  Diana  reared, 
Earth's  wonder  called,  that  myriad  hearts 

revered? 
There  spreads  Selinus'  lake  beneath  the  hill, 
And  flows  unchanged  theCayster's  willowed 

rill; 
These  speak  the  city  near ;  through  waving 

grass. 
O'er  blackened  stones,  we  slowly  laboring 


Across  our  way  the  timid  leveret  springs; 
Woke  from  his  sleep,  the  snake  uncoils  his 

rings. 
No  street  we  tread,  but  climb  a  grass-grown 

mound — 
"What !  is  this  Ephesus  that  moulders  round? 
The  embattled  walls  that  swept  o'er  Lepre's 

side, 
To  shapeless  ruin  crushed,  have  stooped  their 

pride ; 
Where  stood  that  early  church  Paul  loved  so 

well, 
No  cross,  no  tomb,  no  stone  remains  to  tell. 
Diana's  fane  that,  glassed  in  depths  below, 
From  bronze  and  silver  cast  a  starry  glow, 
With  statues,  colonnades,  and  courts  apart, 
And  porphyry  pillars,  each  the  pride  of  art, 
Have  Time's  stern  scythe,  man's  rage,  and 

flood  and  fire, 
Left  naught  for  curious  pilgrims  to  admire? 
A  few  poor  footsteps  now  may   cross    the 

shrine, 
Cell,  long  arcade,  high  altar,  all  supine ; 
Bound  with  thick  ivy,  broken  columns  lie. 
Through  low  rent  arches  winds  of  evening 

sigh. 
Rough  brambles  choke  the  vaults  where  gold 

was  stored, 
And  toads  spit  venom  forth  where  priests 

adored. 

The  shivering  bolt  of  ruthless  ruin  falls 
On  pleasure's  haunts,  as  well  as  priestly  walls : 
See !  in  the  circus,  where  gay  chariots  pressed 
Their  rapid  race,  the  plover  builds  her  nest. 
Ten  thousand  voices  rang  from  yonder  hill, 
There,   clothed    with   moss,  sweep  circling 

benches  still. 
But  e'en  the  peasant  shuns  that  spot  in  fear, 
So  deep  the  voiceless  calm,  its  looks  so  drear. 


Poor  actors !  Greek  or  Roman,  where  are  they, 
That  toiled  and  laughed  to  make  their  fel- 
lows gay? 
Down  the  long  stream  of  sable  Lethe  tost. 
Their  graves  unknown,  and  e'en  their  memo- 
ries lost. 

Yet,  Ephesus !  while  desolate  and  lorn, 
And  though  thy  starless  night  shall  know  no 

morn. 
Cold  is  the  breast  of  him  who  looks  on  thee, 
And  feels  no  thrill  of  solemn  ecstasy. 
As  musing  now  we  walk  thy  desert  bound, 
The  heart  leaps  up  as  at  a  trumpet's  sound, 
For  here,  e'en  here — name  never  to  expire — 
Paul  taught  his  church,  and   breathed  his 

words  of  fire; 
These  very  stones  his  foot  perchance  hath 

trod. 
These  roofless  walls  have  heard  his  prayers  to 

God. 
There  did  Demetrius  raise  his  heathen  cry 
'Gainst     him    who    led    men's    wandering 

thoughts  on  high, 
Showed   the  dark  errors   of  their  baseless 

dreams, 
Poured  on  the  spirit's  night  celestial  beams. 
And  cheered  us  with  the  hope,  when  worms 

shall  prey 
On  this  poor  form  consigned  to  slow  decay, 
The  soul,  with  added  powers  and  new-fledged 

plume. 
Shall  spring  to  life  and  joy  beyond  the  tomb. 

Ay,  Paul's  bright  fame,  above  the  fame  of 

kings, 
On  these  sad  ruins  dazzling  lustre  flings. 
But  chief  tradition  points  to  yon  rude  tower, 
Where  passed  in  bonds  the  apostle's  lonely 

hour. 
And  pious  hands  have  reared  in  later  day 
These  fretted  Gothic  walls,  and  arches  gray; 
Within  this  cell — hush,  heart !  thy  fluttering 

fears — 
To  fancy's  eye  his  godlike  form  appears : 
What  solemn  thought  that  lofty  brow  dis- 
What  holy  fervor  in  that  lifted  gaze !    [plays ! 
Monarchs !  behold  a  greater  far  than  ye ; 
Conquerors !  to  Christ's  brave  champion  bend 

the  knee !  Mc?iolas  Michell. 

3404.  EPHESUS,  The  Beasts  of. 
1  Corinthians  xv  :  32. 
How  long,  O  Lord  of  grace ! 
Must  languish  Thy  true  race. 
In  a  forced  friendship  linked  with  Belial  here, 
With  Mammon's  brand  of  care, 
And  Baal  pleading  fair, 
And  the  dog  breed  who  at  Thy  temple  jeer? 

How  long,  O  Lord !  how  long 

Shall  Csesar  do  us  wrong. 
Laid  but  as  ste])s1o  throne  his  mortal  power ! 

While  e'en  our  angels  stand 

With  helpless  voice  and  hand,       [hour. 
Scorned  by  proud  Ilaman  in  his  triumph- 


EPIFH^lSrY. 


EPIPH^I^Y 


1C7 


'Tis  said  our  seers  discern 

The  destined  bickerings  stern, 
In  the  dim  distance  of  Thy  fiery  train, 

Oh,  nerve  us  in  that  woe ! 

For  where  Tliy  wlieels  shall  go. 
We  must  be  tried,  the  while  Thy  foes  are 
slain,  John  11.  Newman. 


3405.  EPIPHANY,  Attendants  of  the. 

A  star  shines  forth  in  heaven  suddenly, 

A   wondrous   orb,    less   than    the   sun,  yet 

greater — 
Less  in  its  outward  light,  but  greater  in 
Its  inward  glory,  pointing  to  a  mystery. 
That  morning  star  sent  forth  its  beams  afar 
Into  the  land  of  those  who  had  no  light; 
Led  them  as  blind  men,  by  a  way  they  knew 

not, 
Until  tliey  came  and  saw  the  Light  of  men. 
Offered  their  gifts,  received  eternal  life, 
Worshipped,  and  went  their  way. 
Thus  luid  the  Sou  two  heralds,  one  on  high. 
And  one  below.     Above,  the  star  rejoiced; 
Below,  the  Baptist  bore  Him  record: 
Two  heralds  thus,  one  heavenly,  one  of  earth ; 
That  witnessing  the  nature  of  the  Son, 
The  majesty  of  God,  and  this  His  human 

nature. 
O  mighty  wonder !  thus  were  they  the  heralds. 
Both  of  His  Godhead  and  His  manhood. 
Who  held  Him  only  for  a  son  of  earth. 
To  such  the  star  proclaimed  His  heavenly 

glory; 
Who  held  Him  only  for  a  heavenly  spirit, 
To  such  the  Baptist  spoke  of  Him  as-  man. 
And  in  the  lioly  temple  Simeon  held  the 

Babe 
Fast  in  his  aged  arms,  and  sang  to  Him : 

"  To  me,  in  Thy  mercy, 

An  old  man,  Thou  art  come; 
Thou  layest  my  body 

In  peace  in  the  tomb. 
Thou  soon  wilt  awake  me. 

And  bid  me  arise ; 
Wilt  lead  me  transfigured 

To  Paradise." 

Then  Anna  took  the  Babe  upon  her  arms. 
And  pressed  her  mouth  upon  His  infant  lips; 
Then  came  the  Holy  Spirit  on  her  lips. 
As  erst  upon  Isaiah's,  when  the  coal 
Had  touched  his  silent  lips,  and  opened  them: 
With  glowing  heart  she  sang: 

"O  Son  of  the  King! 

Though  Thy  birthplace  was  mean, 
All-hearing,  yet  silent. 

All-seeing,  unseen. 
Unknown,  yet  all-knowing, 
God,  and  yet  Son  of  man. 
Praise  to  Thy  name !" 

Tr.from  Ephraim  Syrus.      , 


340G.  EPIPHANY  :  Magi's  OfFering. 
Matthew  ii  :  11. 
O  chief  of  cities,  Bethlehem, 
Of  David's  crown  the  fairest  gem. 
But  more  to  us  than  David's  name. 
In  thee,  as  man,  the  Saviour  came. 

Beyond  the  sun  in  splendor  bright, 
Above  thee  stands  a  wondrous  light 
Proclaiming  from  the  conscious  skies 
That  here  in  flesh  the  Godhead  lies. 

^ee,  coming  from  the  East,  afar 
Chaldean  sages  hail  his  star, 
And  low  in  adoration  bent 
Their  threefold  gifts  to  Him  present. 

The  golden  tribute  owns  Him  King, 
But  frankincense  to  God  they  bring; 
And  last,  prophetic  sign,  Avith  myrrh 
They  shado,w  forth  His  sepulchre. 
Prudentius,  tr.  hy  N.  B.  Smithers. 

3407.  EPIPHANY:  Morning  Star. 

Matthew  ii  •,  9. 
The  wondering  sages  trace  from  far, 
Bright  in  the  west,  the  morning  star; 
A  light  illumes  the  western  skies, 
Seen  never  in  the  east  to  rise. 

Eternity  produced  its  blaze. 
Time's  fulness  hails  its  nearer  rays; 
Its  brightness  chases  night  away, 
And  kindles  darkness  into  day. 

O  Jesu !  brightest  Morning  Star ! 
Shed  forth  Thy  beams  both  near  and  far. 
That  all,  in  these  our  later  days, 
May  know  Thee,  and  proclaim  Thy  praise. 
£J.  Lange,  tr.  ly  F.  E.  Cox. 

3408.  EPIPHANY,  The. 

Isaiah  Ix  :  3. 
Beyond  the  barren  mountain  range 

Where  Hor  lifts  up  its  sacred  head. 
And  buried  lies  in  mystery  strange. 
As  years  work  out  their  silent  change, 

The  city  of  the  dead. 

Where  proud  Euphrates  day  by  day 

Winds  through  the  plain,  or  sleeping  lies, 
The  watching  Magi  nightly  pray. 
And  seek  the  future's  hidden  way 
From  planet-lighted  skies. 

Through  the  unclouded  midnight  air. 

On  vast  infinity's  dark  page. 
With  deepest  skill  and  constant  care. 
They  read  the  golden  letters  there 

That  wax  not  old  with  age. 

Lo!  as  they  gaze  with  deep  intent, 

A  f /ar  more  brilliant  than  the  rest, 
The  herald  of  some  great  event, 
Moves  through  the  gilded  firmament 
Onward  towards  the  west. 


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ESu^TJ. 


Then  came  the  sound  tradition  brought 

From  Peor's  top  in  days  of  old, 
"What  time  the  seer  entranced  caught 
Prophetic  power,  and,  spirit  taught, 
Tl»e  future  did  unfold. 

A  sceptre  shall  from  Israel  rise, 

A  star  from  Jacob  doubly  blest; 
And  now  before  their  wondering  eyea 
The  brilliant  meteor  walks  the  skies 
Still  onward  towards  the  west. 

"Where'er  it  leads,  that  fiery  light 

Unhidden  by  the  blaze  of  day. 
And  marking  with  intenser  might 
The  darkness  of  the  deeper  night. 

They  follow  on  the  way. 

"With  morning's  blush,  when  sunsets  fade. 
On  over  rock  and  steep  and  wild, 

By  palm  and  cedar-tree  and  shade. 

Till  in  the  homely  manger  laid 
They  find  the  royal  child. 

Intruding  doubts  away  they  fling, 

Unheeding  the  unwonted  stir, 
They  from  their  costly  treasures  bring 
Free  offerings  for  the  infant  King, 

Gold,  frankincense,  and  myrrh. 

Gold  shadows  forth  His  royalty 

While  frankincense  His  priesthood  shows. 
And  myrrh  that  He  shall  buried  be ; 
And  so  the  wondrous  mystery 

With  deeper  meaning  grows. 

Frederick  W.  Kitter master. 

3409.  ESAU  SELLINa  HIS  BIRTHRIGHT. 

Hebrews  xii :  IC,  17. 

"  And  is  there  in  God's  world  so  drear  a  place 

Where  the  loud  bitter  cry  is  raised  in  vain? 

Where  tears  of  penance  come  too  late  for 

grace. 
As  on  the  uprooted  flower  the  genial  rain?" 

'Tis  even  so :  the  sovereign  Lord  of  souls 
Stores  in  the  dungeon  of  His  boundless  realm 
Each  bolt  that  o'er  the  sinner  vainly  rolls, 
With  gathered  wrath  the  reprobate  to  whelm. 

Will  the  storm  hear  the  sailor's  piteous  cry, 
Taught  to  mistrust  too  late ;  the  tempting 

wave, 
When  all  around  he  sees  but  sea  and  sky, 
A  God  in  anger,  a  self -chosen  grave? 

Or  will  the  thorns,  that  strew  intemperance' 

bed, 
Turn  with  a  wish  to  down?  will  late  remorse 
Recall  th'  shaft  the  murderer's   hand   has 

sped. 
Or  from  the  guiltless  bosom  turn  its  course? 

Then  may  th'  unbodied  soul  in  safety  fleet 
Through   the   dark   curtains   of  the  world 
above. 


Fresh  from  the  stain  of  crime ;  nor  fear  to 

meet 
The  God  whom  here  she  would  not  learn  to 

love. 

Then  is  there  hope  for  such  as  die  unblest. 
That  angels'  wings  may  waft  them  to  the 

shore, 
Nor   need   the  unready   virgin    strike   her 

breast. 
Nor  wait  desponding  round  the  bridegroom's 

door. 

But  where  is  then  the  stay  of  contrite  hearts? 
Of  old  they  leaned  on  Thy  eternal  word, 
But  with  the  sinner's  fear  their  hope  departs. 
Fast  linked  as  Thy  great  Name  to  Thee,  O 
Lord! 

That  name,  by  which  Thy  faithful  oath  is 

past. 
That  we  should  endless  be,  for  joy  or  woe ; 
And  if  the   treasures  of  Thy  wrath  could 

waste, 
Thy  lovers    must   their    promised    heaven 

forego. 

But  ask  of  elder  days,  earth's  vernal  hour, 
When   in    familiar    talk    God's   voice   was 

heard. 
When  at  the  patriarch's  call  the  fiery  shower 
Propitious    o'er    the    turf-built   shrine   ap- 
peared. 

Watch  by  our  father  Isaac's  pastoral  door: 

The  birthright  sold,  the  blessing  lost  and 
won ; 

Tell  Heaven  has  wrath  that  can  relent  no 
more; 

The  grave,  dark  deeds  that  cannot  be  un- 
done. 

We  barter  life  for  pottage ;  sell  true  bliss 
For  wealth  or  power,  for  pleasure  or  renown ; 
Thus  Esau-like,  our  Father's  blessing  miss, 
Then  wash  with  fruitless  tears  our  faded 
crown. 

Our  faded  crown,  despised  and  flung  aside, 
Shall   on   some    brother's    brow    immortal 

bloom. 
No  partial  hand  the  blessing  may  misguide ; 
No  flattering  fancy  change   our  Monarch's 

doom. 

His  righteous  doom,  that  meek,  true-hearted 

love 
The  everlasting  birthright  should  receive. 
The  softest  dews  drop  on  her  from  above, 
The   richest    green    her  mountain   garland 

weave. 

Her  brethren,  mightiest,  wisest,  eldest  born, 
Bow  to  her  sway,  and  move  at  her  behest : 
Isaac's  fond  blessing  may  not  fall  on  scorn. 
Nor  Balaam's  curse  on  love,  which  God  hath 
blest.  John  Kd)le, 


ESHCOL. 


ESTHER. 


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3410.  ESHOOL,  The  Grapes  of. 
Numbers  xiii  :  23,  24. 

Among  the  tribes,  the  weary  tribes,  we  wan- 
der; 

The  way  is  long,  complainings  fill  the  air; 

With  God  so  near,  we  fear  the  kings  of  Edom ; 

By  smitten  rocks  we  yield  us  to  despair. 

The  seas  gape  wide  and  make  for  us  a  path- 
way. 

We  hear  the  cry  of  Pharaoh's  drowning  host ; 

But  mists  roll  up,  there's  discord  and  confu- 
sion. 

And  far  away  is  Canaan's  peaceful  coast. 

Then  do  we  see  that  walking  close  beside  us 
With  steady  step,  and  eyes  that  onward  look, 
Are  those  who  went  before  us  to  that  country. 
And  brought  us  grapes  from  Eshcoi's  won- 
drous brook. 
Their  faces  shine,  their  lips  are  always  sing- 
ing, 
The  winds  of  Canaan  have  their  foreheads 

fanned, 
Alike  to  them  are  sunrise  and  sun-setting, 
Their  feet  make  haste !     They  have  beheld 
the  land ! 


Oh!  thanks,  and  thanks,  a  thousand  times 

repeated ! 
We  know  your  names.ye  valiant,  faithful  few ; 
Vour  lowest   words   are   like   a  song   from 

heaven. 
Ye  searched  the  land  out  better  than  ye  knew ! 
When  through  the  camp  there  rings  a  cry 

for  "Egypt," 
And  all  the  tribes  sway  backward  in  despair. 
We  turn  to  you  who  bear  the  purple  clusters. 
For  still  ye  say,  "  Surely  the  land  is  fair." 

We  pray  you,  friends,  walk  closer  still  beside 
Talk  to  us  often  of  the  way  ye  took,         [us, 
When  ye  beheld  the  figs  and  pomegranates, 
And  plucked  the  grapes  that  grew  by  Eshcoi's 

brook. 
When  doubts,  like  evil  birds,  fly  on  before  us. 
And  clouds  obscure  the  path  that  must  be 

trod, 
Speak  low  to  us  of  Sinai  and  its  glory, 
Repeat  the  name  of  Israel's  mighty  God, 

Ages  have  passed  since  Miriam's  song  was 

ended. 
The  wondrous  brothers   lead   the   hosts  no 

more; 
But  we  can  hear  the  whisperings  of  Jordan, 
And  see,  afar,  our  Canaan's  peaceful  shore. 
With  undimmed  splendor  shines  the  star  of 

Jacob, 
Safe !  safe  for  aye  our  title-deed  doth  stand ! 
Our  lips   shall  taste  the   purple    grajies  of 

Eshcol, 
For  evermore  we  shall  possess  the  land ! 
Ellen  M.  H.  Gates. 


3411.  ESDRAELON,  Plain  of. 

Esdraelon's  plain  still  boasts  its  myrtle  bow- 
ers. 

Golden  with  corn,  or  carpeted  with  flowers; 

How  like  a  sainted  mind  that  seeks  the  skies, 

Crowned  with  a  glory.  Tabor's  tops  arise  ! 

From  base  to  summit  groves  are  waving 
green, 

While  many  a  hoary  ruin  peeps  between. 

Here  mouldered  church  and  fallen  convent 
show 

How  warm  was  zeal  a  thousand  years  ago ; 

In  yon  stone  cell  the  hermit  knelt  to  ]>ray. 

And  passed  in  dreams  his  martyr  life  away. 

Jasmine's  white  bells  and  henna's  yellow 
bloom 

Breathe  out  their  sweets  till  rocks  e'en  drink 
perfume ; 

In  viewless  clouds  those  odors  mount  the  air. 

And  Tabor  stands  like  some  rich  altar  there, 
Nicholas  Michell. 


3412.  ESTHER— MORDECAI. 

Morn  is  come,  the  purple  morn, 
Yet  it  looks  on  shapes  forlorn ; 
On  thy  glittering  roofs,  Shushan, 
There  are  mourners  wild  and  wan; 
Eyes  upturned,  dishevelled  hair, 
Brows  unturbaned,  bosoms  bare; 
Hands  in  restless  anguish  wrung 
By  the  grief  that  knows  no  tongue ; 
Dust  and  ashes  on  the  brow. 
King  of  Israel,  where  art  Thou? 
Through  the  livelong  winter's  night, 
Like  the  harvest  in  the  blight; 
Like  the  reeds,  by  storms  o'erthrown; 
Rank  on  rank,  lay  Israel  strown. 
Prostrate  on  their  naked  roofs. 
Listening  to  the  trampling  hoofs, 
Listening  to  the  trumpet's  clang, 
As  to  horse  the  riders  sprang; 
Bearing  each  the  bloody  scroll, 
Slaying  all  things  but  the  soul. 

Every  blast  that  trumpet  gave 

Was  a  summons  to  the  grave; 

Every  torch  that  hurried  by 

Told  that  myriads  were  to  die ! 

Myriads,  in  that  midnight  sleeping. 

Where  the  Arab  balms  are  weeping; 

Where  along  th'  Ionian  hill 

Night-dews  of  the  rose  distil; 

By  the  Scythian  mountain-chain; 

By  the  Ethiopian  plain ; 

By  the  Indian  Ocean's  roar, 

By  the  farthest  fiery  shore, 

Where  the  foot  of  man  could  tread ; 

Where  the  Jew  could  hide  his  head; 

Where  his  heart  could  heave  the  groan; 

On  the  earth  alone,  alone ! 

Son  of  the  Captivity, 

Vengeance  winged  that  shaft  for  thee. 

Judah,  scattered,  "  spent  and  peeled," 

In  that  hour  thy  doom  was  sealed ! 


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ESTHER. 


Still,  the  opening  palace  porch 

Sliowed  the  troop,  with  trump  and  torch. 

Thundering  through  the  dusk  beneath, 

Each  a  messenger  of  death; 

Like  a  sanguine  meteor  rushing, 

Light  on  tower  and  temj)le  flushing; 

Till  dispersed,  the  furious  horde, 

Like  the  fragments  of  a  sword, 

Like  the  lightning,  scattered  forth. 

East,  and  west,  and  south,  and  north. 

While  the  son  of  Israel's  gaze 

Watched  the  shooting  of  that  blaze, 

As  o'er  hill  and  plain  it  sjiread; 

Like  the  livid  vapors  fed. 

Where  the  battle's  remnants  lie, 

Withering  to  the  stormy  sky. 

King  of  Israel,  hear  the  prayer 

Of  Thy  people  in  despair ! 

Yet,  within  thy  courts,  Shushan, 
Stood  that  morn  an  ancient  man: 
On  his  high  phylactery 
Wisdom  that  can  never  die; 
On  the  motion  of  his  hand. 
Propped  upon  the  ivory  wand ; 
On  his  stej),  though  weak  with  age, 
Stamped  the  leader  and  the  sage. 

Hark  the  shoutings !     In  his  pride, 
Sullen-hearted,  cruel-eyed, 
With  the  signet  of  command 
Glittering  on  his  haughty  hand. 
With  his  barb's  caparison 
Dazzling  as  an  Indian  throne, 
Haman  comes,  of  lords  the  lord, 
Persia's  buckler,  Persia's  sword! 
In  his  front  the  timbrels  sounding. 
Round  his  steed  the  dancers  bounding, 
Roses  flung  beneath  liis  tread, 
Broidered  banners  o'er  his  head, 
Chiefs,  w  ith  jewelled  shield  and  spear, 
Flashing  round  the  dark  vizier. 

But  a  pang  of  wrath  and  shame 
Lights  his  cheek  with  sudden  flame ! 
One,  above  the  prostrate  crowd, 
Like  a  pillar  stands  unbowed. 
Day  by  day,  that  silent  one, 
Stood  beside  that  portal-stone, 
Scorning  with  the  slave  to  stoop 
To  the  tyrant's  vulture-swoop; 
Scorning  the  hypocrisy 
Of  the  captive's  bended  knee : 
Bowing  only  to  the  rod 
Of  his  conscience  and  his  God ! 

Day  by  day  the  tyrant's  lieart 
Felt  that  scorn,  a  living  dart; 
In  his  breast  of  pride  and  ire, 
Scorpion  sting,  and  serpent  spire; 
Till  the  murderer's  oath  was  sworn, 
That  the  babe  of  Israel  born, 
Priest  and  Levite,  matron,  maid, 
All  should  in  their  blood  bo  laid — 
All  should  in  their  graves  atone. 
That  high  glance,  thou  ancient  one. 


Now,  from  his  deluded  king. 
Fraud  had  won  the  missive  ring; 
Now,  the  seal  of  death  was  sent. 
To  the  palace,  to  the  tent — 
Far  as  Persia's  banners  wave, 
Far  as  Israel  finds  a  grave, 
Far  as  tears  of  blood  are  shed 
Was  the  gory  mandate  sped. 
Now,  in  his  trium})hant  hour 
To  the  monarch's  banquet  bower, 
In  a  tyrant's  full-blown  pride, 
Rode  the  mighty  homicide. 

Still,  beside  the  portal-stone 

Stood  that  old,  unbending  one; 

Still,  beyond  his  fierce  control. 

Strong  in  majesty  of  soul. 

On  the  tyrant's  heart  his  gaze 

Fell  like  a  consuming  blaze. 

Swelled  in  vain  the  loud  "  All  haill" 

On  his  glance  the  pomp  grew  pale; 

Clashed  in  vain  the  shield  and  spear. 

On  his  glance  rose  rack  and  bier. 

In  that  ancient  form,  unbowed, 

As  the  gathering  of  the  cloud. 

As  the  rushing  of  the  gale, 

As  the  forest's  rising  wail. 

Tells  the  coming  thunderstroke, 

Ruin  on  the  satrap  broke  1 

Though  that  night  his  grasp  might  wring 

Asia  from  his  trusting  king; 

Though  the  world's  first  diadem 

On  his  haughty  brow  might  beam; 

Yet  his  spirit's  sudden  thrill 

Told  him  he  was  mortal  still ; 

At  his  feet  he  saw  the  tomb : 

In  that  prophet-eye  was  doom  I 

Night  is  on  the  royal  bower, 
Roses  on  the  couches  shower; 
Soft,  as  from  the  opening  skies, 
Fall  delicious  harmonies; 
Flaming  from  a  thousand  urns. 
Incense  round  the  banquet  burns; 
O'er  the  golden-sculptured  roof. 
Shooting  from  the  eye  aloof, 
Till  it  seems  another  heaven, 
Studded  with  the  stars  of  even ; 
Rich  as  an  enchanted  dream. 
Thousand  golden  cressets  gleam. 
Grouped  around  the  mighty  hall, 
Indian  dwarf,  and  Nubian  tall, 
Jewel-turbaned,  tissue-robed. 
Stand  in  dazzling  light  englobed: 
Stand  the  Syrian  sons  of  song. 
Stand  the  Grecian  minstrel-throng. 
All  is  pomp,  and  feast,  and  dance, 
All  is  joy's  delicious  trance; 
Empire's  pleasure,  empire's  power, 
Centred  in  one  matchless  hour: 
Still,  there  shrinks  one  eye  of  fear — 
It  is  thine,  thou  dark  vizier! 

But,  what  sounds  on  midnight  sail ! 
Hark !  a  rush,  a  shriek,  p.  wail, 


ESTHER. 


ESTHER. 


m 


Deepening  to  one  death-like  cry, 
Like  a  wreck's  last  agony; 
Like  the  sounds  that  rend  the  air 
In  some  city's  last  despair, 
When  upon  her  midnight  wall 
Rings  the  stormer's  trumpet-call ! 
Through  the  portals  of  the  bower, 
Israel,  rush  thy  virgin  flower; 
Like  a  halo  round  their  queen. 
Yet  no  festal  smile  is  seen ; 
Yet  no  tresses,  pearl  entwined, 
Play  on  the  enamored  wind. 
Dust  and  ashes  on  the  head, 
Faces  veiled,  unsandallcd  tread, 
Breathe  their  lips  a  funeral  hymn; 
All  is  dark,  dishevelled,  dim. 
But,  advancing  to  the  throne, 
From  their  circle  moves,  alone, 
Esther,  palest  of  the  pale ; 
On  her  lip  a  trembling  tale; 
In  her  step  a  woman's  fear, 
On  her  cheek  a  woman's  tear; 
But  within  her  glorious  eye 
Lustre  lighted  from  the  sky; 
Like  an  altar's  flame,  the  sign 
Of  her  hope  and  helja  divine  ! 

Standing  by  the  royal  board. 
In  the  cup  the  wine  she  poured; 
Then  with  eyes  to  heaven  upthrown, 
Hushed  within  her  heart  the  groan. 
"By  thy  diadem  and  ring. 
Pledge  thy  bride,  of  kings  thovi  king." 
On  the  monarch's  wondering  gaze 
Flashed  her  eye's  supernal  blaze ; 
Never,  in  love'.3  richest  hour. 
Struck  so  deep  her  beauty's  power; 
Never  passion's  breathings  stole 
On  his  ear  such  chains  of  soul. 
From  her  hand  he  took  the  wine : 
"Empress,  be  my  sceptre  thine." 

High  to  heaven,  with  gesture  grand, 
Raised  the  queen  the  golden  wand : 
"  Who  shall  smite,"  she  sternly  cried, 
"  Age  and  childhood,  maid  and  bride? 
Who  shall  triumph,  whom  his  ire 
Steeps  in  blood  the  son  and  sire? 
Who  shall  point  the  traitor-sword, 
Aspic-like,  to  sting  his  lord? 
Kings'  and  people's  murderer — 
King,  behold  the  traitor — there!" 
With  the  more  than  mortal  sound 
Rang  the  mighty  hall  around  ! 

Haman,  boldest  of  the  bold. 
Felt  his  burning  blood  run  cold; 
Smote  by  heaven,  ambition,  pride, 
All  the  tiger  in  him  died ; 
On  his  lip  one  fearful  cry, 
In  his  heart  one  agony. 
At  the  monarch's  footstool  flung. 
Still  to  abject  life  he  clung; 
But  he  gnaws  the  dust  in  vain, 
Earth  abjures  the  living  stain; 


From  the  royal  footstool  torn, 
Through  the  shouting  city  borne; 
Now  in  fetters  dragged  to  die, 
Taunts  and  curses  round  him  fly. 
Now  is  paid  the  long  arrear: 
Truths 'tis  worse  than  death  to  hear; 
Wrongs,  by  terror  forced  to  sleep; 
Wrongs,  'twas  ruin  but  to  weep; 
Wrongs,  that  rankled  in  the  breast, 
While  the  lip  in  smiles  was  drest; 
Wrongs,  that,  prostrate  at  his  feet. 
Made  the  hope  of  vengeance  sweet; 
Wrongs,  that  pined  to  curse  his  name, 
In  the  shout  that  fools  call  fame. 
Griefs,  long  nursed  in  shame  and  gloom, 
Things  that  make  the  heart  a  tomb; 
Stings  of  soul,  that  slaves  must  hide, 
Now  find  voices  wild  and  wide; 
All  the  buried  agonies 
Now  in  living  vengeance  rise. 
Thousands  who  had  kissed  the  ground, 
At  his  courser's  fiery  bound ; 
Thousands,  piled  on  tower  and  roof, 
Gazing  on  the  scene  aloof; 

Thousands,  rushing  where  he  stands, 
Shuddering  in  the  headsman's  hands, 
Gasp  to  see  the  tyrant's  fall ; 
Fury,  triumph,  vengeance  all ! 
Yet,  if  there  were  still  a  pang, 
Haman,  through  thy  breast  it  sprang. 
As  the  scaffold  met  thy  glare, 
Like  a  spectre  in  the  air; 
On  that  scaffold,  huge  and  high, 
Mordecai  was  doomed  to  die  ! 
At  the  glance,  the  scorpion-thought 
Through  his  frozen  bosom  shot. 
"Yes,  before  this  day  was  past, 
There  he  shouldst  have  looked  his  last; 
There,  on  all  beneath  the  sky, 
Should  have  closed  his  haughty  eye. 
Now  the  shame,  the  blood,  the  groan. 
Madman,  murderer,  are  thine  own  !" 

But,  who  comes  in  royal  state? 
Opes  for  whom  the  golden  gate? 
Round  his  car,  a  moving  throne, 
Persia's  royal  trumpets  blown ; 
Hailed  by  Persia's  herald-throng, 
Hailed  by  Israel's  holiest  song. 
In  the  royal  canopy; 
Hallowed  triumph  in  his  eye, 
Persia's  signet  of  command 
Glittering  on  his  ancient  hand. 
Mordecai !  that  pomp  is  thine; 

Joy  to  ransomed  Palestine  ! 

Now  no  more  shall  Judah  lie, 

Dreading,  or  to  live,  or  die  ! 

In  that  hour  was  checked  the  flood. 

Where  the  waves  were  Israel's  blood; 

In  that  hour  was  broke  the  chain; 

Israel  shall  be  throned  again  ! 

George  Croly. 


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ESTHER. 


ETERISTITY. 


3413.  ESTHER,  The  Success  of. 

Esther  v  :  2. 

The  King  holds  out  the  golden  sceptre; 

And  this  its  language  seems  to  be : 
"  Fear  not !     My  hand  has  royal  power, 

And  I  will  use  that  power  for  thee !" 

She  rightly  understands  its  meaning, 
And  with  a  beating  heart  draws  nigh. 

"  Queen  Esther,  what  is  thy  petition? 
Fear  not!     It  cannot  rise  too  high." 

Encouraged  thus,  her  sad  heart's  burden 
She  wholly  casts  upon  her  lord; 

The  multitude  of  thoughts  within  her. 
Before  that  throne  of  grace  are  poured. 

Come,  Bride  of  Christ,  her  footsteps  follow! 

Jesus  Himself  is  on  the  Throne, 
His  sceptre  graciously  extendeth, 

And  bids  thee  call  His  power  thine  own. 

Then  touch  the  sceptre,  night  and  morning, 
And  many  times  throughout  the  day : 

He  loves  thee,  and  He  cares  to  listen 
To  everything  thou  hast  to  say. 

Is  there  a  thought  thou  hast  not  uttered 

To  any  friend  beneath  the  sun, 
A  thought  tliat  cannot  find  expression, 

A  thought  that  seems  but  just  begun? 

O  go  and  tell  it  all  to  Jesus? 

Jesus  is  sure  to  understand ! 
Pour  out  thy  burdened  heart  before  Him, 

And  touch  the  sceptre  with  thy  hand. 

Be  not  afraid,  and  be  not  slothful ; 

For  He  hath  said,  "  Seek  ye  My  Face:" 
Draw  near,  and  every  time  draw  nearer; 

"  Come  boldly  to  the  Tlirone  of  Grace!" 
Catharine  Ilanhey. 

3414.  ESTHER,  Vashti  and. 

Esther  vii :  3. 

Thou  art  the  great  Ahasuerus,  whose  com- 
mand 
Doth  stretch  from  pole  to  pole ;  the  world's 

thy  land; 
Rebellious  Vashti's  the  corrupted  will, 
Which,  being  called,  refuses  to  fulfil 
Thy  just  command;  Esther,  whose  tears  con- 
The  razed  city,  is  the  regen'rate  soul ;    [dole 
A  captive  maid,  whom  thou  wilt  please  to 

grace 
With  nuptial  honors  in  stout  Vashti's  place : 
Her  kinsman,  whose   unbended   knee   did 

thwart 
Proud  Haman's  glory,  is  the  fleshly  part ; 
The  sober  eunuch,  that  recalled  to  mind 
The  new-built  gibbet  (Haman  had  divined 
For  his  own  ruin),  fifty  cubits  high. 
Is  lustful  thought-controlling  chastity; 
Insulting  Haman  is  that  fleshly  lust 
Whose  red-hot  fury  for  a  season  must 


Triumph  in  pride,  and  study  how  to  tread 
On  Mordecai,  till  royal  Esther  plead,   [come; 
Great  king,  thy  sent-for  Vashti  will  not 
Oh  let  the  oil  of  the  bless'd  virgin's  womb 
Cleanse  my  poor  Esther ;  look,  oh !  look  upon. 

her 
With   gracious  eyes;    and  let  thy  beam  of 

honor 
So  scour  her  captive  stains,  that  she  may 
An  holy  object  of  thy  heavenly  love :  [prove 
Anoint  her  with  the  spikenard  of  thy  graces, 
Then  try  the  sweetness  of  her  chaste  em- 
braces : 
Make  her  the  partner  of  thy  nuptial  bed. 
And  set  thy  royal  crown  upon  her  head ; 
If  then  ambitious  Haman  chance  to  spend 
His  spleen  on  Mordecai,  that  scorns  to  bend 
The  wilful  stiffness  of  his  stubborn  knee, 
Or  basely  crouch  to  any  lord  but  thee ; 
If  weeijing  Esther  should  prefer  a  groan 
Before  the  high  tribunal  of  thy  throne. 
Hold  forth  thy  golden  sceptre,  and  afford 
The  gentle  audience  of  a  gracious  lord : 
And  let  thy  royal  Esther  be  possest 
Of  half  thy  kingdcm,  at  her  dear  request; 
Curb  lustful  Haman,  him  that  would  disgrace, 
Nay,  ravish  thy  fair  queen  before  thy  face : 
And  as  proud  Haman  was  himself  ensnared 
On  that  self-gibbet  that  himself  prepared ; 
So  nail  my  lust,  both  punishment  and  guilt, 
On  t^hat  dear  cross  that  mine  own  lusts  have 
built.  Francis  Quarles. 

3415.  ETERNITY. 

Over  a  river  deep  and  wide. 
Never  ruffled  by  wind  or  tide. 
Never  disturbed  by  a  reckless  oar. 
But  ever  placid  from  shore  to  shore, 
A  cathedral  has  stood  for  ages  past, 
Unique  and  wonderful,  grand  and  vast. 

Of  its  mystic  bells  the  solemn  peal 
Softly  over  the  river  steal ; 
Anon  my  ear,  through  mists  of  Time, 
The  ding-dong  hears  of  its  muflied  chime 
(A  monotone  deeper  than  voice  of  the  sea), 
"  E-ter-ni-ty— E-ter-ni-ty." 

Mutely,  slowly,  through  the  ford 
Files  a  line  of  worshippers  toward 
The  strange  cathedral ;  one  by  one 
Entering  its  vasty  aisles  to  con 
Of  mysteries  all  the  mystery, 
Eternity — Eternity. 

One  by  one,  since  the  birth  of  time, 

Of  every  rank  and  age  and  clime, 

A  vast,  vast  host  has  been  plodding  o'er 

The  quiet  stream  to  the  farther  shore. 

To  solve  what  for  aye  shall  a  problem  be — 

Eternity — Eternity. 

"Fall  in,  fall  in!"  cries  the  angel.  Death; 
And  none,  though  shiv'ring  with  bated  breath. 


EXIPIIRATEIS. 


EVE. 


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With  childish  fear  of  the  water's  chill, 
But  at  once  the  flat  must  fulfil, 
To  make,  in  line,  for  his  destiny, 
Eternity — Eternity. 

Never  can  feeble,  finite  man 

Its  vasty,  moving  cycles  span; 

Forever  be  the  task  pursued. 

Yet  ever,  batfiod,  man  shall  brood, 

With  questing  thought,  o'er  what  can  be 

Eternity — Eternity. 

If  full  a  thousand  years  'twould  take 
Of  arctic  snows  to  melt  each  flake. 
The  mountain  drifts  shall  all  dissolve, 
And  sc<jre  with  mighty  score  involve, 
And  yet  prefigure  not  to  thee, 
Eternity — Eternity. 

Did  all  the  twinkling  stars  resolve 

Their  silvery  glory  to  dissolve. 

That  hence,  in  each  ten-thousandth  year, 

One  or  another  should  disappear, 

The  long  "  forever''  would  not  be 

Eternity — Eternity. 

Think,  think,  O  man !     'Tis  not  a  jest, 
By  graceless,  faithless  wits  expressed ; 
List  thou,  and  list'ning,  fear  as  well. 
How  voices  loud  from  heaven  and  hell 
Announce  to  thee  most  solemnly, 
Eternity — Eternity, 

Thou  art !  and  this  is  God's  decree, 
That  thou  shalt  never  cease  to  be ! 
The  heavens  shall  melt,  the  sun  expire, 
The  whirling  globe  be  wrapped  in  fire. 
Yet  leave  unchanged  thy  destiny. 
Eternity — Eternity. 

Across  a  river,  deep  and  wide, 
Never  rippled  by  breeze  or  tide. 
Never  bestirred  by  a  heedless  oar, 
But  always  placid  from  shore  to  shore, 
Anon  this  peal  there  steals  to  me, 
' '  E-ter-ni-ty— E-ter-ni-ty. " 

W.  11.  LueTceribacTi. 

3416.  EUPHRATES,  Source  of  the. 

There  on  Euphrates,  in  its  ancient  course. 
Three  beauteous  rivers  rolled  their  confluent 

force. 
Whose  streams,  while  man  the  blissful  gar- 
den trod, 
Adcrned  the  earthly  paradise  of  God. 
But  since  he  fell,  within  their  triple  bound 
Fenced  a  lone  region  of  forbidden  ground ; 
Meeting  at  once,  where  high  athwart  their 

bed 
Repulsive  rocks  a  curving  barrier  spread. 
The  embattled  floods,  by  mutual  whirlpools 

crossed. 
In  hoary  foam  and  surging  mist  were  lost ; 
Thence,  like  an  Alpine  cataract  of  snow. 
White  down  the  precipice  they  dashed  below ; 


There,  in  tumultuous  billows  broken  wide. 
They  spent  their  rage,  and  yoked  their  four- 
fold tide; 
Through  one  majestic  channel,  calm  and  free, 
The  sister-rivers  sought  the  ])arent  sea. 

James  Montgomery. 

3417.  EUPHRATES,  The. 

Bright     stream  !     whose    wavelets     flowed 

through  Eden's  bowers, 
Watering   its    trees   and   incense-breathing 

flowers. 
Soothing  with  murmurs  Eve's  enraptured  ear, ' 
And  all  her  heavenly  charms  reflecting  clear: 
River !  whose  mountain-born  and  rapid  flood 
Swept    Shinar's    plain,    where     sky-topped 

Babel  stood, 
Wound,  like  a  huge  snake  glittering  in  the 

sun. 
Through  earth's  first  city,  mighty  Babylon ! 
And  saw,  along  those  wild  and  palmy  banks, 
The  first  dread  conqueror  range  his  blood- 
stained ranks! 
All  hail,  Euphrates !  stream  of  hoary  time. 
Fair  as  majestic,  sacred  as  sublime ! 
What  thoughts  of  earth's  young  morning 

dost  thou  bring ! 
What  hallowed  memories  to  thy  bright  waves 

cling! 
The  bowers  are  crushed  where  Eve  in  beauty 

shone. 
The  woods  are  wastes,  the  towers  are  over- 
thrown ; 
Ages  have  whelmed,  beneath  their  ruthless 

tide, 
Assyria's  glory  and  Chaldaea's  pride : 
But  thou,  exhaustless  river,  rollest  still. 
Raising  thy  lordly  voice  by  vale  and  hill ; 
Sparkling    through    palm- groves,    washing 

empires'  graves. 
And    gladdening   thirsty  deserts  with  thy 

waves ; 
Mirroring  the  heavens,  that  know  no  change, 

like  thee, 
A  glittering  dream,  a  bright-leaved  history ! 
Nicholas  Michell. 

3418.  EVE,  The  Serpent  and. 

James  i  :  14. 
Serpent.  Not  eat?  not  taste?   not  touch? 

not  cast  an  eye 
Upon  the  fruit  of  this  fair  tree?  and  why? 
Why  eat'st  thou  not  what  Heav'n  ordained 

for  food? 
Or  canst  thou  think  that  bad  which  Ileav'n 

called  good? 
Why  was  it  made,  if  not  to  be  enjoyed? 
Neglect  of  favors  makes  a  favor  void ; 
Blessings  unused  pervert  into  a  waste 
As  well  as  surfeits.     Woman,  do  but  taste. 
See  how  the  laden  boughs  make  silent  suit 
To  be  enjoyed;  look  how  their  bending  fruit 
Meet  thee  half-way ;  observe  but  how  they 

crouch 
To  kiss  thy  hand ;  coy  woman,  do  but  touch ; 


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EVK. 


EZKJ^. 


Mark  what  a  pure  vermilion  touch  has  dyed 
Their  swelling  cheeks,  and  how  for  shame 

they  hide 
Their  palsy  heads,  to  see  themselves  stand  by 
Neglected  :  woman,  do  but  cast  an  eye. 
What  bounteous  Heav'n  ordained  for  use 

refuse  not; 
Come,  pull  and  eat:  y'  abuse  the  thing  ye 

use  not. 
Eve.  Wisest  of  beasts,  our  great  Creator 

did 
Reserve  this  tree,  and  this  alone  forbid  ; 
The  rest  are  freely  ours,  which  doubtless  are 
As  pleasing  to  the  taste,  to  the  eye  as  fair; 
But,  touching  this,  His  strict  commands  are 

such, 
'Tis  death  to  taste,  no  less  than  death  to 

touch. 
Serpent.  Pish!    death's  a  fable;    did    not 

Heav'n  inspire 
Your  equiil  elements  with  living  fire. 
Blown  from  the  spring  of  life?     Is  not  that 

breath 
Immortal?     Come,  ye  are  as  free  from  death 
As   He  that    made    you.      Can   the    flames 

expire 
Which  He  has  kindled?     Can  ye  quench  His 

fire? 
Did  not  the  great  Creator's  voice  proclaim 
Whate'er  He  made,  from  the  blue-spangled 

frame 
To  the  poor  leaf  that  trembles,  very  good? 
Blessed   He   not  both    the   feeder  and  the 

food? 
Tell,  tell  me,  then,  what  danger  can  accrue 
From  such  blessed  food,  to  such  half  gods 

as  you? 
Curb  needless  fears,  and  let  no  fond  conceit 
Abuse  your  freedom;  woman,  take  and  eat. 
Eve.  'Tis  true  we  are  immortal ;  death  is 

yet 
Unborn,  and,  till  rebellion  make  it  death, 
Undue ;  I  know  the  fruit  is  good,  until 
Presumptuous  disobedience  make  it  ill. 
The  lips  that  open  to  this  fruit  's  a  portal 
To  let  in  death,  and  make  immortal  mortal. 
Serpent.  You  cannot  die;    come,  woman, 

taste  and  fear  not. 
Eve.  Shall  Eve  transgress?     I  dare  not, 

oh !  I  dare  not. 
Serpent.  Afraid?   why  draw'st  thou  back 

thy  tim'rous  arm? 
Harm  only  falls  on  such  as  fear  a  harm. 
Heav'n  knows  and  fears  the  virtue  of  this 

tree; 
'Twill  make  you  perfect  gods  as  well  as  He. 
Stretch  forth  thy  hand,  and  let  thy  fondness 

never 
Fear  death;  do,  pull  and  eat,  and  live  for- 
ever. 
Eve.  'Tis  but  an  apple ;  and  it  is  as  good 
To  do  as  to  desire.     Fruit's  made  for  food : 
ril  pull,  and  taste,  and  tempt  my  Adam  too 
To  know  the  secrets  of  this  dainty. 
Serpent.  Do. 

Francis  Quarles. 


3410.  EZEKIEL. 

Ezekiel  xxvii :  26. 
Lend  me  the  key  which  opes  the  secret  cells, 
Where,  in  His  words  and  works, the  Godhead 

dwells. 
As  nearer  we  approach  Him,  all  things  throng 
Vocal  with  heavenly  language,  and  a  tongue 
Speaking  in  figure,  where  the  East  descries 
The  glowing  footsteps  of  th' unfolded  skies. 

By  Chebar's  flood,  around  the  prophet  come 
Dread  speaking  laces,  peopling  all  the  gloom, 
And  cherubim  with  clieruhim  do  ply       [by. 
Their  wheeling  wings,  and  fiery  shapes  pass 
Or,  with  the  swiftness  of  a  flying  star. 
He  in  Jerusalem  is  found  afar. 
Now  Egypt,  the  great  dragon,  netted  lies 
'Mid  his  ovvn  waters;  or  the  seas  arise 
O'er  Tyre,  the  princely  ship  that  walked  the 

waves; 
Now   Lebanon's  cedar  the  strong   tempest 

braves. 

E'en  now,  as  then,  in  images  of  fire, 
Men  see  the  flashes  of  the  Almighty's  ire. 
Admire,  and  tremble  not,  they  come  around 
And  listen  to  the  church,  as  to  the  sound 
Of  a  sweet  lovely  song,  or  tuneful  reed. 
And  hear  her  awful  voice,  but  do  not  heed. 
Imac  Williams. 
3420.  EZEL. 

1  Samuel  xx  :  19. 
They  met  to  jjart — forever?    And  what  won- 
der 
They,  brave  in  battles,  wept  beyond  control : 
The   falling   bolt  would  cleave    their  lives 

asunder. 
While  yet  their  friendship  knit  them  soul  to 
soul. 

They  wept  together,  and  with  seeming  fitness 
Of  this  sad  mourning,  sacredly  their  own. 
Blind,  heartless  Ezel,  was  the  only  witness: 
The  world  was  by  them,  but  the  world  was 
stone. 

Enough  it  is  for  grievous  lamentation. 
For  years,  to  lose  the  presence  of  a  friend ; 
But  more,  alas!  when  cometh  separation 
That  hath  no  promise  of  a  joyful  end. 

How  much  their  heaviness  it  w^ould  have 

lighted 
Could  they  have  seen  as  we  can  gladly  see : 
True  friends  divided  shall  be  reunited; 
All  time  is  love's,  far  more  eternity. 

The  parting  for  the  last  time  cometh  never 
To  them  who  love  each  other  in  the  Lord; 
Not  long  can  time  or  space  or  aught  else  sever 
Souls  bound  together  in  such  sweet  accord. 

Were  this  not  so,  how  over-full  of  sorrow 
Would  many  of  our  separations  be  ! 
To  part,  and  hope  no  meeting  in  the  morrow, 
Would  press  upon  our  hearts  too  heavily. 


IHEA^ST. 


FEAST. 


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All  tliey  are  close  akin  who  love  sincerely, 
And  they  are  very  near  the  Father's  heart; 
The  fulness  of  their  joy  He  holds  most  dearly, 
And,  therefore,  wills  they  shall  not  stay  apart. 

We  go  our  ways,  then,  with  a  strength  un- 
broken 

By  painful  partings  here  that  needs  must 
come. 

Adieu,  the  farewell  fittest  to  be  spoken, 

Our  faith  and  love  speak,  though  our  lips  be 
dumb.         James  Madison  Williams. 


3421.  PEAST,  Invitation  to  the. 
Luke  xiv  :  22. 

Yet  there  is  room,  the  ]\Iaster  has  said. 
Room  at  the  feast  His  bounty  has  spread; 
Out  of  the  lanes  and  hedges  of  sin. 
Gather  them  in,  gather  them  in ; 
This  is  the  message  from  Jesus  to-day, 
Now  in  compassion  we  hear  Him  say, 
Earnestly,  tenderly  ask  them  to  come, 
Tell  them  there  yet  is  room. 

Yet  there  is  room  where  all  may  be  fed; 
Why  should  they  pine  and  languish  for  bread? 
Gather  the  weak  o'er-ladened  with  sin,      ^ 
Gather  them  in,  gather  them  in; 
Mercy  entreateth,  oh  come  unto  me  ! 
Joyful  to  all  shall  her  welcome  be, 
Lovingly,  pleadingly,  ask  them  to  come, 
Tell  them  there  yet  is  room. 

Gather  them  in,  the  young  and  the  old ; 
Gather  them  in,  there's  room  in  the  fold; 
Eager  their  souls  for  Jesus  to  win. 
Gather  them  in,  gather  them  in; 
Gather  them  in  to  the  banquet  of  grace. 
Gather  them  in  to  our  Lord's  embrace; 
Faithfully,  prayerfully  urge  them  to  come, 
Tell  them  there  yet  is  room. 

W.  H.  Boane. 


3422.  FEAST,  No  Eoom  at  the. 

Too  late,  no  room  !  the  "  Lamb's  bright  hall 

of  song" 
Is  closed  forever  'gainst  the  giddy  throng. 

While  down  the  slope  of  hills  the  day  de- 
clined, 
Thou  in  thine  ease  and  folly  hast  reclined. 

Didst  thou  not  see  the  shadows  rushing  by, 
And  hear  the  Spirit's  earnest  pleading  cry? 

Alas !  alas  !  the  banquet  was  for  thee ; 
The  bridegroom  bade  thee  come,  and  love  was 
free. 

Kow  closed  forever  is  the  door,  and  barred ; 
'Tis  vain  to  cry :  Oh  let  me  in,  my  Lord  I 
8.  M.  0.  Eojfman. 


3423.  PEAST.  Room  at  the. 

Luke  xiv  :  22. 

Yet  there  is  room !  The  Lamb's  bright  hall  of 

song, 
With  its  fair  glory,  beckons  thee  along; 
Room,  room,  still  room !  oh,  enter,  enter  now ! 

Day  is  declining,  and  the  sun  is  low; 

The  shadows  lengthen,  light  makes  haste  to 

go; 

Room,  room,  still  room !  oh,  enter,  enter  now  ! 

The  bridal  hall  is  filling  for  the  feast : 
Pass  in,   pass  in,  and  be  the  Bridegroom's 

guest; 
Room,  room,  still  room !  oh,  enter,  enter  now ! 

It  fills,  it  fills,  that  hall  of  jubilee ! 

Make  haste,  make  haste ;  'tis  not  too  full  for 

thee : 
Room,  room,  still  room !  oh,  enter,  enter  now ! 

Yet  there  is  room !  Still  open  stands  the  gate, 
The  gate  of  love ;  it  is  not  yet  too  late : 
Room,  room,  still  room !  oh,  enter,  enter  now ! 

Pass  in,  pass  in !     That  banquet  is  for  thee ; 
That  cup  of  everlasting  love  is  free; 
Room,  room,  still  room !  oh,  enter,  enter  now ! 

All  heaven  is  there,  all  joy  I     Go  in,  go  in ; 
The  angels  beckon  thee  the  prize  to  win : 
Room,  room,  still  room !  oh,  enter,  enter  now  ! 

Louder  and  sweeter  sounds  the  loving  call ; 
Come  lingerer,  come;  enter  that  festal  hall: 
Room,  room,  still  room !  oh,  enter,  enter  now ! 

Ere  night  that  gate  may  close,  and  seal  thy 

doom ; 
Then  the  last,  low,  long  cry :  ' '  No  room,  no 

room!" 
No    room,   no  room:  oh,    woful   cry,    "No. 

room !"  Horatius  Bonar. 

3424.  FEAST,  The  Gospel. 

Num.  iv  :  7;  2  Chron.  ii  :  4;   1  Cor.  x  :  17. 

One  temple,  and  one  table,  and  one  loaf. 
For  the  great  company  of  the  forgiven, 
The  numbers  without  number;  yet  enough 
For  all  in  earth  or  heaven. 
One  name,  one  Church,  one  Lord, 

One  hall,  one  robe,  one  feast ; 
His  Church  a  guest  at  His  high  board, 

And  He  His  Church's  guest; 
His  fulness  evermore 
An  endless,  undiminished  store. 

To  an  unearthly  feast 

The  Master  calls  His  own; 
At  an  unearthly  board 

His  bidden  ones  sit  down. 
The  true  unleavened  bread 

Is  on  His  table  laid; 
Daily  to  them  is  given 

To  drink  the  wine  of  heaven; 


176 


li^EET. 


T^IO-TREE. 


I  am  the  "bread  of  God, 

Which  Cometh  down  from  heaven; 
The  one  continual  bread, 

The  loaf  without  the  leaven; 
The  shew-bread  of  the  holy  2:)lace, 

To  His  true  Israel  given; 
Eternal  nourishment  and  strength, 

The  food  of  the  forgiven ! 

Not  on  the  solemn  days  alone, 
When  round  the  holy  board 

We  gather  in  the  name 
Of  an  ascended  Lord, 

Does  this  continual  loaf 
Its  vital  power  afford; 
Each  day,  each  hour,  this  bread  imparts 
Its  life  and  comfort  to  our  hearts. 
We  feast  on  Him  in  daily  faith. 

He  feasts  with  us  in  daily  love ; 
Himself  the  bread.  Himself  the  wine, 

He  pours  in  gladness  from  above. 
Absent,  yet  present,  what  can  e'er 

His  fellowsjup  from  us  remove? 
Ours  is  a  long  unbroken  feast. 
And  still  the  last  we  find  the  best. 

No  priestly  spell  or  rite, 

No  word,  or  touch,  or  sign 

Is  needed  to  transform 
The  earthly  to  divine. 
"Lo!  I  am  with  you,"  thus  He  speaks, 

"Myself  the  bread  and  wine ; 
Present  to  faith's  far-reaching  eye. 
The  faith  that  makes  the  distant  nigh." 

And  all  are  gathered  round ! 

The  far  off  and  the  near, 
The  men  of  every  age  and  clime 

In  fellowship  feast  here. 
One  family,  one  board, 
One  loaf,  one  feast,  one  Lord ! 

Horatius  Bonar. 

3425.  FEET,  Christ  Washing  the  Disciples'. 
John  xiii :  5,  6. 
O  blessed  Jesus !  when  I  see  Thee  bending. 
Girt  as  a  servant,  at  Thy  servants'  feet,  [ing. 
Love,  lowliness,  and  might,  in  zeal  all  iDlencl- 
To  wash  their  dust  away  and  make  them  meet 
To  share  Thy  feast,  I  know  not  to  adore, 
Whether  Thy  humbleness  or  glory  more. 

Meek  Jesus!  to  my  soul,  Thy  spirit  lending. 
Teach  me  to  live,  like  Thee,  in  lowly  love; 
With   lumiblest  service  all  Thy  saints  be- 
friending, 
Until  I  serve  before  Thy  throne  above — 
Yes !  serving  e'er  my  foes,  for  Thou  didst  seek 
The  feet  of  Judas  in  Thy  service  meek. 

Daily  my  pilgrim  feet,  as  homeward  wending 
My  weary  way,  are  sadly  stained  with  sin; 
Daily  do  Thou,  Thy  precious  grace  expending. 
Wash  me  all  clean  without,  and  clean  within, 
And  make  me  fit  to  have  a  part  with  Thee 
And  Thine,  at  last,  in  heaven's  festivity. 
George  W.  Bethune. 


342G.  FELIX,  Paul  Before. 

Acts  xxiv  :  %-i,  25 ;  Acts  xxvi  :  25. 
No  smooth-tongued  orator  is  he, 
But  foe  to  all  iniquity. 

The  greatest  dares  reprove; 
A  preacher  rational  of  grace, 
Explains  the  life  of  righteousness, 

Sobriety,  and  love. 

He  preaches  Christ  and  faith  in  Him, 
Who  died  His  people  to  redeem. 

Who  soon  in  judgment  comes; 
And  those  that  made  Him  die  in  vain. 
That  dead  in  wilful  sin  remain. 

To  death  eternal  dooms. 

A  magistrate  corrupt  and  lewd, 
A  sinner  wallowing  in  his  blood. 

He  seizes  by  the  word ; 
And  while  his  conscience  he  awakes, 
The  judge  before  the  prisoner  quakes. 

And  feels  the  two-edged  sword. 

He  feels  the  anticipated  fear 

Of  sinners  when  the  trump  they  hear, 

And  see  the  judge  come  down. 
When  on  the  melting  rocks  they  call, 
And  bid  the  burning  mountains  fall. 

To  hide  them  from  His  frown. 

The  heathen  dreads  his  righteous  doom, 
The  Jewess  slights  the  wrath  to  come. 

Partaker  of  his  sin. 
She  sleeps  in  forms  insensible, 
Till  the  wide  opening  mouth  of  hell, 

Vesuvius  takes  her  in.* 

He  trembles,  but  he  cannot  stay 
And  perfectly  inquire  the  way, 

To'  escape  the  endless  woe; 
Convinced  of  his  beloved  crime. 
Yet  for  a  more  convenient  time 

He  lets  the  present  go. 

Alarmed  in  vain  the  truth  he  hears, 
Repentance  fatally  defers. 

And  faith  in  Jesus'  name ; 
He  waits  as  life  were  in  his  power, 
Waits  for  a  more  convenient  hour. 

Which  never,  never  came. 

Neglecting  such  a  time  as  this, 
What  crowds  of  guilty  souls  will  miss 

The  true  celestial  way 
(Who  would  not,  when  they  might,  repent), 
And  in  eternal  groans  lament. 

Their  damnable  delay. 

J.  and  G.  We$ley. 

'  3427.  Fia-TEEE,  Barren. 
Luke  xiii  :  6-9. 

Long-suffering  God, Thou  interceding  Lamb  I 
A  barren  cumberer  of  the  ground  I  am. 

Thou  comest  oft  into  this  field,  to  see 
If  fruit  is  there ;  but  findest  none  on  me. 

*  She  was  swallowed  up  there.— Author's  Note, 


FIG-TREE. 


FIG-TREE. 


177 


A  useless  seed,  a  fruitless  root  am  I; 
The  fruitful  ground  I  vainly  occupy. 

Year  after  year  and  yet  no  signs  of  fruit ; 
Then  cut  it  down — down  to  tho  very  root! 

Nay,  Lord,  but  spare  it  yet  another  year ; 
I'll  dig  about  its  roots  with  tender  care. 

The  things  most  dear  are  counted  now  as 

loss, 
And  what  the  soul  desired  is  now  but  dross. 

All  the  vain  pleasures  that  destroyed  the 

fruit, 
Are  now  as  dung,  to  cast  about  the  root. 

Then  spare  it.  Lord,  in  love  and  mercy  spare ; 
Accept  my  plea,  vouchsafe  to  grant  my  prayer. 

Oh  let  it  live  before  Thee !  mercy  cries ; 
And  let  it  find  acceptance  in  Thine  eyes ! 

The  fruitless  tree  may  yet,  in  time  to  come. 
Put  forth  its  bud,  its  blossom,  and  its  bloom. 

If  fruit  it  bear,  then  wilt  Thou  say,  "Well  done ! 
If  not,  then  lift  the  axe,  and  cut  it  down. 

The  axe  is  stayed,  and  mercy  spares  the  tree ; 
My  soul,  anotlier  year  is  given  to  thee ! 

Lord,  for  this  sparing  mercy,  love,  and  grace. 
Oh  may  I  yield  Thee  fruits  of  righteousness! 
Robert  Maguire. 

3428.  FIG-TREE,  The. 

Matthew  xxi  :  17-22. 

"Why  cumbereth  it  the  ground?" 
Alas!  how  many  years  have  come  and  gone! 
The  gardener  looked,   but  found  no  fruit 

Leaves,  only  leaves  he  found.       [thereon; 

Earth  was  not  iron  to  thee,  [at  noon 

Nor  brass  the  heavens  o'erhead,  nor  drouth 
Dried  up  thy  roots ;  for  thee  the  helping  sun 

Drew  water  from  the  sea. 

And  dressers  came  to  dress,  [wall ; 

And  trained  thy  branches  to  the  friendly 
And  green  thou  grewest  up,  and  straight  and 

Whence  then  this  barrenness?  [tall; 

Cast  not  thy  fruit,  nor  be  [spare. 

As  clouds  without  their  water.  Spare,  oh ! 

Thou  husbandman;   perchance  it  yet  may 

Other  than  leaves  for  me.  [bear 

Then  he,  the  husbandman, 
Spake  graciously,  and  that  grace  bestowed 
Was  not  in  vain ;    through  all  the  fibrous 

The  juices  flowed  amain.  [wood 

Then  came  the  tender  leaves ; 
Like  promises  the  blossoms  shone,  and  fair ; 
And  fruits  made  fragrant  all  the  summer's 

Around  the  web  she  weaves.  [air 


For  summer  mornings  rose,  [down ; 

And  nightly  dews  their  precious  drops  sunt 
And  every  season  angels  came  to  crown 

Its  branches  with  new  blows. 

My  soul,  thou  art  that  tree ; 
Divinely  phmted,  and  yet  fruitless  all; 
Thine  too  the  water-brooks,  the  showers  that 

In  grace-drops  large  and  free.  [fall 

No  worm  is  at  thy  root  [live; 

That  shall  not  die  when  Christ  shall  bid  me 
Nor  branch  so  barren  that  shall  not  revive, 

And  blossom,  and  bear  fruit. 

My  soul,  thy  leaves  put  on ; 
Seeking  for  fruit  the  Master  comes,  and  see 
He  finds  thee  not,  as  erst  He  found  the  tree 

Withered  at  early  noon. 

Lord  of  the  vineyard,  come,  [Thou, 

And  eat  Thy  pleasant  summer  fruit;  for 
Thou   only    canst   with   fruitage    load  the 

And  make  the  barren  bloom.  [bough, 

3429.  PIG-TREE,  The  Barren. 

"No  longer  let  that  tree  remain 

Whereon  no  fruit  is  found; 
These  three  years  have  I  come  in  vain, 

Why  cumbereth  it  the  ground?" 

'Twas  thus  indignant  Justice  spoke; 

But  Mercy  intercedes, 
And  to  delay  the  threatening  stroke 

In  mildest  accents  jileads : 

"  Lord !  spare  it  yet  another  year, 

Till  time  my  labor  crown; 
But,  if  no  wholesome  fruit  appear, 

Then  Thou  shalt  cut  it  down." 

This  fig-tree  represents  my  state, 
Long  have  I  fruitless  proved, 

Had  not  Thy  patience,  Lord,  been  great, 
I  must  have  been  removed. 

But  spared  another  year  to  see, 

And  cultured  by  Thy  grace. 
Oh  let  me  henceforth  yield  to  Thee 

The  fruits  of  righteousness. 

3430.  PIG-TREE,  The  Barren. 

Luke  xiii  :  7. 

Justice.  Cut  it  down,  cut  it  down, 

Spare  not  the  fruitless  tree  I 
It  spreads  a  harmful  shade  around, 
It  spoils  what  else  were  useful  ground; 

No  fruit  for  years  on  it  I've  found : 

Cut  it  down,  cut  it  down. 

Mercy.  One  year  more,  one  year  more, 

Oh,  spare  the  fruitless  tree ! 
Behold  its  branches  broad  and  green, 
Its  spreading  leaves  have  hopeful  been, 
Some  fruit  thereon  may  yet  be  seen, 

One  year  more,  one  year  more. 


178 


FIRE. 


yiRST-BORN. 


Justice.  Cut  it  down,  cut  it  down, 
And  burn  the  worthless  tree! 
For  other  use  the  soil  prepare, 
Some  other  tree  will  flourish  there, 
And  in  my  vineyard  much  fruit  bear, 
Cut  it  down,  cut  it  down. 

Mercy.  One  year  more,  one  year  more. 

For  mercy  spare  the  tree ! 
Another  year  of  care  bestow, 
On  its  fair  form  some  fruit  may  grow ; 
If  not,  then  lay  the  cumberer  low : 

One  year  more,  one  year  more. 

Still  it  stands,  still  it  stands, 

A  fair  but  fruitless  tree ! 
The  Master,  seeking  fruit  thereon 
Has  come ;  but,  grieved  at  finding  none. 
Now  speaks  to  Justice — Mercy  flown — 

Cut  it  down,  cut  it  down.  P.  P.  Bliss. 

3431.  PIKE,  The  Perpetual- 

Leviticus  vi  :  18. 
Kindled  from  heaven,  the  mystic  flame 

Burned  through  the  darksome  night, 
And  glowed  amid  the  wilderness 

With  strange,  symbolic  light  I 
The  flame  of  constant  sacrifice 

Fed  by  this  spark  divine; 
Whilst  incense  rose  perpetually 

From  off  the  golden  shrine. 

O  wilderness  of  wandering ! 

How  rocky  pass,  and  spire. 
Shine  forth  through  all  the  centuries 

Touched  with  celestial  fire ! 
And  when  His  glory  filled  the  house 

On  Mount  Moriah's  height, 
What  wonder  Israel  adored 

And  hailed  the  glorious  sight. 

'Tis  thought  that  in  the  later  years 

These  tokens  were  not  given — 
No  answer  from  the  Oracle, 

No  fire  came  from  heaven : 
The  old  men  wept,  lamenting  loud 

The  splendor  that  was  fled ; 
And  yet  an  age  was  drawing  nigh 

By  angels  heralded ! 

One  greater  than  the  temple,  came — 

His  holy  name  we  bear — 
And  His  is  praise  continually. 

To  Him  continual  prayer. 
Yet  falls  upon  the  listening  ear 

From  some  eerener  height, 
"  Oh,  let  thine  altar  flame  burn  clear 

With  a  perpetual  light !" 

Annie  Lenthal  Smith. 

3432.  PIEST-BORN,  Death  of  Egypt's. 

Exodus  xi  :  4-7. 
'Tis  midnight  now,  and  royal  eyes 

Are  shut  in  deep  repose ; 

No  fear  the  palace  knows. 
The  guard  stands  watch,  and  hourly  cries 
"  All's  well."     The  echo  faints  and  dies. 


But  hark !  a  wild  and  sudden  shriek, 
A  wail  of  deep  despair 
Breaks  on  the  midnight  air; 
The  rose  fades  out  of  beauty's  cheek, 
And  stalwart  men  grow  pale  and  weak. 

An  awful  form  sweeps  through  the  land ; 
And  on  His  dreadful  path 
He  leaves  His  touch  of  wrath ; 

No  palace  gates  can  Him  withstand. 

Or  iron  bolt  resist  His  hand. 

The  Almighty,  wrapped  in  awful  mist. 

Moves  through  the  realms  of  sleep; 
And  hid  in  shadows  deep. 
Nor  king  nor  slave  His  presence  wist. 
As  drops  the  death-bolt  from  His  fist — 

On  palace  hall  and  cottage  low. 

Where  pillowed  children  rest; 
On  every  love-crowned  nest 

It  falls ;  and  Egypt's  mothers  know 

The  flood-tide  of  a  mighty  woe. 

The  royal  heir  of  Egypt's  throne 

Is  silent,  pale,  and  cold 

Upon  his  couch  of  gold ; 
And  lords,  in  palaces  of  stone. 
Weep  o'er  their  dead,  and  wail  alone. 

Their  lifeless  babes  lone  mothers  press 
Against  their  breasts  in  pain ; 
With  wild  and  frantic  brain 

They  cry  and  moan  in  their  distress ; 

Or  sit  in  ashes,  comfortless. 

Dead !  dead !  from  house  to  house  they  wail ; 
They  tell  from  street  to  street, 
Where  stricken  mourners  meet. 

How  sleep  their  first-born  cold  and  pale ; 

And  night  lends  horror  to  the  tale. 

The  white  heat  of  Jehovah's  flame 
The  heart  of  steel  doth  fuse. 
And  Pharoah's  will  subdues ; 
His  torn  heart  bleeds,  and  droops  his  frame, 
He  quails  to  hear  the  Almighty's  name. 

With  frantic  haste,  long  ere  the  day. 

The  king  for  Moses  calls ; 

And  in  the  royal  walls 
He  stands  again  without  delay, 
To  hear  the  humbled  monarch  pray : 

"  O  Moses!  get  thee  hence  !  begone; 
My  hand  and  heart  relent, 
God's  judgment-bolt  is  sent 

Upon  our  houses  every  one ; 

And  awful  grief  o'ershades  my  throne. 

"  Get  from  us  quickly  lest  we  die ! 

Alas !  my  dear  first  born ! 

The  palace  is  forlorn. 
Plead  thou  with  Him  who  reigns  on  high ; 
For  who  God's  judgment  hand  may  fly? 


iFIRST-B  OR3Sr. 


miRST-B  ORN. 


179 


"  Oh  bless  me  ere  thou  go ;  my  heart 
Jehovah's  ire  hath  rent 
From  His  high  battlement; 
Plead  ye  for  me!  kt  wrath  depart, 
Remorse  hath  pierced  me  like  a  dart. 

"  Take  all  your  flocks,  take  all  your  goods; 
And  gold  our  hands  shall  spare, 
And  jewels  which  we  wear ; 

Away !  away  o'er  fields  and  floods, 

Away  with  all  your  multitudes." 

Dwight  Williams. 

3433.  FIRST-BORN,  Death  of  the. 
Exodus  xii  :  29,  30. 

When  life  is  forgot,  and  night  hath  power, 
And  mortals  feci  no  dread; 

When  silence  and  slumber  rule  the  hour. 
And  dreams  around  the  head ; 

God  shall  smite  the  first-born  of  Egypt's  race. 

The  destroyer    shall  enter   each  dwelling- 
Shall  enter  and  choose  his  dead,      [place, 

"  To  your  homes,"  said  the  leader  of  Israel's 
"  Aud  slaughter  a  sacrifice :  [host, 

Let  the  life-blood  be  sprinkled  on  each  door- 
Nor  stir  till  the  morn  arise;  [post, 

And  the  angel  of  vengeance  shall  pass  you  by, 

He  shall  see  the  red  stain,  and  shall  not  come 
nigh 
Where  the  hope  of  your  household  lies." 

The  people  hear,  and  they  bow  them  low — 

Each  to  his  house  hath  flown : 
The  lamb  is  slain,  and  with  blood  they  go 

And  sprinkle  the  lintel-stone; 
And  the  doors  they  close  when  the  sun  hath 
But  few  in  oblivious  sleep  forget  [set, 

The  judgment  to  be  done. 

'Tis  midnight — yet  they  hear  no  sound 

Along  the  lone,  still  street; 
No  blast  of  a  pestilence  sweeps  the  ground. 

No  tramp  of  unearthly  feet. 
Nor  rush  as  of  harpy  wing  goes  by,       [sky. 
But  the  calm  moon  floats  in  the  cloudless 

'Mid  her  wan  light  clear  and  sweet. 

Once  only,  shot  like  an  arrowy  ray, 

A  pale  blue  flash  was  seen, 
It  passed  so  swift,  the  eye  scarce  could  say 

That  such  a  thing  had  been : 
Yet  the  beat  of  every  heart  was  still, 
And  the  flesh  crawled  fearfully  and  chill, 

And  back  flowed  every  vein. 

The  courage  of  Israel's  bravest  quailed 
At  the  view  of  that  awful  light. 

Though  the  blood  of  their  offering  availed, 
To  shield  them  from  its  might; 

They  felt  'twas  the  Spirit  of  Death  had  past. 

That  the  brightness  they  saw,  his  cold  glance 
had  cast 
On  Egypt's  land  that  night. 


That  his  fearful  eye  had  unwarned  struck 
In  the  darkness  of  the  grave,  [down, 

The  hope  of  that  empire,  the  praise  of  its 
crown. 
The  first-born  of  lord  and  slave : 

The  lovely,  the  tender,  tlie  ardent,  the  gay, 

Where  are  they? — all  withered  in  ashes  away 
At  the  terrible  death-glare  it  gave. 

From  the  couches  of  slumber  ten  thousand 
cries 

Burst  forth  'mid  the  silence  dread; 
The  youth  by  his  living  brother  lies 

Sightless,  and  dumb,  aud  dead ! 
The  infant  lies  cold  at  his  mother's  breast. 
She  had  kissed  him  alive  as  she  sunk  to  rest. 

She  awakens — his  life  hath  fled ! 

And  shrieks  from  the  palace-chambers  break : 
Their  inmates  are  steeped  in  woe, 

And  Pharaoh  hath  found  his  jiroud  arm  too 
To  arrest  the  mighty  blow :  [weak 

Wail,  King  of  the  Pyramids!  Egypt's  throne 

Cannot  lighten  the  heart  of  a  single  groan 
For  thy  kingdom's  heir  laid  low. 

Wail,  King  of  the  Pyramids !  death  hath  cast 
His  shafts  through  thine  empire  wide. 

But  o'er  Israel  in  bondage  his  rage  hath  past, 
No  first-born  of  hers  hath  died ; 

Go,  satrap !  command  that  the  captive  be  free. 

Lest  their  God  in  fierce  anger  should  smite 
even  thee; 
On  the  crown  of  thy  purple  pride. 

3434.  FIRST-BORN,  Destruction  of  the. 
Exodus  xii  :  13, 14. 

What  wail  was  that  which  rose  from  Egypt's 

land, 
A  wild  and  long  and  heart-appalling  cry 
That  smote  the  brazen  arches  of  the  sky 
Upon  that  awful  morning,  when  God's  hand, 
In  vengeance  terrible,  had  waved  the  brand, 
The    viewless,    soul-dissevering    sword    of 

wrath, 
O'er  all  her  homes,  and  with  its  noiseless 

scath 
Had  touched  and  sundered  every  vital  band 
That  bound  her  first-born  life,  unbound  at 

His  command! 

Egypt  stood  staggering  in  that  shock  of  woe, 
Amazed,  o'erwhelmed,  till  that  wild  wail 

went  up. 
As  to  her  quivering  lips  was  pressed  a  cup 
Whose  withering  agony  can  no  man  know 
Who  has  not  reeled  in  darkness  while  the 

throe 
Of  that  same  great  bereavement  stabbed  his 

soul 
With  mortal  anguish,  which,  o'er  all  control, 
Burst  in  one  black,  bewildering,  whelming 

flow, 
That  drove  him  drunk  with  grief,  stunned, 

stifled  by  the  blow. 


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IT'ISH. 


0  Egypt !  Egypt !  such  a  woe  was  thine ! 
And  down  the  dim,  long  ages  that  have  sped 

1  see  thee  stooj^ing  o'er  tliy  })rostrate  dead, 
In  that  dumb  agony;  while  ominous  shine 
The    clouds    of    morn,    all    blotched   with 

bloody  wine, 
As   though   the   gory   rite   were    sprinkled 

there, 
As  though  o'er  all  the  sky,  and  earth,  and  air, 
In  blood  were  written  fearfully  that  sign 
Of  retribution  dread,  and  sufferance  divine. 

In   slavery's   hut,   and   haughty   grandeur's 

hall. 
In  regal  dome,  in  stall,  and  open  field. 
Alike  did  Death  his  iron  sceptre  wield, 
And  over  all  the  land  a  fearful  pall        [tall, 
Was  spread,  and  spectral  shadows,  dark  and 
Movcct  up  and  down  her  jjalaces  and  streets. 
And    goblin    forms,    in    mouldy   winding- 
sheets, 
Unsummoned  by  the  Magian's  potent  call. 
Sighed  as  they  glided  dim  by  column,  course, 
and  wall. 

Manhood  stood  mute  with  awe  and  terror 

dumb ; 
But  woman's  heart  broke  down  beneath  her 

love. 
In  wild  and  passionate  wailings,  that  might 

move 
The   hearts  of   marble   sphinxes,    cold  and 

mum ; 
And   glorious,   dark-eyed   creatures,   in  the 

gloom 
Of  Pharaoh's  palace,  on  its  floor  of  stone. 
Lay  frantic  flung,  clasping  with   plaintive 

moan 
Their  stiffening   offspring,   smitten  by  the 

doom 
That  made  the  gorgeous  pile  one  vast  and 

mournful  tomb ! 

O  Egypt !  Egypt !  say  what  was  thy  crime  ? 
That  God  should  bruise  thee  in  His  anger  so, 
And  pour  the  baptism  of  such  fearful  woe 
On  thy  proud  head,  and  make  thee,  through 

all  time, 
A  sad  and  awful  monument  sublime 
Of  wrath  and  shame,  of  judgment  and  of  fear, 
To  all  the  ages,  ever  known  and  near. 
Teaching  a  startling  lore  to  every  clime. 
That  thrills  us  like  a  knell  with  ever-echoing 

chime  ? 

O  Egypt !  Egypt !  let  thy  grandeur  tell 
Thy  pyramids  and  spliinxes,  for  they  can, 
How,  age  on  age,  they  rose  on  bones  of  man ! 
And  let  the  deep,  dread  echoes  rise  and  swell 
From  labyrinth  and  catacombs,  where  dwell 
Dead  gcnrrations!     One  eternal  groan 
Comes  up  from  every  hewn  and  sculptured 

stone, 
That  answers  too  significantly  well : 
Man  was  not  made  divine,  for  man  to  buy 

and  sell ! 


0  ye  who  rear  on  unrequited  toil 
The  glory  of  a  nation  or  an  age. 
Know  well  a  curse  is  writ  on  every  page 
Of  every  history  of  wrong  and  spoil ! 

It  brands  the  brow,  the  soul,  the  very  soil 
Of  the  oppressor,  with  Jehovah's  ban ! 
And  all  the  luxury  wrung  from  downtrod 

man. 
And  all  the  greatness  built  on  freedom's  foil, 
Shall  sink,  by  slow  decay,  or  sudden,  swift 

recoil !  George  Lansing  Taylor. 

3435.  nSH,  Draught  of. 

John  xxi  :  2-11. 

They  have  toiled  all  night,  the  long  weary 

night ;_ 
They  have  toiled  all  night,  Lord,  and  taken 

nothing. 
The  heavens  arc  as  brass,  and  all  flesh  seems 

as  grass. 
Death   strikes   with    horror   and   life   with 

loathing. 

Walk'st  Thou  by  the  waters,  the  dark  silent 

waters,  , 

The   fathomless   waters    that    no   line    can 

plumb  ? 
Art  Thou  Redeemer,  or  a  mere  schemer, 
Preaching  a  kingdom  that  cannot  come? 

Not  a  word  say'st  Thou ;  no  wrath  betray'st 

Thou ; 
Scarcely  delay'st  Thou  their  terrors  to  lull : 
On  the  shore  standing,  mutely  commanding, 
"Let   down   your  nets!"     And   they  draw 

them  up — full ! 

Jesus,  Redeemer,  only  Redeemer ! 
I,  a  poor  dreamer,  lay  hold  upon  Thee ; 
Thy  will  pursuing,  though  no  end  viewing, 
But  simjily  doing  as  Thou  biddest  me. 

Though  Thee  I  see  not,  either  light  be  not, 
Or  Thou  wilt  free  not  the  scales  from  mine 
eyes, 

1  ne'er  gainsay  Thee,  but  only  obey  Thee; 
Obedience  is  better  than  sacrifice. 

Though  on  my  prison  gleams  no  open  vision, 
Walking  Elysian  by  Galilee's  tide,  [Thee : 
Unseen,  I  feel  Thee,  and  death  will  reveal 
I  shall  wake  in  Thy  likeness,  satisfied. 

D.  Maria  Muloch  CraiTc. 

3436.  FISH,  Pirst  Miraculous  Draught  of. 

Luke  V  :  4-11. 

How  long  o'er  the  lake  hung  the  shadows  of 

night 
That  fell  from  the  brow  of  the  mountain 

around ! 
And  pale  gleamed  the  moon  in  her  palace  of 

light. 
While  scarcely  was  heard  through  the  welkin 

a  sound. 


iniSH. 


FTSH. 


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All  bootless  their  toil,  and  their  sigh  filled 

the  gale, 
When  blushed  on  the  highlands  the  dawning 

of  day ; 
In   silence   and    sadness   they  spread   their 

white  sail, 
And  hied  on  the  face  of  the  waters  away. 

But  who  on  that  shore  moves  majestic  along? 
His   eye  beaming  mercy,   his  arm   clothed 

with  might! 
How  he  holds   in  suspense  the  wondering 

throng, 
While  they  hang  on  his  lips,  all  entranced 

with  delight ! 

How  calmed  are  the  billows !  how  stilled  is 
the  breeze ! 

Earth,  water,  and  winds  him  their  Sovereign 
confess. 

E'en  the  birds  hush  their  chorus  amidst  the 
tall  trees. 

And  the  children  of  sorrow  forget  their  dis- 
tress. 

None  lose  by  the  Saviour;  once  more  at  Thy 

word 
The  nets  are  extended  beneath  the  blue  sea ; 
The  tribes  of  the  wide  weltering  waves  own 

tlieir  Lord, 
And  hasten  to  pay  their  allegiance  to  Thee. 

C.  East. 

3437.  FISH,  Second  Drauglit  of. 
St.  John  xxi :  2-11. 

Night,    throned    on    sombrous    clouds,    sat 

royally 
Ruling  the  realms  of  air ;  alone  she  sat. 
For,  pallid  with  their  watch,  the  stars  had 

sunk. 
And  lay  in  slumber,  curtained  by  the  mists, 
The  pallid  mists  of  the  awakening  day. 
The  moon  had  waned :  and  all  was  gathering 

gloom 
And  solemn  silence — silence !  still  as  death, 
Save  when  the  moaning  of  the  sleepless  sea. 
The  sea  that  groaned  like  one  who  lies  alone, 
Sick,  feeble,  helpless,  ])etulantwith  his  pain 
Arose  monotonously  to  her  quiet  ear. 
A  bark  lay  rocking  on  the  waves.    For  hours 
The  sea  had  broken  on  her  bow ;  and  lulled 
By  the  eternal  sameness  of  the  sound. 
Her  crew  lay  slumbering. 

Slowly  in  the  east 
A  mellow  haze  crept  o'er  the  sleeping  sky. 
Faintly  at  first,  and  gray ;  but  soon  it  bore 
Another  aspect,  and  a  roseate  blush 
Brightened  the  cheek  of  morn. 

The  crew  arose. 
And  sad  and  wearily  put  forth  their  nets. 
For  they  were  fishers;  but  in  vain,  in  vain, 
And  they  desponded.   From  the  dusk  of  eve, 
And  through  the  night  had  they  pursued  their 

toil, 


Alone,  alone  upon  that  silent  sea! 

And  now  day  woke,  and  they  had  not  withal 

To  break  tlieir  fasts. 

"  Come,  brothers,  once  again," 
Said  Simon  Peter,  "  once  aijain  throw  forth. 
For  why  should  we  despond?  we  can  but  die ; 
And  dying,  we  shall  sooner  cl.iim  the  crown 
For  which  we  strive.  Our  perils  are  but  spurs 
To  urge  ua  onward.     What  though  we  are 

driven 
Like  beasts  before  the  hunter,  hiding  us 
In  dens  like  them:   they  chasten  us,  these 

woes ! 
And  suffering  them  we  shall  the  worthier  be 
To  suffer  like  our  Master  !     Once  again 
Courage  and  throw  !  '  " 

They  rose  and  threw  the  nets. 
When,  as  before,  they  drew  them  to  the  laud 
They  were  again  as  empty  as  before : 
And  murmuring  sorely  they  sat  down  in  woe. 
Day  now  had  risen,  and,  as  from  the  shore 
The   floating   mists  were  lifted,    wave  o'er 

wave, 
To  wane  in  air,  upon  the  sands  there  stood 
A  man  of  stately  presence — One,  whose  brow 
Bore  on  its  breadth  a  more  than  mortal  grace. 
And  more  than  mortal  seemed  He  as  He  stood 
There,  with  the  radiance  of  the  rising^  sun 
Trembling  and  fluttering  on  His  golden  hair. 
When  they  beheld  Him,  they  in  fear  beheld. 
Trembling  and  pale,  for  they  knew  not  but 

that 
The  stranger  was  a  spy,  who  sought  to  give 
Their  forms  to  stripes,  to  prison,  and  to  death. 
But  when  His  voice,  loud,  clear,  and  clarion- 
like. 
Fell  on  their  ears,  saying,  "My  children,  lo! 
Have  ye  of  meat?"  their  fear  dropped  from 

them,  as 
The  scales  of  old  fell  from  the  leper's  limbs, 
And  in  their  joy  they  spake — joy  mixed  with 

grief : 
"Alas!  no.  Master,  no;  meat  we  have  none." 
Once  more  the  stately  stranger :   ' '  Cast  again 
Your  nets,  and  on  the  right  side  of  the  ship. 
And  ye  shall  find  !" 

And  lo  !  they  cast  again, 
And,  when  they  strove  to  raise  their  nets, 

they  saw 
That  they  were  full,  so  full  they  could  not  lift 
The  unwonted  weight,  and,  pausing  for  a 

breath. 
They  leant  in  silence,  wondering !    Then  said 

John, 
He  whom  the  Saviour  when  alive,most  loved, 
"It  is  the  Lord!" 

O  suffering  souls  that  strive  ! 
B«  not  borne  down  by  sorrow;  look  aloft. 
For  morn  will  come,  and  with  the  morn  comes 

joy. 

The  feeble  only  fail,  the  weak  in  heart. 
The  soft  of  soul ;  the  strong  are  ever  strong, 
And,   like  the  eagle,   spread  their   nervous 

wings. 
And  through  the  storm,  unheeding  rain  or 

snow. 


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iniVE. 


The  thunder's  crashing   or   the  lightning's 

flash, 
Soar  to  the  skies ;  so  shall  it  be  with  ye. 
Look  upward,  striving  ever,  and  your  goal 
Is  glorious  Eden  by  God's  golden  throne. 
Henry  B.  Hirst. 

3438.  FISHEKS  OF  MEN. 
Luke  V  :  5,  6. 

The  live-long  night  we've  toiled  in  vain, 

But  at  Thy  gracious  word 
I  will  let  down  the  net  again; 

Do  Thou  Thy  will,  O  Lord !" 

So  spake  the  weary  fisher,  spent 

With  bootless  darkling  toil, 
Yet  on  his  Master's  bidding  bent, 

For  love  and  not  for  spoil. 

So  day  by  day  and  week  by  week, 

In  sad  and  weary  thought, 
They  muse,  whom  God  hath  set  to  seek 

The  souls  His  Christ  hath  bought. 

For  not  upon  a  tranquil  lake 

Our  pleasant  task  we  ply, 
Where  all  along  our  glistening  wake 

The  softest  moonbeams  lie ; 

Where  rippling  wave  and  dashing  oar 

Our  midnight  chant  attend; 
Or  whispering  palm-leaves  from  the  shore 

With  midnight  silence  blend. 

Sweet  thoughts  of  peace,  ye  may  not  last ; 

Too  soon  some  ruder  sound 
Calls  us  from  wliere  ye  soar  so  fast 

Back  to  our  earthly  round. 

For  wildest  storms  our  ocean  sweep ; 

No  anchor  but  the  cross 
Might  hold;  and  oft  the  thankless  deep 

Turns  all  our  toil  to  loss. 

Full  many  a  dreary  anxious  hour 

We  watch  our  nets  alone 
In  drenching  spray,  and  driving  shower. 

And  hear  the  night-bird's  moan. 

At  morn  we  look,  and  naught  is  there ; 

Sad  dawn  of  cheerless  day  ! 
Who  then  from  pining  and  despair 

The  sickening  heart  can  stay? 

There  is  a  stay,  and  we  are  strong ; 

Our  Master  is  at  hand, 
To  cheer  our  solitary  song. 

And  guide  us  to  the  strand. 

In  His  own  time :  but  yet  a  while 

Our  bark  at  sea  must  ride ; 
Cast  after  cast,  by  force  or  guile 

All  waters  must  be  tried ; 


Should  e'er  Thy  wonder-working  grace 

Triumph  by  our  weak  arm, 
Let  not  our  sinful  fancy  trace 

Aught  human  in  the  charm. 

John  Keble. 

3439.  FISHERS  OF  MEN. 

Matthew  xix  :  1. 

The  boats  are  out  and  the  storm  is  high; 

We  kneel  on  the  shore  and  pray : 
The  star  of  the  sea  shines  still  in  the  sky, 

And  God  is  our  help  and  stay. 

The  fishers  are  weak  and  the  tide  is  strong, 
And  their  boat  seems  slight  and  frail ; 

But  St.  Peter  has  steered  it  for  them  so  long. 
It  would  weather  a  rougher  gale. 

St.  John,  the  beloved,  sails  with  them  too, 
And  his  loving  words  they  hear ; 

So  with  tender  trust  the  boat's  brave  crew 
Neither  doubt,  or  pause,  or  fear. 

He  who  sent  them  fisliing  is  with  them  still, 
And  He  bids  them  cast  their  net ; . 

And  He  has  the  power  their  boat  to  fill; 
So  we  know  He  will  do  it  yet. 

They  have  cast  their  nets  again  and  again. 

And  now  call  to  us  on  shore. 
If  our  feeble  prayers  seem  only  in  vain, 

We  will  pray,  and  pray  the  more. 

Though  the  storm  is  loud,  and  our  voice  is 
drowned 

By  the  roar  of  the  wind  and  sea, 
We  know  that  more  terrible  tempests  found 

Their  Ruler,  O  Lord !  in  Thee. 

Oh  watch  as  of  old  Thou  didst  watch  the  boat 

On  the  Galilean  lake, 
And  grant  that  the  fishers  may  keep  afloat. 

Till  the  nets,  o'ercharged,  shall  break. 
Adelaide  A.  Proctor. 

3440.  FIVE  THOUSAND  FED. 

Matthew  xiv :  15-21. 

Three  times  through  favored  Galilee 
The  Saviour's  humble,  faithful  band 
Had  preached  God's  kingdom  nigh  at  hand, 

And  soothed  all  human  misery. 

Once  more  Capernaum's  turrets  rise 

In  outline  on  their  eager  sight; 

They  pass  its  portals  with  delight, 
And  soon  their  Master  meets  their  eyes. 

They  tell  Him  all  their  heavenly  toil, 
The  lessons  from  His  lips  they  taught, 
The  words  and  wonders  they  had  wrought. 

How  sickness  flies,  and  fiends  recoil. 

But  soon  the  throng  forbids  e'en  food; 
' '  Come, "  says  the  Saviour, ' '  rest  with  Me." 
They  seek,  beyond  the  freshening  sea, 

Perea's  pensive  solitude. 


mivE. 


FRTEISTD. 


183 


Vain  hope.  With  wondering  zeal  aflame, 
The  hundreds  saw  Him  quit  the  strand, 
Knew  His  retreat,  and  flew  by  land. 

Outwent,  and  met  Him,  when  He  came. 

They  came  from  nortli,  and  west,  and  east, 
From  vale,  and  jilain,  and  hamlet  high. 
From  town  and  city,  far  and  nigh. 

Journeying  to  keep  the  paschal  feast. 

Compassion  touched  the  Saviour's  breast ; 
Ho  saw  theni  weary,  wandering  wide. 
As  sheep,  with  none  to  feed  or  guide, 

Starving  in  spirit,  faint,  oj^pressed. 

He  saw,  nor  sought  His  own  repose. 
But  from  a  hillock,  with  His  band, 
He  taught  the  crowds  that  thronged  the 
strand. 

And  healed  t  heir  sick,  and  soothed  their  woes. 

But  when  the  evening  hour  drew  nigh, 
His  anxious  followers  came  and  said, 
"  This  desert  cannot  yield  them  bread; 

Lord,  send  them  to  the  towns  to  buy." 

"  Why  should  they  go?     There  is  no  need; 
Supply  them  here,"  the  Lord  replies: 
"Two  hundred  pence  would  not  suffice 

So  vast  a  multitude  to  feed!" 

So  answered  Philip.  Christ  once  more, 
"Go  count  your  loaves;"  they  heard  His 

wish. 
"Five  barley  loaves,  and  two  small  fish," 

They  answered  soon,  "  is  all  our  store. 

"  But  what  are  they?"  "  Bring  them  to  Me," 
He  said,  "and  bid  them,  as  ye  pass, 
Sit  down  by  fifties  on  the  grass;" 

They  sit,  and  wait  for  what  shall  be. 

He  blessed,  and  broke  the  loaves  and  fish. 
And  bade  His  followers  feed  the  throng; 
From  rank  to  rank  they  sped  along, 

Dealing  to  each  his  utmost  wish. 

When  lo!  a  wonder,  weird  and  deft! 
For  as  from  group  to  group  they  flew, 
Their  burden  every  moment  grew ! 

Five  thousand  fed !     Twelve  baskets  left ! 

Amazed,  and  filled  with  grateful  fear. 
The  breatiiless  thousands  whisper  low, 
"  Surely — foretold  so  long  ago — 

That  mighty  Prophet  now  is  here !" 

O  Thou  whose  words  and  wonders  fed 
Thy  scattered,  fainting  flock  of  old, 
Help  us  to  feel  our  want  untold. 

And  cry  to  Thee  for  living  bread ! 

Thy  word  its  fulness  still  imparts, 
To  us,  O  Christ!  Thy  fulness  bring; 
Then  glad  we'll  hail  Thee  Israel's  King, 

And  crown  and  throne  Thee  in  our  hearts! 
Oeorge  Lansing  Taylor. 


3441.  POOL,  The  Rich. 

Luke  xii  :  16-31. 
Rich  valleys  spread,  and  fertile  plains, 

And  waving  corn-fields  bright  and  gay, 
And  all  the  pleasures  and  the  gains 

Of  an  unclouded  summer  day :  [yield 

Who  would  have  thought  this  ground  would 
So  bountiful  a  harvest-field? 
Alas!  I  know  not  what  to  do. 
Nor  where  my  fruits  and  goods  bestow. 

What  shall  I  do,  my  soul?     But  stay! 

My  barns  are  all  with  plenty  filled: 
I  will  pull  down  those  barns  to-day, 

And  garners  greater  still  upbuild. 
How  full  of  plenty  and  of  store. 
My  goods  increase  yet  more  and  more ; 
How  great,  how  massive,  and  how  high, 
There  is  no  happier  man  than  I. 

My  soul,  abide  in  rest  and  peace : 
My  soul,  thou  art  so  all-secure; 

My  soul,  my  soul,  take  thou  thine  ease, 
Thy  wealth,  thy  health,  thy  all  is  sure! 

My  soul,  take  now  repose  and  rest; 

Sit  and  enjoy  the  copious  feast; 

Eat  thou  the  fat  and  drink  the  sweet, 

My  soul,  be  merry,  drink  and  eat ! 

Thou  fool!  this  very  night,  thou  fool! 

Whilst  thou  art  boasting  thus,  shall  they 
Come  and  demand  of  thee  thy  soul. 

And  carry  thee  from  hence  away ! 
Then  who  shall  all  this  plenty  own: 
Rich  harvests  reaped,  and  harvests  sown? 
Whose  shall  all  these  rich  treasures  be, 
And  who  possess  them  after  thee? 

Robert  Maguire. 

^^4c2i.  PEIEITD  AT  MIDNIGHT,  The. 

Luke  xi :  5-8. 
Friend  at  midnight !— that  still  hour, 

When  no  other  help  is  nigh; 
Thou  whose  ever-present  power, 

Thou  whose  ever-wakeful  eye, 
Never  fails  to  guard  and  keep, 

In  the  darkness  or  the  light; 
When  we  wake,  or  while  we  sleep, 

Day  by  day,  and  night  by  night ! 

When  by  wand'ring  thoughts  and  ways, 

Like  the  prodigal,  return. 
After  straying  many  days. 

Hunger-stricken,  naked,  worn — 
Naught  have  I  of  any  good. 

Nothing,  Lord,  to  set  before ; 
Naught  of  nourishment  or  food. 

Naught  of  any  friendly  store. 

All  is  barren,  all  is  waste. 

Entertainment  have  I  none; 
And  'tis  midnight,  so  I  haste. 

Lord,  to  Thee,  to  Thee  alone — • 
Friend  at  midnight !  hear  my  prayer. 

Hearken  to  my  earnest  cry : 
Lend  me,  give  me,  some  small  share. 

For  my  dire  necessity  ! 


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CrJ^lDJ^Tlj^.. 


Lord,  it  is  my  wayward  heart, 

Now  returning  to  its  home; 
And  to  ask  Tliee  to  impart 

What  it  needeth,  I  am  come: 
This  my  friend  hath  come  to  me ; 

Oh,  then,  give  me,  give  me  bread ; 
This  the  prayer  I  ask  of  Tlice: 

Let  my  liungry  soul  be  fed ! 

"Nay!  too  late,  the  door  is  closed; 

All  the  day  it  open  stood; 
Children,  servants,  all  are  housed; 

'Tis  too  late  to  give  thee  food: 
Out  of  season  is  the  hour, 

"Why  then  tarry,  why  delay?" 
Hark !  he  knockoth  more  and  more; 

And  will  knock  till  break  of  day  ! 

Lo !  he  standeth  as  before, 

Albeit  it  is  too  late. 
Asking  at  the  bolted  door, 

Knocking  at  the  fastened  gate: 
This  repeated,  earnest  call 

Brings  at  last  the  rich  supply; 
He  will  rise,  and  give  him  all, 

For  his  importunity. 

Friend  at  midnight !  Lord,  do  Thou 

Hearken  to  my  earnest  prayer ; 
At  Thy  gate  of  mercy  now. 

Asking,  seeking,  knocking  there. 
Blest  tlie  promise  of  Thy  Word: 

Ye  sliiill  never  a^k  in  vain  ; 
All  we  a^k  Thou  wilt  afford. 

If  we  knock  and  knock  again. 

In  the  midnight  of  my  woe, 

In  tiie  darkest  hour  of  sin, 
If  I  to  m.y  Saviour  go, 

lie  will  rise,  and  let  me  in: 
If  I  "  ask,"  I  shall  receive; 

If  I  "seek  "  Him,  I  shall  find; 
If  I  "knock,"  He'll  rise  and  give. 

Full  of  mercy,  loving,  kind! 

Rohcrt  Maguire. 

3443.  PUENACE,  Nebuchadnezzar's. 
Daniel  3  :  10-25. 
Oh  for  the  faith  in  Jesu's  name 

Which  tyrants  can  despise. 
Which  triumphs  o'er  the  threatening  flame, 

And  all  its  rage  defies; 
Calmly  replies  with  resolute  scorn 

To  furious  cruelty, 
"My  body  tear,  or  rack,  or  burn. 

Ye  cannot  injure  me." 

Let  the  horrific  king  appear 

And  all  liis  terrors  show. 
True  Israelites  disdain  lo  fear 

A  sfingless,  baffled  foe: 
Though  seven  times  hotter  than  before 

Tlio  torturing  fires  increase. 
The  Lord  our  God  whom  we  adore 

Can  Save  His  witnesses. 


Let  earth  and  hell  their  powers  employ, 

A  sure  defence  we  have ; 
They  are  not  nearer  to  destroy. 

Than  Jesus  is  to  save : 
And  if  it  serve  Thy  glory.  Thou 

Shalt  pluck  as  from  tlic  flame, 
Our  God  in  ages  past,  and  now, 

And  evermore  the  same. 

But  if  Thou  wilt  not  save  us  here 

From  the  tormentor's  power. 
Faithful  to  death  we  persevere. 

And  meet  the  fiery  hour: 
We  will  not  bow  our  heart  or  knee, 

And  live  to  idols  joined. 
Assured  tlie  life  we  lose  for  Thee  '' 

In  paradise  to  find. 

Behold  the  miracle  renewed ! 

Whom  faith  divine  inspires, 
We  walk  with  Ciirist  the  Son  of  God, 

And  praise  Him  in  the  fires; 
Kept  by  His  presence  and  His  name, 

Who  earth  and  hell  subdued. 
We  quench  the  violence  of  the  flame 

Through  our  Redeemer's  blood. 

Tempted,  and  persecuted  here. 

Afflicted,  and  distressed. 
With  steadfast  faith  we  persevere. 

And  stand  the  fiery  test: 
The  fire  shall  all  our  bands  consume; 

And  in  the  furnace  tried. 
Out  of  the  flames  we  soon  shall  come 

Unhurt  and  purified.     J.  and  G.  Wesley. 

3444.  GADAKA,  Miracle  in. 
Mark  v  :  1-19. 
The  madman  in  a  tomb  had  made 

His  mansion  of  despair; 
Woe  to  the  traveller  who  strayed 

With  heedless  footsteps  there ! 

He  met  that  glance  so  thrilling,  sweet. 
He  heard  those  accents  mild. 

And,  melting  at  Messiah's  feet. 
Wept  like  a  weanfed  child. 

0  madder  than  the  raving  man ! 
O  deafer  than  the  sea! 

How  long  the  time  since  Christ  began 
To  call  in  vain  on  me? 

He  called  me  when  my  thoughtless  prime 
Was  early  ripe  to  ill; 

1  passed  from  folly  on  to  crime. 

And  yet  he  called  me  still. 

He  called  me  in  the  time  of  dread, 
When  death  was  full  in  view, 

I  trembled  on  my  feverish  bed, 
And  rose  to  sin  anew. 

Y"et  could  I  hear  Him  once  again, 

As  I  have  heard  of  old, 
Methinks  He  should  not  call  in  vain 

His  wanderer  to  the  fold. 


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O  thou  that  every  thought  canst  know, 

And  answer  every  ])iayer; 
O  give  me  sickness,  want  or  woe, 

But  snatch  me  from  despair ! 

My  struggling  will  by  grace  control, 

Renew  my  broken  vow  ! 
Wliat  blessed  light  breaks  on  my  soul? 

0  God  !  I  hear  Thee  now. 

Meginald  Heber. 

3445.  GADAEA,  The  Maniac  of. 
Luke  viii  :  2G-39. 

"Death!"  loud  and  fiercely  cried 

A  voice  unknown ; 
"Death!"  each  tall  cliff  replied. 
With  plaintive  moan; 
While  to  sad  Gadara's  shore, 

O'er  the  silver-twinkling  flood, 
Moved  the  bark  that  Jesus  bore, 

And  dumb  with  fear  the  apostles  stood. 
Awful  rung  each  yawning  cave, 

Shook  the  forest,  sighed  the  blast ; 
Shuddering,  stopped  the  conscious  wave ; 

Gloom  the  sickening  skies  o'ercast: 
But  sweetest  peace,  compassion  mild. 

Image  of  heaven,  Messiah's  aspect  smiled. 

Sublime  before  Ilim,  to  the  midst  of  heaven 

A  mountain  reared  its  shaggy  head; 
Around  its   summit   troubled  clouds  were 

driven, 
And  o'er  its  bosom  broken  forests  spread. 

The  rough  rock  wildly  hung; 

The  gaping  cavern  rung; 
The  pendant   goat   browsed   recklessly  on 

O'er  every  russet  glade,  [high: 

And  gleaming  through  each  shade. 
Dim,  distant  tombs,  white  rising,  met  the  eye. 
A    mournful    murmur   hummed  the  groves 

around, 
And  headlong  streamlets  swelled  the  solemn 

sound. 
As  slow  the  bark  approached,  the  ambitious 

breeze 
Played  soft  and  fragrant  o'er  each  smiling 

wave ; 
A  new-born  green  arrayed  the  conscious  trees, 
And  the  fresh-glittering  shore  its  gratula- 

tion  gave. 

Fiercely  rose  again  the  sound ; 

Nearer  rung  the  dreadful  lay: 
"Burst,  ye  hollow  tombs  around; 

Scheol  give  thy  host  to-day. 
Rise,  ye  spectred  bands,  arise; 

Leave  the  lonely  world  of  night. 
Demons,  haste  from  nether  skies ; 

Dare  to  view  the  heavenly  light; 

1  see  the  gates  of  sorrow  rend ; 

I  hear  the  shrill  and  shrieking  cry. 
Lo,  the  livid  troops  ascend! 

Mark  the  wild  and  staring  eye! 
Approach,  ye  fiends  in  sheeted  fire; 

Advance,  ye  feeble  shapes  of  air ; 


Here  I  meet  you,  now  draw  nigher, 
I  alone  your  legions  dare. 
Cowards !  ye  faint ;  stay,  banded  wretches, 

stay ; 
They  fall,  they  fly,  before  the  Son  of  day !" 

From  rock  to  rock,  from  steep  to  steep, 

A  sunburnt  form  sprang  down  the  moun- 
tain's side 
On  tiptoe  for  the  last  dread  leap. 

He  rose,  and  frowned  across  the  prospect 
From  his  white  encircled  eye  [wide. 

Shot  the  lightning's  lurid  stream; 
O'er  his  furrowed  forehead  high, 

Stood  his  locks  like  pointed  flame. 
Soon  as  he  marked  the  group  below, 

His  visage  gloomed  with  deadlier  ire; 
And  fiercely  on  the  imagined  foe 

His  eyeballs  flashed  a  seven-fold  fire. 
Rending  the  pointed  fragment  of  a  rock, 

He  raised  the  vengeance  high  in  air: 
"  Caitiffs,"  he  cried,  "your  force  I  mock ! 

Advance ;  be  men ;  your  host  I  singly  dare !" 

When,  lo !  Messiah's  face. 
With  smile  divine. 

He  eyed ;  and  saw  the  grace 
Of  heavenly  pity  shine,  - 

He  gazed,  he  stopped ; 

The  fragment  dropped ; 
His  dark,  tempestuous  brow  began  to  clear; 

How  fell  his  arm 

Before  the  charm ; 
And  his  eye,  softening,  shed  the  unbidden 
With  sad  and  interrupted  step,  [tear. 

Approaching  slowly  toward  the  deej^. 
With  plaintive  voice,  he  cried : 
"I  know — I  know  Thee,  Son  of  God! 
Of  Jesse's  stem  the  sacred  rod, 
And  man's  immortal  pride ! 
Oh !  why  untimely  art  Thou  ccjpe 
To  antedate  my  future  doom? 
Oh,  why," — faltering,  he  cried,  the  rest 
Convulsive  sighs  and  groans  suppressed. 
Shuddering,  he  stood,  with  agonizing  look, 
And  from  his  lips,  at  times,  abortive  accents 

broke. 

"Ye  demons,  foes  of  God, 

Desert  your  long  usurped  abode  1" 

The  Saviour  said. 

A  white  celestial  beam. 
With  circling  points,  began  to  stream 

Around  His  head. 
ConvulsQid,  the  fainting  maniac  fell. 
And  shrieked  to  life  his  last  farewell. 
Raised  by  Messiah's  hand,  again  he  stood; 
With  softer  light  his  eyeballs  glowed, 
His  cheeks  the  crimson  flushed  anew, 
And  glistering  dropped  the  grateful  dew. 
Arrayed  in  man's  attire,  with  aspect  mild, 
He   knew   himself  a  man,  and  spoke    and 

smiled. 
Warmed  with  Messiah's  name,  his  rapturous 

tongue 
The  notes  of  peace  and  sweet  salvation  sung. 


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GALILEE. 


The  Twelve  beheld  the  scene,  amazed, 
Aud  each  on  each  in  silence  gazed, 
Till  wonder  lost  in  joy,  they  joined  the  sound, 
Aud  hymns  of  transport   tilled  the  groves 
around. 

3446.  GALILEE. 

But  now  in  beauty  and  in  light  we  see 
The  hills  and  vales  of  far-famed  Galilee. 
Though  man  may  walk  no  more,  as  in  old 

time. 
With  step  of  freedom,  and  with  brow  sublime ; 
Tliough  on  the  Jew  the  Moslem  pours  disdain, 
xind  thinks  him  less  than  reptile  of  the  plain ; 
Thougli  rapine,  mocking  law,  may  prowl  the 

land, 
And  murder  daily  rear  her   blood-stained 

hand. 
Still  Nature  smiles,  and  Galilee  appears 
Fair  as  a  bride,  although  a  bride  in  tears. 
In  Jezreel's  vale  the  corn  is  waving  deep. 
Fir,  larch,  and   myrtle  grace  high  Tabor's 

steep ; 
In  warm  Sepphoris'  beds  the  tulips  streak 
Rivals  red  Morn  when  soft  her  blushes  break ; 
Ten  thousand  pansies  breathe  their  odorous 

breath, 
And  orchards  bloom  round  holy  Nazareth; 
While  birds  with  song,  as  cooler  eve  comes 
Fill  the  green  groves  of  bowery  Zebulon.  [on, 
Nicholas  Michell. 

3447.  GALILEE,  Sea  of. 

Slow  moves  our  skill  o'er  still  Tabaria's  tide. 
Through  whose  clear  azure  fish  are  seen  to 

glide; 
Abrupt   and  steep  the  girdling  mountains 

frown, 
Gigantic  shadows  stealing  darkly  down. 
No   murmuring  crowds  move  busy  on  the 

shore. 
No  shepherd  sings,  or  fisher  plies  his  oar; 
No  voice  in  heaven, no  whisper  from  the  cave, 
Man  seems  unborn,  and  Nature  here  a  grave. 
A  quiet  sadness  fills  the  musing  mind. 
We  fain  would  speak,  but  language  may  not 

find. 
Yet,  not  like  Sodom's  waters,  here  we  trace 
A  holy  beauty  and  a  solemn  grace;  [strand, 
Though  man  may  now  desert  yon  silent 
Fancy  will  call  up  forms  on  wave  and  land; 
A  thousand  memories  treasured  still  shall  be. 
And  linked  throughout  all  time,  fair  lake, 

with  thee. 
Here  lowly  Peter's  youthful  days  were  past. 
In  yon  green  cove,perchance,his  net  was  cast; 
Here,  mingling  blood  with  pure  and  spark- 
ling foam, 
In  her  last  throes  Judea  fought  with  Rome; 
On  yon  fair  mount  that  blessed  discourse  was 

given 
By  One  who  spoke  as  angels  speak  in  heaven. 
Lo!  on  the  lake,  day's  farewell  smiles  expire. 
And  night's  deep  shadows  wrap  each  rocky 

spire ; 


Struggling  with  winds,  and  tossed  on  surges 

dark. 
The  apostles  urge  in  vain  their  laboring  bark ; 
No  friendly  moon,  not  e'en  a  star  on  high, 
Casts  on  their  course  its  mild  celestial  eye. 
See!  near  their  ship  that  calm  and  awful  form, 
Who  walks  the  waves,  unheeding  night  and 

storm ; 
Far  o'er  the  lake  they  see  strange  lustre  gleam, 
And  round  His  head  a  lambent  glory  beam; 
Shrinking  in  fear,  with  eyes  that  wildly  stare, 
They  deem  thnt  form  a  spectre  gliding  there ; 
But,  soft  as  music  to  the  saint  who  dies. 
Float's  o'er  Time's  gulf  from  opening  Para- 
dise, 
His  voice  now  sounds   along  the  troubled 

wave, 
And   calms    their  fears — the  blessed   One 
comes  to  save ! 

He  who  shall  search  for  cities  famed  of  yore, 
Few  wrecks  will  find  on  lone  Tabaria's  shore : 
Where  stood  tower-crowned  Chorazin,  men 

forget ; 
A  palm-tree  marks  thy  sight,  Gennesaret. 
Tiberias,  Herod's  pride,  still  flaunteth  fair, 
But  not  the  cross — the  crescent  triumphs 

there ; 
With  zeal  for  Islam's  creed  men's  bosoms 

burn, 
And  brows  to  Mecca,  not  to  Salem,  turn. 
No  more  Bethsaida  gleams  across  the  flood; 
An  ancient  watch-tower  tells  where  Magdal 

stood 
Clothed  with  green  moss — Time's  sad  but 

fragrant  pall, — 
Many  a  dark  bath  extends  its  mouldering 

wall; 
They  sink  to  dusk,  yet  health  still  spreads  his 

wings 
O'er    the     warm    fountain's    life  -  reviving 

springs. 

Nicholas  Michell. 

3448.  GALILEE,  Sea  of. 

How  pleasant  to  me  thy  deep  blue  wave, 

O  Sea  of  Galilee! 
For  the  glorious  One  who  came  to  save 

Hath  often  stood  by  thee. 

Fair  are  the  lakes  in  the  land  I  love, 
Where  pine  and  heather  grow; 

But  thou  hast  loveliness  far  above 
What  nature  can  bestow. 

It  is  not  that  the  wild  gazelle 
Comes  down  to  drink  thy  tide; 

But  He  t'hat  was  pierced  to  save  from  hell 
Oft  wandered  by  thy  side. 

It  is  not  that  the  fig-tree  grows, 

And  palms,  in  thy  soft  air; 
But  that  Sharon's  fair  and  bleeding  rose 

Once  spread  its  fragrance  there. 


G-J^3L.IIL.EE. 


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Graceful  around  thee  the  mountains  meet, 

Thou  calm  reposing  sea ; 
But,  ah,  far  more  !  the  beautiful  feet 

Of  Jesus  walked  o'er  thee. 

These  days  are  past:  Bethsaida,  where? 

Chorazin,  where  art  thou  ! 
His  tent  the  Arab  pitches  there, 

The  wild  reeds  shade  thy  brow. 

Tell  me,  ye  mouldering  fragments,  tell. 

Was  the  Saviour's  city  here? 
Lifted  to  heaven,  has  it  sunk  to  hell. 

With  none  to  shed  a  tear? 

Ah !  would  my  flock  from  thee  might  learn 

How  days  of  grace  will  flee ; 
How  all  au  offered  Christ  who  spurn, 

Shall  mourn  at  last,  like  thee. 

And  was  it  beside  this  very  sea 

The  new-risen  Saviour  said, 
Three  times  to  Simon,  Lov'st  thou  Me? 

My  lambs  and  sheep  then  feed. 

0  Saviour !  gone  to  God's  right  hand  ! 

Yet  the  same  Saviour  still, 
Graved  on  Thy  heart  is  this  lovely  strand, 

And  every  fragrant  hill. 

Oh!  give  me.  Lord,  by  this  sacred  wave. 

Threefold  Thy  love  divine. 
That  I  may  feed,  till  I  find  my  grave. 

Thy  flock — both  Thine  and  mine. 

B.  M.  McCheyne. 

3449.  GALILEE,  The  Inward. 

0  Christ!  I  often  think  of  Thee 
Upon  the  waves  of  Galilee ; 

1  hear  the  voice,  I  see  the  form,  [storm. 
Which  ruled  the  waves,  which  calmed  the 

That  voice  of  power,  which  calmed  the  seas. 
Predicted  "greater  things  than  these;" 
Those  greater  things  to-day  are  seen 
In  this :  that  Thou  dost  rule  within. 

To  those  who  have  the  sight  to  see 
There  is  an  inward  Galilee ; 
And  it  doth  fit  Thee  now  to  bind 
The  waves  and  tempests  of  the  mind. 

Thou  walkest  now  within  the  soul ; 
Thou  bid'st  its  billows  cease  to  roll; 
The  waves  of  stormy  strife  are  still, 
And  pride  and  wrath  obey  Thy  will. 

Thomas  C.  UpJiam. 

3450.  GALILEE,  The  Sea  of. 

Markiv:  36-39. 
O  Jesus !  once  ou  Galilee 

Thy  voice  of  power  was  heard, 
When  madly  that  dark  heaving  sea 

Through  all  its  depths  was  stirred. 

The  forky  lightnings  Thee  revealed, 
Calm,  'mid  the  storm's  increase, 

And  far  above  wheie  thunders  pealed 
Was  heard  the  whisper,  "Peace!" 


How  drooped  at  once  that  foaming  sheet 

Of  waters,  vexed  and  wild  ! 
Each  wave  came  fulling  at  Thy  feet, 

Just  like  an  humbled  child. 

So  rages  my  tumultuous  breast. 

So  chafes  my  maniac  will; 
Speak !  and  these  troubled  seas  shall  rest ; 

Speak;  and  the  storm  is  still. 

William  B.  Tappan. 

3451.  GARDENS,  Three. 

Genesis  ii  :  8 ;  John  xviii :  1 ;  John  xix  :  41. 

In  a  garden  man  was  placed. 

Meet  abode  for  innocence. 
With  his  Maker's  image  graced; 

Sin  crept  in  and  drove  him  thence, 
Through  the  world,  a  wretch  undone, 
Seeking  rest  and  finding  none. 

In  a  garden,  on  that  night 

When  our  Saviour  was  betrayed, 

With  what  world-redeeming  might 
In  His  agony  He  prayed  ! 

Till  he  drank  the  vengeance  up. 

And  with  mercy  filled  the  cup. 

In  a  garden,  on  the  cross. 

When  the  spear  His  heart  had  riven. 
And  for  earth's  primeval  loss 

Heaven's  best  ransom  had  been  given, 
Jesus  rested  from  His  woes, 
Jesus  from  the  dead  arose. 

James  Montgomery. 

3452.  GAEMENT,  The  Wedding. 

Matthew  xxii :  11-13. 

The  nuptial  robe,  which  all  must  wear 
Who  enter  to  the  spousal  feast. 

Is  not  a  garb  for  vulgar  stare, 
A  cloth  of  gold  in  samite  pieced, 

In  costly  jewels  glittering  fair, 
With  rustling  pride  surceased. 

The  nuptial  robe  which  all  must  don 

Who  would  their  heads  lift  up  on  high, 
Who  would  approach  the  bridal  throne 
With  contrite  heart  and  suppliant  eye. 
This  yoke  of  peace,  and  this  alone, 
Is  the  fair  stole  of  charity. 

The  nuptial  robe  is  pure  and  white, 

Unsoiled  in  deed,  unstained  in  thought, 

With  willing  heart  and  purpose  right. 
In  works  of  love  it  must  be  wrought ; 

Although  'tis  wove  with  colors  bright, 
It  shall  not  pass  where  love  is  naught. 

The  nuptial  robe,  to  which  is  given 
An  entrance  to  the  bliss  of  God, 

Must  raise  the  soul  with  virtue's  leaven, 
Must  to  the  cross  point  out  the  road, 

And  humbly  labor  still,  till  Heaven 
Relieve  thee  of  thy  heavy  load. 


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Tlion,  clothed  anew  in  virtue's  dress, 
Angels  shiiU  bid  thee  welcome  home; 

Then  hhall  the  toil  that  did  oppress 
Be  buried  with  thee  in  the  tomb; 

Then  shall  ye  hear  tliat  last  address: 
Ye  blessed  of  My  Father,  come  ! 

Lyra  Eucharistica. 

3453.  GATES,  The  Two. 

Matthew  vii  :  13,  14. 
Wide  is  the  gate  and  broad  the  road 

That  downward  to  destruction  tends, 
Wliere  thronging  thousands  madly  crowd, 

And  plunge  to  woe  that  never  ends. 

Pleasure  and  pride  and  gay  desires 

Dance  round  that  portal  high  and  fair; 

Yet  end  those  paths  in  gulfs  and  tires. 
Darkness  and  ruin  and  despair. 

Strait  is  the  gate  and  strict  the  way 
Whose  narrow  entrance  leads  to  life. 

And  few,  alas,  how  few  !  are  they 

Who  find  its  door  through  prayer  and  strife. 

Yet  there  bright  Wisdom,  God's  own  love. 
And  Joy  immortal,  smiling  stand. 

Pointing  to  endless  bliss  above,  [hand. 

And  crowns  and  thrones  at  God's   right 

Fly !  fly,  my  soul,  from  death  and  hell ! 

Strive,  stripped  of  all  else,  life  to  gain  ! 
Then  climb  and  soar  with  Christ  to  dwell. 

And  share  His  blest  eternal  reign. 

George  Lanaing  Taylor. 

3454.  GENNESAEET. 

Matthew  viii :  24-26. 
On  the  lone  bosom  of  a  lake 

Contending  surges  fiercely  met; 
"Be  still," 'twas  thus  the  Saviour  spake. 

And  thou  wert  calm,  Gennesaret ! 

Whene'er  with  sad  foreboding  filled; 

When  guilty  fears  my  bosom  fret, 
ril  turn  to  Him  who  gently  stilled 

Thy  raging  waves,  Gennesaret ! 

ril  think  of  that  more  fearful  storm. 
When  wrathful  thunders  fierrely  met 

Around  the  cross  of  Him  whose  form 
Moved  'mid  thy  waves,  Gennesaret  I 

When  quivering  lip,  and  eyeball  dim, 
Proclaim  life's  sun  about  to  set, 

I'll  lean  upon  tlie  arm  of  Him 

Who  stilled  thy  waves,  Gennesaret ! 

Safe  landed  on  that  heavenly  shore 
My  heart  shall  have  but  one  regret: 

That  here  I  did  not  love  Him  more. 
Who  walked  thy  waves,  Gennesaret ! 

Lord  !  let  Thy  love  my  bosom  fill. 

While  tossed  on  life's  rough  surges  yet; 

Speak  Thine  own  mandate,  ' '  Peace, be  still !' 
Which  calmed  of  old  Gennesaret. 

George  McDuff. 


3455.  GENNESAKET,  Jesus  WalMng  on. 

Matthew  xvi  :  25. 
'Twas  in  the  solemn  hour. 

When  light  and  shade  are  blended; 
The  moon  was  in  her  tower. 

The  sun  his  course  had  ended. 
The  heaven  was  all  serene. 

The  even  star  looked  fair; 
And  scarce  a  cloud  was  seen, 

Nor  breathed  one  breath  of  air. 

The  lake  of  Galilee 
Was  like  a  glassy  sea 
That  bore  some  favored  ark ; 
'Twas  the  disciples'  bark. 

The  crescent  beam  was  slumbering 
Upon  the  calmed  deep ; 

The  mountain  shepherd  numbering 
His  charge  of  fleecy  sheep. 
But  creature  none  was  there 
Where  Jesus  was  in  prayer. 

The  inconstant  moon  was  clouded, 

Her  ebon  throne  around ; 
Her  fairy  orb  was  shrouded. 

The  threatening  storm  did  soun'^. 
The  laboring  twelve  were  rowing, 

To  reach  the  shore  in  vain ; 
The  adverse  winds  were  blowing, 

To  rouse  the  sleeping  main. 
The  air  and  sea  were  blended. 

The  waves  ran  mountains  high ; 
The  piteous  moan  ascended. 

No  helping  hand  was  nigh ! 

How  dreadful  was  that  gloom, 

O'er  Galilee's  dark  sea  ! 
Not  Egypt  in  her  doom 

More  reft  of  light  could  be ; 
Save  when  the    forked    glare  and   n'^ghty 

thunder. 
Seemed    like    to  rend  the    shattered    bark 
asunder ! 

When,  lo  !  as  morn  drew  nigh. 
But  still  with  darkened  sky, 
A  distant  form  appeared ; 

Some  goblin  of  the  deep, 
Or  human  spirit  weird. 

The  storm  had  roused  from  sleep ; 
Some  phantom  dire  it  seemed ; 
So  the  disciples  deemed. 

It  nearer  drew,  and  nearer, 

A  light  shone  all  around; 
The  angry  heavens  were  clearer, 

The  billows  ceased  to  sound. 
Then  spoke  a  voice  of  love, 

Miki  as  the  zephyr's  sigh. 
When  scarce  'tis  heard  to  move; 

It  whispered,  "  It  is  I !" 
It  hailed  them  cheerfully. 

And  bid  their  fears  be  quiet; 
It  hushed  the  storm  and  riot — 

'Twas  Jesus  on  the  sea! 


G-EISTTILEIS. 


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Then  while  I  ride  the  surges 

Of  life's  uncertain  wave; 
And  still  the  tempest  urges, 

Jesus,  be  there  to  save ! 
Oh  let  Thy  form  be  seen 

To  faith's  discerning  eye, 
Still  hovering  between 

My  waves  and  cloudy  sky; 
And  may  Tiiy  heavenly  voice 

Be  music  to  my  soul ; 
"Fear  not;  'tis  I,  rejoice! 

I  storms  and  sea  control." 
Then  all  witliin  shall  be, 

As  when  Thy  voice  again, 
The  lake  of  Galilee 

Didst  calm  into  a  plain. 
"World !  thou  mayst  hide  thy  sun, 

Thy  stars  of  promise  hide ; 
My  heaven  will  be  begun, 

If  Christ  within  abide ! 


E. 


3456.  GENTILES,  The  Call  of  the. 
Romans  ii  :  10. 
Oh,  not  to  Israel's  hauglity  sons  alone 
Came  the  glad  tidings  of  a  Saviour  born ; 
Not  so  repulsed  th'  Almighty's  outstretched 

arm, 
Not  so  confined  His  love !  The  dove-like  form 
Of  mercy,  issuing  forth,  through  every  clime. 
Flies  to  and  fro,  to  earth's  extremest  verge. 
Speeds  her  light  way,  and  plies  her  eager 

search, 
Unwilling  to  return  if  chance  she  find 
Whereon  to  rest  her  foot !     Long  time  intent 
O'er  thee,  Judea,  self -devoted  land !     [flight 
With  many  an  anxious  pause  and  circling 
The  mystic  wanderer  hung!      Full  oft  she 

sought 
Thy  tow'rs,  Jerusalem,  thy  fated  walls, 
And  wept  o'er  all  the  scene !     Full  oft  she 

called 
(E'en  as  a  hen  collects  her  callow  brood) 
And  yet  ye  would  not !  "  O  ungrateful  race  I" 
In  deep  despair  the  lovely  exile  cried ; 
Then  shook  soft  pity  from  her  wings — and 

fled. 
Happy  the  few,  on  whose  selected  heads 
The  plenteous  dayspring  from  on  high  de- 
In  kindly  visitation !  Happy  they  [scended 
On  whom  that  show'r  of  heav'n- born  pi ty  fell ; 
Nor  fell  unfruitful !  While  impassioned  hope. 
Firm  faith,  that  wisely  builds  on  reason's 

rock, 
Strong-working,  drew  them  from  the  crook- 
ed path; 
Taught  them  at  length  with  steady  eye  to 

bear 
The  growing  light;  to  hail  with  grateful  joy 
Each  emanation  of  these  holy  truths 
That  Jesus  ])oured  upon  their  tempered  souls ! 
These,  not  unaided  by  supernal  grace: 
And  fraught  with  confidence  and  holy  zeal. 
Sure  test  of  true  conversion !  these,  O  Lord, 
Were  all  Thy  scanty  followers;  by  Thee 
First  called,  first  rescued  from  a  world  of 
woe, 


To  spread  salvation  into  distant  climes; 

And  tell  the  meanest  habitant  of  earth 

"  Glad  tidings  of  great  joy !"     Much  envied 

lot 
Of  ministry  like  this !     Thrice  happy  state 
Of  servitude  (if  freedom's  choicest  name 
Befit  not  rather),  happier,  richer  far 
Than  all  that  tyranny  enthroned  could  boast. 
Or  the  proud  sceptre  of  imperial  Rome! 
Conscious  I  quit  the  still-increasing  theme 
Of  praise  and  wonder !     Mute  admiring  joy 
Must  paint  a  scene  the  muse  can  never  reach ! 
'Tis  not  for  us,  unweeting  babblers  all. 
To  trace  with  fit  designs  the  holy  group 
Forth  issuing,  for  the  glorious  work  pre- 
pared. 
Their   cry    Salvation!       God   himself   their 

guide ! 
For  us  suffice  it  rather,  first  to  haste 
In  silent  joy,  like  Abraham  from  his  tent,_ 
And   welcome  their  approach;   then  quick 

retire. 
Like  Lot  from  Sodom,  anxious  to  be  saved. 
Thankful  to  hear,  and  happy  to  obey  ! 
'Tis  not  for  us  to  watch  with  prying  eye 
The  secret  workings  of  Almighty  Power; 
To  tell  how  heav'n's  diffused  love  prevailed 
With  gradual  effort  o'er  the  conscious  soul  I 
Or  struck,  invisibly,  with  sudden  ray 
Of  purest  knowledge  and  regen'rate  joy, 
Th'  unconscious  heathen ;  till  at  once  aroused, 
His  ev'ry  sense  and  ev'ry  glowing  thought 
Start  from  its  lethargy,  and  spring  to  life ; 
Suffice  it,  that  we  know  the  mighty  cause 
And  breathe  unceasing  songs  of  gratitude 
To  Him  whose  blessings  far  and  wide  dis- 
played 
The  rich  effusion,  till  one  vast  embrace 
Encircles  all  creation !     Gracious  Heaven ! 
Oh  not  in  vain  be  these  thy  mercies  shown 
To  any  child  of  man !     Remember,  Lord, 
And  save  the  creature  of  Thy  plastic  hand. 
Whether  Thou  view'st  him  wandering  on  the 
Of  polar  Zembla,  continent  of  ice !       [waste 
Or  breathing  rude  idolatry  and  vows 
Of  prostrate  adoration  at  the  shrine 
Of  Thibet's  hapless  lama  1     Wretched  being, 
Less  free,  less  happy,  less  a  God  than  e'en 
His  vilest  votary !     Yet  not  alone 
To  the  swart  savage  of  the  barb'rous  East, 
The  beaded  Hottentot,  or  naked  slave 
Who  toils,  untutored,  in  the  guilty  mine. 
Reveal  thy  saving  arm !     But  turn,  oh  turn 
The  blinder  infidel,  of  every  name, 
Or  gross  Mahometan,  or  stubborn  Jew, 
Or  desperate  atlieist,  who  mocks  thy  pow'rs 
With  purposed  insult!     Turn  them.  Lord, 

and  save 
And  win  them  to  Thyself !    Oh  quickly  bring 
To  Sharon's  fold  and  Achor's  happy  vale 
Thy  full  united  flock !     And  if  the  muse. 
Impatient  for  thy  glory,  still  may  breathe 
One  added  prayer,  oh  bless  the  pious  zeal, 
And  crown  with  glad  success  the  lab'ring 

sons 
Of  that  best  charity,  whose  annual  mite 


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Sends  forth  thy  gospel  to  the  distant  isles ! 
So  shall  the  nations,  rescued  myriads!  hear, 
And  own  Thy  mercy  over  all  Thy  works ! 
So  from  each  corner  of  th'  enlightened  earth 
Incessant  peals  of  universal  joy 
Shall  hail  Thee,  heavenly  Father,  God  of  all ! 
Silencer  Madan. 

3457.  GETHSEMANE. 

Matthew  xxvi  :  36-46. 

Down  from  the  slopes  of  Olivet 

A  weeper  goeth ; 
The  sun  behind  the  hills  is  set; 

The  low  brook  floweth. 
And  with  the  dews  the  night  is  wet. 

He  enters  dark  Gethsemane 

For  lonely  pleading; 
Asleep  he  leaves  the  loving  three, 

His  great  heart  bleeding 
As  low  he  falls  on  bended  knee. 

Tlie  winds  are  hushed ;  one  voice  alone    • 

With  mingled  sobbing 
Breaks  like  a  sea-wave's  monotone; 

It  is  the  throbbing 
Of  a  great  anguish  all  unknown. 

Ah,  'tis  a  lonely  battle-ground; 

One  soul,  deep-heaving. 
Contends  with  heights  and  depths  profound ; 

And  from  its  grieving 
There  comes  at  last  a  Victor  crowned. 

"Thy  will  be  done" — thrice-spoken  words, 

Too  great  for  sorrow ; 
"  Come  on,  ye  hosts,  with  staves  and  swords ! 

Come  fierce  to-morrow!" 
And  lo !  a  great  calm  undergirds. 

Like  Him  who  came  and  conquered  there 

In  that  low  garden, 
So  rise  we  victors  from  our  prayer ; 

Christ  is  our  warden. 
And  holdeth  crowns  for  us  to  wear. 

Each  hath  his  own  Gethsemane — 

A  battle  raging; 
Where,  like  a  lone  ship  on  the  sea 

With  storm  engaging, 
Self  rises  victor,  strong  and  free. 

"  Thy  will  be  done,"  we  bow  and  say; 

What  Cometh  after 
Is  but  the  dawning  of  the  day; 

If  tears  or  laughter, 
God's  will  and  ours  move  but  one  way. 

Gethsemane !  Gethsemane  1 

Hence  to  our  crosses ; 
For  ah  !  with  angel  helpers  we, 

Through  tears  and  losses. 
Go  dauntless  to  our  victory. 

Dwight  Williams. 


3458.  GETHSEMANE. 

Mark  xiv  :  32-42. 

The  mountains  hide  the  sun  from  Galilee, 
And  Jewish  maidens,  gazing  on  the  sea, 
View  mirrored  stars  in  every  wandering  wave 
That  flecks  with  foam  the  bank  it  loves  to 
lave. 

How  sweetly  still:  the  winds  are  hushed  t) 

rest. 
And   eartli   seems   sleeping    on   its  Maker's 

breast. 
Secure,  beneath  the  watch-car©  of  that  God 
Who  framed  the  lieaveus,  and  rules  them  by 

His  nod. 

The  darkness  deepens,  for  the  twilight  hour 
Has  shut  the  petals  of  the  daytime  flower, 
Beguiled  the  bee  to  couch  within  the  rose, 
And  weary  ones  to  court  a  night's  repose. 

But  there  is  One  whose  soul  so  sinks  with 

grief 
That  sootliing  sleep  refuses  Him  relief. 
While  false  friends  dream,  alone  the  Saviour 

strays 
Down  the  dim  garden-paths,  and  weeps  and 

prays. 

A  voice  of  prayer  arises  from  that  sod 
That  bows  the  ear  and  melts  the  heart  of  God ! 
Gethsemane,  while  soft  the  moonbeams  play, 
Drinks  up  His  tears,  and  hears  the  Saviour 
pray ! 

God,  who  from  Teman  came,  will  He  not 

spare 
The  Son,  who  holds  with  Him  an  equal  share 
In  all  the  beatific  realms  above. 
Where  angels  live  and  every  thought  is  love? 

Will  He  not  dash  the  dreaded  cup  away, 

And  break  the  bands  and  chains  of  cumber- 
ing clay? 

No!  deep  He  drinks,  the  bitter  dregs  He 
drains. 

Ere  He  again  His  Father's  throne  regains. 

The  flesh  must  fail.     Humanity  must  die 
And  live  again  ere  it  ascends  on  high. 
So  in  the  gloomy  garden's  solemn  shade 
The  sinless  Saviour's  sacrifice  is  made. 

Oh  dreadful  agony !     Oh  grief  untold ! 
When  all  of  human  sinfulness  is  rolled 
On  One  who  never  sinned,  to  die  condemned. 
By  God  forsaken  and  denied  a  friend ! 

Thou  Man  of  Sorrows !   By  Thy  bloody  sweat 
We  will  not  slumber,  nor  Thy  pangs  forget! 
But  we  for  evermore  will  watch  with  Thee, 
And  every  place  shall  be  Gethsemane ! 

Simeon  Tucker  Clark, 


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3459.  GETHSEMANE. 

Matthew  xxvi  :  36. 
Where  climbs  thy  stoci),  fair  Olivet, 

There  is  a  spot  most  dear  to  me : 
The  spot  with  tears  of  sorrow  wet, 

Where  Jesus  knelt  in  agony. 

I  love  in  thought  to  linger  there, 

To  tread  the  hallowed  ground  alone, 

Where  on  the  silent,  midnight  air      [moan. 
Rose    heavenward.   Lord,   Thy    plaintive 

I  fondly  seek  the  olive  shade  [wrung; 

That  veiled    Thee   when    Thy   soul  was 
When  angels  came  to  bring  Thee  aid, 

That  oft  to  Thee  their  harps  had  strung ! 

There  on  the  sacred  turf  I  kneel. 

And  breathe  my  heart's  deep  love  to  Thee, 
While  tender  memories  o'er  me  steal 

Of  all  Thou  didst  endure  for  me. 

Oh  mystery  of  anguish,  when 
The  sinless  felt  sin's  heavy  woe ! 

Hell  madly  dreamed  of  triumph  then. 
While  Thy  dear  head  was  bending  low. 

Vain  dream !     No  grief  shall  evermore 
Stain,  as  with  bloody  sweat,  thy  brow; 

Robed  in  all  glory,  Thine  before. 
The  seraphim  surround  Thee  now. 

Yet,  Lord,  from  off  the  burning  throne, 
Above  yon  stars  that  softly  gleam, 

Thou  cam'st  to  meet  me  here  alone, 
By  Kedron's  old  familiar  stream. 

Ray  Palmer. 

3460.  GETHSEMANE. 

Matthew  xxvi  :  36-45. 
Gethsemane,  thine  olive  grove 
A  welcome  screen  for  Jesus  wove, 

To  veil  His  agony; 
Oh,  when  thou  lone  and  hallowed  spot 
Can  be  by  friend  or  foe  forgot, 

Thy  midnight  mystery? 

Beneath  the  darkness  of  thy  shade 
The  agonizing  Saviour  prayed ;        v 

And  from  the  anguish  felt 
Great  drops  as  it  were  bloody  sweat 
Streamed  down  His  cheeks,  and,  falling, wet 

The  ground  whereon  He  knelt. 

Oh  who  can  tell  the  strain  intense 
Of  mind  in  agonized  suspense, 

In  what  He  there  achieved? 
Who  fathom  all  that  wrung  His  heart, 
As  thrice  He  lowly  knelt  apart, 

And  plead  to  be  relieved? 

"My  Father,  if  it  may  not  be 

That  now  this  cup  shall  pass  from  me, 

Thine  own  and  only  Son, 
Except  I  drink  it  at  Thy  hand. 
Then,  Father,  this  My  prayer  shall  stand. 

Thy  will,  not  Mine,  be  done." 


Thrice  did  the  lonely  Sufferer  plead, 
And  thrice  returned,  as  if  in  need 

Of  sympathy's  relief; 
Thrice  they  who  came  a  watch  to  keep 
Had  sunk  in  weariness  to  sleep, 

And  heeded  not  His  grief. 

Ah !  vain  from  them  a  cheer  to  seek, 
Though  heart  were  willing,  flesh  was  weak: 

No  human  arm  could  aid ; 
An  angel  for  a  moment  came, 
And,  whispering  the  Father's  aim, 

Some  strength  to  Him  conveyed. 

A  world  in  that  dark  midnight  hour, 
While  coping  with  Satanic  power. 

He  bore  on  bended  knee; 
Alone  the  burden  He  sustained, 
Alone  the  victory  He  gained, 

In  thee,  Gethsemane. 

Gethsemane,  thy  name  is  graved 
Deep  on  the  hearts  of  all  the  saved, 

And  cannot  be  erased ; 
For,  till  eternity  shall  end, 
Oh  who  in  full  can  comprehend 

The  scene  in  thee  embraced? 

Draw  near,  my  heart,  and  gaze  anew. 
Where  Jesus  on  that  night  withdrew. 

To  bear  the  load  for  thee ; 
Come  read  the  love  that  in  Him  wrought, 
Come  linger  long  in  tender  thought, 

In  lone  Gethsemane. 

See  where  He,  in  that  awful  test, 
Obeyed  the  Father's  high  behest 

Submissively  for  thee; 
Oh  think  what  torture  He  endured, 
And  what  of  bliss  for  thee  secured, 

In  dark  Gethsemane. 

And  when  harassed  by  many  a  doubt, 
And  darkness  gathers  thick  about 

Without  a  cheering  ray, 
Then  to  Gethsemane  repair, 
And  listen  to  the  Saviour's  prayer, 

And  learn  of  Him  to  pray. 

But  till  life's  service  be  resigned, 
Shall  ever  sacred  be  enshrined 

That  scene  of  agony ; 
Let  tears  its  clustered  memories  start. 
But  never,  O  my  wayward  heart! 

Forget  Gethsemane.        Oliver  Crane, 

3461.  GETHSEMANE, 

There  is  a  spot  within  this  sacred  dale 
That  felt  Thee  kneeling,  touched  Thy  pros- 
trate brow : 
One  angel  knows  it.   Oh,  might  prayer  avail 
To  wiu  that  knowledge,  sure  each  holy  vow 
Less  quickly  from  the  unstable  soul  would 

fade, 
Offered  where  Christ  in  agony  was  laid ! 


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G-ETHSJK^^I^^lSrE:. 


G-ETHSIDMi^^lS-E. 


Might  tear  of  ours  once  mingle  Avith  the  blood 
That  fnjni  His  aching  brow  l)y  moonlight  fell, 
Over  the  mournful  joy  our  thoughts  would 

brood, 
Till  they  had  framed  within  a  guardian  spell 
To  chase  repining  fancies,  as  they  rise. 
Like  birds  of  evil  wing,  to  mar  our  sacrifice. 

So  dreams  the  heart  self-flattering,   fondly 

dreams; 
Else  wherefore,  when  the  bitter  waves  o'er- 

flow. 
Miss  we  tlie  light,  Gethsemane,  that  streams 
From  thy  dear  name,  where  in  His  page  of 

woe 
It  shines,  a  pale  kind  star  in  winter's  sky? 
Who  vainly  reads  it  there,  in  vain  had  seen 

Him  die.  Jo?m  Keble. 


3462.  GETHSEMANE,  An  Olive  Leaf  from. 

And  this  was  plucked  by  friendship's  hand, 

And  this  was  kindly  borne  to  me 
From  the  heart's  treasure-land, 
Gethsemane  ! 

The  conscious  soil,  that  gave  to  birth 

Its  venerable  parent  tree, 
Was  thy  blood-moistened  earth, 
Gethsemane ! 

On  whose  cold  bosom,  that  sad  night, 

The  Guiltless  sank  for  guilty  me; 
When  angelwings  made  bright 
Gethsemane  ! 

When  darkness  o'er  a  God  in  tears 

Drew  solemn  veil,  that  none  might  see 
How  wrath  divine  woke  fears, 
Gethsemane ! 

When — that  might  pass  the  dreadful  cup. 

The  Sufferer  prayed  in  agony ; 
Yet,  bade  to  drink  it  up, 
Gethsemane — 

His  prayer  had  answer  in  new  power. 

Strengthened,  He  should  the  victor  be, 
Though  hell  was  strong  that  hour, 
Gi-thsemane ! 

O  Garden  of  Hesperides! 

I  seek  thy  wondrous  laden  tree, 
Whose  apple  heals  disease — 
Gethsemane  ! 

Eden  !  where,  if  I  take  and  eat, 
'Tis  life,  immortal  life  to  me; 
My  soul's  uncloying  meat, 
Gethsemane  I 

The  thoughts  are  sweet  and  full  of  heaven, 
That  rise,  and  throng,  and  cling  to  thee; 
Wingf  1  wings  ! — if  wings  were  given, 
Gethsemane — 


Not  thee  I'd  seek;  thou  art  too  far: 

Tlie  Crucified  is  nigh  to  me; 
Life's  Joy,  day's  Sun,  night's  Star — 
Gethsemane ! 

All  day,  His  presence  here  to  keep, 

I  need  not  such  memorial  see ; 
All  night,  love  doth  not  sleep, 
Gethsemane ! 

Yet  will  the  frequent  thought  return. 

All  redolent  of  bliss  and  thee — 
Quickening  cold  love,  till  love  shall  burn, 
Gethsemane ! 

No  pledge  shall  wake  my  joy;  my  grief 

Shall  few  memorials  stir,  like  thee. 
Thou  sacred  Olive  Leaf! — 
Gethsemane ! 

Eyes!  with  delicious  tears  be  dim; 

Soul,  leap!  for  love  hath  set  thee  free; 
Voice  !  join  with  Calvary's  hymn 
"  Gethsemane  !" 

Anticipate  the  theme,  the  same 

That  sung  by  rescued  worlds  will  be, 
When  worlds  expire  in  flame, 
"Gethsemane !" 

Thou  brooding  Dove,  thou  Spirit,  come  ! 
And  take  the  wanderer  home  to  thee ;  - 
Earth,  earth  is  not  my  home, 

Gethsemane  !  W.  B.  Tappan. 

3463.  GETHSEMANE,  Porget  Wot. 
Luke  sxii  :  39-46. 

Oh  let  me  not  forget !     'Twas  here, 
Earth  of  the  Saviour's  grief  and  toil ! 

He  knelt;  and  oft  the  falling  tear 
Mingled  His  sorrows  with  thy  soil. 

When,  in  the  Garden's  fearful  hour, 

He  felt  the  great  temptation's  power. 

Here  was  the  proffered  bitter  cup. 

"Thy  will  be  done,"  the  Saviour  said. 
His  faith  received,  and  drank  it  up; 

Amazed,  the  baffled  tempter  fled ; 
Repulsed,  with  all  his  hate  and  skill. 
Before  an  acquiescent  will. 

0  man  !  In  memory  of  that  hour 
Let  rising  murmurs  be  repressed; 

And  learn  the  secret  of  thy  power 
Within  a  calm  and  patient  breast. 

"  Thy  will  be  done."     'Tis  that  which  rolls 

Their  agony  from  suffering  souls. 

Such  is  the  lesson  that  I  find 

Here,  in  the  Saviour's  place  of  tears ; 

The  lesson,  that  the  trusting  mind 

Has  strength  to  conquer  griefs  and  fears; 

And  doomed  upon  the  cross  to  die, 

Finds  death  itself  a  victory. 

Thoniaa  C.  Upham. 


GrETHSEMLA^IsTB. 


GIBEOIV. 


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3464.  GETHSEMANE,  Superiority  of. 

What  though  my  feet  had  stood  upon 
The  blood-stained  fiekl  of  Marathon; 
Though  I  had  heard  the  serpent  hiss 
Amidst  the  fallen  Persepolis: 
Or  seen  those  pond'rous  masses  rise 
O'er  Nile's  rich  stream  to  meet  the  skies, 
'Twere  nothing,  liad  I  stood  on  thee, 
Lovely,  but  sad,  Gethsemane. 

Not  even  at  Athens  will  I  touch, 
Though  Socrates  might  teach  me  much ; 
Nor  will  I  speed  across  the  deep 
To  learn  of  Cato  not  to  weep 
When  sorrow's  waves  are  swelling  high, 
And  darkest  clouds  obscure  the  sky; 
Nor  shall  he  teach  me  how  to  die; 
To  live,  to  die,  I  learn  from  thee. 
Lovely,  though  sad,  Gethsemane. 

Here  did  those  sacred  pains  begin, 
Which  full  atonement  made  for  sin ; 
Here,  bleeding,  prostrate  on  the  ground, 
Life's  Lord  and  glory's  Prince  was  found; 
And  angels  on  that  wond'rous  night. 
Gazed,  all  astonished,  at  the  sight ; 
The  eye  of  heaven  was  fixed  on  thee. 
Lovely,  though  sad,  Gethsemane. 

Oh,  never  can  my  soul  forget 

Thine  agony  and  bloody  sweat; 

The  sorrow  of  Thy  soul  when  Thou 

Obedient  unto  death  didst  bow. 

But  Thou  didst  all  Thy  foes  o'ercome. 

And  tlien,  ascending,  sought  Thy  home; 

Thence  shall  my  soul  ascend  to  Thee, 

To  Eden  from  Gethsemane.       E.  Tatham, 

3465.  GIBEON. 

Joshua  X :  1-14. 
Oh !  there  were  banners  proudly  dancing 

Round  old  Gibeon's  royal  walls; 
Oh  !  there  were  war-steeds  furious  prancing 

Tft  the  battle-trump  which  calls. 
On  they  come,  five  kings  in  number. 

Oh  how  stern  their  long  array ! 
Up!  brave  hearts,  nor  dare  to  slumber; 

Life  and  death  are  on  this  day. 

Men  of  Gibeon  !  like  a  river 

Hebron  rushes  from  afar ; 
Jarmuth  see !  with  bow  and  quiver, 

How  he  heads  the  bursting  war, 
Lachish  shouts  with  scornful  gladness; 

Eglon  !  who  his  waves  shall  stem? 
Many  a  mother  faints  with  sadness 

At  thy  cry,  Jerusalem ! 

Onward !  onward  !  buckler  clashes, 

Lances  shiver,  helmgl;  rings; 
On  the  roll  of  carnage  aashes, 

Iron  hearts  are  needful  things. 
Earth  and  air,  with  ghastly  wonder, 

Start  to  eye  that  dreadful  sight; 
While  each  crash  of  martial  thunder 

Shakes  t*^e  crimson  ''eld  of  fight. 


Hark !  and  tell  me,  heard  ye  stealing 

Footsteps  through  the  dead  of  night? 
Saw  ye  tread,  their  patli  concealing, 

Israel's  chosen  men  of  might? 
Canaan's  sons!  no  peace  betiding, 

Moans  that  sullen  night-wind's  breath; 
For,  vipon  its  black  wings  riding, 

Lo  !  the  angel  comes  of  death. 

Thou,  Bethorou  !  tell  the  story. 

How  they  died  that  banded  host; 
Bannered  pomp  and  kingly  glory, 

Where  is  now  your  swelling  boast? 
Speak,  Azekah !  say  how  o'er  them 

Heaven  its  giant  hailstones  threw: 
God,  their  foe,  above,  before  them; 

Israel's  hosts  behind  pursue. 

Conquerors  !  on  ;  but,  fast  declining, 

See  !  the  day  is  almost  gone ; 
"  Sun  !  stand  still,  on  Gibeon  shining: 

Stop,  thou  moon  !  o'er  Ajalon." 
Wondrous  sight !  by  mortal  spoken. 

Sun  and  moon  obeyed  that  word. 
Till,  the  last  proud  foeman  broken, 

Joshua  triumphed  and  the  Lord. 

Gibeon's  saved  !  ye  saints  that  languish. 

Crouched  in  sackcloth  and  in  dust ; 
Rise  !  'tis  past,  your  hour  of  anguish, 

Perfect  peace  awaits  the  just; 
You  have  sown  in  night  of  sorrow, 

Reap  in  joy  your  promised  crown; 
Happy,  glorious,  endless  morrow. 

Sun  and  moon  that  ne'er  go  down. 

E.  Dudley  Jackson. 

3466.  GIBEON. 

Joshua  X  :  6. 
When  Joshua,  by  God's  command. 
Invaded  Canaan's  guilty  land, 
Gibeon,  imlike  the  nations  round. 
Submission  made,  and  mercy  found. 

Their  stubborn  neighbors,  who,  enraged, 
United  war  against  them  waged. 
By  Joshua  soon  were  overthrown, 
For  Gibeon's  cause  was  now  his  own. 

He  from  whose  arm  they  ruin  feared. 
Their  leader  and  ally  appeared ; 
An  emblem  of  the  Saviour's  grace 
To  those  who  humbly  seek  His  face. 

The  men  of  Gibeon  wore  disguise. 
And  gained  their  peace  by  framing  lies; 
For  Joshua  had  no  power  to  spare. 
If  he  had  known  from  whence  they  were. 

But  Jesus  invitation  sends. 
Treating  with  rebels  as  His  friends ; 
And  holds  the  promise  forth  in  view 
To  all  who  for  His  mercy  sue. 

Too  long  His  goodness  I  disdained. 
Yet  went  at  last,  and  peace  obtained; 
But  soon  the  noise  of  war  I  heard, 
And  former  friends  in  arms  appeared. 


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GIDEO]^'. 


GIDEON". 


Weak  in  myself,  for  help  I  cried, 
Lord,  I  am  yressed  on  every  side ; 
The  cause  is  Thine,  they  fight  with  me, 
But  every  blovp  is  aimed  at  Thee. 

"With  speed  to  my  relief  He  came, 
And  put  my  enemies  to  shame, 
Thus  saved  by  grace,  I  live  to  sing 
.    The  love  and  triumphs  of  my  King. 

John  Newton. 

3467.  GIDEON'S  FLEECE. 
Judges  vi :  39. 
All  night  long  on  hot  Gilboa's  mountain, 
"With  unmoistened  breath,  the  breezes  blew, 
All  night  long  the  green  corn  in  the  valley. 
Thirsted,  thirsted  for  one  drop  of  dew. 

Came  the  warrior  from  his  home  in  Ophrah, 
Sought  the  white  fleece  in  the  mountain  pass, 
As  he  heard  the  crimson  morning  rustle 
In  the  dry  leaves  of  the  bearded  grass. 

Not  a  pearl  was  on  the  red  pomegranate, 
Not  a  diamond  in  the  lily's  crown, 
Yet  the  fleece  was  heavy  with  its  moisture, 
"Wet  with  dew-drops  where  no  dew  rained 
down. 

All  night  long  the  dew  was  on  the  olives, 
Every  dark  leaf  set  in  diamond  drops; 
Silver  frosted  lay  the  lowland  meadows. 
Silver  frosted  all  the  mountain  tops. 

Once  again  from  Ophrah  came  the  chieftain. 
Sought  his  white  fleece  'mid  the  dewy  damps, 
As  the  early  sun  looked  through  the  wood- 
lands. 
Lighting  up  a  thousand  crystal  lamps. 

Every  bright  leaf  gave  back  from  its  bosom 
Of  that  breaking  sun  a  semblance  rare ; 
All  the  wet  earth  glistened  like  a  mirror, 
Yet  the  fleece  lay  dry  and  dewless  there. 

Type,  strange  type,  of  Israel's  early  glory, 
Heaven-besprinkled  when  the  earth  was  dry ; 
Mystic  type,  too,  of  her  sad  declining, 
"Who  doth  desolate  and  dewless  lie, 

"When  all  earth  is  glistening  in  the  Presence 
Of  the  Sun  that  sets  not  night  or  day, 
"When  the  fulness  of  His  Spirit  droppeth 
On  the  islands  very  far  away. 

Dream  no  more  of  Israel's  sin  and  sorrow, 
Of  her  glory  and  her  grievous  fall ; 
Hath  that  sacrament  oif  shame  and  splendor 
To  thine  own  heart  not  a  nearer  call? 

There  are  homes  whereon  the  grace  of  heaven 
Falleth  ever  softly  from  above — 
Homes  by  simple  faith  i\nd  Christian  duty 
Steeped  in  peace,  and  holiness,  and  love. 


Churches  where  the  voice  of  praise  and  bless- 
Droppeth  daily  like  the  silver  dew,  [ing 

Where  the  earnest  lip  of  love  distilleth 
Words,    like  water    running    through    and 
through. 

There  are  children  trained  in  truth  and  good- 
ness, 

Graceless,  careless  in  those  holy  homes. 

There  are  hearts  within  those  Christian  tem- 
ples, 

Cold  as  angels  carved  upon  the  domes. 

Places  are  there  sin-defiled  and  barren, 
Haunts  of  prayerless  lips  and  ruined  souls; 
Where  some  lonely  heart  in  secret  filleth 
Cups  of  mercy,  full  as  Gideon's  bowls. 

Where  some  Christ-like  spirit,  pure  and  gen- 
Sheddeth  moisture  on  the  desert  spot,     [tie, 
Feels  a  tender  Spirit,  in  the  darkness, 
Dewing  all  the  dryness  of  his  lot. 

Christ !  be  with  us,  that  these  hearts  within  us 
Prove  not  graceless  in  the  hour  of  grace; 
Dew  of  heaven !  feed  us  with  the  sweetness 
Of  Thy  Spirit  in  the  dewless  place. 

Cecil  Frances  Alexander. 

3468.  GIDEON'S  WAE-SONG. 

O  Israel !  tliy  hills  are  resounding. 
The  cheeks  of  thy  warriors  are  pale ; 

For  the  trumpets  of  Midian  are  sounding, 
His  legions  are  closing  their  mail; 

His  battle  steeds  prancing  and  bounding. 
His  veterans  whetting  their  steel ! 

His  standard,  in  haughtiness  streaming, 
Above  his  encampment  appears; 

An  ominous  radiance  is  gleaming 
Around  from  his  forest  of  spears : 

The  eyes  of  our  maidens  are  beaming. 
But,  ah !  they  are  beaming  through  tears. 

Our  matron  survivors  are  weeping, 
Their  sucklings  a  prey  to  the  sword ; 

The  blood  of  our  martyrs  is  steeping 
The  fanes  where  their  fathers  adored; 

The  foe  and  the  alien  are  reaping 

Fields,  vineyards,  the  gift  of  the  Lord ! 

Our  country !  shall  Midian  enslave  her, 
With  the  blood  of  the  brave  in  our  veins? 

Shall  we  crouch  to  the  tyrant  forever. 
Whilst  manhood,  existence,  remains? 

Shall  we  fawn  on  the  despot?     Oh  never! 
Like  freemen,  unrivet  your  chains ! 

Like  locusts  our  foes  are  before  us. 
Encamped  in  the  valley  below; 

The  sabre  must  freedom  restore  us, 
The  spear,  and  the  shaft,  and  the  bow; 

The  banners  of  Heaven  wave  o'er  us, 
Rush !  rush  like  a  flood  on  the  foe  ! 

Vedder. 


GILBOA^. 


GOIL.IA.TIS:. 


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3469.  GILBOA,  The  Field  of. 
1  Samuel  xxxi :  1. 
The  sun  of  the  morning  looked  forth  from 
his  throne, 
And  beamed  on  the  face  of  the  dead  and 
the  dying:  [flown, 

For  the  yell  of  the  strife  like  the  thunder  had 
And  red  on  Gilboa  the  carnage  was  lying. 

And  there  lay  the  husband  that  lately  was 

pressed 

To  the  beautiful  cheek  that  was  tearless 

and  ruddy ; 

Now  the  claws  of  the  vulture  were  fixed  in 

his  breast,  [bloody. 

And  the  beak  of  the  vulture  was  busy  and 

And  there  lay  the  son  of  the  widowed  and 

sad. 

Who  yesterday  went  from  her  dwelling 

forever: 

Now  the  wolf  of  the  hills  a  sweet  carnival 

had  [quiver. 

On  the  delicate  limb  that  had  ceased  not  to 

And  there  came  the  daughter,  the  desolate 

child. 

To  hold  up  the  head  that  was  breathless 

and  hoary;  [wild 

And  there  came  the  maiden,  all  frantic  and 

To  kiss  the  loved  lips  that  were  gasping 

and  gory. 

And  there  came  the  consort,  that  struggled 

in  vain  [her; 

To  stem  the  red  tide  of  a  spouse  that  bereft 

And  there  came  the  mother  that  sunk  'mid 

the  slain. 

To  weep  o'er  the  last  human  stay  that  was 

left  her, 

O  bloody  Gilboa !  a  curse  ever  lie 

Where   the   king    and    his   people   were 
slaughtered  together ! 
May  the  dew  and  the  rain  leave  thy  herbage 
to  die, 
Thy  flocks  to   decay,  and  thy  forests  to 
wither !  William  Knox. 


3470.  GLEANER,  The. 

Ruth  ii  :  19. 

0  gleaner,  who  homeward,  as  if  in  retreat. 
Art  wearily  plodding  thy  way. 

Thou  hast  wrought  in  the  dust  and  the  heat, 
But  why  bringest  thou  with  thee  no  bundle 
of  wheat, 
Oh  where  hast  thou  gleaned  to-day? 

1  have  all  day  long  in  the  wearisome  toil 

Been  gleaning  but  stubble  and  hay; 
I  have  labored  as  if  on  a  barren  soil,      [foil; 
And  the  elements  seemed  my  endeavors  to 

I  have  gleaned  but  in  vain  to-day. 


0  gleaner,  who  comest  as  if  from  the  field 
Where  the  sheaves  in  abundance  lay. 

Oh  what  by  thy  diligent  hand  is  the  yield, 
And  whjr  is  it  close  in  thy  mantle  concealed ; 
Oh  where  hast  thou  gleaned  to-day? 

1  have  come  from  the  fields  where  the  har- 

vesters throng, 

By  the  brook  and  the  great  highway ; 
I  have  flitted  from  field  to  field  along, 
And  have  listened  to  many  a  reaper's  song; 

I  have  gleaned  but  as  vagrant  to-day. 

From  the  harvests  that  wave  as  the  Master's 
pride 

What  bearest  thou,  gleaner,  away?  [hied. 
With  the  earliest  dawn  thou  hast  thitherward 
But  what  bringest  thou  back  at  the  eventide? 

Oh  where  hast  thou  gleaned  to-day  ? 

I  have  come  from  the  fields  on  the  harvested 
plain. 
Where  the  reapers  are  happy  and  gay ; 
But  the  reapers  are  harvesting  all  the  grain. 
And  the  song  that  they  sang  was  their  own 
refrain ; 
I  have  gleaned  but  as  gleaner  to-day. 

0  gleaner,  who  comest  with  hands  well  filled, 
As  if  gleaning  where  armfuls  lay. 

Oh  whence  is  the  joy  that  thy  bosom  hath 
thrilled,  [trilled ; 

As  if  joining  the  song  that  the  harvesters 
Oh  where  hast  thou  gleaned  to-day? 

1  have  gleaned  in  the  field  where  the  Master 

assigned. 
And  have  stayed  where  he  bade  me  stay; 
Where  the  owner   and   reapers   alike  were 

kind, 
And  permitted  me  many  a  sheaf  to  find — 
I  have  gleaned  as  a  reaper  to-day. 

Oliver  Crane. 

3471.  GOLIATH. 

1  Samuel  xvii. 
The  banners  of  Israel  waved  on  the  hill, 
The  breast  of  their  chieftain  was  shadowed 

with  care ; 
No  warrior  of  prowess,  no  archer  of  skill, 
Came  forth  from  the  host  at  the  sound  of  his 
prayer. 

The  champion  of  Dagon,  th'  avenger  of  Gath, 
In  the  pride  of  his  strength,  stalked  over  the 

plain ; 
He  hurled  defiance,  and  spake  of  his  wrath. 
Of  the  feats  he'd  achieved,  and  the  foes  he 

had  slain. 

No  eye  dared  to  meet  the  fierce  glare  of  his 

glance. 
No  rival  rushed  forth  to  o'ershadow  his  joy: 
The  bow  was  unstrung,  and  unsheathed  the 

lance, 
Though  each  bosom  was  heaved  with  the 

wish  to  destroy. 


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GOT^I^TH. 


What  wanteth  that  stripling,  that  gay  rustic 

swain, 
Who  seeketh  the  tent  of  the  heart-sickened 

soul  ? 
What  freak  of  the  madman,  what  hope  of 

the  vain, 
Gives  life  to  his  courage,  and  heralds  his  fall? 

Ah !  stay  from  the  contest,  and  face  not  the 

scorn 
And  the  vengeance  of  him  who  was  cradled 

in  war; 
By  his  strength,  and  his  hate,  and  his  gods 

he  hath  sworn. 
That  thou  shalt  be  chained  to  the  wheels  of 

his  car. 

Well  done,  bravest  youth,  for  that  stone  was 

well  flnng. 
And  has  gained  a  tomb  in  the  brow  of  thy  foe ; 
From  the  murky  recess  of  his  bosom  is  wrung 
The  feeling  that  scorned  thee,  and  sighed  for 

thy  woe.  Elisha  Tatham. 

3472.  GOLIATH,  Death  of. 

1  Samuel  xvii :  43-51. 
David.  Thou  com'st  to  me  with  sword  and 

spear  and  shield; 
In  the  dread  name  of  Israel's  God  I  come; 
The  living  Lord  of  hosts,  whom  thou  defy'st ! 
Yet  though  no  shield  I  bring,  no  arms  except 
These  five  new  stones  I  gathered  from  the 

brook, 
With  such  a  simple  sling  as  shepherds  use, 
Yet  all  exposed,  defenceless  as  I  am, 
The  God  I  serve  shall  give  thee  up  a  prey 
To  my  victorious  arm.     This  day  I  mean 
To  make  the  uncircumcised  tribes  confess 
There  is  a  God  in  Israel.     I  will  give  thee, 
Spite  of  thy  vaunted  strength  and  giant  bulk, 
To  glut  the  carrion  kites.     Nor  thee  alone : 
The  mangled  carcasses  of  your  thick  hosts 
Shall  spread  the  plains  of  Elah,  till  Philistia, 
Through  all  her  trembling  tents  and  flying 

bands, 
Shall  own  that  Judah's  God  is  God  indeed! 
I  dare  thee  to  the  trial. 

Goliath.  Follow  me ; 

In  this  good  spear  I  trust. 

David.  I  trust  in  Heav'n ! 

The  God  of  battle  stimulates  my  arm, 
And  fires  my  soul  with  ardor  not  its  own. 

Abner.  Full  in  the  centre  of  the  camp  he 

stood ! 
The  opposing  armies  ranged  on  either  side 
In  proud  array.     The  haughty  giant  stalked 
Stately  across  the  valley.     Next  the  youth 
With   modest   confidence    advanced.      Nor 

pomp, 
Nor  gay  parade,  nor  martial  ornament, 
His  graceful  form  adorned.  Goliath  straight, 
With  solemn  state,  began  the  busy  work 
Of  dreadful  preparation.     In  one  place 
His  closely  jointed  mail  an  opening  left 


For  air,  and  only  one.     The  watchful  youth 
Marked  that  the  beaver  of  his  lielm  was  up. 
Meanwhile  the  giant  such  a  blow  devijtd 
As  would  have  crushed  him.  This  the  youth 

perceived, 
And   from   his   well  -  directed   sling    quick 

hurled. 
With  dextrous   aim,   a   stone  which  sunk, 

deep -lodged 
In  the  capacious  forehead  of  the  foe. 
Then  with  a  cry,  as  loud  and  terrible 
As  Libyan  lions  roaring  for  their  young, 
Quite  stunned,  the  furious  giant  staggered, 

reeled, 
And  fell :  the  mighty  mass  of  man  fell  prone. 
With  its  own  weight  his  shattered  bulk  was 

bruised. 
His  clattering  arms  rung  dreadfully  through 

the  field, 
And  the  firm  basis  of  the  solid  earth 
Shook.     Choked  with  blood  and  dust,  he 

cursed  his  gods, 
And  died  blaspheming !    Straight  the  victor 

youth 
Drew  from  his  sheath  the  giant's  pond'rous 

sword. 
And  from  the  enormous  trunk  the  gory  head. 
Furious  in  death,  he  severed.  The  grim  visage 
Looked  threatening  still,  and  still  frowned 

horribly. 
Saul.  O   glorious  deed!    O   valiant   con- 


queror 


Hannah  More. 


3473.  GOLIATH'S  DEFIANCE. 
Samuel  xvii :  4-11. 

Abner.  Thrice,  and  no  more,  he  sounds,  his 

daily  rule. 
This  man  of  war,  this  champion  of  Philistia, 
Is  of  the  sons  of  Anak's  giant  race: 
Goliath  is  his  name.     His  fearful  stature. 
Unparalleled  in  Israel,  measures  more 
Than  twice  three  cubits.     On  his  towering 

head 
A  helm  of  burnished  brass  the  giant  wears. 
So  pond'rous  it  would  crush  the  stoutest  man 
In  all  our  hosts.     A  coat  of  mailed  armor 
Guards  his  capacious  trunk ;  compared  with 

which 
The  amplest  oak  that    spreads  his   rugged 

arms 
In  Bashan's  groves  were  small.     About  his 

neck 
A  shining  corselet  hangs.     On  his  vast  thigh 
The  plaited  cuirass,  firmly  jointed,  stands. 
But  who  shall  tell  the  wonders  of  his  spear. 
And  hope  to  gain  belief?     Of  massive  iron. 
Its  tempered  frame  not  less  than  the  broad 

beam 
To  which  the  busy  weaver  hangs  his  loom ; 
Not  to  be  wielded  by  a  mortal  hand. 
Save  by  his  own.     An  armor-bearer  walks 
Before  this  mighty  champion,  in  his  hand 
Bearing  the    giant's  shield.      Thrice  every 

morn 
His  herald  sounds  the  trumpet  of  defiance, 


G-OLDEN". 


G-OLGOTH^. 


197 


Offering  at  once  to  end  the  long-drawn  war 
In  single  combat  'gainst  that  hardy  foe 
Who  dares  encounter  him. 

David.  Say,  mighty  Abner, 

What  are  the  haughty  terms  of  his  defiance? 

Abner.  Proudly  he  stalks  around  the  ex- 

tremest  bounds 
Of  Elah's  vale.      His  herald  sounds  the  note 
Of  offered  battle.     Then  the  furious  giant, 
With  such  a  voice  as  from  the  troubled  sky 
In  volleyed  thunder  breaks,  thus  sends  his 

challenge : 
"  Why  do  you  set  your  battle  in  array, 
Ye  men  of  Israel?    Wherefore  waste  the  lives 
Of  needless  thousands?    Why  protract  a  war 
Which  may  at  once  be  ended?     Are  not  you 
Servants  to  Saul,  your  king?  and  am  not  I, 
With  triumph  let  me  speak  it,  a  Philistine? 
Choose  out  a  man  from  all  your  armed  hosts, 
Of  courage  most  approved,  and  I  will  meet 

him; 
His  single  arm  to  mine.     Th'  event  of  this 
Shall  fix  the  fate  of  Israel  and  Phitistia. 
If  victory  favor  him,  then  will  we  live 
Your  tributary  slaves ;  but  if  my  arm 
Be  crowned  with  conquest,  you  shall  then 

live  ours. 
Give  me  a  man,  if  your  effeminate  bands 
A  man  can  boast.     Your  armies  i  defy !" 
David.  What  shall  be  done  to  him  who 

shall  subdue 
This  vile  idolater? 

Abner.  He  shall  receive 

Such  ample  bounties,  such  profuse  rewards. 

As  might  inflame  the  old  or  warm  the  coward. 

Were  not  the  odds  so  desperate. 

David.  Say,  what  are  they  ? 

Abner.  The  royal  Saul  has  promised  that 

bold  hero 
Who  should  encounter  and  subdue  Goliath 
All  dignity  and  favor;  that  his  house 
Shall  be  set  free  from  tribute,  and  ennobled 
With  the  first  honors  Israel  has  to  give. 
As  for  the  gallant  conqueror  himself, 
No  less  a  recompense  than  the  fair  princess, 
Our  monarch's  peerless  daughter. 

Hannah  More. 

3474.  GOLDEN  CALF,  The. 
Exodus  xxxii  :  4-31. 

When  Israel  heard  the  fiery  law 
From  Sinai's  top  proclaimed. 

Their  hearts  seemed  full  of  holy  awe, 
Their  stubborn  spirits  tamed. 

Yet,  as  forgetting  all  they  knew, 

Ere  forty  days  were  past. 
With  blazing  Sinai  still  in  view, 

A  molten  calf  they  cast. 

Yea,  Aaron,  God's  anointed  priest, 
Who  on  the  mount  had  been. 

He  durst  prepare  the  idol  beast, 
And  lead  them  on  to  sin. 


Lord,  what  is  man,  and  what  are  we, 

To  recompense  Thee  thus ! 
In  their  offence  our  own  we  see. 

Their  story  points  at  us. 

From  Sinai  we  heard  Thee  speak, 
And  from  Mount  Calv'ry  too; 

And  yet  to  idols  oft  we  seek. 
While  Thou  art  in  our  view. 

Some  golden  calf,  or  golden  dream, 
Some  fancied  creature  good. 

Presumes  to  share  the  heart  with  Him 
Who  bought  the  whole  with  blood. 

John  Newton. 


347^ 


GOLaOTHA. 

Mark  xv  :  22. 


What  throng    is   this   ascending   Calvary's 

height? 
The  mob,  the  rabble,  men  in  armor  bright. 
That  lead  to  death  a  lowly  Nazarene ; 
And  with  a  cross  comes  Simon  of  Cyrene. 

O  doleful  hour !    On  grim  Golgotha's  brow 
The  sun  has  veiled  his  face  in  darkness  now ; 
While  from  their  graves  the  ancient  dead 

arise. 
And  nature  quakes,  for  lo !  her  Author  dies ! 

Firm  rocks  are  rent,  and  from  their  stations 

hurled ; 
Bright  lightnings  flash ;  loud  thunders  shake 

the  world; 
Man's  Mediator  in  His  passion  hangs ; 
But  cries,  Forgive,  desjiite  His  dying  pangs ! 

O  sin-sick  thief !  how  happy  is  thy  place. 
To  die  beholding  thy  Redeemer's  face. 
To  seo  compassion  in  His  closing  eyes, 
And  hear  Him  say,  "  To-day  in  paradise" ! 

O  clean,  cool  tomb,  where  never  dead  were 

lain. 
Fold  to  thy  stony  breast  this  sinless  slain ! 
When  holy  Joseph  sleeps  in  thine  embrace 
A  sweet  perfume  shall  linger  round  the  place ! 

Exult  ro  more,  thou  grim  and  greedy  grave, 
For  nothing  now  thy  victory  shall  save. 
Death,  not  decay,  on  that  fair  form  may  rest ; 
And  death  has  lost  its  sting,  thus  being  blest. 

Nor  shall  blood-crested  worms  feed  on  such 

fare, 
Nor  sacred  mould  fall  from  the  ploughman's 

share ; 
From  purple  drops  the  passion-flower  may 

blow, 
But  from  His  dust  no  living  thing  shall  grow. 

Soon  shall  He  rise  and  seek  His  home  above, 
For  evermore  to  ]^lead  for  human  love ; 
With  wounded  hands  point  to  His  bleeding 

side. 
And  say,  "My  Father,  I  was  crucified! 


198 


GOOD. 


G-OSFEL.. 


"  Spare  for  My  sake,  repentant  sinners  spare ! 
I  bore  the  cross,  tliat  they  with  Me  might 
Eternal  life,  eternal  joy  and  rest,  [share 

Eternal  purity  and  blessedness." 

Oh !  who  dare  doubt  this  God  in  human  guise? 
What  wretch  refuse  this  proffered  sacrifice? 
Who  press  the  thorns,  or  tear  the   gaping 

flesh, 
Or  crucify  the  Son  of  God  afresh? 

Shall  I  be  one  anew  to  crucify. 

By  scorning  Him  who  came  from  heaven  to 

die? 
No !  Mary-like  I  choose  the  better  part, 
The  broken  spirit  and  the  contrite  heart. 
Simeon  Tucker  Clarlc. 

3476.     GOOD  SAMARITAN,  The. 
Luke  X  :  30-37. 
Wounded  and  sore  I  bleeding  lay. 
Upon  the  dark  and  dangerous  way, 
While  priest  and  Levite  passed  me  by, 
And  gave  no  neighbor's  heed. 

A  stranger  passed,  and  saw  my  state ; 
He  came  the  last,  but  not  too  late ; 
Nor  did  he  longer  make  me  wait, 
But  came  with  friendly  speed. 

Although  an  alien  and  a  foe, 
He  helped  me  in  my  direst  woe. 
And  proved  a  friend  and  "  neighbor"  too; 
And  did  a  neighbor's  deed. 

He  bound   my  wounds,  and   stanched  the 
The  issue  of  my  life  that  flowed,         [blood, 
And  gave  me  medicine  and  food; 
He  was  a  friend  in  need. 

He  brought  me  to  the  wayside  inn, 
And  lodged  me  safely  there  within, 
And  paid  the  price  to  heal  my  sin, 
My  fainting  soul  to  feed. 

This  is  the  place  where  pilgrims  stay, 
And  hold  communion  on  the  way. 
With  strength  proportioned  to  their  day, 
And  help  in  time  of  need. 

He  gave  the  host  suflBcient  fare. 
Consigned  me  to  liis  tender  care, 
And,  with  a  promise,  left  me  there, 
And  bade  a  kind  "  God  speed." 

I  saw  that  He  had  wounds  like  mine. 
And  thence  outpoured  the  oil  and  wine; 
And  all  He  had.  He  said,  "  'Tis  thine !" 
'Twas  Christ,  the  friend  indeed. 

When  I  go  forth  to  help  the  weak. 
By  deeds  I  do,  by  words  I  speak. 
The  wounded,  lost,  and  strayed  to  seek, 
I  do  it  in  Christ's  stead. 

Robert  Maguire. 


3477.  &OSPEL,  Trinmpli  of  the. 
'Tis  built  on  a  i-ock,  and  the  tempest  may  rave ; 
Its  solid  foundation  repels  the  proud  wave. 
Though  Satan  himself  should  appear  in  the 

van, 
Truth  smiles  at  the  rage  of  the  infidel  clan. 

"Like  the  sun  going  forth"  in  his  mighty 

career. 
To  gladden   the   earth   and   illumine   each 

sphere; 
The  chariot  of  Truth  shall  in  majesty  roll 
O'er  climate,  isle,  ocean,  to  each  distant  pole. 

A  glorified  course  it  shall  nobly  pursue, 

Encircling  with  radiance  both  Gentile  and 
Jew: 

And  millions  of  heathens,  their  idols  de- 
spising. 

Shall  bask  in  the  light,  and  exult  in  its  rising ! 

The  shadows  that  cover  the  regions  of  Ham 
Shall  vanish,  or  flame  with  the  light  of  the 

Lamb; 
Each  lovely  green  island,  that  gems  the  salt 

wave. 
His  truth   will   convert,  his    philanthropy 

save! 

Already  a  glory  has  flamed  in  the  west ; 
Poor  negroes  with  spiritual  freedom  are  blest : 
The  palms  of  the  south  show  its  beautiful 

blaze. 
And  the  boreal  pines  have  been  tipped  with 

its  rays. 

A  voice  in  the  desert,  a  voice  in  the  wood ! 
A  voice  o'er  tlie  moimtain  and  billowy  flood ! 
' '  Thy  glory  is  come ;"  abject  heathen,  ' '  arise 
And  shine, "  like  a  new-risen  star  in  the  skies ! 

"  A  Star  in  the  east"  is  to  millions  displayed 
Whose  lustre  has  sunk  the  proud  crescent  in 

shade ; 
O'er  the  darkness  of  nations,  for  ages  forlorn, 
Bright  truth  is  diffusing  millennial  morn ! 

O'er  pagod  and  altar  the  Gospel  has  blazed ; 
The  Brahmin  has  wondered,  the  Moslem  has 

gazed ; 
The  vision  delightful  shall  Salem  behold ; 
And,  under  one  Shepherd,  the  world  be  one 

fold! 

The  sign   of  the  Cross   has  appeared — the 

blest  sign ; 
And  faith  has  deciphered  the  motto  divine, 
"  He  must  reign"  till  the  nations  in  homage 

bow  down. 
The    wicked    His    footstool,    believers   His 

crown. 

Life's  river  of  crystal  shall  everywhere  flow, 
Till  flowerless  deserts  a  paradise  grow ; 
And  wilds  bleak  and  barren  burst  out  in  the 

glory 
Predicted  by  seers  in  prophetical  story. 


G^R^^IC. 


GR^^ATE. 


199 


The  record  announces  that  Babel  shall  fall ; 
Priest,  pagod,  fane,  idol,  mosque,  minaret — 

all 
The  strongholds  of  Satan  to  ruins  be  hurled; 
And  glory  shall  cover  our  desolate  world ! 

The  mighty  may  fight  with  Jehovah's  decree ; 
And  the  sceptic  may  write  that  it  never  shall 

be; 
But  the  finger  of  time  on  its  dial  shall  stop, 
Ere  one  promise  prove  false,  or  one  projihecy 

drop ! 

Go,  stop  it,  proud  scorners!  alas,  it  is  vain ! 
Ye  may  as  well  tie  up  the  winds  with  a  chain ; 
Or  the  stars,  or  the  tides  of  the  ocean  control ; 
Or  fuse  the  vast  ices  that  rivet  the  pole. 
Joshua  Marsden. 

3478.     aRAVE,  The. 

Job  XXX  :  23. 
Whilst  some  affect  the  sun,  and   some  the 

shade. 
Some  flee  the  city,  some  the  hermitage ; 
Their  aims  are  various  as  the  roads  they  take 
In  journeying  through  life,  the  task  be  mine 
To  paint  the  gloomy  horrors  of  the  tomb; 
Th'  appointed  place  of  rendezvous,  where  all 
These  travellers  meet.   Thy  succors  I  implore, 
Eternal  King!  whose  potent  arm  sustains 
The  keys  of  hell   and  death.     The  Grave, 

dread  thing ! 
Men  shiver   when  thou'rt   named:    Nature, 

appalled. 
Shakes  off  her  wonted  firmness.     Ah !  how 

dark 
Thy  long-extended  realms  and  rueful  wastes ! 
Where  naught  but  silence  reigns,  and  night, 

dark  night, 
Dark  as  was  Chaos,  ere  the  infant  Sun 
Was  rolled  together,  or  had  tried  liis  beams 
Athwart  the  gloom  profound.     The  sickly 

taper, 
By    glimmering  through    thy   low-browed 

misCy  vaults. 
Furred  round  with  mouldy  damps,  and  ropy 
Lets  fall  a  supernumerary  liorror,         [slime. 
And  only  serves  to  make  thy  night  more  irk- 
some. 
Well  do  I  know  thee  by  thy  trusty  yew. 
Cheerless,  unsocial  plant !  that  loves  to  dwell 
'Midst  skulls  and  coffins,  epitaphs  and  worms ; 
Where   light-heeled  ghosts,   and   visionary 

shades, 
Beneath  the  wan  cold  moon  (as  fame  reports) 
Embodied,    thick,    perform    their    mystic 

rounds. 
No  other  merriment,  dull  tree,  is  thine. 

See  yonder  hallowed  fane!  the  pious  work 
Of  names  once  famed,  now  dubious  or  forgot, 
And  buried  'midst  the  wreck  of  things  which 

were ; 
There  lie  interred  the  more  illustrious  dead. 
The  wind  is  up:  hark  !  how  it  howls!     Me- 

thinks 
Till  now  I  never  heard  a  sound  so  dreary : 


Doors  creak,  and  windows  clap,  and  night's 

foul  bird. 
Rooked   in    the   spire,   screams    loud;    the 

gloomy  aisles. 
Black  plastered,  and  hung  round  with  shreds        k 

of  'scutcheons. 
And  tattered  coats  of  arms,  send  back  the 

sound, 
Laden  with  heavier  airs,  from  the  low  vaults. 
The  mansions  of  the   dead.     Roused  from 

their  slumbers. 
In  grim  array  the  grisly  spectres  rise. 
Grin  horrible,  and,  o])stinately  sullen. 
Pass  and  repass,  hushed  as  the  foot  of  night. 
Again  the  screech-owl  shrieks:  ungracious 

sound ! 
I'll  hear  no  more;  it  makes  one's  blood  run 

chill. 
Quite  round  the  pile,  a  row  of  rev'rend 

elms 
(Coeval  near  with  that)  all  ragged  show, 
Long  lashed  by  the  rude  winds :  some  rift 

half  down 
Their  branchless  trunks :  others  so  thin  a  top, 
That  scarce  two  crows  could  lodge  in  the 

same  tree. 
Strange  things,  the  neighbors  say,  have  hap- 
pened here: 
Wild  shrieks  have  issued  from  tlie  hollow 

tombs ; 
Dead  men  have   come   again,  and   walked 

about ; 
And  the  great  bell  has  rolled,  uurung,  un- 
touched 
(Such  tales  their  cheer,  at  wake  or  gossiping, 
When  it   draws   near  to  witching   time  of 

niglit). 
Oft,  in  the  lone  church-yard  at  night  I've 

seen, 
By  glim  pse  of  moonshine,  checkering  through 

the  trees. 
The  school-boy,  with  his  satchel  in  his  hand. 
Whistling  aloud  to  bear  his  courage  up. 
And  lightly  tripping  o'er  the  long  fiat  stones 
(With  nettles  skirted,  and  with  moss  o'er- 

grown), 
Thnt  tell  in  homely  phrase  who  lie  below. 
Sudden  he  starts,   and  hears,  or  thinks  he 

hears. 
The  sound  of  something  purring  at  his  heels; 
Full  fast  he  flics,  and  dares  not  look  behind, 
Till,  out  of  breath,  he  overtakes  liis  fellows; 
Who  gather  round,  and  wonder  at  the  tale 
Of  horrid  apparition,  tall  and  ghastly. 
That  walks  at  dead  of  nigli,t,  or  takes  his 

stand 
O'er  some  new-opened  grave;  and,  strange 

to  tell! 
Evanishes  at  crowing  of  the  cock. 

The  new-made  widow,  too,  I've  sometimes 

spied. 
Sad  sight!  slow  moving  o'er  the  prostrate 

dead : 
Listless,  she  crawls  along  in  doleful  black. 
While  bursts  of  sorrow  gush  from  either  eye, 
Fast- falling  down  her  now  untasted  cheek. 


1300 


GrTtArVJ^. 


G:RAr^^j*:. 


Prone  on  the  lo'v^-ly  grave  of  the  dear  man 
She  drops;  wliilst  busy  meddling  memory, 
In  barbarous  succession,  musters  up 
The  past  endearments  of  their  softer  hours, 
Tenacious  of  its  theme.   Still,  still  she  thinks 
She  sees  liim,  and,  indulging  the  fond  thought, 
Clings  yet  more  closely  to  the  senseless  turf, 
Nor  heeds  the  ])assengerwho  looks  that  way. 
Invidious  Grave !  how  dost  thou  rend  in 
sunder 
Whom  love  has  knit,  and  sympathy  made  one ! 
A  tie  more  stubborn  far  than  nature's  band. 
Friendship!  mysterious  cement  of  the  soul ! 
Sweet'ner  of  life,  and  solder  of  society ! 
i  owe  thee  much.     Thouliast  deserved  from 
Far,  far  beyond  what  I  can  ever  pay.        [me 
Oft  have  I  proved  the  labors  of  thy  love, 
And  tlie  warm  effort  of  the  gentle  heart. 
Anxious  to  please.   Oh  !  when  my  friend  and  I 
In  some  thick  wood  have  wandered  heedless 

on. 
Hid  from  the  vulgar  eye,  and  sat  us  down 
Upon  the  sloping  cowslip-covered  bank, 
Where  the  j^ure  limpid  stream  has  slid  along 
In  grateful  errors  through  the  underwood. 
Sweet  murmuring;  methought,   the   shrill- 
ton  gued  thrush 
Mended  his  song  of  love ;  the  sooty  blackbird 
Mellowed  his  pipe,  and  softened  every  note ; 
The  eglantine  smelled  sweeter,  and  the  rose 
Assumed  a    dye  more  deep;   whilst    every 

flow'r 
Vied  with  its  fellow-plant  in  luxury       [day 
Of  dress.      Oh  !  then,  the  longest  summer's 
Seemed  too,  too  much  in  haste ;  still  the  full 

heart 
Had  not  imparted  half :  'twas  happiness 
Too  exquisite  to  last.     Of  joys  departed. 
Not  to  return,  how  painful  the  remembrance ! 
Dull  Grave!  thou   spoil'st   the   dance  of 
youthful  blood, 
Strik'st  out  the  dimple  from  the  cheek  of 

mirth. 
And  ev'ry  smirking  feature  from  the  face; 
Branding  our  laughter  with  the  name  of  mad- 
ness. 
Where  are  the  jesters  now  ?  The  men  of  health 
Complexionally  pleasant?     Where  the  droll, 
Whose  ev'ry  look  and  gesture  was  a  joke 
To  clapping  theatres  and  shouting  crowds. 
And  made  ev'n  thick-lipped  musing  melan- 
choly 
To  gather  up  her  face  into  a  smile 
Before  she  was  aware?     Ah  !  sullen  now. 
And  dumb  as  the  green  turf  that  covers  them. 
Where  are  the  mighty  thunderbolts  of  war : 
The  Roman  Caesars,  and  the  Grecian  chiefs. 
The  boast  of  story?     Where  the  hot-brained 
Who  the  tiara  at  his  pleasure  tore       [youth. 
From  kings  of  all  the  then  discovered  globe: 
And   cried,  forsooth,  because    his   arm  was 

hampered. 
And  had  not  room  enough  to  do  its  work? 
Alas!  how  slim,  dishonorably  slim! 
And  crammed  into  a  space  Ave  blush  to  name. 
Proud  royalty !  how  altered  in  thy  looks  1 


TIow  blank  thy  features,  and  how  wan  thy  hue! 
Son  of  tlie  morning!  wiiitlK-r  art  thou  gone? 
Where  hasttiiou  hid  thy  many-spangkd  head, 
And  the  majestic  menace  of  thine  eyes. 
Felt  from  afar?     Pliant  and  powerless  now, 
Like  new-born  infant  wound  up  in  its  swathes. 
Or  victim  tumbled  flat  upon  his  back. 
That  throbs  beneath  the  sacrificcr's  knife  : 
Mute  must   thou   bear   the    strife  of   little 

tongues. 
And  coward  insults  of  the  base-born  crowd, 
That  grudge  a  privilege  thou  never  hadst, 
But  only  hoped  for  in  the  peaceful  grave, 
Of  being  unmolested  and  alone. 
Arabia's  gums,  and  odoriferous  drugs, 
And  honors  by  the  heralds  duly  paid 
In  mode  and  form,  ev'n  to  a  very  scruple; 
O  cruel  irony !  these  come  too  late ; 
And  only  mock  whom  they  meant  to  honor. 
Surely,  there's  not  a   dungeon-slave   that's 

buried 
In  the  highway,  unshrouded  and  uncoffined, 
But  lies  as  soft,  and  sleeps  as  sound  as  he. 
Sorry  pre-eminence  of  high  descent. 
Above  the  baser  born,  to  rot  in  state  ! 

But  see !  the  well-plumed   hearse  comes 

nodding  on, 
Stately  and  slow ;  and  properly  attended 
By  the  whole  sable  tribe,  that  painful  watch 
The  sick  man's  door,  and  live  upon  the  dead, 
By  letting  out  their  persons  by  the  hour 
To  mimic  sorrow  when  the  heart's  not  sad  ! 
How  rich  the  trappings,  now  they're  all  un- 
furled 
Andglitt'ringin  the  sun!  Triumphant  entries 
Of  conquerors,  and  coronation  pomps. 
In  glory  scarce  exceed.    Great  gluts  of  people 
Retard  th'  unwieldy  show ;  whilst  from  the 

casements, 
And  houses  tops,  ranks  behind  ranks,  close 

wedged. 
Hang  bellying  o'er.     But  tell  us,  why  this 

waste? 
Why  this  ado  in  earthing  up  a  carcass 
That's  fallen  into  disgrace,  and  iff  the  nostril 
Smells  horrible?     Ye  undertakers,  tell  us, 
'Midst  all  the  gorgeous  figures  you  exhibit. 
Why  is  the  principal  concealed,  for  which 
You  make  this  mighty  stir.     'Tis  wisely  done: 
What  woidd  oflend  the  eye  in  a  good  picture , 
The  painter  casts  discreetly  into  shades. 
Proud  lineage,  now  how  little  thou  ap- 

pear'st ! 
Below  the  envy  of  the  private  man  ! 
Honor,  that  meddlesome  officious  ill. 
Pursues  thee  e'en  to  death,  nor  there  stops 

short. 
Strange  persecution  !  when  the  grave  itself 
Is  no  protection  from  rude  sufferance. 

Absurd  !  to  think  to  overreach  the  Grave, 
And  from  the  wreck  of  names  to  rescue  ours! 
The  best-concerted  schemesmen  lay  for  fame 
Die  fast  away;  only  themselves  die  faster. 
The  far-famed  PCulj)tor  nnd  the  laurelled  bard, 
Those  bold  insurances  of  deathless  fame, 
Supply  their  little  feeble  aids  in  vain. 


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The  tap'ring  pyramid,  th'  Egyptian's  pride, 
And  wonder  of  the  world,  whose  spiky  top 
Has  wounded  the  thick  cloud,  and  long  out- 
lived 
The  angry  shaking  of  the  winter's  storm ; 
Yet  spent  at  last  by  th'  injuries  of  heaven. 
Shattered  with  age,  and  furrowed  o'er  with 

years. 
The  mystic  cone  with  liieroglyphics  crusted, 
Gives  way.     O  lamentable  sight!     At  once 
The  labor  of  whole  ages  lumbers  down, 
A  hideous  and  misshapen  length  of  ruins. 
Sepulchral  columns  wrestle,  but  in  vain, 
"Withall-subduingTime ;  hercank'ringhand, 
With  calm  deliberate  malice,  wasteth  them: 
Worn  on  the  edge  of  days,  the  brass  consumes. 
The  busto  moulders,  and  the  deep  cut  marble. 
Unsteady  to  the  steel,  gives  up  its  charge. 
Ambition,  half-convicttd  of  her  folly, 
Hangs  down  the  head,  and  reddens  at  the  tale. 
Here  all  the  mighty  troublers  of  the  earth, 
Who  swam  to  sov'i'eign  rule  through  seas  of 

blood; 
Th'  oppressive,  sturdy,  man-destroying  vil- 
lains, 
Who  ravaged  kingdoms,  and  laid   empires 

waste, 
And,  in  a  cruel  wantonness  of  power,       [up 
Thinned  states  of  half  their  people,  and  gave 
To  want  the  rest :  now,  like  a  storm  that's 

spent, 
Lie  hushed,  and  meanly  sneak  behind  thy 

covert. 
Vain  thought !  to  hide  them  from  the  gen'ral 

scorn, 
That  haunts  and  dogs  them,  like  an  injured 

ghost 
Implacable.     Here  too,  the  petty  tyrant. 
Whose    scant    domains     geographer    ne'er 

noticed,  ( 

And,  well  for  neighb'ring  grounds,  of  arm 

as  short. 
Who  fixed  his  iron  talons  on  the  poor, 
And  grip])ed  them  like  some  lordly  beast  of 

prey, 
Deaf  to  the  forceful  cries  of  gnawing  hunger, 
And  piteous  plaintive  voice  of  misery 
(As  if  a  slave  was  not  a  shred  of  nature. 
Of  tlie  same  common  nature  as  his  lord) ; 
Now  tame  and  humble,  like  a  child  that's 

whipped. 
Shakes  hands  with  dust,  and  calls  the  worm 

his  kinsman ; 
Nor  pleads  his  rank  and  birthright.     Under 

groimd 
Precedency's  a  jest;  vassal  and  lord. 
Grossly  familiar,  side  l)yside  consume. 

When  self-esteem,  or  others'  adulation, 
Would  cunningly  persuade  us  we  were  some- 
thing 
Above  the  common  level  of  our  kind; 
The  grave  gainsays  the  smooth-complexioned 

flatt'ry. 
And  with  blunt  truth  acquaints  us  what  we 
are. 
Beauty !  thou  pretty  plaything,  dear  deceit, 


That  steals  so  softly  o'er  the  stripling's  heart, 
And  gives  it  a  new  pulse  unknown  before. 
The  grave  discredits  thee:  th]i  charms  ex- 
punged. 
Thy  roses  faded,  and  thy  lilies  soiled, 
What  hast  thou  more  to  boast  of?     Will  thy 

lovers 
Flock  round  thee  now,  to  gaze  and  do  thee 

homage? 
Methinks  I  see  thee  with  thy  head  low  laid, 
Whilst,  surfeited  upon  the  damask  cheek, 
The  high-fed  worm,  in  lazy  volumes  rolled, 
Riots unscared.  For  this  wasall  thy  caution? 
For  this  thy  painful  labors  at  thy  glass? 
T'  improve  those  charms,  and  keep  them  in 

repair, 
For  which  the  spoiler  thanks  thee  not.  Foul 

feeder ! 
Coarse  fare  and  carrion  please  thee  full  as  well, 
And  leave  as  keen  a  relish  on  the  sense. 
Look  how  the  fair  one  weeps !  the  conscious 

tears 
Stand  thick  as  dew-drops    on  the  bells   of 

flowers ; 
Honest  effusion  !  the  swollen  heart  in  vain 
Works  hard  to  put  a  gloss  on  its  distress.  - 
Strength,  too — thou  surly,  and  less  gentle 
boast 
Of  those  that  laugh  loud  at  the  village  ring! 
A  fit  of  common  sickness  pulls  thee  down. 
With  greater  case  than  e'er  thou  didst  the 

stripling 
That  rashly  dared  thee  to  th' unequal  fight. 
What  groan  was  that  I  heard?  deep  groan 

indeed ! 
With  anguish  heavy  laden  ;  let  me  trace  it ; 
From  yonder  bed  it  comes,  where  the  strong 

man, 
By  stronger  arm  belabored,  gasps  for  breath 
Like  a  hard-hunted  beast.     How  his  great 

heart 
Beats  thick !  his  roomy  chest  by  far  too  scant 
To  give  the  lungs  full  play  !  what  now  avail 
The   strong-built  sinewy    limbs,   and    well- 
spread  shoulders? 
See  how  he  tugs  for  life,  and  lays  about  him, 
Mad  with  his  pain  !     Eager  he  catches  hold 
Of  what  comes  next  to  hand,  and  grasps  it 

hard. 
Just  like  a  creature  drowning !  hideous  sight ! 
Oh!  how  his  eyes  stand  out,  and  stare  full 

ghastly, 
Whilstthedistemper'srank  and  deadly  venom 
Shoots  like  a  burning  arrow  cross  his  bowels. 
And  drinks  his  marrow  up.     Heard  you  that 

groan? 
It  was  his  last.     See  how  the  great  Goliath, 
Just  like  a  child  that  brawled  itself  to  rest, 
Lies   still.      What!    mean'st   thou   then,  O 

mighty  boaster ! 
To  vaunt  of  nerves  of  thine?     What !  means 

the  bull. 
Unconscious  of   his    strength,   to    jilay   the 

coward. 
And  flee  before  a  feeble  thing  like  mac  ; 
That,  knowing  well  the  slackness  of  his  arm, 


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GK,^^^^E, 


Trusts  only  ia  the  well-invented  knife? 

AViili  study  pale, and  midnight  A'igils  spent, 
The  star-surveying  sage  close  to  bis  eye 
Applies  the  siglit-invigorating  tube; 
And  travelling  through  the  boundless  length 

of  space, 
Marks  well  the  courses  of  the  far- seen  orbs, 
That  roll  with  regular  confusion  there, 
In  ecstasy  of  thought.     But  ah  !  proud  man. 
Great  heights  are  hazardous  to  the  weak  head ; 
Soon,  very  soon,  thy  firmest  footing  fails; 
And  down  thou  dropp'st  into  that  darksome 

place, 
"Where  nor  device  nor  knowledge  ever  came. 
Here  the  tongue- warrior  lies,  disabled  now. 
Disarmed,  dishonored,  like  a  wretch  that's 

gagged. 
And  cannot  tell  his  ails  to  passers-by. 
Great  man  of  language,  whence  this  mighty 

change? 
This  dumb  despair,  and  drooping  of  the  head  ? 
Though  strong  persuasion  hung  upon  thy  lip. 
And  sly  insinuation's  softer  arts 
In  ambush  lay  about  thy  flowing  tongue: 
Alas!    how  chopfall'n  now!       Thick  mists 

••         and  silence 
Rest,  like  a  weary  cloud,  upon  thy  breast 
Unceasing.     Ah  !  where  is  the  lifted  arm, 
The   strength   of  action,    and  the  force  of 

words,  I 

The  well-turned  period,  and  the  well-tuned 

voice, 
"With  all  the  lesser  ornaments  of  phrase? 
Ah  !  flt'd  forever,  as  they  ne'er  had  been  ! 
Razed  from  the  book  of  fame;  or,  more  pro- 
voking, 
Perchance    some    hackney,    hunger  -  bitten 

scribbler 
Insults  thy  memory,  and  blots  thy  tomb 
With  long  flat  narrative,  or  duller  rhymes 
With  heavy  halting  pace  that  drawl  along; 
Enough  to  rouse  a  dead  man  into  rage. 
And  warm  with  red   resentment   the   wan 
check. 
Here  the  great  masters  of  the  healing  art, 
These  mighty  mock  defrauders  of  the  tomb ! 
Spite  of  their  juleps  and  catholicons. 
Resign  to  fate.     Proud  iEscdlapius'  son  ! 
Where  are  thy  boasted  implements  of  art, 
And   all  thy   well-crammed    magazines    of 

health? 
Nor  hill,  nor  vale,  as  far  as  ship  could  go. 
Nor  margin  of  the  gravel-bottomed  brook. 
Escaped  thy  rifling  hand :  from    stubborn 

shrubs 
Thou  wrung'st  their  shy  retiring  virtues  out, 
And  vex'dst  them  in  the  fire ;  nor  fly,   nor 

insect, 
!For   writhy    snake,    escaped   thy  deep   re- 
search. 
But  why  this  apparatus?  why  this  cost? 
Tell  us,  thou  doughty  keeper  from  the  grave  ! 
Where  are  thy  recipes  and  cordials  now. 
With  the  long  list  of  vouchers  for  thy  cures? 
Alas!    thou   spe^k'st  not.       The   hold  im- 
postor 


Looks  not  more  silly  when  the  cheat's  found 
out. 
Here,  the  lank-sided  miser,  worst  of  felons ! 
Who  meanly  stole,  (discreditable  shift !) 
From  back  and  belly  too,  their  proper  cheer; 
Eased  of  a  tax  it  irked  the  wretch  to  pay 
To  his  own  carcass,  now  lies  cheajjly  lodged; 
By  clam'rous  appetites  no  longer  teased, 
Nor  tedious  bills  of  charges  and  repairs. 
But  ah  !  wliere  are  his  rents,  his  comings  in? 
Ay !  now  you've  made  the  rich  man  poor  in- 
deed : 
Robbed  of  his  goods,  what  has  he  left  be- 
hind? 
O  cursed  lust  of  gold  !  when  for  thy  sake 
The   fool   throws    up   his   int'rest  in  both 

worlds! 
First  starved  in  this,  then  damned  in  that  to 
come. 
How  shocking  must  thy  summons  be,  O 
Death ! 
To  him  that  is  at  ease  in  his  possessions; 
Who,    counting  on   long  years  of  pleasure 

here. 
Is  quite  unfurnished  for  that  world  to  come! 
In  that  dread  moment,  how  the  frantic  soul 
Raves  round  the  walls  of  her  clay  tenement, 
Runs  to  each  avenue,  and  shrieks  for  help, 
But   shrieks  in  vain!      How  wishfully  she 

looks 
On  all  she's  leaving,  now  no  longer  hers! 
A  little  longer,  yet  a  little  longer. 
Oh !  might  slie  stay  to  wash  away  her  stains, 
And  fi t  her  for  her  passage.     Mourn  f ul  sight ! 
Her  very  eyes  weep  blood ;  and  every  groan 
She  heaves  is  big  with  horror.    But  the  foe. 
Like  a  stanch  murd'rer,  steady  to  his  pur- 
pose. 
Pursues  her  close  through  every  lane  of  life. 
Nor  misses  once  the  track,  but  presses  on; 
Till,  forced  at  last  to  the  tremendous  verge, 
At  once  she  sinks  to  everlasting  ruin. 

Sure  'tis  a  serious  thing  to  die !    My  soul ! 
What  a  strange  moment  must  it  be,  when 

near 
Thy  journey's  end  thou  hast  the  gulf  in  view ! 
That  awful  gulf  no  mortal  e'er  repassed 
To  tell  what's  doing  on  the  other  side. 
Nature  runs  back,  and  shudders  at  the  sight, 
And  every  life-string  bleeds  at  thoughts  of 

parting; 
For  part  they  must:    body  and  soul  must 

part; 
Fond  couple !  linked  more  close  than  wedded 

pair. 
This  wings  its  way  to  its  Almighty  Source, 
The  witness  of  its  actions,  now  its  judge: 
That  drops  into  the  dark  and  noisome  grave, 
Like  a  disabled  pitcher  of  no  use. 

If  death  were  nothing,  and  naught  after 
death ; 
If,  when  men  died,  at   once  they  ceased  to 

be, 
Returning  to  the  barren  womb  of  nothing, 
Whence  first  they  sprung;  then  might  the 
debauchee 


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Untrembling  mouth  the  heavens ;  then  might 

the  drunkard 
Reel  over  liis  full  bowl,  and  wlien  'tis  drained 
Fill  up  another  to  the  l^rim,  and  laugh 
At  the  poor  bugbear  Death ;  then  might  the 

wretch 
That's  vt'eary  of  the  world,  and  tired  of  life, 
At  once  give  each  inquietude  tlie  slip. 
By  stealing  out  of  being  when  lie  pleased. 
And  by  what  way :  whether  by  hemp  or  steel : 
Death's  thousand  doors  stand  open.      Who 

could  force 
The  ill-pleased  guest  to  sit  out  his  full  time, 
Or  blame  liim  if  he  goes?     Sure  he  does  well 
That  helps  himself  as  timely  as  he  can. 
When  able.     But  if  there's  an  hereafter, 
And  that  there  is,  conscience,  uninfluenced. 
And  suffered  to  speak  out,  tells  ev'ry  man, 
Then  must  it  be  an  awful  thing  to  die ; 
More  horrid  yet  to  die  by  one's  own  hand. 
Self  -  murder !    name    it   not ;    our   island's 

shame, 
That  makes  her  the  reproach  of  neighb'ring 

states. 
Shall  nature,  swerving  from  her  earliest  dic- 
tate, 
Self-preservation,  fall  by  her  own  act? 
Forbid  it,  Heav'n!    Let  not,  upon  disgust. 
The  shameless  hand  be  foully  crimsoned  o'er 
With   blood   of    its   own   lord.      Dreadful 

attempt ! 
Just  reeking  from  self-slaughter,  in  a  rage, 
To  rush  into  the  presence  of  our  Judge; 
As  if  we  challenged  Him  to  do  His  worst. 
And  mattered  not  His  wrath !     Unheard-of 

tortures 
Must  be  reserved  for  such:  these  herd  to- 
gether ; 
The  common  damned  shun  their  society, 
And  look  upon  themselves  as  fiends  less  foul. 
Our  time  is  fixed,  and  all  our  days  are  num- 
bered •, 
How  long,  how  short,  we  know  not :  this  we 

know. 
Duty  requires  we  calmly  wait  the  summons, 
Nor  dare  to  stir  till  Heaven  shall  give  per- 
mission ; 
Like  sentries  that  must  keep  their  destined 

stand. 
And  wait   th'  appointed   hour,  till  they're 

relieved. 
Those  only  are  the  brave  that  keep  their 

ground. 
And  keep  it  to  the  last.     To  run  away 
Is  but  a  coward's  trick:  to  run  away 
From  this  world's  ills,  that  at  the  very  worst 
Will  soon  blow  o'er,  thinking  to  mend  our- 
selves 
By  boldly  vent'ring  on  a  world  unknown. 
And  plunging  headlong  in  the   dark;  'tis 

mad: 
No  frenzy  half  so  desperate  as  this. 

Tell  us,  ye  dead ;  will  none  of  you,  in  pity 
To  those  you  left  behind,  disclose  the  secret? 
Oh !  that  some  courteous  ghost  would  blab 
it  out; 


What  'tis  you  are,  and  we  must  shortly  be. 
I've  heard  that  souls  departed  have  some- 
times 
Forwarned  men  of  their  death :  'twas  kindly 

done 
To  knock  and  give  the  alarm.      But  what 

means 
This  stinted  charity?     'Tis  but  lame  kind- 
ness 
That  does  its  work  by  halves.     Why  might 

you  not 
Tell  us  what  'tis  to  die?     Do  the  strict  laws 
Of  your  society  forbid  you  speaking 
Upon  a  point  so  nice?     I'll  ask  no  more ;  _ 
Sullen,  like  lamps  in  sepulchres,  your  shrine 
Enlightens  but  yourselves.     Well,  'tis    no 

matter; 
A  very  little  time  will  clear  up  all, 
And  make  us  learned  as   you  are,  and   as 
close. 
Death's  shafts  fly  thick :  here  falls  the  vil- 
lage swain, 
And  there  his  pampered  lord.     The  cup  goes 

round, 
And  who  so  artful  as  to  put  it  by? 
'Tis  long  since  Death  had  the  majority ; 
Yet,  strange!  the  living  lay  it  not  to  heart. 
See  yonder  maker  of  the  dead  man's  bed, 
The  sexton,  hoary-headed  chronicle  ! 
Of  hard  unmeaning  face,  down  which  ne'ei 

stole 
A  gentle  tear;  with  mattock  in  his  hand. 
Digs  through  whole  rows  of  kindred  and 

acquaintance. 
By  far  his  juniors.     Scarce  a  skull's  cast  up 
But  well  he  knew  its  owner,  and  can  tell 
Some  passage  of  his  life.    Thus  hand  in  hand, 
The  sot  has  walked  with  Death  twice  twenty 

years ; 
And  yet  ne'er  younker  on  the  green  laughs 

louder. 
Or  clubs  a  smuttier  tale:  when  drunkards 

meet, 
None  sings  a  merrier  catch,  or  lends  a  hand 
More  willing  to  his  cup.     Poor  wretch!  he 

minds  not 
That  some  trusty  brother  of  the  trade 
Shall  do  for  him  what  he  has  done  for  thou- 
sands. 
On  this  side,  and  on  that,  men  see  their 
friends 
Drop  off,  like  leaves  in  autumn ;  yet  launch 

out 
Into  fantastic  schemes,  which  the  long  livers 
In  the  world's  hale  and  undegen'rate  days 
Could  scarce  have  leisure  for.     Fools  that 

we  are. 
Never  to  think  of  death  and  of  ourselves 
At  the  same  time;  as  if  to  learn  to  die 
Were   no   concern   of   ours.     O  more   than 

sottish ! 
For  creatures  of  a  day,  in  gamesome  mood, 
To  frolic  on  eternity's  dread  brink. 
Unapprehensive ;  when,  for  aught  we  know, 
The  very  first  swollen  surge  shall  sweep  us 
I  in. 


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GTULVE. 


Think  we,  or  think  we  not,  time  hurries  on 

With  a  resistless,  unremitting  stream ; 

Yet  treads  more  soft  than  e'er  did  midnight 

■     thief, 
That  slides  his  hand  under  the  miser's  pillow 
And   carries   off  his   prize.     What  is   this 

world? 
What  but  a  spacious  burial-field  unwalled, 
Strewed  with   death's  spoils,  the  spoils  of 

animals, 
Savage  and  tame,  and  full  of  dead  men's 

bones. 
The  very  turf  on  which  we  tread  once  lived ; 
And  we  that  live  must  lend  our  carcasses 
To  cover  our  own  offspring ;  in  their  turns 
They  too  must  cover  theirs.     'Tis  here  all 

meet, 
The  shivering  Icelander  and  sun-burnt  Moor ; 
Men  of  all  climes,  that  never  met  before ; 
And  of  all  creeds,  the  Jew,  the  Turk,  the 

Christian. 
Here   the   proud    prince,   and  favorite   yet 

prouder. 
His    sovereign's   keeper   and    the    people's 

scourge, 
Are  huddled  out  of  sight.     Here  lie  abashed 
The  great  negoiiators  of  the  earth 
And  celebrated  masters  of  the  balance. 
Deep  read  in  stratagems,  and  wiles  of  courts. 
Now  vain  their  treaty-skill ;  Death  scorns  to 

treat. 
Here  the  o'erloaded  slave  flings  down  his 

burthen 
From  his  galled  shoulders;  and,  when  the 

stern  tyrant. 
With  all  his  guards  and  tools  of  power  about 

him, 
Is  meditating  new  unheard-of  hardships. 
Mocks  his  short  arm  and,  quick  as  thought, 

escapes 
Where  tyrants  vex  not  and  the  weary  rest. 
Here  the  warm  lover,  leaving  the  cool  shade. 
The  telltale  echo,  and  the  bubbling  stream 
(Time  out  of  mind  the  f  avo'rite  seats  of  love), 
Fast  by  his  gentle  mistress  lays  him  down. 
Unblasted   by  foul   tongue.     Here   friends 

and  foes 
Lie  close,  unmindful  of  their  former  feuds. 
The  lawn-robed  prelate  and  plain  presbyter, 
Erewhile  that  stood  aloof,  as  shy  to  meet, 
Familiar  mingle  here,  like  sister-streams 
That  some  rude  interposing  rock  has  split. 
Here  is  the  large-limbed  peasant ;  here  the 

child 
Of  a  span  long,  that  never  saw  the  sun. 
Nor  pressed  the  nipple,  strangled  in  life's 

porch. 
Here    is    the   mother,    with   her   sons   and 

daughters ; 
The  barren  wife  and  long-demurring  maid. 
Whose  lonely  unappropriated  sweets 
Smiled  like  yon  knot  of  cowslips  on  the  cliff, 
Not  to  be  come  at  by  the  willing  hand. 
Here  are  the  ]irude  severe  and  gay  coquette. 
The    sober   widow   and    the   young  green 

virsrin, 


Cropped  like  a  rose  before  'tis  fully  blown, 
Or  half  its  worth  disclosed.     Strange  medley 

here ! 
Here  garrulous  old  age  winds  up  his  tale; 
And  jovial  youth,  of  lightsome  vacant  heart, 
Whose  every  day  was  made  of  melody. 
Hears  not  the  voice  of  mirth.     The  shrill- 

tongued  shrew. 
Meek  as  the  turtle-dove,  forgets  her  chiding, 
Here  are  the  wi»e,  the   generous,   and  the 

brave ; 
The  just,  the  good,  the  worthless,  the  pro- 
fane; 
The  downright   clown  and   perfectly  well- 
bred; 
The  fool,  the  churl,  the  scoundrel,  and  the 

mean; 
The  supple  statesman  and  the  patriot  stern ; 
The  wrecks  of  nations  and  the  spoils  of  time, 
With  all  the  lumber  of  six  thousand  years. 
Poor  man !  how  happy  once  in  thy  first 

state. 
When  yet  but  warm  from  thy  great  Maker's 

hand 
He  stamped  thee  with  His  image,  and,  well 

pleased. 
Smiled  on  his  last  fair  work.     Then  all  was 

well: 
Sound  was  the  body,  and  the  soul  serene ; 
Like  two  sweet  instruments  ne'er  out  of  tune, 
That  play  their  several  jjarts.    Nor  head,  nor 

heart 
Offered  to  ache ;  nor  was  there  cause  they 

should ; 
For  all  was  pure  within :  no  fell  remorse, 
Nor  anxious  castings  up  of  what  may  be, 
Alarmed  his  peaceful  bosom.     Summer  seas 
Show   not  more    smooth,  when   kissed   by 

southern  winds 
Ju<5t  ready  to  expire.     Scarce  importuned, 
The  generous  soil,  with  a  luxuriant  hand, 
Offered  the  various  produce  of  the  year, 
And  everything  most  perfect  in  its  kind. 
Blessed,  thrice  blessed  days !  but  ah!  how 

short ! 
Blessed  as  the  pleasing  dreams  of  holy  men. 
But  fugitive,  like  those,  and  quickly  gone. 
O  slippery  state  of  things!     What  sudden 

turns ! 
What  strange  vicissitudes,  in  the  first  leaf 
Of  man's  sad  history!     To-day  most  happy, 
And  ere  to-morrow's  sun  has  set,  most  abject. 
How  scant   the  space    between   these   vast 

extremes ! 
Thus  fared  it  with  our  sire:    Not  long  he 

enjoyed 
His  paradise.     Scarce  had  the  hnppy  tenant 
Of  the  fair  spot  due  time  to  prove  its  sweets 
Or  sum  them  up,  when  straight  he  must  be 

gone. 
Ne'er  to  return  again.     And  must  he  go? 
Can   natight   compound    for   the   first   diro 

offence 
Of  erring  man  ?    Like  one  that  is  condemned, 
Fain  would  he  trifle  time  with  idle  talk. 
And  parley  with  his  fate.     But  'tis  in  vain. 


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t.+R^VE. 


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Not  all  the  lavish  odors  of  the  place, 
Otl'ered  in  inceusc,  cau  jjrocuru  liis  pardon 
Or  mitigate  his  doom.     A  mighty  angel, 
With  flaming  sword,  forbids  liis  longer  stay. 
And  drives  the  loiterer  forth;  nor  must  he 

take 
One  last  and  farewell  round.  At  once  he  lost 
His  glory  and  his  God.     If  mortal  now, 
And  sorely  maimed,  no  wonder!     Man  has 

sinned ; 
Sick  of  his  bliss,  and  bent  on  new  adven- 
tures. 
Evil  he  would  needs  try;  nor  tried  in  vain. 
(I)readfulexperiment !  Destructive  measure  ! 
Where    the    worst   thing  could  happen  is 

success.) 
Alas !  too  well  he  sped ;  the  good  he  scorned, 
Stalked  off  reluctant,  like  an  ill-used  ghost. 
Not  to  return ;  or,  if  it  did,  its  visits. 
Like  those  of  angels,  short  and  far  between : 
Whilst  the  black  demon,  with  his  hell-'scap'd 

train 
Admitted  once  into  its  better  room 
Grew  loud  and  mutinous,  nor  would  be  gone ; 
Lording  it  o'er  the  man ;  who  now,  too  late. 
Saw   the   rash   error   which  he   could    not 

mend : 
An  error  fatal  not  to  him  alone. 
But  to  his  future  sons,  his  fortune's  heirs. 
Inglorious  bondage !     Human  nature  groans 
Beneath  a  vassalage  so  vile  and  cruel, 
And  its  vast  body  bleeds  through  every  vein. 
What  havoc  hast  thou  made,  foul  monster, 

sin! 
Greatest  and  first  of  ills !    The  fruitful  parent 
Of  woes  of  all  dimensions !     But  for  thee, 
Sorrow  had  never  been.     All-noxious  thing, 
Of  vilest  nature !     Other  sorts  of  evils 
Are  kindly  circumscribed,  and  have  their 

bounds. 
The  fierce  volcano,  from  its  burning  entrails, 
That  belches  molten  stone  and  globes  of  fire, 
Involved  in   pitchy  clouds   of   smoke   and 

stench. 
Mars  the  adjacent  fields   for  some  leagues 

round, 
And  there  it  stops.     The  big-swollen  inun- 
dation. 
Of  mischief  more  diffusive,  raving  loud. 
Buries  whole  tracts  of  country,  threafning 

more ; 
But  that  too  has  its  shore  it  cannot  pass. 
More  dreadful  far  than  these !  sin  has  laid 

waste. 
Not  here  and  there  a  country,  but  a  world ; 
Dispatching,  at  a  wide-extended  blow, 
Entire  mankind;  and,  for  their  sakes,  de- 

«     facing 
A  whole  creation's  beauty  with  rude  hands; 
Blasting    the    foodful    grain,    the    loaded 

branches. 
And  marking  all  along  its  way  with  ruin. 
Accursed  thing!     Oh!  where  shall  fancy 

find 
A  proper  name  to  call  thee  by,  expressive 
Of  all  thy  horrors?     Pregnant  womb  of  ills  I 


Of  temper  so  transcendently  malign, 
That  toads  and  serpents  of  most  deadly  kind, 
Compared  to  thee,  are  harmless.    Sicknesses 
Of  every  size  and  symptom,  racking  pains. 
And  bluest  plagues,  are  thine!     See  how  the 

fiend 
Profusely  scatters  the  contagion  round ! 
Whilst  deep-mouthed  slaughter,  bellowing  , 

at  her  heels, 
Wades  deep  in  blood  new-spilt ;  yet  for  to- 
morrow 
Shapes  out  new  work  of  great  uncommon 

daring. 
And  inly  pines  till  the  dread  blow  is  struck. 
But,  hold,  I've  gone  too  far ;  too  much  dis- 
covered 
My  father's  nakedness  and  nature's  shame. 
Here  let  me  pause,  and  drop  an  honest  tear, 
One  burst  of  filial  duty  and  condolence. 
O'er   all   those   ample   deserts   Death  hath 

spread. 
This  chaos  of  mankind.     O  great  man-eater! 
Whose  ev'ry  day  is  carnival,  not  sated  yet ! 
Unheard-of  epicure,  without  a  fellow ! 
The  veriest  gluttons  do  not  always  cram; 
Some  intervals  of  abstinence  are  sought 
To  edge  the  appetite :  Thou  seekest  none. 
Methinks  the  countless   swarms  thou   hast 

devoured, 
And  thousands  that  each  hour  thou  gobblest 

up. 
This,  less  than  this,  might  gorge  thee  to  the 

full. 
But  ah  !  rapacious  still,  thou  gap'st  for  more ; 
Like  one,  whole  days  defrauded  of  his  meals, 
On  whom  lank  Hunger  lays  her  skinny  hand, 
And  whetsto  keenest  eagerness  his  cravings. 
As  if  diseases,  massacres  and  poison, 
Famine  and  war,  were  not  thy  caterers. 
But  know  that  thou  must  render  up  the 

dead. 
And  with  high  interest  too.     They  are  not 

thine; 
But  only  in  thy  keeping  for  a  season. 
Till  the  great  promised  day  of  restitution; 
When    loud  diffusive   sound   from  brazen 

trump 
Of  strong-lunged   cherub   shall   alarm  thy 

captives. 
And  rouse  the  long,  long  sleepers  into  life, 
Daylight,  and  liberty. 
Then  must  thy  gates  fly  open,  and  reveal 
The   minds  that  lay   long   forming  under 

ground. 
In  their  dark  cells  immured ;  but  now  full 
And  pure  as  silver  from  the  crucible,   [ripe, 
That  twice  has  stood  the  torture  of  the  fire 
And  inquisition  of  the  forge.     We  know 
The  Illustrious  Deliverer  of  mankind. 
The  Son"  of  God,  thee  foiled.     Him  in  thy 

power 
Thou  couldst  not  hold ;  self-vigoroiis  He  rose, 
And,  shaking  off  thy  fetters,  soon  retook 
Those  spoils  His  voluntary  yielding  lent : 
(Sure  pledge  of  our  releasement  from  thy 

thrall!) 


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o^tijlvjb:. 


Twice  twenty  days  He  sojourned  here  on 

earth, 
And  showed  Himself  alive  to  chosen  wit- 
nesses 
By  proof  so  strong  that  the  most  slow  as- 
senting 
Had  not  a  scruple  left.     This  having  done, 
He  mounted  up  to  heaven.     Methiuks  I  see 

Him 
Climb  the  aerial  heights,  and  glide  along 
Athwart  the  severing  clouds ;  but  the  faint 

eye, 
Flung  backwards  in  the  chase,  soon  drops 

its  hold; 
Disabled  quite,  and  jaded  with  purstiing. 
Heaven's  ])ortals  wide  expand  to  let  Him  in ; 
Kor  are  His  friends  shut  out:  As  a  great 

prince 
Not  for  himself  alone  procures  admission, 
•     But  for  his  train.     It  was  His  royai  will 
That  where  He  is,  there  should  His  followers 

be. 
Death  only  lies  between.     A  gloomy  path ! 
Made  yet  more  gloomy  by  our  coward  fears ; 
But  not  untrod,  nor  tedious ;  the  fatigue 
Will  soon  go  off.     Besides,  there's  no  by- 
road 
To  bliss.     Then   why,  like   ill-conditioned 

children, 
Start  we  at  transient  hardships  in  the  way 
That  leads  to  purer  air  and  softer  skies. 
And  a  ne'er-setting  sun?   Fools  that  we  are ! 
We   wish  to   be  where  sweets  unwith'ring 

bloom. 
But  straight  our  wish  revoke,  and  will  not  go. 
So  have  I  seen,  upon  a  summer's  even. 
Fast  by  the  riv'let's  brink,  a  youngster  play : 
How  wishfully  he  looks  to  stem  the  tide ! 
This  moment  resolute,  next  unresolved : 
At  last  he  dips  his  foot;  but  as  he  dips, 
His  fears  redouble,  and  he  runs  away 
From  th'  inoffensive  stream,  unmindful  now 
Of  all  the  flowers  that  paint  the  further  bank 
And  smiled  so  sweet  of  late.     Thrice  wel- 
come death ! 
That,  after  many  a  painful  bleeding  step. 
Conducts  us  to  our  home,  and  lands  us  safe 
On  the  long-wished-for  shore.     Prodigious 

change ! 
Our  bane  turned  to  a  blessing  !     Death,  dis- 
armed, 
Loses  its  fellness  quite.     All  thanks  to  Him 
Who  scourged   the  venom  out.       Sure  the 

last  end 
Of  the  good  man  is  peace!     How  calm  his 

exit ! 
Night-dews   fall    not    more   gently   to   the 

ground. 
Nor  weary  worn-out  winds  expire  so  soft. 
Behold  him  in  the  evening  tide  of  life, 
A  life  well  spent,  whose  early  care  it  was 
His  riper  years  should  not  upbraid  his  green ; 
By  unpcrceived  degrees  he  wears  away; 
Yet,  like  the  sun,  seems  larger  at  his  setting! 
(High  in  his  faith  and  hope.)  look  how  he 
reaches 


After  the  prize  in  view !  and,  like  a  bird 
That's  hampered,  struggles  hard  to  get  away; 
Whilst  the  glad  gates  of  sight  are  wide  ex- 
panded 
To  let  new  glories  in,  the  first  fair  fruits 
Of  the  fast-coming  harvest.     Then,  oh  then ! 
Each  earth-born   joy  grows  vile  or  disap- 
pears. 
Shrunk  to  a  thing  of  naught.     Oh  !  how  he 

longs 
To  have  his  passport  signed   and  be    dis- 
missed ! 
'Tis  done,  and  nows  he's  happy !     The  glad 

soul 
Has  not  a  wish  uncrowned.     E'en  the  lag 

flesh 
Rests  too  in  hope  of  meeting  once  again 
Its  better  half,  never  to  sunder  more. 
Nor  shall  it  hope  in  vain :  The  time  draws  on 
When  not  a  single  spot  of  burial  earth, 
Whether  on  land  or  in  the  spacious  sea. 
But  must  give  back  its  long-committed  dust 
Inviolate ;  and  faithfully  shall  these 
Make  up  the  full  account;  not  the  least  atom 
Embezzled,  or  mislaid,  of  the  whole  tale. 
Each  soulshall  have  a  body  ready  furnished; 
And  each  shall  have  his  own.     Hence,  ye 

profane ! 
Ask  not,  how  this  can  be?     Sure  the  same 

power 
That  reared  the  piece  at  first,  and  took  it 

down. 
Can  reassemble  the  loose  scattered  parts. 
And  put  them  as  they  were.    Almighty  God 
Has  done  much  more ;  nor  is  His  arm  im- 
paired 
Through  length  of  days,  and  what  He  can, 

He  will ; 
His  faithfulness  stands  bound  to  see  it  done. 
When  the  dread  trumpet  sounds,  the  slum- 
bering dust 
(Not  unattentive  to  the  call)  shall  wake; 
And  every  joint  possess  its  proper  place, 
With  a  new  elegance  of  form  unknown 
To  its  first  state.     Nor  shall  the  conscious 

soul 
Mistake  its  partner ;  but  amidst  the  crowd, 
Singling  its  other  half,  into  its  arms 
Shall  rush,  with  all  the  impatience  of  a  man 
That's  new  come  home,  and,   having  long 

been  absent. 
With  haste  runs  over  every  different  room. 
In   pain   to  see  the  whole.     Thrice  hajipy 

meeting ! 
Nor  time,  nor  death,  shall  ever  part  them 

more. 

'Tis  but  a  night,  along  and  moonless  night; 

We  make  the  grave  our  bed,  and  then  are 

gone. 

Thus,  at  the  shut  of  even,  the  weary  bird 

Leaves  the  wide   air,   and  in  some   "lonely 

brake 
Cowers  down,  and  dozes  till  the  dawn  of 

day ; 
Then  claps  his  well-fledged  wings  and  bears 
away.  Jiohert  Blair. 


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3479.  HAGAK. 

Genesis  xxi  :  14-20. 
'Tis  early  morn ;  from  off  the  freshened  grass 
No  footstep  yet  has  brushed  the  moisture 

sweet 
Which  the  night-skies  liave  wept.     Pellucid 

glass 
Or  sparkling  crystal  seem  the  drops  that  meet 
The  slanting  sunbeams !  Oh,  how  fair,  how 

bright 
Is  morning's  hour  of  loneliness  and  light ! 

Let  me  look  forth  on  such ;  let  me  again 
Dream  as  I  gaze  o'er  all  the  hopes  of  youth, 
Feelings  which  dormant  in  the  soul  have  lain ; 
Let  them  with  all  the  vividness  of  truth, 
Burst  warmly  forth,  and  thaw  each  icy  part 
Which  this  world's  converse  freezes  round 
the  heart. 

Who  would  not  on  such  glorious  morn  re- 
joice, 
And  feel  the  strength,  the  freshness  of  the 

scene 
Gladdening  their  spirit?  But  e'en  now  a  voice 
Of  lamentation  sounds.     Yes,  there  has  been 
A  mourner  here;  mixed  with  the  early  dew. 
Tears  are  glistening  in  the  sunshine  too. 

And  they  have  fallen  from  eyes  which  oft 

have  wept, 
But  never  in  such  bitterness  before; 
A  wanderer  seems  she;  in  her  hand  is  kept 
Another's  closely  clasped,  while  o'er  and  o'er 
The  boy  looks  shuddering  up,  as  if  to  read 
E'en  in  her  tears  the  doom  so  dire  decreed. 

And  there  is  one  who,  fixed  as  in  a  trance. 

Follows  each  movement  of  that  sorrowing 
pair ; 

Whose  aged  eye  is  strained  to  catch  the 
glance, 

The  last,  long,  lingering  glance  of  mute  de- 
spair, 

Whose  groans  are  echoing  ev'ry  footstep's 
fall 

Of  those  he  longs,  yet  dares  not,  to  recall. 

But  now,  e'en  now,  the  sun  his  midday  seat 
Ascends  with  all  the  glow  of  torrid  fire ; 
Struck  by  his  fervid  beams  of  withering  heat. 
The  herbage  droops,  the  tender  flowers  ex- 
Alas  !  by  Hagar's  side  a  flower  as  fair  [pire. 
Is  drooping  too,  despite  of  all  her  care. 

Spent  is  the  water;  sparingly  and  slow 
Drained  drop  by  drop ;  his  gift  who  dared 

no  more 
Of  earthly  sustenance  on  those  bestow, 
So  fondly  cherished  and  sustained  before. 
Now  must  she,  from  Beersheba's  desert  wild. 
Demand  in  vain  refreshment  for  her  child ! 

No  gushing  fountain  gems  those  arid  plains ; 
No  Elim  palm-trees  offer  shelter  there; 
Throughout  the  waste  a  heavy  silence  reigns, 
And  the  hot  simoom  taints  the  baleful  air. 


She  feels  its  influence  through  each  trem- 
bling limb. 

But  heeds  it  not,  her  thoughts  absorbed  in 
him. 

From  out  th'  exhausted  flask  she  drains  the 

last 
One  drop,  to  cool  his  burning  lip  and  brow ; 
Herself,  upon  the  ground  despairing  cast, 
Hangs  o'er  her  boy,  in  languor  prostrate  now ; 
While,  like  a  broken  lily,  faint  and  weak, 
Upon  his  shoulder  drojjs  his  pallid  cheek. 

And  swiftly  she  unbinds  the  raven  hair 
To  shield  him  from  the  fierce  sun's  scorching 

ray;  _ 

Loosened  her  veil,  she  fans  with  jealous  care 
Each  noisome  insect  from  his  face  away. 
And  lays  the  fair  curled  head  upon  her  knee, 
Watching  his  breathing,  oh,  how  anxiously ! 

Vain  every  effort ;  vain  her  burning  tears 
To  moisten  his  parched    skin.      She  looks 

around 
For  hope,  for  succor.     Alas !  none  appears. 
One  little  shrub  her  searching  eye  has  found 
In  the  far  distance;  it  is  reached  at  last. 
And  'neath  its  shade  her  dying  child  is  cast. 

A  moment  she  stoops  o'er  him.     Can  it  be? 
So  lately  full  of  life  and  joy  and  power! 
Are  those  the  drops  of  mortal  agony? 
This  the  convulsion  of  his  parting  hour? 
Shuddering  she  turns ;  she  will  not,  dare  not 

stay 
To  witness  all  she  loved  thus  pass  away. 

She  ceased ;  but  ceased  not  with  her  words 

the  tears 
Which  gush  in  torrents  from  her  breaking 

heart ; 
Rent  by  convulsive  sobs,  her  breast  appears, 
As  from  the  dying  boy  she  sat  apart ; 
Nor  raised  her  head,  lest,  piercing  as  a  lance, 
The  last  death-struggle  sore  should  meet  her 

glance. 
But    when   on   earth,   by  tempests   fiercely 

driven. 
The  clouds  of  fate  across  our  path  are  borne, 
Then  wakes   the    watchful    providence    cf 

heaven. 
A  pitying  eye  looks  down  on  her  forlorn ; 
A  voice  of  comfort  speaks:  "Rise,  Hagar,, 

rise. 
And  Ishmael  yet  shall  bless  thy  longing  eyes. 

"Take  him  once  more  within  a  parent's  hand. 
Lift  him  from  off  the  hard,  unpitying  ground; 
For  God  has  heard  the  lad.  At  His  command 
The  waters  gush  from  stony  rocks  around. 
Yet  will  I  bless  liim  for  his  father's  sake, 
And  of  his  seed  a  mighty  nation  make." 

And  now  her  sight  is  cleared;  amazed  she 
A  fountain  opened  in  a  desert  plain,  [spies 
And  crystal  waters  sparkling.  Quick  she  flies 
To  dip  the  flask ;  replenish  it  again, 


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IIow     joj'fully !    from     heaven's     provided 

spring, 
And  sweet  refreshment  to  her  child  to  bring. 

Yes,  riagar's  eyes  are  opened.  Oh  !  for  sight 
Like  hers,  all  ecstasy,  to  view  the  fair 
And  glorious  fount  of  endless  life  and  light, 
And,  ])ilgrim-likc,  to  seek  refreshment  there. 
Oh!  to  be  sprinkled  with  those  drops,  be- 
dewed. 
And  feel,  like  Ishmael,  our  whole  life  re- 
newed. Scrqjtural  Sketches. 


3480.  HAGAE. 

Genesis  xxi :  14-20. 

Untrodden,  drear,  and  lone, 
Stretched  many  a  league  away. 

Beneath  a  burning,  noonday  suu 
The  Syrian  desert  lay. 

The  scorching  rays  that  beat 

Upon  that  herbless  plain. 
The  dazzling  sands,  with  fiercer  heat, 

Reflected  back  again. 

O'er  that  dry  ocean  strayed 

No  wandering  breath  of  air, 
No  palm-trees  cast  their  cooling  shade, 

No  water  murmured  there. 

And  thither,  bowed  with  shame. 
Spurned  from  her  master's  side, 

The  dark-browed  child  of  Egypt  came, 
Her  woe  and  shame  to  hide. 

Drooping  and  travel-worn, 

The  boy  upon  her  hung 
Who,  from  his  father's  tent  that  morn, 

Like  a  gazelle  had  sprung. 

His  ebbing  breath  failed  fast, 

Glazed  was  his  flashing  eye ; 
And  in  that  fearful  desert  waste 

She  laid  him  down  to  die. 

But  when,  in  wild  despair, 

She  left  him  to  his  lot, 
A  voice  that  filled  that  breathless  air 

Said,  "  Hagar,  fear  thou  not." 

Then  o'er  the  hot  sands  flowed 

A  cooling,  crystal  stream. 
And  angels  left  their  high  abode 

And  ministered  to  them. 

Oft,  when  drear  wastes  surround 

My  faltering  footsteps  here, 
I've  thought  I,  too,  heard  that  blest  sound 

Of  "Wanderer,  do  not  fear." 

And  then,  to  light  my  path 

On  through  the  evil  land. 
Have  the  twin  angels,  Hope  and  Faith, 

Walked  with  me  hand  to  hand. 

Anne  C.  Lynch. 


3481.  HAGAE  AlID  ISHMAEL. 
Genesis  xxi :  15-20. 

Injured,  hopeless,  faint  and  weary, 

Sad,  indignant,  and  forlorn, 
Through  the  desert,  wild  and  dreary, 

Hagar  leads  the  child  of  scorn. 

Who  can  paint  a  mother's  anguish, 

Painted  in  that  tearless  eye. 
Which  beholds  her  darling  languish, 

Languish  unrelieved,  and  die? 

Lo!  the  empty  pitcher  fails  her; 

Perishing  for  thirst  he  lies ; 
Death  with  deep  despair  assails  her, 

Piteous  as  for  aid  he  cries. 

From  the  dreadful  image  flying, 
Wild  she  rushes  from  the  sight; 

In  the  agonies  of  dying 

Can  she  see  her  soul's  delight? 

Now  bereft  of  every  hope, 

Cast  upon  the  burning  ground, 

Poor  abandoned  soul !  look  up — 
Mercy  have  thy  sorrows  found. 

Lo !  the  angel  of  the  Lord 

Comes  thy  great  distress  to  cheer; 

Listen  to  the  gracious  word ; 
See  divine  relief  is  near. 

"  Care  of  Heaven !  though  man  forsake  thee 
Wherefore  vainly  dost  thou  mourn? 

From  the  dream  of  woe  awake  thee, 
To  thy  rescued  child  return. 

"Lift  thine  eyes!  behold  yon  fountain, 
Sparkling  'mid  those  fruitful  trees ; 

Lo !  beneath  you  sheltering  mountain 
Smile  for  thee  green  bowers  of  ease. 

• 
"In  the  hour  of  sore  affliction 

God  hath  seen  and  pitied  thee, 
Cheer  thee  in  the  sweet  conviction 

Thou  henceforth  His  care  shalt  be. 

"Be  no  more  by  doubts  distressed. 

Mother  of  a  mighty  race ! 
By  contempt  no  more  oppressed 

Thou  hast  found  a  resting-place." 

Thus  from  peace  and  comfort  driven, 

Thou,  poor  soul,  all  desolate, 
Hopeless  lay,  till  pitying  Heaven 

Found  thee  in  thy  abject  state. 

O'er  thy  empty  pitcher  mourning, 

'Mid  the  desert  of  the  world. 
Thus,  with  shame  and  anguish  burning, 

From  thy  cherished  comforts  hurled : 

See  thy  great  Deliverer  nigh. 
Call  thee  from  thy  sorrow  vain; 

Bids  thee  on  His  love  rely, 
Bless  the  salutary  pain. 


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From  thine  eyes  the  mists  dispelling,  ' 

Lo!  the  well  of  life  He  shows! 
In  His  presence  ever  dwelling, 

Bids  thee  find  thy  true  repose. 

Future  prospects  rich  in  blessing 

Open  to  thy  hopes  secure ; 
Sure  of  endless  joys  possessing, 

Of  a  heavenly  kingdom  sure. 

Mrs.  Mary  TigTie. 

3482.  HAGAE  IN  THE  WILDEENESS. 
Amid  the  wilderness,  alone, 
When  noon  with  burning  splendor  shone, 

Beneath  her  sky  serene 

Two  mournful  forms  were  seen: 
A  sad  and  anxious  mother  there, 
"Who  wept  in  wild  and  deep  despair ; 

And  near  her,  in  the  shade, 

A  pallid  boy  was  laid. 
With  care  her  weary  feet  had  sought 
Each  channel,  that  she  fondly  thought 

Might  hold  some  trace  of  rain. 

But  ever  sought  in  vain. 
And  bravely  had  she  borne  till  now ; 
But  death  was  on  that  youthful  brow : 

No  water-spring  was  nigh. 

And  he,  her  child,  must  die. 
She  turned  away — she  could  not  brook 
On  that  beloved  face  to  look — 

And  hid  her  weeping  eye. 

"Let  me  not  see  him  die. 
Alas !  my  own,  my  cherished  one. 
What  has  thy  mournful  mother  done 

That  thou  shouldst  thus  be  reft, 

The  only  treasure  left? 
How  many  streams  and  fountains  bright 
Are  flashing  in  the  golden  light. 

With  music  sweet  and  clear! 

But  none,  alas!  are  near. 
Oh  for  a  draught  from  some  sweet  spring, 
Upon  its  bright  course  murmuring ! 

Oh  for  one  silver  wave 

Its  drooping  brow  to  lave ! 
O  God,  to  Thee  I  turn,  for  Thou 
Alone  canst  aid  and  comfort  now; 

Hear  in  this  lonely  wild 

A  mother  for  her  child ! 
How  can  I  bear  to  see  him  die ! 
How  can  I  watch  his  glazing  eye ! 

Yes,  1  have  erred ;  but  he — 

Oh  spare  him  yet  to  me !" 
Then  from  the  far-oflE  azure  sky 
A  silv'ry  radiance  gleamed  on  high. 

As  through  its  portals  blue 

A  swift-winged  angel  flew, 
And  gentle  words  of  kindest  cheer 
Fell  on  the  weeping  mother's  ear: 

"Look  up,  for  help  is  nigh ! 

Look  up,  he  shall  not  die  !" 
And  lo  !  a  fount  of  waters  bright 
Flashed  on  the  grateful  mourner's  sight, 

Who  brought  the  healing  wave 

The  pallid  lips  to  lave. 
For  God  had  watched  His  wandering  child 
E'en  in  the  desert  lone  and  wild, 


And  life  and  joy  were  there, 
Where  late  had  breathed  despair. 

Pilgrim,  whose  mournful  footsteps  stray 
O'er  life's  forlorn  and  rugged  way. 

Though  worn  with  grief  and  pain 

Think  not  thy  toil  is  vain. 
Still  looking  from  the  midnight  sky, 
Behold  a  heavenly  watcher  nigh ! 

Droop  not  in  doubt  and  fear; 

The  water-spring  is  near. 
Though  throbs  thy  lieart  with  anguish  strong, 
Though  grief's  sad  reign  endureth  long. 

Dark  as  thy  lot  may  be 

Hope's  waters  flow  for  thee. 

P.  J.  Oicens. 

3483.  HAGAE  IN  THE  WILDEENESS. 

Genesis  xxi  :  14-20. 
A  weary  waste  of  blank  and  barren  land, 
A  lonely,  lonely  sea  of  shifting  sand, 
A  golden  furnace  gleaming  overhead. 
Scorching  the  blue  sky  into  bloody  red; 
And  not  a  breath  to  cool,  and  not  a  breeze 
To  stir  one  feather  of  the  drooping  trees ; 
Only  the  desert  wind  with  hungry  moan. 
Seeking  for  life  to  slay,  and  finding  none; 
Only  the  hot  Sirocco's  burning  breath, 
Spangled  with    sulphur-flame,  and  winged 

with  death ; 
No  sound,  no  step,  no  voice,  no  echo  heard. 
No  cry  of  beast,  no  whirring  wing  of  bird; 
The  silver-crested  snake  hath  crept  away 
From  the  fell  fury  of  that  Eastern  day; 
The  famished  vultures  by  the  failing  spring 
Droop  the  foul  beak  and  fold  the  raggedwing ; 
And  lordly  lions,  ere  the  chase  be  done, 
Leave  the  blank  desert  to  the  desert-sun. 

Ah !  not  alone  to  him :  turn  thee  and  see 
Beneath  the  shadow  of  yon  balsam  tree 
A  failing  mother  of  a  fainting  son 
Resting  to  die  deserted  and  alone. 
Turn  thee  and  mark  the  mother's  gentle  care 
Stripping  the  fillet  from  her  silken  hair, 
So  it  may  fall  to  shade  his  feeble  frame, 
A  glossy  curtain  from  the  noonday  flame; 
See!  at  her  feet  the  shrivelled  flagon  cast, 
The  last  drop  drained,  the  sweetest  and  the 

last. 
Drained  at  her  darling's  lip  to  still  his  cries, 
A  mother's  free  and  final  sacrifice. 
Look !  she  hath  taken  it,  and  yet  again 
Presses  the  flagon — presses,  but  in  vain. 
The  scrip  is  emptied  and  the  flagon  dry, 
And  nothing  left  them  but  the  leave  to  die. 

To  die;  and  one  so  young  and  one  so  true. 
And  both  so  beautiful  and  brave  to  view : 
She  with  her  braided  locks  more  black  than 

night, 
And  eye  so  darkly,  deeply,  wildly  bright ; 
He  with  his  slender  limbs  and  body  bare, 
And  small  hands  tangled  in  his  mother's  hair. 
And  there  to  whiten  on  the  desert-sands, 
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That  thought  is  stamping    anguish  on  her 

brow, 
That  dread  hath  taught  her  what  she  utters 

now. 

"  Son  of  my  soul !  the  happy  days  are  done ; 
Thy  little  course  and  mine  are  nearly  run; 
The  white  tents  wave  on  Kirjath  -  Arba's  plain, 
No  home  for  us,  no  restiug-]>lare  again: 
Before  yon  orb  is  sunken  frojn  the  sky 
Together  in  the  desert  we  must  die." 

Yet  was  she  speaking;  but  the  cry  of  joy 
Burst  from  the  bosom  of  the  dying  boy. 
His  eager  finger  pointed  to  the  plain. 
His  eye  had  light,  his  cheek  its  life  again. 
' '  Look, mother !  look !  we  will  not  die  to-day ; 
Look  where  the  water  glistens !  come  away !" 

She  turned :  O  fairest  sight,  if  sight  it  be, 
The  sleeping  silver  of  that  inland  sea. 
She  gazed :  O  gaze  of  hope  and  life  and  light ! 
Those    crystal    waters   glancing    pure    and 

bright ; 
From    Seir's  red  crags  and    Hazargaddah's 

heath. 
Eastward  to  Eder  and  the  Sea  of  Death. 
The  dismal  wilderness  w^as  past  and  gone, 
The  waves  were  streaming  where  the  sands 

had  shone ; 
Streaming  o'er  tree  and  crag,  by  bush  and 

brake. 
The  silent  splendor  of  a  windless  lake, 
In  whose  broad  wave  so  radiantly  blue 
Each  feathered  palm,  each  lonely  plant  that 

grew. 
Each  mountain  on  the  distant  desert-side 
Siione  double,  shadowed  in  the  sleeping  tide. 
Yet  was  it   strange !    no  dream  so    passing 

strange. 
As  the  quick  phantom  of  that  fairy  change ; 
And  stranger  still,  that  ever  as  they  came 
To  lave  the  burning  lip,  and  brow  of  flame, 
The  waters  fading  far  and  farther  still. 
Cheated  their  chase  and  mocked  their  baffled 

will. 
Alas  !  no  pleasant  waters  rippled  there ; 
The  lying  mirage  lured  them  to  despair. 

She  saw  it  fading,  and  there  came  a  cry 
Out  from  her  heart  of  wildest  agony ;  [speak 
She  knew  it  gone,  and  strove  to  stand  and 
While  the  life  withered    in   her  whitened 

cheek. 
Then  her  lip  quivered,  and  her  lashes  fell. 
And  her  tongue  faltered  in  its  faint  farewell : 
"Man    had  no  mercy;  God  wdll  show  us 

none; 
Isbmael!  I  dare  not  see  thee  die,  my  son!" 

Tenderly,  lovingly,  her  load  she  laid 
"Where  no  sun  glistened  in  the  grateful  shade ; 
Softly  she  pillowed  on  the  sands  his  head, 
And  spread  her  mantle  for  his  dying  bed  ; 
No  gems  Avere  there  to  deck  tlic  lowly  bier, 
But  the  pure  lustre  of  a  mother's  tear ; 


No  fragrant  spices  for  the  sleep  of  death. 
But  the  soft  fragrance  of  a  mother's  breath; 
No  tearful  eye,  no  tributary  tongue. 
To  tell  his  fate  who  died  so  fair  and  young; 
No  better  mourner  for  the  boy  than  she 
Who  weeps  to  see  him  what  herself  shall  be : 
Than  she  who  sits  apart  with  sidelong  eye 
Waiting  till  he  hath  died  that  she  may  die; 
And  buries  all  her  forehead  in  her  hair,  - 
Weeping  the  bitter  tears  of  black  despair. 

So  is  the  desert-sand  their  death  and  grave, 
No  hope  of  help,  no  pitying  hand  to  save! 

None !  was  it  then  the  icy  lip  of  death 
Or  low  winds  laden  with  the  roses'  breath 
That   kissed   her   forehead  !    was  it  earthly 

sound, 
Floating  like  fairy  voice  above,  around ; 
Or  splendid  symphonies  of  seraph-kings 
Striking  the  music  from  unearthly  strings, 
Whose  touch  hath  startled   her?   what   in- 
ward strife 
Stirs  the  still  apathy  of  parting  life? 
What  sense  of  power  unseen,   of  presence 

hid. 
Lifts  from  her  lightless  eyes  the  unwilling 

lid? 
She  rose ;  she  turned :  there  in  that  lonely 

place 
God's  glory  flashed  upon  her  lifted  face. 

And  with  the  glory  came  an  angel  voice, 
"  Hagar,  what  ailest?  rouse  thee,  and  rejoice ! 
Look  up,  and  live!     God's  ever-o])ened  ear 
Hath  patient  hearing  for  a  mother's  prayer. 
Arise,  take  up  the  boy ;  his  pleading  cry 
Came  up  to  God,  and  had  its  Ciid  on  high; 
And  God  shall  make  him,  in  His  own  good 

time, 
A  mighty  people,  in  a  pleasant  clime." 
Then  was  her  sight  unsealed,  and  lo  !  at 

hand 
A  spring  was  sparkling  in  the  desert  sand; 
Sparkling  with  crystal  water  to  the  brim. 
Fringed  with  the   date,  and  rimmed  with 

lilied  rim. 
Swiftly  she  speeded  to  the  fountain's  brink, 
And  drew  a  draught,  and  gave  her  boy  to 

drink. 
And  watched  the  little  lips  that  lingered  still. 
Nor  tasted  drop  till  he  had  drunk  his  fill. 
Then  on  bent  knees,  with  tear  and  smile  at 

strife. 
Mother  and  child, they  quaffed  the  liquid  life ; 
And  stayed   to  smile,  and  drank  to  smile 

again. 
Till  sweet  and  cheerful  seemed  the  silent 

plain ; 
And  young  leaves  dancing  on  the  desert  trees 
To  the  low  music  of  the  passing  breeze. 
And  birds  of  j^assage  with  their  homeward 

wings, 
And  fireflies  wheeling  in  their  lighted  rings. 
And  flowers  unfolding  where  the  glare  was 

gone 
Spake  but  one  tale — Hope  ever,  and  Hope  on  1 
Edwin  Arnold. 


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3484.  HAGAR  IN  THE  "WILDERKEgS. 
Genesis  xxi  :  14-20. 

The  morning  broke.     Light  stole  upon  the 

clouds 
With  a  strange  beauty.    Earth  received  again 
Its  garments  of  a  thousand  dyes;  and  leaves, 
And    delicate    blossoms,    and    the    painted 

flowers, 
And  everything  that  bendeth  to  the  dew, 
And  stirreth  with  the  daylight,  lifted  up 
Its  beauty  to  the  breath  of  that  sweet  morn. 

All  things  are  dark  to  sorrow ;  and  the  light. 
And  loveliness,  and  fragrant  air  were  sad 
To  the  dejected  Hagar.     The  moist  earth 
Was  pouring  odors  from  its  spicy  pores; 
And  the  young  birds  were  singing  as  if  life 
Were  a  new  thing  to  them ;  but  the  music 

came 
Upon  her  ear  like  discord,  and  she  felt 
That  pang  of  the  unreasonable  heart. 
That,  bleeding  amid  things  it  loved  so  well. 
Would  have  some  sign   of  sadness  as  they 

pass. 
She  stood  at  Abraham's  tent.     Her  lips  were 

pressed 
Till  the  blood  started;  and  the  wandering- 
veins 
Of   her  transparent   forehead  were  swelled 

out 
As  if  her  pride  would  burst  them.    Her  dark 

eye 
Was   clear   and    tearless,    and  the  light  of 

heaven. 
Which  matle  its  language  legible,  shot  back. 
From  her  long  lashes,  as  it  had  been  flame. 
Her  noble  boy  stood  by  lior,  with  liis  liand 
Clasped  in  her  own,  and  his  round  delicate 

feet. 
Scarce  trained  to  balance  on  the  tented  floor, 
Sandalled  for  journeying.    He  liad  looked  up 
Into  his  mother's  face  until  he  caught 
The  spirit  there,  and  liis  young  heart  was 

swelling 
Beneath  his  dimpled  bosom,  and  his  form 
Straightened  up  proudly  in  his  tiny  Avrath, 
As  if    his   light    proportions   would    have 

swelled. 
Had  they  but  matched  his  spirit  to  the  man. 

Why  bends  the  patriarch  as  he  cometh  now 

Upon  his  staff  so  wearily?     His  beard 

Is  low  upon  his  breast,  and  his  high  brow 

So  written  with  the  converse  of  his  God, 

Beareth  the  swollen  vein  of  agony. 

His  lip  is  quivering,  and  his  wonted  step 

Of  vigor  is  not  there;  and  though  the  morn 

Is  passing  fair  and  beautiful,  he  breathes 

Its  freshness  as  it  were  a  pestilence. 

He  gave  to  her  the  water  and  the  bread, 
But  spoke  no  word,  and  trusted  not  himself 
To  look  upon  her  face,  but  laid  his  hand 
In  silent  blessing  on  the  fair-haired  boy, 
And  left  her  to  her  lot  of  loneliness. 


Should  Ilagar  Aveep?  may  slighted  woman 

turn. 
And,  as  a  vine  the  oak  has  shaken  off. 
Bend  lightly  to  her  leaning  trust  again? 
Oh  no!     By  all  her  loveliness;  by  all 
That  makes  life  poetry  and  beauty — no ! 
]\Iakc  her  a  slave ;  steal  from  her  rosy  cheek 
By  needless  jealousies;  let  the  last  star 
Leave  her  a  watcher  by  your  couch  of  pain; 
Wrong  her  by  petulance,  suspicion,  all 
That  makes  her  cup  a  bitterness:  yet  give 
One  evidence  of  love,  and  earth  has  not 
An  emblem  of  devotedness  like  hers. 
But  oh  !  estrange  her  once,  it  boots  not  how — 
By  wrong  or  silence,  anything  that  tells 
A  change  has  come  upon  your  tenderness — 
And  there  is  not  a  feeling  out  of  heaven 
Her  pride  o'ermastereth  not. 

She  went  her  way  with  a  strong  step  and  slow, 
Her    pressed  lip  arched,   and  her  clear  eye 

undimmod 
As  if  it  were  a  diamond,  and  her  form 
Borne  proudly  up,  as  if  her  heart  breathed 

through. 
Her  child  kept  on  in   silence,   though   she 

pre?sed 
His  hand  till  it  was  pained;  for  he  had  read 
The  dark  look  of  his  mother,  and  the  seed 
Of  a  stern  nation  had  been  breathed  upon. 

The  morning  passed,  and  Asia's  sun  rode  up 
In  the  clear  heaven,  and  every  beam  Avas  heat. 
The  cattle  of  the  hills  were  in  the  shade. 
And  the  bright  plumage  of  the  Orient  lay 
On  beating  bosoms  in  her  sjiicy  trees. 
It  was  an  hour  of  rest !  but  Hagar  found 
No  shelter  in  the  wilderness,  and  on 
She  kept  her  weary  way,  until  the  boy 
Hung  down  his  head,  and  opened  his  parched 

lips 
For  water ;  but  she  could  not  give  it  him. 
She  laid  him  down  beneath  the  sultry  sky. 
For  it  was  better  than  the  close,  hot  breath 
Of  the  thick  pines,  and  tried  to  comfort  him; 
But  lie  was  sore  athirst,  and  his  blue  eyes 
Were  dim  and  bloodshot,  and  he  could  not 

know 
Why  God  denied  him  water  in  the  wild. 
She  sat  a  little  longer,  and  he  grew 
Ghastly  and  faint,  as  if  he  Avould  have  died. 
It  was  too  much  for  her.      She  lifted  him. 
And  bore  him  farther  on,  and  laid  his  head 
Beneath  the  shadow  of  a  desert  shrul); 
Anrl,  shrouding  up  her  face,  she  went  away, 
And  sat  to  watch,  where  he  could  see  her  not. 
Till  he  should  die;  and,  watching  him,  sh< 

mourned. 

"God  stay  thee  in  thine  agony,  my  boy ! 
I  cannot  sen  thee  die;  I  cannot  brook 

Uj)on  thy  bro>v  to  look, 
And  see  death  settle  on  my  cradle  joy. 
How  have  I  drunk  the  light  of  thy  blueeyt 

And  could  I  see  thee  die? 


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H^G^^R. 


Hj^JSTD. 


"I  did  not  dream  of  this,  when  thou  wast 

straying, 
Like  an  unbound  gazelle,  among  the  flowers ; 

Or  whiling  the  soft  hours, 
By  the  rich  gush  of  water-sources  playing. 
Then  sinking  weary  to  thy  smiling  sleep, 

So  beautiful  and  deep. 

' '  Oh  no !  and  when  I  watched  by  thee  the 

while. 
And  saw  thy  bright'  lip  curling  in  thy  dream. 

And  thought  of  the  dark  stream 
In  my  own  land  of  Egypt,  the  far  Nile, 
How  prayed  I  that  my  father's  land  might  be 

An  heritage  for  thee ! 

* '  And  now  the  grave  for  its  cold  breast  hath 

won  thee ! 
And  thy  white,  delicate  limbs  the  earth  will 

And  oh  !  my  last  caress  [press ; 

Must  feel  the  cold,  for  a  chill  hand  is  on  thee. 
How  can  I  leave  my  boy,  so  pillowed  there 

Upon  this  clustering  hair !" 

She  stood  beside  the  well  her  God  had  given 
To  gush  in  that  deep  wilderness,  and  bathed 
The  forehead  of  her  child  until  he  laughed 
In  his  reviving  happiness,  and  lisped 
His  infant  thought  of  gladness  at  the  sight 
Of  the  cool  plashing  of  his  mother's  hand. 

A^.  P.  Willis. 

3485.  HAGAE  IN  THE  WILDERNESS. 
Alone  and  friendless;  doomed  to  die. 
With  never  a  soul  to  hear  thy  cry, 
Nor  food,  nor  drink,  nor  shade  of  tree ; 
Banished  ! — how  cruel  it  seems  to  thee  ! 

Death-meaning  and  heartless  the  decree : 
Depart  forever,  the  child  and  thee  ! 
Perish  of  want,  and  die  unblessed, 
With  the  beauteous  boy  pressed  to  thy  breast ! 

Unseen  the  hand  that  leads  the  way 
From  the  home  of  plenty,  far  away, 
To  a  world  of  sands,  all  parched  and  bare. 
To  die  of  hunger  and  despair  ! 

Hunger  and  thirst,  and  the  maddening  moan 
Of  the  dying  boy,  so  plaintive  grown 
That  Hagar  flees,  she  knows  not  where, 
Crazed  with  hunger,  and  dazed  with  care. 

But  a  mother's  love,  grown  strong  in  death, 
Constrains  her  heart,  while  life  and  breath 
Still  animates  the  form  of  one — 
The  beauteous  form  of  her  darling  son. 

Only  a  bow-shot  could  she  go 
From  sight  and  sound  of  Ishmael's  woe ; 
There  sat  she  down  and  prayed  to  die ; 
How  sad  and  piteous  was  the  cry ! 

Her  eyes,  bedimmed  with  scalding  tears. 
Are  oped  at  last ;  she  listens,  hears 
A  voice  speaking,  as  from  afar: 
"Behold  a  well  of  water  near! 


Rise,  drink,  refresh  thyself  and  child, 
And  journey  yet  a  little  while, 
For  I  will  make,  in  future  years, 
A  prince  of  him  thy  heart  reveres : 
A  father  of  kings  shall  Ishmael  be, 
And  source  of  endless  joy  to  thee." 

J.  W.  Hatton. 

3486.  HAND,  Cure  of  the  "Withered. 
Matthew  xii :  9-13. 
Capernaum's  honored  town  again 
Received  the  Lord  of  heaven  and  men, 
And  in  the  synagogue  straightway 
He  taught  upon  the  Sabbath-day. 

And  lo !  there  sat  amid  the  throng 

A  man  afliicted  sore  and  long; 

All  withered,  nerveless,  and  unstrung, 

Powerless  and  dead  his  right  hand  hung.  , 

And  scribes  and  Pharisees  sat  by. 
Who  watched  with  cold,  malignant  eye, 
And  treacherous  asked,  ' '  Is't  lawful,  pray. 
To  heal  upon  the  Sabbath-day?" 

Then  Christ,  who  knew  their  malice,  said, 
"Stand  forth  in  th'  midst !"  The  man  obeyed. 
"Is't  lawful  to  do  well  or  ill. 
On  Sabbath-days,  to  save  or  kill?" 

The  Saviour  asked,  but  none  replied; 
Sullen  they  frowned  on  every  side ; 
But  Christ,  all  patience,  as  before. 
In  sweet  persuasions  spake  once  more : 

"Tell  me  what  man  among  you  all 
Shall  own  one  sheep,  and  if  it  fall 
Into  a  i)it,  will  he  delay 
To  save  it  on  the  Sabbath-day? 

' '  Man  how  much  more  ?"  The  plea  was  vain. 
Once  more  on  all,  in  grief  and  pain, 
He  gazed,  and  then,  in  Godhead  grand, 
Cried  to  the  man,  ' '  Stretch  forth  thy  hand !" 

He  heard,  believed !     With  instant  thrill 
The  nerves  obeyed  th'  obedient  will ! 
Conscious  to  Christ's  confounded  foes. 
Strong,  vital,  whole,  the  right  hand  rose ! 

But  maddened,  stung  with  impious  ire, 
The  fiendish  Pharisees  retire, 
And,  with  the  vile  Ilerodians,  plan 
To  slay  the  sinless  Son  of  man. 

O  Christ !  help  us,  at  Thy  command. 
Now  to  stretch  forth  the  withered  hand; 
To  hear,  believe,  obey  this  hour. 
Ours  but  the  effort,  Thine  the  power. 

And  oh  !  whene'er  Thy  work  we  scan, 
Give  us  the  grace  to  love  the  man, 
The  child,  the  worm  whom  Thou  canst  use ; 
What  God  accepts  can  man  refuse? 

George  Lansing  Taylor, 


HAisrr). 


H^isnsrAH. 


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3487.  HAND,  The  Lord's, 

Numbers  xi :  23. 
No,  Lord,  it  cannot  shortened  be, 
That  hand  which  plagued  the  Egyptian  race, 
"Which  brought  Thy  people  through  the  sea. 
Which  led  them  o'er  the  wilderness ;     "* 
Which  hath  to  us  so  often  given 
Drink  from  the  rock,  and  bread  from  heaven. 

That  hand  hath  opened  wide  mine  eyes : 
That  hand,  which  now  by  faith  I  see. 
Measures  the  floods  and  spans  the  skies, 
And  grasps  the  winds,  and  covers  me ! 
It  brings  the  blind  through  way  unknown. 
It  holds ;  it  lifts  me  to  a  throne. 

Kept  by  that  hand,  I  cannot  fear 

Lest  earth  or  hell  should  pluck  me  thence; 

I  trample  on  temptation  near. 

Supported  by  Omnipotence, 

Possessed  of  boundless  power  divine. 

Of  boundless  love ;  for  Christ  is  mine  ! 

J.  and  G.  Wesley. 

3488.  HAND,  The  "Withered. 

St.  Mark  iii  :  1. 
Our  weakness  in  this  emblem  we, 
Our  total  inability 

Of  doing  good,  may  find; 
While  strangers  to  restoring  grace, 
We  here  behold  our  helpless  case, 

The  case  of  all  mankind. 

A  withered  hand  the  miser  is; 
So  careful  not  to  give  amiss, 

He  never  gives  at  all ! 
A  magistrate  is  dead  and  dry 
Who  never  doth  his  power  apply 

Where  truth  and  justice  call. 

Who,  of  authority  possessed, 
Neglects  to  succor  the  oppressed, 

Nor  takes  the  injured  part. 
Dead  in  the  sight  of  God  is  he. 
And  by  the  eye  of  faith  we  see 

His  palsied  hand  and  heart. 

J.  and  C.   Wesley. 

3489.  HANNAH  PARTINQ  "WITH  SAMUEL. 

1  Samuel  i  :  24. 
The  rose  was  rich  in  bloom  on  Sharon's  plain. 
When  a  young  mother,  with  her  first-born, 

thence 
Went  up  to  Zion  ;  for  the  boy  was  vowed 
Unto  the  temple-service.     By  the  hand 
She  led  him;  and  her  silent  soul  the  while. 
Oft  as  the  dewy  laughter  of  his  eye     [think 
Met   her  sweet   serious  glance,  rejoiced  to 
That  aught  so  pure,  so  beautiful,  was  hens. 
To  bring  before  her  God. 

So  passed  they  on 
O'er  Judah's  hill ;  and  wheresoe'er  the  leaves 
Of  the  broad  sycamore  made  sounds  at  noon. 
Like  lulling  rain-drops,  or  the  olive  boughs, 
With  their  cool  dimness,  crossed  the  sultry 

blue 


Of  Syria's  heaven,  she  paused,  that  he  might 

rest ; 
Yet  from  her  own  meek  eyelids  chased  the 

sleep 
That  weighed  their  dark  fringe  down,  to  sit 

and  watch 
The  crimson  deepening  o'er  his  cheek's  re- 
pose. 
As  at  the  red  flower's  heart ;  and  where  a  fount 
Lay  like  a  twilight-star,  'midst  palmy  shades. 
Making  its  bank's  green  gems  along  the  wild, 
There,  too,  she  lingered;  from  the  diamond 
Drawing  clear  water  for  its  rosy  lips,    [wave 
And  softly  parting  clusters  of  jet  curls 
To  bathe  his  brow. 

At  last  the  fane  was  reached, 
The  earth's  one  sanctuary ;  and  rapture  hushed 
Her  bosom,  as  before  her  through  the  d  ay 
It  rose,  a  mountain  of  white  marble,  steeped 
In  light  like  floating  gold.     But  when  that 

hour 
Waned  to  the  farewell  moment,  when  the  boy 
Lifted,  through  rainbow-gleaming  tears,  his 

eye 
Beseechingly  to  hers,  and,  half  in  fear, 
Turned   from  the   white-robed   priest,    and 

round  her  arm 
Clung  e'en  as  ivy  clings,  the  deep  spring- 
tide 
Of  Nature  then  swelled  high;  and  o'er  her 

child 
Bending,  her  soul  broke  forth,  in  mingled 

sounds 
Of  weeping  and  of  song.    "Alas !"  she  cried, 

"  Alas,  my  boy !  thy  gentle  grasp  is  on  me. 
The  bright  tears  quiver  in  thy  pleading  eyes, 

And  now  fond  thoughts  arise, 
And  silver  cords  again  to  earth  have  won  me. 
And  like  a  vine  thou  claspest  my  full  heart ; 

How  shall  I  hence  depart? 

"  How  the  long  path  retrace,  where  thou  wert 

playing 
So  late  along  the  mountains  at  my  side ; 

And  I,  in  joyous  pride, 
By  every  place  of  flu  wers  my  course  delaying, 
"VVove,   e'en   as  jjearls,   the  lilies  round  thy 

Beholding  thee  so  fair?  [hair, 

And  oh  !  the  home  whence  thy  bright  smile 

hath  parted! 
Will  it  not  seem  as  if  the  sunny  day 

Turned  from  its  door  away, 
"While  through  its  chambers  wandering  weary 

hearted, 
I  languished  for  thy  voice,  which  past  me  still 
Went  like  a  singing  rill ! 

"Under  the  palm-trees  thou  no  more  shalt 

meet  me. 
When  from  the  fount  at  evening  I  return. 

With  the  full  water-urn ! 
Nor  will  thy  sleeji's  low,  dove-like  murmurs 

greet  me. 
As  'midst  the  silence  of  the  stars  I  wake, 
And  watch  for  thy  dear  sake. 


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H^A^RVEST. 


HEA-LHSTG-. 


"And  thou — will  slumber's  dewy  cloud  fall 

round  thee 
Without  thy  mother's  hand  to  smooth  thy 
bed? 
Wilt  thou  not  vainly  spread 
Thine  arms,  when  darkuess  as  a  veil  hath 

wound  thee, 
To  fold  thy  neck,  and  lift  up  in  thy  fear 
A  cry  which  none  shall  hear? 

"  What  have  I  said,  my  child?    Will  He  not 

hear  tliee. 
Who   the  young  ravens  heareth  from  their 

nest? 
Will  lie  not  gunrd  tliy  rest, 
And  in  the  hush  of  lioly  midnight  near  thee, 
Breathe  o'er  thy  soul,  uud  till  its  dreams  with 

joy- 

Thou  shalt  sleep  soft,  my  boy ! 

"  I  give  thee  to  thy  God — the  God  that  gave 

thee, 
A  well-spring  of  deep  gladness  to  my  heart! 

And  precious  as  thou  art. 
And  pure  as  dew  of  Hermon,  He  shall  have 

thee. 
My  own,  my  beautiful,  my  undefiled! 
And  thou  shalt  be  His  child. 

"Therefore,  farewell !  I  go :  my  soul  may  fail 

me, 
As  the  stag  pauteth  for  the  water  brooks. 

Yearning  for  thy  sweet  looks! 
But  thou,  my  first-born !  droop  not,  nor  be- 
wail me ; 
Thou  in  the  shadow  of  the  Rock  shalt  dwell, 
The  Rock  of  strength.     Farewell !" 
Mrs.  F.  D.  Hemans. 

3490.  HAKVEST,  The  World'a. 
Matthew  xiii :  37-42. 
In  His  fields  the  Master  walketh, 
In  His  fair  fields  ripe  for  harvest. 
Where  the  golden  sun  smiles  slantwise 
On  the  rich  ears,  heavy  bending; 

Saith  the  Master:   "It  is  time." 
Though  no  leaf  wears  brown  decadence, 
And  September's  niglitly  frost-blight 
Only  reddens  the  horizon, 
"It  is  full  lime,"  saith  the  Master — 

The  good  Master — "  It  is  time." 

Lo !  He  looks.     His  look  compelling, 
Brings  the  laborers  to  the  harvest. 
Quick  they  gather,  as  in  autumn, 
Wandering  birds  in  silent  eddies 

Drop  upon  the  pasture-fields; 
White  wings  have  they,  and  white  raiment, 
White  feet  sliod  with  swift  obedience; 
Each  lays  down  his  golden  palm-branch, 
And  a  shining  sickle  reareth : 

"  Speak,  O  Master!  is  it  time?" 

O'er  the  fields  the  servants  hasten, 

Where  the  full-stored  ears  droop  downward. 

Humble  with  their  weight  of  harvest; 


Where  the  empty  ears  wave  upward, 
And  the  gay  tares  flaunt  in  rows. 

But  the  sickles,  the  bright  sickles, 

Flash  new  dawn  at  their  apjiearing; 

Songs  are  heard  in  earth  and  heaven; 

For  the  reapers  are  the  angels, 
And  it  IS  the  harvest-time. 

0  great  Master!  are  Thy  footsteps 
Even  now  upon  the  mountains? 

Art  Thou  walking  in  Thy  wheat-field? 
Are  the  snowy-wing(id  reapers 

Gathering  in  the  i)urple  air? 
Are  Thy  signs  abroad  ? — the  glowing 
Of  the  evening  sky,  blood-reddened; 
And  the  full  ears  trodden  earthward, 
Choked  by  gaudy  tares  triumphant: 

Surely  'tis  near  harvest-time ! 

Who  shall  know  the  Master's  coming? 
Whether  'tis  at  morn  or  sunset. 
When  niglit  dews  weigh  down  the  wheat-ears, 
Or  while  noon  rides  high  in  heaven, 

Sleeping  lies  the  yellow  field? 
Only  may  Thy  voice,  O  Master? 
Peal  above  the  reapers'  chorus. 
And  dull  sound  of  sheaves  slow  falling; 
"  Gather  all  into  My  garner, 

For  it  is  My  harvest-time !" 

Mrs.  D.  M.  Mulock  Craik. 

3491.  HEALING,  Miracle  of. 
Luke  viii  :  45. 
"Who  touched  Me?"  dost  Thou  ask? 

'TvvHS  I,  Lord,  it  was  I. 
"  Some  one  hath  touched  Me;"  yes,  O  Lord! 

I  am  that  "  somebody." 

1  came,  Lord,  and  I  touched. 

For  sore  I  needed  Thee ; 
Forth  from  Thee  straight  the  virtue  came; 
Lord,  Thou  hast  healed  me. 

And  w^ouldst  Thou  frown  on  me? 

Dost  Thou  the  boon  repent? 
Why,  then,  Lord,  didst  Thou  pass  so  near, 

As  if  to  me  just  sent? 

Thou,  Lord,  wert  passing  by; 

I  knew  all  heaven  was  there: 
A  heaven  of  healing  and  of  love. 

Thou  didst  within  Thee  bear; 

A  heaven  of  grace  and  peace, 

Of  pardon  and  of  joy ; 
Lord,  wouldst  Thou  have  me  let  Thee  pass, 

And  all  that  heaven  go  by ! 

What  could  I  do  but  touch, 

And  Thou  so  nigh,  so  nigh? 
What  couldst  Thou  do  but  heal,  O  Lord, 

Ere  I  had  time  to  cry? 

Thou  wert  too  near  for  prayer; 

I  touched  at  once,  and  found 
The  fulness  of  tlie  heaven  of  heavens, 

On  this  low  earthly  ground. 


HE^^^EISr. 


HE^T'ElSr. 


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Speak  then  the  word  of  cheer; 

Say  to  my  trembling  soul, 
Be  of  good  comfort,  go  i;\  peace; 

Thy  faith  hath  made  thee  whole. 

Iloratius  Bonar. 

3492.  HEAVEir,  Ascent  to. 

Heaven  is  not  reached  at  a  single  bound; 
But  we  build  the  ladder  by  which  we  rise 
From  tiie  lowly  earth  to  the  vaulted  skies, 

And  wc  mount  to  its  summit  round  by  round. 

I  count  this  thing  to  be  grandly  true: 
That  a  noble  deed  is  a  step  toward  God, 
Lifting  the  soul  from  the  common  sod 

To  a  purer  air  and  broader  view. 

We  rise  by  things  that  are  under  feet ; 

By  what  we  have  mastered  of  good  and 
gain; 

By  the  pride  deposed  and  passion  slain, 
And  the  vanquished  ills  that  we  liourly  meet. 

We  hope,  we  aspire,  we  resolve,  we  trust. 
When  the  morning  calls  us  to  life  and  light, 
But  our  hearts  grow  weary,  and  ere  the 

Our  lives  are  trailing  in  sordid  dust,    [night 

We  hope,  we  resolve,  we  aspire,  we  pray, 
And  we  think  that  we  mount  the  air  on 

wings. 
Beyond  the  recall  of  sensual  things, 

While  our  feet  still  cling  to  the  heavy  clay. 

Wings  for  the  angels,  but  feet  for  the  men  ! 
We  may  borrow  the  wings  to  find  the  way, 
We  may  hope,  and  resolve,  and  aspire, 
and  pray. 

But  our  feet  must  rise,  or  we  fall  again. 

Only  in  dreams  is  a  ladder  thrown 

From  the  weary  earth  to  the  sapphire  walls ; 
But  the  dreams  depart,  and  the  vision  falls. 

And  the  sleeper  awakes  on  his  pillow  of  stone. 

Heaven  is  not  reached  at  a  single  bound; 
But  we  build  the  ladder  by  which  we  rise 
From  the  lowly  earth  to  the  vaulted  skies, 

And  we  mount  to  its  summit  round  by  round. 
J.  O.  Holland. 

3493.  HEAVEN  :  Immamiel's  Land. 
The  sands  of  time  are  sinking, 

The  dawn  of  heaven  breaks. 
The  summer  morn  I've  sighed  for. 

The  fair,  sweet  morn  awakes. 
Dark,  dark  hath  been  the  midnight, 

But  dayspring  is  at  hand, 
And  glory,  glory  dwelleth 

In  Immanuel's  Land ! 

There  the  red  rose  of  Sharon 

Unfolds  its  heartmost  bloom. 
And  fills  the  air  of  heaven 

With  ravishing  perfume. 
Oh,  to  behold  it  blossom, 

While  by  its  fragrance  fanned, 
Where  glory,  glory  dwelleth 

la  Immanuel's  Land ! 


The  King  there  in  His  beauty, 

Without  a  veil,  is  seen; 
"  It  were  a  well-spent  journey, 

Though  seven  deaths  lay  between!" 
The  Lamb,  with  His  fair  army, 

Doth  on  Mount  Zion  stand; 
And  glory,  glory  dwelleth 

In  Immanuel's  land ! 

0  Christ!  He  is  the  fountain, 
The  deep  sweet  well  of  love, 

The  streams  on  earth  I've  tasted, 
More  deep  I'll  drink  above. 

There  to  an  ocean's  fulness 
His  mercy  doth  expand ; 

And  glory,  glory  dwelleth 
In  Immanuel's  Land ! 

Fair  Anworth  by  the  Solway, 

To  me  thou  art  still  dear; 
E'en  from  the  verge  of  heaven, 

I  drop  for  thee  a  tear. 
Oh,  if  one  soul  from  Anworth 

Meet  me  at  God's  right  hand, 
My  heaven  will  be  two  heavens 

In  Immanuel's  Land ! 

I've  wrestled  on  towards  heaven 
'Gainst  storm,  and  wind,  and  tide ; 

Now,  like  a  weary  traveller 
That  Icaneth  on  his  guide. 

Amid  the  shades  of  evening. 

While  sinks  life's  lingering  sand, 

1  hail  the  glory  dawning 

From  Immanuel's  Land !  ' 

With  mercy  and  with  judgment 

My  web  of  time  He  wove; 
And  aye  the  dews  of  sorrow 

Were  lustred  with  His  love. 
I'll  bless  the  hand  that  guided, 

I'll  bless  the  lieart  that  ])lanned. 
When  throned  where  glory  dwelleth, 

In  Immanuel's  Land ! 

The  bride  eyes  not  h(  r  garments, 

But  her  dear  Bridegroom's  face; 
I  will  not  gaze  at  glory, 

But  at  my  King  of  grace ! 
Not  at  the  crown  He  giveth. 

But  on  His  pierced  hand; 
The  Lamb  is  all  the  glory 

Of  Immanuel's  Land ! 

Samuel  Rutherford. 

3494.  HEAVEN :  The  City  of  tlie  Forgiven. 
Isaiah  xxxiii  :  24. 

City  of  celestial  health. 

Into  which  no  sickness  comes; 
There,  in  everlasting  wealth. 

We  shall  find  our  home  of  homes. 
City  of  the  tranquil  breast, 

Where  the  heartache  is  unknown; 
Harbor  of  securest  rest. 

Life's  long  tempest  past  and  gone. 
There,  amid  the  holy  blest 


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HEBRE^W. 


I  shall  bo  a  welcome  gnest, 
I  a  sinner,  yet  at  rest. 

City  of  eternal  love, 

Dwelling-place  of  the  forgiven; 
Glory  of  the  realm  above, 

Centre  of  the  sinless  heaven, 
Palace  of  the  crowned  host; 

Army  upon  army  see. 
Gathered  from  earth's  countless  lost, 
Clothed  in  heavenly  purity. 
There,  amid  the  holy  blest, 
I  shall  be  a  welcome  guest, 
I  a  sinner,  yet  at  rest. 

City  of  the  cleansed  and  fair^ 

With  the  raiment  like  the  light ! 
Sons  of  morning,  shining  there. 
Sons  of  gladness  ever  bright. 
City  of  unweeping  eyes. 

Where  the  tear-drop  falleth  not; 
Sorrows,  farewells,  broken  ties, 
All  forevermore  forgot. 

There,  amid  the  holy  blest, 
I  shall  be  a  welcome  guest, 
I  a  sinner,  yet  at  rest. 

City  of  unsetting  suns, 

Where  the  sky  is  clear  and  pure, 
Where  the  earthly  gathered  ones 

Find  themselves  in  peace  secure. 
City  of  the  feast  and  song. 

Seat  of  sacred  mirth  above. 
Where  the  voices,  sweet  and  strong. 
Sing  the  endless  song  of  love. 
There,  amid  the  holy  blest, 
I  shall  be  a  welcome  guest, 
I  a  sinner,  yet  at  rest. 

City  where  the  ransomed  meet 
From  a  thousand  lands  afar; 
Where  the  parted  we  shall  greet, 

Safe  from  earthly  storm  and  war; 
Where  the  Bridegroom  clasps  His  bride, 

Reached  at  last  the  blessed  goal, 
Seats  her  at  His  happy  side. 
Best-beloved  of  His  soul. 
There,  amid  the  holy  blest, 
I  shall  be  a  welcome  guest, 
I  a  sinner,  and  at  rest. 

Horatius  Bonar. 

3495.  HEAVEN,  Safe  in. 

Safe  home !  safe  home  in  port ! 

Bent  cordage,  shattered  deck, 
Torn  sails,  provisions  short, 
And  only  not  a  wreck : 
But  oh,  the  joy  upon  the  shore 
To  tell  our  voyage-perils  o'er! 

The  prize !  the  prize  secure ! 

The  athlete  nearly  fell ; 
Bare  all  he  could  endure. 
And  bare  not  always  well : 
But  he  may  smile  at  troubles  gone 
Who  sets  the  victor-garland  on! 


No  more  the  foe  can  harm ; 

No  more  of  leaguered  camp. 
And  cry  of  night-alarm, 
And  need  of  ready  lamp : 
And  yet  how  nearly  he  had  failed. 
How  nearly  had  that  foe  prevailed ! 

The  lamb  is  in  the  fold 

In  perfect  safety  penned : 
The  lion  once  had  hold 

And  thought  to  make  an  end. 
But  One  came  by  with  wounded  side, 
And  for  the  sheep  the  Shepherd  died. 

The  exile  is  at  home ! 

O  nights  and  days  of  tears, 
O  longings  not  to  roam, 

O  sins,  and  doubts,  and  fears. 
What  matter  now,  when  (so  men  say) 
The  King  has  wijjed  those  tears  away? 

O  happy,  happy  bride! 

Thy  widowed  hours  are  past ; 
The  Bridegroom  at  thy  side. 
Thou  all  His  own  at  last ! 
The  sorrows  of  thy  former  cup, 
In  full  fruition  swallowed  up ! 

John  Glimasos,  tr.  hy  J.  M.  Neale. 

3496.  HEBKEW  MINSTREL'S  LAMENT. 
Where  are  thy  pleasures  once  so  bright. 

My  country,  where  thy  name? 
How  is  thy  glory  sunk  in  night, 

Thy  beauty  and  thy  fame? 
No  more  thy  muse's  heavenly  strain, 

Heard  far  from  Zion  hill. 
With  rapture  wakes  the  wandering  swain. 
When  sober  night  creeps  o'er  the  jilain. 

And  all  the  air  is  still. 

Where  is  thy  temple  and  thy  God? 

Where  are  thy  triumphs  flown? 
All  vanished  like  a  fiery  cloud 

That  flashes  and  is  gone? 
Alas  1  thou  sitt'st  a  wasted  thing, 

All  wretched  and  forlorn  ; 
To  thee  no  joy  the  sunbeams  bring. 
But  deeper  shadows  o'er  thee  fling. 

And  make  thy  woes  their  scorn. 

The  time  was,  when  I  wandered  free 

Across  thy  hills  and  plains; 
And  drank  thy  glorious  liberty, 

And  sang  thy  melting  strains: 
And  praised  the  Lord,  our  mighty  King, 

In  high  triumphant  song; 
While  far  away  the  mountains  rung, 
And  back  the  joyous  echoes  flung 

The  little  hills"^  along ! 

But  these  loved  joys,  on  rapid  wing, 

Far,  far  away  are  borne ; 
While  care  and  sorrow  deeply  sting. 

With  slavery's  sharpest  thorn ; 
To  Judah,  we  must  say  farewell! 

Farewell,  to  Zion's  steep! 


HEBRO^sT. 


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In  foreign  climes  condemned  to  dwell, 
Full  oft  our  mournful  tale  we'll  tell, 
Lift  up  the  voice  and  weep! 

But  Judah's  land  Til  ne'er  forget, 

Though  far  from  it  I  roam  ; 
And,  thougli  with  ills  on  ills  beset, 

I'll  sweetly  think  of  home; 
And  wandering  near  some  lonely  stream, 

All  weary  and  forlorn, 
ril  ruminate  in  ])ensive  dream. 
On  many  a  long-forgotten  theme. 

And  sadly,  sadly  mourn  I 

It.  Turnbull. 

3497.  HEBRON,  The  Oak  of. 

There  stands  a  tree  at  Hebron — huge  its  form. 
Oft   seared  by  lightning,  worn  by  many  a 

storm ; 
Ages  that  level  thrones  beneath  their  stroke. 
And  sweep  off  races,  spare  that  spreading  oak. 
Pilgrims,  when  Rome  was  pagan,  came  to  see 
And  muse  beneath  this  famed  and  hallowed 

tree. 
Here  oft  did  Abraham  sit,  when  evening  still 
Cooled  the  green  vale  and  crimsoned  Hebron's 

hill; 
The  musky  breezes  round  his  f  oreheadplayed, 
He  blessed  bright  Nature's  God,  and  blessed 

that  shade. 
Here  stood  those  guests  sent  earthward  from 

the  skies. 
Mortal  their  forms,  but  heaven  within  their 

eyes ; 
And  yonder  glooms  Machpelah's  ancient  cave, 
The  bartering  sons  of  Heth  to  Abraham  gave. 
Now  giant  stones  protect  that  spot  so  blest. 
Where  the  great  sire  and  Hebrew  mother  rest ; 
Nor  yet,  perchance,  the  rock  betrays  its  trust, 
Though  forty  ages  brood  above  their  dust. 
But  sealed  toChristiansisthat  cell  of  gloom. 
The  Turk's  proud  crescent  glittering  o'er  the 

tomb? 
For  Moslems  guard  the  spot  with  jealous  care. 
And  burn  their  lamps,  and  read  their  Koran 

there. 
And  pray  to  Allah  in  that  worshipped  place. 
E'en  while  they  scorn  and  hate   the  patri- 
arch's race.  Nicholas  Michell. 

3498.  HELIODORUS,  The  Scourging  of. 
2  Maccabees  iii. 

The  Grecian  kings  of  Syria,  the  proud  Seleu- 

cid  stock. 
Filled  Alexander's  Asian  throne  in  glorious 

Antioch ; 
From  Hellas's  isles  to  India's  streams  their 

banners,  wide  unfurled. 
From  Scythian  wastes  to  Persian  seas,  waved 

o'er  the  orient  world. 

And  Palestina,  subject  long  beneath  their 

conquering  sway, 
Though  ravaged  oft,  now  throve  in  peace 

through  many  a  jsrosperous  day, 


While  good  Onias,  wise  and  just,  ruled  in 

Jerusalem, 
Where  Aaron's   mitre   long  survive!  great 

David's  diadem. 

There   mighty  Cyrus,  far   revered,   a  name 

almost  divine. 
Inspired  by  Heaven  had  reared  once  more 

Jehovah's  hallowed  shrine; 
And  Gentile  kings  from  far-off  lands  had 

crowned  that  holy  fane 
With  gifts  untold,  and  there  asked   j^eace 

and  blessings  on  their  reign. 

All  tributes  paid,  still  gifts  o'erflowed ;  and 

sumless  treasures  rare. 
The  wealth  of  merchants,  princes,  realms, 

sought  sanctuary  there ; 
The  maiden's  dower,  the  orphan's  share,  the 

widow's  portion  sure. 
There  slept  inviolate,  with  tithes  that  fed 

the  nation's  poor. 

But  graceless  Simon,  sworn  to  guard  that 
treasury  divine, 

'Gainst  just  Onias  stirred  with  rage  and  envy 
most  malign. 

To  heathen  foes  that  trust  betrayed,  in  in- 
famy untold, 

And  moved  the  Syrian  tyrant's  greed  to 
grasp  the  hallowed  gold. 

Then  King  Seleucus  sent  with  guile  the 
warder  of  his  hoard. 

Bold  Heliodorus,  charged  to  rob  the  temple 
of  the  Lord : 

Through  Coelosyria's  subject  towns,  Phoeni- 
cia's conquered  powers. 

In  well-feigned  state  he  strays,  then  speeds 
to  Zion's  holy  towers. 

Ah !  who  can  tell  what  pall-like  woe  hung 

Salem's  city  o'er, 
As  Heliodorus's  dire  demand  was  told  from 

door  to  door ! 
From  street  to  street  a  doleful  cry  of  anguish 

rent  the  air — 
Ten    thousand    stretched    their    hands    to 

Heaven, ten  thousand  bowed  in  prayer. 

Fair  women,  girt  with  sackcloth  harsh  be- 
neath their  tender  breasts. 

Wailed  through  the  town,  and  virgins 
moaned,  and  tore  their  snowy  vests ; 

The  full-robed  Levites,  prostrate  low,  before 
God's  altar  lay. 

And  cried:  "Jehovah,  guard  Thine  own! 
Defend  Thy  law  this  day !'' 

But  ah,  that  good  and  great  high-priest! 

'Twas  fearful  to  behold 
What  speechless  agony  of  prayer  his  ghastly 

visage  told  I 
What  grief,  what  shame,  for  orphans  robbed, 

for  God's  pure  shrine  profaned ; 
Yet  on  his  mournful,  awful  face,  a  startling 

brightness  reigned ! 


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HERMiOlSr. 


But  Ileliodonis,  eager,  rash,  that  ruthless 
mandate  urged. 

And  trod  Jehovali's  halh)wed  courts  in  Gen- 
tile guilt,  unpurged ; 

His  bandit  guard  around  him  stood,  the 
sacrilege  began, 

"When  lo!  God's  instant  glory  blazed,  to 
whelm  the  pride  of  man  ! 

Forth  rushed,  caparisoned  most  fair,  a  steed 
of  dazzling  mould, 

■^Vho  bore  a  rider  terrible,  complete  in  har- 
nessed gold! 

And  fierce  with  hoofs  all  shod  with  fire  he 
smote  tlie  irn])ious  foe; 

Ills  breath  was  fi.une!  Plis  eyes  like  coals  I 
His  mane  a  meteor's  glow ! 

And   two   celestial  youtlis   stood  there,   in 

robes  of  lustrous  white, 
Glorious  in  beauty,  excellent  in  majesty  and 

might. 
And  swift  with  rods  of  baleful  gleam,  while 

quaking  Antioch  saw. 
They    scourged,    with    sore    and    vengeful 

strokes,  the  scorner  of  God's  law  ! 

Down  Heliodorus  fell,  amain,  in  dark  and 
deathlike  swoon, 

As  fell  ]iroud  Saul,  when  Christ  from  heaven 
outflashed  the  summer  noon  ! 

Fainting  with  awe  they  bore  liim  forth  from 
that  thrice  direful  ])lace. 

Then  flew  to  God's  high-priest  to  crave  in- 
censed Jehovah's  grace. 

T]w  dread  saint  prays,  the  Gentile  lives,  and 

hies  him  to  his  lord; 
He  tells  the  glorious  power  of  Ilim  on  Zion's 

height  adored ; 
The   king,    enraged,    asks:     "Whom,   once 

more,  whom  braver,  shall  I  st;nd?" 
"Thy  foes,  O  king,"  the  stern  reply,  "their 

madness  thus  shall  end!" 

Ah !  ye  who   grasp  at  others'  wealth,  nor 

dread  Heaven's  righteous  wrath ; 
Whose  hordes,  like  locust  bands,  devour  the 

poor  with  wasting  scath ; 
Who  rule  for  gain,  whose  law  is  self,  whose 

god  is  sordid  gold ; 
Whose  sway  is  outrage   legalized;    shame, 

conscience,  manhood  sold. 

Woe  !  woe !  to  all  your  pirate  crew  !  Wolves, 

vultures  of  your  race ! 
Plagues,    pests,    and   vermin    of    mankind, 

whate'er  your  pride  and  ])lace, 
Be    warned!    beware!    crime's    longest   day 

must  end,  and  judgment  come; 
Haste!  justice  whets  God's  scourging  sword, 

and  mercy's  lips  grow  dumb! 

George  Lansing  Taylor. 

3499.  HEIESHIP,  My. 
Little  store  of  wealth  have  I; 
Not  a  rood  of  land  I  own, 


Nor  a  mansion  fair  and  high. 

Built  with  towers  of  fretted  stone. 

Stocks  nor  bonds,  nor  title-deeds. 
Flocks  nor  herds  have  I  to  show; 

When  I  ride,  no  Arab  steeds 

Toss  for  me  their  manes  of  snow. 

I  have  neither  pearls  nor  gold, 
]\Iassive  plate,  nor  jewels  rare, 

Broidered  silks  of  worth  untold. 
Nor  rich  robes  a  queen  might  wear. 

In  my  garden's  narrow  boimd 
Flainit  no  costly  tropic  blooms, 

Ladening  all  the  air  around 

W^ith  a  weight  of  rare  perfumes. 

Yet  to  an  immense  estate 
Am  I  heir  by  grace  of  God — 

Richer,  grander,  than  doth  wait 
Any  earthly  monarch's  nod. 

Heir  of  all  the  ages,  I, 

Heir  of  all  that  they  have  wrought, 
All  their  store  of  emprise  high. 

All  their  wealth  of  precious  thought. 

Every  golden  deed  of  theirs 

Shed  its  lustre  on  thy  way; 
All  their  labors,  all  tin  ir  prayers. 

Sanctify  this  present  day ! 

Heir  of  all  that  they  have  earned 
By  their  jiassions  and  their  tears. 

Heir  of  all  that  they  have  learned 
Through  the  weary,  toiling  years! 

Heir  of  all  the  faith  sublime. 

On  whose  wings  they  soared  to  heaven; 
Heir  of  every  hope  that  Time 

To  his  fainting  sons  hath  given  ! 

Aspirations  pure  and  liigh. 
Strength  to  do  and  to  endure, 

Heir  of  all  the  i\\^i^^.,  I; 
Lo !  I  am  no  longer  poor! 

Julia  C.  li.  Dorr. 

3500.  HEEMON. 

Matthew  xvii  :  4. 
Lord  !  it  is  good  for  us  to  bo 
High  oa  the  mountain  liere  with  Thee: 
Here  in  an  ampler,  ])iirer  air. 
Above  the  stir  of  toil  and  care. 
Of  hearts  oppressed  with  doubt  and  grief, 
Believing  in  their  unbelief, 
(falling  Thy  servants  all  in  vain 
To  case  them  of  their  bitter  pain. 

Lord  !  it  is  good  for  us  to  be 

Wliere  rest  the  souls  that  dwell  with  Thee; 

Where  stand  revealed  to  mortal  gaze 

The  great  old  saints  of  other  days. 

Who  once  received  on  Horeb's  height 

The  eternal  laws  of  truth  and  right; 

Or  caught  the  still,  small  whisper,  higher 

Thau  storm,  than  earthquake,  or  than  fire. 


HERODI^S. 


HERODIAS. 


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Lord  !  it  is  good  for  us  to  be 

With  Thee,  and  with  Thy  faithful  three: 

Here,  where  the  apostle's  heart  of  rock 

Is  nerved  against  temptation's  shock ; 

Here,  where  the  son  of  thunder  learns 

The  thought  that  breathes,  the  word  that 

burns ; 
Here,  where  on  eagles'  wings  we  move 
With  Him  whose  last,  best  word  is  love. 

Lord !  it  is  good  for  us  to  be 
Entranced,  enwrapped,  alone  with  Thee, 
Watching  the  glistening  raiment  glow 
Wliiter  thi^n  Hermon's  whitest  snow, 
The  human  lineaments  which  shine 
Irradiant  with  a  light  divine. 
Till  we,  too,  change  from  grace  to  grace, 
Gazing  on  that  transfigured  face. 

Lord  !  it  is  good  for  us  to  be 
In  life's  worst  anguit^h  close  to  Thee, 
Within  the  overshadowing  cloud 
Which  wraps  us  in  its  awful  shroud ; 
We  wist  not  what  to  think  or  say, 
Our  spirits  sink  in  sore  dismay ; 
They  tell  us  of  the  dread  "decease;" 
But  yet  to  linger  here  is  peace. 

Lord !  it  is  good  for  us  to  be 
Here  on  the  holy  mount  with  Thee, 
When  darkling  in  the  depths  of  night, 
When  dazzled  with  excess  of  light; 
We  bow  before  the  heavenly  voice 
Which  bids  bewildered  souls  rejoice: 
Though  love  wax  cold,  and  faith  grow  dim. 
This  is  my  Son ;  oh  hear  ye  Him ! 

A.  P.  Stanley. 

3501.  HEEODIAS,  The  Daughter  of. 
Matthew  xiv  :  6-9. 
Serene  in  the  moonlight  the  pure  flowers  lay ; 
All  was  still  save  the  plash  of  the  fountain's 

soft  play; 
And  white  as  its  foam  gleamed  the  walls  of 

the  palace; 
But  within  were  hot  lips  quaffing  fire  from 

the  chalice; 
For  Herod,  the  tetrarch,  was  feasting  that 

night 
The  lords  of  Machaerus,  and  brave  was  the 

sight! 
Yet   mournful  the    contrast,   without    and 

within. 
Here  were  purity,  peace ;  there  were  riot  and 

sin! 
The  vast  and  magnificent  banqueting-room 
Was  of  marble  Egyptian,  in   form  and  in 

gloom ; 
And  around,  wild  and  dark  as  a  demon's 

dread  thought. 
Strange   shapes,  full  of  terror,  yet  beauty, 

were  wrought. 
Th'  ineffable  sorrow,  that  dwells  in  the  face 
Of  the  Sphinx,  wore  a  soft  and  mysterious 

grace. 
Dim,  even  amid  the  full  flood  of  light  poured 


From  a  thousand  high  clustering  lamps  on 

the  board ; 
Those  lamps,  each  a  serpent  of  jewels  and 

gold. 
That  seemed  to  hiss  forth  the  fierce  flame  as 

it  rolled. 
Back  flashed  to  that  ray  the  rich  vessels  that 

lay 
Profuse  on  the  tables  in  brilliant  array; 
And  clear  through  the  crystal  the  glowing 

wine  gleamed. 
And    dazzling    the   robes   of   the   revellers 

seemed, 
While  Herod,  the  eagle-eyed,  ruled  o'er  the 
A  lion  in  spirit,  a  monarch  in  mien,    [scene, 
The  goblet  was  foaming,  the  revel  rose 

high. 
There   were   pride    and   fierce    joy   in  the 

haughty  king's  eye. 
For  his  chiefs  and  his  captains  bowed  low  at 

his  word. 
And  the  feast  Was  right  royal  that  burdened 

the  board. 
Lo  !  light  as  a  star  through  a  gathered  cloud 

stealing. 
What  spirit  glanced  in  'mid  the  guard  at  the 

door? 
Their  stern  bands  divide,  a  fair  figure  re- 
vealing; 
^he  bounds,  in  her  beauty,  the  dim  threshold 

o'er. 
Her  dark   eyes   are   lovely  with  tenderest 

truth ; 
The  bloom  on  her  cheek  is  the  blossom  of 

youth ; 
And  a  smile  that  steals  through  it  is   rich 

with  the  ray 
Of  a  heart  full  of  love  and  of  innocent  play. 
Soft  fall   lier    fair   tresses   her   light   form 

around ; 
Soft  fall  her  fair  tresses,  nor  braided   nor 

bound ; 
And  her  white  robe  is  loose,  and  her  dimpled 

arms  l)are : 
For  she  is  but  a  child,  without  trouble  or 

care. 
Now  round  the  glad  vision  wild   music  is 

heard : 
Is  she  gifted  with  winglets  of  fairy  or  bird? 
For,  lo!    as  if  borne  on  the  waves  of  that 

sound. 
With  white   arms   upwreathing,  she  floats 

from  the  ground. 
Still    glistens    the   goblet:  'tis  heeded    no 

more ! 
And  the  jest  and  the  song  of  the  banquet  are 

o'er; 
For  the  revellers,  spell-bound  by  beauty  and 

grace. 
Have  forgotten  all  earth,  save  that  form  and 

that  face. 
It  is  done !  for  one  moment,  mute,  motion- 
less, fair. 
The  phantom  of  light  pauses  playfully  there; 
The   next,    blushing  richly,    once   more  it 

takes  wing, 


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HERODI^S. 


Aud  she  kneels  at  the  footstool  of  Herod  the 

king. 
Her  young  head  is  drooping,  her  eyes  are 

bent  low, 
Her  hands  meekly  crossed  on  her  bosom  of 

snow, 
And,  veiling  her  figure,  her  shining  hair  flows, 
While  Herod,  flushed  high  with  the  revel, 

arose. 
Outspake  the  rash  monarch :  ' '  Now,  maiden, 

impart, 
Ere  thou  leave  us,  the  loftiest  hojje  of  thy 

heart ! 
By  the  God  of  my  fathers !  whate'er  it  may 

be— 
To  the  half  of  my  kingdom — 'tis  granted  to 

thee !" 
The  girl,  half  bewildered,  uplifted  her  eyes, 
Dilated  with  timid  delight  and  surprise. 
And  a  swift,  glowing  smile  o'er  her  happy 

face  stole. 
As  if  some  sunny  wish  had  just  woke  in  lier 

soul. 
Will  she  tell  it?     Ah,  no!     She  has  caught 

the  wild  gleam 
Of  a  soldier's  dark  eye,  and  she  starts  from 

her  dream ; 
Falters  forth  her  sweet  gratitude,  veils  her 

fair  frame. 
And  glides  from  the  presence,  all  glowing^ 

with  shame. 

Of  costly  cedar,  rarely  carved, 

The  royal  chambers  ceiling, 
The  columned  walls,  of  marble  rich, 

Its  brightest  iiues  revealing; 
Around  the  room  a  starry  smile 

The  lamp  of  crystal  shed ; 
But  warmest  lay  its  lustre  ou 

A  noble  lady's  head ; 
Her  dark  hair  bound  with  burning  gems, 

Whose  fitful  lightning-glow 
Is  tame  beside  the  wild,  black  eyes 

That  proudly  flash  below  : 
The  Jewish  rose  and  olive  blend 

Their  beauty  in  her  face ; 
She  bears  her  in  her  high  estate 

With  an  imperial  grace; 
All  gorgeous  glows  with  orient  gold 

The  broidery  of  her  vest ; 
With  precious  stones  its  purple  fold 

Is  clasped  upon  her  breast ; 
She  gazes  from  her  lattice  forth: 

What  sees  the  lady  there? 
A  strange,  wild  beauty  crowns  the  scene; 

But  she  lias  other  care ! 
Far  off  fair  Moab's  emerald  slopes. 

And  Jordan's  lovely  vale ; 
And  nearer,  heights  where  fleetest  foot 

Of  wild  gazelle  would  fail ; 
While  crowning  every  verdant  ridge. 

Like  drifts  of  moonlit  snow, 
Rich  palaces  and  temples  rise 

Around,  above,  below, 
Gleaming  through  groves  of  terebinth, 

Of  palm  and  sycamore, 


Where  the  swift  torrents,  dashing  free, 

Their  mountain  music  pour; 
And  arched  o'er  all,  the  eastern  heaven 

Lights  up  with  glory  rare 
The  landscape's  wild  magnificence; 

But  she  has  other  care  ! 
Why  flings  she  thus,  with  gesture  fierce, 

Her  silent  lute  aside? 
Some  deep  emotion  chafes  her  soul 

With  more  than  wonted  pride ; 
But,  hark !  a  sound  has  reached  her  heart, 

Inaudible  elsewhere. 
And  hushed  to  melting  tenderness 

The  storm  of  ])assion  there! 
The  far-(jff  fall  of  fairy  feet, 

That  fly  in  eager  glee, 
A  voice  that  warbles  wildly  sweet. 

Some  Jewish  melody! 
She  comes!  her  own  Salomg  comes! 

Her  ]m\e  and  blooming  child! 
She  comes  aud  anger  yields  to  love, 

And  sorrow  is  beguiled : 
Her  singing  bird  !  low  nestling  now 

Upon  the  parent  breast. 
She  murmurs  of  the  monarch's  vow, 

With  girlish  laugh  and  jest: 

"Now  choose  me  a  gift  and  well  ! 

There  are  so  many  joys  1  covet? 
Shall  I  ask  for  a  young  gazelle? 

'Twould  be  more  than  the  world  to  me. 
Fleet  and  wild  as  the  wind, 

Oh  !  how  I  would  cherish  and  love  it! 
With  flowers  its  neck  I'd  bind, 

And  joy  in  its  graceful  glee. 

"  Shall  I  ask  for  a  gem  of  light. 

To  braid  in  my  flowing  ringlets? 
Like  a  star  through  the  veil  of  night, 

Would  glisten  its  glorious  hue; 
Or  a  radiant  bird,  to  close 

Its  beautiful,  waving  winglets 
On  my  bosom  in  soft  repose. 

And  share  my  love  with  you !" 

She  paused,  bewildered,  terror-struck; 

For,  in  her  nidthcr's  soul. 
Roused  by  the  promise  of  the  king. 

Beyond  her  weak  control, 
The  exulting  tem|)est  of  revenge 

And  pride  raged  wild  and  high, 
And  sent  its  storm-cloud  to  lier  brow, 

Its  lightning  to  her  eye  I 
Her  haughty  lip  was  quivering 

With  anger  and  disdain, 
Her  beauteous,  jewelled  hands  were  clinched 

As  if  from  sudden  pain. 

"Forgive,"  Salomg  faltering  cried, 

"Forgive  my  childish  glee! 
'Twas  selfish,  vain;   oh!  look  not  thus, 

But  let  me  ask  for  thee !" 
Then  smiled — it  was  a  deadly  smile — 

That  lady  on  her  child. 
And,  "Swear  thou'lt  do  my  bidding,  now!" 

She  cried,  in  accents  wild: 


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HEriODIA-S. 


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"Ah  !  -when,  from  earliest  childhood's  hour, 

Did  I  thine  anger  dare! 
Yet,  since  an  oath  thy  %vish  must  seal, 

By  Judah's  hopes,  I  swear!" 
Herodias  stooped — one  whisper  brief! — 

Was  it  a  serpent's  hiss, 
That  thus  the  maiden  starts  and  shrinks 

Beneath  the  woman's  kiss? 
A  moment's  pause  of  doubt  and  dread! 

Then  wild  the  victim  knelt: 
"  Take,  take  my  worthless  life  instead! 

Oh  !  if  thou  e'er  hast  felt 
A  mother's  love,  thou  canst  not  doom; 

No,  no  !  'twas  but  a  jest ! 
Speak !  speak !  and  let  me  fly  once  more, 

Confiding  to  thy  breast !" 
A  hollow  and  sepulchral  tone 

Was  hers  who  made  reply : 
"  The  oath !  the  oath  !  remember,  girl ! 

'Tis  registered  on  high ! 
SalomS  rose,  mute,  moveless  stood 

As  marble,  save  in  breath. 
Half  senseless  in  her  cold  despair. 

Her  young  cheek  blanched  like  death ; 
But  an  hour  since,  so  joyous,  fond, 

Without  a  grief  or  care. 
Now  struck  with  woe  unspeakable, 

How  dread  a  change  was  there ! 
"It  shall  be  done  !"     Was  that  the  voice 

That  rang  so  gayly  sweet. 
When,  innocent  and  blest,  she  came. 

But  now,  with  flying  feet? 
"It  shall  be  done !"     She  turns  to  go, 

But,  ere  she  gains  the  door, 
One  look  of  wordless,  deep  reproach 

She  backward  casts — no  more ! 
But  late  she  sprang  the  threshold  o'er, 

A  light  and  blooming  child. 
Now,  reckless,  in  her  grief  she  goes 

A  woman  stern  and  wild. 

With  pallid  cheek,  dishevelled  hair, 

And  wildly  gleaming  eyes. 
Once  more  before  the  banqueters 

A  fearful  phantom  flies ; 
Once  more  at  Herod's  feet  it  falls, 

And,  cold  with  nameless  dread. 
The  wondering  monarch  bends  to  hear 

A  voice,  as  from  the  dead. 
From  those  pale  lips  shrieks  madly  forth : 

"  Thy  promise,  king,  I  claim, 
And  if  the  grant  be  foulest  guilt. 

Not  mine,  not  mine  the  blame ! 
Quick,  quick  recall  that  reckless  vow, 

Or  strike  thy  dagger  here, 
Ere  yet  this  voice  demands  a  gift 

That  chills  my  soul  with  fear! 
Heaven's  curse  upon  the  fatal  grace 

That  idly  charmed  thine  eyes! 
Oh !  better  had  I  ne'er  been  born 

Than  be  the  sacrifice! 
The  word  I  speak  will  blanch  thy  cheek. 

If  human  heart  be  thine; 
It  was  a  fiend  in  human  form 

That  murmured  it  to  mine. 
To  die  for  me  I  a  thoughtless  child ! 


For  me  must  blood  be  shed! 
Bend  low,  lest  angels  hear  me  ask ! 
O  God !  the  Baptist's  head !" 

Frances  8.  Osgood. 

3502.  HERODIAS,  The  Daughter  of. 
Mark  vi :  14-28. 

Mother,  I  bring  thy  gift ;         [pray, 
Take  from  my  hand  the  dreaded  boon.     I 
Take  it ;  the  still,  pale  sorrow  of  the  face 
Hath  left  upon  my  soul  its  living  trace, 

Never  to  pass  away, 
Since  from  these  lips  one  word  of  idle  breath 
Blanched  that  calm  face.     O  mother!  this 
is  death. 

What  is  it  that  I  see  [gleaming? 
From  all  the  pure  and  settled  features 
Reproach  !  reproach  !    My  dreams  are  strange 

and  wild. 
Mother,  hadst  thou  not  pity  on  thy  child? 
Lo !  a  celestial  smile  seems  softly  beaming 
On  the  hushed  lips ;  my  mother !  canst  thou 

brook 
Longer  upon  thy  victim's  face  to  look? 

Alas !  at  yester  morn 
My  heart  was  light,  and  to  the  viol's  sound 
I  gayly  danced,  while  crowned  with  summer 

flowers. 
And  swiftly  by  mc  sped  the  flying  hours ; 

And  all  was  joy  around — 
Not  death !  O  mother !  could  I  say  thee  nay? 
Take  from  thy  daughter's   hand  thy  boon 


away 


Take  it,  my  heart  is  sad ; 
And  the  pure  forehead  hath  an  icy  chill. 
I  dare  not  touch  it,  for  avenging  Heaven 
Hath  shuddering  visions  to  my  fancy  given ; 
And  the  pale  face  appalls  me,  cold  and  still, 
With  the  closed  lips.     Oh,  tell  mc !  could  I 

know 
That  the  pale  features  of  the  dead  were  so? 

I  may  not  turn  away  [his  name 

From  the  charmed  brow ;  and  I  have  heard 
Even  as  a  prophet  by  his  people  spoken ; 
And  that  high  brow  in  death  bears  seal  and 

token 
Of  one  whose  words  were  flame. 
O  holy  teacher !  couldst  thou  rise  and  live. 
Would  not  those  hushed  lips  whisper,  "I 

forgive"? 

Away  with  lute  and  harp, 
With  the  glad  heart  forever,  and  the  dance ! 
Never  again  shall  tabret  sound  for  me  I 
O  fearful  mother!  I  have  brought  to  thee 
The  silent  dead  with  his  rebuking  glance, 
And  the  crushed  heart  of  one  to  whom  is 

given 
Wild   dreams   of    judgment   and   offended 

Heaven !  Lucy  Hooper. 


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HOLY. 


3503.  HEZEKIAH,  Pool  of, 

Great  King! 
Not  less  the  patriot  than  the  man  of  faith, 
How  full  of  prayer  and  deed  thy  noble  reign ! 
Before  thy  God  how  lowly  and  how  meek; 
Sefore  Assyria's  captains,  strong  and  brave. 
What  did  Jerusalem  owe  thee  for  thy  love. 
Thy  wisdom,  and  thy  faith !     And  that  old 

pool, 
■(*oor  and  in  ruins,  as  it  now  appears, 
f et  tells  of  thee  and  of  thy  peaceful  reign. 

3504.  HID  TREASURE. 

Matthew  xiii  :  44-40. 

"Not  as  the  straws  upon  the  billows  strown, 
But  as  the  pearls  that  in  the  deep  reside; 
Not  as  the  waifs  upon  the  waters  sown, 
But  something  more  than  all  the  world  beside 
Is  the  rich  treasure  of  the  good  man's  heart; 
Worth  loss  of  all  things  to  attain  the  prize: 
Go,  sell  thy  all,  glad  from  thy  all  to  part, 
To  gain  the  heavenly  treasure  in  the  skies. 

'Tis  not  enough  that  God  on  earth  is  known, 
Nor  that  His  church  is  like  a  spreading  tree ; 
'Tis  not  enough  that  seed  of  good  is  sown  : 
No  blessing  yet  may  fall  therefrom  on  me: 
It  must  be  mine ;  all  else  I  count  but  loss. 
For  this  hid  ]iearl,  so  priceless,  so  divine; 
Ah!  is  it  much  to  sell  the  Avorthless  dross, 
To  gain  the  precious  ore,  and  make  it  mine? 

Vain  are  all  worldly  joys,  all  earthly  things. 
Earth's  tinsel  and  caparison  of  gold; 
The  throne  of  emj^erors,  the  crown  of  kings. 
What  are  they  worth,  when  all  of  them  are 

told? 
Earth's  hopes  and  joys,  its  wishes  and  its 

ties. 
Its   greed   and  gain,   its   j^roud  sepulchral 

urns — 
What  are  they  all,  when  this  frail  body  dies, 
And  when  the  spirit  to  its  God  returns? 

And  yet  for  these  men  dig,  and  delve,  and 

die. 
Forgetting  that  which  is  the  one  true  prize — 
The  i^earl,  the  hidden  treasure,  which  to  buy 
We  sell  our  all — field,  fortune,  merchandise. 
This  one  thing  needful  let  me  seek,  O  Lord  ! 
This  costly  pearl,  this  treasure,  let  me  find ; 
Light,   search,   and  patience,   Lord,   to  me 

afford ; 
Press  on  to  this,  and  leave  all  else  behind. 
Robert  Maguire. 

3505.  HOLT  LAND,  Attractions  of  the. 

Across  the  plains  of  Europe,  through  the 
smoke 

Of  its  grim  cities,  bend  thy  gaze  afar 

To  Syrian  mountains,  o'er  whose  tops  first 
woke 

The  youth  and  splendor  of  time's  morning- 
star. 


Turn  from  thy  native  west,  where  daylight 

dies. 
And  look  to  the  fair  lands  where  morning 

springs ; 
Morn,  with  its  fresh  and  fragrant  ministries, 
And  resurrection-symbols  on  its  wings. 

Cradle  of  life  and  birth-land  of  the  day. 
How  the  heart  turns  to  it  in  silent  hours, 
As  to  the  home  of  true  nativity. 
Truer  than  this  far  western  shore  of  ours. 

Six  thousand  summer's,  each  a  golden  dream, 
Have  flung  their  glowing  mantles  o'er  its 

hills; 
Myriads  of  mornings,  each  a  ruby  gleam. 
Have  flushed  in  beauty  o'er  its  lowly  rills. 

Turn  from  thy  native  north,  where  suns  are 

scant. 
And  stars  are  mute,   and  skies  all  sickly- 

pale,_ 
To  purer  climes  where  stars  are  eloquent, 
Where  suns  and  skies  put  on  no  cloudy  veil. 

O  cliffs  and  vales,  palm-groves  and  olive- 
slopes, 
Fountains  and  tranquil  lakes,  serenely  bright, 
Where  sprung  and  blossomed   earth's  first 
living  liopes, 
arkuess  fled  b 

Where  heaven  saluted  earth,  and  God  with 

man. 
As  friend  with  friend,  walked  in  communion 

dear ; 
Where  peace  descended,  and  the  ancient  ban 
Was  cancelled  that  forbade  us  to  draw  near. 

Where  words  were  spoken  and  where  deeds 

were  done 
That  changed  the  current  of  earth's  history, 
That  overthrew  old  altars,  one  by  one; 
Where  truth  divine  shook  down  each  human 

lie. 

That  spoke  to  weary  souls  of  rest  and  peace, 
Of  the  great  love  of  God,  so  sure  and  true, 
Of  the  wide  open  gate  to  heaveniy  bliss. 
Of  life  through  death,  of  old  things  all  made 
new. 

It  is  not  now  what  once  it  was  of  old, 
Nor  what  it  shall  be  in  the  age  divine; 
Yet  still  it  beameth  with  a  love  untold. 
That   dear,    dear   Orient,   light's   authentic 
shrine. 

O  land  of  morning,  what  a  glory  still 
Above  thee  rests,  though  desolate  thy  ways ! 
We  look  from  far  to  each  once  sacred  hill. 
And  faith  and  hope  grow  stronger   as  we 
gaze. 

How  doubly  true   seems   truth  when  seen 

through  you, 
Zion,  and  Lebanon,  and  Olivet ! 
How  dear  the  Amen,  old  yet  ever  new. 
That  echoes  to  us  from  each  ancient  height  1 


HOLY. 


HOLY. 


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Blessed  the  eyes  that  once  upon  you  gazed, 
Blessed  the  feet   chat  ouce  your  highways 

trod, 
Blessed  the  cars  that  heard  the  hymns  once 

raised 
In  Salem's  shrine,  upon  the  Mount  of  God. 
Iluratins  Bonar. 

3506.  HOLY  LAND,  Defilement  of  the. 

On  Jordan's  banks  the  Arab's  camels  stray 
On  Sioii's  hill  the  False  One's  votaries  pray, 
The  Baal-adorer  bows  on  Sinai's  steep ; 
Yet  there,  even  there,  O  God !  Thy  thunders 
sleep : 

There,  where  Thy  finger  scorched  the  tablet 

stone ; 
There,  where  Thy  shadow  to   Thy  people 

shone! 
Thy  glory  shrouded  in  its  garb  of  fire : 
Thyself  none  living  see,  and  not  expire ! 

Oh  I  in  the  lightning  let  Thy  glance  appear-, 
Sweep  from  his  shivered  hand  the  oppressor's 

spear : 
How  long  by  tyrants  shall  Thy  land  be  trod? 
How  long  Thy  temple  worshipless,  O  God? 

Lord  Byron. 

3507.  HOLT  LAND,  Interest  in  the. 
O  land  of  men  of  other  days ! 

Where  bards  and  Ancient  prophets  trod. 
The  land  of  rapt  Isaiah's  lays, 
The  laud  of  David's  psalms  of  praise, 

Land  of  the  men  of  God. 

And  if  'tis  not  eno\igh  of  fame 

To  be  the  home  of  prophets,  then 
From  all  thy  hills  and  rocks  proclaim 
The  higher  and  more  glorious  name 
Of  Him  who  died  for  men. 

In  vain,  like  birds  on  ocean's  foam. 
When  tossed  amid  a  troubled  sea, 
In  vain  the  sad  in  spirit  roam. 
In  search  of  resting-place  or  home. 
Who  turn  away  from  Thee. 

By  Thee  the  seal  of  doubt  is  broken 

Which  long  to  human  hearts  had  pressed; 
By  Thee  alone  the  words  are  spoken. 
Which  "peace  on  earth"  and  love  betoken. 
And  give  the  weary  rest. 

The  clouds  of  Sinai's  mount  proclaim 

The  law  that  wakes  the  spirit's  fears; 
From  Calvary's  height  the  message  came. 
The  law  of  love  for  that  of  flame, 
Love  for  the  coming  years. 

Land  of  the  soul !  forever  dear; 

Wide  o'er  the  world  the  words  impart, 
Which  turn  to  hope  despairing  fear; 
Which  dry  the  penitential  tear. 

And  heal  the  bleedinglheart. 

Thomas  C,  Upham. 


3508.  HOLT  LAND,  Our. 
Come !  let  us  wander  by  the  silent  beach 
Of  this  our  mimic  lake  or  inland  sea. 
Type  of  tlie  haven  where  our  souls  would  be, 
And  learn  the  lessons  which  its  waters  teach, 
As  all  God's  voiceless  creatures  use  to  preach. 

We  need  not  travel  to  the  Holy  Land, 
To  trace  the  sacred  print  of  Jesus'  feet. 
Where,  without  ebb  or  flow,   the  wavelets 

beat 
With  mystic  murmur  o'er  the  level  sand 
Of  Galilee's  world-venerated  strand. 

Sweet  are  the  fountains  of  fair  Jordan's  lake, 
Bitter  the  ocean-springs  of  yon  sea-bay; 
O'er  both,  most  bright,  most  blue,  the  sun- 
gleams  play. 
While  fitful  breezes  solemn  echoes  wake. 
And  of  the  encircling  crags  in  terror  quake. 

God's  voice  is  heard  in  thunder  underground ; 
The  rumbling,  reeling  earth,  man's  last  sole 


Labors  with  gape  and  heave  to  roll  away; 
The  seething  billows,  one  huge  tidal  mound, 
Pour  their  volcanic  torrent  far  around. 

Woe  to  Bethsaida!  to  Chorazin  woe! — 
Sad  dirge  of  men's  hearts  failing  them  for 

fear 
At  roaring  sea  and  waves — -thy  doom  is  near; 
Repent,  or  else  expect  thine  overthrow; 
Though  high  as  heaven,  as  hell  thou  shalt 

sink  low. 

Then  all  is  calm  and  smiling  as  before; 
The  river  cleaves  the  interlacing  hills 
With  gentle  flow,  made  musical  by  rills 
From  yonder  snowy  peak's  perennial  store. 
Where  many  a  grassy  steep   o'erhangs  the 
shore. 

And  many  a  Te-palm,  many  a  tufted  bush. 

With  blossoms  glimmering  red  through  pen- 
dant leaves 

Of  creeping  parasites,  a  garland  weaves; 

And  giant  trunks  their  festooned  branches 
push 

Above  the  tangled  scrub  and  feathery  rush. 

And  many  a  fern-tree  rears  its  lofty  crest 
Embowering  leafy  nooks  of  paler  green 
Than  the  deep  umbrage  of  the  forest  screen, 
Where  birds  of  varied  plumage  shun  their 

nest 
To  bask  in  that  sweet  sunny  realm  of  rest. 

Their  notes,  like  silver  chimes,  fill  all  the 

grove 
With  modulated  music,  rich  and  clear. 
Cheering  the  lonely  fisher  on  the  mere. 
Or  where  his  net  upon  the  rock  is  hove. 
While     sportive     shoals    glance    harmless 

through  the  cove. 


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HORSEIvIElsr. 


HORSElMElSr. 


Here  Jesus  might  have   fed   the   famished 

host; 
Here  wrought  the  miracle  of  frantic  swine ; 
On  yonder  mount,  transfigured,  shone  divine ; 
O'er  yon  calm  water  roamed  from  coast  to 

coast, 
Or    hushed    them    with    His    word    when 

tempest-tost. 

The  gospel  is  not  written  in  a  book, 
A  tale  that  may  be  read,  and  then  forgot; 
lis  work  of  love  and  truth  endureth  yet, 
Or  in  the  silence  of  this  desert  nook, 
Or  in  the  busy  hum  we  late  forsook. 

Jesus  is  everywhere,  is  very  nigh ; 
The  Holy  Laud  is  in  us  and  around; 
Grace  blends  with  nature,  earth  with  heaven 
profound ; 
'  To  them  of  loving  heart  and  single  eye, 
Deep  sacraments  all  creatures  underlie. 

Whoso  is  wise,  like  Jesus'  self,  will  blend 
The  active  with  the  contemplative  life; 
Leave  for  awhile  the  city's  cares  and  strife, 
In  solitude  his  proud  heart's  knee  to  bend, 
And  in  the  wilderness  seek  One  True  Friend, 

In  calm  or  storm,  in  sunshine  or  in  shade. 
His  presence  will  go  with  thee  and  give  rest, 
Soothing  the  stormy  passions  of  the  breast; 
Lo !  I  am  with  you  always — so  He  said — 
Even  to  the  end;  'tis  I,  be  not  afraid. 

Arthur  Baker. 

3509,  HORSEMEN,  The  Two. 
Revelations  vi. 
He  Cometh !  He  cometh !  the  death-dealing 

king; 
His  pale  steed  is  fleet  as  the  hurricane's  wing : 
Around  him  are  ravening  the  monsters  of  hell, 
Earth  shrinks  from  their  aspect,  and  shakes 
with  their  yell. 

He  cometh !  He  cometh  I  with  sword  drip- 
ping gore: 
Desolation  behind  him,  and  terror  before  : 
His  banner  of  darkness  above  him  is  spread. 
With   pestilent  vapor   earth  smokes  at  his 
tread. 

Her  kings  and  her  captains  oppose  him  in 

vain; 
Her  mantle  no  longer  can  cover  her  slain; 
The  great  are  down-trampled,  the  mighty 

ones  fail,  [the  gale. 

And  their  armies  are  scattered  like  leaves  on 

The  beasts  of  the  forest  exult  o'er  their  prey. 
Grim  Slaughter  mows  onward  his  merciless 

way. 
Gaunt  Famine,  and  livid  Disease  at  his  side. 
O'er  monarchs  and  nations  triumphantly  ride. 

And  now  from  their  slumber  the  tempests 

awaken : 
They  rage,  and  the  stars  from  their  orbits 

are  shaken ; 


The  sun  gathers  blackness,  the  moon  turns 

to  blood. 
The  heavens  pass  away;  and  the  isles  from 

the  flood, 

And  the  mountains  from  earth,  at  the  tumult 

retreat : 
The  prince  and  the  peasant;  the  abject,  the 

great; 
The  youthful,   the   aged;   the   fearful,   the 

brave ; 
The  strong  man,  the  feeble;  the  freeman, 

the  slave, 

To  caverns  and  dens  for  a  hiding-place  run ; 
But  who  the  keen  eye  of  Jehovah  can  shun? 
From  His  face  to  conceal  them,  despairing 

they  call 
To  the  rocks  and  the  mountains  upon  them 

to  fall : 

In  vain ;  for  the  day  of  decision  at  last 
Has  dawned,  and  the  season  of  mercy  is  past : 
He  cometh  from  heaven,  with  the  sword  and 

the  rod, 
Who  shall  tread  in  His  fury  the  wine-press 

of  God. 

His  angel  the  fowls  is  inviting  aloud 

To  the  carnage  of  steeds  and  their  riders  to 

crowd. 
Whose  flesh  shall  be  mangled,  whose  blood 

shall  be  spilled. 
That  the  vultures  and  ravens  may  eat  and  be 

filled. 

He  cometh !  He  cometh !  how  glorious  the 

sight  I 
His  horse  as  the  snow  newly  fallen  is  white ; 
On  His  head  are  the  crowns  that  betoken 

His  power. 
From  His  eyes  flash  red  lightnings  His  foes 

to  devour. 

In  blood  has  the  vesture  been  dipped  that 

He  wears. 
And  a  name  on  His  thigh  and  His  vesture 

He  bears ; 
The  Sovereign  of  sovereigns,  that  loftiest  o^ 

names. 
And  Lord  of  all  lords,  its  possessor  proclaims 

And  white  are  the  horses,  as  snow  without 

stain. 
Of  the  thousands  of  thousands  who  ride  in 

His  train ; 
And  white  and  unspotted  the  robes  He  has 

given 
To  be  worn  on  this  day  by  the  armies  of 

heaven. 

The  bow  in  His  hand,  lo!  unerring  He  bends; 
With  the  sword  from  His  mouth  every  spirit 

He  rends ; 
By  His  rod  are  down-smitten  all  they  that 

oppose, 
And  from  conquering  to  conquer  resistless 

He  goes. 


HOST. 


HOTJSE. 


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The  beast,  the  false  prophet,  and  Satan,  and 

death, 
He  thrusts  to  the  pit  that  is  yawning  beneath ; 
Where  tortures  unceasing  their  vitals  shall 

rend, 
And  the   smoke  of  their   torment   forever 

ascend. 

But  see,  where  His  presence  the  darkness 

illumes. 
How  lovely  the  aspect  creation  assumes! 
New  heavens,    a   new  earth    a   new  ocean 

arise, 
That  fill  every  heart  with  a  welcome  surprise. 

A  city  majestic  and  spacious  appears. 
Which  sin  cannot  enter,  where  dried  are  all 

tears ; 
With    beauty    resplendent,    from    dangers 

*      secure ; 
Where  fruits  as  perennial  and  waters  as  pure 

As  He  who  erects  it  the  blessed  await : 
With  shoutings  of  triumph  they  enter  the 

gate, 
With  God,  their  Redeemer,  forever  to  reign. 
And  it  closes  on  all  but  the  Lamb  and  His 

train.  T.  Oreenwood. 

3510.  HOST  or  GOD,  The, 
Genesis  xxxii  :  1,  3. 
"The  Host  of  God!"     From  whence  came 

And  whither  are  they  bound?  [they, 

Are  they  of  those  that  watch  by  day, 

And  keep  their  nightly  round? 
Come  they  from  realms  celestial,  sent 

On  God's  high  message  here? 
Guide  they  the  mighty  firmament? 

Guide  they  the  rolling  sphere? 

"The  Host  of  God!"     How  seemed  that 

In  heavenly  pomp  arrayed ?  [show? 

Marched  they  in  bright  angelic  row 

With  glittering  wings  displayed? 
Or  were  they  clad  in  flesh  and  bone, 

Like  children  of  the  earth. 
While  but  their  stately  step  and  tone 

Betrayed  their  glorious  birth? 

"  The  Host  of  God !"     How  did  they  greet 

Our  faint  and  wandering  sire? 
Passed  they  his  train  with  flying  feet, 

And  chariot  wheels  like  fire? 
Or  did  they  cheer  his  spirit  there 

Amid  that  desert  lone — 
Tell  him  that  granted  was  his  prayer, 

His  secret  sorrows  known? 

"  The  Host  of  God  !"    How  wild  the  tnought 

That  lowly  man  should  meet, 
'Mid  the  drear  realms  of  wolf  and  goat, 

The  step  of  holy  feet ! 
Whence  come  they,  whither  go,  is  dark; 

Their  purpose,  all  unknown ; 
Yet  shine  they  as  a  meteor  spark 

Through  midnight  darkness  thrown. 


Still  they  may  wheel  their  bright  career 

By  lonely  rock  or  tree, 
Had  we  the  patriarch's  ear  to  hear, 

His  holy  eye  to  see ! 
The  desert  wild,  the  crowded  way, 

By  heavenly  step  is  trod; 
Through  earth  and  air,  by  night,  by  day, 

Walks  still  "the  Host  of  God!" 

B.P. 

3511.  HOUSE,  Building  the. 

I  have  a  wondrous  house  to  build, 

A  dwelling  humble  yet  divine; 
A  lowly  cottage  to  be  filled 

With  all  the  jewels  of  the  mine. 
How  shall  I  build  it  strong  and  fair, 
This  noble  house,  this  lodging  rare. 

So  small  and  modest,  yet  so  great? 
How  shall  I  fill  its  chambers  bare. 

With  use,  with  ornament,  with  state? 

My  God  hath  given  the  stone  and  clay ; 

'Tis  I  must  fashion  them  aright ; 
'Tis  I  must  mould  them  day  by  day, 

And  make  my  labor  my  delight. 
This  cot,  this  palace,  this  fair  home, 
This  pleasure  house,  this  holy  dome. 

Must  be  in  all  proportions  fit. 
That  heavenly  messengers  may  come 

To  lodge  with  him  who  tenants  it. 

No  fairy  bower  this  house  must  be. 

To  totter  at  each  gale  that  starts ; 
But  of  substantial  masonry. 

Symmetrical  in  all  its  parts; 
Fit  in  its  strength  to  stand  sublime 
For  seventy  years  of  mortal  time, 

Defiant  of  the  storm  and  rain. 
And  well  attempered  to  the  clime 

In  every  cranny,  nook,  and  pane. 

I'll  build  it  so  that  if  the  blast 

Around  it  whistle  loud  and  long, 
The  tempest,  when  its  rage  has  passed. 

Shall  leave  its  rafters  doubly  strong.. 
I'll  build  it  so  that  travellers  by 
Shall  view  it  with  admiring  eye. 

For  its  commodiousness  and  grace ;: 
Firm  on  the  ground,  straight  to  the  sky, 

A  meek  but  godly  dwelling-place. 

Thus  noble  in  its  outward  form. 

Within  I'll  build  it  clean  and  white; 
Not  cheerless  cold,  but  happy  warm, 

And  ever  open  to  the  light. 
No  tortuous  passages  or  stair. 
No  chamber  foul  or  dungeon  lair, 

No  gloomy  attic  shall  there  be ; 
But  wide  apartments  ordered  fair, 

And  redolent  of  purity. 

With  three  compartments  furnished  well 
The  house  shall  be  a  home  complete, 

Wherein,  should  circumstance  rebel. 
The  humble  tenant  may  retreat. 


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HOUSE. 


HOTJSEHOLDKR. 


The  first  a  room  wherein  to  deal 
With  meu  for  human  nature's  weal ; 

A  room  where  he  may  work  or  play, 
And  all  his  social  life  reveal 

la  its  pure  texture  day  by  day. 

The  second,  for  his  wisdom  sought, 

Where,  with  his  cliosen  l)ook  or  friend, 
He  may  employ  his  active  thought 

To  \irtut)us  and  exalted  end. 
A  cliamber  lofty  and  serene. 
With  a  door  window  to  the  green, 

Smooth  shaven  sward,  and  arching  bowers, 
Wliere  lore,  or  talk,  or  song  between 

May  gild  his  intellectual  hours. 

The  third  an  oratory  dim, 

But  beautiful ;  where  he  may  raise, 
TJnlieard  of  men,  his  daily  hymn 

Of  love  and  gratitude  and  praise. 
Where  he  may  revel  in  the  light 
Of  tilings  imseen  and  infinite. 

And  learn  how  little  he  may  be, 
And  yet  how  awful  in  thy  sight, 

Ineffable  eternity. 

Such  is  the  house  that  I  must  build ; 

This  is  the  cottage,  this  the  dome, 
And  this  the  palace,  treasure-filled 

For  an  immortal's  earthly  home. 
O  noble  work  of  toil  and  care  ! 
O  task  most  difficult  and  rare ! 

O  simple  but  most  arduous  plan, 
To  raise  a  dwelling-place  so  fair. 

The  sanctuary  of  a  man ! 

Charles  Mackay. 

3512.  HOUSE  OF  GOD,  The. 
Genesis  xsviii  :  ]G. 
Once  slow  and  sad  the  evening  fell 
On  desert  path,  on  lonely  dell. 

As,  sad  and  desolate. 
One  laid  him  down  to  sleep  alone. 
His  couch  the  sand,  his  pillow  stone. 

The  morning  tide  to  wait. 

But  gleamed  before  his  dazzled  sight 
A  radiance  more  than  morning  light, 

From  opened  portals  given; 
And  on  his  charmed  ear  there  rung 
A  sound  more  sweet  than  matin  song: 

The  choral  hymns  of  heaven. 

He  saw  the  glory  of  that  place 
Whose  light  is  God  the  Saviour's  face; 

He  saw  its  dwellers  fair. 
And  learned  that,  desolate,  alone, 
A  wanderer  from  his  Father's  home, 

God's  presence  still  was  there. 

So  we,  though  often  worn,  oppressed, 
We  wander,  seeking  home  and  rest, 

In  sorrow's  darkest  hour. 
May  see,  as  Jacob  saw  of  old, 
God's  sunbeams,  bright  and  manifold, 

The  shades  of  night  o'erpower. 


For  not  in  temple  hoar  alone, 

In  cloistered  shade,  'neath  sculptured  stone, 

Stands  now  God's  house  below; 
But  wheresoe'er  His  radiance  bright 
Gleams  on  our  darkness  and  'tis  light, 

His  presence  we  may  know. 

Transfigured  in  His  glory  fair 

The  whole  earth  stands,  one  house  of  prayer. 

One  ante-room  of  heaven ; 
For  surely,  though  we  know  it  not, 
God's  presence  is  in  every  spot, 

To  tliose  who  seek  it  given. 

Then  let  us  strive,  and  work,  and  wait, 
As  those  who  see  that  opened  gate, 

That  glory  in  our  night; 
So  that  at  last,  through  Christ  the  way. 
We  too  may  tread  that  land  of  day. 

Where  God,  the  Lord,  is  light. 

3513.  HOUSEHOLDER,  Parable  of  the. 
Matthew  xxi :  33-41. 
The  Householder  in  Canaan's  land 

Planted  a  church,  and  hedged  it  round; 
His  law  and  providential  hand 

Was  then  its  sure  protection  found : 
The  wine-press  digged  where  Salem  stood; 

The  temple  was  their  boasted  tower; 
The  husbandmen  were  hired  of  God, 

Who  left  His  vineyard  in  their  power. 

He,  when  the  time  of  fruit  drew  near, 

His  servants  to  the  keepers  sent. 
And  many  a  chosen  messenger 

To  gather  in  His  righteous  rent ; 
The  keepers  on  His  servants  fiew, 

Stopping  their  ears  against  the  word. 
Outraged,  and  beat,  and  stoned,  and  slew 

The  saints  and  prophets  of  their  Lord. 

The  heavenly  Householder  at  last 

Vouchsafed  to  send  His  only  Son; 
They  slew,  out  of  the  vineyard  cast 

The  Heir,  and  seized  it  for  their  own; 
Wherefore  their  Lord  in  vengeance  came. 

Those  wicked  husbandmen  destroyed; 
And  now  they  bear  the  Christian  name 

Who  keep  and  rule  the  church  of  God. 
J.  and  C. 


35 14.  HOUSEHOLDER  sending  forth  HIS  SON. 

PART  I. 

Night  was  resting  on  the  people,  sin  was  out 

upon  the  world, 
Darkness,  ere  the  Prince  of  Darkness  from 

his  citadel  was  hurled. 
Ere  the  Prince  of  Peace  His  standard  o'er 

the  realms  of  strife  unfurled. 

Heathen  madly  raged  with   heathen,  each 

with  vain  imagining ; 
Brother  hated,  slew  his  brother,  king  went 

out  to  war  with  king, 
Till  at  length  all  ill  abounded,  and  the  doTe 

of  peace  took  wing. 


HOUSEHOLDER. 


HXJSB.^clSriDMlEN'. 


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All  the  nations  sat  in  darkness,  loving  best 

the  veil  of  night ; 
God  they  would  not  own  as  ruler,  so  they 

put  Him  out  of  sight, 
Then   the   flames   of   hell   they   quickened, 

trampled  on  the  true  and  right. 

Thus  the  vineyard  God  had  planted,  very 

good  from  east  to  we.>-t. 
Wicked    husbandmen    had  ruined,  eating, 

drinking,  taking  rest. 
Cursing  with  their  lusts  and  passions  what 

the  Householder  had  blest. 

He  had  edged  about  the  vineyard,  dug  the 
wine-press,  built  the  tower, 

Let  it  out  and  given  orders,  "Thou  must 
serve  and  thou  have  power," 

So  that  He  of  fruit  might  gather  treasure  in 
the  vintage-hour. 

One  by  one  He  sent  His  servants  till  the  time 
should  fully  come; 

Some  they  beat  and  some  they  stonM,  shame- 
fully entreated  some, 

They  whose  hearts  were  set  on  idols,  gods 
they  fashioned,  senseless,  dumb. 

Last  of  all,  the  vineyard's  Ruler,  when  the 

numbered  days  were  run, 
Thought  upon  His  loving-kindness,  sent  the 

Sole  Begotten  One, 
Sent  His  best  BelovM,  saying,  "They  will 

reverence  my  Son." 

Thus  the  Father,  in  His  pity,  healed  the 

world  by  guilt  oppressed, 
Gave  commandment  to  the  lowly,  bade  her 

tabernacle  rest. 
He  who  made  her,  Israel's  lily,  slumbered  on 

her  spotless  breast. 

Oh  the  mystery  of  mercy !  to  the  vineyard 

comes  the  Heir, 
Leaves  the  Father's  many  mansions,  faithless 

husbandmen  to  spare. 
Clothes  Himself  with  human  nature,  deigns 

our  very  flesh  to  wear. 

Heir  of  all  things,  we  adore  Him,  whom  the 

wicked  madly  slew ; 
"This  the  Heir — come,  let  us  kill  Him." 

Thus  of  old  that  godless  crew 
Cast  Him  out  the  Father  sent  them;   thus 

they  paid  their  Lord  His  due. 


Fair  the  vineyard  which  the  Ageless  pur- 
chased with  His  own  right  hand. 

Where  the  husbandmen  of  Jesus  in  the  place 
appointed  stand. 

Some  to  sow  and  some  to  gather,  some  to 
break  the  fallow  land. 

Hedged   about    by  law  and  prophets,  this 

inheritance  Divine; 
Deep  therein  is  dug  the  wine  press,  whence 

flows  precious  blood  for  wine ; 


There  the  tower  of  ivory  glitters,  of  incar- 
nate grace  the  shrine. 

There  the  fourfold  river  waters  with  its 
crystal  stream  the  ground; 

Purest  gold  and  j)recious  onyx  in  its  hidden 
depths  abound ; 

There,  or  good  for  food  or  pleasant,  every 
herb  and  tree  are  found. 

Thus  the  Lord  our  God  hath  planted  east- 
ward in  tlie  realm  He  made 

A  garden,  unto  which  He  sendeth,  born  to- 
day of  spotless  maid. 

Him  whose  light  the  ancients  longed  for, 
Him  for  whom  the  prophets  prayed. 

Where  are  springing  thorns  and  briars.  He 
will  make  the  curse  to  cease; 

Are  their  captives  fast  in  fetters?  He  will 
give  the  bound  release, 

Unto  men  of  good-will  saying,  "On  the 
earth  be  good-will,  peace !" 

Surely  now  the  world  will  greet  Him,  Heir 

of  all  the  worlds  sublime; 
Times,  they  say,  are  bad,  disjointed:  He  is 

come,  the  Lord  of  time; 
Men,  they  say,  have  grown  more  evil:    He 

can  stay  the  march  of  crime. 

Do  the  hours  of  toil  wax  longer?  He  will 

share  our  weariness; 
Are  their  hands  uplift  to  curse  us?  His  are 

lifted  up  to  bless; 
Are  there  words  of  hate  about  us?  His  are 

words  of  peacefulness. 

Oh  how  happy  the  hereafter,  when,  the  bet- 
ter Eden  gained. 

We  look  back  upon  the  vineyard  where  the 
labor  was  sustained, 

One  hand  working,  one  hand  grasping 
weapon  whilst  a  foe  remained ! 

Peace !    the  will  of  God  the  Father,  as  in 

heaven,  in  earth  is  done; 
Peace!  the  dreary  years  are  ended;  peace! 

the  days  of  strife  are  run ; 
One  the  song  of   men  and  angels,  we  will 

reverence  the  Son. 

Hid  beneath  His  fleshly  garment,  many  a 
crown  and  diadem 

Brings  the  Heir  this  blessed  morning,  jour- 
neying from  Bethlehem; 

If  He  own  us,  if  He  bless  us,  who  is  he  that 
dares  condemn? 

W.  Chatterton  D'lx. 

3515.  HUSBANDMEN,  The  "Wicked. 
Matthew  xxi  :  33-44;  Mark  xii  :  1-13;  Luke  xx  :  9-18. 
A  vineyard  ])lantcd,  and  to  man  was  given 

The  charge  of  all  the  golden  fruits  it  bore ; 
And  He  who  owns  it  doth  send  down  from 
heaven 

To  claim  its  goodly  store. 


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iiYMiisr. 


TMiA.G:E:. 


The  rebel  servants  own  no  sovereign  Lord; 
His  message  mocked,  His  messengers  they 
slew ; 
To  such  as  these  who  thus  despise  His  word 
What  will  the  Owner  do? 

The  earth  is  God's — God's  vineyard  and  His 
field, 
Hedged  round  about  with  providence  and 
care; 
'Tis  given  to  man  to  till,  its  fruits  to  yield, 
And  do  God's  service  there. 

The  church  is  God's,  a  paradise  of  good. 
For  growth  of  precious  fruits  and  flowers 
divine; 
A  wine-press  digged  to  tread  the  vines  of  God, 
And  tower  to  guard  its  shrine. 

The  Word  is  God's ;  go  ye,  this  field  is  Mine ; 
The  soil,  the  seed,  the  plenteous  fruits,  and 
all; 
I  let  it  out  to  thee ;  the  work  is  thine, 
Obedient  to  My  call. 

The  messengers  are  God's,  sent  forth  to  claim 

The  vineyard's  goodly  fruits  for  their  dear 

Lord; 

Some  first,  some  next,  and   yet  again  they 

Obedient  to  His  word.  [came, 

The  Son  is  God's,  His  loved.  His  only  Son, 

The  royal  heir  of  all  the  vineyard  store ; 
And  in  His  Father's  name  this  holy  one 
Claimed  what  the  vineyard  bore. 

The  earth  is  God's,  but  man  to  God  denies 
Those  very  fruits  that  God  Himself  supplies. 

The  church  is  God's,  and  yet  its  fruits,  when 

given. 
Are  held  to  earth,  and  are  withheld  from 

Heaven. 

The  Word  is  God's,  but  man  refused  to  yield. 
Nor  cared,  nor  tended,  nor  enlarged  that  field. 

The  messengers  are  God's,  yet  these  they 

slew ; 
"What  will  the  Owner  of  that  vineyard  do?" 

The  Son  is  God's ;  He  trod  the  wine-press 

flood ; 
And  lo !  the  cleansing  fountain  of  His  blood  ! 

Salvation  is  of  God ;  the  Crucified 
For  vineyard,  fruit,  and  husbandmen  hath 
died.  Boiert  Maguire. 

3516.  HYMN,  The  Last. 

Matthew  xxvi  :  30. 
The  winds  are  hushed ;  the  peaceful  moon 

Looks  down  on  Zion's  hill; 
The  city  sleeps,  'tis  night's  calm  noon, 

And  all  the  streets  are  still, 


Save  when  along  the  shaded  walks 

We  hear  the  watchman's  call. 
Or  the  guard's  footstep  as  he  stalks 

In  moonlight  on  the  wall. 

How  soft,  how  holy,  is  this  light  I 

And  hark!  a  mournful  song. 
As  gentle  as  these  dews  of  night, 

Floats  on  the  air  along. 

Affection's  wish,  devotion's  prayer, 

Are  in  that  holy  strain; 
'Tis  resignation,  not  despair; 

'Tis  triumph,  though  'tis  pain. 

'Tis  Jesus  and  His  faithful  few 
That  pour  that  hymn  of  love; 

O  God  !  may  we  the  song  renew 
Around  Thy  board  above ! 

John  Pierpont. 

3517.  IMAGE,  Daniel's  Vision  of  the. 
Daniel  xi  :  19. 
An   empire    with   its    chieftain   slumbered. 

Night 
Seemed  filled  with  all  the  deathful  secrecy 
That    broods   upon   her   morn-approaching 

hours. 
The  lights  of  heaven  around  their  silv'ry 

queen 
Looked  forth  in  all  their  pearly  purity 
Upon  the  city  of  the  hundred  gates, 
And  Babylon,  in  her  magnificence, 
Her  glitter,  and  her  costliness,  was  there; 
But  Babylon,  in  her  tumultuous  din, 
And  clangor  of  the  instruments  that  served 
Her  greatness,  was  not  there.     Forth  on  the 

grand 
Majestic  spectacle  that  filled  the  view. 
Where  art  and  nature  mingled  all  their  gems 
Of  splendor,  with  an  eye  that  scorned  the 

power 
Of  boastful  sleep's  resistless  chain — an  eye 
Whose  kindling  brilliancy  was  lit  with  fires 
Which  nothing  save  a  spirit  of  the  sky. 
Possessed  of  loftier  aspect,  could  subdue — 
There  gazed  a  prophet  of  the  Lord. 

The  king 
Of  kings  had  dreamed  a  dream,  and  blood 

must  flow, 
And  man  must  die,  except  the  magis  tell 
The  secret,  known  but  to  the  God  of  dreams. 
And  Learning  wept,  and  Magic's  spells  were 
Because  the  mighty  king  was  wroth,  [dumb. 

Far  gazed 
That  holy  eye,  as  it  would  pierce  behind 
Yon  sky's  cerulean  adamant,  and  reach  [lost 
The  truths  that  be.  Whole  starry  suns  were 
Within  its  mighty  vision,  whose  unmatched 
Swift-darting  flight  outstripped  their  rays, 

but  on 
And  onward  roamed,  as  it  would  reach  His 

seat. 
Whose   throne   infinitude,  whose   presence- 
chamber 
,  Is  the  universe.    No  breath  was  heard ; 


IMI^GE. 


IDMIPORTUTSTj^TE. 


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The  voiceless  music  of  the  prophet's  prayer 
Was  wafted  to  the  bosom  of  Jehovah, 
Nor  wakened  there  His  disapproval ;  no, 
Omnipotence  ne'er  hushes  mercy's  breath. 
Nor  shuts  the  beamings  of  celestial  grace 
Against  that  spirit's  prayer,  that  twice  was 
Like  to  her  God.  [made 

Swift  sped  the  messenger 
That  bore  the  heaven-commissioned  answer 
Before  his  gaze  the  awful  image  rose,  [down ; 
Attired  in  robes  of  majesty  and  light. 
For  lo !  it  boasts  man's  upward  gazing  form, 
Material  gorgeousness  is  blended  there. 
The  beams  of  heaven  are  flashing  from  its 

front. 
The  vision  meets  the  eye  of  one  whose  soul 
Can  feel  the  influence  of  its  potent  spell. 

Tlie  glittering  beams  were   shooting  from 

the  gold 
That  high  upon  the  summit  sat  embossed, 
Refulgent  orb;  like  the  unborrowed  rays 
Of  molten  glory  gleaming  from  that  prince 
Of  sounding  spheres,  the  sun,  when  in  their 

might 
His  crimson  beams  pierce  through  the  stormy 

blast 
That  strives  to  hide  the  dazzle  of  his  light. 
The  roundness  of  his  form.     What  means 

this  mass 
Of  saffron  grandeur  o'er  the  gold-crowned 

image? 
Great  Daniel  reads  it  with  a  glowing  eye: 
Chaldea's  monarch  is  this  head  of  gold ! 

As  when  the  wat'ry  foam  in  robes  of  white. 
Caught  in  her  bounding  march  by  sportive 

frost, 
Quivers  and  stops,  entranced  with  sudden 

charms. 
Locked  in  his  delicate  white  arm,  and  spark- 
In  modest  beauty  at  the  gazer-on ;  [ling 
So  in  rich  folds  the  silver  breast  and  arms 
Of  this  great  secret- teller  float  in  gay, 
Unmingled,  dazzling  whiteness,  and  declare 
The  less  effulgent  but  more  glorious  reign 
Of  Medo-Persia's  power. 

In  gloomy  strength 
The  brazen  thighs  announced  to  Daniel's  ken 
The  self-willed  Macedonian  whose  arm. 
In  swift-winged  speed,   made  thrones  and 

empires  yield ; 
Then,  weeping  for  another  world  to  slay. 
In  lieu  thereof  destroyed  himself. 

Firm  placed. 
The  fabric  stands  on  legs  and  feet  of  iron. 
Built  and  augmented  from  the  first  by  men 
Who  feared  naught  save  a  disappointed  will. 
Who  loved  naught  save  the  revelry  of  power. 
Great    Rome,    upmarching    to    its    zenith, 

crushed 
With  its  tough  iron  and  trampled  down  the 

nations. 
Until  great  Csesar  held  beneath  his  foot 
The  humbled,  prostrate  neck  of  conquered 

earth ; 


And,  propping  firmly  all  the  other  three. 
The  fourth   great   empire   stands   alone  in 
might. 

All  this  the  prophet  saw,  and  more :  he  saw 
The  haughtiness  of  Rome  go  down  by  steps, 
Divide,  and,  mingled  with  the  weakening 

clay, 
Sink  down  to  utter  nothingness  of  power. 

All  this  the  prophet  saw,   and  more,    and 

more — 
Immensely,  infinitely  more.     O  God ! 
Haste  on  the  day,  and  smite  with  seven-fold 
Or  rather  give  us  patience  to  await   [power. 
Thine  own  best  day,  when  Thou  in  ire  wilt 

smite 
The  lofty  image  with  Thy  mystic  stone. 
Cut    from    the    mountain  without    hands. 

Behold ! 
E'en  now  it  trembles  on  its  shaken  base, 
And  rocks  aloft,  and  menaces  the  fall. 
Earth,   trembling,    fears  the  long-expected 

crash. 
Oh,  blest  the  eye  that  views  its  prostrate 

length ! 
Oh,  blessed  the  ear  that  hears  the  ruin  peal 
In  echoed  cadence  round  a  startled  world. 

The  Classic. 

3518.  IMPORTUNATE  WIDOW,  The. 
Luke  xviii  :  1-8. 
Oh  let. my  prayer  unceasing 

Go  up  to  God  above ;, 
The  end  of  all  my  longing, 

The  fountain  of  all  love ; 
May  I  not  ask  His  favor. 

Who  hath  so  much  bestowed. 
The  Author  of  all  goodness, 

The  Giver  of  all  good. 

He  bids  me  "ask;"  so  asking, 

His  power  I  humbly  crave ; 
He  bids  me  "seek;"  so  seeking, 

I  pray  His  arm  to  save; 
He  bids  me  "knock;"  so  knocking, 

I  plead  His  own  command; 
And  knocking,  seeking,  asking, 

Before  His  door  I  stand. 

The  judge,  though  oft  refusing. 

The  anxious  widow's  plea, 
Yet  afterwards  rewarded 

Her  importunity; 
And  for  her  often  asking. 

His  favor  did  bestow ; 
And  for  her  oft  appealing, 

Avenged  her  of  her  foe. 

And  shall  not  God,  the  Righteous, 

Avenge  His  own  elect; 
Stretch  forth  His  hand  to  help  them. 

And  with  His  arm  protect? 
Yea,  while  He  seems  to  slumber. 

And  though  He  beareth  long. 
He  will  arise  and  aid  them; 

He  will  avenge  their  wrong. 


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iisrc^Risr^TiON'. 


Oh  happy  consummation, 

Oh  blessed  force  of  prayer ; 
Blest  promise  of  salvation, 

To  those  who  linger  there ! 
To  humble  patient  waiting, 

And  suppliant  complaint, 
He  gives  His  word  of  comfort, 

"To  pray  and  not  to  faint." 

Robert  3Iaguire. 

3519.  IMPOTENT  MAN,  Cure  of  the. 
John  V  :  1-16. 
Passover  week :  strange  stillness  reigns 
O'er  Palestina's  towns  and  plains. 
For  all  her  tribes  and  thousands  press 
Up  to  the  great  metropolis; 
And  far  o'er  many  a  winding  road 
Wend  onward  toward  the  mount  of  God. 

Through  high  Jerusalem's  gates  the  throng. 
Solemn  and  ceaseless,  pours  along; 
The  spotless  lamb  at  midnight  dies; 
The  smoke  of  offerings  stains  the  skies; 
From  north  to  south,  from  west  to  east, 
The  mingling  myriads  bless  the  feast. 

Three  days  go  by,  three  sacred  days, 
Of  sacrifice  and  prayer  and  praise, 
And  Sabbath  comes,  more  sacred  still ; 
Its  holier  rites  the  priests  fulfil. 
And  psalms,  and  celebrated  joy, 
Its  sweet  successive  hours  employ. 

Not  thus  the  Saviour;  ■worship  done, 
His  feet  on  mercy's  errands  run, 
And  where  Bethesda's  healing  tide 
Five  circling  porches  scarcely  hide. 
He  seeks  the  blind,  halt,  withered,  poor, 
A  multitude,  who  wait  a  cure. 

For  oft  an  angel,  sent  from  God, 
Viewless  descending  stirred  the  flood, 
And  to  the  troubled,  transient  wave 
Such  wealth  of  wondrous  virtue  gave. 
That  he  who  soonest  then  stepped  down 
"Was  healed  at  once  from  sole  to  crown. 

One  form  lay  there  more  sadly  pressed 

By  wasting  woe  than  all  the  rest, 

Helpless  for  eight-and-thirty  years! 

The  Saviour  saw  his  secret  tears, 

And  asked  him,  "Wilt  thou  be  made  whole?" 

"  I've  none  to  help  me  to  the  pool. 

Kind  sir,"  he  faltering  said.      "In  vain 
I've  tottered  often  and  in  pain 
Adown  the  steep  and  toilsome  stair, 
Another  steps  before  me  there; 
And  thus,  for  many  a  year  of  woe, 
I've  seen  the  healing  seasons  go." 

Then  Jesus  gently  spake:  "Arise, 
Take  up  thy  bed  and  walk."     His  eyes 
The  poor  man  lifts  to  Christ's;  the  sight 
Made  all  his  languid  limbs  grow  light, 
And  conscious  strength  and  courage  came 
Warming  through  all  his  withered  frame ! 


He  rose,  unthinking  aught  of  harm. 
And  rolled  liis  pallet  'neath  his  arm; 
And,  finding  not  his  unknown  friend, 
Flew  toward  the  temple,  to  attend 
The  evening  sacrifice  and  prayer. 
And  pour  his  grateful  homage  there. 

But  Jews,  who  met  him  in  the  way. 
Cried,  ' '  Hold !     This  is  the  Sabbath-day ! 
The  law  forbids  to  bear  thy  bed !" 
He  answered,  "  He  who  healed  me  said, 
'  Take  up  thy  bed  and  walk ;'  "  then  they, 
"Who  dared  to  thus  command  thee?  Say!" 

They  asked  not  who  such  boon  had  wrought, 
And  he  who  had  been  healed  knew  not; 
But  toward  the  temple  still  he  sped. 
Where  Christ  once  more  he  met,  who  said, 
"Lo!  thou  art  whole;  sin  now  no  more. 
Lest  worse  befall  thee  than  before." 

Then  straight,  with  grateful  heart  and  bold, 
The  Saviour's  wondrous  work  he  told; 
The  Jews,  unable  to  refute 
The  cure,  its  author  persecute. 
And,  mad  with  malice,  seek  to  slay 
For  healing  on  the  holy  day. 

Then  answered  Jesus:  "  Hitherto 

My  Father  wrought  these  cures  for  you; 

I  work  them  now,  nor  yet  alone. 

The  Father  works  them  through  the  Son, 

And  greater  works  than  these  shall  show, 

That  ye  our  oneness  thus  may  know." 

O  Christ,  our  passover,  may  we 
Still  find  our  spotless  Lamb  in  Thee! 
Our  great  Bethesda,  may  Thy  side 
Still  pour  for  us  a  healing  tide ! 
And  let  us  prove,  all  else  above. 
Thy  sole  and  sovereign  law  of  love. 

George  Lansing  Taylor. 

3520.  IMMANUEL. 

Isaiah  vil  :  14. 
How  good  a  God  have  we !  who  for  our  sake, 
To  save  us  from  the  burning  lake, 
Did  change  the  order  of  creation : 

At  first  He  made 
Man  like  Himself  in  His  own  image;  now 
In  the  more  blessed  reparation, 

The  heavens  bow. 
Eternity  took  the  measure  of  a  span : 

And  said, 
"Let  us  make  ourselves  like  man  ; 
And  not  from  man  the  woman  take, 
But  from  the  woman,  man." 
Hallelujah,  we  adore 
His  name,  whose  goodness  hath  no  store. 
Jeremy  Taylor. 

3521.  INCAENATION,  Christ's. 

John  i  :  14. 
Time  hath  no  brighter  jewel  on  his  brow 
Than  this,  all  worlds,  all  ages,  wondering 
scan: 


iisrc^RisrA.TiON". 


iiNrc7?..RisrjVTioisr. 


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Shall  God  in  very  deed  Himself  allow 
Limit  and  bound,  and  dwell  on  earth  with 

man  ? 

I  marvel  not  that  some  should  misconceive, 
I  marvel  one  should  easily  believe; 
That  when  the  tale  is  told 
(Sole  tale  which  ne'er  grows  old) 
How  tlesl\  and  blood  the  Invisible  once  did 

shrine, 
Rather  ail  iioarts  incredulous  not  combine 
Such  miglitiest  task   of   faith,   unequal,   to 
resign. 

The  fabled  lore  that  lured  the  untutored  ear 
Of  tiie  young  world,  ere  fancy's  vernal  age 
Had  ripened  into  reason — then  more  dear 
Than  all  the  tiuic-schooled  wisdom  of  the 

sage— 
The  most  unbounded  flights  e'er  roved  at  will 
By  lawless  dreams,  or  thoughts  more  lawless 

Lose  all  their  wild  and  strange,      [still. 

To  most  experienced  range 

Brought  meanly  down,  of  credence  easier  far 

Than  tliat  the  Word,  He  by  whom  all  things 

are,  [star. 

Changed  for  His  high  abode  one  poor  inferior 

Down  from  the  heavenly  hills  in  love  de- 
scending, 
Far  in  the  depths  of  night  His  eye  descried 
The  clusters  of  His  universe,  one  blending 
Of  infinite  lights,  stars  in  their  courses,  tied 
By  order  tirm  and  ne'er-infringed  law ; 
A  world  of  worlds,  whereof  each  one  doth 
draw 
About  the  central  bright 
Its  duteous  satellite; 
Yet  chose  He  not  His  palace  in  some  sun. 
By  heaven  alone  in  native  light  outdone. 
But  this  our  darker  orb  His  radiant  presence 
won. 

There  was  no  lack  of  sovereign  seats  and 

thrones 
Worthy  of  His  possessing;  large  domains 
Waited  His  lordly  bidding;  populous  plains. 
The  wealth  of  empires,  all  the  mingled  tones 
Of  queenliest  cities  called  Him — pomp  and 

song 
And  loud   applause   of  many   a  rapturous 

throng: 
But  such  as  these  passed  by. 
Beneath  the  Syrian  sky 
He  sought  the  meanest  state,  the  lowliest 

shed, 
That  earth's  most  bitter  lot  most  throughly 

read. 
No  heart  might  sink  so  low  but  he  might  lift 

it  high. 

And  therefore  did  the  greatness  of  His  scorn 
Vouchsafe  the  measure  of  His  glorious  rise; 
And  they  who  here  with  Him  that  shame 

have  borne 
Shall  share  His  crown  and  triumph  in  the 

skies : 


He  that  descended  is  the  same  that  rose 
Above  all  heavens,  victorious  o'er  His  foes, 

And  evermore  doth  stand 

A  priest  at  God's  right  hand, 
Till,  in  the  fulness  of  the  times,  once  more 
He  come  with  might  and  majesty,  His  floor 
In  righteousness  to  purge,  and  all  things  to 
restore. 

And  thou  and  I  (O  wondrous  thought  and 
strange  I) 

May  call  Ilim  brother ;  eat  His  flesh,  and  live ; 

Drink  of  His  blood,  that  with  all-quickening 
change 

Doth  joy  for  grief,  health  for  unsoundness 
give: 

May  love    Him,  though   we   see   Ilim  not; 
may  hear 

His  voice  behind  us,  feel  His  footstep  near: 
Thou,  Who  dost  all  things  fill, 
Art  with  Thy  childi'en  still. 

Who   here   through  sighs   and   tears   their 
voices  raise. 

Or  round  Thy  throne,  with  rapt  adoring  gaze, 

Lift  high  the    harmonious   anthem  of  per- 
petual praise. 

I  will  exult,  my  evil  days  and  few 
Spending  where  God  hath  sojourned;  His 

dear  breath 
Hath  left  a  sweetness  in  the  air,  a  new 
Celestial  fragrance,  all  the  damps  of  death 
Quite  overmastering,  filling  with  perfumes 
The  grave  unlovely,  and  dark  funeral  rooms; 

That  each  glad  soul  may  spring 

Upward  from  earth,  and  sing. 
Beholding  in  her  tomb  heaven's  opened  door, 
And  hearing  in  her  knell  His  summons  ring, 
"Come  up,  dear  child,  and  dwell  in  rest  for 
evermore." 

The  earth  ITe  trod  is  consecrated  ground ; 
One  stone  His  feet  have  touched  hallows  the  , 

whole,  [round 

Reclaimed  for  heaven's  just  uses,  from  the 
Of  torrid  heats,  to  either  utmost  pole: 
Where  He  alighted,  burst  a  spring  that  flows 
To  every  land,  and  ever  widening  goes, 

Sustained  by  what  distils 

From  the  everlasting  hills. 

And  still  shall  swell,  a  river  broad  and  deep, 

Till    its    great    flood,  with    all-compelling 

sweep,  [o'erleap. 

The  bars   and   gates  of  hell  triumphantly 

Whoso  receiveth  this,  doth  all  receive : 
His  faith  can  soar  no  further;  all  the  train 
Of  signs  and  wonders  written,  that  doth  leave 
A  breach  in  nature's  statutes  to  explain 
By  reason's  rules  he  aims  not,  lest  as  wise 
Himself  pn  f essing,  folly's  meed  he  gain : 

But  in  mute  awe  profound 

Upon  that  holy  ground 
Standing  unshod  lie  hears,  amidst  the  cries 
Of  jarring  doubts  and  creeds,  the  still  small 
voice  [rejoice. 

Speak  to  his  inmost  heart,  and  trembling  doth 


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IS^^C. 


His  the  unfettered  faith  to  childhood  given, 
That  questions  not  how  such  a  thing  might 

be; 
Whom   large   experience   hinders   not  that 

heaven 
Should  mix  with  earth,  but  whose  clear  eye 

doth  see 
In  happy  dreams  the  golden  ladder  bending, 
And  angel  feet  for  evermore  descending : 
Thus  human  and  divine 
To  child-like  hearts  combine, 
Who  from  the  world's  soul- deafening  noise 

retreat. 
And  meekly  sitting  at  the  Master's  feet 
List  to  His  heaven-bought  words  in  contem- 
plation sweet.  C.  I^.  Ford. 

3522.  INFANTS,  Slaughter  of  the. 

Matthew  ii :  18. 

Hushed  is  the  voice  of  Judah's  mirth, 
And  Judah's  minstrels,  too,  are  gone; 

And  harps  that  told  Messiah's  birth 
Are  hung  on  heaven's  eternal  throne. 

ried  is  the  bright  and  shining  throng 
That  swelled  on  earth  the  welcome  strain, 

And  lost  in  air  the  choral  song 

That  floated  wild  on  David's  plain ; 

For  dark  and  sad  is  Bethlehem's  fate ; 

Her  valleys  gush  with  human  blood ; 
Despair  sits  mourning  at  her  gate, 

And  murder  stalks  in  frantic  mood. 

At  morn  the  mother's  heart  was  light. 
Her  infant  bloomed  upon  her  breast; 

At  eve  'twas  pale  and  withered  quite, 
And  gone  to  its  eternal  rest. 

Weep  on,  ye  childless  mothers,  weep; 

Your  babes  are  hushed  in  one  cold  grave, 
In  Jordan's  streams  their  spirits  sleep. 

Their  blood  is  mingled  with  the  wave. 

3523.  ISAAC. 

Many  the  guileless  years  the  patriarch  spent. 
Blessed  in  the  wife  a  father's  foresight  chose ; 
Many  the  prayers  and  gracious  deeds  which 

rose, 
Daily  thank-offerings  from  his  pilgrim  tent. 
Yet  these,  though  written  in  the  heavens, 

are  rent 
From  out  truth's  lower  roll,  which  sternly 

shows 
But  one  sad  trespass  at  his  history's  close ; 
Father's,  son's,  mother's,  and  its  punishment. 
Not  in  their  brightness,  but  their  earthly 

stains. 
Are  the  true  seed  vouchsafed  to  earthly  eyes. 
Sin  can  read  sin,  but  dimly  scans  high  grace ; 
So  we  move  heavenward  with  averted  face. 
Scared  into  faith  by  warning  of  sin's  pains; 
And  saints  are  lowered,  that  the  world  may 

rise.  John  H.  Newman. 


3524.  ISAAC,  Abraham's  Sacrifice  of. 

Genesis  xxii :  2-18. 
Tremendous  oracle  divine ! 

Who  can  the  harsh  command  obey? 
"That  son,  that  only  son  of  thine. 

That  sou  beloved,  that  Isaac  slay!" 
Whue'L-r  the  Cod  cf  Abraham  know. 

Their  faith  by  like  obedience  prove, 
And  offering  up  their  Isaacs  show 

The  power  supreme  of  Jesu's  love. 

Father,  Thou  call'st  me  by  my  name, 

Thy  sovereign  pleasure  to  fulfil, 
And  lo !  through  grace  I  ready  am 

To  answer  all  thy  awful  will; 
By  faith  I  climb  the  mountain-top, 

Thy  blessings  cheerfully  resign, 
And  yield  my  dearest  comforts  up, 

A  bleeding  sacrifice  divine. 

Resolved,  O  God !  with  all  to  part, 

I  bring  the  victim  crowned; 
The  dearest  partner  of  my  heart 

Is  on  the  altar  bound ! 
Spirit  and  soul  asunder  tear, 

I  say.  Thy  will  be  done; 
And  thus  by  Thee  required,  I  bare 

Mine  arm  to  slay  my  son ! 

Let  angels  wonder  at  the  sight ! 
Fond  Abraham's  laughter  and  delight 

Is  sacrificed  at  God's  command: 
The  church's  hope,  behold  him  lie ; 
The  promised  heir,  prepared  to  die ; 

To  die  by  a  paternal  hand ! 
One  only  act  did  this  exceed: 
When  Christ,  our  sacrifice,  indeed. 

Was  by  His  Father's  goodness  given, 
Delivered  up  for  all  to  atone. 
His  Son  beloved.  His  only  Son, 

The  Lord,  the  joy  of  earth  and  heaven  I 

Safely  we  may  our  Isaacs  give. 
And  leave  them  on  the  altar  laid; 

If  best  for  us  that  they  should  live, 
A  way  for  their  deliverance  made 

Shall  lift  our  hearts  to  things  above. 

And  perfect  us  in  heavenly  love. 

Was  not  our  father  Abraham  tried, 
And  found  completely  justified. 

By  offering  up  his  only  son? 
The  Lord  His  faithful  servant  blessed, 
His  offspring  as  the  stars  increased, 

Because  he  had  this  action  done; 
The  blessing  of  the  promised  Seed 
(Received  like  Isaac  from  the  dead). 

Through  him  to  all  mankind  is  given, 
And  all  who  with  their  darlings  part, 
Shall  find  the  blessing  in  their  heart, 

Joy,  righteousness,  and  Christ  and  heaven. 
J.  and  C.  Wesley. 

3525.  ISAAC,  Antitype  of. 

St.  Mark  xv  :  23. 
Burdened  with  our  griefs  and  cares, 
That  true  Isaac  from  the  skies, 


ISAA.C. 


ISJ^A-C 


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Lo !  Himself  the  wood  He  bears 

To  the  place  of  sacrifice; 
Bears  it  to  Moriah's  top; 

There,  extended  on  the  tree, 
Lo !  the  universal  hope 

Hangs,  and  bleeds,  and  dies  for  me. 

Suffering  death  without  the  gate. 

From  Jerusalem  He  leads. 
Thus  instructing  us  to  wait 

Where  the  common  Victim  bleeds. 
After  Him  our  hearts  ascend, 

Lifted  up  'twixt  earth  and  skies; 
On  His  only  death  depend, 

Seek  no  other  sacrifice. 

Jesus  lays  the  ransom  down, 

Buys  the  nations  with  His  blood. 
Doth  for  all  our  sins  atone, 

Reconciles  a  world  to  God. 
Jesus  purchases  our  peace 

(Peace  which  every  soul  may  find), 
Pardon,  grace,  and  holiness, 

Life,  and  heaven  for  all  mankind. 

J.  and  C.  Wesley. 

3526.  ISAAC'S  MARRIAGE. 
Genesis  xxiv  :  U3. 
Praying !  and  to  be  married  !  it  was  rare. 
But  now  'tis  monstrous;  and  that  pious  care. 
Though  of  ourselves,  is  so  much  out  of  date 
That  to  renew't  were  to  degenerate. 
But  thou  a  chosen  sacrifice  wert  given, 
And,  offer'd  up  so  early  unto  Heaven, 
Thy  flames  could  not  be  out;  religion  was 
Ray'd  into  thee  like  beames  into  a  glasse. 
Where,  as  thou  grew'st,  it  multiply'd,  and 

shin'd 
The  sacred  constellation  of  tliy  mind. 

But  being  for  a  bride,  sure,  prayer  was 
-Very  strange  stuffe  wherewith  to  court  thy 

lasse : 
Hadst  ne'er  an  oath  nor  complement?    Thou 

wert 
An  odde,  coarse  sutor :  hadst  tliou  but  the  art 
Of  these  our  dayes,  thoucouldst  have  coyn'd 

thee  twenty 
New   several  oathes,  and  complements  too 

plenty. 
O  sad  and  wild  excesse !  and  happy  those 
White  dayes   that  durst  no  imjnous  mirth 


expose 


When  sinne  by  sinning  oft  had  not  lost 
sence. 

Nor  bold-fac'd  custome  banish'd  innocence  ! 

Thou  hadst  no  pompous  traiue,  nor  antick 
crowd 

O'  young,  gay  swearers,  with  their  needless, 
lowd 

Retinue;  all  was  here  smooth  as  thy  bride, 

And  calrae  like  her,  or  that  mild  evening- 
tide. 

Yet  hadst  thou  nobler  guests:  anj^els    did 

•A 

wmd 
And  rove  about  thee,  guardians  of  thy  mind ; 
These  fetch'd  thee  home  thy  bride,  and  all 

the  way 


Advis'd  thy  servant  what  to  doe  and  say; 
These  taught  him  at  the  well,  and  thither 

brought 
The  chaste  and  lovely  object  of  thy  thought. 
But  here  was  ne'er  a  complement,  not  one 
Spruce,  supple  cringe,  or  study'd  looke  put 

on. 
All  was  plaine,  modest  truth:  nor  did  she 

come 
In  rowles  and  curies,  mincing  and  stately 

dumbe. 
But  in  a  frighted,  virgin  blush  approach'd. 
Fresh    as    the    morning   when    'tis    newly 

coach'd. 
O  sweet,  divine  simplicity !     O  grace 
Beyond  a  curled  lock  or  painted  face ! 
A  jjitcher,  too,  she  had,  nor  thought  it  much 
To  carry  that  which  some  would  scorn  to 

touch ; 
With  which   in  mild,  chaste   language  she 

did  wooe 
To  draw  him  drinke,  and  for  his  camels  too. 
And  now  thou  knew'st  her  coming,  it  was 

time 
To  get  thee  wings  on,  and  devoutly  climbe 
Unto  thy  God;  for  marriage  of  all  states 
Makes  most  unhappy,  or  most  fortunates. 
This  brought  thee  forth,  where   now  thou 

didst  undresse 
Thy  soule,  and  with  new  pinions  refresh 
Her  wearied  wings,  which  sorestor'd  didflye 
Above  the  stars,  a  track  unknown  and  high; 
And  in  her  piercing  flight  perfum'd  the  ayre, 
Scatt'ring  the  myrrhe  and  incense  of  thy 

pray'r. 
So  from  Lahairoi's  well  some  spicie  cloud, 
Woo'd  by  the  sun,  swels  up  to  be  his  shrowd, 
And  from  her  moist  wombe  sweeps  a  fragrant 

showre. 
Which,  scatter'd  in  a  thousand  pearls,  each 

flowre 
And   herb   partakes;    where    having   stood 

awhile. 
And  something  cool'd  the  parch'd  and  thirsty 

isle. 
The  thank  full   earth  unlocks   herself,   and 

blends 
A  thousand   odours,   which,   all   mixt,   she 

sends 
Up  in  on  cloud,  and  so  returnes  the  skies 
That  dew  they  lent,  a  breathing  sacrifice. 
Thus  soar'd  thy  soul,  who,  though  young, 

didst  inherit 
Together  with  his  bloud  thy  father's  spirit, 
Whose  active  zeale  and  try'd  faith  were  to 
Familiar  ever  since  thy  infancie.  [thee 

Others  were  tym'd  and  train'd  up  to't,  but 

thou 
Didst  thy  swift  years  in  piety  outgrow. 
Age  made  them  rev'rend  and  a  snowie  head; 
But  thou  wert  so  ere  time  his  snow  could 

shed. 
Then  who  would  truly  limne  thee  out  must 

paint 
First  a  young  patriarch,  then  a  married  saint. 
Henry  Vaughan. 


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ISR^^EL. 


3527.  ISHMAEL,  The  Descendants  of. 

Genesis  xvii :  20. 
Amid  the  wrecks  of  empire,  still  unchanged, 
The  Arab  ranges  where  his  fathers  ranged. 
Amid  the  roar  of  waters  stands  a  rock, 
O'crtops  the  surge,  and  scorns  the   crested 

slu'ck; 
Like  the  tall  pillars  that  o'erlook  the  moor. 
The  Ishmaelite,  disdainful,  stands  secure. 
Nor  (ireek,  nor  Roman,  nor  the  Tartar  khan, 
Nor  Parthian,  Persian,  nor  the  Turcoman, 
lias  ever  turned  a  master's  kindling  eye 
Over  the  sandy  wilds  of  Araby.  [yields. 

Some  few  have  found  the  joy  that  conquest 
For  a  brief  space,  in  Yemen's  flowery  fields; 
But  Ishniael's  nation  never  bowed  the  neck 
To  conqueror's  footsteps  or  a  tyrant's  beck. 
Oft  for  their  spoil  the  centaur-robbers  roam; 
But  still  Arabia  is  the  Arab's  home; 
Still  is  he  seen  with  glistening  eyes  to  trace 
Each  spot  that  keeps  the  record  of  his  race ; 
Still  does  he  hold  in  legendary  lore 
The  names  and  fortunes  of  his  sires  of  yore; 
For  him  each  Syrian  flower  that  blooms  and 

dies, 
Stream,  hill, and  stone  are  kindred  memories ; 
Still  does  he  haunt  the  dead  and  sinful  sea, 
The  hill  of  Jebus,  lake  of  Galilee; 
To  Belkas'  pasture  loves  his  flock  to  drive, 
And  keeps  in  Paran  Ishmael's  name  alive. 
M.  J.  Cha2>man. 

3528.  ISLES,  He  taketh  up  the. 

Isaiah  xl  :  15. 
Each  single  soul  is  as  a  separate  island. 
That  hath  its  fauna  and  its  flora  meet, 
Its  desert  plain,  its  tree-grown,  bird-voiced 
highland. 
Its  wind-blown   meadow   and   its   foot- 
thronged  street. 

The  vast,  unsounded,  and  unmeasured  ocean 
On  whose  broad  breast  they  rest,  is  God's 
free  grace. 
Bow,  hills  of  pride!  that  in  thy  deep  devo- 
tion 
The  healing  waves  may  cleanse  each  secret 
place. 

As  flood-tide  brings  and,  in  its  grand  reces- 
sion. 
Leaves  painted  coral,  pictured  shell  and 
fern. 
So  mortals  find,  at  last,  in  their  possession 
The    precious    promises   for  which   they 
yearn. 

And  watered  thus  by  love,  at  God's  good 
pleasure 
The  desert  shall  become  a  flowery  plain. 
The  trees  and  vines  bear  fruit    beyond  all 
measure. 
And  fertile  fields  grow  golden  with  good 
grain. 

And  as  the  sea,  in  tribute  rich  increasing. 
Receives  the  rivers  and  the  running  rills, 


So  shall  the  Will  Divine  with  power  unceas- 
ing 
Draw  to  Himself  harmonious,  human  wills ; 

Until  each  island  is  a  fitting  dwelling 

For  Him  whose  toil  subdued  the   marly 
sward, 
And  they  who  thirst  shall  find  a  fountain 

welling 
To  everlasting  life  for  their  reward. 

-  Simeon  Tucker  Clark, 

3529.  ISRAEL,  Fallen. 

Fallen  is  thy  throne,  O  Lsrael! 

Silence  is  o'er  thy  plains; 
Thy  dwellings  all  lie  desolate, 

Thy  children  weep  in  chains. 
"Where  are  the  dews  that  fed  thee 

On  Etham's  barren  shore? 
That  fire  from  heaven  which  led  thee 

Now  lights  thy  path  no  more. 

Lord  !  Thou  didst  love  Jerusalem: 

Once  she  was  all  thy  own; 
Her  love  thy  fairest  heritage. 

Her  power  thy  glory's  throne: 
Till  evil  came,  and  blighted 

Thy  long-loved  olive-tree ; 
And  Salem's  shrines  were  lighted 

For  other  gods  than  thee ! 

Then  sunk  the  star  of  Solyma; 

Then  passed  her  glory's  day. 
Like  heath  that,  in  the  wilderness, 

The  wild  wind  whirls  away. 
Silent  and  waste  her  bowers 

Where  once  the  mighty  trod, 
And  sunk  those  guilty  towers 

While  Baal  reigned  as  god ! 

"  Go,"  said  the  Lord,  "ye  conquerors! 

Steep  in  her  blood  your  swords, 
And  raze  to  earth  her  battlements. 

For  they  are  not  the  Lord's ! 
Till  Zion's  mournful  daughter 

O'er  kindred  bones  shall  tread, 
And  Hinnom's  vale  of  slaughter 

Shall  hide  bnt  half  her  dead !" 

Thomas  Moore. 

3530.  ISRAEL,  Hope  of. 

Jeremiah  xxx  :  5. 

We  have  heard  the  voice  of  trembling, 
Voice  of  fear,  but  not  of  peace; 

'Tis  the  wailing  of  the  captive 
As  he  sigheth  for  release : 

Shall  the  bondage  ne'er  be  broken, 
Nor  the  sob  of  ages  cease? 

'Tis  the  hour  of  Israel's  travail, 
'Tis  the  darkness  of  her  night, 

'Tis  the  time  of  Jacob's  trouble; 
But  beyond  it  beams  the  light, 

And  the  star  of  Judah's  morning 
Is  arising  clear  and  bright. 


ISRAEL. 


ISR^^EIL.. 


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Still  the  city  sitteth  lonely 
In  the  twilight  of  the  years, 

In  her  silent  sackclnth  mourning, 
On  her  cheeks  the  ancient  tears; 

For  her  lovers  all  have  left  her. 
And  her  foes  deride  her  fears. 

But  above  the  voice  of  weeping. 
From  a  harp  disused  and  dumb 

She  can  hear  the  notes  of  gladness 
Speaking  sweetly  of  a  home, 

Of  her  ended  exile  telling, 

As  they  say,  "  Thy  King  is  come." 

'Neath  her  olive's  silver  shadow. 
There  the  turtle  wakes  her  lay ; 

Winter  vanishes,  the  splendor 
Shineth  out  of  endless  day. 

Wake,  my  love!  wake  up,  my  fair  one! 
It  is  morning,  come  eLwuy. 

See  !  the  King  in  beauty  cometh. 
He,  thy  long,  long  absent  King; 

As  the  liglit  of  dawn  He  shineth. 
And  His  breath  is  that  of  spring. 

From  the  dream  of  darkness  waking, 
Zion,  lift  thy  voice  and  sing. 

From  the  dust  of  ages  rising. 
Put  on  all  thine  ancient  might. 

For  to  Thee  the  crown  belongeth. 
And  to  Thee  the  raiment  bright; 

Of  the  coming  age  the  glory, 
Of  the  ransomed  earth  the  light. 

Horatius  Bonar. 

3531.  ISRAEL,  RestoratioE  of. 
Isaiah  Ix. 

Awake,  arise,  thy  light  is  come : 
The  nations  that  before  outshone  thee 
Now  at  thy  feet  lie  dark  and  dumb; 
The  glory  of  the  Lord  is  on  thee ! 

Arise :  the  Gentiles  to  tliy  ray 
From  ev'ry  nook  of  earth  shall  cluster; 
And  kings  and  princes  haste  to  pay 
Their  homage  to  thy  rising  lustre. 

Lift  up  thine  eyes  around,  and  see 
O'er  foreign  fields,  o'er  farthest  waters. 
Thy  exiled  sons  return  to  thee, 
To  thee  return  thy  home-sick  daughters. 

And  camels  rich,  from  Midian's  tents, 
Shall  lay  their  treasures  down  before  thee; 
And  Saba  bring  her  gold  and  scents, 
To  fill  thy  air  and  sparkle  o'er  thee. 

See,  who  are  these  that,  like  a  cloud, 
Are  gathering  from  all  earth's  dominions 
Like  doves,  long-absent,  when  allowed 
Homeward  to  shoot  their  trembling  pinions. 

Surely  the  isles  shall  wait  for  me; 
The  ships  of  Tarshish  round  will  hover, 
To  bring  thy  sons  across  the  sea. 
And  waft  their  gold  and  silver  over. 


And  Lebanon  thy  pomp  shall  grace; 
The  fir,  the  pine,  the  palm  victorious 
Shall  beautify  our  holy  place. 
And  make  the  ground  I  tread  on  glorious. 

No  more  shall  Discord  haunt  thy  ways, 
Nor  ruin  waste  thy  cheerless  nation  ; 
But  thou  shalt  call  thy  portals.  Praise, 
And  thou  shalt  name  thy  walls.  Salvation, 

The  sun  no  more  shall  make  thee  bright, 
Nor  moon  shall  lend  her  lustre  to  thee; 
But  God  Himself  shall  be  thy  light. 
And  flash  eternal  glory  through  thee. 

Thy  sun  shall  never  more  go  down ; 
A  ray,  from  heaven  itself  descended, 
Shall  light  thy  everlasting  crown 
Thy  days  of  mourning  all  are  ended. 

My  own,  elect,  and  righteous  land ! 
The  branch,  forever  green  and  vernal, 
Which  I  have  planted  with  this  hand. 
Live  thou  shalt  in  life  eternal. 

Thomas  Moore. 

3532.  ISRAEL,  Restoration  of. 
Revelation  xxi  :  3. 
King  of  the  dead !  how  long  shall  sweep 
Thy  wrath?  how  long  Thy  outcasts  weep? 
Two  thousand  agonizing  years 
Has  Israel  steeped  her  bread  in  tears; 
The  vial  on  her  head  been  poured: 
Flight, famine, shame, the  scourge,  the  sword! 
'Tis  done !  Has  breathed  Thy  trumpet-blast, 
The  tribes  at  length  have  wept  their  last! 
On  rolls  the  host !  from  land  and  wave 
The  earth  sends  up  the  unransomed  slave: 
There  rides  no  glittering  chivalry. 
No  banner  purples  in  the  sky; 
The  world  within  their  hearts  hath  died ; 
Two  thousand  years  have  slain  their  pride! 
The  look  of  pale  remorse  is  there, 
The  lips  in  voluntary  prayer; 
The  form  still  marked  with  many  a  stain, 
Brand  of  the  soil,  the  scourge,  the  chain; 
The  serf  of  Afric's  fiery  ground ; 
The  slave  by  Indian  sun  embrowned; 
The  weary  drudges  of  the  oar. 
By  the  swart  Arab's  poisoned  shore, 
The  gatherings  of  earth's  wildest  tract, 
On  bursts  the  living  cataract ! 
What  strength  of  man  can  check  its  speed? 
They  come,  the  nation  of  the  freed; 
Who  leads  their  march  ?     Beneath  His  wheel 
Back  rolls  the  sea,  the  mountains  reel! 
Before  their  tread  His  trump  is  blown 
Who  speaks  in  thunder,  and  'tis  done ! 

King  of  the  dead  !     Oh  !  not  in  vain 

Was  Thy  long  pilgrimage  of  pain; 

Oh !  not  in  vain  arose  Thy  prayer 

When  pressed  the  thorn  Thy  temples  bare; 

Oh !  not  in  vain  the  voice  that  cried 

To  spare  Thy  maddened  homicide ! 

Even  for  this  hour  Thy  heart's  blood  streamed! 

They  come,  the  host  of  the  redeemed. 


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ISR^^KIL.. 


What  flames  upon  the  distant  sky? 
'Tis  not  the  comet's  sanguine  dye, 
'Tis  not  the  lightning's  quivering  spire, 
'Tis  not  the  sun's  ascending  fire. 
And  now,  as  nearer  speeds  their  march, 
Expands  the  rainbow's  mighty  arcli ; 
Though  there  has  burst  no  thunder  cloud, 
No  flash  of  death  the  soil  has  ploughed, 
And  still  ascends  before  their  gaze, 
Arch  upon  arch,  the  lovely  blaze ; 
Still  as  the  gorgeous  clouds  unfold 
Rise  towers  and  domes,  immortal  mould. 
Scenes  that  the  patriarch's  visioned  eye 
Beheld,  and  then  rejoiced  to  die; 
That,  like  the  altar's  burning  coal. 
Touched  the  pale  prophet's  harp  with  soul; 
That  the  throned  seraphs  long  to  see 
Now  given,  thou  Slave  of  slaves,  to  Thee ! 
Whose  city  this?     What  potentate 
Sits  there,  the  King  of  time  and  fate? 
Whom  glory  covers  like  a  robe, 
Whose  sceptre  shakes  the  solid  globe. 
Whom  sliapes  of  fire  and  splendor  guard? 
There  sits  the  Man  whose  face  was  marred. 
To  whom  archangels  bow  the  knee — 
The  Weeper  of  Gethsemane  ! 
Down  in  the  dust,  aye,  Israel,  kneel; 
For  now  thy  withered  heart  can  feel ! 
Aye,  let  thy  wan  cheek  burn  like  flame : 
There  sits  the  glory  and  thy  shame ! 

George  Croly. 

3533.  ISRAEL'S  DELIVERANCE  from  EGYPT. 

Tenfold  vengeance  wakens  now 

To  lay  the  pride  of  Pharaoh  low: 

The  desolating  scourge  has  spread, 

The  last,  the  fatal  bolt  has  sped; 

From  throne  to  cot  they  mourn  the  dead. 

Israel,  arise !  no  longer  stand 
A  bond-slave  in  Egyptia's  land ; 
Far  from  thee  hurl  the  hated  chain, 
Bound  into  liberty  again ; 
For  the  oppressor's  rod  is  broke 
As  by  a  mighty  thunder-stroke. 
And  who  can  tell  thy  feelings  now? 
The  throbbing  heart,  the  uplifted  brow. 
The  limbs'  elastic,  joyous  bound, 
The  voice  with  music  in  the  sound, 
The  glowing  face,  the  glistening  eye, 
Proclaim  the  charms  of  liberty. 

The  chosen  race,  in  close  array. 
Now  forward  march,*ere  dawn  of  day; 
*     Nor  moon  appears,  nor  glittering  star, 
To  guide  their  footsteps  from  afar; 
When  quick  descends  upon  the  van, 
'Mid  shouts  of  joy  from  man  to  man. 
The  fiery  column,  sacred  flame. 
Where  dwells  the  great  Jehovah's  name; 
Their  light  and  comfort,  sword  and  shield, 
For  conquest  in  the  battle-field. 

^  Already  passed  the  wall  and  tower. 

The  boast  and  pride  of  Memphian  power; 
Down  the  wide-spreading  vale  they  go 
Like  torrents  that  in  winter  flow. 


Soon  they  behold  the  mountains  rise, 
In  forms  gigantic,  to  the  skies. 
And  riven  rock,  whose  rugged  brow 
Frowns  darkly  on  the  pass  below: 
Awhile  they  rest  beneath  its  shade, 
From  noontide  heat  a  shelter  made. 

Meantime,  the  Egyptian  king,  in  ire, 
Vows  vengeance  and  destruction  dire. 
' '  The  base-born  slaves !  and  have  they  fled? 
Mourn  not  a  moment  o'er  your  dead ; 
Dash  the  fond  tear-drop  from  your  eye, 
Pant  but  for  blood  and  victory. 
The  rebel-foe  shall  shortly  know 
We  yet  can  strike  a  dreadful  blow; 
Muster  our  forces  for  the  war, 
Put  on  the  cuirass,  man  the  car, 
Take  spear  and  bow,  and  shield  and  sword." 
All,  all  obey  the  sovereign  word. 
Now  banners  wave,  and  clarions  sound. 
And  the  proud  war-horse  spurns  the  ground; 
While  rumbling  wheel  and  martial  tread 
Resound  as  if  to  wake  the  dead." 

Long  ere  th'  embattled  host  appears, 

Israel  its  distant  thunder  hears; 

Soon  nodding  plume  and  glittering  spear 

Tell  them  the  enemy  is  near. 

Then  hearts  are  faint,  and  hands  are  wrung, 

And  minstrels'  harps  are  left  unstrung; 

Terrible  danger  threatens  now ; 

Despair  is  stamped  on  every  brow. 

On  God  they  call,  to  Moses  cry : 

"Why  did  we  not  in  Egypt  die? 

In  bondage  we  had  suffered  less. 

Nor  perished  in  this  wilderness." 

"Fear  not;  stand  still;  behold  and  see 
Pharaoh  before  Jehovah  flee. 
To-day  his  sun  is  shining  bright, 
Only  to  set  in  deeper  night." 

"  Stretch  out  thine  hand!  extend  the  rod  I 
The  waves  shall  own  the  voice  of  God; 
And  crystal  walls,  on  either  hand. 
Firm  as  adamant  shall  stand. 
Till  Israel  reach  yon  distant  strand. 
Speak  to  my  people :  Forward !     Know 
Your  Saviour  doth  before  you  go." 
The  wondrous  pillar,  fiery  red, 
Gleams  now  upon  the  ocean-bed: 
A  light  to  Israel's  chosen  host, 
But  darkness  to  the  Egyptian  coast. 
With  hardened  heart  and  haughty  brow, 
Pharaoh  pursues  the  flying  foe ; 
Fearing  no  danger  or  alarm. 
Though  visible  Jehovah's  arm. 

The  morning  dawns;  omnific  power 
Is  seen  and  felt  that  awful  hour; 
A  lurid  gloom  o'erspreads  the  ground, 
While  vivid  lightning  flames  around. 
New  terrors  seize  ih'  impetuous  king. 
He  sees  destruction  hovering : 
"Resistless  force  our  arms  repel, 
The  Lord  doth  fight  for  Israel ; 


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Hasten  to  the  Egyptian  coast  — 
Retreat,  retreat,  our  all  is  lost!" 
In  vain  they  turn,  in  vain  they  flee: 
Deep  in  the  bosom  of  the  sea, 
Their  chariot-wheels  drag  heavily. 

"Israel  is  saved!  stretch  out  the  rod!" 

Moses  obeys  the  voice  of  God ; 

And  wind  and  wave,  with  thuud'ring  roar, 

Convulse  the  sea  from  shore  to  shore ; 

The  water's  mighty  masses  flow 

Back  to  their  channel  on  the  foe, 

With  sudden,  dreadful  overthrow. 

A  moment,  on  the  billows  tossed, 

Are  seen  the  fragments  of  the  host. 

A  curse,  a  shriek,  a  feeble  cry. 

Borne  on  the  wind,  ascend  the  sky; 

Then  ceases  all  the  din  of  war : 

The  neighing  steed,  the  rattling  car. 

The  captain's  shout,  the  clarion  shrill, 

All  as  the  pulse  of  death  are  still. 

Now  sing  to  God  who  rules  on  high, 
For  He  hath  triumphed  gloriously. 
The  great,  the  noble,  and  the  brave 
Have  sunk  beneath  the  swelling  wave ; 
Their  haughty  boast  and  vain  parade 
Are  an  eternal  scoffing  made. 
Who  of  the  gods  is  like  to  Thee, 
O  Lord  of  wondrous  majesty ! 
Profound  Thy  thought,  fearful  Thy  praise. 
Holy  and  true  are  all  Thy  ways. 
Israel  shall  spread  Thy  matchless  fame, 
And  heathen  nations  learn  Thy  name. 

W.  O. 

3534.  ISRAEL,  Song  of. 

When  Israel,  of  the  Lord  beloved, 

Out  from  the  land  of  bondage  came, 
Her  fathers'  God  before  her  moved. 

An  awful  guide,  in  smoke  and  flame. 
By  day,  along  the  astonished  lands. 

The  cloudy  pillar  glided  slow, 
By  night,  Arabia's  crimsoned  sands 

Returned  the  fiery  column's  glow. 

There  rose  the  choral  hymn  of  praise, 

And  trump  and  timbrel  answered  keen. 
And  Zion's  daughters  poured  their  lays. 

With  priest's  and  warrior's  voice  between. 
No  portents  now  our  foes  amaze. 

Forsaken  Israel  wanders  lone : 
Our  fathers  would  not  know  thy  ways, 

And  Thou  fiest  left  them  to  their  own. 

But  present  still,  though  now  unseen ! 

When  brightly  shines  the  prosperous  day, 
Be  thoughts  of  Thee  a  cloudy  screen 

To  temper  the  deceitful  ray. 
And  oh,  when  stoops  on  Judah's  path 

In  shade  and  storm  the  frequent  night, 
Be  Thou,  long-suffering,  slow  to  wrath, 

A  burning  and  a  shining  light  i 

Our  harps  we  left  by  Babel's  streams. 
The  tyrant's  jest,  the  Gentile's  scorn ; 


No  censer  round  our  altar  beams. 

And  mute  are  timbrel,  harp,  and  horn. 

But  Thou  hast  said,  "  The  blood  of  goat, 
The  flesh  of  rams,  I  will  not  prize; 

A  contrite  heart,  a  humble  thought. 
Are  Mine  accepted  sacrifice." 

John  Scott. 

3535.  ISRAEL,  The  Return  of. 
Where  is  the  beauty  of  that  ancient  land 
Where  patriarchs  fed  their  flocks  by  living 

streams?  [grand. 

Still  tower  to  heaven  its  mountain  summits 
Still  o'er  them  flings  the  sun  his  glorious 

beams ; 
But  bowed  on  Lebanon  the  cedar's  pride, 
Nor  vine  nor  olive  waves  on  Carmel's  rugged 

side. 

Where  is  the  melody  of  sacred  song 
That  floated  tuneful  down  the  vales  of  yore. 
Where  David  led  triumphant  choirs  along. 
Or  Miriam's  timbrel  swelled  on  Elim's  shore? 
Faint  are  the  quivering  notes,  and  sad  and 

low. 
That  now,  in  doubt  and  gloom,  from  Judah's 

children  flow. 

For,   be  their  dwellings  in   earth's    fairest 

plains. 
They  still  an  exile's  pensive  spirit  bear; 
To    them    nor    hope,    nor    joy.    nor    wish 

remains. 
But,  turned  to  Zion,  fondly  centres  there ; 
They  mourn  it  now  as  on  the  willowy  shore, 
Where  far  Euphrates  rolls,  of  old  they  wept 

it  sore. 

A  time  draws  nigh  shall  bid  your  sorrows 
cease. 

Seed  of  the  Highest !  yet  a  little  while. 

And  all  your  wanderings  shall  close  in  peace ; 

Again  for  you  shall  Canaan's  beauty  smile ; 

And  where  the  cloud  of  Heaven's  dire  ven- 
geance lowered. 

O'er  the  rejoicing  land.  Heaven's  sunshine 
shall  be  poured. 

With  trembling  awe  shall  Judah's  children 

throng 
To  tread  the  sides  of  blood-stained  Calvary, 
xlnd  bless  the  Man  of  woes,  rejected  long, 
For  love  that  lived  through  all  His  agony, 
And  watched,  through  ages,  their  ungrateful 

race. 
That  hatred  gave  for  love,  and  scorn  for  par- 
doning grace. 

His  pitying  look  shall  melt  their  contrite 

souls. 
His  smile  celestial  comfort  shall  infuse : 
As  on  to  endless  day  time's  chariot  rolls. 
From  pole  to  pole  shall  spread  the  joyful 

news; 
Till  earth,  with  rays  of  Salem's  glory  bright, 
To  darkness  bids  farewell,  and  springs  to 

life  and  light.    Mary  Lundie  Duncan. 


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J^COB. 


3536.  ISRAEL,  The  Wanderings  of. 
They  trod  iu  peace  the  Arab  saud, 

In  martial  pomp  and  show, 
With  banners  spread,  and  swords  in  hand: 

None  dared  to  be  a  foe. 
Though  wandering  o'er  the  earth's  wide  face. 
None  dared  molest  tlie  t^acred  race. 

For  o'er  the  ark  still  hovered  nigh 

The  mystic  guide  and  shield; 
A  cloud  when  day  o'erspread  the  sky, 

A  flame  when  uiglit  concealed. 
This  ])ointed  out  their  devious  way, 
Or  told  their  armies  when  to  stay. 

But  oh  !  how  changed  from  those  glad  times ! 

That  wonder  how  revc >c(l  I 
They  wander  still  o'er  different  climes, 

But  joyless  and  accursed; 
Tlieir  remnant  scattered  far  and  wide, 
Without  a  God,  without  a  guide. 

II.  Rogers. 

3537.  ISEAEL,  The  Woe  npon. 

Isaiah  v  :  1. 
Israel,  thou  wert  once  a  Vine, 
Never  clusters  dropped  such  wine; 
Round  its  beauty  wreathed  a  bower, 
O'er  it  watched  a  guardian  tower; 
But  the  dark  Idolater, 
Son  of  Sin  and  Spoil,  was  there, 
And  my  vineyard  was  defiled, 
All  its  glorious  fruitage — wild  1 

But,  a  cloud  shall  blight  thy  bower; 
But,  a  blast  shall  shake  thy  tower; 
Branching  stem,  and  sheltering  hedge, 
All,  shall  feel  the  axe's  edge. 
Then  shall  be  the  curse  fulfilled. 
Thou  shalt  lie  a  land  untilled ; 
Anguish-ploughed  and  famine-worn, 
Buried  in  the  weed  and  thorn; 
All  thy  beauty,  swamp  and  sand: 
Of  all  lands,  the  loneliest  land ! 

Hark  !  I  hear  the  dancers  bound; 
Hark !  the  maddening  cups  go  round. 
On  the  midnight  revel  swim 
Frantic  song  and  idol-hymn. 
Day  and  night,  still  sin  on  sin. 
Adding  to  the  weight  within. 
Scarcely  rescued  from  the  chain, 
Ripening  for  its  links  again ! 

Hell  is  longing  for  thy  tread, 
Living,  yet  already  dead  ! 
Now  it  opes  its  jaws  of  flame 
For  the  remnant  of  Ihy  name. 
Idly  wise,  and  weakly  great. 
Hourly  tampering  with  thy  fate, 
Palace,  cottage,  temple,  wall. 
Mean  or  mighty,  thou  shalt  fall! 
Israel,  where  are  now  thy  wise? 
Woe  to  those  who  live  by  lies. 
Calling  (all  their  souls  deceit) 
Evil  good,  and  bitter  sweet, 


Selling  justice,  pampering  crime. 

But  revenge  shall  bide  its  timel 

Like  the  cliaff  before  the  gale, 

Like  the  harvest  iu  the  hail. 

Like  the  stubble  in  the  blaze. 

Like  the  cluster  that  decays 

Ere  'tis  ripened  on  the  tree — 

Israel,  thou  and  thine  shall  be! 

Think'st  thou  tliat  My  wrath  shall  sleep 

When  I  see  the  orphan  weep? 

When  I  see  thy  revels  fed 

With  the  lonely  widow's  bread? 

Now  the  shaft  is  on  the  string 

That  shall  strike  thy  haughty  wing. 

Listen,  where  in  more  than  gloom 
Rush  the  fillers  of  the  tomb; 
Come  from  regions  fierce  and  far, 
Come  with  more  than  mortal  war. 
Swift  as  eagles'  wnngs  they  sweep, 
None  shall  stumble,  none  shall  sleep: 
Strange  their  accents  on  thine  ear; 
All  before  them,  flight  and  fear, 
Flint  their  horses'  hoofs,  their  wheel 
Making  all  thy  mountains  reel ; 
Roaring,  like  the  lion's  roar, 
Till  their  thirst  is  gorged  with  gore ! 

Oeorge  Croly. 

3538.  JACOB. 

Genesis  xlix  :  1. 
My  sons,  and  ye  the  children  of  my  sons, 
Jacob  your  father  goes  upon  his  way, 
His  pilgrimage  is  being  accomplished. 
Come  near  and  hear  him  ere  his  words  are 

o'er: 
Not  as  my  father's  or  his  father's  days. 
As   Isaac's   days  or   Abraham's,  have  been 

mine; 
Not  as  the  days  of  those  that  in  the  field 
Walked  at  the  eventide  to  meditate. 
And  haply,  to  the  tent  returning,  found 
Angels  at  nightfall  waiting  at  their  door; 
They  communed,  Israel  wrestled  with  the 

Lord. 
No,  not  as  Abraham's  or  as  Isaac's  days, 
My   sons,    have   been   Jacob    your   father's 

days: 
Evil  and  few,  attaining  not  to  theirs 
In  number,  and  in  worth  inferior  much. 
As  a  man  with  his  friend  walked  they  with 
In  His  abiding  presence  they  abode,     [God, 
And  all  their  acts  were  open  to  His  face. 
But  I  have  had  to  force  mine  eyes  away. 
To  lose,  almost  to  shun,  the  thoughts  I  loved. 
To  bend  down  to  the  work,  to  bare  the  breast, 
And  struggle,  feet  and  hands,  with  enemies; 
To  buffet  and  to  battle  with  hard  men. 
With  men  of  selfishness  and  violence; 
To  watch  by  day,  and  calculate  by  night. 
To  plot  and  think  of  plots,  and  through  a 

land 
Ambushed  with  guile,  and  with  strong  foes 

beset, 
To  win  with  art  safe  wisdom's  peaceful  way. 
Alas !  I  know,  and  from  the  onset  knew, 


J-^COB. 


J^COB. 


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The  first-born  faith,  the  singleness  of  soul, 
The  antique  pure  simplicity  with  which 
God   and   good   angels    communed    undis- 

pleased, 
Is  not;  it  shall  not  any  more  be  said 
That  of  a  blameless  and  a  iioly  kind 
The  chosen  race,  the  seed  of  ])romise,  comes. 
The  royal,  high  prerogatives,  tlie  dower 
Of  innocence  and  perfectness  of  life. 
Pass  not  unto  my  children  from  their  sire, 
As  unto  me  they  came  of  mine;  tliey  fit 
Neither  to  Jacob  nor  to  Jacob's  race. 
Think  ye,  my  sons,  in  tiiis  extreme  old  age 
And  in  this  failing  breath,  that  I  foiget 
How  on  the  day  when  from  my  father's  door, 
In  bitterness  and  ruefulness  of  heart, 
I  from  my  parents  set  my  face,  and  felt 
I  never  more  again  should  look  on  theirs, — 
How  on  that  day  I  seemed  unto  myself 
Another  Adam  from  his  home  cast  out, 
And  driven  abroad  unto  a  barren  land 
Cursed  for  his  sake,  and  mocking  still  with 

thorns 
And  briers  that  labor  and  that  sweat  of  brow 
He  still  must  spend  to  live?    Sick  of  my  days, 
I  wished  not  life,  but  cried  out.  Let  me  die ; 
But  at  Luz  God  came  to  me ;  in  my  heart 
He  put  a  better  mind,  and  showed  me  how, 
While  we  discern  it  not,  and  least  believe, 
On  stairs  invisible  betwixt  His  heaven 
And  our  unholy,  sinful,  toilsome  earth 
Celestial  messengers  of  loftiest  good 
Upward  and  downward  pass  continually. 
Many,  since  I  upon  the  field  of  Luz 
Set  up  the  stone  I  slept  on  unto  God, 
Many  have  been  the  troubles  of  my  life; 
Sins  in  the  field,  and  sorrows  in  the  tent. 
In  mine  own  household  anguish  and  despair. 
And  gall  and  wormwood  mingled  with  my 

love. 
The  time  would  fail  me  should  Iseek  to  tell 
Of  a  child  wronged  and  cruelly  revenged 
(Accursed  was  that  anger,  it  was  fierce ; 
That  wrath,  for  it  was  cruel) ;  or  of  strife 
And  jealousy  and  cowardice,  with  lies 
Mocking  a  father's  misery;  deeds  of  blood, 
Pollutions,  sicknesses,  and  sudden  deaths. 
These  many  things  against  me  many  times 
The  ploughers  have  ploughed  deep  upon  my 

back. 
And  made  deep  furrows ;  blessed  be  His  name 
Who  hath  delivered  Jacob  out  of  all, 
And  left  within  his  spirit  of  good. 

Come  near  to  me,  my  sons :  your  father  goes, 
The  hour  of  his  dejiarture  draweth  nigh. 
Ah  me !  this  eager  rivalry  of  life, 
This  cruel  conflict  for  pre-eminence, 
This  keen  supplanting  of  the  dearest  kin, 
Quick  seizure  and  fast  unrelaxing  hold 
Of  vantage-place ;  the  stony  hard  resolve, 
The  chase,  the  competition,  and  the  craft 
Which  seems  to  be  the  poison  of  our  life, 
And  yet  is  the  condition  of  our  life ! 
To  have  done  things  on  which  the  eye  with 
shame 


Looks  back,  the  closed  hand  clutching  still 

•the  prize ! 
Alas !  what  of  all  these  things  shall  I  say? 
Take  me  away  unto  Thy  sleep,  O  God ! 
I  thank  Thee  it  is  over,  yet  I  think 
It  was  !t  work  appointed  me  of  thee. 
How  is  it?     I  have  striven  all  my  days 
To  do  my  duty  to  my  house  and  hearth, 
And  to  the  purpose  of  my  father's  race, 
Yet  is  my  heart  therewith  not  satisfied. 

Arthur  H.  Clough. 

3539.  JACOB  AT  BETHEL. 

Genesis  xxviii  :  13-15. 

There  closed  in  sleep  his  wearied  eye 
The  chief  of  tribes  foreshown; 

His  canopy  the  cloudless  sky, 
His  pillow  was  the  stone. 

A  stranger's  land  his  rest  was  found, 

The  wilderness  his  bed ; 
The  silent  stars  of  night  around 

Kept  watch  above  his  head. 

And  glorious  forms,  descending,  stood 

Around  their  mortal  guest; 
That  spot :  it  was  no  solitude, 

The  wanderer's  place  of  rest. 

The  stars  that  shone,  they  passed  away, 

Or  vanished  from  the  sight. 
As  brighter  visitants  than  they 

Came  in  their  path  of  light. 

See,  their  celestial  feet  have  trod 
That  wondrous  path  to  earth; 

And  hark  !  He  speaks,  thy  father's  God, 
The  blessing  of  thy  birth. 

A  blessing  on  thy  race.  The  sands 
Their  type,  that  countless  be ; 

A  blessing  on  the  earth's  fair  lands 
That  yet  shall  look  to  thee. 

His  presence  till  declining  age 
Draw  nigh,  and  life's  last  bound: 

Homeless  no  more !     Thy  heritage 
Is  this  wide  land  around.      H.  W.  J. 

3540.  JACOB,  Death  of. 

I  read  how  Israel,  after  life's  long  Lent, 
Entered  the  quiet  Easter-eve  of  faith ; 
We  do  thee  grievous  wrong,  O  eloquent, 
And  just  and  mighty  death ! 

Life  is  a  cave,  where  shadows  gleam  and 

glide 
Between  our  dim  eyes  and  a  distant  light; 
Faint  breaks  the  booming  of  the  outer  tide, 
Faint  falls  its  line  of  white. 

When  in  the  cave  our  spirits  darkling  stand. 
When  the  light  strangely  flickers  on  the  floor. 
Comes  death,  and  gently  leads  us  by  the  hand 
Unto  the  cavern-door. 


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THE  DREAM. 
Genesis  xxviii  :  12.  # 

I  saw  the  Syrian  sunset's  meteor  crown 
Hang  over  Bethel  for  a  little  space; 
I  saw  a  gentle  wanderer  lie  down 
With  tears  upon  his  face. 

Sheer  up  the  fathomless,  transparent  blue, 
Kose  jasper  battlement  and  crystal  wall; 
Hung  all  the  night  air  pierced  through  and 
With  harps  angelical.  [through 

And  a  great  ladder  was  set  up  the  while 
From  earth  to  heaven,  with  angels  on  each 

round ; 
Barks  that  bore  precious  freight  to  earth's 
Or  sailed  back  homeward-bound,     [far  isle. 

Ah,  many  a   time   we've    looked  on  starlit 

nights 
Up  to  the  skies  as  Jacob  looked  of  old ; 
Looked  longing  up  to  those  eternal  lights 
To  spell  their  lines  of  gold. 

But  nevermore,  as  to  that  Hebrew  boy, 
Each  in  his  way  the  angels  walk  abroad; 
And  nevermore  we  hear,  with  awful  joy, 
The  audible  voice  of  God. 

Yet  to  pure  eyes  that  ladder  still  is  set, 
And  angel  visitants  still  come  and  go ; 
Many  bright  messengers  are  moving  yet 
In  this  dark  world  below. 

Thoughts  that  are  red-crossed  Faith's  out- 
spreading wings. 

Prayers  of  the  church,  aye  keeping  time  and 
tryst; 

Heart- wishes,  making  bee-like  murmurings ; 

Their  flower,  the  Eucharist ; 

Spirits  elect,  by  suffering  rendered  meet 
For  those  high  mansions ;  from  the  nursery 

door. 
Bright  babes,  that  climb  up  with  their  clay- 
Unto  the  golden  floor:  [cold  feet. 

These  are  the  messengers  forever  wending 
From  earth  to  heaven,  that  faith  alone  may 

scan; 
These  are  the  angels  of  our  God,  ascending 
Upon  the  Son  of  man ! 

THE  DEATH-BED   OF  JACOB. 
Genesis  xlviii :  29. 
I  saw  a  tent  beside  the  lotus-river, 
I  saw  an  old  man  bowed  upon  the  bed ; 
Methought  the  river  sang,  "  I  roll  forever, 
But  soon  he  will  be  dead  I 

"Long  since  his  grandsire  walked  beside  my 

stream ; 
His  wife  a  lily,  lit  my  lilied  meadows; 
Long  since  they  glided,  like  a  magic  dream 
Into  the  old-world  shadows. 


"  Up  where  the  grandsire  rests,  the  mummy 

goes, 
Up  to  the  shrivelled  lily's  mask  of  clay; 
But  on  my  music  grandly  flows, 
And  it  shall  flow  for  aye." 

Whereto  another  voice  kept  chanting  on : 
"The  shadows  come,  the  shadows  go,  old 

river ; 
But  when  thy  music  shall  be  mute  and  gone. 
He  shall  sing  psalms  forever." 

And  then,  methought,  beside  that  pastoral 

tent. 
The  ladder  rose  from  the  green  land  below ; 
Fair,  spiritual  creatures  made  descent, 
And  beckoned  him  to  go. 

But  up  the  stream  of  time  he  seemed  to  float. 
And  twice  seven  years  was  toiling  for  his 

wife; 
And  all  his  thoughts  hung  heaving,  like  a 
On  the  long  swell  of  life !  [boat. 

How  statue-like  that  shape  in  shadows  deep. 
Like  one  of  marble,  in  the  minster's  rest; 
With  a  pale  babe,   not  dead,  but  gone  to 
Forever,  on  her  breast !  [sleep 

And  the  white  mother's  breast  may  seem  to 

heave. 
And  the  white  child  to  feel  about  her  face: 
'Tis  but  our  restless  hearts  that  thus  deceive 
The  quiet  of  the  place  ! 

And  Israel  looked  upon  his  Rachel  wanned 
Like  a  white  flower  beneath  long  summer- 
rain  ; 
So   she  with  sweat  of  childbirth  her   thin 
Laid  on  the  counterpane.  [hand 

NearEphrath  there's  a  pillared  tomb  apart; 
It  casts  a  shadow  o'er  her  where  she  lies. 
As  she  a  shadow  o'er  her  husband's  heart 
Of  household  memories. 

THE   BLESSINGS. 

Genesis  xlviii :  10;  xlix  :  1. 

Then  by  the  death-bed  two  fair  boys  bent 

down. 
So  bent  two  wild-flowers  where  the  dark  firs 

rise. 
Fell  first  upon  the  younger's  golden  crown. 
Faith's  blessing,  sunlight-wise. 

Gather  yourselves  together,  hear  ye  well. 
Your  fair  adventure  from  the  lips  of  death; 
Gather  yourselves  together,  sons  of  Israel; 
Hear  what  in  song  he  saith ! 

That  as  the  old  men  of  the  after-time 
May  find  the  wingfed  words  by  fancy  sought, 
Tracing  the  golden  feather  of  their  rhyme 
Through  the  thick  leaves  of  thought. 


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Hushed  is  the  song;  the  tribesmen  all  are 
According  to  his  blessing,  everyone;  [blest, 
But  still  the  old  man's  spirit  may  not  rest, 
Until  lie  charge  each  son. 

Not  -where  the  Pharaohs   lie,   with   incense 

breathed 
Bound  awful  galleries,  grim  with  shapes  of 

wrath, 
Hawk-headed,     vulture-pinioned,     serpent- 
Hued  like  an  Indian  moth.  [wreathed, 

But  lay  him  where,  from  forest  or  green  slope, 
To  Harare's  cave  the  low  wind  beatethbalm, 
Chanteth  a  litany  of  immortal  hope, 
Singeth  a  funeral  psalm. 

Then  slowly  upward   did  the   cold   death 

creep 
From  foot  to  face,  with  its  strange  lines  of 

white. 
Like  foam-streaks  on  a  river,  dark  and  deep, 
Lashed  by  the  winds  all  night. 

And  then  the  feet  were  gathered  in  the  bed. 
The  silver  stairs  were  all  astir  with  wings — 
Whatever  lauds  are  sweetly  sung,  or  said, 
Or  struck  on  plausive  strings. 

Whatever  harmony  conch  or  trumpet  rolls. 
From  angels  swelled,  addressed  to  entertain. 
With  gratulations  high,  those  purgM  souls 
For  which  the  Lamb  was  slain. 

niS   DYING   PROPHECY. 

We  die,  but  no  unearthly  breezes  bless. 
Blown  from  futurity,  the  passing  soul; 
Through  tangled  mazes  of  our  consciousness 
No  prophet  sunlights  roll. 

Yet  as  what  time  the  softly  floating  mist 
Hangs  o'er  the  hushed  sea  and  the  leafy  land, 
Nature,  a  ])assi(inless  pule  evangelist. 
Takes  pun  and  scroll  in  hand, 

Ani,  lookingupward,  writes  beneath  the  sea 
A  colorless  stciry,  beautiful  but  dim — 
So  Jacob  saw  the  Loid  in  mystery, 
And  darkly  sang  of  Him. 

But  unto  us  He  comes  in  fuller  light. 
His  pale  and  dying  lips  with  woe  foredone; 
No  need  to  seek  through  many  a  day  and 
By  starlight  for  the  sun !  [night 

So  come,  O  Shiloh !  with  the  thorn-crowned 

head — 
Come  with  the  fountain  flowing  forth  abroad ; 
Bring  faith  the  sacred  Eucharistic  bread. 
Give  her  the  wine  of  God. 

Come,  with  the  opened  arms  for  sin  to  see, 
The  sacramental  side  for  sinners  riven! 
Oh,  in  the  hour  of  death  we  climb  by  Thee 
Up  to  the  gate  of  heaven ! 


Like  a  tall  ship  that  beareth  slow  and  proud 
A  fallen  chief — for  pall  and  plume  in  motion, 
TJie  death-dark  topmast  and  the  death-white 
Drift  o'er  the  silver  ocean.  [shroud 

Silent  the  helmsman  stands  beside  the  wheel; 
Silent  the  mariners  in  their  watches  wait; 
And  a  great  music  rolls  before  the  keel, 
As  through  an  abbey  gate. 

Like  that  tall  ship,  a  grand  procession  comes 
Up  from  old  Father  Nile  to  Hebron's  hill; 
But  no  dead  march  is  beat  upon  the  drums, 
And  every  trump  is  still. 

Heartsore  and   footsore  with  the  march  of 

life- 
Soldier  of  God,  whose  fields  were  foughten 

well — - 
Resteth  him  from  the   cumbrance  and  the 
World-wearied  Israel.  [strife, 

Twelve  harps  of  life  are  round  that  string- 
less  lyre. 

Twelve  living  flowery  are  round  that  v/ith- 
ered  one ; 

Twelve  clouds  with  his  red  sunset  all  on  fire 

Are  round  that  sunken  sun. 

Those  twelve  brave  hearts  are  tolling  ever- 
more, 
For  every  heart  beats  like  a  muffled  bell. 
And  still  they  ring  "  Thy  march  of  life  is 
O  weary  soul,  rest  well!"  [o'er: 

Still  it  sails  onward,  where  the  Red  Sea  filla 
With  snowy  drift  of  shells  his  coral  bowers. 
Up  through  the  wondrous  land  of  rose-red 
To  that  of  rose-red  flowers:  [hills, 

The  land  where  aye,  through  many  a  purpltj 

gap, 
The   wanderer   sees    a    mountain-wall    up- 

spring ; 
And  ever  in  his  ear  the  wild  waves  flap 
Like  a  great  eagle's  wing. 

Meet  battlement   for  the  race  that  dwells 

alone ! 
Music  to  match,  monotonous  and  grave. 
The  tongue  whose  dark  old  words  are  all  its 
Pure  as  the  mid-sea  wave.  [own, 

Ever  I  walk  with  that  funereal  train; 
The  stars  shine  over  it  for  tapers  tall. 
And  Jordan's  music  is  the  requiem  strain. 
Drawn  out  from  fall  to  fall. 

Come  thou,  O  south-wind !  with  thy  frag- 
rance faint, 

Bring  from  those  grand  old  forests,  on  thy 
breath, 

Balm  for  the  mummy,  lying  like  a  saint, 

Upon  his  car  of  death. 


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THE   TOMB. 

Bear  him,  ye  bearers !  lay  him  down  at  last 
In  still  Machpelah  down  by  Leah's  side; 
On  that  pale  bridegroom  shimmering  light 
Laid  by  that  awful  bride.  [is  cast 

Rests  he  not  well,  whose  pilgrim  staff  and 

shoon 
Lie  in  his  tent,  for  through  the  golden  street 
They  walk,  and  stumble  not,  on  roads  star- 
With  their  unsandalled  feet?  [strewn. 

Rests  he  not  well,  who  keepeth  watch  and 

ward. 
In  sweet  possession  of  the  land  loved  most, 
Till,  marshalled  by  the  angel  of  the  Lord, 
Shall  come  the  heaven-sent  host? 

Who  has  not  felt,  within  some  churchyard 

spot, 
When  evening's  pencil  shades  the  pale-gold 

sky. 
"  Here,  at  the  closing  of  my  life's  calm  lot, 
Here  would  I  love  to  lie ; 

"Here,  where  the  poet- thrush  so  often  pours 
His  requiem  hidden  in  green  aisles  of  lime. 
And  bloody-red  along  the  sycamores 
Creepeth  the  summer-time ; 

"Where  through  the  ruined  church's  broken 

walls 
Glimmers  all  night  the  vast  and  solemn  sea, 
As  through  our  broken  hopes  the  brightness 
Of  our  eternity?"  [falls 

But,  when  we  die,  we  rest,  far,  far  away ; 
Not  over  us  the  lime-trees  lift  their  bowers. 
And    the  young   sycamores  their    shadows 
O'er  graves  that  are  not  ours.  [sway 

Yet  he  is  happy,  wheresoe'er  he  lie. 

Round  whom    the   purple   calms   of   Eden 

spread ; 
Who  sees  his  Saviour  with  the  heart's  pure 
He  is  the  happy  dead  !  [eye, 

By  the  rough  brook  of  life  no  more  he  wres- 
tles. 

Huddling  its  hoarse  waves  till  weary  night 
depart; 

No  more  the  face  of  a  Rachel  nestles 

Upon  his  broken  heart. 

He  is  encircled  by  the  quiet  home 

From  whose  safe  fold  no  little  lamb  is  lost ; 

The  Jegar-sahadutha  of  the  tomb 

No  Laban  ever  crossed ! 

I  saw  again.  Behold  !  heaven's  open  door, 
Behold !  a  throne ;  the  seraphim  stood  o'er  it ; 
And  white-robed  elders  fell  upon  the  floor, 
And  flung  their  crowns  before  it. 

1  saw  a  wondrous  book ;  an  angel  strong 
To  heaven  and  earth  proclaimed  his  loud  ap- 
peals ; 
But  a  hush  passed  across  tlie  seraph's  song, 
For  none  minrht  loose  the  seals. 


Then,  fast  as  rain  to  death-cry  of  the  year, 
Tears  of  St.  John  to  that  sad  cry  were  given; 
It  was  a  wondrous  thing  to  see  a  tear 
Fall  on  the  floor  of  heaven ! 

And  a  sweet  voice  said,  "Weep  not;  where- 
fore fails. 
Eagle  of  God,  thy  heart  the  high  and  leal? 
The  Lion  out  of  Judah's  tribe  prevails 
To  loose  the  sevenfold  seal !" 

'Twas   Israel's  voice;    and   straightway,  up 

above 
Stood  in  the  midst  a  wondrous  Lamb,  snow 

white ; 
Heart-wounded  with  the  deep,  sweet  wounds 
Eternal,  infinite.  [of  love, 

Then  rose  the  song  no  ear  had  heard  before; 
Then  from  the  white-robed  throng  high  an- 
them woke ; 
And  fast  as  spring-tide  on  the  sealess  shore, 
The  hallelujahs  broke. 

Who  dreams  of  God  when  passionate  youth 

is  high, 
When  first  life's  weary  waste  his  feet  have 

trod? 
Who  seeth  angels'  footfalls  in  the  sky. 
Working  the  works  of  God? 

His  sun  shall  fade  as  gently  as  it  rose ; 
Through  the  dark  woof  of  death's  approach- 
ing night. 
His   faith  shall  shoot,  at  night's  prophetic 
Some  threads  of  golden  light.  [close, 

For  him  the  silver  ladder  shall  be  set ; 
His  Saviour  shall  receive  his  latest  breath; 
He  walketh  to  a  fadeless  coronet. 
Up  through  the  gate  of  death  ! 

William  Alexander. 

3541.  JACOB'S  BED. 

The  bed  was  earth,  the  raised  pillow,  stones, 
Whereon  poor  Jacob  rests  his  head,  his  bones ; 
Heaven  was  his  canopy;  the  shades  of  night 
Were  his  drawn  curtains  to  exclude  the  light. 

Poor  state  for  Israel's  heir !     It  seems  to  me 
His  cattle  found  as  soft  a  bed  as  he : 
Yet  God  appeared  there,  his  joy,  his  crown; 
God  is  not  always  seen  in  beds  of  down. 

Oh,  if  that  God  shall  please  to  make  my  bed, 
I  care  not  where  I  rest  my  bones,  my  head  ! 
With  Him  my  wants  can  never  prove  extreme ; 
With  Jacob's  pillow  give  me  Jacob's  dream. 
Francis  Quarles. 

3542.  JACOB'S  BLESSING. 

Genesis  xxvii  :  15-37. 
Father,  to  that  first-born  of  Thine 

Thou  hast  the  blessing  given; 
The  power  and  dignity  divine, 

The  inheritance  of  heaven. 


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Oh !  how  shall  I,  the  younger  son, 

The  elder's  right  obtain? 
I'll  put  my  brother's  raiment  on, 

And  thus  the  blessing  gain. 

Father,  I  joyfully  believe 

Thou  art  well  pleased  with  me ; 
Thou  dost  at  my  approach  perceive 

An  heavenly  f  ragrancy ; 
Thou  dost  Thy  gracious  will  declare. 

Thou  dost  delight  to  bless. 
And  why? — my  Brother's  garb  I  wear. 

My  Saviour's  righteousness. 

J.  and  C.  Wesley. 

3543.  JACOB'S  DREAM. 

Genesis  xxviii :  10-22. 
The  sun  was  sinking  on  the  mountain-zone 
That  guards  thy  vales  of  beauty,  Palestine ! 
And  lovely  from  the  desert  rose  tlie  moon. 
Yet  lingering  on  the  horizon's  purple  line, 
Like  a  pure  spirit  o'er  its  earthly  shrine. 
Up  Padan-aram's  height  abrupt  and  bare 
A  pilgrim  toiled,  and  oft  on  day's  decline 
Looked  pale,  then  paused  for  eve's  delicious 

air: 
The  summit  gained,  he  knelt,  and  breathed 

his  evening  prayer. 

He  spread  his  cloak  and  slumbered ;  dark- 
ness fell 
Upon  the  twilight  hills;  a  sudden  sound 
Of  silver  trumpets  o'er  him  seemed  to  swell; 
Clouds   heavy  with   the    tempest  gathered 

round. 
Yet  was  the  whirlwind  in  its  caverns  bound ; 
Still  deeper  rolled  the  darkness  from  on  high. 
Gigantic  volume  upon  volume  wound: 
Above,  a  pillar  shooting  to  the  sky; 
Below,  a  mighty  sea,  that  spread  incessantly. 

Voices  are  heard — a  choir  of  golden  strings, 
Low  winds,  whose  breath  is  loaded  with  the 

rose;  [wings; 

Then  chariot  wheels — the  nearer  rush  of 
Pale  lightning  round  the  dark  pavilion  glows, 
It  thunders — the  resplendent  gates  unclose; 
Far  as  the  eye  can  glance,  on  height  o'er 

height, 
Rise  fiery- waving  wings,  and   star-crowned 

brows. 
Millions    on   millions,    brighter    and    more 

bright,  [light. 

Till  all  is  lost  in  one  supreme,  unmingled 

But  two  beside  the  sleeping  pilgrim  stand. 
Like  cherub-kings,  with  lifted,  mighty  plume, 
Fixed,  sun-bright  eyes,  and  looks  of  high 

command: 
They  tell  the  patriarch  of  his  glorious  doom ; 
Father  of  countless  myriads  that  shall  come. 
Sweeping  the  land  like  billows  of  the  sea, 
Bright  as  the  stars  of  heaven  from  twilight's 

gloom. 
Till  He  is  given  whom  angels  long  to  see. 
And  Israel's  splendid  line  is  crowned  with 

Deity.  Oeorge  Croly. 


3544.  JACOB'S  LADDER, 

Genesis  xxviii  :  13. 
If  the  Lord  our  leader  be, 

We  may  follow  without  fear; 
East  or  west,  by  land  or  sea, 

Home  with  Him  isev'rywhere; 
When  from  Esau  Jacob  fled, 

Though  liis  pillow  was  of  stone, 
And  the  ground  his  humble  bed, 

Yet  he  was  not  left  alone. 

Kings  are  often  waiting  kept. 

Racked  with  cares  on  beds  of  state, 
Never  king  like  Jacob  slejit. 

For  he  lay  at  heaven's  gate ; 
Lo !  he  saw  a  ladder  reared. 

Reaching  to  the  heav'niy  throne; 
At  the  top  the  Lord  appeared. 

Spake,  and  claimed  him  for  His  own. 

"Fear  not,  Jacob,  thou  art  Mine, 

And  My  presence  with  thee  goes; 
On  thy  heart  My  love  shall  shine. 

And  My  arm  subdue  thy  foes : 
From  ]\Iy  promise  comfort  take, 

For  My  help  in  trouble  call; 
Never  will  I  thee  forsake. 

Till  I  have  accomplished  all." 

Well  does  Jacob's  ladder  suit. 

To  the  gospel-throne  of  grace ; 
We  are  at  the  ladder's  foot, 

Ev'ry  hour,  in  ev'ry  place. 
By  assuming  flesh  and  blood, 

Jesus  heav'n  and  earth  unites; 
We  by  faith  ascend  to  God, 

God  to  dwell  with  us  delights. 

They  who  know  the  Saviour's  name 

Are  for  all  events  prepared ; 
What  can  changes  do  to  them. 

Who  have  such  a  guide  and  guard? 
Should  they  traverse  earth  around. 

To  the  ladder  still  they  come ; 
Ev'ry  spot  is  holy  ground, 

God  is  there — and  He's  their  home. 
John  Newton. 

3545.  JACOB'S  LADDER. 

What  doth  the  ladder  mean. 

Sent  down  from  the  Most  High? 
Fastened  to  earth  its  foot  is  seen, 
Its  summit  to  the  sky. 
Lo  !  up  and  down  the  scale 
The  angels  swiftly  move, 
And  God,  the  great  Invisible, 
Himself  appears  above ! 

Jesus  that  ladder  is. 
Til'  incarnate  Deity, 
Partaker  of  celestial  bliss 
And  human  misery; 
Sent  from  His  high  abode, 
To  sleeping  mortals  given, 
He  stands  and  m.an  unites  to  God, 
And  earth  connects  with  heaven. 


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Let  Jacob's  favored  race 

The  wondrous  scale  approve, 
Through  which  alone  we  have  access 
To  that  bright  throne  above. 
The  foot  on  earth  is  fixed, 
He  in  our  nature  dwells. 
Sinners  and  God  He  stands  betwixt, 
And  God  to  man  reveals. 

The  top  our  faith  adores. 

The  top  transcends  our  sight, 
Above  all  earthly  things  it  soars 
And  all  created  height ! 
His  glorious  majesty 

Our  heavenly  Lord  maintains, 
As  God  He  dwells  above  the  sky, 
As  God  forever  reigns. 

Pursue  the  mystery ! 

The  duteous  angel-train 
Ascending  and  descending  see 

Upon  the  Son  of  Man ! 
The  ministerial  host 

Their  heavenly  Lord  attend ; 
And  us  who  in  His  mercy  trusts 

He  bids  His  guards  defend. 

Through  Christ  our  living  way, 
Sent  from  above  they  come, 
Our  spirits  safely  to  convey 
To  our  eternal  home. 
They  watch  each  glorious  heir. 
And  when  from  flesh  released. 
Up  to  our  Father's  throne  they  bear, 
And  lodge  us  in  His  breast. 

Redeemer  of  mankind, 
Who  on  Thy  name  rely, 
A  constant  intercourse  we  find 
Opened  'twixt  earth  and  sky : 
Mercy  and  grace  and  peace 
Descend  through  Thee  alone; 
And  Thou  dost  all  our  services 
Present  before  the  throne. 

On  us  Thy  Father's  love 
Is  for  Thy  sake  bestowed; 
Thou  art  our  Advocate  above. 
Thou  art  our  way  to  God: 
Our  way  to  God  we  trace. 

And  through  Thy  name  forgiven ; 
From  step  to  step,  from  grace  to  grace, 
On  Thee  we  climb  to  heaven. 

J.  and,  C.  Wedey. 

3546.  JACOB'S  LADDEB,. 

When   Jacob    slept    in   Bethel,   and    there 

dreamed 
Of  angels  ever  climbing  and  descending 
A  ladder,  whose  height  of  splendor  seemed 
With  glory  of  the  Ineffable  Presence  blend- 
ing, 
The    place    grew    sacred    to    his   reverent 

thought ; 
He  said,  "  Lo!  God  is  here:  I  knew  it  not." 


The  patriarch's  vision — not  for  him  alone 
Lighted  that  golden  mystery  his  slumber; 
Beneath  it  slept  a  world  of  souls  unknown. 
When  God   sets   up   a  sign,   no   man    may 

number 
Its  meanings  infinite.    Who  runneth  reads, 
And  finds  the  interpretation  that  he  needs. 

Wherever  upward,  even  the  lowest  round, 
Man  by  a  hand's  hel|)  lifts  his  feeble  brother, 
There  is  the  house  of  God  and  holy  ground. 
The  gate  of  heaven  is  love;  there  is  none 

other. 
When  generous   act  blooms  from  unselfish 

thought, 
The  Lord  is  with  us,  though  we  know  it  not. 

This  ladder  is  let  down  in  every  place 
Where  unto  nobler  virtues  men  aspire. 
Our  human  lineaments  gain  angel  grace. 
Leaving  behind  low  aim  and  base  desire. 
Deserts  of  earth  are  changed  to  Bethel  thus: 
The  vision  is  for  every  one  of  us. 

3547.  JACOB'S  LADDER:    Onrs. 
I  read  upon  that  book, 

Which  down  the  golden  gulf  doth  let  us  look 
On  the  sweet  days  of  pastoral  majesty ; 

I  read  upon  that  book 
How,  when  the  shepherd  prince  did  flee 

(Red  Esau's  twin),  he  desolate  took 
The  stone  for  a  pillow ;  then  he  fell  on  sleep. 
And  lo !  there  was  a  ladder.  Lo  !  there  hung 
A  ladder  from  the  star- place,  and  it  clung 
To  the  earth:  it  tied  her  so  to  heaven;  and  oh! 
There  fluttered  wings; 
There  were  ascending  and  descending  things 

That  stepped  to  him  where  he  lay  Ioav  : 

Then  up  the  ladder  would  adrifting  go 
(This  feathered  brood  of  heaven),  and  show 
Small  as  white  flakes  in  winter  that  are  blown 
Together,  underneath  the  great  white  throne. 

When  I  had  shut  the  book,  I  said  : 
"Now,  as  for  me,  my  dreams  upon  my  bed 

Are  not  like  Jacob's  dream  ; 
Yet  I  have  got  it  in  my  life;  yes,  I, 
And  many  more:  it  doth  not  us  beseem. 

Therefore  to  sigh, 
Is  there  not  hung  a  ladder  in  our  sky? 
Yea;  and,  moreover,  all  the  way  up  on  high 
Is  thickly  peopled  with  the  prayers  of  men. 

We  have  no  dream !     What  then? 
Like  winged  wayfarers  the  height  they  scale 
(By  Him  that  offers  them  they  shall  ])revail). 

The  prayers  of  men.         Jean  Ingehw. 

3548.  JACOB'S  WELL,  Christ  at. 

John  iv  :  G-30. 
Here,  after  Jacob  parted  from  his  brother, 
His  daughters  lingered  round  this  well,  new 

made; 
Here, seventeen  centuries  after,  came  another, 
And  talked  with  Jesus,  wondering  and  afraid. 
Here,    other  centuries   past,  the   emperor's 

mother 
Sheltered  its  waters  with  a  temple's  shade. 


J^COB. 


JACOB. 


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Here,  'mid  the  fallen  fragments,  as  of  old, 
The  girl  her  pitcher  dips  within  its  waters 
cold. 

And  Jacob's  race  "grew  strong  for  many  an 

hour. 
Then  torn  beneath  the  Roman  eagle  lay ; 
The    Roman's    vast     and    earth-controlling 

power 
Has  crumbled  like  these  shafts  and  stones 

away; 
But  still  the  waters,  fed  by  dew  and  shower, 
Come  up  as  ever  to  the  light  of  day; 
And  still  the  maid  bends  downward  with  her 

urn. 
Well  pleased  to  see  its  glass  her  lovely  face 

return. 

And  those  few  words  of  truth,  first  uttered 

here. 
Have  sunk  into  the  human  soul  and  heart ; 
A  spiritual  faith  dawns  bright  and  clear, 
Dark  creeds  and  ancient  mysteries  depart ; 
The  hour  for  God's  true  worshippers  draws 

near; 
Then  mourn  not  o'er  the  wrecks  of  earthly  art ; 
Kingdoms  may  fall,  and  human  works  decay ; 
Nature  moves  on  unchanged.   Truths  never 

pass  away.  James  F.  Clarice. 

3549.  JACOB'S  WELL,  Christ  at. 
I  hear  the  tinkling  camel's  bell 

Beneath  the  shade  of  Ebal's  mount 
And  man  and  beast,  at  Jacob's  well. 
Bow  down  to  taste  the  sacred  fount. 

Samaria's  daugliter  too  doth  share 

The  draught  that  early  thirst  can  quell ; 

But  who  is  this  that  meets  her  there? 
What  voice  is  this  at  Jacob's  well? 

"  Ho !  ask  of  Me,  and  I  will  give, 
From  My  own  life,  thy  life's  supply; 

I  am  the  fount!  drink,  drink  and  live: 
No  more  to  thirst,  no  more  to  die !" 

Strange  mystic  words,  but  words  of  heaven; 

And  they  who  drink  to  day,  as  then, 
To  t  hem  shall  inward  life  be  given; 

Their  souls  shall  never  thirst  again! 

Tliomas  C.   Upham. 

3550.  JACOB'S  WELL,  OMst  at. 
Ho  journeyed  on  to  Galilee, 

Unheralded  by  fame, 
And  wearily  to  Jacob's  well 

The  heavenly  Teacher  came. 
Upon  that  fountain's  granite  lip 

He  leaned,  and  gazed  below. 
Where  the  cool  waters  gushed  and  foamed. 

And  leaped  in  frolic  flow. 

Who  would  have  thought  that  weary  man, 

Reclined  in  mean  attire 
Here  in  Samaria,  was  the  theme 

Of  all  the  angel  choir? 


That  for  this  wanderer,  faint  with  thirst, 
Were  heaven  and  hell  at  strife, 

That  he  possessed  the  crystal  key 
Which  opes  the  Well  of  Life? 

Oh !  when  I  meet,  henceforth,  the  sad 

And  humble  child  of  care. 
Let  me  not  scorn  his  presence,  lest 

I  weave  myself  a  snare ; 
For  in  that  poor  and  broken  wretch, 

By  whom  the  dunghill's  trod. 
Unerring  Scrutiny  may  spy 

A  sceptred  son  of  God. 

William  B.  Tappan. 

3551.  JACOB'S  WELL,  The  Eest  by 

John  iv :  G. 

Sweeter,  O  Lord  !  than  rest  to  Thee, 

While  seated  by  the  well, 
Was  Thine  own  task  of  love,  to  all 

Of  grace  and  peace  to  tell. 
One  thoughtless  heart  that  never  knew 

The  pulse  of  life  before. 
There  learned  to  love — was  taught  to  sigh 

For  earthly  joys  no  more. 

Friend  of  the  lost,  O  Lord !  in  Thee 

Samaria's  daughter  there 
Found  One  whom  love  had  drawn  to  earth, 

Her  weight  of  guilt  to  bear. 
Fair  witness  of  Thy  saving  grace. 

In  her,  O  Lord  !  we  see 
The  wandering  soul  by  love  subdued. 

The  sinner  drawn  to  Thee. 

Through  all  that  sweet  and  blessed  scene. 

Dear  Saviour,  by  the  well. 
More  than  enough  the  trembler  finds 

His  guilty  fears  to  quell. 
There,  in  the  full  repose  of  faith, 

The  soul  delights  to  see. 
Not  only  one  who  deeply  loves, 

But  Love  itself  in  Thee.  Denny. 

3552.  JACOB'S  WELL,  The  Woman  at. 
Footsore  and  weary,  and  with  thirst  imslaked, 
His  hunger  unappeased,  our  Saviour  sits 
On  Jacob's   well,  whose  deep  dark  waters 

seemed 
To  mock  His  fevered  lips  and  burning  brow. 
No  discontented  murmurs  taint  the  air; 
But,  calm,  serene,  and  with  a  smile  upon 
His  face,  He  waits  His  followers'  return. 
Soon  comes  a  woman  of  Samaria 
Water  to  draw,  and,  with  inquiring  look. 
Beholds  and  hears  one  of  that  stiff-necked 

race 
Who  hate  her  nation,  and  esteem  it  cursed, 
Ask,  in  persuasive  tones,  if  He  may  drink? 
As  she  complies,  how  little  does  she  dream 
She  stands  before  the  Saviour  of  mankind ! 
Soon  in  astonishment  she  hears  Him  speak 
Of  "  living  water"  which  if  one  partakes 
He  ne'er  shall  thirst  again.     "Give  me  to 

drink," 
Prays  she,  "that  I  may  never  be  athirst." 


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Ju^EL. 


And,  while  she  speaks,  to  her  unconscious 

soul  [faith ; 

There  steals  the  answer  for  her  prayer  of 
And  almost  unawares  she's  passed  from  death 
Of  sin  and  shame  to  life  and  peace  in  God. 
O  woman !  blest  beyond  comparison,       [joys 
"Who  would  not  have  foregone  one  half  the 
Of  this  tempestuous  life  thus  to  have  sat 
And  drunk  in  words  so  precious,  po  divine? 
Methinks  I  see  thee,  with  half-fiaring  voice 
And  action,  tell,  twice  o'er,  the  marvellous 

tale 
Of  Him  who  sjioke  in  words  so  wondrous 

sweet 
They  melted  quite  thy  heart  enchained  in  sin. 
And,  as  they  all  about  thee  hang  to  hear. 
The  dawning  of  a  higher  life  is  seen 
To  break  from  eager  eyes,  and  earnest  looks, 
And  hearts  that  throb  with  new-found  love 

and  life.  Alexander  Macauly. 

3553.  JACOB'S  WEESTLIN&. 
Genesis  xxsii  :  26. 
The  struggle  has  been  long, 

And  strength  is  failing; 
I  know  that  Thou  art  strong, 

And  all-prevailing; 
But  terrors  thicker  grow, 

And  fears  op])ress  me : 
I  will  not  let  Thee  go. 

Except  Thou  bless  me. 

I  know  the  night  is  past, 

And  day  is  breaking; 
But  I  upon  this  cast 

My  all  am  staking; 
I  cannot  bear  the  blow 

If  Thou  repress  me : 
I  will  not  let  Thee  go, 

Except  Thou  bless  me. 

The  morning  light  will  bring 

Impending  danger; 
To  Thee  alone  I  cling, 

A  lonely  stranger; 
Protect  me  from  my  foe, 

And  now  redress  me : 
I  will  not  let  Thee  go, 

Except  Thou  bless  me. 

On  Thee,  Thou  great  Unknown, 

I  am  dependent. 
For  I  am  here  alone, 

Without  defendant; 
Thine  arms  around  me  throw, 

While  perils  press  me : 
I  will  not  let  Thee  go, 

Except  Thou  bless  me. 

I  would  not,  though  I  fail. 

Be  Thee  impugning, 
But  let  me  now  prevail 

In  importuning. 
Since  all  to  Thee  I  owe,  . 

Bid  hope  possess  me: 
I  will  not  let  Thee  go, 

Except  Thou  bless  me. 


Thy  seal  Thou  hast  impressed. 

And  I  am  halting: 
But  though  Thou  hast  distressed, 

Thou  art  exalting. 
Thou  dost  a  name-bestow, 

As  prince  address  me  : 
I  will  not  let  Thee  go. 

Except  Thou  bless  me. 

Thou  Messenger  divine, 

From  heaven  descended, 
Oh  make  me  henceforth  Thine, 

Till  life  is  ended. 
Thou  canst  prevail,  but  oh ! 

Do  not  sup])ress  me : 
I  will  not  let  Thee  go. 

Except  Thou  bless  me. 

Oliver  Crane. 

3554.  JAEL. 

Jtudges  iv  :  18-22. 
A  lonely  woman's  feeble  hand, 

A  mail-clad  warrior  in  his  might, 
At  her  tent- door  behold  her  stand 

To  greet  the  captain  of  the  fight. 

Stern  greeting  hers !  for  from  on  high 
Unbidden  comes  the  Lord's  behest, 

And  fires  with  wrath  her  gentle  eye. 

And  arms  with  fraud  her  guileless  breast. 

Lord,  whence  is  this?     What  spell  is  cast? 

Whence  this  upheaving  flood  within. 
This  lightning-blaze,  tliis  whirlwind-blast. 

Too  calm  for  rage,  too  pure  for  sin? 

It  comes,  it  comes:  she  may  not  pause; 

Herself  the  hammer  of  Heaven's  will. 
She  executes  the  unwritten  laws, 

Nor  wists  the  word  that  bids  her  kill. 

One  blow,  and  where  is  he  whose  head 
Gave  strength  and  guidance  to  an  host? 

Low  at  a  woman's  feet,  and  dead, 
Man's  foe  and  God's  lies  ever  lost. 

And  who  shall  doubt  that  in  God's  Book 
Hath  scanned  the  Gospel  through  the  veil, 

And  learned  beyond  the  law  to  look. 
Whose  is  the  hammer  and  the  nail? 

The  woman  among  women  blest. 
Where  but  at  Bethlehem  is  she? 

The  victor  vanquished  in  his  rest, 
Where  but  on  crimson  Calvary? 

'Twas  she  who,  when  the  strife  ran  high, 
Gave  flesh  and  birth  to  God's  own  Son, 

Gave  to  the  life  the  power  to  die, 
And  raise  by  death  a  world  undone, 

O  Son  of  Mary !  cheat  our  foe ; 

Down  with  him  even  to  the  ground ; 
In  the  grave's  slumber  lay  death  low, 

And  in  the  weak  let  strength  abound. 
E.  Tomlins. 


J'J^FT^JL. 


J.A-IRTJS. 


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3555.  JAPPA-JOPPA. 

Oldest  of  cities  I  linked  with  sacred  truth 
And  classic  fable  from  thy  earliest  dawn ! 
By  name  The  Beautiful;  still  fair  and  stately 
As  seen  by  mariner  that  steers  his  course 
From  the  far  west,  when  summer's  sun  goes 

down 
Beneath  yon  level  stretch  of  ocean-blue, 
And  flings  the  ripples  of  its  dying  light 
Full  on  thy  face !     Xor  less  I  call  thee  fair, 
When  wandering  through  thy  shady  orange- 
groves 
That  scent  the  still  noon-air;    or  'neath  thy 

palms 
That  wave  in  beauty   to  the  clear  spring- 
moon,  [sands. 
And  shake  their  feathers  o'er  thy  sea-swept 

Oldest  of  cities  I  Sidon  of  the  north. 
And  Kirjath-Arba  of  the  rocky  south, 
And  Egypt's  Zoan,  cannot  equal  thee! 
Andromeda  and  Perseus,  if  the  lay 
Of  classic  fable  speak  the  truth,  were  here. 
Monarchs  of  Palestine  and  kings  of  Tyre, 
And  the  brave  Jlaccabee,  have  all  been  here; 
And  Cestius,  with  his  Roman  plunderers; 
And  Saladin  and  Baldwin,  and  the  host 
Of  fierce  crusaders  from  the  British  North, 
Once  shook  their  swords  above  thee,  and  thy 

blood 
Flowed  down  like  water  to  thine  ancient  sea. 

First  city  where  the  European  wave 
Of  superstitious  battle  broke  in  fury 
Over  these  surf -washed  rocks  that  guard  thy 

haven. 
Last  city  whence  this  dark  crusading  tide 
Ebbed  back  in  broken  sullenness  and  gloom. 
Leaving  thy  bay  as  placid  as  before. 
City  of  terror,  when  the  rod  of  God 
Pursued  the  flying  prophet,  and  with  storm  ^ 
Brought  back  the  unwilling  messenger  of  ill. 
City  of  gladness,  when  apostles'  hands 
Wrought  miracles  of  love,  and  dried  up  tears. 
And,  with  a  word,  unlocked  the  gate  of  death. 

3556.  JAILEE.,  Conversion  of  the. 

Acts  xvi  :  20-31. 
A  believer  free  from  care 
May  in  chains  or  dungeons  sing, 
If  the  Lord  be  with  him  there, 
And  be  happie:  than  a  king: 
Paul  and  Silas  thus  confined. 
Though  their  backs  were  torn  by  whips, 
Yet,  possessing  peace  of  mind. 
Sung  His  praise  with  joyful  lips. 

Suddenly  the  prison  shook, 
Open  flew  the  iron  doors; 
And  the  jailer,  terror-struck, 
Now  his  captives'  help  implores. 
Trembling  at  their  feet  he  fell : 
"Tell  me,  sirs,  what  must  I  do. 
To  be  saved  from  guilt  and  hell? 
None  can  tell  me  this  but  you." 


"Look  to  Jesus,"  they  replied; 
"  If  on  Him  thou  canst  believe. 
By  the  death  which  He  hath  died 
Thou  salvation  shalt  receive." 
While  the  living  word  he  heard 
Faith  sprang  up  within  his  heart, 
And,  released  from  all  he  feared, 
In  their  joy  his  soul  had  part. 

Sinners,  Christ  is  still  the  same ; 

Oh  that  you  could  likewise  fear! 

Then  the  mention  of  His  name 

Would  be  music  to  your  car. 

Jesus  rescues  Satan's  slaves ; 

His  di-ar  wounds  still  plead,  ' '  Forgive !" 

Jesus  to  the  utmost  saves; 

Sinners,  look  to  Him  and  live. 

John  Newton, 

3557.  JAIETJS'S  DAUGHTER. 
Matthew  ix  :  18-26. 
Within  the  darkened  chamber  sat 

A  proud  but  stricken  form, 
Upon  her  vigil-wasted  cheeks 

The  grief -wrung  tears  were  warm; 
And  faster  streamed  they  as  she  bent 

Above  the  couch  of  pain, 
Where  lay  a  withering  flower  that  wooed. 

Those  fond  eyes  freshening  rain. 

The  raven  tress  on  that  young  brow 

Was  damp  with  dews  of  death; 
And  glassier  grew  her  upraised  eye 

With  every  fluttering  breath. 
Coldly  her  slender  fingers  lay 

Within  the  mourner's  grasp; 
Lightly  they  pressed  that  fostering  hand. 

And  stiffened  in  its  grasp. 

Then  low  the  mother  bent  her  knee. 

And  cried  in  fervent  prayer, 
"Hear  me,  O  God!  mine  own,  my  child, 

O  holy  Father,  spare! 
My  loved,  my  last,  mine  only  one, 

Tear  her  not  yet  away; 
Leave  this  crushed  heart  its  best,  sole  joy: 

Be  merciful,  I  pray!'' 

A  radiance  lit  the  maiden's  face. 

Though  fixed  in  death  her  eye; 
A  smile  had  met  the  angel's  kiss 

That  stole  her  parting  sigh  I 
And  round  her  cold  lips  still  that  smile 

A  holy  brightness  shed. 
As  though  she  joyed  her  sinless  soul 

To  Him  who  gave  had  fled. 

The  mother  clasped  the  senseless  form. 

And  shrieked  in  wild  despair; 
And  kissed  the  icy  lips  and  cheek. 

And  touched  the  dewy  hair. 
"  No  warmth,  no  life,  my  child,  my  cliild! 

Oh  for  one  parting  word, 
One  murmur  of  that  lute-like  voice, 

Though  but  an  instant  heard ! 


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J^IRTJS. 


"  She  is  not  dead :  she  could  not  die, 

So  young,  so  fuir,  t^o  pure; 
Spare  me,  in  pity  spare  this  blow! 

All  else  I  can  endure. 
Take  hope,  take  peace,  this  blighted  heart 

Strike  with  Thy  heaviest  rod; 
But  leave  me  this.  Thy  sweetest  boon, 

Give  back  my  child,  O  God !" 

The  suppliant  ceased ;  her  tears  were  stayed ; 

Hushed  were  those  wailings  loud; 
A  hallowed  peace  crept  o'er  her  soul; 

Her  head  to  earth  was  bowed 
Low  as  her  knee ;  for  as  she  knelt, 

About  her,  lo !  a  flood 
Of  soft  celestial  lustre  fell, 

A  form  beside  her  stood. 

And  slowly  then  her  awe- struck  face 

And  frightened  eyes  she  raised; 
Her  heart  leaped  high :  those  clouded  orbs 

Grew  brighter  as  she  gazed ; 
For  oh  !  they  rested  on  a  shape 

Majestic,  yet  so  mild, 
Imperial  dignity  seemed  blent 

With  sweetness  of  a  child. 

It  spake  not,  but  that  saintlike  smile 

Was  full  of  mercy's  light, 
And  power  and  pity  from  those  eyes 

Looked  forth  in  gentle  might. 
Those  angel  looks,  that  lofty  mien, 

Have  breathed  Avithout  a  word, 
"Trust,  and  thy  faith  shall  win  thee  all: 

Behold,  I  am  thy  Lord !" 

He  turns,  and  on  that  beauteous  clay 

His  godlike  glances  rest; 
Commandingly  the  pallid  brow 

His  potent  fingers  pressed : 
The  frozen  current  flows  anew 

Beneath  that  quickening  hand; 
The  pale  lip^,  softly  panting,  move; 

She  breathes  at  His  command ! 

The  spirit  in  its  kindred  realm 

Has  heard  its  Master's  call ; 
And  back  returning  at  that  voice. 

Resumes  its  earthly  thrall. 
And  now  from  'ueath  those  snowy  lids 

It  shines  with  meeker  light. 
As  though  'twere  chastened,  purified, 

By  even  that  transient  flight. 

Loud  swells  the  mother's  cry  of  joy : 

To  Him  how  passing  sweet ! 
Her  child  she  snatches  to  her  breast. 

And  sinks  at  Jesus'  feet. 
"Glory  to  Thee,  Almighty  God  ! 

Who  spared  my  heart  this  blow; 
And  glory  to  Thine  only  Son  ; 

My  Saviour's  hand  I  know !" 

Anna  C.  If.  Ritchie. 

3558.  JAIKUS'S  DAU&HTEE. 
A  father  is  praying 
The  Saviour  to  hear. 


For  his  daughter  is  dying, 

With  no  helper  near. 
Beseeching  Him  greatly, 

He  falls  at  His  feet; 
And  his  story  of  sorrow, 

Oh !  hear  him  repeat : 

"My  dear  little  daughter 

I  fear  she  will  die! 
O  Thou  merciful  Saviour, 

Attend  to  my  cry ! 
If  Thou  wilt  but  touch  her 

She  surely  will  live; 
Then  to  Thee  all  the  glory, 

O  Jesus!  I'll  give." 

And  Jesus  went  with  him; 

But  soon  it  was  said 
To  the  heart-stricken  father, 

' '  Thy  daughter  is  dead ! 
Why  trouble  the  Master 

Thy  woes  to  relieve?" 
But  the  kind  Saviour  whispered, 

"Now  only  believe." 

They  came  to  the  house, 

And  the  mourners  were  there, 
Who  with  weeping  and  wailing 

Were  rending  the  air; 
But  Jesus  reproved  them : 

"Why  thus  do  ye  weep? 
For  tlie  maid  is  not  dead; 

She  is  only  asleep." 

Oh  see  !  with  a  touch 

How  the  maiden  awakes 
When  the  mighty  Physician 

Her  hand  gently  takes! 
And  see!  from  her  features 

Pale  death  quickly  flies 
At  the  voice  of  the  Saviour, 

"  O  damsel,  arise  !" 

Mary  8.  B.  Dana. 

3559.  JAIRUS'S  DAUaHTER. 

Luke  viii  :  41,  42,  49-56. 
Freshly  the  cool  breath  of  the  coming  eve 
Stole  through  the  lattice,  and  the  dying  girl 
Felt  it  upon  her  forehead.     She  had  lain 
Since  the  hot  noontide  in  a  breathless  trance, 
Her  thin  pale  fingers  clasped  within  the  hand 
Of  the  heart-broken  ruler,  and  her  breast. 
Like  the  dead  marble,  white  and  motionless. 
The  shadow  of  a  leaf  lay  on  her  lips, 
And  as  it  stirred  with  the  awakening  wind. 
The  dark  lids  lifted  from  her  languid  eyes, 
And  her  slight  fingers  moved,  and  heavily 
She  turned  upon  her  pillow.     He  was  there — 
The  same  loved,  tireless  watcher — and  she 

looked 
Into  his  face  until  her  sight  grew  dim 
With  the  fast-falling  tears;  and,  with  a  sigh 
Of  tremulous  weakness  nmrmuring  his  name, 
She  gently  drew  his  hand  upon  her  lips, 
And  kissed  it  as  she  wept.    The  old  man  sunk 
Upon  his  knees,  and  in  the  drapery 


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Of  the  rich  curtains  buried  up  his  face; 
And  when  the  twilight  fell,  the  silken  folds 
Stirred  with  his  prayer,  but  the  slight  hand 

lie  held 
Had  ceased  its  pressure,  and  he  could  not 

hear, 
In  the  dead,  utter  silence,  that  a  breath 
Came  through  her  nostrils,  and  her  temples 

gave 
To  his  nice  touch  no  pulse ;  and  at  her  mouth 
He  held  the  lightest  curl  that  on  her  neck 
Lay  with  a  mocking  bjuuty,  and  his  gaze 
Ached  with  its  deathly  stillness. 

It  was  night ; 
And  softly  o'er  the  Sea  of  Galilee 
Danced   tlie   breeze -ridden   ripples  to  the 

shore. 
Tipped  with  the  silver  sparkles  of  the  moon. 
The   breaking  waves  played  low  upon  the 

beach 
Their  constant  music,  but  the  air  beside 
Was  still  as  starlight,  and  the  Saviour's  voice. 
In  its  rich  cadences  unearthly  sweet,  [air. 
Seemed  like  some  just-born  harmony  in  the 
Waked  by  the  power  of  wisdom.  On  a  rock, 
With  the  broad  moonlight  falling  on  His  brow, 
He  stood  and  taught  the  people.  At  His  feet 
Lay  His  small  scrip,  and  pilgrim's  scallojD- 

shell, 
And  staff;  for  they  had  waited  by  the  sea 
Till  He  came  o'er  from  Gadarene,  and  prayed 
For  His  wont  teachings  as  He  came  to  land. 
His  hair  was  parted  meekly  on  His  brow. 
And  the  long  curls  from  off  Hisshoulders  fell, 
As  He  leaned  forward  earnestly,  and  still 
The  same  calm  cadence,  passionless  and  deep. 
And  in  His  looks  the  same  mild  majesty. 
And  in  His  mien  the  sadness  mixed  with 

power, 
Filled  them  with  love  and  wonder.  Suddenly, 
As  on  His  words  entrancedly  they  hung, 
The  crowd  divided,  and  among  them  stood 
Jairus  the  ruler.     With  his  flowing  robe 
Gathered  in  haste  about  his  loins,  he  came 
And  fixed  his  eyes  on  Jesus.     Closer  drew 
The  twelve  disciples  to  their  Master's  side; 
And  silently  the  people  shrunk  away. 
And  left  the  haughty  ruler  in  the  midst 
Alone.     A  moment  longer  on  the  face 
Of  the  meek  Nazarene  he  kept  his  gaze. 
And,  as  the  twelve  looked  on  him,  by  the 

light 
Of  the  clear'moon  they  saw  a  glistening  tear 
Steal  to  his  silver  beard  ;  and,  drawing  nigh 
Unto  the  Saviour's  feet,  he  took  the  hem 
Of  his  coarse  mantle,  and   with  trembling 

hands 
Pressed  it  upon  his  lips,  and  murmured  low, 
"Master,  my  daughter!" 

The  same  silvery  light 
That  shone  upon  the  lone  rock  by  the  sea 
Slept  on  the  ruler's  lofty  capitals. 
As  at  the  door  he  stood,  aud  welcomed  in 


Jesus  and  His  disciples.     All  was  still. 
The  echoing  vestibule  gave  back  the  slide 
Of  their  loose  sandals,  and  the  arrowy  beam 
Of  mocmlight,  slanting  to  the  marble  floor, 
Lay  like  a  spell  of  silence  in  the  rooms. 
As  Jairus  led  them  on.     With  hushing  steps 
He  trod  the  winding  stair ;  but  ere  he  touched 
The  latchet,  from  within  a  whisper  came, 
"Trouble  the  Master  not,  for  she  is  dead !" 
And  his  faint  hand  fell  nerveless  at  his  side, 
And  his  steps  faltered,  aud  his  broken  voice 
Choked  in  its  utterance;  but  a  gentle  hand 
Was  laid  upon  his  arm,  and  in  his  ear 
The  Saviour's  voice  sank  thrillingly  and  low, 
"  She  is  not  dead,  but  sleepeth." 

They  passed  in. 
The  spice-lamps  in  the  alabaster  urns 
Burned  dimly,  and  the  white  and  fragrant 

smoke 
Curled  indolently  on  the  chamber  walls. 
The  silken  curtains  slumbered  in  their  folds, 
Not  even  a  tassel  stirring  in  the  air; 
And  as  the  Savioiu*  stood  beside  the  bed, 
And  prayed  inaudiblj',  the  ruler  heard 
The  quickening  division  of  his  breath 
As  he  grew  earnest  iuwardl3^     There  came 
A  gradual  brightness  o'er  his  calm,  sad  face; 
And,  drawing  nearer  to  the  bed,  he  moved 
The  silken  curtains  silently  apart, 
And  looked  upon  the  maiden. 

Like  a  form 
Of  matchless  sculpture  in  her  sleep  she  lay. 
The  linen  vesture  folded  on  her  breast, 
And  over  it  her  white  transparent  hands, 
The  blood  still  rosy  in  their  tapering  nails. 
A  line  of  pearl  ran  through  her  parted  lips, 
And  in  her  nostrils,  spiritually  thin, 
The  breathing  curve  was  mockingly  like  life ; 
And  round  beneath  the  faintly  tinted  skin 
Ran  the  light  branches  of  the  azure  veins; 
And  on  her  cheek  the  jet  lash  overlay, 
Matcliing  the  arches  pencilled  on  her  brow. 
Her  hair  had  beenimbound,  and,  falling  loose 
Upon  her  pillow,  hid  her  small  round  ears 
In  curls  of  glossy  blackness,  and  about 
Her  polished  neck,  scarce  touching  it,  they 

hung, 
Like  airy  shadows  floating  as  they  slept. 
'Twas  heavenly  beautiful.  The  Saviour  raised 
Her  hand  from  off  her  bosom,  aud  spread  out 
The  snowy  fingers  in  His  palm,  and  said, 
"Maiden,  arise!"  and  suddenly  a  flush 
Shot  o'er  her  forehead,  and  along  her  lips 
And  through  her  cheek  the  rallied  color  ran ; 
And  the  still  outline  of  her  graceful  form 
Stirred  in  the  linen  vesture ;  and  she  clasped 
The  Saviour's  hand,  and,  fixing  her  dark  eyes 
Full  on  His  beaming  countenance,  arose  ! 
Nathaniel  Pu/rher  Willis. 

3560.  JAIRUS'S  DAUGHTER. 
Jesus,  back  from  Gadara  come, 
Sits,  a  guest,  in  Matthew's  home; 
All  the  splendor  of  the  East 
Crowns  the  glad  disciples'  feast. 


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As  the  Saviour's  band  retire, 
Envious  Pharisees  inquire, 
"AVliy  -vvitli  comrades  so  unmeet 
Doth  your  Master  mix  and  eat?" 

Then  Himself,  the  Master,  near, 
Answered  thus  tlieir  hateful  sneer: 
"Not  the  healthful,  but  the  ill, 
Need  the  kind  physician's  skill. 

"  I  came  not  to  call  the  just. 
But  to  lift  the  vile  from  dust; 
Not  self-rigliteous  saints  like  you. 
But  the  humble,  contrite  fevp," 

Lo !  while  yet  the  Saviour  spoke, 
Throuoli  the  gathering  crowd  there  broke 
One  whom  all  the  listeners  knew; 
Swift  to  Jesus'  feet  he  flew  ! 

"  Lord!"  he  pleads  in  anguish  wild, 
"Save  my  loved,  my  only  child! 
At  the  point  of  death  she  lies ! 
Haste!     Oh,  haste!     My  daughter  dies! 

"Dead  e'en  now,  but  Thy  command 
Stays  e'en  death !     Thy  sovereign  hand 
Healing,  balm,  and  joy  can  give; 
Come  and  touch,  and  she  shall  live!" 

Jesus  hears  the  father's  woes. 
Rises  instantly,  and  goes; 
All  His  band  their  Lord  attend; 
All  the  throng  of  foe  and  friend. 

But  while  hundreds  round  Him  press, 
One  draws  near,  in  sore  distress; 
Twelve  long  years  a  wasting  flood 
Drains  the  fountains  of  her  blood. 

Still  it  flows,  her  little  wealth 
Gone,  with  all  her  hope  and  health; 
Nothing  left  her  but  to  die; 
Thus  she  sees  the  Lord  go  by. 

Sees,  and  hope's  forgotten  flame 
Fires  once  more  her  faltering  frame; 
"Oh,  to  call  Him  !     Nay,  I  fear ! 
Must  I  perish,  life  so  near? 

"  Shall  He  pass,  who  life  can  give? 
Nay !     If  I  but  touch,  I  live !" 
Touching,  lo!  from  crown  to  sole, 
Instant  all  was  healed  and  whole  1 

Straight, "  Who  touched  me?"  Jesus  cries; 
Peter  answers  with  surprise, 
"Lord,  Thou  seest  the  multitude 
Deem  not  friendly  jostlings  rude." 

But  the  woman,  when  she  saw. 
Though  she  feared  the  censuring  law, 
Hasted  at  His  feet  to  full, 
Tremblingly,  and  told  Him  all. 

"Fear  not,  daughter,"  Jesus  said; 
" Go  in  peace;  thy  plague  is  fled; 
Dread  no  more  its  dire  control; 
Go:  thy  faith  hath  made  thee  whole." 


While  He  spake  the  message  sped: 
" Lo !  thy  daughter  now  is  dead; 
Trouble  not  the  Master  more;" 
Anguish  smote  the  father  sore. 

"Fear  not!     Only  dare  believe!" 
Cries  the  Lord:  "tliy  child  shall  livel" 
As  the  stricken  home  they  near. 
Mournful  souuds  of  woe  they  hear. 

"Why  this  clamor?     Wherefore  weep? 
Dead  she  is  not,  but  asleej): 
Ceabe  your  outcry,"  Jesus  said; 
But  they  mocked,  for  she  was  dead. 

These  put  forth,  a  chosen  band 
Now,  alone,  with  Jesus  stand;  * 

Father,  mother,  pale  as  stone; 
Peter,  James,  and  faithful  John. 

Life  scarce  o'er,  its  recent  ray 
Tinged  e'en  yet  the  beauteous  clay; 
But  the  living  soul  had  flown 
Far,  to  blissful  worlds  unknown. 

Hark  !  the  strong,  serene  command, 
" Maid,  arise !"     The  void  was  spanned; 
From  its  flight  the  spirit  turned; 
Life  once  more  within  her  burned. 

As  from  rest,  she  rose  elate. 
Smiled,  and  spake,  and  walked,  and  ate; 
Dumb  with  awe  the  parents  stand; 
But  the  rumor  fills  the  land. 

Thou,  whose  touch  salvation  brings, 
Sin's  dark  fountain  in  us  springs; 
Let  us,  through  Thy  mortal  dress, 
Touch  Thy  heavenly  holiness. 

Let  us  touch,  believe,  and  feel 

All  Thy  power  to  cleanse  and  heal; 

Glory  then  to  God  we'll  give, 

And,  though  dead,  our  souls  shall  live. 

George  Lansing  Taylor. 

3561.  JAIKUS'S  DAUGHTEE,  Tte  Raising  of. 

Mark  v  :  22-43. 
The  boat  that  bore  the  Master  had 

Crossed  the  silver  sea. 
And  all  along  the  mountain  paths 

Of  rugged  Galilee 
Were  sounds  of  voices  eager-pitched, 

Was  throng  of  hurrying  feet. 
For  then,  as  now,  were  weary  hearts, 

And  Jesus  words  were  sweet. 

With  passion-freighted  earnestness, 

Intense  and  clear  as  flame. 
Through  tumult  cleaving  swift  its  way, 

One  prayer  of  ])leading  came: 
"My  little  daughter  lieth  sick, 

She  lieth  near  to  death; 
Oh,  on  her  lay  Thy  gentle  hands, 

Restore  her  fainting  breath  1" 


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The  stately  ruler  bowed  his  head 

Before  the  Nazarene, 
And  meekly  led  the  way  for  Him 

The  surging  ranks  between. 
But  ere  they  reached  the  stricken  house 

Was  message  brought  of  woe ! 
"Thy  daughter  even  now  is  dead; 

Vex  not  the  Master  so!" 

Dark  grew  the  father's  face  with  grief, 

With  tears  his  eyes  were  dim; 
Who  did  not  know  this  darling  child 

Was  all  the  world  to  him? 
How  could  they  call  her  dead? — the  dear, 

The  beautiful,  the  bright ; 
For  him  the  summer  lost  its  bloom, 

The  noonday  lost  its  light. 

Then  tenderly  unto  his  thought, 

As  if  to  soothe  its  ache, 
"  Be  not  afraid ;  still  keep  thy  faith," 

With  power  the  Master  spake ; 
Though  long  and  keen  the  mourners'  wail 

Was  borne  upon  the  air. 
The  bitter  cry  of  agony. 

The  protest  of  despair. 

The  Master  hushed  the  clamor 

By  the  peace  upon  His  face, 
As  up  tlie  stair  He  softly  passed, 

And  stood  within  the  place 
Where,  wan  and  pale,  the  maiden  lay, 

A  lily  frozen  there. 
And  round  her  whiteness,  like  a  cloud, 

The  darkness  of  her  hair. 

So  still,  the  little  feet  that  late 

Had  danced  to  meet  her  sire ! 
So  still,  the  slender  hands  that  swept 

But  now  the  golden  lyre ! 
In  this  deep  slumber  can  she  hear 

The  thrilling  word,  "Arise!" 
Oh,  will  she  at  that  kingly  look 

Unclose  those  seal&d  eyes? 

She  hears,  she  stirs,  she  lives  once  more. 

What  joys  for  some  there  be 
When  to  their  hour  of  gloom  the  Lord 

Has  crossed  the  silver  sea! 
And  though  to  us  He  give  not  back 

Our  dead,  yet,  better  far, 
We  know  that  where  He  dwells  to-day, 

In  life  our  dear  ones  are. 

3562.  JAIRUS,  The  Daughter  of. 
Luke  viii  :  40-56. 
Jairus  heard,  and  doubt  and  fear 
Passed  from  his  wondering  breast  away ; 
Nor  trembled  in  his  eye  the  tear, 
Nor  shook  his  frame  with  sudden  start. 
Nor  aught  more  quickly  throbbed  his  heart. 
When  now  they  meet  the  sad  array 
Which  told  at  length  that  all  was  o'er, 
And  he  a  parent  now  no  more ! 
Unmoved,  the  pageantry  of  death 
He  viewed,  and  heard  the  minstrel  train 


Their  melody  of  sadness  breathe ; 
The  father  could  not  doubt  again, 
Not  when,  with  tears  of  fond  regret. 
Encountering  friends  and  kinsmen  said, 
"Thy  daughter  even  now  is  dead ; 
Why  troublest  thou  the  Master  yet?" 
Oh,  no!  lie  could  not  thus  forget 
All  he  had  seen,  and  felt,  and  heard; 
Yet  Jesus  spake  one  soothing  word 
To  calm  his  fears,  and  fix  his  faith. 
Then  led  him  to  the  scene  of  death. 
A  mingled  crowd  had  gathered  near. 
By  friendship  or  by  jiity  led. 
To  mourn  a  maid  so  justly  dear. 
And  with  the  father's  blend  their  tear. 
"  Give  place  !"  th'  advancing  prophet  said; 
"The  maiden  sleeps,  she  is  not  dead!" 

But  they  had  gazed  upon  that  form, 
Which,  calm  and  lovely  as  it  lay. 
Was  but  a  mass  of  lifeless  clay, 
A  banquet  for  the  withering  worm  I 
And  they  had  seen  her  full  dark  eye. 
Sealed  in  that  stillness  of  repose. 
Which  follows  instant  on  the  close 
Of  suffering,  frail  mortality ; 
Yet  seems  so  like  a  living  sleep. 
The  mourner  half  forgets  to  weep; 
And  they  had  heard  the  mother's  cry 
Of  loud  and  hopeless  agony; 
And  seen  the  attendant  maidens  tear 
Their  robes,  and  rend  their  flowing  hair; 
And  thence  they  knew  that  life  was  fled, 
That  all  of  human  aid  was  vain, 
And  spoke  derision  and  disdain 
In  whispered  accents,  as  they  said, 
"What!  will  this  dreamer  raise  the  dead?" 
'Twas  but  an  instant !     At  His  word, 
Forth  passed  the  unbelieving  band, 
For  none  withstood  His  high  command. 
Though  none  yet  knew  their  Lord. 
When  all  was  still,  and  scarce  a  breath 
Was  heard  within  the  house  of  death, 
The  childless  parents  first  He  led 
Into  the  chamber  of  the  dead. 
Then  of  His  train  the  chosen  three: 
Softly  they  stepped,  and  silently 
They  knelt  around  the  bed 
On  which  the  just  departed  lay; 
Yet  the  sad  mother  turned  away 
From  that  pale  corpse,  so  coldly  fair; 
Faith  yet  was  struggling  with  Despair; 
And  still  on  Jesus  fixed  her  eye. 
Lest  Doubt  should  win  the  mastery. 
The  father's  glance  was  rooted  there. 
Yes,  on  that  form  he  seemed  to  look. 
As  if  the  spirit  had  not  fled. 
As  if  the  grave  would  yield  its  j^rize, 
And  moved  not  till  the  Saviour  spoke 
His  mandate  to  the  unconscious  dead: 
"Maiden,  I  say  to  thee,  arise!" 

O  father!  dost  thou  view  on  earth 
The  marvel  of  a  heavenly  birth? 
O  mother  !  dost  thou  clasp  again 
Thy  child  without  a  mother's  pain? 
Do  ye,  O  faithful,  favored  three ! 
Again  behold  the  victory 


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O'er  death,  or  is  it  on  the  dead 

Your  steadfast  glance  is  riveted? 

No !  'tis  not  on  the  dead  they  gaze : 

The  wondering  father  looks  not  now 

On  the  jjale  cheek,  the  still  cold  brow. 

The  mother,  rapt  in  mute  amaze, 

No  longer  turns  on  that  closed  eye 

The  glance  that  vainly  asks  reply! 

For  lo !  her  fringed  lids  unclose. 

Her  eyes  with  living  lustre  beam, 

As  if  she  woke  from  calm  repose, 

Or  from  a  bright  and  blessed  dream! 

And  look!  again  the  faded  rose 

Glows  round  her  lips;  they  seem  to  move! 

Is  it  a  warm  and  breathing  smile? 

Or  doth  the  witchery  of  love 

With  false,  illusive  spell  beguile? 

Oh,  no!  she  rises,  she  revives! 

'Tis  not  a  dream!  she  lives!  she  lives! 

The  life,  the  glad  reality, 

B'ams  on  her  cheek,  burns  in  her  eye! 

Fresh  graces  to  the  maid  are  given. 

As  she  had  dwelt  awhile  in  heaven; 

And  then  returned  to  lower  earth. 

To  show  what  forms  of  angel-birth 

Are  tenants  of  the  sky ! 

They  spoke  not,  moved  not,  all  they  could, 
It  was  to  glance  from  her  to  Him! 
And  if  the  dazzled  eje  was  dim, 
And  scarce  could  look  the  gratitude 
"Which,  e'en  to  bursting,  filled  each  breast, 
To  Him  it  was  not  unexpressed ; 
Their  hearts  before  Him  open  lay! 
Emotions,  that  for  utterance  strove, 
Joy,  wonder,  adoration,  love. 
Needed  to  Him  no  vain  display 
Of  words:  nor  paused  He  but  to  say, 
"Receive  your  daughter  from  the  tomb, 
Undoubting;  for  with  mortal  food 
Soon  shall  ye  hail  her  strength  renewed, 
And  health  restored  in  all  its  bloom. 
Henceforth  in  solemn  silence  seal 
The  pangs  ye  felt,  the  joys  ye  feel; 
For  life  restored,  for  guilt  forgiven. 
Your  praises  shall  be  heard  in  heaven !" 

Thomas  Dale. 

3563.  JAMES. 

Acts  xii  :  2. 
He  hath  at  last  his  heart's  desire, 
Who  did  above  the  rest  aspire 

To  sit  with  Jesus  on  His  throne: 
First  of  the  twelve  lie  drinks  the  cup, 
He  fills  his  Lord's  afllictioiis  up. 

Baptized  with  God's  expiring  Son: 
Ambitious  of  the  foremost  place. 
He  all  outruns  and  wins  the  race; 

With  strength  from  Jesus's  cross  supplied, 
He  dies;  and  sits  triumphant  down, 
Distinguished  by  a  brighter  crown. 

And  nearest  to  his  Saviour's  side. 

J.  and  C.  Wesley. 

3564.  JAMES,  The  Apostle. 

Matthew  xx  :  23. 
Sit  down  and  take  thy  fill  of  joy 

At  God's  right  hand,  a  bidden  guest, 


Drink  of  the  cup  that  cannot  cloy, 
Eat  of  the  bread  that  cannot  waste. 

O  great  apostle !  rightly  now 

Thou  readest  all  thy  Saviour  meant, 

What  time  His  grave  yet  gentle  brow 
In  sweet  reproof  on  thee  was  bent. 

"  Seek  ye  to  sit  enthroned  by  Me? 

Alas!  ye  know  not  what  ye  ask! 
The  first  in  shame  and  agony. 

The  lowest  in  the  meanest  task. 
This  can  ye  be?  and  can  ye  drink 

The  cup  that  I  in  tears  must  steep. 
Nor  from  the  whelming  waters  shrink 

That  o'er  Me  roll  so  dark  and  deep?" 

"  We  can.     Thine  are  we,  dearest  Lord, 

In  glory  and  in  agony, 
To  do  and  suffer  all  Thy  word. 

Only  be  Thou  forever  nigh." 
"  Then  be  it  so;  My  cup  receive. 

And  of  My  woes  baptismal  taste; 
But  for  the  crown  that  angels  weave 

For  those  next  Me  in  glory  placed, 

' '  I  give  it  not  by  partial  love ; 

But  in  lily  Father's  book  are  writ 
What  names  on  earth  shall  lowliest  prove, 

That  they  in  heaven  may  highest  sit." 
Take  up  the  lesson,  O  my  heart ! 

Thou  Lord  of  meekness,  write  it  there; 
Thine  own  meek  self  to  me  impart 

Thy  lofty  hope.  Thy  lowly  prayer. 

If  ever  on  the  mount  with  Thee 

I  seem  to  soar  in  vision  bright. 
With  thoughts  of  coming  agony. 

Stay  Thou  the  too  presumptuous  flight; 
Gently  along  the  vale  of  tears 

Lead  me  from  Tabor's  sunbright  steep; 
Let  me  not  grudge  a  few  short  years  [weep: 

With  Thee  toward  heaven  to  walk  and 

Too  happy,  on  my  silent  path. 

If  now  and  then  allowed  with  Thee 
Watching  some  placid  holy  death. 

Thy  secret  work  of  love  to  see; 
But  oh  !  most  happy  should  Thy  call. 

Thy  welcome  call  at  last  be  given; 
"  Come  where  thou  long  hast  stored  thy  all. 

Come  see  thy  place  prepared  in  heaven." 
John  Keble. 

3565.  JAMES  THE  GREAT. 
One  of  that  chosen  three,  who  found  such 

grace 
To  be  admitted  to  the  secret  place 
Of  His  life  giving  presence,  froin  the  sight 
Of  the  rude  world  there  lost  in  radiant  light. 
Nor  know  we  aught  of  thee,  the  great  and 

good. 
The  son  of  thunder,  and  baptized  in  blood. 
Nor  thought,  nor  word,  nor  deed.    'Tis  ever 

so: 
In  shadow  of  His  hand  He  hides  below 
Those  w^ho  His  presence  seek ;  Himself  un- 
seen, 


j^Tvrics. 


JKHTJ. 


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And  His  good  angels,  in  that  blissful  screen 
He  gathers  them  in  silence,  to  abide 
Beneath  His  shrouding  wings  and  sheltering 

side. 
Though  visibly  beheld  'mid  suffering  men, 
His  name  is  "  secret;"  nor  can  mortals  ken 
His  Sion's  haunts,  the  mount  invisible 
Where  He  'mid  saints  and  angels  deigns  to 
dwell. 
Whether  allowed  to  Tabor's  secret  height, 
Or  sorrows  of  Gethsemane,  or  sight 
And  tiolemn  chambers  of  relenting  death, 
Where  Heaven's  full  power  is  seen  o'er  part- 
ing breath; 
The  world  but  sees  them  share  His  humbling 

rod 
Unto  the  door ;  then  leaves  them  with  their 
God.  Isaac  Williams. 

3566.  JAMES  THE  LESS. 

Mark  ix  :  29. 
Where  death's  deep  shade  the  ruined  Salem 

shrouds, 
A  covenanted  bow  amid  the  clouds 
Opens  a  brighter  city  to  disclose. 
Wherein  the  Son  of  man,  in  dread  repose, 
Is  walking  'mid  the  candlesticks  of  gold. 
And  the  seven  stars  in  His  right  hand  doth 

hold: 
First  in  the  kingdom  of  the  Crucified, 
Unto  the  Son  of  God  in  liesh  allied. 
And  more  allied  in    suffering,    James,   the 

Just, 
Bears  the  new  keys  of  apostolic  trust. 

And  well  we  deem  that  'twas  thine  only 

pride 
To  bear  the  cross  on  which  thy  Master  died, 
In  daily  dying;  by  self-chast'ning  care. 
Vigil,   and    last,   to   unloose   the  wings    of 

prayer 
From  bodily  weight, and  win  faith's  hallowed 

spell, 
Which  breaks  from  captive  souls  the  chains 

of  hell. 
So  putt'st  thou  on  Christ's  loyal  poverty, 
Looking  through  earth  as  with  aa  angel's 

eye. 
With  all  its  wealth,  like  the  fair  flow'ring 

grass, 
Whereon  Christ's  words  of  woe  already  pass 
Like  some  hot  burning  wind  ;  while  patience 

mild 
Drinks  heaven's  pure  light  and  vigor  nnde- 

filed.  Isaac  Williams. 

3567.  JEHOSHAPHAT,  The  Valley  of. 
Come,  son  of  Israel,  scorned  in  every  land, 
Outcast  and  wandering — come  with  mourn- 
ful step 

Down  to  the  dark  vale  of  Jehoshaphat, 
And  weigh  the  remnant  of  thy  hoarded  gold 
To  buy  thyself  a  grave  among  the  bones 
Of  patriarchs  and  of  prophets  and  of  kings. 
It  is  a  glorious  place  to  take  thy  rest, 
Poor  child  of   Abraham,   mid  those  awful 
scenes. 


And  sceptred  monarchs,  who,  with  Faith's 

keen  eye  Ihung 

Piercing   the  midnight  darkness  that  o'er- 
Messiah's  coming,  gave  their  dying  flesh 
Unto  the  worm,  with  sucJi  a  lofty  trust 
In  the  .strong  promise  of  the  invisible. 
Here  are  damj)  gales  to  lull  thy  dreamless 

sleep. 
And  murmuring  recollections  of  that  lyre 
Whose  passing  sweetness  bore  King  David's 

prayer 
Up  to  the  ear  of  Heaven,  and  of  that  strain 
With  which  the  weeping  j^rophet  dirge-like 

sung 
Doomed  Zion's  visioned  woes.     Yon  rifted 

rocks, 
So  faintly  purpled  by  the  westering  sun, 
Reveal    the    unguarded    walls,    the    silent 

towers,  , 

Where,  in  her  stricken  pomp,  Jerusalem 
Sleeps  like  a  palsied  princess,  from  whose 

head 
The  diadem  hath  fallen.   Still  half  concealed 
In  the  deep  bosom  of  that  burial-vale 
A  fitful  torrent,  'neath  its  time-worn  arch 
Hurries  with  hoarse   tale  'mid  the  echoing 

tombs. 
Thou  too  art  near,  rude-fetytured  Olivet, 
So  honored  of  my  Saviour. 

Tell  me  where 
His  blessed  knees  thy  flinty  bosom  pressed, 
When  all  night  long  His  wrestling  prayer 

went  up. 
That  I  may  pour  my  tear-wet  orison 
Upon  that  sacred  spot.     Thou  Lamb  of  God ! 
Who  for  our  sakeswert  wounded  unto  death, 
Bid  blinded  Zion  turn  from  Sinai's  fires 
Her  tortured  foot,  and  from  the  thundering 
Her  terror-stricken  ear  rejoicing  raise     [law 
Unto  the  gospel's  music.     Bring  again 
Thy  scattered  people  who  so  long  have  borne 
A  fearful  punishment,  so  long  wrung  otit 
The  bitter  dregs  of  pale  astonishment 
Into  the  wine-cup  of  the  wondering  earth. 
And  oh  !  to  us,  who  from  our  being's  dawn 
Lisp  out  salvation's  lessons,  yet  do  stray 
Like  erring  sheep,  to  us  Thy  Spirit  give 
That  we  may  keep  Thy  law  and  find  Thy  fold, 
Ere  in  ihe  desolate  city  of  the  dead 
We  make  our  tenement,  while  earth  doth  blot 
Our  history  from  the  record  of  mankind. 
Lydia  Huntley  Sigourney. 

3568.  JEHU,  Zeal  of. 

2  Kings  ii :  16. 
Thou  to  wax  fierce 

In  the  cause  of  the  Lord, 
To  threat  and  to  pierce 

With  the  heavenly  sword ! 
Anger  and  zeal 

And  the  joy  of  the  brave, 
Who  bade  thee  to  feel 
Sin's  slave. 

The  altar's  pure  flame 
Consumes  as  it  soars ; 


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Jephtha. 


JEPHTH^. 


Faith  meekly  may  blame, 

For  it  serves  and  adores. 
Thou  -warnest  and  smitest! 

Yet  Christ  must  atone 
For  a  soul  that  thou  slightest, 

Thine  own.     J.  II.  Newman. 

3569.  JEPHTHA'S  DAUGHTEE. 
Judges  xi :  30-40. 
On  Gilead's  hills  a  voice  of  wail  is  heard, 
'Tis  not  the  sighing  wind  or  plaining  bird ; 
Wiiere  you  cool  fountain  flows,  beneath  the 

shade 
Of  arching  willows  sits  the  Hebrew  maid; 
Young  girls  around  her  raise  those  cries  of 

woe, 
But  from  sweet  Miriam's  lips  no  murmurs 

flow: 
Calm  on  that  breast,  which  soon  beneath  the 

knife 
Must  yield  to  Heaven  its  gentle  springs  of 

life, 
Droops  her  fair  head,  her  rich  locks,  once 

her  pride. 
In  unbound  masses  floating  by  her  side. 
Like  soft  dark  clouds  which  screen  too  bril- 
liant skies 
The  silken  fringe  half  veils  those  large  black 

eyes. 
And  as  in  that  deep  hush  scarce  comes  her 

breath, 
She  seems  absorbed  in  thought,  and  dreams 

of  death. 

Although  weak  shrinkings  shake  not  Miri- 
am's soul. 
Regret's  sad  pangs  she  may  not  all  control ; 
She  feels  how  lovely  Nature  smiles  around, 
Joy  in  each  beam,  and  music  in  each  sound; 
But  soon  for  her  the  sun  will  quench  its  ray. 
And  all  that's  bright  and  glorious  fade  away ; 
Ko  more  for  her  will  gush  the  bird's  glad 

song, 
The  lithe  gazelle  in  beauty  bound  along ! 
No   more,    oh !  nevermore,  the  much-loved 

voice 
Of  sire  or  friend  will  bid  her  soul  rejoice : 
That  young  warm  heart,  now  fond  affection's 

seat. 
In  soft  response  to  love  must  cease  to  beat ; 
In  Gilead's  vales  no  bride  shall  Miriam  smile. 
No  mother's  joys  shall  e'er  her  heart  beguile. 
Her  nuptial  wreath  must  be  death's  plant  of 

gloom. 
Hymen's  sweet  bower  the  cold  undreaming 

tomb. 
Did  fiends  or  angels  prompt  that  fatal  vow? 
O  Heaven,  look   down!    support   and  pity 

now! 
Were  ever  woes  so  dark  and  crushing  piled 
On  one  fair  head? — alas  for  Jephtha's  child! 

And  there  that  maiden  sat,  but   made  no 

moan ; 
Still  drooped  her  beauteous  brow,  as  turned 

to  stone; 


The  willow  branches  o'er  her  sighing  spread, 
Its  crystal  tears  the  bubbling  fountain  shed : 
The  fair  attendants  mourned  to  hill  and  dale. 
And  pitying  echo  caught  the  plaintive  wail. 
Ages  have  passed,  poor  ill-starred  Hebrew 

maid ! 
Thy  heart  is  hushed,  in  long,  long  quiet  laid, 
Yet  pilgrims  drawing  near  this  lonely  spot. 
Will  ever  think  of  thee,  and  mourn  thy  lot. 
Nicholas  Michell. 

35  7  O.  JEPHTHA'S  DAUGHTER. 
Since  our  country,  our  God,  O  my  sire! 
Demand  that  thy  daughter  expire, 
Since  thy  triumph  was  bought  by  thy  vow, 
Strike  the  bosom  that's  bared  for  thee  now? 

And  the  voice  of  my  mourning  is  o'er. 
And  tlie  mountains  behold  me  no  more; 
If  the  hand  that  I  love  lay  me  low. 
There  cannot  be  pain  in  the  blow! 

And  of  this,  O  my  father !  be  sure, 

That  the  blood  of  thy  child  is  as  pure 

As  the  blessing  I  beg  ere  it  flow, 

And  the  las<  thought  that  soothes  me  below. 

Though  the  virgins  of  Salem  lament, 
Be  the  judge  and  the  hero  unbent! 
I  have  won  the  great  battle  for  thee. 
And  my  fatlier  and  country  are  free! 

When  this  blood  of  thy  giving  hath  gushed, 
When  the  voice  that  thou  lovest  is  hushed. 
Let  my  memory  still  be  thy  pride, 
And  forget  not  I  smiled  as  I  died. 

Lord  Byron. 

3571.  JEPHTHA'S  DAUGHTEE. 
She  stood  before  her  father's  gorgeous  tent, 
To  listen  for  his  coming.     Her  loose  hair 
Was  resting  on  her  shoulders,  like  a  cloud 
Floating  around  a  statue,  and  the  wind. 
Just  swaying  her  light  robe,  revealed  a  shape 
Praxiteles  might  worship.     She  had  clasped 
Her  hands  upon  her  bosom,  and  had  raised 
Her  beautiful,  dark  Jewish  eyes  to  heaven, 
Till  the  long  lashes  lay  upon  her  brow. 
Her  lip  was  slightly  parted,  like  the  cleft 
Of  a  pomegranate  blossom ;  and  her  neck. 
Just  where   the   cheek  was   melting  to  its 

curve 
With  the  unearthly  beauty  sometimes  there, 
Was  shaded,  as  if  light  had  fallen  off. 
Its  surface  was  so  polished.    She  was  stilling 
Her  light,   quick  breath,   to  hear;  and  the 

white  rose 
Scarce  moved  upon  her  bosom,  as  it  swelled, 
Like  nothing  but  a  lovely  wave  of  light. 
To  meet  the  arching  of  her  queenly  neck. 
Her  countenance  was  radiant  with  love. 
She  looked  like  one  to  die  for  it,  a  being 
Whose  whole  existence  was  the  pouring  out 
Of  rich  and  deep  affections.    I  have  thought 
A  brother's  and  a  sister's  love  v/ere  much; 
I  know  a  brother's  is,  for  I  have  been 


JEPHTHA. 


JEPHTHA. 


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A  sister's  idol,  and  I  know  how  full 

The  heart  may  be  of  tenderness  to  her  I 

But  the  affection  of  a  delicate  child 

For  a  fond  father,  gushing  as  it  does 

With  the  sweet  springs  of  life,  and  pouring 

on, 
Through  all   earth's  changes,  like  a  river's 

course. 
Chastened  with  reverence,  and  made  more 

pure 
By  the  world's  discipline  of  light  and  shade, 
'Tis  deeper,  holier. 

The  wind  bore  on 
The  leaden  tramp   of  thousands.     Clarion 

notes 
Rang  sharply  on  the  ear  at  intervals; 
And  the  low,  mingled  din  of  mighty  hosts 
Returning  from  the  battle  poured  from  far, 
Like  the  deep  murmur  of  a  restless  sea. 
They  came,  as    earthly  conquerors   always 

come. 
With  blood  and  splendor,  revelry  and  woe. 
The  stately  horse    treads  proudly — he  hath 

trod 
The  brow  of  death  as  well.     The  chariot- 
wheels 
Of  warriors  roll  magnificently  on — 
Their  weight  hath  crushed  the  fallen.     Man 

is  there. 
Majestic,  lordly  man,  with  his  sublime 
And  elevated  brow,  and  godlike  frame; 
Lifting  his  crest  in  triumpli,  for  his  heel 
Ilath  trod  the  dying  like  a  wine-press  down. 

The  mighty  Jephtha  led  his  warriors  on 
Through   Mizpeh's    streets.     His  helm  was 

proudly  set. 
And  his  stern  lip  curled  slightly,  as  if  praise 
Were  for  the  hero's  scorn.   His  step  was  firm, 
But  free  as  India's  leopard ;  and  his  mail. 
Whose  shekels  none  in  Israel  might  bear, 
Was  like  a  cedar's  tassel  on  his  frame. 
His  crest  was  Judah'skingliest;  and  the  look 
Of  his  dark,  lofty  eye,  and  bended  brow. 
Might    quell    the    lion.      He   led   on;    but 

thoughts 
Seemed  gathering    round  which    troubled 

him.      The  veins 
Grew  visible  upon  his  swarthy  brow, 
And  his  proud  li]>  was  pressed  as  if  with  pain. 
He  trod  less  firmly;  and  his  restless  eye 
Glanced  forward  frequently,  as  if  some  ill 
He  dared  not  meet  were  there.     His  home 

was  near; 
And  men  were  thronging,  with  that  strange 

delight 
They  have  in  human  passions,  to  observe 
The  struggle  of  his  feelings  with  his  pride. 
He  gazed  intensely  forward.     The  tall  firs 
Before  his  tent  were  motionless.     The  leaves 
Of  the  sweet  aloe,  and  the  clustering  vines 
Which  half  concealed  his  threshold,  met  his 

eye, 
Unchanged  and  beautiful;  and  one  by  one 
The  balsam,  with  its  sweet  distilling  stems. 
And  the  Circassian  rose,  and  all  the  crowd 


Of  silent  and  familiar  things  stole  up, 
Like  the  recovered  passages  of  dreams. 
He  strode  on  rapidly.     A  moment  more, 
And   he   had  reached  his  home;  when  lo! 

there  sprang 
One  with  a  bounding  footstep,  and  a  brow 
Of  light,  to  meet  him.     Oh,  how  beautiful! 
Her  dark  eye  flashing  like  a  sunlit  gem. 
And  her  luxuriant  hair!  'twas  like  the  sweep 
Of  a  swift  wing  in  visions.     He  stood  still, 
As  if  the  sight  had  withered  him.    She  threw 
Her  arms  about  his  neck — he  heeded  not. 
She  called  him  "father,"  but  he  answered 

not. 
She  stood  and  gazed  upon  him.     Was  he 

wroth? 
There  was  no  angec  in  that  bloodshot  eye. 
Had  sickness  seized  him?     She  unclasped  his 

holm. 
And  laid  her  white  hand  gently  on  his  brow. 
And  the  large  veins  felt  stiff  and  hard,  like 

cords. 
The  touch  aroused  him.     He  raised  up  his 

hands. 
And  spoke  the  name  of  God  in  agony. 
She  knew  that  he  was  stricken  then,  and 

rushed 
Again  into  his  arms;  and,  with  a  flood 
Of  tears  she  could  not  bridle,  sobbed  a  prayer 
That  he  would  breathe  his  agony  in  words. 
He  told  her,  and  a  momentary  flush 
Shot  o'er  her  countenance;  and  then  the  soul 
Of  Jephtha's   daughter  wakened;   and  she 

stood 
Calmly  and  nobly  up,  and  said  'twas  well. 
And  she  would  die. 

The  Sim  had  well-nigh  set. 
The  fire  was  on  the  altar;  and  the  priest 
Of  the  High  God  was  there.     A  pallid  man 
Was  stretching  out  his  trembling  hands  to 

heaven. 
As  if  he  would  have  prayed,  but  had  no 

words. 
And  she  who  was  to  die,  the  calmest  one 
In  Israel  at  that  hour,  stood  up  alone. 
And  waited  for  the  sun  to  set.     Her  face 
Was  pale,  but  very  beautiful ;  her  lip 
Had  a  more  delicate  outline,  and  the  tint 
Was  deeper;  but  her  countenance  was  like 
The  majesty  of  angels. 

The  sun  set, 
And  she  was  dead,  but  not  by  violence. 

Nathaniel  ParTcer  'Willis. 

3572.  JEPHTHA'S  DAUGHTER,  Lamentation  o£ 
Judges  xi :  37^0. 
Daughters  of  Israel,  come  with  me. 
And  let  us  to  the  mountains  flee ; 
There  will  I  tell  to  echoing  hills, 
The  grief  that  now  my  bosom  fills ! 
Abdiel,  to  the  hills  I  flee, 
To  mourn  my  banishment  from  thee  ! 

Torn  from  thy  arms,  Abdiel,  now 
I  yield  me  to  a  father's  vow ; 


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JlEI^IITIIA. 


JEREiyHA-H. 


I  fall,  alas!  no  more  to  rise, 

To  filial  liive  a  sacrifice! 

And  now  I  to  the  mountains  flee. 

To  mourn  my  banishment  from  thee! 

Did  not  I  see  Abdiel  brave. 
Undaunted  plunge  in  Jordan's  wave, 
And  on  the  wings  of  honor  fly. 
Resolved  to  conquer  or  to  die? 
But  now  I  to  the  mountains  flee, 
To  mourn  my  banishment  from  thee! 

And  as  my  father's  chosen  band 
Spread  terror  o'er  a  guilty  land, 
Abdiel,  foremost  of  the  train, 
Drove  Ammon's  sons  across  the  plain. 
But  now  I  to  the  mountains  flee. 
To  mourn  my  banishment  from  thee ! 

I  saw  the  valiant  youth  with  joy. 

Covered  with  wounds  and  glory,  fly; 

Impatient  Israel's  sons  to  tell 

How  Ammon  fought,  how  Amraon  fell. 

But  now  I  to  the  mountains  flee. 

To  mourn  my  banishment  from  thee ! 

A.nd  when  I  saw  the  battle  cease, 
t  fondly  hailed  returning  peace; 
When  I  with  thee  should  live  and  love, 
Nor  ever  from  thy  presence  move ; 
But  now  I  to  the  mountains  flee. 
To  mourn  my  banishment  from  thee ! 

Yes,  now  I  to  the  mountains  flee, 
To  mourn  my  banishment  from  thee; 
Torn  from  thy  arms,  Abdiel,  now, 
I  yield  me  to  a  father's  vow ; 
And  to  the  mountains  joyless  flee, 
To  mourn  my  banishment  from  thee ! 

Daughters  of  Israel !  join  my  cries. 
And  let  them  pierce  yon  azure  skies; 
When  every  rock  and  fruitful  vale, 
Hears  and  reverberates  my  tale. 
Abdiel,  to  the  hills  I  flee, 
To  mourn  my  banishment  from  thee ! 
Jose2)h  Nitingale. 

3573.  JEPHTHA'S  VOW. 

Judges  xi :  31,  39. 
The  beast  that  meets  him  shall  be  slain; 
Resigned  to  God  the  child  of  man, 
A  living  sacrifice,  restored 
Entire,  devoted  to  the  Lord  ; 
The  Lord,  He  knows,  so  kind  and  good. 
Hath  no  delight  in  human  blood. 
Or  pleased  accepts  of  One  alone — 
That  ofEering  of  His  slaughtered  Son. 

His  hands  he  washed  not  in  her  blood. 
But  gave  his  child,  his  hope,  to  God 
(Hope  of  a  long-continued  line, 
Hope  of  the  promised  Seed  Divine); 
His  heart's  delight,  his  age's  prop. 
His  only  child  he  rendered  up — 
An  offering  worthy  of  the  sky, 
A  virgin  pure  to  live  and  die. 

J.  and  G.  Wesley. 


3574.  JEPHTHA'S  VOW. 
From  conquest  Jephtha  came  with  faltering 

step 
And  troubled  eye;  his  home  appears  in  view; 
He  trembles  at  the  sight.     Sad  he  forebodes 
His  vow  will  meet  a  victim  in  his  child; 
For  -well  he  knows  that,  from  her  earliest 

years. 
She  still  was    first  to  meet   his  homeward 

steps; 
Well  he  remembers  how,  with  tottering  gait, 
She  ran  and  clasped  his  knees,  and  lisped, 

and  looked 
Her  joy;    and  how,  when  garlanding  with 

flowers 
His  helm,    fearful,    her  infant  hand  would 

shiink 
Back  from  the  lion    crouched  beneath  the 

crest. 
What  sound  is  that,  which,  from  the  palm- 
tree  giove. 
Floats  now  with  choral  swell,   now  fainter 

falls 
Upon  the  ear?     It  is,  it  is  the  song 
He  loved  to  hear;    a  song  of  thanks    and 

praise. 
Sung  by  the  patriarch  for  his  ransomed  son. 
Hope    from  the  omen  springs;  oh,  blessed 

hope ! 
It  may  not  be  her  voice!     Fain  would  he 

think 
'Twas  not  his  daughter's  voice  that  still  ap- 
proached 
Blent  with  the  timbrel's  note.     Forth  from 

the  grove 
She  foremost  glides  of  all  the  minstrel  band: 
Moveless  he  stands;    then   grasps    his  hilt, 

still  red 
With  hostile  gore,  but  shuddering,  quits  the 

hold. 
And  clasps  in  agony  his  hands,  and  cries, 
"Alas,  my  daughter!  thou  hast  brought  me 

low!" 
The  timbrel  at  her  rooted  feet  resounds. 
James  Orahame. 

3575.  JEREMIAH. 

Jeremiah  xxxvii  :  13. 
They  say,  "The  man  is  false,  and  falls  away:" 
Yet  sighs  my  soul  in  secret  for  their  pride; 
Tears  are  mine  hourly  food,  and  night  and  day 
I  plead  for  them,  and  may  not  be  denied. 

They  say,  "His  words  unnerve  the  warrior's 

hand, 
And  dim  the  statesman's  eye,  and  disunite 
The  friends  of  Israel ;"  yet,  in  every  land 
My  words,  to  faith,  are  peace  and  hope  and 

might. 

They  say,  "The  frenzied  one  is  fain  to  see 
Glooms  of  his  own;  and  gathering  storms 

afar ; 
But  dungeons  deep,  and  fetters  strong  have 

we." 
Alas !  heaven's  lightning  would  ye  chain  and 

bar? 


JKREIMI^H. 


JERICHO. 


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Te  scorners  of  the  Eternal !  wait  one  hour ; 
In  His  seer's  weakness  ye  shall  see  His  power. 

"The  Lord  hath  set  me  o'er  the  kings  of 

earth, 
To  fasten  and  uproot,  to  build  and  mar ; 
Not  by  mine  own  fond  will:  else  never  war 
Had  stilled  in  Anathoth  the  voice  of  mirth, 
Nor  from  my  native  tribe  swept  bower  and 

hearth ; 
Ne'er  had  the  light  of  Judah's  royal  star 
Failed  in  mid-heaven,  nor  trampling  steed 

and  car 
Ceased  from  the  courts  that    saw  Josiah's 

birth, 
'Tis  not  in  me  to  give  or  take  away, 
But  He  who  guides   the  thunder-peals  on 

high. 
He  tunes  my  voice  the  tones  of  His  deep 

sway 
Faintly  to  echo  in  the  nether  sky : 
Therefore  I  bid  earth's  glories  set  or  shine, 
And  it  is  so ;  my  words  are  sacraments  di- 
vine." 

"No  joy  of  mine  to  invite  the  thunder  down, 
No  pride  the  uprising  whirlwind  to  survey; 
How  gradual  from  the  north,  with  hideous 

frown, 
It  veers  in  silence  round  the  horizon  gray, 
And  one  by  one    sweeps    the    bright  isles 

away. 
Where   fondly  gazed   the   men  of  worldly 

peace. 
Dreaming  fair  weather  would  outlast  their 

day. 
Now  the  big  storm-drops  fall,  their  dream 

must  cease. 
They  know  it  well,  and  fain  their  ire  would 

wreak 
On  the  d  read  arm  that  wields  the  bolt ;  but 

He 
Is  out  of  reach,  therefore  on  me  they  turn ; 
On  me,  that  am  but  voice,  fading  and  weak, 
A  withered  leaf  inscribed  with  Heaven's  de- 
cree, 
And  blown  where  haply  some  in  fear  may 

learn." 

"  Sad  privilege  is  mine,  to  show 

"What  hour,  which  way  the  bitter  streams 

will  flow. 
Oft  have  I  said,  '  Enough ;  no  more 
To  uncharmed    ears    th'  unearthly  strain  I 

pour  I ' 
But  the  dread  word  its  way  would  win, 
Even  as  a  burning  fire  my  bones  within, 
And  I  was  forced  to  tell  aloud 
My  tale  of  warning  to  the  reckless  proud." 
Awful  warning!  yet  in  love 
Breathed  on  each  believing  ear 
How  Heaven  in  wrath  would  seem  to  move 
The  landmarks  of  a  thousand  year, 
And  from  the  tablets  of  tli'  eternal  sky 
The  covenant  oath  erase  of  God  most  high. 
That  hour  full  timely  was  the  leaf  unrolled, 


Which  to  the  man  beloved  the  years  of  bond- 
age told. 

And  till  his  people's  chain  should  be  out- 
worn. 

Assigned  him  for  his  lot  times  past  and  times 
unborn. 

"  Oh,  sweetly  timed,  as  e'er  was  gentle  hand 

Of  mother  pressed  on  weeping  infant's  brow. 

Is  every  sign  that  to  His  fallen  land      [now. 

Th'  Almighty  sends   by  prophet   mourners 

The  glory  from  the  ark  is  gone ; 

The  mystic  cuirass  gleams  no  more, 

In  answer  from  the  Holy  One; 

Low  lies  the  temple,  wondrous  store 

Of  mercies  sealed  with  blood  each  eve  and 
morn; 

Yet  heaven  hath  tokens  for  faith's  eye  for- 
lorn. 

' '  Heaven  by  my  mouth  was  fain  to  stay 

The  pride  that,  in  our  evil  day. 

Would   fain   have    struggled   in    Chaldea's 

chain : 
Nay,  kiss  the  rod ;  th'  Avenger  needs  must 

reign ; 
And  now,  though  every  shrine  is  still. 
Speaks  out  by  me  the  unchanging  will; 
'  Seek  not  to  Egypt ;  there  the    curse  will 

come; 
But  till  the  woe  be  past,  round  Canaan  roam. 
And  meekly  'bide  your  hour   beside   your 

ruined  home.' "  John  Keble. 

3576.  JEKICHO,  Conquest  of. 
Joshua  vi  :  6-21. 

Oh,  proud  was  thy  battle-cry,  Israel,  given. 
When  gathered  thy  host  by  the  banner  of 

Heaven ; 
Like  the  sweep  of  dark  Kedron,  the  roll  of 

this  tide. 
When  the  bands  of  thy  chosen  went  forth  in 

their  pride. 

Hark !  hark  to  the  trumpet,  the  echo  from  far. 
The  leader  of  princes,  he  speeds  to  the  war ! 
His   arm  is  thy  resting.  His  breath  is  thy 

sword. 
And  nations  shall  faint  at  the  voice  of  His 

word. 

Let  the  cheer  of  the  foe  o'er  their  battlements 

tower, 
Ye  shroud  by  the  night-star  the  pride  of  their 

power ; 
All  bright  in  the  sunbeam  their  triumphs 

may  wave, 
To-morrow  that  glory  is  cold  in  the  grave. 

When  pealed  thy  wild  shout  to  the  blue  man- 
tled sky. 

How  the  f  oeman  shrunk  back  as  he  heard  it 
pass  by; 

The  torches  grew  pale  in  the  halls  of  their 
mirth. 

And  turret  and  battlement  crumbled  to  earth. 


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JERICHO. 


JERICHO. 


Oil,  where  is  tlie  name  like  tliine,  mighty  in 
story ! 

The  Lord  with  thy  triumphs  has  blended  His 
glory; 

Then  lift  the  dark  eye  to  the  azure  that's  o'er 
thee, 

And  rush  for  the  chaplets  fliat  brighten  be- 
fore thee.  Mary  E.  Brooks. 

3577.  JERICHO,  Ruins  of. 

Where  are  tliy  walls, proud  Jericho?  the  blast 
Of  Israel's  horn  to  earth  thy  towers  might 

cast, 
But  time  more  surely  lays  thy  bulwarks  low, 
Yonder  the  Jordan  sweeps  with  tireless  flow. 
And  Pisgah  roars  his  earth-o'ergazingbrow, 
Defying  storm  and  thunder :  where  art  thou? 
Thy  towers  have  left  no  stone;  not  e'en  a 

palm 
"Waves  on  thy  site  amidst  the  burning  calm: 
A  few  green  turf-clad  mounds  alone  remain. 
Like  those  Avhich   rise    on  Troy's  deserted 

plain, 
Gone  is  that  costly  plant,  a  queen's  fair  hand 
To  Salem  brought  from  Sheba's  spicy  land. 
The  weeping  balsam,  whose  nectareous  dew. 
More  prized  than  silver,  well  the  trader  knew ; 
Yet  still  one  flower  above  its  flinty  bed. 
Renowned  by  minstrels,  lifts  its  lowly  head; 
White  rose  of  Jericho!  so  small  yet  sweet. 
That  oft  the  way-worn  traveller  stoops  to 

greet. 
What  dost  thou  iii  this  desert  ?  vain  thy  bloom 
As  the  lamp's  light  that  gilds  the  cheerless 

tomb; 
Vain  opes  thy  bosom  to  the  thankless  air. 
No  painted  insect  flics  to  nestle  there; 
Thy  scents  embalm  the  ground,  but  useless 

shed 
As  gifts  of  good  upon  the  ungrateful  head. 
Alas !  fair  rose,  the  barren  plain  we  see. 
How  can  it  warm  to  life,  have  charms  for 

thee? 
Yet  here,  exhaling  sweets,  thou  dost  remain. 
Like  hope  fond  lingering  in  this  world  of 

jiain. 
Whose  bright  and  holy  smiles  will  ne'er  de- 
part, 
Though  every  joy  beside  may  fly  the  heart. 
Nicholas  Michell. 

3578.  JERICHO,  The  Taking  of. 

Joshua  vi. 
Arise,  ye  men  of  war. 

Prevent  the  morning  ray; 
Prepare,  your  Captain  cries,  prepare, 

Your  Captain  leads  the  way; 
He  calls  you  forth  to  fight 

Where  yonder  ramparts  rise — 
Ramparts  of  a  stupendous  height, 

Ramparts  that  touch  the  skies. 

Who  dares  approach  those  towers? 

Who  can  those  walls  o'erturn? 
The  city  braves  all  human  powers, 

And  laughs  a  siege  to  scorn. 


Who  shall  the  city  take, 

The  Jericho  within  ? 
Not  all  the  powers  of  earth  can  shake 

The  strength  of  inbred  sin. 

Impregnable  it  stands. 

Strong,  and  walled  up  to  heaven ;  i 
But  God  into  our  Joshua's  hands 

The  citadel  hath  given ; 
The  fortress  and  its  king. 

And  all  his  valiant  men. 
Our  Captain  to  the  ground  shall  bring, 

And  on  their  ruins  reign. 

All  power  He  hath  to  quell, 

And  conquer  and  o'erthrow; 
All  power  in  heaven  and  earth  and  hell, 

To  root  out  every  foe. 
Through  Him  divinely  bold, 

Let  all  His  soldiers  fight; 
Now  of  your  Captain's  strength  take  hold, 

And  conquer  in  His  might. 

Ye  people  all  pass  on ; 

Ye  men  of  war  surround 
The  city  by  your  captain  won; 

Attend  the  trumpet's  sound ; 
The  priests  whom  He  hath  chose 

Pass  on  before  the  Lord, 
And  each  a  ram's-horn  trumpet  blows — 

The  trumpet  of  the  word. 

The  holy  ark  they  bear. 

The  covenant  of  His  grace, 
And  tidings  of  great  joy  declare 

To  all  the  fallen  race ; 
They  make  His  mercies  known, 

His  promises  they  show: 
Go  in  the  track  your  guides  have  shown, 

To  certain  conquest  go. 

In  sight  of  God  proceed. 

Follow  the  ark  divine. 
In  all  the  ways  and  statutes  tread 

Which  He  hath  pleased  t'  enjoin. 
Pray  alway,  fast  and  pray, 

And  watch  to  do  His  will; 
All  His  commands  with  joy  obey. 

All  righteousness  fulfil. 

With  patience  persevere. 

Still  in  His  ways  be  found, 
Still  to  the  city  walls  draw  near, 

And  day  by  day  surround. 
Continue  in  His  word. 

On  all  His  means  attend. 
Bearing  the  burden  of  the  Lord, 

And  hoping  to  the  end. 

Arise,  your  strength  renew. 

Your  glorious  toil  repeat; 
Follow  the  ark,  your  Lord  pursue, 

And  for  His  promise  wait; 
In  deepest  silence  go; 

Your  Joshua  cries,  Be  still, 
Assured  His  truth  and  power  to  know, 

And  prove  His  perfect  will. 


JERICHO. 


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Tried  to  the  uttermost 

His  faithful  word  shall  be; 
Who  in  the  strength  of  Jesus'  trust 

Shall  'gain  the  victory. 
But  wait  for  your  reward, 

And  give  your  clamors  o'er; 
Tarry  the  leisure  of  your  Lord, 

Nor  ever  murmur  more. 

The  solemn  day  draws  nigh, 

When  sin  shall  have  its  doom; 
Faith  sees  it  with  an  eagle's  eye, 

And  cries :  The  day  is  come. 
The  seventh  morn  I  see, 

And  hasten  to  be  blest. 
Enjoy  an  instant  victory, 

And  antedated  rest. 

The  walls  are  compassed  round. 

This  circuit  is  the  last; 
The  ark  stands  still :  the  trumpet  sounds 

A  long-continued  blast; 
The  people  turn  their  eyes 

On  the  devoted  walls; 
And  shout,  the  mighty  Joshua  cries. 

And  lo !  the  city  falls ! 

Its  proud  aspiring  brow 

Lies  level  with  the  ground ; 
It  lies,  and  not  one  stone  is  now 

Upon  another  found. 
The  walls  are  flat,  the  deep 

Fountains  are  o'erthrown; 
The  lofty  fortress  is  an  heap, 

And  sin  is  trodden  down. 

The  strength  of  sin  is  lost, 

And  Babylon  the  great 
Is  fallen,  fallen  to  the  dust, 

Has  found  its  final  fate. 
Partakers  of  our  hope, 

We  seize  what  God  hath  given, 
And  trampling  down  all  sin  go  up, 

And  straight  ascend  to  heaven. 

But  shall  not  sin  remain, 

And  in  its  ruins  live? 
No,  Lord;  we  trust,  and  not  in  vain. 

Thy  fulness  to  receive ; 
Thy  strength  and  saving  grace 

Thou  shalt  for  us  employ, 
The  being  of  all  sin  erase 

And  utterly  destroy. 

Actual  and  inbred  sin 

Shall  feel  Thy  two-edged  sword; 
The  city  is,  with  all  therein. 

Devoted  to  the  Lord. 
Thy  word  cannot  be  broke ; 

Thou  wilt  Thine  arm  display; 
Thou  wilt  with  one  continual  stroke 

Our  sin  forever  slay. 

Woman  and  man  and  beast. 

And  ox  and  ass  and  sheep, 
All,  all  at  once  shall  be  oppressed 

By  death's  eternal  sleep; 


Never  to  rise  again. 

Both  young  and  old  shall  fall; 
Not  one  shall  'scape,  not  one  remain, 

But  die,  and  perish  all. 

The  human  beast  and  fiend, 

Thou,  Lord,  shalt  take  away, 
And  make  the  old  transgression  end, 

And  all  its  relics  slay; 
The  proud  and  carnal  will. 

The  selfish,  vain  desire. 
Thou  all  our  sins  at  once  shalt  kill, 

And  burn  them  all  with  fire. 

J.  and  C.  Wesley. 

3579.  JEKUSALEM. 
The  ancient  of  cities!  the  lady  of  nations! 
The  home  where  the  cherubim  hovered  in. 

light! 
Where  the  breeze  has  a  voice  like  those  old 

"lamentations" 
That  saddened  thy  day  with  their  omens  of 

night, 
And  the  river's  low  song  seems  to  echo  the 

strain 
Which  the  prophet  poured  out  to  thy  spirit 

in  vain ! 

Bright  land  of  the  promise !  whose  vision  of 

glory 
Had  dazzled  thy  sense,  till  'twas  feeble  to 

see! 
Oh,  chosen  for  others  to  keep  the  high  story 
Whose  record  was  vain  for  thy  children  and 

thee ! 
Lone  Esau  of  nations,  that  weepest  alway, 
While  the  Gentile  is  rich  in  thy  birthright 

to-day ! 

Lost  land  of  the  minstrel !  whose  harp,  in  its 
sadness, 

Brought  music  from  heaven,  to  play  to  thy 
heart ; 

Whose  spell  of  a  moment  came  down  on  thy 
madness, 

And  bade,  for  an  hour,  thy  dark  angel  de- 
part ; 

Till  the  power  of  its  warning  expired,  with 
its  strain, 

And  the  spirit  of  evil  came  o'er  thee  again ! 

High  home  of  the  temple!  whose  worship 
did  borrow 

A  voice  from  the  thunder,  a  light  from  the 
sky! 

Blest  soil,  whence  the  vine,  that  was  planted 
in  sorrow. 

Hath  hung  o'er  the  nations  its  branches  on 
hi^h; 

That  rocked  the  low  couch  where  the  sleep- 
less One  slept, 

And  kept  tlie  vain  tomb  where  the  Deathless 
was  kept! 

And  oh  for  the  outcast  who  drank  of  thy 

glory — 
The  lost  one  of  Judah,  the  chosen  of  yore^ 


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JEUTJSj^I^EIVE. 


The  priest  of  thy  temple,  the  heir  of  thy 

story — 
Who  dwelt  in  thy  vineyards,  that  blossom 

no  more ! 
Afar,  'mid  the  heathen,  he  sitteth  forlorn. 
And  thy  fruit  is  the  bramble,  thy  greenness 

the  thorn ! 

It  was  not  for  Edom  that  Zion  was  braided 
"With  crowns  of  the  sunshine  and  garlands 

of  bloom. 
Where  the  wild  Arab  wanders  the  cedar  hath 

faded ; 
The  bird  of  the  wild  keepeth  watch  on  the 

tomb; 
And  the  soil  of  simoom  awaits  the  far  day. 
When  the  rain  shall  return  to  the  wilderness 

gray. 

Pale   daughter   of    Zion!    all  wasted   with 

weeping, 
Thy  footstool   the   desert,  its  dust  on  thy 

head; 
Thy  long  weary  watch  o'er  the  wilderness 

keeping, 
And  sitting  in  darkness,  like  them  that  be 

dead: 
A  veil  like  the  widow's  hath  shadowed  thy 

pride. 
And  a  sorrow  is  thine  like  no  sorrow  beside ! 

And  sadly  thy  son  by  each  far  foreign  river 
Sits,  as  he  sat  in  the  Babel  of  old ; 
Lone  'mid  the  nations,  all  homeless  forever, 
'Mid  homes  full  of  children,  and  poor  'mid 

his  gold; 
With  a  mark  on  his  brow  of  the  brand  in  his 

brain. 
Like  the  record  God  wrote  on  the  forehead 

of  Cain ! 

Weary  with  wondering  and  wasted  with 
sadness. 

And  walking  hj  lights  that  are  all  from  the 
past ; 

Wishes,  scarce  hopes,  waken  smiles  without 
gladness. 

As  backward  his  thoughts,  like  the  mourn- 
er's, are  cast ; 

For  the  tale  of  the  Hebrew  who  wanders 
alway. 

Is  the  fable  and  type  of  his  people  to-day  ! 

A  proverb  to  most,  and  a  moral  to  all, 
And  a  lamp  unto  others,  though  sitting  in 

gloom. 
He  seems  like  a  mute  in  a  festival  hall, 
And  is  still  looking  forward  for  that  which 

hath  come; 
Like  the  children  of  Eblis,  he  hideth  his 

smart. 
And  walks  through  the  world  with  his  hand 

on  his  heart ! 

All  lands   are  as  Moab,   all  countries  are 

Edom, 
To  the  Hebrew  who  sits  in  his  sackcloth  of 

sin. 


Till  the  trumpets  of  God  calling  others  to 

freedom. 
The   Jew   to   that   banner   at   length   shall 

come  in ; 
And  Salem  must  sit  in  her  desert  alone 
Till  the  seed  of  the  Lord  by  all  rivers  be 

sown. 

Then,  daughter  of  Judah  !  look  up  from  thy 

slumber ! 
And  lo !  a  bright  vision  of  turrets  and  spires ! 
A  hymn  o'er  the  desert,  from  harps  without 

number ! 
Thy  children  at  rest  by  the  shrine  of  their 

sires ! 
The  song-bird   on  Carmel,  the  rose  in  the 

plain. 
And  the  streams  flowing  backward  to  Zion 

again  !  Thomas  K.  Hervey. 

3580.  JERUSALEM. 
Four  lamps  were  burning  o'er  two  mighty 

graves, 
Godfrey's  and  Baldwin's — Salem's  Christian 

king; 
And  holy  light  glanced  from  Helena's  naves, 
Fed   with   the   incense   which   the  pilgrim 

brings ; 
While  through  the  panelled  roof  the  cedar 

flings 
Its  sainted  arms  o'er   choir   and   roof   and 

dome, 
And  every  porphyry-pillared  cloister  rings 
To  every  kneeler  there  its  "  welcome  home," 
As  every  lip  breathes  out,  ' '  O  Lord !  Thy 

kingdom  come." 

A  mosque  was  garnished  with  its  crescent 

moons. 
And   a  clear  voice   called   Mussulmans   to 

prayer. 
There  were  the  splendors  of  Judea's  thrones, 
There  were  the  trophies  which  its  conquerors 

wear. 
All  but  the  truth,  the  holy  truth,  was  there; 
For  there,  with  lip  profane,  the  crier  stood. 
And  him  from  the  tall  minaret  you  might 

hear. 
Singing  to  all  whose  steps  had  thither  trod, 
That  verse  misunderstood,  "  There  is  no  God 

but  God." 

Hark !  did  the  pilgrim  tremble  as  he  kneeled? 
And  did  the  turbaned  Turk  his  sins  confess? 
Those  mighty  hands  the  elements  that  wield, 
That  mighty  Power  that  knows  to  curse  or 
Is  over  all;  and  in  whatever  dress  [bless. 
His  suppliants  crowd  around  Him,  He  can 
Their  heart,  in  city  or  in  wilderness,  [see 
And  probe  its  core,  and  make  its  blindness 

flee. 
Owning  Him  very  God,  the  only  Deity. 

There  was  an  earthquake  once  that  rent  thy 

fane. 
Proud  Julian ;  when  (against  the  prophecy 
Of  Him  who  lived  and  died  and  rose  again, 


jerxts^XiEm:. 


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"That one  stone  on  another  should  not  lie") 
Thou  wouldst  rebuild  that  Jewish  masonry 
To  mock  the  eternal  Word.  The  earth  below 
Gushed  out  in  fire ;  and  from  the  brazen  sky 
And  from  the  boiling  seas  such  wrath  did 

flow 
As  saw  not  Shinar's  plain  nor  Babel's  over- 
throw. 

Another  earthquake  comes.  Dome,  roof,  and 

wall 
Tremble;  and  headlong  to  the  grassy  bank 
And  in  the  muddied  stream  the  fragments 

fall, 
While  the  rent  chasm  spread  its  jaws,  and 

drank 
At  one  huge  draught  the  sediment,  which 

sank 
In  Salem's  drained  goblet.     Mighty  Power ! 
Thou  whom  we  all  should  worship,  praise 

and  thank. 
Where  was  Thy  mercy  in  that  awful  hour, 
When  hell  moved  from  beneath,  and  Thine 

own  heaven  did  lower? 

Say,  Pilate's  palaces,  proud  Herod's  towers ; 
Say,  gate   of  Bethlehem,  did   your   arches 

quake  ? 
Thy    pool,    Bethesda,    was    it    filled    with 

showers? 
Calm  Gihon,  did  the  jar  thy  waters  wake? 
Tomb  of  thee,  Mary — Virgin — did  it  shake? 
Glowed   thy  bought  field,  Aceldama,  with 

blood? 
Where  were  the  shudderings  Calvary  might 

make? 
Did  sainted  Mount  Moriah  send  a  flood 
To  wash  away  the  spot  where  once  a  God 

had  stood? 

Lost  Salem  of  the  Jews,  great  sepulchre 
Of  all  profane  and  of  all  holy  things; 
Where  Jew,  and  Turk,  and  Gentile  yet  concur 
To  make  thee  what  thou  art!  thy  history 

brings 
Thoughts  mixed  of  joy  and  woe.   The  whole 

earth  rings 
With  the  sad  truth  which  He  has  prophesied 
Who  would  have   sheltered  with  His  holy 

wings  [defied : 

Thee   and    thy  children.     You   His   power 
You   scourged   Him   while   He    lived,  and 

mocked  Him  as  He  died  1 

There  is  a  star  in  the  untroubled  sky, 

That  caught  the  first  light  which  its  Maker 

made; 
It  led  the  hymn  of  other  orbs  on  high ; 
'Twill   shine  when  all  the  fires  of  heaven 

shall  fade. 
Pilgrims  at  Salem's  porch,  be  that  your  aid! 
For  it  has  kept  its  watch  on  Palestine ! 
Look  to  its  holy  light,  nor  be  dismayed, 
Though  broken  is  each  consecrated  shrine, 
Though  crushed  and  ruined  all  which  men 

have  called  divine. 

John  G.  C.  Brainard. 


3581.  JERUSALEM,  Beauty  of. 

'Tis  so ;  the  hoary  harper  sings  aright ; 
How  beautiful  is  Zion!  Like  a  queen, 
Armed  with  a  helm,  in  virgin  loveliness, 
Her  heaving  bosom  in  a  bossy  cuirass, 
She  sits  aloft,  begirt  with  battlements 
And  bulwarks   swelling  from  the  rock,  to 

guard 
The  sacred  courts,  pavilions,  palaces, 
Soft  gleaming  through  the  umbrage  of  the 

woods 
Which  tuft  her   summit,    and,   like  raven 

tresses. 
Waved  their  dark  beauty  round  the  tower  of 

David. 
Resplendent  with  a  thousand  golden  buck- 
The  embrasures  of  alabaster  shine ;  [lers, 
Hailed  by  the  pilgrims  of  the  desert,  bound 
To  Judah's  mart  with  orient  merchandise. 
But  not  for  thou  art  fair  and  turret-crowned, 
Wet  with  the  choicest  dew  of  heaven,  and 

blessed 
With  golden  fruits  and  gales  of  frankincense, 
Dwell  I  beneath  thine  ample  curtains.    Here, 
Where  saints  and  prophets  teach,  where  the 

stern  law 
Still  speaks  in  thunder,  where  chief  angels 

watch, 
And  where  the  glory  hovers,  here  I  war. 
James  Abraham  Hillhouse. 

3582.  JERUSALEM,  Ctrist  Entering. 

John  xii  :  12-19. 
Ride  on !  ride  on  in  majesty ! 
Hark  all  the  tribes  Hosanna  cry ! 
Thine  humble  beast  pursues  his  road, 
With  palms  and  scattered  garments  strewed. 

Ride  on !  ride  on  in  majesty ! 

In  lowly  pomp  ride  on  to  die ! 

O  Christ !  Thy  triumphs  now  begin 

O'er  captive  death  and  conquered  sin. 

Ride  on !  ride  on  in  majesty ! 
The  winged  squadrons  of  the  sky 
Look  down  with  sad  and  wondering  eyes, 
To  see  the  approaching  sacrifice. 

Ride  on !  ride  on  in  majesty ! 
Thy  last  and  fiercest  strife  is  nigh; 
The  Father  on  His  sapphire'  throne 
Expects  His  own  anointed  Son. 

Ride  on !  ride  on  in  majesty ! 
In  lowly  pomp  ride  on  to  die ! 
Bow  Thy  meek  head  to  mortal  pain ; 
Then  take,  O  God !  Thy  power,  and  reign. 
Henry  H.  Milman. 

3583.  JERUSALEM,  CMst  Gazing  on. 

Mark  xiii  :  3,  4. 

Who  gazes  from  Mount  Olivet, 
His  dovelike  eyes  with  sorrow  wet, 
His  bosom  with  compassion  heaving. 
His  mighty  heart  with  sorrow  grieving? 
Who  searches  with  unerring  eye 
Into  thy  sad  futurity. 


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JERTISt^LEIM. 


jerxisa-Lem:. 


Jerusalem!  and  sees  thy  doom 
Written  by  imperial  Rome ; 
Famine,  Slaughter,  Fire,  agreed 
On  thy  precious  ones  to  feed, 
Ruin  round  thy  bulwarks  wrap, 
And  the  pagan  eagle  flap 
O'er  the  sacred  mercy-seat? 
Who  is  He  that  sees  it  all? 
Sees,  when  sacrilegious  feet 
Tread  on  Zion — when  the  call 
Is  for  vengeance  most  complete? 
He,  the  prophet,  pilgrim-shod; 
He,  the  very  Son  of  God ! 
Years  sweep  on !     Jerusalem ! 
Thee  the  Roman  armies  hem. 
Countless  legions  on  thee  press; 
Clouds  of  arrows  thee  distress; 
Stone  and  dart  and  javelin 
Entrance  to  thy  treasures  win. 
Hippicus,  Antonia,  fall, 
Mariamne,  and  thy  wall 
Pierced  with  gates  of  burnished  gold, 
And  the  holy  house  of  old. 
Yield  unto  the  dreadful  strife. 
Heavens !  the  sacrifice  of  life ! 
Murder,  plunder,  leagued  in  band. 
Stalk  amid  thee,  liand  in  hand; 
Cedron  is  a  pool  of  gore, 
Olivet  is  fortress  made. 
Mercy !  that  the  towers  of  yore. 
Courts  that  saw  the  world  adore. 
Should  in  dust  and  blood  be  laid! 
Who  directs  the  furious  war? 
He,  alone,  whose  prescience  saw- 
Mightier  than  Vespasian's  son — 
He  the  ruthless  fight  has  won. 
He  the  wine-press  here  has  trod. 
He,  the  very  Son  of  God ! 

William  B,  Tappan. 

3584.  JEEUSALEM,  Clirist  in. 
Matthew  xii  :  4. 

As  on  some  queenly  forehead  shines  a  rare 

and  costly  gem, 
So  shone  the  truth,  all  price  beyond,  in  fair 

Jerusalem ; 
The  Truth  Incarnate  through  her  streets  in 

weary  sojourn  trod, 
And,   truer  than  lier  priesthood  knew,  her 

temple  guested  God. 

No   timid   prophet,    frightened  'neath   the 

burden  which  he  bore, 
Spoke  sadly  in  her  stately  halls  one  warning, 

and  no  more ; 
But  God's   own    Son   revealed  Himself  by 

many  a  healing  sign. 
And  from  their  graves  the  dead  came  forth 
k  to  witness  Him  divine. 

No    lightnings    clave   the    shuddering    air 

around  His  Saviour  path ; 
No  hearts  turned,   sick'ning,   from  a  voice 

which  spake  of  naught  but  wrath : 


But  loving  word  and  loving  deed  hope  to 

the  vilest  gave, 
That  He  had  come   from   foulest   sin   and 

fiercest  doom  to  save. 

But  as,  when  swept  by  angry  winds,  the 
waves  more  angry  swell. 

So  o'er  that  city  proud  and  stern  no  contrite 
silence  fell; 

But  louder  rang  her  rebel  songs,  and  scorn- 
ful in  her  pride. 

Alike  the  love  of  Heaven  she  spurned,  and 
wrath  of  Heaven  defied. 

W.  Morley  Punshon. 

3585.  JERUSALEM,  CMst's  Entry  into. 
Matthew  xxi  :  1-11. 

Look  at  His  train,  the  dead  are  living  there; 

The  lame  are  in  His  blessed  footsteps  bound- 
ing; 

The  blind  are  gazing  on  their  leader  fai»; 

The  deaf,  the  dumb.  His  perfect  praise  re- 
sounding; 

The  widow  on  her  raised  son  is  leaning; 

The  father  clasps  his  daughter  roused  from 
sleep ; 

And  broken  hearts,  through  eyes  of  joyous 
meaning. 

Meet  His  kind  glance  who  bade  them  not 
to  weep. 

There  is  no  banner  waving  o'er  His  head. 
But   the   light   blossoms   of   the   palm-tree 

bending; 
Not  with  rich  flowers  or  gems  His  path  is 

spread. 
But  there  long  robes  in  rainbow  tints  are 

blending; 
No  herald  trumpet  of  His  coming  tells; 
But  children  carol  in  triumphant  mirth, 
And  to  the  sky  their  sweet  hosanna  swells 
The  full,  the  joyous  jubilee  of  earth. 

Daughter  of  Zion!  bow  in  holy  shame; 
Thou  didst  refuse  thy  rightful  Lord  to  meet; 
Unto  His  Father's  house,  to  thee.  He  came. 
Yet  found  not  where  to  rest  His  weary  feet. 
Yes,  scornful  Judah !  hadst  thou  known  thy 

day. 
Thine  were  a  splendid,  a  secure  estate; 
But  when  thy  Sovereign  turned  in  wrath 

away, 
Thy  house  was  left  unto  thee  desolate. 

3586.  JEEUSALEM,  Ctrist's  Entry  into. 
Matthew  xxi  :  10, 11. 

The  air  is  flUed  with  shouts,  and  trumpets' 
sounding ; 

A  host  are  at  thy  gates,  Jerusalem. 

Now  is  thy  van  the  Mount  of  Olives  round- 
ing; 

Above  them  Judah's  lion-banners  gleam, 

Twined  with  the  palm  and  olive's  peaceful 
stem. 


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Now  swell  the  nearer  sound  of  voice  and 

string, 
As  down  the  hill-side  pours  the  living  stream ; 
And  to  the  cloudless  heaven  hosaniuis  ring: 
"The  Son  of  David  comes!    the  Conqueror! 

the  King !" 

The  cuirassed  Roman  heard,  and  grasped  his 

sliieM, 
And  rushed  in  fiery  liaste  to  gate  and  tower; 
The  pontitf  from  his  battlement  helield 
Tiie  host,  and  knevvtlie  falling  of  hisjjower; 

He  saw  the  cloud  on  Sion's  glory  lour. 
Still   down   the   marble    road   the   myriads 

come, 
Spreading  the  way  with  garment,  branch, 

anil  flower, 
And  deeper  sounds  are  mingling,  "Woe  to 

Rome!" 
"The  day  of  freedom  dawns;  rise,  Israel, 

from  thy  tomb !" 

Temple  of  beauty,  long  that  day  is  done; 
Thy  ark  is  dust ;  thy  golden  cherubim 
In  the  fierce  triumphs  of  the  foe  are  gone : 
The  shades  of  ages  on  thy  altars  swim. 
Yet  still  a  light  is  there,  though  wavering 

dim; 
And  has  its  holy  lamp  been  watched  in  vain ; 
Or  lives  it  not  until  the  finished  time. 
When  He  who  fixed,  shall  break  His  people's 

chain, 
And  Sion  be  the  loved,  the  crowned  of  God 

again? 

He  comes,  yet  with  the  burning  bolt  un- 
armed ; 

Pale,  pure,  prgphetic,  God  of  majesty ! 

Though  thousands,  tens  of  thousands,  round 
Him  swarmed. 

None  durst  abide  that  depth  divine  of  eye; 

None  durst  the  waving  of  His  robe  draw 
nigh. 

But  at  His  feet  was  laid  the  Roman's  sword  : 

There  Lazarus  knelt  to  see  his  King  pass  by; 

There  Jairus  with  his  age's  child  adored. 

"He  comes,  the  King  of  kings:  hosanna  to 
the  Lord!"  George  Croly. 

3587.  JEEUSALEM,  Christ's  Public  Entry  into. 
Luke  xix :  29-44. 
He  sat  upon  the  ass's  foal  and  rode 
Toward  Jerusalem.     Beside  Him  walked, 
Closely  and  silently,  the  faithful  twelve, 
And  on  before  Him  went  a  multitude 
Shouting  hosannas,  and  with  eager  hands 
Strewing  their  garments  thickly  in  His  way. 
The   unbroken    foal    beneath    him    gently 

stepped. 
Tame  as  its  patient  dam;  and  as  the  song 
Of  "  Welcome  to  the  Son  of  David  "  burst 
Forth  from  a  thousand  children,   and  the 

leaves 
Of  the  waved  branches  touched  its  silken 


It  turned  its  wild  eye  for  a  moment  back. 
And  then,  subdued  by  an  invisible  hand, 
Meekly  trod  onward  with  its  slender  feet. 
The  dew's  last  sparkle  from  the  grass  had 

gone 
As  He  rode  up  Mount  Olivet.     The  woods 
Threw  their  cool    shadows    freshly  to   the 

west, 
And  the  light  foal,  with  quick  and  toiling 

step, 
And  head  bent  low,   kept  its  unslackened 

way 
Till  its  soft  mane  was  lifted  by  the  wind 
Sent  o'er  the  mount  from  Jordan.     As  He 

reached 
The    summit's    breezy   pitch,    the    Saviour 

raised 
His  calm  blue  eye:  there  stood  Jerusalem! 
Eagerly  He  bent  forward,  and  beneath 
His  mantle's  passive  folds,  a  bolder  line 
Than   the  wont   slightness   of   His  perfect 

limbs 
Betrayed  the  swelling  fulness  of  His  heart. 
There    stood    Jerusalem.       How    fair    she 

looked ! 
The  silver  sun  on  all  her  palaces. 
And  her  fair  daughters  'mid   the   golden 

spires 
Tending  their  terrace  flowers,  and  Kedron's 

stream 
Lacing  the  meadows  with  its  silver  band, 
And  wreathing  its  mist-mantle  on  the  sky 
With  the  morn's  exhalations.       There  she 

stood, 
Jerusalem,  the  city  of  His  love. 
Chosen  from  all  the  earth ;  Jerusalem, 
That  knew  Him  not,  and  had  rejected  Him; 
Jerusalem,  for  whom  He  came  to  die ! 
The  shouts  redoubled  from  a  thousand  lips 
At  the  fair  sight;  the  children  leaped  and 

sang 
Louder  hosannas;  the  clear  air  was  filled 
With  odor  from  the  trampled  olive-leaves; 
But  Jesus  wept.     The  loved  disciple  saw 
His  Master's  tears,  and  closer  to  His  side 
He  came  with  yearning  looks,   and  on  his 

neck 
The  Saviour  leant  with  heavenly  tenderness. 
And     mourned:      "How     oft,    Jerusalem! 

would  I 
Have  gathered  you,  as  gathereth  a  hen 
Her  brood  beneath  her  wings ;  but  ye  would 

not !" 

He  thought  not  of  the  death  that  He  should 

die; 
He  thought  not  of  the  thorns  He  knew  must 

pierce 
His  forehead ;  of  the  buffet  on  the  cheek, 
The  scourge,  the  mocking  homage,  the  foul 

scorn ! 
Gethsemane  stood  out  beneath  His  eye 
Clear  in  the  morning   sun,   and   there.   He 

knew. 
While  they   who    "could   not  watch  with 

Him  one  hour" 


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jertjsaIjEm:. 


Were  sleeping,  He  should  sweat  great  drops 

of  blood, 
Praying  the  cup  might  pass.     And  Golgotha 
Stood  bare  and  desert  by  the  city  wall-, 
And  in  its  midst,  to  His  prophetic  eye, 
Rose  the  rough  cross,  and  its  keen  agonies 
Were  numbered  all :  the  nails  were  in  His 

feet. 
The  insulting  sponge  was  pressing  on  His 

lips, 
The  blood  and  water  gushing  from  His  side, 
The  dizzy  fiiintuess  swimming  in  His  brain, 
And,  while  His  own  disciples  fled  in  fear, 
A  world's  death-agonies  all  mixed  in  His! 
Ay!  He  forgot  all  this.     He  only  saw 
Jerusalem,  the  chosen,  the  loved,  the  lost! 
He  only  felt  that  for  lier  sake  His  life 
"Was  vainly  given,  and  in  His  pitying  love 
The  sufferings  that  would  clothe  the  heavens 

in  black 
Were  quite  forgotten.     Was  there  ever  love, 
In  earth  or  heaven,  equal  unto  this? 

Natliunlel  ParTcer  Willis. 

3588.  JERUSALEM,  Christ's  Sympathy  for. 

Matthew  xxiii  :  37. 
Jerusalem !  Jerusalem ! 
Chief  in  thy  Prince's  diadem ! 
Famous  in  story  and  in  song, 
While  countless  ages  rolled  along; 
Of  mighty  name,  of  lofty  line. 
Prophets  and  priests  and  kings  were  thine ; 
In  dust  thou  long  hast  cradled  them; 
Their  boast,  their  home,  Jerusalem ! 

Jerusalem!  Jerusalem! 
Proud  flower  of  a  lofty  stem ! 
The  crimson  blushes  of  the  morn 
Shed  blushes  on  its  earliest  born ; 
But  hues  and  odors  must  abide 
The  mower's  scythe  at  eventide : 
So  perished  from  that  lofty  stem 
Thy  glory,  lost  Jerusalem. 

Jerusalem !  Jerusalem ! 
One  wept  thee  ere  He  did  condemn: 
Looking  from  glorious  Olivet, 
Filled  with  a  pitying  deep  regret, 
He  saw  thy  many  children  rise, 
Heedless  of  warnings  from  the  skies. 
And  therefore  wept  o'er  thee  and  them, 
Who  knew  Him  not,  Jerusalem. 

Jerusalem !  Jerusalem ! 

How  would  His  hand  have  gathered  them ! 

Ah !  had  they  known  in  that  their  hour 

Of  visitation  and  of  power ! 

But  vain  each  warning  of  their  fate ; 

The  pop'lous  place  is  desolate ; 

Nation,  and  prince,  and  diadem 

Vanished  alike,  Jerusalem  !         H.  W.  J. 

3589.  JERUSALEM :  Christ's  Triumphan',  Entry. 
Mark  xi  :  1-11. 
Not  upborne  on  glittering  wheels; 
Not  in  gold,  triumphant  car, 
Purple  clad,  as  monarchs  are ; 


Not  on  plume-decked  steed  of  war, 
Snorting  fiery  sparks  afar. 
Prancing  on  his  tutored  heels. 
Foaming  while  l«he  curb  restrains 
Wayward  will  and  boiling  veins. 

Not  with  civic  swords  and  staves, 
Nor  the  tambour's  doubling  beat, 
Nor  the  trumpet's  shrill  repeat. 
Such  as  princely  heroes  greet, 
Welcoming  victorious  feat, 

When  the  flag  of  glory  waves 
In  the  pomp  of  splendor  high ; 
But  in  silent  majesty. 

Not  with  mastic  and  with  myrrh, 
Styrax  leaves  that  crackling  rise 
Incense  curling  to  the  skies. 
Sparks  of  gold  to  dim  the  eyes ; 
But  on  beast  that  all  despise 

Salem  sees  her  conqueror : 
David's  long-expected  Son, 
He,  too  great  for  earthly  throne. 

Idumean  palms  they  bear ; 
See !  a  joyous  fatherland 
Hails  Him  with  uplifted  hand ; 
They  are  bound  in  transport's  band ; 
Eye  and  heart  inflamed,  they  stand, 

Spreading  out  their  garments  there. 
'Tis  the  Prince  of  Judah's  stem: 
Lo !  He  comes  to  reign  o'er  them. 

Sing  the  glad  hosanna !  sing ! 

Wilderness,  and  wind,  and  dell, 

Hail !  the  Hope  of  Israel ! 

Mountams  sink  and  valleys  swell; 

Songs  of  victory,  victory  tell. 
Let  heaven's  highest  arches  ring : 

'Tis  the  angel's  daily  hymn, 

'Tis  the  theme  of  seraphim. 

Blow  the  trump  of  victory,  blow ! 
Clash  the  cymbals,  tune  the  flute, 
Harp,  and  horn,  and  lyre,  and  lute; 
Wake  and  shout,  let  none  be  mute. 
Laurel  garlands  shall  be  strewed; 

Ours  are  nobler  victories  now. 
This  is  Judah's  lion  heir: 
For  His  conquering  march  prepare. 

Not  with  shouts  of  thundering  power, 
Not  with  wild,  delirious  sound. 
Tearing  through  the  clouds  around, 
Shaking  the  aflfrighted  ground. 
Rending  heaven's  o'ercircling  bound, 

Like  a  storm  in  fearful  hour ; 
But  in  tenderness  and  rest, 
Lo  I  He  comes  serenely  blest. 

Peace  is  with  Him,  heaven  and  bliss; 
He  hath  vanquished  death  and  hell — 
He,  the  great  Immanuel, 
Of  all  blessings  deepest  well ; 
Ruler  of  God's  citadel. 

No  vain  sword  of  steel  is  His: 
'Tis  with  spirits  purged  from  sins 
That  He  combats,  that  He  wins. 


JERUSALEM:. 


JERUSALEM:. 


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He,  the  Prince  of  light  and  life, 
He,  our  eldest  brother,  goes 
To  redeem  us  from  our  woes, 
To  subdue  our  mightiest  foes. 
Heaven  to  win  and  hell  to  oppose, 

High  above  all  mortal  strife; 
He,  Redeemer,  He  shall  save 
From  the  prison  of  the  grave. 

Tyrant  of  the  world,  begone ! 

Thou  hast  reigned,  thy  rule  is  o'er; 
Thou  mayst  sway  the  world  no  more. 
Jesus  drives  tliee  from  the  door, 
All-destroying,  darkening  power; 

Monster,  know  thy  reign  is  done; 
Death  and  Aoll,  receive  your  doom, 
For  your  vanquisher  is  come. 

Angels!  that,  ere  morning's  damps. 
Told  or  sang  the  heavenly  tale 
To  the  shepherds  in  the  vale, 
And  o'er  Bethl'em's  lowly  stall 
Poured  out  songs  of  joy  for  all — 

Come  with  lyres  and  come  with  lamps; 
Come  in  all  your  bright  array: 
'Tis  your  Monarch's  festal  day. 

Hang  no  scarlet  tapestry. 

Spread  no  cloth  of  golden  glare, 
No  emblazoned  robes  prepare; 
This  is  David's  Son  and  heir: 
He  is  come  to  save  and  spare ; 

Bending  from  His  throne  on  high 
To  earth's  deepest  misery, 
On  the  cross  for  man  to  die ! 

Earth  bow  down — bow  down  in  prayer; 
Dust  of  earth  !  look  round  and  see 
When  was  greatness  great  as  He? 
Slaves !  His  death  hath  made  ye  free ; 
Men !  through  Him  as  God  ye  be. 

Oh  what  brother  love  is  here ! 
Did  affection  ever  glow 
In  a  heart  like  this?     Oh  no! 

Melt  to  water,  mortal  men  ! 

Glow  and  flame  in  joy  and  praise; 

Sing  in  more  than  angel  lays. 

Jesse's  branch,  to  Thee  we  raise 

Deathless  songs  in  deathful  days. 
Conscience  turns  to  Thee  again. 

Bows  the  head  and  bends  the  knee; 

Cleanse  our  hearts  to  hallow  thee. 

Know  that  He  your  griefs  hath  borne. 

Purged  your  sins,  ye  Adam's  clay ! 

Weakness,  sighs,  despair,  away ! 

Heaviness  and  grief,  be  gay ! 

Pierce  the  night  and  spring  to-day; 
He  hath  saved  ye.     Why  forlorn? 

Hallelujah!  hymns  divine; 

'Tis  enough,  for  He  is  mine. 

3590.  JERUSALEM,  Christ  Weeping  Over. 

Luke  xix  :  41. 
Why  doth  mv  Saviour  weep 
At  sight  of  Sion's  bowers? 


Shows  it  not  fair  from  yonder  steep, 
Her  gorgeous  crown  of  towers? 

Mark  well  His  holy  pains: 
'Tis  not  His  pride  or  scorn 

That  Israel's  King  with  sorrow  stains 
His  own  triumphal  morn. 

It  is  not  that  His  soul 

Is  wandering  sadly  on. 
In  thought  how  soon  at  death's  dark  goal 

Their  course  will  all  be  run. 
Who  now  are  shouting  round 

Hosannah  to  their  chief; 
No  thought  like  this  in  Him  is  found, 

This  were  a  conqueror's  grief. 

Or  doth  He  feel  the  cross 

Already  in  His  heart. 
The  pain,  the  shame,  the  scorn,  the  loss, 

Feel  e'en  His  God  depart? 
No :  though  He  knew  full  well 

The  grief  that  then  shall  be, 
The  grief  that  angels  cannot  tell — 

Our  God  in  agony. 

It  is  not  thus  He  mourns; 

Such  might  be  martyrs'  tears. 
When  Ilis  last  lingering  look  He  turns 

On  human  hopes  and  fears : 
But  hero  ne'er  or  saint 

The  secret  load  might  know,        ^ 
With  which  His  spirit  waxeth  faint: 

His  is  a  Saviour's  woe, 

"  If  thou  hadst  known,  even  thou. 

At  least  in  this  thy  day. 
The  message  of  thy  peace  I  but  now 

'Tis  passed  for  aye  away : 
Now  foes  shall  trench  thee  round, 

And  lay  thee  even  with  the  earth, 
And  dash  thy  children  to  the  ground, 

Thy  glory  and  thy  mirth." 

And  doth  the  Saviour  weep 

Over  His  people's  sin, 
Because  we  will  not  let  Him  keep 

The  souls  He  died  to  win? 
Ye  hearts  that  love  the  Lord, 

If  at  His  sight  ye  burn, 
See  that  in  thought,  in  deed,  in  word, 

Ye  hate  what  made  Him  mourn. 

John  Keble. 

3591.  JERUSALEM:,  Depart  from. 

[Josephus  says  that  a  short  time  before  the  destrue 
tion  of  Jerusalem,  the  priests  who  served  in  the 
temple  at  night,  at  the  feast  of  Pentecost,  felt  a 
quaking  and  heard  a  rushing  noise  and  then  a  sound 
as  of  a  great  multitude  saying,  "Let  us  depart."] 

Night  hung  on  Salem's  towers. 
And  a  brooding  hush  profound 

Lay  where  the  Roman  eagle  shone, 
High  o'er  the  tents  around. 

The  tents  that  rose  by  thousands 
In  the  moonlight  glimmering  pale ; 

Like  white  waves  of  a  frozen  sea, 
Filling  an  Alpine  vale. 


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JERXJSA.3L,3SM:. 


JERXJS^LEiyt. 


And  the  temple's  massive  shadow 
Fell  broad,  and  dark,  and  still, 

In  peace   as  if  the  Holy  One 
Yet  -watched  His  chosen  hill. 

But  a  fearful  sound  was  heard 
In  that  old  fane's  deepest  heart, 

As  if  mighty  wiags  rushed  by 
And  a  dread  voice  raised  the  cry, 
"Let  us  depart!" 

Within  the  fated  city 

E'en  then  fierce  discord  raved. 
Though  o'er  night's  heaven  the  comet-sword 

Its  vengeful  token  waved. 

There  were  shouts  of  kindred  warfare 
Through  the  dark  streets  ringing  high, 

Though  every  sign  was  full  which  told 
Of  the  bloody  vintage  nigh. 

Though  the  wild  red  spears  and  arrows 

Of  many  a  meteor  host 
Wf>nt  flashing  o'er  the  holy  stars 

In  the  sky,  now  seen,  now  lost. 

And  that  fearful  sound  was  heard 

In  the  temple's  deepest  heart, 
As  if  mighty  wings  rushed  by 

And  a  voice  cried  mournfully, 
"Let  us  depart!" 

But  within  the  fated  city 

There  was  revelry  that  night; 
The  wine-cup  and  the  trimbrel  note. 

And  the  blaze  of  banquet  light. 

The  footsteps  of  the  dancer 

Went  bounding  through  the  hall, 

And  the  music  of  the  dulcimer 
Summoned  to  festival. 

While  the  clash  of  brother  weapons 

Made  lightning  in  the  air. 
And  the  dying  at  the  palace  gates 

Lay  down  in  their  despair. 

And  that  fearful  sound  was  heard 
At  the  temple's  thrilling  heart, 
As  if  mighty  wings  rushed  by 
And  a  dread  voice  raised  the  cry, 
"Let  us  depart!" 

Felicia  D.  Hemans. 

3592.  JERUSALEM,  Desire  to  see. 
Jerusalem,  Jerusalem, 

How  glad  should  I  have  been, 
Could  I,  in  my  lone  wanderings, 

Thine  aged  walls  have  seen  ! 
Could  I  have  gazed  u])on  the  <lome 

Above  thy  towers  that  Rwell«, 
And  heard,  as  evening's  sun  went  down, 

Thy  parting  camels'  bells : 

Could  I  have  stood  on  Olivet, 

Where  once  the  Saviour  trod, 
And  from  its  height  looked  down  upon 

The  city  of  our  God ; 


For  is  it  not.  Almighty  God, 

Thy  holy  city  still; 
Though  there  thy  prophets  walk  no  more. 

That  crowns  Moriah's  hill? 

Thy  prophets  walk  no  more,  indeed. 

The  streets  of  Salem  now, 
Nor  are  their  voices  lifted  up 

On  Zion's  saddened  brow; 
Nor  are  their  garnished  sepulchres 

With  pious  sorrow  kept. 
Where  once  the  same  Jerusalem 

That  killed  them  came  and  wept. 

Jerusalem,  I  would  have  seen 

Thy  precipices  steep. 
The  trees  of  palm  that  overhang 

Thy  gorges  dark  and  deep. 
The  goats  that  cling  along  thy  cliffs 

And  browse  upon  thy  rocks. 
Beneath  whose  shade  lie  down,  alike. 

Thy  shepherds  and  their  flocks. 

I  would  have  mused,  while  night  hung  out 

Her  silver  lamp  so  pale, 
Beneath  those  ancient  olive-trees 

That  grow  in  Kedron's  vale. 
Whose  foliage  from  the  pilgrim  hides 

The  city's  wall  sublime, 
Whose  twisted  arms  and  gnarled  trunks 

Defy  the  scythe  of  time. 

The  garden  of  Gethsemane 

Those  aged  olive-trees 
Are  shading  yet,  and  in  their  shade 

I  would  have  sought  the  breeze 
That,  like  an  angel,  bathed  the  brow 

And  bore  to  heaven  the  prayer 
Of  Jesus  when,  in  agony. 

He  sought  the  Father  there. 

I  would  have  gone  to  Calvary, 

And  where  the  Marys  stood. 
Bewailing  loud  the  Crucified, 

As  near  Him  as  they  could, 
I  would  have  stood  till  night  o'er  earth 

Her  heavy  pall  had  thrown, 
And  thought  upon  my  Saviour's  cross 

And  learned  to  bear  my  own. 

Jerusalem,  Jerusalem, 

Thy  cross  thou  bearest  now ! 
An  iron  yoke  is  on  thy  neck, 

And  blood  is  on  thy  brow; 
Thy  golden  crown,  the  crown  of  truth, 

Thou  didst  reject  as  dross. 
And  now  thy  cross  is  on  thee  laid — 

The  crescent  is  thy  cross  I 

It  was  not  mine,  nor  will  it  be, 

To  see  tlie  bloody  rod 
That  scourgeth  thee, and  long  hath  scourged, 

Thou  city  of  our  God ! 
But  round  thy  hill  the  spirits  throng 

Of  all  thy  murdered  seers, 
And  voices  that  went  up  from  it 

Are  ringing  in  my  ears : 


jertjsalem:. 


jETiTJSAi.Eiyr. 


2Gr 


Went  up  that  day  -when  darkness  fell 

From  all  thy  firmament, 
And  shrouded  theo  at  noon ;  and  when 

Thy  temple's  veil  was  rent, 
And  graves  of  holy  men,  that  touched 

Thy  feet,  gave  up  then*  dead : 
Jerusalem,  thy  prayer  is  heard. 

His  blood  is  on  thy  head ! 

John  Plerpont. 

3593.  JERUSALEM,  Destruction  of. 
From  the  last  hill  that  looks  on  thy  once 

holy  dome 
I  beheld   thee,   O   Zion,   when  rendered   to 

Rome : 
'Twas  thy  last  sun  went  down,  and  the  flames 

of  thy  fall 
Flashed  back  on  the  last  glance  I  gave  to  thy 

wall. 

I  looked  for  thy  temple,  I  looked  for  my 
liome, 

And  forgot  for  a  moment  my  bondage  to 
come ; 

I  beheld  but  the  death-fire  that  fed  on  thy 
fane, 

And  the  fast- fettered  hands  that  made  ven- 
geance in  vain. 

On  many  an  eve  the  high  spot  whence  T  gazed 
Had  reflected  thelastbeamof  day  as  it  blazed; 
While  I  stood  on  the  height,  and  beheld  the 

decline 
Of  the  rays  from  the  mountain  that  shone  on 

thy  shrine. 

And  now  on  that  mountain  I  stood  on  that 
day. 

But  I  marked  not  the  twilight  beam  melting 
away ! 

Oh,  would  that  the  lightning  had  glared  in 
its  stead, 

And  the  thunderbolt  burst  on  the  conquer- 
or's head! 

But  the  gods  of  the  pagan  shall  never  profane 
The  shrine  where  Jehovah  disdained  not  to 

reign; 
And  scattered  and    scorned  as  Thy  j^eople 

may  be. 
Our  worship,  O  Father,  is  only  for  Thee. 

Lord  Byron. 

3594.  JERUSALEM,  Dying  in. 
Jerusalem !    Jerusalem  ! 

Thou  city  of  the  blest, 
I  come,  beneath  thy  hallowed  soil 

To  lay  my  bones  to  lest. 

It  is  not  mine  to  see  thee  rise 

In  glory  from  the  dust; 
But  God,  the  God  of  Abraham, 

Is  kind  as  well  as  just. 
And,  happy  but  to  die  in  thee, 

T  hail  the  sacred  ground 
Where  rest  from  all  their  wanderings 

The  sons  of  Jacob  found. 


Jerusalem !  Jerusalem ! 

Thy  towers  siiall  rise  again 
When  comes  the  Lord's  anointed  One 

In  majesty  to  reign. 
My  sun  will  sliortly  set,  but  thou 

In  glory  slialt  appear: 
Thy  King,  the  God  of  all  the  earth; 

Thy  name,  "The  Lord  is  here." 
And  Gentiles  wdio  have  spurned  thee  long 

Siiall  make  thy  glory  known; 
While  all  conspire  to  honor  thee, 

My  father's  land !  my  own  ! 

Thomas  Hagg. 

3595.  JERUSALEM  IMMORTAL. 

Awake!  behold!  within  the  mountain  zone 

That,  circling,  girds   her  stern  and  desert 

throne. 
Immortal  Salem  sits,  famed  Zion's  queen, 
Stretching  her  hands,  and  weejiing  o'er  the 

scene. 
Immortal  ? — yes,  though  ills  have  laid  her  low, 
Patient  in  ruin,  deathless  in  her  woe! 
And  do  we  gaze,  our  weary  wanderings  past, 
On  Sheba's  envy,  David's  pride  at  last? 
The  city  prophets  blessed,  and  kings  revered, 
The   saintly   loved,    the   barbarous  nations 

feared? 
What  lips  have  kissed  these  stones !   what 

holy  sighs 
And  burning  prayers  have  mounted  to  those 

skies, 
As  zealous  pilgrims,  kneeling  on  the  sod. 
Have  hailed  the  towers  so  favored  once  by 

God! 
Methinks  we  see  those  travellers  from  the 

West, 
With  weary  limb,  and   soiled  and  tattered 

vest. 
Just  as  they  gain  the  last  hill's  stony  brow, 
And  glorious  Salem  bursts  upon  them  now. 
The  aged  man,  whom  peril  naught  could 

daimt, 
With  eager  step  still  presses  to  the  front. 
Throws  back  his  locks,  and  spread  his  hands 

on  high, 
Light  long-unknown  rekindling  in  his  eye, 
And  blesses  Heaven  'tis  his  that  scene  to  view. 
Ere  his  bones  rest  beneath  the  funeral  yew. 
The  maiden,  taught   from   earliest  hour  to 
That  city  holy  as  a  seraph's  dream,       [deem 
Half  veils  her  face  in  awe,  and,  bending  meek. 
Vents  in  deep  sobs  all,  all  she  may  not  speak. 
E'en  the  small  child,  that  ran  beside  his  sire, 
Hath  caught  from  those  around  the  hallowed 

fire,  [air. 

Drops  on  his  knees  with  calmed  and  solemn 
And  lisps  from  cherub   mouth   the  simple 

prayer, 
Raises  his  eyes,  each  orb  a  sapphite  gem, 
And  folds  his  hands,  and  cries  ' '  Jerusalem !" 

Where  through   the    world   shall   traveller 

hope  to  tread 
Soil  blessed  as  this,  though  beauty  long  hath 

fled? 


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JERTJS^LIGId:. 


JER,TJS^L.E]VE. 


With  every  scene  we  see  is  linked  a  spell, 
And  every  rock  we  climb  a  tale  can  tell. 
The  ground  is  holy :  sainted  memories  rise ; 
Cities  decay,  but  naught  of  spirit  dies. 

Salem!    since    David    stormed    her    craggy 

height, 
And    dwelt    where    scoflfed    the    vaunting 

Jebusito, 
What  stern,  what  varied   fortunes  has  she 

known, 
Now  conquering  nations,  now  herself  o'er- 

thrown ! 
To-day  her  Temple  glitters  wide  and  far, 
Shining  in  glory  like  a  new-born  star; 
Tyre  gives  her  arts,  and  Ophir  sends  her  gold. 
And  monarchs  burn  at  all  their  eyes  behold. 
Chaldea  comes:  she  darkens  Salem's  fame. 
Her  walls  arc  stormed,  her  Temple  sinks  in 

flame. 
And  distant  far,  where  Babel's  waters  sweep. 
Her  prophets  pine,  her  captive  children  weep. 
Woe's  midnight  past,  again  dawn  freedom's 

hours. 
And   Salem   smiles,  the   new-built   Temple 

towers ; 
Once  more  the  caravan  from  Yemen  comes. 
The  altar  burns,  and  busy  commerce  hums ; 
Once  more  his  lion  front  stern  Judah  shows. 
And  heroes  rise  to  brave  their  country's  foes. 

But  lo !    o'er  western   hills   that    gathering 

cloud. 
Where  muttering  thunder  peals  more  loud 

and  loud. 
And  forky  lightning  glitters  down  the  sky : 
'Tis  the  dread  flash  of  Rome's  avenging  eye  ! 
The  Titan  stalks;  beneath  his  coming  tread 
Towns  bow  in  dust,  and  Syria  quakes  with 

dread; 
Where'er  he  moves  the  oldest  empires  fall. 
And  Rome,  wide-conquering  Rome,  seems 

lord  of  all. 
Gihon's  long  hill  presents  a  ridge  of  spears. 
And  filled  with  bucklers  Kedron's  vale  ap- 
pears ; 
While  north  and  south  the  bristling  troops 

advance. 
And  bear  war's  engines  on,  and  shake  the 

lance. 
Girt  on  all  sides,  doomed    Salem  sees  her 

grave ; 
Her  cup  of  woe  is  full  and  naught  can  save. 

O  direst  fruit  of  crime  and  hate  and  rage ; 
O  bloodiest  leaf  in  history's  warning  page  ! 
Was  it  too  little  Rome  besieged  her  wall, 
But  Salem's  sons  by  Salem's  sons  must  fall? 
See  I  Hebrew  chiefs  above  yon  mangled  heap. 
Their  kindred  slain,  exult  when  all  should 

weep; 
In  civil  strife  true  valor  ceased  to  glow,     [foe. 
'Twas  who  should  crush  his  fellow,  not  the 

O  Titus!  Titus!   "darling  of  mankind," 
That  saw  his  virtues,  to  his  errors  blind, 


Extolled  his  feeling  heart,  his  justice  praised, 
And  to  his  honor  busts  and  arches  raised ; 
But  Salem's  name  in  blood  must  written  be, 
The  leprous  spot  that  blasts  his  memory ! 
What  though  he  rears  his  countless  captives 

high. 
To  crosses    nailed,    that    friends    may   see 

them  die. 
The  Hebrews  shed  no  tears,  for  woe  has  worn 
Their  senses  dull,  and  more  may  scarce  be 

borne : 
Pangs,  like  old  wounds,  oft  lull  though  will 

not  heal. 
Excess  of  feeling  makes  us  cease  to  feel. 
Some  fight  despairing,  some  in  caverns  hide, 
These  mope  in  madness,  and  their  God  deride ; 
While  others  full  of  zeal,  in  frenzy  strong. 
Still  call  on  Heaven  to  avenge  their  country's 

wrong, 
And  half  expect,  down  stooping  from  above, 
Messiah's  form  will  come  in  power  and  love, 
And  with  one  wave  of  glory's  dazzling  sword, 
Scare  from  their  holy  walls  the  pagan  horde. 

'Tis   o'er;  a  deadlier  struggle   earth   ne'er 

knew. 
E'en  fiends  might  shrink  those  scenes  of  blood 

to  view ; 
'Tis  o'er;  a  million  hearts  lie  cold  and  still, 
And  Rome's  dread  eagle  soars  on  Zion's  hill. 
Salem,  the  home  of  prophets,  helpless  lies. 
The  mean  one's  jest,  the  raging  heathen's 

prize. 
Fire  wraps  her  towers,  her  blazing  Temple 

falls. 
With  all  its  golden  spires  and  cedared  halls. 
Yes,  that  })roud  fane,  as  by  an  earthquake's 

shock, 
Is  hurled  to  dust,  and  levelled  with  the  rock ; 
And  o'er  its  site  must  pass  the  Latian  plough ; 
Seraphs !  look  down  from  heaven,  and  pity 

now! 
And  if  in  your  blessed  eyes  grief  e'er  appears. 
For  lost  and  ruined  Salem  shed  your  tears! 
Nicholas  Michell. 

3596.  JERUSALEM,  My  Home. 
Jerusalem,  my  Home, 

I  see  thy  walls  arise; 
There  jasper  clear  and  sardine  stone 
Flash  radiance  through  the  skies. 
In  clouds  of  heaven  descending, 
With  angel  train  attending, 
Thy  gates  of  glittering  pearl  unfold 

On  streets  of  glassy  gold. 

No  sun  is  there,  no  day  or  night; 

But  of  sevenfold  splendors  bright, 

Thy  Temple  is  the  Light  of  light, 

Jerusalem,  my  Home. 

Jerusalem,  my  Home, 

Where  shines  the  royal  throne. 
Each  king  casts  down  his  golden  crown 
Before  the  Lamb  thereon. 

Thence  flows  the  crystal  river, 
And  flowing  on  forever, 


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With  leaves  and  fruits  on  either  hand, 

The  tree  of  life  shall  stand. 
In  blood-washed  robes,  all  white  and  fair, 
The  Lamb  shall  lead  His  chosen  there, 
While  clouds  of  incense  fill  the  air, 
Jerusalem,  my  Home. 

Jerusalem,  my  Home, 

Where  saints  in  triumph  sing. 
While,  tuned  in  tones  of  golden  harps, 
Heaven's  boundless  arches  ring. 
No  more  in  tears  and  sighing. 
Our  weak  hosannas  dying, 
But  hallelujahs  loud  and  high 

Roll  thundering  through  the  sky; 
One  chorus  thrills  their  countless  throngs; 
Ten  thousand  times  ten  thousand  tongues 
Fill  them  with  overwhelming  songs, 
Jerusalem,  my  Home. 

Jerusalem,  my  Home, 

Thou  sole  all-glorious  Bride, 

Creation  shouts  with  joy  to  see 

Thy  Bridegroom  at  thy  side; 

The  Man  yet  interceding. 

His  hands  and  feet  yet  bleeding. 

And  Him  the  billowy  hosts  adore 

Lord  God  for  evermore ; 
And  "Holy,  Holy,  Holy"  cry 
The  choirs  that  crowd  thy  courts  on  high. 
Resounding  everlastingly, 

Jerusalem,  my  Home. 

Jerusalem,  my  Home, 

Where  saints  in  glory  reign. 
Thy  haven  safe,  oh  !  when  shall  I, 
Poor  storm-tossed  pilgrim,  gain? 
At  distance  dark  and  dreary. 
With  sin  and  sorrow  weary. 
For  thee  I  toil,  for  thee  I  pray, 

For  thee  I  long  alvvay. 
And  lo!  mine  eyes  shall  see  thee  too: 
Oh  rend  in  twain,  thou  vail  of  blue. 
And  let  the  Golden  City  through, 
Jerusalem,  my  Home  1 

John  Henry  Hopkins,  Jr. 

3597.  JEEUSALEM,  Ode  to. 

Jerusalem,  Jerusalem! 

If  any  love  thee  not,  on  them 

May  all  thy  judgments  fall; 
For  every  hope  that  crowns  our  earth, 
All  birth-gifts  of  her  heavenly  birth. 

To  thee  she  owes  them  all ! 

Deep  was  thy  guilt,  and  deep  thy  woe ; 
The  brand  of  Cain  upon  thy  brow, 

Each  shore  has  felt  thy  tread : 
No  altar  now  is  thine;  no  priest; 
Upon  thy  hearth  no  paschal  feast: 

The  paschal  moon  is  dead. 

When  from  their  height  the  nations  fall. 
The  kind  grave  o'er  them  strews  her  pall ; 
They  die  as  mortals  die : 


But  He  who  looked  thee  in  the  face 
Stamped  there  that  look  no  years  erase — 
His  own  on  Calvary. 

Awe-struck  on  thee  men  gaze,  and  yet 
Confess  thy  greatness,  own  our  debt, 

And  trembling  still  revere 
The  royal  family  of  man. 
Supporting  thus  its  blight  and  ban 

With  constancy  austere. 

Those  sciences  by  us  so  prized 

The  sternness  of  thy  strength  despised, 

Devices  light  and  vain 
Of  men  who  lack  the  might  to  live 
In  that  repose  contemplative 

Which  Asian  souls  maintain. 

By  thee  the  Book  of  Life  was  writ ; 
And,  wander  where  it  may,  with  it 

Thy  soul  abroad  is  sent : 
Wherever  towers  a  Christian  church. 
Palace  of  earth.  Heaven's  sacred  porch. 

It  is  thy  monument. 

Thy  minstrel  songs,  like  sounds  wind-borne 
From  harps  on  Babel  boughs  forlorn, 

O'er  every  clime  have  swept; 
And  Christian  mothers  yet  grow  pale 
With  echoes  faint  of  Rachel's  wail; 

Our  maids  with  Ruth  have  wept. 

Thou  bind'st  the  present  with  the  past, 
The  prime  of  ages  with  the  last; 

The  golden  chain  art  thou, 
On  which  alone  all  fates  are  hung 
Of  nations  springing  or  upsprung. 

Earthward  once  more  to  bow. 

Across  the  world's  tumultuous  gate 
Thou  fling'st  thy  shadow's  giant  weight — 

The  mightiest  birth  of  Time; 
For  all  her  pangs  she  may  not  bear 
Until  her  feasts  she  bids  thee  share 

And  mount  her  throne  sublime. 

Far  other  gaze  than  that  he  pours 

On  empires  round  thee  sunk,  and  shores 

That  once  in  victory  shone. 
Far  other  gaze  and  paler  frown 
The  great  Saturn  i  an  star  bends  down 

On  cedared  Lebanon. 

He  knows  that  thou,  obscured  and  dim. 
Thus  wrestling  all  night  long  with  him, 

Shalt  victor  rise  at  last; 
Destined  thy  brows  tower-crowned  to  rear 
More  high  than  his  declining  sphere 

When,  downward  on  the  blast, 

God's  mightiest  angel  leaps,  and  stands 
A  shape  o'ershadowing  seas  and  lands. 

And  swears  by  him  who  swore 
A  faithful  oath  and  kind  to  man 
Ere  worlds  were  shaped  or  years  began, 

That  "Time  shall  be  no  more." 

Aubrey  de  Vere. 


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JERTISAXilCTVE. 


3598.  JEEUSALEM,  The  Day  of. 
Luke  xix  :  43. 
Jerusalem,  Jerusalem!    enthroned    once   on 

high, 
Thou  favored  home  of  God  on  earth,  thou 

Heaven  below^  the  sky  ! 
Kow  brought  to  bondage  with  thy  sons,  a 

curse  and  grief  to  see, 
Jerusalem,  Jerusalem!    our  tears  shall  flow 

for  thee. 

Oh !  hadst  thou  known  thy  day  of  grace,  and 

flocked  beneath  the  wing 
Of  Him  who  called  thee  lovingly,  thine  own 

anointed  King, 
Then  had  the  tribes  of  all  the  world  gone  up 

thy  ]>omp  to  see, 
And  glory  dwelt  within  thy  gates,  and  all 

thy  sons  been  free. 

"And  who  art  thou  that  mournest  me?"  re- 
plied the  ruin  gray, 

"And  fear'st  not  rather  that  thyself  may 
prove  a  castaway? 

I  am  a  dried  and  abject  branch,  my  place  is 
given  to  thee. 

But  woe  to  every  barren  graft  of  thy  wild 
olive-tree ! 

"  Our  day  of  grace  is  sunk  in  night,  our  time 

of  mercy  spent, 
For  heavy   was   my   children's   crime,  and 

strange  their  punishment; 
Yet,  gaze  not  idly  on  our  fall,  but,  sinner, 

warned  be: 
Who  spared  not  His  chosen  seed,  may  send 

His  wrath  on  thee ! 

' '  Our  day  of  grace  is  sunk  in  night,  thy  noon 

is  in  its  prime ; 
Oh  turn  and  seek  thy  Saviour's  face  in  this 

accepted  time ! 
So,  Gentile,  may  Jerusalem  a  lesson  prove  to 

thee, 
And  in  the  new  Jerusalem  thy  home  forever 

be !"  Reginald  Heber. 

3599.  JERUSALEM,  The  Fall  of. 

Titus,  on  the  Mount  of  Olives,  he/ore  Besieging 
the  City. 

It  must  be ; 
And  yet  it  moves  me,  Romans !    It  confounds 
The  counsels  of  my  flrm  philosophy,      [o'er. 
That  ruin's  merciless  ploughshare  must  pass 
And  barren  salt  be  sown  on  yon  proud  city. 
As  on  our  olive-crownfed  hill  we  stand. 
Where  Kedron  at  our  feet  its  scanty  waters 
Distils  from  stone  to  stone  with  gentle  mo- 
tion. 
As  through  a  valley  sacred  to  sweet  peace. 
How  boldly  doth  it  front  us!  how  majesti- 
cally ! 
Like  a  luxurious  vineyard,  the  hillside 
Is  hung  with  marble  faljrics,  line  o'er  line. 
Terrace  o'er  terrace,  nearer  still,  and  nearer 


To  the  blue  heavens.    Here  bright  and  sump- 
tuous palaces, 
With  cool  and  verdant  gardens  interspersed ; 
Here   towers  of  war   that  frown   in  massy 

strength. 
While  over  all  hangs  the  rich  purple  eve, 
As  conscious  of  its  being  her  last  farev/ell 
Of  light  and  glory  to  that  fated  city. 
And,  as  our  clouds  of  battle  dust  and  smoke 
Are  melted  into  air.  behold  the  Temple, 
In  undisturbed  and  lone  serenity 
Finding  itself  a  solemn  sanctuary  [us 

In  the  profound  of  heaven !     It  stands  before 
A  mount  of  snow  fretted  with  golden  pin- 
nacles ! 
The  very   sun,    as  though  he   w^orshipped 
Lingers  upon  the  gilded  cedar  roofs ;  [there, 
And  down  the  long  and  branching  porticos, 
On  every  flowery-sculptured  capital. 
Glitters  the  homage  of  his  parting  beams. 
By  Hercules !  the  sight  might  almost  win 
The  offended  majesty  of  Rome  to  mercy. 
Yon  lofty  city  and  yon  gorgeous  Temple 
Are  consecrate  to  ruin. 

Java^:    Night   he/ore  the  Destruction  of  the 

Temple. 
There  have  been  tears  from  holier  eyes  than 

mine 
Poured  o'er  thee,  Zion !  yea,  the  Son  of  man 
This  thy  devoted  hour  foresaw  and  wept. 
And  I — can  I  refrain  from  weeping?     Yes, 
My  country,  in  thy  darker  destiny 
Will  I  awhile  forget  mine  own  distress. 

I  feel  it  now,  the  sad,  the  coming  hour; 
The  signs  are  full,  and  never  shall  the  sun 
Shine  on  the  cedar  roofs  of  Salem  more; 
Her  tale  of  splendor  now  is  told  and  done : 
Her  wine-cup  of  festivity  is  spilt, 
And  all  is  o'er,  her  grandeur  and  her  guilt. 

O  fair  and  favored  city,  where  of  old 
The  balmy  airs  were  rich  with  melody, 
That  led  her  pomp  beneath  the  cloudless  sky 
In  vestments  flaming  with  the  orient  gold! 
Her  gold  is  dim,  and  mute  her  music's  voice; 
The  heathen  o'er  her  perished  pomp  rejoice. 

How  stately  then  was  every  palm-decked 
street, 

Down  which  the  maidens  danced  with  tink- 
ling feet ! 

How  proud  the  elders  in  the  lofty  gate ! 

How  crowded  all  her  nation's  solemn  feasts 

With  white-robed  Levites  and  high-mitred 
priests ! 

How  gorgeous  all  her  Temple's  sacred  state ! 

Her  streets  are  razed,  her  maidens  sold  for 
slaves. 

Her  gates  thrown  down,  her  elders  in  their 
graves ; 

Her  feasts  are  holden 'mid  the  Gentile's  scorn. 
By  stealth   her  priesthood's  holy  garments 
worn; 


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And  where  her  Temple  crowned  the  glitter- 
ing rock, 

The  wandering  shepherd  folds  his  evening 
flock. 

When  shall  the  work,   the   work  of  death 

begin? 
When  come  the  avengers  of  proud  Judah's 

sin? 
Aceldama !  accursed  and  guilty  ground, 
Gird  all  the  city  in  thy  dismal  bound ; 
Her  price  is  paid,  and  she  is  sold  like  thou; 
Let  every  ancient  monument  and  tomb 
Enlarge  the  border  of  its  vaulted  gloom. 
Their  sj^acious  chambers  all  are  wanted  now. 

But  nevermore  shall  yon  lost  city  need 
Those  secret  places  for  her  future  dead; 
Of  all  her  children  when  this  night  is  passed, 
Devoted  Salem's  darkest,  and  her  last — 
Of  all  her  children  none  is  left  to  her. 
Save  those  whose  house  is  in  the  sejiulchre. 

Yet,  guilty  city,  who  shall  mouru  for  thee? 
Shall  Christian  voices  wail  thy  devastation? 
Look  down !  look  down  !  avenged  Calvary, 
Upon  thy  late,  yet  dreadful  expiation. 
Oh !  long  foretold,  though  slow-accomplished 

fate, 
"Her  house  is  left  unto  her  desolate;" 
Proud  Caesar's  ploughshare  o'er    her  ruins 

driven. 
Fulfils  at  length  the  tardy  doom  of  Heaven ; 
The  wrathful  vial's  drops  at  length  are  poured 
On  the  rebellious  race  that  crucified  their 

Lord !  Henry  II.  Milman. 

3600.  JERUSALEM,  The  Golden. 
Jerusalem,  the  Golden ! 

I  weary  for  one  gleam 
Of  all  thy  glory  folden 

In  distance  and  in  dream ! 
My  thoughts,  like  palms  in  exile. 

Climb  up  to  look  and  pray 
For  a  glimpse  of  thy  dear  country, 

That  lies  so  far  away ! 

Jerusalem,  the  Golden  I 

Methinks  each  flower  that  blows, 
And  every  bird  a-singing, 

Of  thee  some  secret  knows; 
I  know  not  what  the  flowers 

Can  feel,  or  singers  see, 
But  all  these  summer  raptures 

Seem  prophecies  of  thee. 

Jerusalem,  the  Golden ! 

When  simset's  in  the  west, 
It  seems  thy  gate  of  glory, 

Thou  city  of  the  blest! 
And  midnight's  starry-torches 

Through  intermediate  gloom 

Are  waving  with  our  welcome 

To  thy  eternal  liome. 

Jerusalem,  the  Golden ! 
Where  loftily  they  sing, 


0'(  r  pain  ar.d  sorrows  oLlen 

Forever  triumphing; 
Lowly  may  be  the  portal, 

And  dark  may  be  the  door, 
Thj  mansion  is  immortal — 

God's  palace  for  His  poor! 

Jerusalem,  the  Golden ! 

There  all  our  birds  that  flew — 
Our  flowers  but  half  unfolden. 

Our  pearls  that  turned  to  dew, 
And  all  the  glad  life-music. 

Now  heard  no  longer  here, 
Shall  come  again  to  greet  us 

As  we  are  drawing  near. 

Jerusalem,  the  Golden ! 

I  toil  on  day  by  day, 
Heart-sore  each  night  with  longing, 

I  stretch  my  hands  and  pray. 
That  'mid  Thy  leaves  of  healing. 

My  soul  may  find  her  nest; 
Where  the  wicked  cease  from  troubling, 

The  weary  are  at  rest ! 

Gerald  Masaey. 

3601.  JERUSALEM,  The  Jews  Weepiag  in. 
Why,   trembling  and   sad,   dost  thou  stand 

there  and  mourn, 

Son  of  Israel,  the  days  that  can  never  return? 

And  why  do  those  tear-drops  of  misery  fall 

On  the  mouldering  ruin,  the  perishing  wall? 

Was  yon  city,  in  robes  of  the  heathen  now 
clad, 

Once  the  flourishing  Zion,  where  Judah  was 
glad? 

And  those  walls,  that  disjointed  and  scat- 
tered now  lie. 

Were  they  once  vowed  to  Heaven  and  hal- 
lowed on  high? 

Yet  why  dost  thou  mourn?  Oh,  to  gladness 
awaken ! 

Though  Jehovah  this  city  of  God  has  for- 
saken. 

He  preserves  for  His  people  a  city  more  fair, 

Which  a  ruthless  invader  no  longer  shall  share 

No  longer  the  tear  for  your  city  shall  flow; 
No  longer  thy  bosom  the  sad  sigh  bestow ; 
But  night  shall  be  followed  by  glorious  day, 
And  sorrow  and  sighing  shall  vanish  away. 

The  Prince  whom  ye  pierced  and  nailed  to 
the  tree  ' 

There  reigns  in  ineffable  glory  for  thee ; 

There  Jesus,  who  died  for  your  sins  on  earth, 
lives: 

Haste,  haste  to  His  bosom;  He  sees  and 
forgives,        James  Wallis  Eastburn. 

3602.  JERUSALEM,  The  Last  Day  of. 
Flow  on,  for  Zion,  flow,  my  tears, 
Thou  sepulchre  of  sepulchres. 

Thy  glory  l>ut  a  gorgeous  dream. 

Thy  strength,  a  wasted  summer  stream; 


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Thy  turban  cloven  on  the  ground, 
With  all  its  jewels  scattered  round. 
Age  upon  age  captivity 
Sits  brooding  on  thy  leafless  tree ; 
And  where  its  branching  glory  stood, 
Is  shame,  and  agony,  and  blood. 

Prom  morn  to  eve,  Rome's  iron  tide 
Had  dashed  on  Zion's  haughty  side; 
From  morn  to  eve,  the  arrowy  sliower 
Rained  on  her  ranks  from  wall  and  tower. 
Now  rose  the  shout  of  Israel; 
Now,  like  the  sea's  returning  swell. 
Rushed  up  the  mount  the  Roman  charge, 
Again  beat  back  by  Judah's  targe ; 
Strewing  with  helm  and  shield  the  hill; 
All  wearied,  but  th'  unconquered  will. 

'Twas  eve,  and  still  was  fought  the  field, 
"Where   none   could  win,  and   none   would 

yield; 
Beneath  the  twilight's  deepening  shade 
Echoed  the  clash  of  blade  on  blade. 
Still  rushing  through  the  living  cloud, 
Its  path  the  lion-banner  ploughed ; 
And  still  the  eagle's  fiery  wing 
Seemed  from  the  living  cloud  to  spring; 
Till  Rome's  retiring  trumj)  was  blown, 
Answered  by  shouts  from  Zion's  throne. 
That  day  the  Roman  learned  to  feel 
The  biting  of  the  Jewish  steel. 

'Twas   night.     The    sounds   of   earth   were 

hushed. 
Save  where  the  palace-fountains  gushed ; 
Or  from  the  myrtle-breathing  vale. 
Sung,  to  the  stars,  the  nightingale. 
Splendid  the  scene,  and  sweet  the  hour! 
The  moonbeam  silvered  tent  and  tower. 
Touched  into  beauty  grove  and  rill, 
And  crowned  with  lustre  Zion's  hill. 
All  loveliness,  but  where  the  gaze 
Shrank  from  the  Roman  camp-fire's  blaze ; 
All  peaceful  beauty,  but  where  frowned, 
Omen  of  woe,  the  Roman  mound !  * 

'Twas  midnight ;  ceased  the  heavy  jar 

Of  rampart-chain  and  portal-bar; 

That  hour  of  doom,  on  Zion's  wall 

No  warrior's  foot  was  heard  to  fall ; 

No  murmur  of  the  mighty  camp, 

No  cohort's  tread,  no  charger's  champ. 

Gave  sign  that  earth  was  living  still ; 

All  hushed  as  by  a  mightier  will ; 

Ev'n  wounds  that  wring,  and  eyes  that  weep, 

Were  bound  in  one  resistless  sleep ; 

Silence  of  silence,  all  around ; 

Hushed  as  the  grave — a  death  of  sound  1 

What  visioned  forms,  like  things  of  dreams, 
Or  like  the  pole's  phosphoric  streams, 
Or  the  wan  clouds  of  winter's  even, 
Now  marshal  on  the  fields  of  heaven, 

*  The  Romans  surrounded  the  city  with  a  trench 
and  a  mound,  which  prevented  all  escape,  and  formed 
a  characteristic  of  the  siege. 


There  gleam,  in  clouds  of  spectral  light, 
The  camp,  the  mound,  th'  embattled  height; 
There  moves  the  legion's  brazen  line; 
Ill-omened  Israel,  where  is  thine? 
Rolls  up  the  visioned  mount  the  charge; 
But  where  the  turban  and  the  targe? 
The  cohort  climbs  the  visioned  tower. 
Yet  sweeps  its  ranks  no  arrowy  shower; 
Pale  flames  from  visioned  altars  rise ; 
Israel,  art  thou  the  sacrifice ! 

But  sudden  roars  the  thunder-peal, 
The  forests  on  the  mountains  reel, 
And,  like  the  burst  of  mountain  springs, 
Is  heard  a  rush  of  mighty  wings ! 
And  voices  sweet  of  love  and  woe, 
(Love,  such  as  spirits  only  know). 
Swell  from  the  temple's  cloisters  dim, 
A  mingled  chant  of  dirge  and  hymn ; 
Like  grief,  when  help  and  hope  have  fled, 
Like  anguish  o'er  the  dying  bed; 
Like  pulses  of  a  breaking  heart: 
"  We  must  depart,  we  must  depart." 
And  grandly  o'er  Moriah's  height, 
Encanopied  in  living  light. 
Rose  to  that  chant  of  dirge  and  hymn 
The  squadrons  of  the  seraphim. 
Prom  Carmel's  shore  to  Hebron's  chain. 
Shone  in  that  splendor  hill  and  plain; 
Still  starlike  seemed  the  orb  to  soar. 
Then  all  was  night  and  sleep  once  more. 

But  whence  has  come  that  sudden  flash. 

And  whence  the  shout,  and  whence  the  clash? 

The  legions  scale  the  temple  wall! 

Its  startled  warriors  fly  or  fall. 

Now  swells  the  carnage  wild  and  wide; 

Now  dies  the  bridegroom  by  the  bride; 

Peasant  and  noble,  parent,  child, 

In  heaps  of  qtiivering  carnage  piled ; 

On  golden  roof,  on  cedar  floor. 

Still  flames  the  torch,  still  flows  the  gore; 

Hour  of  consummate  agony. 

When  nations,  God-deserted,  die  I 

Yet  still  the  native  dirk  and  knife 
Wrung  blood  for  blood,  and  life  for  life. 
The  priest,  as  to  the  veil  he  clung. 
With  dying  hand  the  javelin  flung; 
The  peasant  on  the  Roman  sprang, 
Armed  but  with  panther's  foot  and  fang, 
Prom  his  strong  grasp  the  falchion  tore. 
And  died  it  in  the  robber's  gore. 
That  night  who  fought,  that  night  who  fell, 
No  eye  might  see,  no  tongue  might  tell; 
That  sanguine  record  must  be  read 
But  when  the  grave  gives  up  its  dead ; 
Then  Judah's  heart  of  pride  was  tame; 
The  rest  was  sorrow,  slavery,  shame ! 
— Jerusalem  a  name  ! 

Oeorge  Croly. 

3603.  JERUSALEM,  The  Prophecy  of. 
'Twas  eve  on  Jerusalem  I 

Glorious  its  glow. 
On  the  vine-covered  plain, 

On  the  Mount's  marble  brow; 


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On  the  temple's  broad  grandeur, 

Enthroned  on  its  height, 
Like  a  golden-domed  isle 

In  an  ocean  of  light; 
And  the  voice  of  her  multitude 

Rose  on  the  air, 
From  the  vale  deep  and  dim, 
Like  a  rich  evening  hymn. 
But,  whence  comes  that  cry? 

'Tis  the  cry  of  despair ! 

Who  stands  upon  Zion? 

The  prophet  of  woe! 
His  frame,  worn  with  travel, 

His  locks,  living  snow. 
His  hand  grasps  a  trumpet. 
Its  sound  gives  a  thrill 

To  each  heart  of  the  thousands ! 
The  life-blood  runs  chill, 
At  that  death-sounding  blast! 
All  fixing  their  gaze, 

Where,  like  one  from  the  tomb, 
The  shroud  seems  to  swim 
Round  the  long,  spectral  limb, 
And  the  ashy  lip  quivers 

With  judgment  to  come. 

"Thou'rt  lovely,  Jerusalem; 

Lovely,  yet  stained ; 
A  queen  among  nations. 

Yet  thou  shalt  be  chained. 
Thou'rt  magnificent,  Zion. 

Yet  thou  shalt  be  lone. 
The  pilgrim  of  sorrow  I 

I  see  thy  last  stone. 

"  Hark,  hark,  to  the  tempest! 

What  roar  fills  mine  ear? 
'Tis  the  shout  of  the  warrior, 

The  storm  of  the  sj^ear. 
The  eagle  and  wolf 

On  that  tempest  are  rolled, 
Twin  demons  of  havoc, 

To  ravage  thy  fold. 

"They  rush  through  the  land, 

As  through  forests  the  fire : 
Woe,  woe  to  the  infant ; 

Woe,  woe  to  the  sire. 
Rejoice  for  the  warrior 

Who  sinks  to  the  grave; 
But  weep  for  the  living, 

A  ransomless  slave ! 

"  But  veiled  be  mine  eyeballs; 

The  red  torch  is  flung. 
And  the  last  dying  hymn 

Of  the  temple  is  sung ; 
The  altar  is  vanished, 

The  glory  is  gone. 
The  vial  is  poured. 

The  high  vengeance  is  done ! 

"Again  all  is  silence, 
But  still  the  death-pall, 

The  flag  of  the  Roman, 
Is  hung  from  the  wall. 


But  the  archers  are  coming. 
Their  shafts  hide  the  heaven. 

And  the  eagle's  proud  breast 
By  the  Persian  is  riven. 

" Hark!  a  sound  from  the  south; 

'Tis  the  echo  of  doom ; 
It  comes  from  the  desert. 

The  living  simoom! 
As  fierce  as  its  sun, 

And  as  wild  as  its  sand ; 
'Tis  Amrou  and  his  Saracens, 

Curse  of  the  land ! 

"Like  the  swamp-gendered  hornets, 

They  rush  on  tlie  wing, 
By  thousands  and  thousands, 

With  death  in  their  sting. 
Like  vultures,  they  sweep 

O'er  Moriah's  loved  hill. 
And  the  corpse-covered  valley 

Of  Cedron's  red  rill. 

"  Like  the  clouds  on  the  mountains, 

Like  waves  on  the  shore, 
On  sweep  the  swift  chargers. 

Whose  hoof  is  in  gore; 
And  Israel  luis  fled 

To  the  hill  and  the  cave; 
With  slavery  behind  her, 

Before  her  the  grave. 

"And  the  clashing  of  lances 

And  shaking  of  reins. 
Are  the  sounds  of  the  morning 

On  Galilee's  plain°; 
And  the  desert  tambour, 

And  the  desert-horn  shrill. 
Are  the  sounds  of  tlie  sunset 

On  Zion's  loved  hill. 

"Where,  where,  sleeps  the  thunderbolt? 

Heaven  !  hear  the  cries 
Of  the  Ishmaelite  slave 

To  his  prophet  of  lies; 
Hear  the  howl  to  his  demons, 

His  frenzy  of  prayer; 
And  hear  Israel's  lament 

Of  disdain  and  despair ! 

"  It  has  come !  in  the  saddle 

The  robber  has  reeled. 
And  the  turbans  are  floating 

In  blood  on  the  field. 
I  see  the  proud  chiefs 

Of  the  cross  in  their  mail : 
And  my  soul  loves  the  standard 

They  spread  to  the  gale. 

"Stay,  vision  of  splendor: 

On  Jordan's  broad  marge 
They  rush  to  the  battle ; 

Earth  shakes  with  their  charge. 
Like  lightning  the  blaze 

From  their  panoply  springs; 
I  see  the  gold  helms 

And  crowned  banners  of  kings. 


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"Yet,  evil  still  smites  thee, 

Thou  daughter  of  tears! 
No  trophy  is  thine, 

la  the  shock  of  the  spears. 
The  stately  Crusader, 

And  Saracen  lord, 
But  give  thee  the  choice 

Of  the  chain  or  the  sword ! 

"Again  all  is  silence, 

The  long  grass  has  grown 
Where  the  cross-bearer  sleeps, 

In  his  rich-sculptured  stone; 
And  tlie  land  trod  by  prophet, 

And  chanted  by  bard. 
Is  left  to  the  foot 

Of  the  wolf  and  the  pard." 

But  who  ride  the  whirlwind? 

The  drinkers  of  blood. 
From  the  summit  of  Lebanon 

Rushes  the  flood. 
'Tis  the  Turcoman,  hovering 

For  slaughter  and  spoil. 

0  helpless  gazelle ! 

Thou  art  now  in  the  toil ! 

King  of  kings !  on  our  neck 

Sits  the  slave  of  a  slave, 
As  wild  as  his  mountains, 

As  cold  as  our  grave ; 
AH  his  sceptre  the  scourge, 

All  our  freedom  his  will. 
Tet  Thy  children  must  tremble, 

Must  agonize  still. 

Fly  swift,  ye  dark  years ! 

Still  the  savage  is  there; 
The  tiger  of  nations 

Is  couched  in  his  lair. 
The  field  is  a  thicket, 

The  city  a  heap, 
And  Israel  on  earth 

Can  but  wander  and  weep. 

King  of  kings !  shall  she  die? 

Hark !  a  trumpet  afar ; 
It  pierces  my  soul, 

Yet  no  trumpet  of  war. 

1  hear  the  deep  trampling 

Of  millions  of  feet, 
And  the  shoutings  of  millions 
Yet  solemn  and  sweet, 

Now  the  voices  of  thunders 

Are  calling  on  high. 
The  pomp  has  begun. 

The  redemption  is  nigh. 
I  see  the  crowned  fathers, 

The  prophets  of  fire, 
And  the  martyrs,  whose  souls 

Shot  to  heaven  from  the  pyre. 

Who  comes  in  His  glory. 

Pavilioned  in  cloud? 
Judah,  cast  off  thy  shame ! 

Israel,  spring  from  thy  shroud  1 


Thy  King  has  avenged  thee, 

He  comes  to  His  own ; 
With  earth  fur  His  empire. 

And  Zion  His  throne. 

George  Croly. 

3604.     JERUSALEM,  Woes  of. 
Weep  for  your  country,  for  your  children 

weep! 
Vengeance !  thy  fiery  wing  their  race  pursued ; 
Thy  thirsty   poniard   blushed   with    infant 

blood. 
Roused  at  thy  call,  and  panting  still  for  game. 
The  bird  of  war,  the  Latian  eagle  came. 
Then  Judah  raged,  by  ruffian  Discord  led. 
Drunk  with  the  steamy  carnage  of  the  dead: 
He  saw  his  sons  by  dubious  slaughter  fall, 
And  war  without,  and  death  within  the  wall. 
Wide-wasting  plague,    gaunt   famine,  mad 

despair. 
And  dire  debate,  and  clamorous  strife  were 

there ; 
Love,  strong  as  death,  retained  his  might  no 

more. 
And  the  pale  parent  drank  her  children's  gore. 
Yet  they  who  wont  to  roam  the  ensanguined 

plain, 
And  spurn  with  fell  delight  their  kindred 

slain ; 
E'en  they,  when,  high  above  the  dusty  fight, 
Their  burning  temple  rose  in  lurid  light. 
To  their  loved  altars  paid  a  parting  groan. 
And  in  their  country's  woes  forgot  their  own. 
As  'mid  the  cedar  courts  and  gates  of  gold 
The  trampled  ranks  in  miry  carnage  rolled, 
To  save  their  temple  every  hand  essayed. 
And  with  cold   fingers  grasped   the   feeble 

blade : 
Through  their  torn  veins  reviving  fury  ran, 
And  life's  last  anger  warmed  the  dying  man ! 

Ah !  fruitful  now  no  more,  an  empty  coast. 
She  mourned  her  sons  enslaved,  her  glories 

lost: 
In  her  wide  streets  the  lonely  raven  bred. 
There  barked  the  wolf,  and  dire  hyenas  fed. 
Yet  'midst  her  towery  fanes,  in  ruin  laid, 
The  pilgrim  saint  hismurmuring  vespers  paid; 
'Twashis  to  climb  the  tufted  rocks,  and  rove 
The  checkered  twilight  of  the  olive  grove; 
'Twas  his  to  bend  beneath  the  sacred  gloom. 
And  wear  with  many  a  kiss  Messiah's  tomb. 
Reginald  Heher. 

3605.  JERUSALEM,  Woe  upon. 

Yoke.  Woe  !  woe !  woe ! 

First  Jew.  Alas!  The  son   of  Hananiah? 
is't  not  he? 

Third  Jew.  Whom  said'st? 

Second  Jew.  Art  thou  a  stranger  in  Jeru- 
salem, 
That  thou  rememberest  not  that  fearful  man? 

Fourth  Jew.   Speak !  speak !  we  know  not 
all. 

Second  Jew.  Why,  thus  it  was: 
A  rude  and  homely  dresser  of  the  vine, 


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He  had  come  up  to  the  Feast  of  Tabernacles, 
"When  suddenly  a  spirit  fell  upon, 
Evil  or  good  we  know  not.     Ever  since 
(And  now  seven  years  are  past  since  it  befell, 
Our  city  then  being  prosperous  and  at  peace), 
He  hath  gone  wandering  through  the  dark- 
ling streets 
At  midnight,  under  the  cold,  quiet  stars; 
He  hath  gone  wandering  through  the  crowded 

market 
At  noonday,  under  the  bright  blazing  sun. 
With  that  one  ominous  cry  of  "  Woe!  woe  I 

woe !" 
Some  scoffed  and  mocked  him,  some  would 

give  him  food ; 
He  neither  cursed  the  one,  nor  thanked   the 

otht-r. 
The  Sanhedrim  bade  scourge  him,  and  myself 
Beheld  him  lasiied  till  the  bare  bones  stood 

out 
Through  the  maimed  flesh ;  still,  still  he  only 

cried. 
Woe  to  the  city,  till  his  patience  wearied 
The  angry  persecutors.  When  they  freed  him, 
'Twas   still   the   same — th'   incessant  Woe! 

woe !  woe ! 
But  when  our  siege  began,  awhile  he  ceased, 
As  though  his  projjhecy  were  fulfilled ;  till 

now, 
We  had  not  heard  his  dire  and  boding  voice. 
Voice.  Woe !  woe !  woe ! 
Joshua,  the  Son  of  Ilananinh.  Woe  !  woe  I 
A  voice  from  the  east !  a  voice  from  the  west ! 
From  the  four  winds  a  voice  against  Jerusa- 
lem ! 
A  voice  against  the  temple  of  the  Lord  ! 
A  voice  against  the  bridegrooms   and   the 

brides  1 
A  voice  against  all  people  of  the  land ! 
Woe !  woe  !  woe ! 

Bursts  away,  Jolloioed  Inj  the  Second  Jew,  who 
on  returning  reports : 

'Twas  a  true  prophet ! 
JeiDs.  Wherefore?     Where  went  he? 
Second  Jew.   To  the  outer  wall ; 
And  there  he  suddenly  cried  out  and  sternly, 
"  A  voice  against  the  son  of  Hananiah  ! 
Woe!   woe  !"  and   at   the  instant,    whether 

struck 
By  a  chance  stone  from  the  enemy's  engines, 

down 
He  sank  and  died !  Henry  H.  Milman. 

3606.  JERUSALEM,  Worship  in. 

Jerusalem!  Jerusalem!  the  blessing  lingers 
yet 

On  the  city  of  the  chosen,  where  the  Sab- 
bath seal  was  set ; 

And  though  her  sons  are  scattered,  and  her 
daughters  weep  apart, 

While  desolation,  like  a  pall,  weighs  down 
each  faithful  heart, 

As  the  palm  beside  the  waters,  as  the  cedar 
on  the  hills, 

She  shall  rise  in  strength  and  beauty  when 
the  Lord  Jehovah  wills; 


He  has  prornised  her  protection,  and  His  holy 

])ledge  is  good  : 
'Tis  whispered  through  the  olive-groves  and 

murmiu-ed  by  the  flood. 
As  in  the  Sabbath  stillness  the  Jordan's  flow 

is  heard, 
And  by  the  Sabbath  breezes  the  hoary  trees 

are  stirred. 

Oh !  glorious  were  the    Sabbaths  Jerusalem 

lias  known. 
Where  the  presence  of  the  Highest  was  so 

wonderfully  shown; 
And  the  holy  Law  was  guarded  by  cherubim 

divine ; 
And  the  temple's  awful  Worship  drew  the 

nation  to  its  shrine; 
And  the  "Song  of  songs"  was  sounded,  till 

the  melody  j^rofound 
Shook  the  golden  roof  and  arches  with  its 

ocean  power  of  sound; 
And  wreathing  clouds  of  incense  rose,  like 

doves  upon  the  air. 
Upbearing  on  their  balmy  wings  the  sacrifice 

of  prayer ; 
And  sweet  as  angel  greetings,  in  the  mansion 

of  tlie  l)lest. 
O'er  the  heart  of  gathered  Israel  came  the 

Sabbath  and  its  rest. 

But  the  glory  all  departed  when  the  temple 

was  laid  low. 
And  like  a  childless  mother,  mourns  the  city 

in  her  woe; 
Still  a  people  never  perish  who  in  Sabbath 

worship  bend : 
God  has  kept  his  chosen;  He  will  keep  them 

to  the  end. 
Soon  the  days  of  expectation  and  of  exile 

will  be  o'er. 
And  Israel  return  to  his  heritage  once  more. 
Then  shall  bloom  the  rose  of  Sharon,  and  the 

lilies  of  the  vale. 
By  the  dews  of  Hermon  freshened,  breathe 

their  fragrance  on  the  gale: 
As  the  seed  for  centuries  buried,  when  laid 

open  to  the  day. 
Bursts  forth   in  life  and  beauty  'neath  the 

vivifying  ray. 
So  Jerusalem  shall  triumph  when  her  children 

are  restored, 
And  with  songs  of  peace  and  gladness  hail 

the  Sabbath  of  the  Lord. 

Sarah  Josepha  Hale. 

3607.  JESUS,  Aaron  and. 

Heb.  vii :  28. 
Jesus,  in  Thee  our  eyes  behold 

A  thousand  glories  more 
Than  the  rich  gems  and  polished  gold 

The  sons  of  Aaron  wore. 

They  first  their  own  burnt-off'rings  brought 

To  purge  themselves  from  sin  ; 
Thy  life  was  pure  without  a  spot, 

And  all  Thy  nature  clean. 


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Fresh  blood,  as  constant  as  the  day, 

Was  on  their  altar  spilt ; 
But  Thy  one  off'ring  takes  away 

Forever  all  our  guilt. 

Their  priesthood  ran  through  sev'ral  hands, 

For  mortal  was  their  race ; 
Thy  never-changing  office  stands 

Eternal  as  Thy  days. 

Once,  in  the  circuit  of  a  year, 

With  blood,  but  not  his  own, 
Aaron  within  the  veil  appears 

Before  the  golden  throne. 

But  Christ  by  His  own  pow'rf  ul  blood 

Ascends  above  the  skies. 
And  in  the  presence  of  our  God 

Shows  His  own  sacrifice. 

Jesus,  the  King  of  Glory,  reigns 

On  Zion's  heav'nly  hill ; 
Looks  like  a  Lamb  that  has  been  slain, 

And  wears  His  priesthood  still. 

He  ever  lives  to  intercede 

Before  His  Father's  face : 
Give  Him,  my  soul,  thy  cause  to  plead. 

Nor  doubt  the  Father's  grace. 

Isaac  Watts. 

3608.  JESUS  AT  JACOB'S  WELL. 
John  iv  :  6. 

I  see  Thee,  Saviour,  as  Thou  satest  there, 

In  drought  and  weariness,  the  well  beside; 
A  single  palm-tree  shields  Thee  from  the 
glare. 
I  see  the  Syrian  woman,  wonder-eyed. 
Before  Thee  stand, 
The  empty  pitcher  hanging  from  her  hand. 

I  hear  Thy  words  of  warning  mercy  flow. 
Soft  to  the  sinful  while  they  chide  the  sin ; 

I  watch  the  graveness  of  her  wonder  grow 
As  rises  high  an  answering  voice  within, 
And  straight  she  learns 

Her  need,  and  for  the  draught  diviner  yearns. 

It  was  in  eastern  summers,  long  gone  by. 
Thou  askedst  water  from  the  olden  spring: 

Desiring  eyes  beheld  Thee — Thou  wcrt  nigh 

To  those  that  languished  heavenly  boons 

But  now  no  more  [to  bring; 

Treadest  the  Shechem  vale,  the  Jordan  shore. 

It  was  in  Hebrew  history,  long  gone  by. 
And  Thou  wert  walking  toward  the  cross- 
crowned  goal, 
A  human  sympathy  was  in  Thine  eye, 
A  lonely  sorrow  in  Thy  burdened  soul. 
And  Thou  didst  bear  [might  share. 

For  the  world's  weal  a  doom  which  none 

Still  is  the  blessed  story  gospel-good : 
Thou  by  the  wells  of  life  art  waiting  yet 


For  peace  and  pardon  to  besought  and  sued, 
And  troubled  men  may  still   their  guilt 
forget, 
And  slake  their  pain, 
Quaff  light  and  hope  and  love,  nor  thirst* 
again.  JosejiJi  Truman. 

3609.  JESUS,  Darkness  at  the  Death  of. 
Matthew  xxvii :  45. 

Over  each  tower  and  minaret, 
And  where  in  channel  dark  as  jet 
The  streams  of  Kedron  toil  and  fret, 

Falls  the  inexplicable  veil. 

The  sign  when  nature's  powers  shall  fail 

Of  universal  woe  and  wail. 

No  light  and  shade,  in  interchange 
Softening  the  dark  horizon's  range. 
But  sudden  midnight,  stern  and  strange ! 

Rushed  the  uptreasured  darkness  from 

Its  hidden,  uncreated  home 

To  witness  God's  own  martyrdom? 

Or  did  the  Lord  who  hides  His  face 

In  shadows  that  betoken  grace. 

And  drapes  in  gloom  His  dwelling-place, 

Did  He  in  His  most  awful  mood 

Cvu-tain  around  the  holy  rood 

From  man's  unchastened  neighborhood? 

Or  came  the  type  and  form  wherein 
Wrong  works,  to  watch  the  strife  within, 
And  learn  the  death  of  death  and  sin? 

Thou  God  that  hidest,  who  can  tell 
Unless  Thou  toach  us  how  to  spell 
And  learn  aright  the  miracle? 

It  hushes  all  things;  not  a  sound 

Or  far  or  near  is  heard  around  ; 

Tlie  guard  seems  rooted  to  the  ground. 

No  word  the  divine  Sufferer  saith; 
Only  is  heard  His  heaving  breath 
Fighting  the  duel  fierce  with  death. 

And  breaking  o'er  His  quivering  lips : 
Only  the  blood  that  as  it  drips 
Throbs  through  the  palpable  eclipse ! 

O  vanquished  Light,  return  once  more ! 
O  breaking  Heart  that  we  adore, 
When  shall  this  travail  pang  be  o'er? 

When  shall  the  day  its  fetters  burst. 
And  Jesus  from  the  tree  accurst 
Speak  once,  and  own  Himself  athirst? 

Last  act  of  His  humility 
Better  to  witness,  than  to  see 
This  still  and  voiceless  agony. 

C.  I.  Black. 


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36 10.  JESUS  IN  THE  STORM. 

Luke  viii  ;  22-25. 

While  Jesus  prays  alone  upon  the  mount, 
To  gather  strength  to  meet  the  pressing  needs 
Of  a  lost,  guilty  world,  whose  outstretched 
Vainly  reach  after  other  help  than  His ;  [arms 
Upon  the  storm-tossed  sea  of  Galilee, 
Beaten  about  by  raging  billows,  were 
The  chosen  few  Himself  had  loved  and  taught. 
And  all  the  terror  and  the  wild  despair 
That  come  upon  the  ill-starred  souls  that  cling 
In  agony  to  vessel  doomed  to  sink. 
Were  theirs.     Forgotten  for  the  time  their 
Or,  if  remembered,  as  of  no  avail        [Lord ; 
In  strait  like  this,  being  so  far  away. 
But  suddenly  a  wondrous  form  is  seen 
To  walk  the  waters  as  they  were  tlie  land! 
In  great  dismay  they  cry  "A  spirit !"  and. 
With  fearful  fingers,  point  each  to  the  place 
Where  Jesus  walks  upon  the  boisterous  sea. 
Soon  comes  a  voice  of  gentleness  and  love. 
Yet  heard  above  the  din  of  warring  waves: 
"Be  of  good  cheer,  'tis  I;  be  not  afraid!" 
And  then  they  knew  'twas  Jesus'  self  that 

spake. 
And  manly  Peter,  first  in  voice  and  deed, 
Asks  that  he,  too,  may  walk  the  waves  with 

Christ. 
Which  being  granted,  boldly  leaves  the  ship 
And  seeks  to  join  his  Master  and  his  Lord. 
He  straightway  sinks,  and  utters  tliat  sole  cry 
Which  will  avail  us  at  the  last,  ' '  Save,  Lord !" 
Soon  Jesus  reassures,  and  takes  his  hand 
And  leads  him  safely  to  the  tossing  ship. 
Then  is  a  calm,  more  peaceful  and  more  still 
Than  lake  unvisited  by  gentlest  winds. 
O  Lord!  when  on  death's  dark  and  turbid 
My  soul  shall  cry  in  agony  to  Thee,   [stream 
Oh,  then  to  feel  thy  loving  fingers  clasp 
My  hand  and  lead  me  safely  into  rest — 
That  were  a  joy  more  blissful  and  more  worth 
Than  Peter's  when  he  trod  the  ship  once  more ! 
Alexander  Macauley, 

3611.  JESUS,  Life  of. 

When  Jesus  in  the  wild  the  conquest  won. 
Then  His  prophetic  office  was  begun : 
He  faithful,  no  one  saving  truth  concealed; 
He  gracious,  the  right  way  to  heaven  revealed. 
Some  He  exhorted,  others  He  reproved. 
Our  fears  and  hopes  by  threats  and  blessings 

moved. 
Condemned    the    errors    which    in    public 

reigned. 
Mysterious  types  and  prophecies  explained, 
Spake  things  celestial  with  celestial  grace, 
All  prejudice  inveterate  to  erase; 
In  obvious  parables  taught  truth  sublime. 
Spent  in  illuminating  souls  His  time. 
Disseminated  light  where'er  He  came. 
Breathed  heavenly  love  the  frozen  to  inflame, 
Confirmed  by  Sacred  Writ  whate'er  He  taught, 
Down  to   our   weakness   all    His    precepts 

brought, 
Preached  truths  divine,  few,  necessary,  clear. 
Which  might  to  heaven  a  simple  votary  steer ; 


The  worst  of  men  He  mildly  would  instruct. 
Glad  when  to  bliss  He  sinners  could  conduct ; 
No  raptures,  no  austerities  enjoined. 
Nothing  too  high,  too  grievous  for  mankind  ; 
No  whips,  no  hair-cloth.  His  mild  yoke  im- 
posed. 
No  souls  in  constant  solitudes  enclosed : 
Pagans  in  these  of  saints  might  have  the  start ; 
They  wound  the  flesh,  but  cannot  break  the 

heart. 
Saints  heaven  by  prayer,  alms,  gentle  fasting, 

scale ; 
The  prophet  could  by  single  prayer  jDrevail, 
While  Baal's  priests  endured  unpitied  pain, 
Gashing  their  bodies  all  day  long  in  vain. 

His  life  the  comment  was  on  what  He  taught ; 
That  lovely  image  ravishes  my  thought; 
None  could  that  life  considerately  know, 
But  he  of  Jesus  must  enamored  grow; 
In  Him  ideal  graces  all  combined, 
Friend,  benefactor.  Saviour  to  mankind: 
Love  incommunicable,  filial  fear, 
A  conscience  un-upbraidingly  sincere ; 
Obedience  perfect,  free  from  venial  ill. 
Full  resignation  to  His  father's  will; 
Propensions  centrally  to  God  inclined, 
Unshaken  trust,  a  heaven-conversing  mind ; 
Intentions  which  at  God's  sole  glory  aimed. 
Zeal  which  for  God's  word,  house,  and  wor- 
ship flamed; 
A  temperance,  which  all  excesses  curbed, 
Conteutedness,  by  troubles  undisturbed ; 
Each  sense  subdued,  affections  all  confined, 
The  dove  and  serpent  amicably  joined; 
A  meekness  which  no  malice  could  provoke ; 
A  patience  to  endure  a  tyrant's  stroke; 
A  courage  to  encounter  all  things  dire ; 
A  perseverance  which  could  never  tire; 
A  purity  which  nothing  could  defile;  [guile; 
A  wisdom  which  hell's  powers  could  not  be- 
Humility,  which  all  debasements  prized, 
Exulting  for  God's  sake  to  be  despised; 
Which  human  confidence  would  ever  waive. 
And  of  all  good,  to  God  the  glory  gave ; 
Which  made  disciples,  not  deep-learned,  but 
good,  [stood ; 

Who,  wise  for  heaven,  heaven  only  under- 
Whose  warm  devotion  kept  its  heaven-born 
Oft  would  to  sacred  solitudes  retreat,  [heat, 
In  fasting,  meditation,  prayer,  and  praise. 
And  frequent  watching,  spend  whole  nights 

and  days; 
No  wanderings,  damps,   or  chills   His  soul 

annoyed ; 
He  no  one  minute  ever  misemployed; 
He  troubled  minds  with  consolations  cheered, 
His  sweet  rejiroofs  the  guilty  soul  endeared. 
To  all  in  need  He  pity  showed  divine, 
Which  unregarded  would  no  cry  decline; 
His  charity  all  malice  could  transcend, 
To  lowest  offices  inured  to  bend ; 
In  good  returned  all  evils  to  exceed, 
To  save  His  foes,  content  Himself  to  bleed. 
He  to  gain  souls  wept,  travelled,  labored, 
prayed, 


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JESXJS. 


Their  bliss  eternal  His  sole  business  made; 
Discourse  salvisic  He  at  meals  instilled, 
And  souls  with  food  super-celestial  filled; 
As  they  could  bear,  He  dropped  it  by  degrees ; 
At  once  He  sweetly  could  instruct  and  please. 
His  justice  rendered  to  all  men  tlicir  due, 
Would  righteous  ends  by  rigliteous  means 

pursue ; 
To  all  estates  He  proper  honors  paid,  [obeyed. 
Revered   the   23riesthond,    sovereign   power 
His  mind,  His  own  inferior  will  denied. 
The   transient   world   opposed,  contemned, 

defied ; 
Its  maxims,  customs,  companies,  designs. 
All  joys  to  which  concupiscence  inclines; 
He,  Source  and  Lord  of  all,  knew  all  things 

best, 
And  gave  the  world  no  harbor  in  His  breast ; 
He  here  below  nor  sought  nor  felt  repose. 
Continued  cross  He  for  His  portion  chose; 
Gave  highest  proof  of  all  that  He  revealed 
When  His  own  blood  its  confirmation  sealed. 
Angels  their  graces  by  His  grace  refined; 
His  the  aversion  of  the  worldly  mind. 

His  self-denials  sensual  men  disgust. 
Vexed  that  He  no  indulgence  gave  to  lust; 
Lust,  which  impostors  patronize,  and  gain 
Of  loose  disciples  an  unnumbered  train ; 
All  Jesus'  graces  had  a  godlike  mien. 
By  them  His  heavenly  mission  might  be  seen ; 
That  perfect  goodness  could  no  man  deceive, 
That  perfect  goodness  none  could  disbelieve. 

When  to  His  doctrine  and  His  life  divine 
His  superhuman  miracles  we  join. 
They  love  and  admiration  both  excite. 
Conviction  will  attain  its  utmost  height. 
He  made  all  creatures  serve  His  blessed  de- 
Water  transubstantiated  to  wine ;  [sign. 
He  trod  the  wave,  and  bid  the  winds  be  still ; 
He  made  rude  storms  submissive  to  His  will; 
A  fish  to  Him  His  tribute-money  brought, 
Shoals,  at  His  call,  came  crowding  to  be 

caught. 
Cursed  by  His  lips,  the  fig-tree  straight  de- 
Invisible,  He  dangers  could  evade,    [cayed; 
He  feasted  thousands  with  seven  loaves  of 

bread ; 
Two  fishes  and  five  loaves  five  thousand  fed; 
.  And  of  the  food  thus  multiplied  remained 
Twelve  baskets,  which  fresh  followers  sus- 
tained; 
He  made  the  lame  walk,  dumb  speak,  deaf 

to  hear, 
And  men  born  blind  to  see  all  objects  clear; 
He  dropsies  drained,  and  trembling  palsies 

stilled,  ' 

The  blood  inflamed  by  fevers  gently  chilled ; 
The  lepers  cleansed,  restored  the  withered 

hand —  [stand ; 

No  ailment  could  His  healing  might  with- 
The  bloody  flux  which   twelve   long  years 

had  reigned, 
The  poor  bowed  woman  twice  six  winters 

pained, 


The  wretch  who  thirty-eight  his  grief  de- 
plored, 
And  multitudes  to  soundness  he  restored. 
Even  at  a  distance,  by  His  word  alone, 
He  made  His  power  irrefragably  known; 
He  devils  at  His  pleasure  dispossessed, 
Constrained   by  Him.     His   Godhead  they 

confessed ; 
Seven  out  of  tortured  Magdalen  He  drave, 
Chased  in  foul  swine  a  legion  to  the  wave; 
Jairus'  young  daughter,  by  her  friends  be- 
moaned. 
The  son  f  o^^  whom  his  widow-mother  groaned, 
And  Lazarus,  who  four  days  had  been  en- 
tombed. 
All  at  His  word  their  vital  heat  resumed ; 
Saints  at  His  rising,  though  long  dead,  re- 
And  risen,  at  Jerusalem  arrived.         [vived, 
From  profanations  He  the  temple  cleared ; 
Profaners  His  majestic  voice  revered. 
Their  treasures  He  o'erthrew,  and  at  His  look 
The  avaricious  their  dear  wealth  forsook; 
The  worldly,  at  His  heart-enamoring  call. 
Became  His  votaries,  and  renounced  their  all. 
He,  God  Incarnate,  could  the  mind  inspect, 
And  with  sweet  force  the  heart  to  God  inflect. 
His  life,  from  His  conception  to  His  grave. 
Strong  demonstrations  of  Messiah  gave; 
Divinity  shone  bright  in  all  He  taught, 
God-like  benignity  in  all  He  wrought; 
His  miracles  He  graciously  designed 
To  cure,  convince,  convert,  endear  mankind. 

Eternal  Word,  who,  clothed  in  human  dust, 
Didst  teach  lapsed  man  the  wisdom  of  the 
Illustrate  by  example  Thy  discourse,     [just; 
Confirm  it  by  a  wonder-working  force; 
Open  my  ears,  my  eyes,  my  tongue  unloose. 
Into  my  heart  Thy  heavenly  truth  infuse; 
That  I  Thy  praise  incessantly  may  sing, 
That  love  may  give  my  heart  a  heavenward 


spring 


That  I  may  never  more  towards  earth  pro- 

pend. 
In  vigorous,  sweet  efforts  to  Thee  ascend ; 
Thy  bright  idea  in  my  heart  enchase, 
To  copy  out  each  imitable  grace. 

All  praise  to  our  great  Prophet,  by  whose 

light 
The  world,  born  blind,  receives  transforming 

sight; 
Glory  to  Jesus,  o'er  the  mount  was  heard. 
For  doctrine,  life,  and  miracles  revered. 

Bishop  Ken. 

3612.  JESUS,  Looking  off  to. 

O,  eyes  that  are  weary. 

And  hearts  that  are  sore! 
Look  off  unto  Jesus, 

And  sorrow  no  more. 
The  light  of  His  countenance 

Shineth  so  bright, 
That  on  earth,  as  in  heaven, 

There  need  be  "no  night." 


JESTJS. 


JESXJS. 


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Looking  off  unto  Jesus, 

My  eyes  cannot  see 
The  troubles  and  clangers 

That  throng  about  me ; 
They  cannot  be  blinded 

With  sorrowful  tears, 
They  cannot  be  shadowed 

With  unbeliefs  fears. 

Looking  off  unto  Jesus, 

My  spirit  is  blest; 
In  the  world  I  have  turmoil, 

In  Him  I  have  rest. 
The  sea  of  my  life 

All  around  me  may  roar, 
When  I  look  unto  Jesus 

I  hear  it  no  more. 

Looking  off  unto  Jesus, 

I  go  not  astray ; 
My  eyes  are  upon  Him, 

He  shows  me  the  way. 
The  path  may  seem  dark 

As  He  leads  me  along, 
But  following  Jesus 

I  cannot  go  wrong. 

Looking  off  unto  Jesus, 

My  heart  cannot  fear, 
Its  trembling  is  still. 

When  I  see  Jesus  near; 
I  know  that  His  presence 

My  safeguard  will  be, 
For  "Why  are  ye  troubled?" 

He  saith  unto  me. 

4 

Looking  off  unto  Jesus, 

Oh,  may  I  be  found, 
When  the  waters  of  Jordan 

Encompass  me  round ! 
Let  them  bear  me  away 
In  His  presence  to  be : 
'Tis  but  seeing  Him  nearer 

Whom  always  I  see. 

Then,  then  shall  I  know 

The  full  beauty  and  grace 
Of  Jesus,  my  Lord, 

When  I  stand  face  to  face; 
I  shall  know  how  His  love 

Went  before  me  each  day, 
And  wonder  that  ever 

My  eyes  turned  away. 

3613.  JESUS,  No  Room  for. 
O  plodding  life!   crowded  so  full 

Of  earthly  toil  and  care  ! 
The  body's  daily  need  receives 
The  first  and  last  concern,  and  leaves 

No  room  for  Jesus  there. 

O  busy  brain !  by  night  and  day 
Working,  with  patience  rare. 
Problems  of  worldly  loss  or  gain. 
Thinking  till  thought  becomes  a  pain — 
No  room  for  Jesus  there. 


O  throbbing  heart !  so  quick  to  feel 

In  others'  woes  a  share. 
Yet  human  loves  each  power  enthrall, 
And  sordid  treasures  fill  it  all — 

No  room  for  Jesus  there. 

O  sinful  soul !  thus  to  debase 

The  being  God  doth  spare ! 
Blood-bought  thou  art!  no  more  thine  own; 
Heart,  brain,  life,  all  are  His  alone — 

Make  room  for  Jesus  there, 

Lest  soon  the  bitter  day  shall  come 

When  vain  will  be  thy  prayer 
To  find  in  Jesus'  heart  a  place : 
Forever  closed  the  door  of  grace, 

Thou'lt  gain  no  entrance  there. 

3614.  JESUS  OF  NAZAEETH  PASSETH  BT. 
Luke  xviii  :  37. 

What  means  this  eager,  anxious  throng, 
Pressing  our  busy  streets  along? 
These  wondrous  gatherings  day  by  day? 
What  means  this  strange  commotion,  pray? 
Voices,  in  accents  hushed,  reply, 
"Jesus  of  Nazareth  passeth  by!" 

E'en  children  feel  the  potent  spell. 
And  haste  their  new-found  joy  to  tell; 
In  crowds  they  to  the  place  repair, 
Where  Christians  daily  bow  in  2)rayer. 
Hosannas  mingle  with  the  cry, 
"  Jesus  of  Nazareth  passeth  by!" 

Who  is  this  Jesus?     Why  should  He 
The  city  move  so  mightily? 
A  passing  stranger,  has  He  skill 
To  charm  the  multitude  at  willl 
Again  the  stirring  tones  reply, 
"Jesus  of  Nazareth  passeth  by!" 

Jesus !  'tis  He  who  once  below 

Man's  pathway  trod  'mid  pain  and  woe; 

And  burdened  hearts,  where'er  He  came, 

Brought  out  their  sick  and  deaf  and  lame ; 

Blind  men  rejoiced  to  hear  the  cry, 

"  Jesus  of  Nazareth  passeth  by!" 

Again  He  comes,  from  place  to  place 
His  holy  footprints  we  can  trace. 
He  pauses  at  our  threshold,  nay 
He  enters,  condescends  to  stay ! 
Shall  we  not  gladly  raise  the  cry, 
"Jesus  of  Nazareth  passeth  by"? 

Bring  out  your  sick  and  blind  and  lame, 
'Tis  to  restore  them  Jesus  came. 
Compassion  infinite  you'll  find. 
With  boundless  power,  in  Him  combined. 
Come  quickly,  while  salvation's  nigh: 
"Jesus  of  Nazareth  passeth  by  !" 

Ye  sin-sick  souls  w^ho  feel  your  need. 
He  comes  to  you  a  friend  indeed. 
Rise  from  your  weary,  wakeful  couch, 
Haste  to  secure  His  healing  touch ; 
No  longer  sadly  wait  and  sigh  : 
"Jesus  of  Nazareth  passeth  by!" 


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JESTJS. 


Ho,  all  yc  heavy  laden,  come ! 
Here's  pardon,  comfort,  rest,  a  home ! 
Lost  wanderers  from  a  Father's  face, 
Return,  accept  His  proffered  grace. 
Ye  tempted,  there's  a  refuge  nigh: 
"  Jesus  of  Nazareth  passeth  by  !" 

Ye  who  are  buried  in  the  grave 
Of  sin.  His  power  alone  can  save. 
His  voice  can  bid  your  dead  souls  live, 
True  spirit-life  and  freedom  give. 
Awake  !  arise!  for  strength  apply: 
"  Jesus  of  Nazareth  passeth  by  !" 

But  if  you  still  this  call  refuse. 
And  dare  such  wondrous  love  abuse, 
Soon  will  He  sadly  from  you  turn. 
Your  bitter  prayer  in  justice  spurn: 
"Too  late !  too  late  !"  will  be  the  cry, 
"  Jesus  of  Nazareth  lias  jjassed  ly  .^" 

Etta  Campbell. 

3615.  JESUS  ON  TKE  SEA. 

Blark  vi :  45-50. 
When  the  storm  of  the  mountains  on  Galilee 
And  lifted  its  waters  on  high;  [f^^llj 

And  the  faithless  disciples  were  bound  in 

the  spell 
Of  mysterious  alarm — their  terrors  to  quell, 
Jesus  whispered,  "Fear  not:  it  is  I." 

The  storm  could  not  bury  that  word  in  the 
Avave, 

For  'twas  taught  through  the  tempest  to  fly ; 
It  shall  reach  His  disciples  in  every  clime, 
And  His  voice  shall  be  near  in  each  troublous 

Saying,  " Be  not  afraid :  it  is  I."      [time. 

When  the  spirit  is  broken  with  sickness  or 
And  comfort  is  ready  to  die;  [sorrow, 

The  darkness  shall  pass,  and  in  gladness  to- 
morrow, 
The   wounded   complete    consolation   shall 
borrow 
From  His  life-giving  word,  "  It  is  I." 

When  death  is  at  hand,  and  the  cottage  of 
Is  left  with  a  tremulous  sigh,  [clay 

The  gracious  forerunner  is   smoothing  the 
way 

For  its  tenant  to  pass  to  unchangeable  day. 
Saying,  "  Be  not  afraid :  it  isl." 

When  the  waters  are  passed,  and  the  glories 
unknown 
Burst  forth  on  the  wondering  eye, 
The  compassionate  "Lamb  in  the  midst  of 

the  throne" 
Shall  welcome,  encourage,  and  comfort  His 
And  say,  "Be  not  afraid:  it  is  I."    [own, 
Nathaniel  Hawthorne. 

3616.  JESUS,  The  Hands  of. 

Luke  xxiv  :  50. 
He  lifts  the  hands  stretched  out  so  late 

And  nailed  to  the  accursed  tree 
Which  bore  His  sacred  body's  weight, 

With  all  our  sin  and  misery; 


The  hands  from  which  our  blessings  flow, 
Whicli  every  creature's  wants  supply; 

Fountains  of  grace  to  all  below. 
They  hold  and  bear  us  to  the  sky. 

Those  hands  on  which  my  hopes  depend,  : 

My  present  and  eternal  peace, 
Lift  up  and  over  me  extend, 

To  guard  and  sanctify  and  bless; 
Bless  me  from  Tliy  celestial  throne. 

With  more  than  heart  can  e'er  conceive, 
And  seal  and  take  me  for  Thine  own, 

Thy  purchase,  in  Thy  joy  to  live. 

J.  and  G.  Wei 


3617.  JESUS,  The  Prayer  of. 

John  xvii. 
Father!  Thy  Son  beholds  the  promised  hour 
That  beams  Thy  love  and  glorities  Thy  power ; 
As  Thou  hast  given  to  Ilim  the  high  behest 
To  call  the  wanderer,  give  the  weary  rest, 
Eternal  life,  and  peace,  to  man  bestow. 
To  those  vouchsafed  who  Thee,  the  Father, 

know, 
He  hath  fulfilled  it,  magnified  Thy  name, 
And  earth,  as  heaven,  attests  Thy  great  ac- 
claim. 
Now,  O  my  Father!  glorify  Thou  Me 
With  the  same    love  My  spirit  knew  with 

Thee 
Ere  oceans  flowed,  or  worlds  in  space  were 

hung. 
Or  stars  of  morning  in  their  orbits  sung. 
Breathe  on  My  soid  Thy  holy,  balmy  love, 
And  heal  the  stricken  from  Thy  stores  above ; 
On  these  Thy  children  deign  a  pitying  eye. 
Wipe  Thou  the  tear,  soothe  Thou  the  secret 

sigh; 
I  pray  for  these,  yet  not  for  these  alone, 
But  those  wlio,  through  them,  shall  Thy  gos- 
pel own. 
Now  in  the  world  shall  I  be  found  no  more; 
My  mission  ended,  all  my  sufferings  o'er, 

0  righteous  Father !  I  return  to  Thee, 

The  IMan  of  Sorrows,  from  each  sorrow  free; 
Glad  rays  ethereal  wake  the  peerless  morn, 

1  see  in  vision  nations  hail  Thy  dawn, 
Swift  as  Thy  car,  I  view  its  glories  run. 
And  kingdoms  with  Thee  own  Thy  joyful 

Son.  William  B.  Tafpan. 

3618.  JESUS,  The  Tears  of. 

Luke  xix  :  41. 
From  Olivet  the  surging  crowd 

Fill  all  the  vale  with  cheerful  voice ; 
With  one  acclaim  they  sing  aloud. 

They  shout  in  triumph,  and  rejoice; 
With  palms  they  come  their  Lord  to  greet, 
And  spread  their  garments  at  His  feet. 

To  Thee,  O  Lord,  they  offer  praise ; 

To  Thee  their  cheerful  homage  bring; 
To  Thee  their  grateful  songs  they  raise; 

And  yet,  while  loud  hosannas  ring, 
Thou  didst  Thy  care  for  sinners  prove; 
How  great,  how  wonderful,  Thy  love^ 


JESUS. 


JE-V^S. 


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Thou  didst  behold  with  pitying  eye 

Thy  great  Salvation  scorned  and  spurned, 

Didst  see  the  jirostrate  city  lie, 

fire  long  by  judgments  overturned; 

Thy  tears,  O  blessed  Jesus,  flowed, 

Thy  heart  did  break  in  tears  of  blood. 

O  blessed  yearning  of  true  love. 

In  these  sad  tears  of  Thine  revealed  ; 

The  heart  these  fond  compassions  move 
The  truest  sympathies  can  yield; 

The  tears  that  on  tliat  day  did  fall. 

Thou  still,  O  Lord,  dost  shed  for  all. 

Kow  sitting  on  Thy  glorious  throne, 
Thou  dost  in  robes  of  light  appear, 

Encircled  with  Tliy  kingly  crown, 
With  countless  hosts  of  angels  near; 

Their  higliest  praise  to  Thee  is  given, 

Hesounding  through  the  courts  of  heaven. 

And  yet  Thy  faithful  heart  can  feel 
For  those  unmindful  of  Thy  word; 

Thy  saving  health  sent  forth  to  heal 
Is  {)roof  Thou  still  dost  love  us.  Lord; 

^or  those  now  lost  in  sin,  undone, 

The  tears  of  Jesus  still  flow  on. 

0  man,  behold  in  these  sad  tears 
That  flowed  from  thy  dear  Saviour's  eyes 

"What  love  to  thee  His  Spirit  bears; 
Come  thou  with  penitential  sighs, 

That  He  may  now  thy  soul  redeem 

Who  once  bewailed  Jerusalem ! 

Robert  Maguire. 

3619.  JESUS,  Under  the  Orders  of. 
We  know  not  what  is  expedient. 

But  we  may  know  what  is  right; 
And  we  never  need  grope  in  darkness 

If  we  look  to  Heaven  for  light. 

Down  deep  in  the  hold  of  the  vessel 

The  pimderous  engine  lies. 
And  faithfully  there  the  engineer 

His  labor  steadily  plies. 

He  knov  ;  not  the  course  of  the  vessel, 
He  knows  not  the  way  he  should  go; 

He  minds  his  simi)le  duty. 
And  keeps  the  fire  aglow. 

He  knows  not  whether  the  billows 

The  bark  may  overwhelm ; 
He  knows  and  obeys  the  orders 

Of  the  pilot  at  the  helm. 

And  so  in  the  wearisome  journey 

Over  life's  troubled  sea, 
I  know  not  the  way  I  am  going, 

But  Jesus  shall  pilot  me. 

I  see  not  the  rocks  an  1  the  quicksands, 
For  my  sight  is  lull  and  dim; 

But  I  know  that  Christ  is  my  Captain, 
And  I  take  my  orders  from  Him. 


And  so,  when  wearied  and  baffled, 
And  I  know  not  which  way  to  go, 

I  know  that  He  can  guide  me, 
And  'tis  all  that  I  need  to  know. 

3620.  JESUS  WEPT. 

Johu  xi :  35. 
Draw  near,  ye  weary,   bowed,   and  broken- 
hearted; 
Ye  onward  travellers  to  a  peaceful  bourne : 
Ye  from  whose  path  the  light  hath  all  de- 
parted. 
And  ye  who're  left  in  solitude  to  mourn : 
Though  o'er  your  spirits  hath  the  storm-cloud 

swept, 
Sacred  are  sorrow's  tears,  since  '  'Jesus  wept. " 

The  bright  and  spotless  Heir  of  endless  glory 
Wept  for  the  woes  of  those  He  came  to 
save; 
And  angels  wondered,  when  they  heard  the 
story. 
That  He  who  conquered  death  wept  o'er 
the  grave; 
For   'twas  not  when  His  lonely  watch  He 

kept 
In  dark  Gethsemane  that  "Jesus  wei^t;" 

But  with  the  friends  He  loved,  whose  hope 
had  perished, 
The    Saviour    stood:    and    through   His 
bosom  rushed 

The  tide  of  sympathy  for  those  He  cherished, 
WhiLe  from   His  eyes  the   burnmg   tear- 
drops gushed : 

And  bending  o'er  the  tomb  where  Lazarus 
slept, 

In  agony  of  spirit  "  Jesus  wept." 

Lo!  Jesus'  power  the  sleep  of  death  hath 
broken, 
And  wiped  the  tear  from  sorrow's  droop- 
ing eye; 

Look  up,  ye  mourners,  hear  what  He  hath 
spoken : 
"  He  that  believes  on  Me  shall  never  die." 

Through  faith  and  love  your  spirits  shall  be 
kept ; 

Hope  brighter  grew  on  earth  when  "Jesus 
wept." 

3621.  JEWS,  Dispersion  of  the. 
The  wild  gazelle  on  Judah's  hills 

Exulting  yet  may  bound. 
And  drink  from  all  the  living  rills 

That  gush  on  holy  ground; 
Its  air\-  step  and  glorioLS  eye 
IMay  glance  in  tameless  transport  by: 

A  sti-])  as  fleet,  an  eye  more  bright, 

Hath  Judah  witnessed  there; 
And  o'er>'r  scenes  of  lost  delight 

Inliabitants  more  fair. 
The  cedars  wave  on  Lebanon, 
But  Judah's  statelier  maids  are  gone! 


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JE^WS. 


More  blest  each  palm  that  shades  those  plains 

Than  Israel's  scattered  race ; 
For,  taking  root,  it  there  remains 

In  solitary  grace : 
It  cannot  qnit  its  place  of  birth, 
It  will  not  live  in  other  earth. 

But  we  must  wander  witheriugly 

In  other  lands  to  die; 
And  where  our  fathers'  ashes  be 

Our  own  may  never  lie: 
Our  temple  hath  not  left  a  stone, 
And  Mockery  sits  on  Salem's  throne. 

Lord  Byron. 

3622.  JEWS,  King  of  the. 

John  xviii :  33. 

Behold  your  King!  How  like,  yet  how  un- 
like. 

The  King  who  sufiers  and  the  King  who 
reigns; 

Both  yonder !  See,  with  reed  and  palm  they 
strike. 

With  mocking  lip  deriding  His  sharp  pains. 

No  royalty  is  here,  no  power,  no  throne, 

No  homage  shows  itself,  yet  is  He  King. 

He  Cometh  to  His  own,  and  yet  His  own 

Receive  Him  not,  nor  gifts  nor  service  bring. 

Behold  the  Man !     The  purple  robe  is  His, 
The  crown  of  thornc  His  only  diadem. 
Is  this  the  mighty  Judge  of  all?     Is  this 
Judah's  great  King,  the  rod  of  Jesse's  stem? 
And  yet,  with  all  that  outward  guise  of 

scorn. 
The  beams  of  heavenly  majesty  are  seen 
Bright   shining    underneath    each    twisted 

thorn. 
Like  sun  behind  the   cloud's  deep  -  veiling 

screen  Ilo^ratius  Bonar. 

3623.  JEWS,  Eetum  of  the. 

Isaiah  Ixvi :  20. 
They  are  coming,  coming  from  the  far  East, 

With  spoils  of  an  empire  laden; 
The  eagles  of  Tartary  scream  for  a  feast. 
For  the  tones  of  the  timbrel  and  harp  have 
ceased, 
And  weary  are  man  and  maiden. 

They  are  coming,  coming;  as  on  they  go, 

Ten  thousand  flock  to  greet  them. 
From  the  heart  of  ]\Iongolia's  waste  they  flow, 
From  groves  of  Bokhara  a  pilgrim  row 
Of  exulting  thousands  meet  them. 

They  are  coming,  coming ;  from  Toorkistan 
The  desert  hosts  are  streaming, 

And  the  shout  is  of  "  Beni-Israel ;" — i'  the 
van 

Are  the  flashing  eyes  of  the  wild  Aflfghan, 
With  his  mountain-banner  gleaming. 

They  are  coming,  coming,  crest  upon  crest; 
All  Asia  swells  their  number ; 


In  the  land  of  Euphrates  is  strange  unrest, 
And  the  sun-smitten  waste  of  Edom  uublest 
Awakes  from  its  stony  slumber. 

3624.  JEWS,  The  Eeturned. 

Returning  from  a  stranger-land, 
We  come,  a  feeble,  aged  band, 
To  linger  out  life's  fading  hours 
Beside  our  ruined  Salem's  towers; 
Where  once  exulting  myriads  trod 
To  throng  the  fane  of  Judah's  God, 
With  trembling  pace  her  exiles  creep, 
Lean  on  the  way-worn  staff,  and  weep. 

The  spicy  breath  of  Lebanon 
Our  welcome  sighs,  and  passes  on; 
We  stand  on  Olivet's  ascent, 
Where  royal  David  weeping  went: 
Behold  yon  spot,  profaned  by  foes, 
'Twas  there  our  beauteous  temple  rose; 
But  not  a  vestige,  not  a  stone. 
Tells  where  Jehovah's  dwelling  shone ! 

Unmeet  it  were  for  us  to  dwell 

Where  Paynim  hymns  through  Zion  swell; 

And  day  by  day,  with  callous  eye. 

Gaze  on  her  faded  majesty; 

And  view  the  gorgeous  mosque  arise, 

Where  blazed  her  holiest  sacrifice. 

Beneath  tlie  crescent's  impious  pride 

It  is  not  meet  that  we  abide. 

But  oh,  how  pleasant  'tis  to  die 
Where  Israel's  ruined  glories  lie! 
How  sweet  to  bid  her  children's  bones 
Blend  with  the  dust  of  Salem's  stones! 
Hers  is  tiie  mould  beneath  them  spread, 
And  hers  the  sod  above  their  head. 
E'en  the  cold  worm,  with  slimy  coil, 
Is  welcome,  bred  in  Judah's  soil. 

Soon  shall  these  weary  frames  of  ours 
Dissolve  like  Salem's  crumbling  towers; 
Her  outcast  tribes  no  longer  come 
To  greet  her  as  their  hallowed  home, 
But  sadly  joy  to  lay  their  head 
Beneath  her  foes'  insulting  tread; 
To  fall  by  her  they  could  not  save; 
Their  glory  once,  and  now  their  grave ! 

Charlotte  Elizabeth. 

3625.  JEWS,  Weeping  Places  of  the. 
Jeremiah  Ix  :  18,  19. 
In  Babylon  they  sat  and  wept, 

Down  by  the  river's  willowy  side; 
And  when  the  breeze  their  harp-strings  swept, 

The  strings  of  breaking  hearts  replied : 

A  deeper  sorrow  now  they  hide; 
No  Cyrus  comes  to  set  them  free 
From  ages  of  captivity. 

All  lands  are  Babylons  to  them, 
Exiles  and  fugitives  they  roam; 

What  is  their  own  Jerusalem? 

The  place  where  they  are  least  at  home ! 
Yet  hither  from  all  climes  they  come, 


.t.xr>,vsg. 


JOXTisr. 


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And  pay  ttl»:^^  ^^oK^,  for  leave  to  shed 
Tears  o'er  the  j;ffcaer^tit»iiS  iied. 

Still  inexterminable,  stiU 

Devoted  to  their  mother-land, 

Her  oifspring  haunt  the  temple-hill, 
Amidst  her  desecration  stand, 
And  bite  the  lip,  and  clench  the  hand; 

To-day  in  that  lone  vale  they  weep. 

Where  patriarchs,  kings,  and  prophets  sleep. 

Ha!  what  a  spectacle  of  woe ! 

In  groups  they  settle  on  the  ground ; 
Men,  won.enj  children  gathering  slow, 

Sink  down  ia  reverie  profound; 

There  is  no  voice,  no  speech,  no  sound. 
But  through  the  shuv3dering  frame  is  thrown 
The  heart's  unutterabis  groan. 

Entranced  they  sit,  nor  j^eem  to  breathe. 
Themselves  like  spectres  from  the  dead ; 

Where,  shrined  in  rocks  ab^ve,  beneath, 
With  clods  along  the  valley  spread. 
Their  ancestors,  each  on  his  own  bed, 

Repose,  till  at  the  judgment-day 

Death  and  the  grave  give  up  their  prey. 

Before  their  eyes,  as  in  a  glass — 
Their  eyes  that  gaze  on  vacancy — 

Pageants  of  ancient  grandeur  pass, 
But  "Ichabod  "  on  all  they  see 
Brands  Israel's  foul  apostasy; 

Then  last  and  worst,  and  crowning  all 

Their  crimes  and  sufferings — Salem's  fall. 

Nor  breeze,  nor  bird,  nor  palm-tree  stirs, 
Kedron's  unwatered  brook  is  dumb; 

But  through  the  glen  of  sepulchres 
Is  heard  the  city's  fervid  hum. 
Voices  of  dogs  and  children  come: 

Till  loud  and  long  tlie  medzin's  cry, 

From  Omar's  mosque,  peals  round  the  sky. 

Blight  through  their  veins  those  accents  send  ; 
In  agony  of  mute  despair. 

Their  garments,  as  by  stealth,  they  rend ; 
Unconsciously  they  pluck  their  hair: 
This  is  the  Moslem's  hour  of  prayer! 

'Twas  Judah's  once,  but  fane  and  priest, 

Altar  and  sacrifice,  have  ceased. 

And  by  the  Gentiles,  in  their  pride, 

Jerusalem  is  trodden  down ; 
How  long? — forever  wilt  thou  hide 

Thy  face,  OLord;  forever  frown? 

Israel  was  once  Thy  glorious  crown, 
In  sight  of  all  the  nation  worn  ; 
Now  from  Thy  brow  in  anger  torn. 

Zion,  forsaken  and  forgot, 

Hath  felt  Thy  stroke,  and  owns  it  just: 

O  C4od,  our  God  !  reject  us  not. 
Her  sons  take  pleasure  in  her  dust : 
How  is  the  fine  gold  dimmed  with  rust! 

The  city  throned  in  gorgeous  state, 

How  doth  she  now  sit  desolate ! 

Jiimes  Montgomery. 


'  8626.    JOB,  The  raith  of. 

Job  xix  :  25-27. 
I  call  the  world's  Redeemer  mine : 

He  lives  who  died  for  me,  I  know. 
Who  bought  my  soul  with  blood  divine; 

Jesus  shall  reappear  below. 
Stand  in  that  dreadful  day  unknown. 
And  fix  on  earth  His  heavenly  throne. 

Then  the  last  judgment-day  shall  come. 
And  though  the  worms  this  skin  devour, 

The  Judge  shall  call  me  from  my  tomb, 
Shall  bid  the  greedy  grave  restore, 

And  raise  this  individual  me, 

God  in  the  flesh,  my  God,  to  see. 

In  this  identic  body  I, 

With  eyes  of  flesh  refined,  restored. 
Shall  see  that  self-same  Saviour  nigh; 

See  for  myself  my  smiling  Lord ; 
See  with  ineffable  delight. 
Nor  faint  to  bear  the  glorioijp  sight. 

Then  let  the  worms  demand  their  prey, 
The  greedy  grave  my  reins  consume; 

With  joy  I  drop  my  mouldering  clay, 
And  rest  till  my  Redeemer  come. 

On  Christ  ray  Life,  in  death  rely. 

Secure  that  I  can  never  die. 

J.  and  C.  Wesley. 

S627.    JOHN,  The  Apostle. 
Matthew  x  :  3. 
"Amen.  E'en  so, Lord. Tj^us, come."  Oh!  why 
Tarry  so  long  Thy  chariot-wheels,  while  I, 
I  only  yet  remain,  and,  one  by  one. 
The  tried  companions  of  Thy  love  are  gone! 
And  I,  all  dearest  treasures  gone  before. 
Am  left  upon  tlie  solitary  sliore? 

So  better  may  I  learn  "Thy  will  be  done;" 
For  whom  have  I  in  heaven,  but  Thee  alone? 
And  whom  have  I  on  earth,  but  only  Thee? 
Therefore,  Avith  one  foot  on  the  stormy  sea, 
And  one  foot  fixed  on  the  eternal  strand, 
Thou  hold'st  me  by  Thy  never-failing  hand. 
Before  Thy  face,  that  bringeth  in  the  day. 
The  mountains  and  the  hills  shall  flee  away. 
The  sun  and  stars  in  darkness  make  their  bed, 
And  forth  the  bridal  city  shall  be  led; 
For  Thy  blest  city  needs  not  sun  or  moon, 
But  in  Thy  face  hath  its  unwaning  noon. 
Therefore  alone  in  Thy  eternal  love 
I  seek  for  refuge ;  Thee  in  lieaven  above. 
And  Tliee  below !    Blest  they  who,  day  and 

night, 
Serve  Thee  an^  have  their  dwelling  in  Thy 

sight!  Isaac  Williams. 

3628.  JOHN  THE  BAPTIST. 

Matthev/  iii  :  1-6. 
Why  rush  the  wild  thousands 

From  salcm's  proud  towers? 
Why  rush  the  wild  thousands 

From  Jericho's  bowers? 
From  the  vine-covered  valley, 

The  olive-hill's  side. 


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joH^sr. 


From  t1"!G  cot,  from  tlie  palace, 

Still  rushes  the  tide! 
The  ])n"est  and  the  warrior, 

Tlio  lord  and  the  shtve; 

Still  onward  they  pour 

To  the  willow-wreathed  shore, 
Where  the  wilderness  glitters 

With  Jordan's  bright  wave. 

What  seek  they?     A  ]>rince. 

In  his  tunic  of  gold  ! 
What  seek  they?     A  chief, 

Like  their  warriors  of  old. 
When  the  Maccabee  f-cythe 

Mowed  the  Syrian's  mailed  hordes, 
And  Arabia  was  tame 

At  the  blaze  of  their  swords. 
But  the  Ileaven-doomed  Roman 

Has  levelled  the  throne; 

And  like  dust  on  the  gale, 

And  like  rust  on  the  mail, 
The  old  lion-banner 

Is  shatt(»ed  and  gone. 

Hark  !  the  shouts  of  the  host 

As  they  sweep  o'er  the  plain; 
See  their  gesture  of  triumph, 

Their  glance  of  disdain. 
"All  hail  to  the  prophet! 

Four  hundred  long  j-ears 
Have  scourged  us  with  scorpions. 

Have  steeped  us  in  tears. 
But  the  kingdom  is  coming, 

Its  Herald  ha^  come. 

Now  the  Roman  shall  feel 

The  tram[)  of  our  heel. 
And  the  goils  of  the  Gentile 

Shall  plunge  in  the  tomb." 

'Tis  the  Pro])het  of  prophets, 

For  ages  foretold. 
Of  the  race  that  tiie  thunders 

O'er  Palestine  rolled. 
With  a  voice  that  now  saves. 

And  a  voice  that  now  stings, 
Rebuker  of  people, 

Rebuker  of  kings. 
His  eye  like  the  Hash 

As  it  darts  from  the  cloud. 

The  camels'- hair  fold 

Round  his  limbs'  giant  mould. 
And  a  forehead  to  all  but 

Jehovah  unbowed. 

He  speaks — all  are  hushed. 

On  his  lip  burns  the  coal; 
The  flame  from  the  altar, 

The  voice  of  tlie  soul  !• 
"Ho  !  leaders  of  Israel, 

Blind  guides  of  the  blind, 
With  madness  before  you, 

And  vengeance  behind ; 
Rejient,  for  the  time 

Of  Messiah  is  nigh  ; 

For  the  firebrand  shall  glow 

O'er  your  city  of  woe. 
And  the  axe  at  the  root 

Of  your  grandeur  shall  lie. 


"  Why  comes  the  proud  Pharisee, 

Scorn  in  his  eye? 
Why  comes  the  proud  Sadducee, 

Looking  a  lie? 
Ye  sons  of  the  hypocrites. 

Howl  in  despair. 
Ye  kindred  of  Spoil, 

In  its  doom  ye  shall  share. 
For  the  harvest  is  gathered, 

The  fan  in  the  hand. 

Ye  bosoms  of  stone, 

Ye  infidels,  groan ; 
In  the  day  of  His  vengeance. 

What  mortal  shall  stand? 

"He  stoops  from  His  throne, 

Yet  is  mighty  to  save; 
The  prisoner  of  Death, 

Yet  the  Lord  of  the  Grave ! 
The  King  of  all  kings 

As  a  slave  shall  expire, 

But  TIis  words  shall  be  Spirit, 
Hi-i  baptism  be  fire. 

Then  Judnh  shall  perish 
In  famine  and  gore, 
Till  the  trumpet  shall  sound. 
And  the  dead  be  unbound, 

And  Messiah  be  Monarch, 
And  time  be  no  more." 

George  Croly. 

3629.  JOHN  THE  BAPTIST. 

Johni  :  2'^. 
Hark  through  the  lonely  waste 
By  foot  of  man  unnaced, 
Prepare  the  way  !  a  warning  voice  resounds: 
Levi  1  the  opposing  hill, 
ThehoUow  valley  fill; 
Make    straight    the   crooked,    smooth    the 

rugged  grounds: 
Prepare  a  passage,  form  it  plain  and  broad, 
And  through  the  desert  make  a  highway  for 
our  God ! 

Thine,  Baptist,  was  the  cry 
In  ages  long  gone  by. 
Heard  in  clear  accents  l)y  the  prophet's  ear: 
As  if  'tvvere  thine  to  wait. 
And  with  imperial  state 
Herald  some  eastern  monarch's  proud  career. 
Who  thus  might  march  his  host  in  full  array, 
And  speed  through  trackless  wilds  his  un- 
resisted way. 

But  other  task  hadst  thou 

Than  lofty  hills  to  bow. 
Make  straiglit  the  crooked,  the  rough  places 

Thine  was  the  harder  part  [plain: 

To  smooth  the  human  heart. 
The  wilderness  where  sin  had  fixed  his  reign; 
To  make  deceit  his  mazy  wiles  forego, 
Bring  down  high-vaulting  pride,  and  lay  am- 
bition low. 


joii:sr. 

Such,  Bipti-t,  -^as  thy  care, 
That  110  obstruction  tlicro 
Might  check  the   prc^grcss  of  the  King  of 
kings; 
But  tluit  a  clear  liighway 
]\liglit  welcome  the  array 
Of    heavenly   graces   ^vhich    His    presence 

brings; 
And  where    repentance    had   prepared   the 

road, 
There  faith  might  enter  in,  and  love  to  man 
and  God.  Bisliop  Mant. 

3630.  JOHN  THE  BAPTIST,  Beheading  of. 
Matthew  xiv  :  3-12. 
From  forth  the  Tetrarch's  ]ialace  shone  afar 
The  blazinglights,  and  floods  of  richest  song 
Were  poured  into  the  heavy  ear  of  night.  ^ 
'Twas  1  lerod's  birthday.and  his  endless  praise 
"Was  sung   and  quaffed  in  flowing  cups  of 
All  was  revelry;  and  on  every  side      [wine. 
Were    beauteous    women,    lavishing    their 

smiles 
On  men  distinguished  at  the  hattle's  front. 
Soul  spoke  to  soul  set  free  with  mirth  and 

wine. 
And  all  were  steeped  in  riotous  delight. 
Suddenly  came  among  tliein  Salome 
In  ravishing  attire  of  Eastern  clime. 
Enraptured  with  her  faultless  grace  and  skill 
]n  all  the  mazy  rounds  of  giddy  dance. 
And  taken  with  the  spell  of  loveliness 
That  held  his  will  in  silken  fetters  bound, 
In  utter  madness,  Herod  then  cried  out : 
"Ask  what  thou  wilt;  it  shall  be  truly  thine. 
Even  to  the  gift  of  half  my  kingdom." 
Salome  paused,  and  eacli  one  lield  his  breath 
And  wondered  what  her  fancy  would  dictate. 
Perchance  'twould  be  to  gratify  a  love 
She  dared  not  whisper  in  tliis  royal  court; 
Or  else  to  satisfy  some  sliglit  caprice 
Worth  more  than  ruljiesto  a  maiden's  heart. 
While  she  delayed  not  knowing  what  to  ask, 
Her  unnatural  mother  bade  her  say: 
"Give  in  a  charger  John  the  Baptist's  head." 
This  said  she  to  the  king,  who,  much  amazed 
And  grieved,  yet  gave  consent  to  her  request. 
And  soon  the  Baptist's  gory  head  is  brought 
And  laid  in  her  cruel,  pitiless  hands, 
Belonging  to  a  heart  more  hard  than  they. 
Methinks  I  see  this  damsel  tripping  go 
To  her  vile  mother  with  the  bleeding  head. 
Which,  when  alive,  durst  speak  her  sin  and 

shame. 
And  now  is  deaf  to  vile  reproach  and  scoff. 
'Tis  said  she  nmch  abused  that  saintly  head, 
And  at  it  uttered  many  gibes  and  taunts. 
And  even  slit  its  tongue  with  bodkin  keen; 
But  never,  till  slie  drew  her  latest  breath. 
Could  she  blot  out  the  image  from  her  mind 
Of  that  good  man,   whose  searching  eyes, 

though  dead. 
Seemed  ever  after  to  reveal  her  shame, 
And  show  her  better  self  how  base  and  vile 
Were  all  her  bared  deformities  of  soul. 

Alexarulei'  Macauhy. 


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3631.    JOHN  THE  BAPTIST,  Death  of. 
Iilark  vi  :  17-29. 

Herod  heard  him,  and  Herodias,  seated  on 
their  ivory  throne. 

Something  in  them  craved  an  audience,  and 
he  spake  to  them  alone; 

Spake  of    sin,   and  death,   and   judgment, 
things  done  wrong  ancl  undone  things. 

What  to  him  a  royal  sinner?     He  had  seen 
the  King  of  kings! 

Herod  trembled ;  deeds  of  rapine  clustered 
round  his  bygone  path, 

Spectres  of  departed  passions,  harbingers  of 
coming  wrath. 

Bid  them  all  avaunt  forever!      Blot    them 
from  his  feverish  view ! 

Still  forgotten  crimes  are  rising,  and  his  tor- 
tured soul  pursue. 

He  will  doff  his  purple  robes,  in  sackcloth 
and  in  ashes  lie. 

What  is  time?    A  day-dream.    Oh,  that  burn- 
ing word,  eternity ! 

Not  enough?     Why  looks  the  Baptist  with 
that  fixed  and  solemn  gaze? 

Gold  and  silver,  pearls  and  rubies,  on  the 
temple  gate  shall  blaze. 

Not  enougii !     Why  looks  the  Baptist  pierc- 
ing through  his  soul  and  life? 

Ha!  the  queen,  his  royal  consort!  nay,  his 
brother  P]iilii)'s  wife. 

Herod  shrank,  but  smiled  Herodias,  though 
the  gathering  vengeance  drained 

Lip  of  blood,  and  cheek  of  blushes.  Further 
answer  slie  disdained, 

But  arose,   drew  forth   the   monarch,   said 
their  royal  tryst  was  o'er  ; 

And  that  night  in  chains  the  Baptist  pressed 
Macha^rus'  dungeon  floor. 

Mirth  and  music  hand  in  hand  were  floating 

through  tlie  fairy  scene; 
All  were  praising  Herod's  glory,  all  were 

lauding  Herod's  queen; 
When  at  given  sign  was  silence,   and   the 

guests  reclined  around. 
And  a  lonely  harper,  waking  from  the  chords 

a  dreamlike  sound. 
Breathed  delight  and  soft  enchantment  over 

ear,  and  heart,  and  soul ; 
None  could  choose  but  list,  and  listening, 

none  their  tenderest  thoughts  control ; 
When  the  young,  the  fair  Salome,  from  her 

chamber  gently  slid. 
Nor  loose  veil  nor  golden  tresses  half  her 

mantling  blushes  hid : 
Young  Salome,  sixteen  summers  scarcely  on 

her  bloom  had  smiled; 
Art  was  none,  but  artless  beauty ;  Nature's 

simplest,  fondest  child. 
At  the  banquet's  edge  she  lingered,  to  her 

mother's  side  she  pressed, 
And  essayed  to  dance,  and  faltered  trem- 
bling; but  again  caressed. 
As  those  wild  notes  with  a  stronger  witchery 

on  her  spirit  fell. 
Stole  into  the  midst,  and  startled,  timid  as  a 

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JOHIsT. 


Trod  the  air  witli  printless  footsteps,  as  the 
breezes  trend  the  sea. 

Moved  to  every  tone  responsive,  like  em- 
bodied melody: 

Till  emboldened,  as  she  floated  like  a  cloud 
of  light  along, 

Mingled  with  melodious  music  gentler  ca- 
dences of  song. 

And  when  every  ear  was  ravished,  every 
heart  subdued  with  love, 

Dropped  at  length,  as  drops  the  skylark  from 
its  azure  home  above. 

Swiftly,  with  an  angel's  swiftness,  with  a 
mortal's  sweetness  sweet, 

Glowing,  trembling,  trusting,  loving,  dropped 
at  length  at  Herod's  feet. 

Heaven  be  witness,    Herod  grants  her  the 

petition  she  prefers; 
Half  his  kingdom  were  mean  dowry  for  a 

loveliness  like  hers. 

To  Herodias  yoimg  Salome  fondly  turns,  with 
grateful  smiles : 

Gold  of  Ophir,  pearls  of  ocean,  nard  and 
spice  of  happier  isles, 

What  of  choice  and  costly  treasures,  choic- 
est, costliest  shall  she  claim? 

Then  a  glare  of  fiendish  triumph  in  that  cruel 
cold  eye  came ; 

And  the  queen's  heart  heaved  with  ven- 
geance ;  and  she  gasped  with  quickened 
breath 

Brief  words  of  envenomed  malice,  warrant  of 
the  prophet's  death. 

Why  that  sudden  ashy  pallor?  why  that  pas- 
sionate caress? 

Bends  the  sapling  in  the  tempest;  weakness 
yields  to  wickedness. 

Hark !  the  bolt  is  drawn,  how  slowly ;  see ! 

the  dungeon  door  flung  wide; 
Weapons  gleam  along  the   jiassage;    armed 

men  are  by  his  side. 
In  their  looks  he  read  his  sentence,  and  he 

knew  his  hour  was  come, 
And  his  proud  neck  meekly  offered  to  the 

stroke  of  martyrdom : 
And,  as  flashed  the  headsman's  broadsword, 

rose  the  sun  on  Pisgah's  height ; 
And  the  morning  star  was  hidden   in   the 

flood  pf  golden  light. 

E.  E.  Bickersteth. 


3632.  JOHN  THE  BAPTIST,  Life  of. 
Mark  i  :  6. 
.  .  .  Westward  of  that  sea  where  plies  no 

skiff. 
On  the  bare  bleak  upland,  nestling  only  to 

the  rugged  cliff. 
Far  from  all  the  noise  of  cities,  far  from  all 

their  idle  mirth. 
Where  God's  voice  was  heard  in  whispers, 

and  the  heavens  were  near  to  earth. 
There  he  grew,  as  grows  the  lonely  pine  upon 
the  foreland's  crest, 


Fronting  tempests,  northward,  southward, 
sweep  they  east,  or  sweep  they  west, 

Wra])ping  round  the  rocks  her  roots  like  irou 
bands  in  breadth  and  length. 

Here  and  there  a  moss  or  lichen  shedding  ten- 
derness on  strength. 

Thus  he  grew:  the  child  of  age,  no  brother 
clasped  in  equal  arms, 

No  sweet  sister  throwing  o'er  him  the  pure 
magic  of  her  charms; 

Heir  of  all  his  father's  ripe  experience  both  of 
things  and  men. 

Ripened  by  the  mellow  suns  that  shine  on 
threescore  years  and  ten ; 

Heir  of  all  his  saintly  mother's  burning  con^ 
centrated  love. 

Pent  for  decades  and  now  loosened  by  a  man- 
date from  above. 

For  the  rest,  no  human  friendship  shared  his 
fellowship  with  God, 

Lonely  like  the  lonely  Enoch  was  the  path  his 
spirit  trod : 

Meet  lor  him  whose  fearless  banner  was  ere- 
long aloft  unfurled, 

God's  ambassador,  Christ's  herald,  in  a  lapsed 
and  guilty  world. 

Gliding  years  passed  on ;  and  childhood  grew 

to  youth,  and  youth  to  prime : 
Bodings  filled  the  land,  and  rulers  called  the 

age  a  troublous  time. 
Let  it  be — all  time  is  troublous;  and  there  is 

no  crystal  sea 
Betwixt  Eden  and  the  trumpet  ushering  in 

the  great  To  be. 
Xathless  storms  were  rife,  and  rumors  each 

the  other  chased  from  Rome, 
Though  their  echo  knocked  but  feebly  at  the 

porch  of  that  far  home; 
And  they  scarcely  stirred  the  pulses  in  the  old 

man's  languid  heart. 
As  he  pled  the  prayer  of  Simeon,  "Let  me 

now  in  peace  depart;" 
Scarcely  jarred  the  heavenly  foretastes  of  the 

rapt  Elizabeth, 
Oft  as  was  her  wont  repeating,  "Welcome 

life,  thrice  welcome  death." 
Drooped  they  both  with  drooping  autumn, 

with  the  dying  year  they  died. 
And  in  one  deep  stony  chamber   slumber 

sweetly  side  by  side ; 
But  before  they  slept  confided  to  the  Baptist's 

ear  a  story. 
Richer  heirloom,  loftier  honor  than  the  wide 

world's  wealth  and  glory: 
From  his  sire  he  heard  the  marvel  of  his  own 

predestined  birth. 
From  his  mother's  lips  a  mystery  which  trans- 
cends all  things  of  earth. 

Now  the  lonely  home  was  lonelier,  now  the 

silence  more  unmarred. 
Now  his  rough- spun  dress  was  rougher,  and 

his  hardy  fare  more  hard. 
Yet  he  moved  not.     God  who  guided  Israel 

o'er  the  trackless  waste. 


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When  his  hour  was  come,  would  call  him; 

and.  with  God  there  is  no  haste. 
Meanwliile  of  all  sacred  stories,   which  his 

bosom  fired  and  filled, 
One,  the  Ti.<hbite,  more  intensely  through 

and  througli  his  bosom  thrilled. 
O  that  sacrifice  on  Carmel;  O  that  fire  that 

fell  from  heaven : 
O  that   nation's    shout  "Jehovah;"  O  that 

bloody,  stormy  even; 
O  that  sol.tary  cavern;    O  that  strong  and 

dreadful  wind; 
Rocking  earthquake,  flames  of  vengeance; 

O  that  still  small  Voice  behind: 
Those  longyears  of  patient  witness,  crowned 

by  victory  at  last : 
Israel's   chariot,    Israel's   horsemen!    like  a 

dream  the  vision  passed. 
"Would  to  God  the  prophet's  mantle  might 

but  fall  u])on  my  sonl ! 
"Would  to  God  a  seraph  touch  me  with  Esaias' 

living  coal !" 

As  he  ])rayed,  his  soul  was  troubled  with  a 
sudden  storm  of  thought, 

And  aguin  was  hushed  in  silence  with  pro- 
founder  feeling  fraught : 

And  the  S[)irit's  accents,  whether  on  his  mor- 
tal ear  they  fell. 

Or  without  such  audience  trembled  on  his 
spirit,  none  might  tell. 

But  they  came  to  him.  The  altar  had  been 
built  and  piled  and  laid: 

God  Himself  alone  must  kindle  that  which  He 
alono  had  made. 

Through  the  crowded  streets  of  Salem,  see, 
they  whisper  man  to  man, 

Like  a  flash  of  summer  lightning  through 
the  heavens,  the  tidings  ran: 

"In  the  wilderness  by  Jordan  unto  us  a  Voice 
is  sent, 

God  is  on  His  way.  His  herald  cries  before 
He  comes.  Repent." 

On  the  mart  of  busy  traffic,  on  the  merchant's 
growing  hoard. 

On  the  bridegroom's  perfumed  chamber,  on 
the  banquet's  festive  board. 

On  the  halls  where  jjleasure  squandered  all 
the  heaps  of  avarice, 

On  the  dreams  of  blind  devotion,  on  the  loath- 
some haunts  of  vice. 

Like  a  thunder-roll  the  tidings  fell,  and  lo! 
the  sudden  gloom 

Then  and  there  gave  fearful  presage  of  the 
coming  day  of  doom. 

But  the  woikman  left  his  workshop,  and  the 
merchant  left  his  wares. 

And  the  miser  left  his  coffers,  and  the  Phari- 
see his  prayers: 

From  Jerusalem  to  Jordan,  see  they  pour  a 
motley  group, 

Young  men,  maidens,  old  men,  children, 
priests  and  people,  troop  on  troop ; 

Neighbor  thought  not  now  of  neighbor,  pa- 
rent scarcely  thought  of  child ; 


There  were  few  who  spoke  or  answered,  there 
were  none  who  jeered  or  smiled: 

No  one  wept:  tyrannic  conscience  sealed 
their  eyes  and  ears  and  lips, 

And  Eternity  was  shadowing  Time  with  ter- 
rible eclipse. 

There  it  wound  that  ancient  river;  there  he 

stood,  that  lonely  man. 
Is  it  yet  too  late?  to  rearmost  some  shrank 

back,  some  forward  ran : 
Brave  men  quailed,  and  timid  women  bolder 

seemed  beneath  his  eye : 
Age  grew  flushed,  and  youth  grew  paler,  and 

the  voice  was  heard  to  cry, 
"God  is  on  His  way.     The  Judge  already 

stands  before  the  gate. 
Make    the    lofty  low  before    Ilim,  rugged 

smooth,  and  crooked  straight." 
As  the  multitudes  in  thousands  round  Him 

thronged,  a  timorous  flock, 
Fell  his  words  like  hail  in  harvest,  like  the 

hammer  on  the  rock, 
Breaking  stony  hearts  to  shivers,  cloaking, 

sparing,  softening  naught. 
But  with  lightning  flash  revealing  midnight 

mysteries  of  thought. 
God  was  Master,  man  was  servant;  right  was 

right,  and  wrong  was  wrong: 
Sijjners  might  dream  on  a  little,  but  the  re- 
spite was  not  long. 
Good  or  evil    fruit-trees — whether    of    the 

twain?  no  test  but  fruit: 
Cut  it  down ;  the  fire  is  kindled,  and  the  axe 

lies  at  the  root. 
Wherefore  call  themselves  the  children  of  the 

God-like  Abraham? 
Things  that  are  alone  are  precious  unto  the 

supreme  I  AM.  [pale  and  dumb? 

Generation  bred  of  vipers,  wherefore  are  they 
Will  they  flee?  oh!  who  hath  warned  them  of 

the  dreadful  wrath  to  come? 
Are  the  dry  bones  stirring,  breathing?     God 

can  raise  up  men  from  stones. 
See  the  Lamb,  the  dying  Victim !  only  life  for 

life  atones: 
And  the  deep  red  current,  flowing  from  the 

firstlings  Abel  vowed. 
Cries  from  age  to  age  for  mercy,  louder  yet, 

and  yet  more  loud. 
Till  the  sacrifice  be  offered  for  the  world's 

stupendous  guilt, 
And  the  Lamb  of  God  is  smitten  on  the  altar 

God  has  built. 
Is  the  hard  heart  bruised  and  contrite?     Do 

they  weep  and  vow  and  pray? 
It  is  well ;   let  Jordan's  waters  wash  their 

loathM  stains  away. 
But  the  coming  One,  whose  coming  now  was 

every  moment  nigher. 
He,  the  Son  of  God,  baptizes  with  the  Holy 

Ghost  and  fire : 
In  His  hand  the  fan  that  winnows;  at  His 

feet  the  harvest  floor; 
Chaff  the  food  for  quenchless  burnings;  gar- 
nered wheat  for  evermore. 


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JON^^H. 


So  it  wns  from  dawn  to  sunset,  so  it  was  fron" 

day  to  day, 
Thou'^ands   coming,    thousands  going,    till 

the  summer  wore  away : 
Ever  seemed  the  voice  more  solemn,  and  the 

message  more  sublime : 
Jord?.n's  lonesome  fords  were  crowded  like 

God's  hill  at  paschal  time. 
When  one  eve — the  roseate  west  was  watch- 
ing for  tlie  tardy  sun, — 
Mingling  with  that  throng  of  sinners  came 

tlie  Only  Sinless  One; 
And    the  Master    knelt    a    suppliant,    and 

abashed  the  servant  stood, 
While  the  holy  Christ  demanded  baptism  in 

that  cleansing  flood. 
It  is  done:   Messiah  rises  from  the  parted 

waves ;  and  lo ! 
The  blue  heavens  are  rent  asunder,  and  a 

dove,  more  white  than  snow, 
From  the  gates  of  light  descending  like  a 

crown  of  glory  glowed, 

Moving   towards   Him,  hovering  o'er  Him, 

brooding  on  His  head,  abode : 
And  a  Voice  more  deep  than  thunder  from 

the  everlasting  throne, 
"Thou,  my  Son,  my  well  Beloved,  Thou  art 

my  delight  alone." 
This  the  ^Baptist  heard.     And  straightway 

love  divine  his  soul  possessed. 
Henceforth  all  his  yearning  spirit  found  its 

centre,  knew  its  rest. 
Solitudes  no  more  were  lonely,  wildernesses 

were  not  wild: 
He  had  seen  the  Word  Incarnate,  seen  the 

Father's  Holy  Child. 
And  the  pure  ideal  imaged  in  his  heart  of 

hearts  was  such 
That  no  earthly  joys  could  dim  it,  and  no 

human  sorrows  touch. 
Let    the  vexed  waves   surge   around   him ! 

Welcome,  weariness  and  strife ! 
Christ  was  now  his  peace,  his  passion — the 

one  passion  of  his  life. 
He  must  decrease,  Christ  must  increase,  and 

His  kingdom  know  no  end. 
He  had  heard  the  Bridegroom's  accents,  he 

was  called  the  Bridegroom's  friend. 
Be  it  that  his  days  were  numbered:  this  was 

joy  enough  for  him; 
And  his  cup  of  life  was  mantling  to  the  over- 
flowing brim. 
Let  his  lamp  grow  pale  and  paler;  only  let 

the  Sun  be  bright. 
And  the  day-star  hide  its  radiance  in  that 

perfect  Light  of  light. 
So  his  breast  grew  calm  and  calmer,  less  of 

self  and  selfish  leaven; 
So  the  fii-e  burned  pure  and  purer,  less  of 

earth  and  more  of  heaven ; 
And  a  loftier  hope  sustained  him  as  his  des- 
tined path  he  trod. 
Preaching  a  world-wide  salvation,  heralding 

the  Lamb  of  God  I 


And  the  voice  rang  in  the  palace,  as  in  hovel 

and  in  tent, 
"  Lo !  the  coming  One  is  come ;  His  kingdom 

is  at  hand :  repent. " 

i:.  H.  Bickersteth. 

3633.  JOHN,  The  Poreninner. 

Luke  i :  76. 

Before  the  summer  comes  the  spring; 

And  buds  the  autumn  fruits  forerun ; 
The  trumpeter  precedes  the  king; 

The  morning-star  before  the  sun. 

Before  Messiah's  earthly  reign. 
Ere  yet  He  was  revealed  to  sight; 

Before  the  Holy  Nazarene, 

Came  John,  the  lowly  Nazarite. 

Most  simple  was  his  rustic  fare ; 

Wild  and  uncouth  his  Arab  dress; 
His  constant  habitations  were 

Wild  places  of  the  wilderness. 

He  was  the  witness  of  his  Lord, 
The  herald  of  the  coming  King, 

The  preacher  of  his  Master's  word. 
The  tidings  of  His  grace  to  bring. 

The  people  flocked  from  every  side, 
And  multitudes  from  all  the  land 

Now  heard  the  voice  of  him  that  cried, 
"Repent,  the  kingdom  is  at  hand!" 

He  was  a  bold,  unswerving  man : 
Stern  messenger  sent  on  before. 

To  wield  the  searching,  sifting  fan,    [floor; 
And    throughly  purge    the    threshings 

A  man  of  strong  and  earnest  might, 
No  bending  reed  before  tlie  wind; 

A  burning  and  a  shining  light, 

Until  the  Greater  Light  liad  shined. 

This  was  the  path  the  Baptist  trod : 
By  true  repentance,  fasiing,  prayer, 

To  guide  to  Jesus,  Son  of  God, 

And  leave  hi3  Master  matchless  there. 

And  as  the  morning  sun  mounts  high. 
The  morning-star  must  needs  decrease, 

Until  "the  Mightier  than  I  " 

Commands  the  servant's  work  to  cease. 
Robert  Maguire. 

3634.  JONAH  PLEEING  lEOM  DUTY. 

Jonah  i :  5-14. 
Dark  is  the  night ; 

The  waves  run  high ; 
In  dread  affright 
The  voyagers  cry. 
And  muttering  thunders  make  reply. 

"O  Ashteroth, 
We  love  thee  well !" 
"Oh  hear  us,  Bel! 

Why  art  thou  wroth? 
What  power  of  hell 
Has  sent  this  storm?    0  Baal,  tell!" 


JON^H. 


JON^THA-IiT. 


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Is  it  thy  crime, 
O  helmsman?  say, 
What  doleful  day, 
"What  distant  clime, 
What  unpropitious  hour  of  time 

Has  seen  thy  sin?     Oh  tell  us,  pray  I 

What  oarsman's  guile 
Thus  finds  him  out? 
Who  dares  defile 
With  scornful  smile 
With  un devout 
And  impious  shout 
His  household  gods,  and  thus  defile 

And  wreck  the  stout, 
Brave  ship  in  which  he  sails,  the  while? 

"It  is  my  sin," 

A  voice  replies 
From  deep  within 

The  ship,  where  lies 
A  prophet,  who  from  duty  flies  1 

"Let  me  be  cast 

Where  yawns  the  wave, 
If  there  at  last 
Remains  a  grave 
A  Jonah  from  himself  to  save  I" 

Vain  is  the  pleal 

It  cannot  be ! 

Thou  canst  not  flee 
From  sin  that  is  a  part  of  thee  1 

Nor  wave,  nor  grave 

Can  ever  save 
A  sinner  from  Divinity ! 

Repent  and  live. 

And  God  shall  give 
Forgiveness  for  eternity ! 

Simeon  Tucker  Clark. 

3635.  JONAH,  Sins  of. 

Jonah  iv  :  4. 
Deep  in  his  meditative  bower 

The  tranquil  seer  reclined. 
Numbering  the  creepers  of  an  hour. 

The  gourds  which  o'er  him  twined. 

To  note  each  plant,  to  rear  each  fruit 
Which  soothes  the  languid  sense, 

He  deemed  a  safe,  refined  pursuit — 
His  Lord  an  indolence. 

The  sudden  voice  was  heard  at  length, 
"Lift  thou  the  prophet's  rod !" 

But  sloth  had  sapped  the  prophet's  strength 
He  feared  and  fled  from  God. 

Next,  by  a  fearful  judgment  tamed, 
He  threats  the  offending  race; 

God  spares :  he  murmurs,  pride-inflamed. 
His  threat  made  void  by  grace. 

What?  pride  and  sloth  !  man's  worst  of  foes 

And  can  such  guests  invade 
Our  choicest  bliss,  the  green  repose 

Of  the  sweet  garden-shade? 

J.  H.  Newman. 


3636.  JONAH'S  GOURD, 

Jonah  iv  ;  6-10. 

Where  is  the  gourd  that  sudden  rose 
To  screen  a  weary  pilgrim's  head, 

T'  assuage  the  violence  of  my  woes. 
And  bless  me  with  its  cooling  shade, 

Make  all  my  cares  and  sorrows  cease, 

And  turn  my  anguish  into  ease? 

A  worm  hath  smote  my  verdant  bower, 
And  lo !  how  soon  it  fades  away ! 

It  could  not  stand  the  morning  hour. 
Or  bear  the  scorching  heat  of  day. 

My  withered  joy,  alas !  is  fled ; 

My  fence  is  gone — my  friend  is  dead. 

Dead,  dead  are  all  my  hopes  below, 
On  earth  I  look  for  no  relief; 

No  pause,  or  interval  of  woe. 
No  respite,  or  suspense  of  grief; 

My  short-lived  happiness  is  o'er. 

And  human  friendship  is  no  more. 

The  fiery  sun's  directest  ray, 

The  vehement  wdnd's  severest  blast, 

Beat  on  me  in  this  evil  day; 

Oh  might  I  now  complain  my  last. 

Now,  now  lay  down  my  fainting  head, 

And  weary  sink  among  the  dead! 

Better  for  me  to  die  than  live 
An  useless  life  of  grief  and  pain; 

Oh  wouldst  Thou,  Lord,  my  spirit  receive! 
But  purge  it  first  from  every  stain. 

From  all  my  foes  and  friends  set  free. 

And  then  receive  me  up  to  Thee. 

J.  and  C.  Wesley. 


3637.  JONATHAN'S  AKMOE-BEAEEE. 

1  Samuel  xiv  ;  6,  7. 
Only  an  armor- bearer,  proudly  I  stand, 
Waiting  to  follow  at  the  King's  command; 
Marching  if  "onward  "  shall  the  order  be, 
Standing  by  my  Captain,  serving  faithfully, 

Hear  ye  the  battle-cry !  ' '  Forward !"  the  call ' 
See !  see  the  faltering  ones !  backward  thev 

fall ! 
Surely  the  Captain  may  depend  on  me. 
Though  but  an  armor- bearer  I  may  be. 

Only  an  armor-bearer,  now  in  the  field, 
Guarding  a  shining  helmet,  sword,  and  shield. 
Waiting  to  hear  the  thrilling  battle-cry. 
Ready  then  to  answer,  "Master,  here  am  I." 

Only  an  armor-bearer,  yet  may  I  share 
Glory  immortal,  and  a  bright  crown  wear; 
If,  in  the  battle,  to  my  trust  I  am  true, 
Mine  shall  be  the  honors  in  the  Grand  Review. 

P.  P.  Bliss. 


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JORiD^isr. 


3638.    JOKDAN  BY  MOONLIGHT. 
Moonlight  upon  this  sacred  stream  I 
How  softly  glad  its  waters  gleam, 
Like  infant's  smile  or  childhood's  dream; — 

Beautiful ! 

Moonlight  upon  the  shaggy  wood 
That,  age  on  age,  has  calmly  stood, 
Fringing  this  river's  holy  flood ; —       • 

Beautiful ! 

Moonlight  upon  these  hills  of  gloom. 
Old  Moab's  watch-tower  and  his  tomb, 
Each  peak  a  monumental  dome ; — 

Beautiful ! 

Moonlight  upon  the  lone  unrest 

Of  yon  dark  sea's  slow-heaving  breast, 

Unloved,  untenanted,  unblcst; — 

Beautiful  1 

Moonlight  upon  these  yellow  sands. 
Where  yonder  wan  ruin  crumbling  stands, 
The  savage  home  of  Arab  bands; — 

Beautiful ! 

Moonlight  on  yon  far  western  height. 
At  wliosc  grcL'u  bas^e,  a  gem  of  light, 
Jerusalem  sits  lair  and  bright ; — 

Beautiful ! 

Moonlight  upon  yon  nearer  hill, 
Whence  springs  the  jnophet-heal&d  rill, 
Iruitful  and  sweet,  and  pleasant  still; — 

Beautiful ! 

Moonlight  in  yonder  matchless  sky, 
In  which,  bright  bending  from  on  high. 
Star  seems  with  star  in  light  to  vie ; — 

Beautiful ! 

Moonlight  on  Pisgah's  watch-tower  grand, 
Whence  the  loved  propliet  saw  the  land. 
Stretching  afar  from  strand  to  strand ; — 

Beautiful ! 

Moonlight  on  Nebo's  peak  and  cave. 
Where,  looking  down  on  Jordan's  wave, 
God  for  His  prophet  dug  the  grave ; — 

Beautiful ! 

Moonlight  upon  my  lonely  tent, 
Which,  like  some  marble  monument. 
Gleams  to  a  spotless  firmament ; — 

Beautiful ! 
Horatius  Bonar. 

3639,  JORDAN,  Passage  of  the. 
Joshua  iii  :  14-17. 
My  feet  are  treading  on  the  very  brink 
Of  death's  swift-rolling  waters,  and  my  heart,. 
That  longed  in  weariness  of  earth  for  this, 
Grows  trembling  and  amazed.     The  wilder 

ness. 
Hot  with  its  burning  sands  and  poisoned 

winds. 
Rugged  with  toilsome  paths  and  frowning 

steeps, 


Loses  its  frightful  aspect,  and  invites  [ways. 
The  wanderer  back  to  tread  once  more  its 
There  were  some  palm-trees  in  the  trackless 

waste. 
Some  flowers  that  grew  beneath  their  kindly 

shade ; 
All  was  not  desolate,  and  dark,  and  drear, 
And  I  may  find  a  rest  and  gather  strength 
Ere  I  go  hence.     For  now  my  heart  is  low, 
My  pulses  flutter  faintly,  and  a  mist 
Is  gathering  o'er  my  eyes ;  the  fearful  roar 
Of  wild  and  stormy  waters  fills  my  soul. 
I  have  no  power  to  breast  the  foaming  waves : 
Already  do  I  shudder  as  the  spray 
Dashes  upon  my  brow  with  ice-cold  kiss. 
So,  when  the  tribes  of  Israel  stood  beside 
The  Jordan's  swollen,  turbid  stream  of  old. 
May  one  amid  the  joyful  host  have  stayed : 
Some  fair  young  girl  whose  robes  were  soiled 

with  dust, 
Whose  sandalled  feet  had  longed  for  this 

repose. 
Perhaps    with  all   the  rest    this  hour  had 

seemed 
The  blest  fulfilment  of  a  life-long  prayer; 
And  now  the  toil  was  o'er,  it  but  remained 
To  enter  into  rest.     The  deep  wild  flood. 
How  could  its  waves  be  trod?     What  new 

support 
Would   be   vouchsafed  to   lead    her  safely 

through? 

A  shout  of  triumph  rose  from  all  around ; 
None  noticed  that  her  cheek  grew  ashen  pale, 
Or  marked  the  trembling  of  her  folded  hands : 
When  lo!  the  waves  divide,  as  when  at  first 
Iler  fatlier's  band  had  crossed  the  angry  sea 
That  whelmed  the  horse  and  rider  in  its 

depths. 
The  ark  of  God,  supported  by  His  priests. 
Sent  back  the  biUows  heaped  ou  cither  side; 
And  now  with  eyes  upraised,  as  if  to  seek 
The  cloudy  pillar  whicli  had  ever  l)ecn 
A  guide  through  all  tlieir  wanderings,  and 

with  trust 
Serene  and  cliild-like  in  the  hand  that  gave 
The  food  of  angels  daily  from  ou  high, 
The  maiden  joined  the  glad  thanksgiving 

song. 
And  passed  dry-shod  where  she  had  feared 

to  tread. 

So  let  it  be.     The  a'rk  has  gone  before. 
The  white-robed  priests  point  to  its  onward 

way. 
Friends,  kindred,   beckon    from  the  other 

side; 
Oh,  craven  souls,  to  shrink  from  what  they 

love. 
To  dream  of  turning  back  from  promised  rest. 
Back  to  the  fearful  wilderness  of  sin  ! 
So  leaning  on  the  arm  that  hath  upheld 
My  footsteps  since  I  faltered  near  tlie  cross. 
Looking  for  courage  to  tlie  patient  eyes 
That  watclicd  my  wanderings  with  forgiving 

glance, — 


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My  friends!  my  Master!  see,  I  brave  with 

Thee 
The  flood  that  closes  round  me  as  I  pass. 
My  lips,  no  longer  trembling  with  affright, 
Murmur,    "O  grave!    where  is  thy  victory 

now? 
0  death !  thy  victim  robs  thee  of  thy  sting." 
Alice  B.  Neal. 

3640.    JORDAN,  Smitten. 

2  Kings  ii  :  8. 
When  God  receives  His  servants  up, 
As  at  the  stream  of  death  we  stop, 

On  Jordan's  brink  a  moment  stay: 
But  Jesus,  our  immortal  guide, 
Did  by  Ilis  death  the  weaves  divide. 

And  shows  our  souls  an  open  way. 

Christ  and  the  promised  land  in  view, 
Ilis  ransomed  pass  securely  through, 

Howe'er  the  idle  bHlov/s  roar; 
In  our  Elijali's  mantle  clad. 
By  His  eternal  Spirit  stayed. 

We  reach  with  songs  the  heavenly  shore ! 
J.  and  C.   Wesley. 

3641.  JORDAN,  The  Banks  of. 

Fair  gardens,  shining  streams,  with  ranks 

Of  golden  melons  ou  tlieir  banks; 

More  golden  where  the  sunlight  falls; 

Gay  lizards,  glittering  on  the  \mi11s 

Of  ruined  shrines,  busy  and  bright, 

As  they  were  all  alive  with  light. 

And  yet  were  splendid,  numerous  flocks 

Of  pigeons  settling  on  the  rocks, 

With  their  rich  restless  wings,  that  gleam 

Variously  in  the  crimson  beam 

Of  the  warm  west,  as  if  inlaid 

With  brilliants  from  the  mine,  or  made 

Of  tearless  rainbows,  such  as  span 

The  unclouded  skies  of  Peristan. 

And  then  the  mingling  sounds  that  come 

Of  shepherds'  ancient  reed,  with  hum 

Of  the  wild  bees  of  Palestine. 

Banqueting  through  the  flowery  vales; 
And  Jordan,  those  sweet  banks  of  thine ; 

And  woods  so  full  of  nightingales. 

lliomas  Moore. 

3642.  JORDAN.    The  Other  Side. 

We  dwell  this  side  of  Jordan's  stream, 
Yet  oft  there  comes  a  shining  beam 

Across  from  yonder  shore ; 
While  visions  of  a  holy  throng. 
And  sound  of  harp  and  seraph  song, 

Seem  gently  wafted  o'er. 

The  other  side !  ah,  there's  the  place 
Where  saints  in  joy  past  time  retrace. 

And  think  of  trials  gone ; 
The  veil  withdrawn,  they  clearly  see 
That  all  on  earth  had  need  to  be. 

To  bring  them  safely  home. 

The  other  side !     No  sin  is  there 

To  stain  the  robes  that  blessed  ones  wear. 


Made  white  in  Jesus'  blood ; 
No  cry  of  grief,  no  voice  of  woe. 
To  mar  the  peace  their  spirits  know, 

Their  constant  peace  with  God. 

The  other  side !     Its  shore  so  bright 
Is  radiant  with  the  golden  light 

Of  Zion's  city  fair; 
And  many  dear  ones,  gone  before, 
Already  tread  the  happy  shore ; 

I  seem  to  see  them  there. 

The  other  side !     Oh  charming  sight! 
Upon  its  banks,  arrayed  in  white, 

For  me  a  loved  one  waits; 
Over  the  stream  he  calls  to  me : 
Fear  not,  I  am  thy  guide  to  be 

Up  to  the  pearly  gates. 

The  other  side !     His  well-known  voice 
And  dear  bright  face  will  me  rejoice; 

Will  me  in  fond  embrace ; 
He'll  lead  me  on  until  we  stand, 
Each  with  a  palm-branch  in  our  hand. 

Before  the  Saviour's  face. 

The  other  side !    The  other  side ! 
Who  would  not  brave  the  swelling  tide 

Of  earthly  toil  and  care 
To  wake  one  day,  when  life  is  past. 
Over  the  stream,  at  home  at  last, 

With  all  the  blessed  ones  there ! 

3643.  JORDAN,  The  Passage  of. 
Joshua  iii. 
The  mighty  Jordan's  flood 
Rools  on  in  front,  by  turbid  waters  swelled, 
That  long  amid  the  mountain  heights  had 
In  icy  bondage  held.  [stood, 

But  'tis  the  Lord's  command, 
"Arise,  ye  priests,  and  still  move  on  before. 
Bearing  the  ark,  even  tillyour  feet  shall  stand 

On  this  proud  river's  shore: 

"And  where  the  ark  shall  lead. 
Follow,  ye  tribes;  but  move  with  holy  fear; 
With  reverend  silence  follow,  and  take  heed 

That  ye  approach  not  near: 

"For  ye  shall  see,  this  day,  [God, 
The  outstretched  arm  of  your  protecting 
And  He  shall  lead  you  in  a  wondrous  way 

Ye  ne'er  before  have  trod." 

The  tribes,  obedient,  move ; 
The  priests  bear  on  the  ark  to  Jordan's  strand ; 
When  lo !  the  waters,  rushing  from  above. 

Heaped  up  and  moveless  stand ! 

While,  failing  more  and  more,  [die. 
The  floods  thnt  down  w.ard  flow  subside  and 
And  Israel  fiiuls  to  Canaan's  promised  shore 

A  passage  safe  and  dry  ! 


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So  o'er  this  mortal  scene  [-A-rk, 

Hevenward  let  us  still  follow  Christ  our 
Nor  stand   dismayed,   though   Jordan  roll 

His  waters  deep  and  dark,    [between 

For  while,  with  trusting  heart, 
We  look  to  Him,  our  Guardian  and  our  Guide, 
The  swelling  waters  of  that  flood  shall  part, 

And  more  and  more  subside. 

As  nearer  draws  the  hour  [cease, 

That  sees  at  last  our  pilgriqi-wanderings 
tts  terrors  more  and  more  shall  lose  their 

Till  all  is  joy  and  peace !  [power, 

Small. 

3644.  JOKDAN,  The  Kiver. 

Like  an  arrow  from  the  quiver, 
To  the  sad  and  lone  Dead  Sea 

Thou  art  rushing,  rapid  river. 
Swift,  and  strong,  and  silently. 

Through  the  dark  green  foliage  stealing, 

Like  a  silver  ray  of  light. 
Who  can  tell  the  pilgrim's  feeling 

When  thy  waters  meet  his  sight? 

All  the  deeds  of  sacred  story. 
All  its  marvels  great  and  true, 

All  that  gives  the  Jordan  glory, 
Rush  upon  his  raptured  view ! 

Nature !  here  thy  laws  were  altered, 
Jordan's  bed  became  a  track ; 

Man  at  God's  command  has  faltered, 
Willing  rolled  the  Jordan  back. 

Like  a  wall,  its  wondrous  waters 
Shining  rise  and  solid  stand, 

Israel,  till  thy  sons  and  daughters 
Safely  reach  the  promised  land. 

Pilgrim's  garb  aside  now  laying, 
Let  thy  garments  shining  flow, 

Spear  and  standard  wide  displaying. 
Army,  forth  with  banners  go ! 

Humbly  to  thy  brink  descending, 

Syria's  proud  lord  was  seen, 
Seven  times  'neath  thy  waters  bending, 

Lo !  the  leper  rises  clean. 

Symbol  of  the  blood  of  Jesus, 

Shed  upon  the  sacred  tree, 
This  has  made  thy  water  precious, 

Jordan,  and  a  joy  to  see. 

Blood  of  cleansing,  blood  most  holy. 

Shed  for  sinners  such  as  me, 
Let  me,  like  the  leper  lowly, 

Wash  away  my  sins  in  thee. 

Emblem  bright  of  Death's  dark  river. 

Long  I  linger  on  thy  shore ; 
All  its  waves  can  harm  me  never, 

Now  the  Ark  has  gone  before. 

Anderson, 


3645.  JORDAN,  The  River. 

Few  ruins  now  those  willowy  banks  disclose. 
But  fresh  as  in  old  days  the  current  flows ; 
Here  lofty  reeds  and  palms   shut   out   the 

beam. 
And    there    romantic    rocks    o'erhang    the 

stream. 
Rare  flowers,  man  trains  not,  deck  the  mossy 

ground. 
And  each  slight  breeze  wafts  almond-blooms 

around ; 
The  bee  secure  along  the  lilied  shore  [store ; 
Winds  her  blithe  horn,  and  steals  her  honeyed 
Blue  skies  look  down  on  bluer  waves ;  the  air 
Is  soft  and  fragrant,  as  some  angel  there. 
Just  flown  from  paradise,  had  spread   his 

plume. 
Hushing  the  earth,  and  shaking  round  per- 
fume, [rest. 
Sweet  Jordan !  surely  here  sad  hearts  might 
And  calm  Religion  love  a  scene  so  blest. 
How  famed  this  lonely  tract  in  sacred  lore ! 
'Twas  here  the  desert  prophet  roamed  of  yore ; 
Far  south  dark  Nebo  lifts  its  hoary  head. 
Whence  Moses  viewed  the  land  he  could  not 

tread. 
Toward  Canaan  cast  his  dim-beholding  eye, 
And  blessed  the  scene  before  he  sank  to  die. 
Here,  too,  the  mighty  seer  Elijah  came, 
And  rose  to  heaven,  upborne  by  steeds  of 

flame. 
In  yon  wild  valley  mouldered  Ammon  lowers, 
And   shattered  walls   are    seen,  and   fallen 

towers ; 
There  reigned  a  king  who  swayed  these  palmy 

plains; 
No  child  of  Lot,  no  subject  now  remains ; 
Lone  sits  the  stork  in  Ammon's  royal  halls. 
And  from  her  reed-grown  courts  the  bull-frog 

calls.  Nicholas  Michell. 

3646.  JOSEPH. 

O  purest  semblance  of  the  Eternal  Son  ! 
Who  dwelt  in  thee  as  in  some  blessed  shrine. 
To  draw  hearts  after  thee  and  make  them 

thine ; 
Not  parent  only  by  that  light  was  won, 
And  brethren  crouched  who  had  in  wrath 

begun : 
E'en  heathen  pomp  abased  her  at  the  sign 
Of  a  hid  God,  and  drank  the  sound  divine, 
Till  a  king  heard,  and  all  thou  bad'st  was 

done. 
Then  was  fulfilled  Nature's  dim  augury, 
That ' '  Wisdom,  clad  in  visible  form,  would  be 
So  fair  that  all  must  love  and  bow  the  knee ;" 
Lest  it  might  seem  what  time  the  Substance 

came, 
Truth  lacked  a  sceptre  when  It  but  laid  by 
Its  beaming  front  and  bore  a  willing  shame, 
John  H.  Newman. 

3647.  JOSEPH. 

Into  some  wave,  which  heedless  night-winda 

rock. 
The  moon  comes  down  with  all  her  starry  flock 
Her  glorious  imagery  around  her  brings, 


JOSEPH. 


JOSEI>II. 


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And  forms  a  temple  of  celestial  things,  [on, 
Thus,  sweet-souled  Joseph,  as  thy  life  ran 
Each  scene  disclosed  anew  th'  eternal  Son, 
Till  all  thou  didst,  on  thy  meek  purpose 
Became  in  thee  divinely  eloquent,  [bent. 
Presenting  thee,  in  all  that  hurried  by, 
The  mirror  of  some  holier  history. 

Tried  by  th'  adult'rous  world,  temptation- 
proof. 
But    "numbered  with  trangressors."     Now 

aloof 
Thou  sitt'st  on  high:    around  the  heathen 

press, 
And  from  thine  hand  are  filled  with  plente- 

ousness. 
But  who  are  these?  lift  up  thine  eyes :  behold 
Thy  brethren — they  who  set  at  naught,  and 

sold! 
Bid  all  depart.     Ye  little  company. 
Come  ye  around,  behold  Me  !  "  it  is  I!" 
Feel  me,  fear  not !  the  prisoner's  chain  un- 
bind: 
But  who  is  he  that  lingers  yet  behind, 
"  Out  of  due  time"  ?   Let  ye  the  stranger  in : 
'Tis  mine  own  Paul,  mine  own  loved  Benja- 
min. Isaac  Williams. 

3648.  JOSEPH. 

Heaven's  favorite  down  a  darksome  pit  they 

cast, 
His  rich  -  lined  robe  and  lofty  dreams  deriding ; 
Then,    from  his  tears    their   ruthless   faces 

hiding. 
Sell  him  to  merchants  who  with  spicerypast. 
The  changeful  years  o'er  that  fair  slave  fled 

fast : 
Behold  him  now  in  glorious  chariot  riding. 
Arrayed  in  shining  vesture,  and  presiding 
O'er  Egypt's  councils,  owned  by  Heaven  at 

last. 
In  pit  or  palace,  God's  own  hand  was  weaving 
The  "  many-colored  "  texture  of  his  days, 
The  brightest  tints  till  last  in  wisdom  leaving' 
So  when  in  dismal  paths  our  feet  are  sinking. 
Let  us  be  looking  soon  for  lightsome  rays. 
For  our  wise  Father  "  thoughts  of  peace  is 

thinking."  R.  Wilton. 

3649.  JOSEPH  AND  HIS  BEETHEEN. 

Genesis  xlv  :  1. 
*'  Come  near  to  me,  I  pray  you?" 

It  is  the  Saviour  speaking ! 
His  loving  condescension 
An  interview  is  seeking! 
I  tremble  at  His  love,  but  I  draw  near, 
In  sweet  confusedness  of  joy  and  fear. 

Behold  in  Me  your  Brother, 

The  Brother  whom  you  ?ok'  ! 
Yet  fear  not,  for  I  love  you 
With  love  that  grows  not  cold. 
Through  death  and  resurrection  I  have  passed. 
And  now  I  claim  you  for  My  own  at  last. 

Behold  Me  in  My  glory! 
And  oh !  believe  Me  true, 


When  I  declare  that  mansions 
Are  here  prepared  for  you. 
God  sent  Me  here  before  you :  come  and  be 
The  sharers  of  My  throne ;  joint  heirs  with  Me 

It  is  My  heart's  desire 

To  have  you  here  with  Me, 
That  you  may  see  My  glory 
And  share  as  well  as  see. 
Then  come  unto  Me !     Tarry  not,  I  pray ! 
Yet  there  is  room !     No  need  to  turn  away ! 

Room,  in  the  land  of  Goshen, 

The  goodly  land  you  see. 
Room,  room,  for  many  others : 
Oh,  fetch  them  home  to  Me? 
Go  down,  on  messages  of  love,  below:    [go! 
But  leave  your  heart  behind  you  when  yoi] 

Then  give  to  each  this  message : 

"  Thou  shalt  be  near  to  Me, 
And  there,  in  My  own  presence, 
There  will  I  nourish  thee. 
O  famine-stricken  soul !  why  wilt  thou  die? 
Come  unto  Me,  for  I  can  satisfy." 

Describe  the  land  of  plenty. 

Where  you,  by  fait  h,  have  been ; 
Tell  them  of  all  the  glory 

That  your  own  eyes  have  seen. 
And  if  they  hesitate,  and  wish  to  stay. 
Then  show  them  My  provision  for  the  way ! 

Tell  them  that  He  yet  liveth. 

Whom  they  have  mourned  as  dead ; 
Tell  them  that  I,  their  Brother, 

Will  do  as  I  have  said,  [strength. 
And  they  shall  surely  go  from  strength  to 
Until  they  see  My  loving  face  at  length. 

And  do  not  let  them  linger 

To  gather  up  their  "  stuff," 
For  in  the  land  of  Goshen 
They  all  will  have  enough ! 
No  poverty  or  famine  waits  them  here : 
The  very  trace  of  grief  shall  disappear. 

One  word  of  loving  caution, 

Before  I  let  you  go. 
You  are  too  richly  laden 
To  escape  the  watchful  foe: 
Keep  close  together!     And  again  I  say, 
Keep  close  together,  and  you  win  the  day  I 

Go  then  on  this  My  errand 

Of  mercy  and  of  love, 
And  win  the  hearts  of  thousands 
To  seek  a  home  above! 
Give  them  the  message, for  you  know  it's  true, 
Jesus  is  yet  alive,  and  lives  for  you !" 

Catharine  Hankey. 

3650.  JOSEPH,  Antitype  of. 
Acts  vii  :  9-12. 
Jesus,  the  Father's  darling  Son, 

In  Joseph  we  behold. 
The  Man  with  God  forever  one, 

By  envious  brethren  sold ; 


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JOSEPH. 


JOSIIXJ-A.. 


To  Gentile  hands  delivered  o'er, 

Whom  God  did  soon  release, 
"Whom  every  knee  shall  bow  before. 

And  every  tongue  confess. 

Redeemed  from  all  His  sufferings  here. 

All  power  to  Ilim  is  given, 
Advanced  in  Ills  own  right  t'  appear 

Before  the  King  of  heaven; 
Tlie  Spirit  He  hath  received  above 

Of  wisdom  and  of  grace, 
The  fulness  of  Ilis  Father's  love 

For  Jacob's  favored  race. 

The  church  His  house  and  kingdom  stands, 

And,  subjected  to  Him, 
Acknowledges  the  mild  commands 

Of  its  great  Head  supreme  ; 
Not  of  a  servant,  but  a  Son, 

Jesus  the  power  maintains, 
Witli  full  authority  alone 

O'er  earth  and  heaven  He  reigns. 

Where  the  true  Joseph  is  not  seen 
To  show  His  providential  care, 

Pining  distress  and  famine  lean, 
And  want  of  every  good  is  there ; 

For  Jesus  is  the  real  Biead, 

Who  gives  Himself  our  souls  to  feed. 

We  hear  the  word  which  faith  conveys, 
That  corn  is  still  in  Egypt  found; 

That  mercy  rich  and  gospel  grace 
Doth  for  the  worst  of  men  abound, 

And  sinners  taste  their  Lord  revealed. 
And  heathens  with  His  love  are  filled. 
/.  and  C.  Wesley. 

3651.  JOSEPH,  Type  of  Christ. 

Sold  by  them  that  should  have  loved  thee, 

Prisoner  in  the  heathen's  laud  ; 
Given  by  him  who  best  had  proved  thee 
To  the  dungeoripind  the  band ; 
From  the  land  of  flowers  and  rain 
Borne  to  Egypt's  dewless  plain, 
Leaving  tent  and  ])astoral  dell, 
And  the  sire  that  loved  thee  well; 
And  the  airs  on  upland  breezy, 

Where  the  scented  cedars  grow; 
For  the  servant's  toil  uneasy. 
And  the  captive's  weary  woe. 

Out  of  grief  to  honor  risen, 

Winning  rapture  for  thy  pain; 
And  a  palace  for  thy  prison. 
And  a  sceptre  to  thy  chain  ; 
Ruling  with  a  gentle  art 
Over  many  a  grateful  heart; 
Melting  with  a  brother's  love 
Those  thine  anguish  could  not  move; 
Wearing  graciously, thy  glory 

Through  the  land  thy  wisdom  won; 
How  should  Christians  read  thy  story, 
Aged  Israel's  favored  son? 


As  the  little  sapling  tender 

Shows  the  great  oak  waving  proud ; 
As  the  cold  lake  burns  with  splendor 
From  the  crimson  sunset-cloud ; 
So  in  sufferings  of  thine 
Trace  we  out  a  gift  divine ; 
And  thy  sorrows  throb  and  glow 
With  a  pulse  of  heavenly  woe ! 
Type  thou  art  of  One  more  holy, 

Who  His  glory  laid  aside, 
Took  the  form  of  servant  lowly. 
Stooped  to  suffering  man,  and  died. 

He  was  scorned  and  sold  and  hated 

By  the  men  He  came  to  save. 
With  a  cruel  wrath  unsated. 

Followed  to  His  three-days'  grave. 
Not  one  pitying  thought  for  Him, 
When  His  failing  eye  waxed  dim; 
Not  one  note  in  sympathy 
With  that  love  so  full  and  free, 
When  His  tender  spirit,  yearning. 

Wept  those  tears  of  godlike  grief, 
O'er  the  lawless  city  spurning 
Help  and  safety  and  relief. 

Now  He  reigneth  high  exalted 

Where  the  white-robed  elders  stand, 
By  the  great  throne  rainbow- vaulted, 
Each  with  golden  harp  in  hand. 
Thousand,  thousand  harps  adoring, 
Thousand,  thousand  vials  pouring 
Odors  sweet  of  saintly  prayers. 
That  embalm  those  heavenly  airs, 
Round  the  Lamb  once  slain  and  wounded. 

Breathing  till  that  awful  hour, 
When,  by  heaven's  high  host  surrounded, 
He  shall  come  again  in  power. 

For  behind  each  image  saintly 

Burns  the  light  of  Jesus'  name ; 
As  the  lines  lie  dim  and  faintly 
In  the  Gothic  window  frame, 
Till  the  sunlight  touch  the  pane, 
Rising  o'er  the  fretted  fane, 
And  each  form  and  gorgeous  hue 
Starts  to  sight  distinct  and  true — 
So  doth  many  a  sin-stained  creature 

Catch  a  glory  from  Christ's  face, 
And  a  light  is  on  his  features 
That  our  eyes  should  love  to  trace. 

Mrs.  C.  F.  Alexander. 

3652.  JOSHUA. 

Joshua  V  :  15. 
By  Jericho's  doomed  towers  who  stands  on 

high, 
With  helmet,  spear,  and  glittering  panoply  ? 
"  The  Christian  soldier,  like  a  gleaming  star, 
Trained  in  the  wilderness  to  iron  war." 
Take    off   thy  shoes;  thy  promised  land  is 

found ; 
The  place  thou  standest  on  is  holy  ground. 
"Take  Thou  the  shield  and  buckler,  stop 

the  way 
Against  mine  enemies !     Be  Thou  my  stay  I" 


JOSHXT^. 


JOSI^H. 


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I  am  thy  rock,  thy  castle:  I  am  He 
"Whose  feet  have  dried  up  the  Ej4-yptian  sea; 
Fear  not,  for  I  am  with  thee ;  put  on  might ; 
'Gainst  thrones  and  powers  of  darkness  is 

the  fight." 
"I  go,  if  Thuu  go  with  me;  ope  the  skies, 
And  lend  me  heaven-attempered  armories." 
Gird  truth  about  thee  for  thy  mailed  dress, 
And  for  thy  breast-plate  put  on  righteousness ; 
For  sandals,  beauteous  peace;  and  for  thy 

sword, 
The  two-edged  might    of    God's   unfailing 

word ; 
«    Make  golden    hojie    thy    helmet:    on,    and 

strive; 
He  that  o'ercomcth  in  those  courts  shall  live, 
Whose  crystal  floor  by  heavenly  shapes  is 

trod, 
"A  pillar  in  the  temjjle  of  my  God." 

Isaac  Williams. 

3653.  JOSHUA,  Miracle  of. 

Joshua  X  :  13-14. 
See  Israel's  con  quering  captain,  spear  in  liand. 
As  on  the  surging  battle's  foremost  crest 
Against  those  mighty  banded  hosts  lie  prest; 
With  sudden  touch  (jf  inspiration  grand, 
He  cried  aloud :   "  O  sun  !  I  bid  thee  stand 
Still  upon  Gibeon,  nor  approach  the  west; 
And  thou,  O  moon!  in  Ajalon's valley  rest;" 
And  sun  and  moon  stood  still  at  his  com- 
mand. 
The  world  before  or  since  saw  no  such  day, 
When  the  Lord  hearkened  to  that  strange 

behest. 
And  deigned  the  rolling  orbs  of  heaven  to 

stay; 
Yet  when  Christ's  humblest  soldier  kneels 

to  pray, 
A  power  as  wondrous  clothes  His  meek  re- 
quest, 
For  His  dear  sake  whom  all  the  worlds  obey. 

B.  Wilton. 

3654.  JOSHUA,  Miracle  of. 

The  day  rose  clear  on  Gibeon.     Her  bright 

towers 
Flashed  the  red  sunbeams  gloriously  back; 
And  the  wind-driven  banners,  and  the  steel 
Of  her  ten  thousand  spears  caught  dazzlingly 
The  sun,  and  on  the  fortresses  of  rock 
Played  a  soft  glow,  that  as  a  mockery  seemed 
To  the  stern  men  who  girded  by  its  light. 
Beth-Horon  in  the  distance  slept,  and  breath 
Was  pleasant  in  tlie  vale  of  Ajalon, 
Where  armed  heels  trod  carelessly  the  sweet 
Wild  spices,   and  the  trees   of  gum  which 

shook 
By  the  rude  armor  on  their  br.anches  hung. 
Suddenly  in  the  camp,  without  the  walls. 
Rose  a  deep  murmur,  and  the  men  of  war 
Gathered  around  their  kings,  and  "Joshua! 
From  Gilgal,  Joshua!"  was  whispered  low, 
As  with  a  secret  fear,  and  then,  at  once, 
With  the  abruptness  of  a  dream,  lie  stood 
Upon  the  rock  before  them.     Calmly  then 


Raised  he  his  helm,   and  with  his  temples 

bare. 
And  hands  uplifted  to  the  sky,  he  prayed : 
"God  of  this  people,  hear!  and  let  the  sun 
Stand  upon  Gibeon,  still;  and  kt  the  moon 
Rest  in  the  vale  of  Ajalon !"     He  ceased : 
And,  lo !  the  moon  sits  motionless,  and  earth 
Stands  on  her  axis  indolent.     The  sun 
Pours  the  unmoving  column  of  his  rays 
In  undiminished  heat;  the  hours  stand  still; 
The  shade  hath  slopped  upon  the  dial's  face ; 
The  clouds  and  vapors,  that  at  night  are  wont 
To  gather  and  enshroud  the  lower  earth. 
Are  struggling  with  strange  rays,  breaking 

them  up, 
Scattering  the  misty  phalanx  like  a  wand. 
Glancing   o'er  mountain-tops,    and  shining 

down 
In  broken  masses  on  the  astonished  ])lains. 
The  fevered  cattle  group  in  wondering  herds ; 
The  weary  birds  go  to  their  leafy  nests. 
But  find  no  darkness  there,  and  v.'andcr  forth 
On  feeble,  fluttering  wing,  to  find  a  rest; 
The  parched,  baked  earth,  undam^ied  by  usual 

dews,  * 

Has  gaped  and  cracked,  and  heat,  dry  mid- 
day heat. 
Comes  like  a  drunkard's    breath    upon  the 

heart. 
On  with  thy  armies,  Joshua!  the  Lord 
God  of  Sabaoth  is  the  avenger  now ! 
His  voice  is  in  the  thunder,  and  His  wrath 
Poureth  the  beams  of  the  retarded  sun. 
With  the  keen  strength  of  arrows,  on  their 

sight. 
The  unwearied  sun  rides  in  the  zenith  sky; 
Nature,  obedient  to  her  Maker's  voice. 
Stops  in  full  course  all  her  mysterious  wheels. 
On !    till  avenging  swords  have  drunk  the 
Of  all  Jehovah's  enemies,  and  till         [blood 
Thy  banners  in  returning  triumph  wave; 
Then  yonder  orb  shall  set  'mid  golden  clouds, 
And,  while  a  dewy  rain  falls  soft  on  earth. 
Show  in  the  heavens  the  gloriousbow  of  God, 
Shining,  the  rainbow  banner  of  the  skies. 
John  B.  Van  Scliaich, 

3655.  JOSIAH,  Death  of. 

2  Chronicles  xxxv  :  2.3-33. 
Jerusalem  I  Jerusalem ! 

Behold  your  vanquished  king; 
The  fairest  flower  of  David's  stem 

Is  blasted  in  its  spring. 
Then  spare  not,  spare  not  of  your  tears, 

But  let  them  freely  flow. 
Since  sceptreless  his  hand  appears, 

And  laurelless  his  brow. 

Jerusalem !   Jerusalem ! 

Who  now  shall  fill  the  throne? 
Who  wear  the  royal  diadem 

Of  .lesse's  righteous  son? 
Oh  !  wee})  for  him  who  hath  resigned 

Thy  sceptre,  seat,  and  crown ; 
For  where  shalt  thou  a  monarch  find 

Like  him  of  fair  renown? 


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JXJDE. 


JTJD-A-S. 


Jerusalem !  Jerusalem ! 

Thy  gladsome  psalms  shall  cease, 
And  thou  shalt  be  the  sport  of  them 

"Who  scoff  at  Heaven's  decrees; 
Who  laugh  at  thy  Jehovah's  name, 

The  great  eternal  One, 
Yet  worship  an  unhallowed  flame 

And  bow  to  wood  and  stone. 

Jerusalem !  Jerusalem ! 

Weep  for  the  royal  dead, 
And  cast  aside  each  costly  gem 

That  glitters  round  thy  head. 
In  sackcloth  and  in  ashes  mourn 

Thy  dark  and  cheerless  gloom ; 
Behold  thy  monarch  slowly  borne 

To  his  ancestral  tomb. 

3656.  JUDE. 

Jude  3. 
One  glory  kindles  night's  aerial  blue,   [hue ; 
But  clothes  each  star  with   its   distinctive 
One   light  from  crystal  dew-drojis  on  the 

thorn 
Calls  forth  the  varied  jewels  of  the  morn : 
And,  in  that  little  band  of  Jesus  blest, 
To  whom  our  Lord  "Himself  did  manifest," 
And  who  on  Him  in  answ'ring  love  are  bent, 
Faith  doth  in  each  a  varying  form  present 
Thus  that  deep  voice,  O  Jude !  is  all  thine 

own, 
Though  Christ  is  heard  in  thy  dread  warning 

tone, 
And  speaks  in  thee,  exhorting  with  armed 

heed 
To  wrestle  for  the  everlasting  creed. 
Unfolding  ever  to  our  feeble  sight 
In  endless  forms,  we  see  the  Infinite; 
Nor  doth  the  varied  human  countenance, 
So  manifold  in  shape  and  speaking  glance, 
Range   through   more    boundless    changes; 

than  doth  love 
In  spirits  wliich  are  born  of  God  above. 
Thus,   Lord,    when  from  Thy  vessels    of 
rude  clay, 
Thou  makest  up  Thy  jewels  on  that  day, 
Their  diverse    hues,    with  Thy  pure  lustre 

sown, 
Shall    blend    to    form    Thy    many-colored 

crown.  Isaac  Williams. 

3657.  JUDEA  DESOLATE, 

Isaiah  3  :  26. 
She  sits  beneath  her  with'ring  palm, 

With  desolation  round ; 
And  Gilead's  self  can  drop  no  balm 

To  heal  her  cureless  wound : 
Her  hands  upheld  to  heaven  in  vain, 
Are  compassed  with  the  victor's  chain. 

And  Salem's  might  is  fallen  now, 

The  temple  razed  and  strown; 
And  e'euAvhat  war  had  left,  laid  low, 

Its  ruins  overthrown; 
Her  warriors — jslain  on  battle  day ; 
Her  daughters — captives  far  away  ! 


The  fire  is  burning  in  her  heart, 
Though  quenched  within  her  eye, 

And  though  she  weeps,  those  tears  impart 
No  joy  to  misery ; 

Those  tears  are  like  the  streams  which  flow 

From  tracks  of  burning  fire  below. 

She  sits  beneath  her  with'ring  palm 

In  solitary  state : 
With  not  a  hope  to  cheer  or  calm 

The  horrors  of  her  fate : 
And  He  who  once  illumed  her  path 
Hath  now  withdrawn  His  face  in  wrath. 

3658.  JUDAH,  The  Curse  of. 
Matthew  xxvii  :  25. 
"Upon  US  let  His  blood,"  they  cried, 

"  And  on  our  children  come  !" 
In  heaven  'twas  heard,  though  naught  re- 

And  earth  and  air  were  dumb.  [plied, 

Time  rolled  along;  reserved  on  high, 

Remained  that  awful  curse, 
Burden  of  loftiest  prophecy, 

Theme  of  mysterious  verse. 

Thou  who  hast  ne'er  in  peace  or  war 

To  strangers  bowed  the  knee. 
Thy  princes  like  the  morning-star, 

Thy  people  as  the  sea ! 
The  blood,  the  curse,  invoked  that  day 

O'er  thee  in  vengeange  came. 
Thy  brightness  in  the  dust  to  lay, 

Thy  princes  and  their  fame. 

It  came  thy  lofty  heart  to  bow, 

And  waste  thy  pleasant  land ; 
It  swept  the  glory  from  thy  brow, 

The  sceptre  from  thy  hand ; 
It  met  thee  on  the  tented  field, 

It  met  in  tower  and  hall; 
It  weighed  to  earth  the  warrior's  shield, 

And  burst  thy  rampart  wall ! 

It  hurled  thy  temple  from  its  base ; 

And  still  that  curse  denies 
On  ev'ry  shore  a  resting-place 

Beneath  th'  eternal  skies. 
On  land,  on  sea,  in  storm,  in  calm, 

Th'  avenger  shall  not  sleep; 
And  still  beneath  the  ruined  palm. 

Must  Judah  sit  and  weep. 

Weep,  Judah,  weep !     Thy  lonely  shore 

Is  emblemed  by  that  tree ; 
Thy  "milk  and  honey"  flow  no  more. 

Or  flow  no  more  for  thee. 
Yet  shalt  thou  turn  thee  to  that  blood, 

And,  from  the  curse  set  free. 
Thy  might  be  as  the  river  flood, 

Thy  people  as  the  sea  !  H.W.  J. 

3659.  JUDAS. 

Matthew  xxvii :  3-5. 
For  him  a  waking  bloodhound,  yelling  loud, 
That  in  his  bosom  long  had  sleeping  laid, 
A  guilty  conscience,  barking  after  blood, 


JTJD^S. 


JTJD^S. 


297 


Pursued  eagerly,  nor  ever  stayed 

Till  the  betrayer's  self  it  had  betrayed. 

Oft  changed  the  place ;  in  hope  away  to  wind ; 

But  change  of  place  could  never  change  his 

mind; 
Himself  he  flies  to  lose,  and  follows  for  to 

find. 

With  that,  a  flaming  brand  a  Fury  catched 
And  shook  and  tossed  it  round  in  his  wild 

thought; 
So  from  his  heart  all  joy,  all  comfort  snatched 
With  every  star  of  hope ;  and  as  he  sought 
(With  jjresent  fear,    and   future   grief   dis- 
traught) 
To  fly  from  his  own  heart,  and  aid  implore 
Of  Him,  the  more  he  gives,  that  hath  the 

more. 
Whose  storehouse  is  the  heavens,  too  little  for 
his  store : 

And  when  wild  Pentheus,  grown  mad  with 

fear. 
Whole   troops  of  hellish  hags   about   him 

spies ; 
Two  bloody  suns  stalking  the  dusky  sphere, 
And  twofold  Thebes  runs  rolling  in  his  eyes ; 
Or  through  the  scene  staring  Orestes  flies, 
With   eyes  flung   back  upon   his   mother's 

ghost. 
That  with  infernal  serpents  all  embossed 
And  torches  quenched  in   blood,  doth  her 

stern  son  accost. 

Such  horrid  gorgous,  and  misformed  forms 
Of  damned  fiends,  flew  dancing  in  his  heart, 
That  now  unable  to  endure  their  storms, 
"Fly,  fly,"  he  cries,  "  thyself  whate'er  thou 

art. 
Hell,  hell,  already  burns  in  every  part." 
So  down  into  his  torturer's  arms  he  fell. 

Yet  oft  he  snatched  and  started  as  he  hung; 
So,  when  the  senses  half  enslumbered  lie. 
The  headlong  body  ready  to  be  flung 
By  the  deluding  fancy  from  some  high 
And  craggy  rock,  recovers  greedily. 
And  clasps  the  yielding  pillow,  half  asleep. 
And,  as  from  heaven  it  tumbled  to  the  deep, 
Feels  a  cold  sweat  through  every  member 
creep.  Oiles  Fletcher. 

3660.  JTTDAS'S  BETRAYAL  OF  CHRIST. 

Matthew  xxvi  :  47-50. 
Cold  is  the  wind,  the  scene  is  drear, 

No  ray  of  comfort  can  appear 

For  Him  who  comforts  all. 
Angels  reluctant  fold  their  plumes 
As  the  great  foe  his  post  assumes 

Upon  the  field  to  fall. 

For,  lo !  o'er  Cedron's  shallow  stream 
See  how  those  lurid  torches  gleam 

In  fitful  streaks  of  light: 
Weapons  of  war  are  glittering  there, 
The  sword  that  knows  not  how  to  spare 

Either  by  day  or  night. 


And  one  before  the  rest  advances, 
Just  as  a  demon  when  he  glances 

Upon  some  spotless  prey; 
And  clothes  himself  in  gentle  form, 
Lest,  prescient  of  the  coming  storm, 

The  prize  should  pass  away. 

O  meek  Redeemer !  dost  Thou  move 
To  meet  the  traitor,  and  reprove 

That  execrable  kiss? 
Yielding  Thyself  for  sinful  man, 
Whose  life  on  earth  is  but  a  span — 

Was  ever  love  like  this? 

Alas  for  me  !  the  guilt  is  mine 
Whene'er  against  Thy  will  benign 

My  treacherous  heart  hath  stood; 
Mine  are  the  lips  that  have  betrayed, 
Mine  is  the  debt  which  must  be  paid 

With  groans  and  tears  and  blood. 

M.  Bridges. 

3661.  JUDAS,  Doom  of. 

Matthew  xxvii  :  3-5. 

Satan,  who  in  false  Judas  kept  abode, 
And  in  his  heart  fixed  his  malicious  goad, 
Since  he  had  now  played  all  the  traitor's 

parts, 
A  fierce  despair  into  his  conscience  darts ; 
With    horror    tortured,     and    confounding 

shame. 
Too  great  to  lay  to  any  pardon  claim. 
He  to  the  council  hastes,  confession  made 
That  he  had  spotless  innocence  betrayed; 
His  bribe  he  would  refund,  which  they  reject. 
Treating  him  with  contemptuous  neglect. 
Swelled  up  with  rage,  he  to  the  temple  goes, 
And  on  the  floor  the  thirty  pieces  throws: 
'Twas  the  vile  price  of  a  despised  slave, 
Which  vilest  Jews  for  God  incarnate  gave. 
All  there  conclude  the  price  of  blood  not  fit 
Into  the  hallowed  treasure  to  admit. 
And  bought  with  that  cursed  sum  the  pot- 
ter's field, 
Which  should  a  burying- place  to  strangers 

yield, 
Now  styled  the  field  of  blood,  that  all  might 

own 
'Twas  the  event  by  t)rophecy  foreshown. 

Judas,  of  mercy  having  lost  the  hope, 
Resolved  his  life  to  shorten  by  a  rope ; 
A  sliding  cord  he  threw  his  neck  around, 
One  end  upon  a  lofty  bough  was  bound, 
Then  headlong  falling,  that  he  soon  might 

choke. 
His  heavy  carcass  the  strong  halter  broke. 
And  falling  on  a  stake,  the  wretch  accursed. 
In  horrid  manner  straight  asunder  burst. 
And  while  his  limbs  in  blood  and  bowels  roll. 
He  devils  importunes  to  snatch  his  soul. 
Oh  unrepealable  and  dreadful  doom 
Of  those  who  to  betray  their  Lord  presume ! 

Bishop  Ken. 


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3662.  JUDAS,  TheHemorse  of. 

Matthew  xxvii  :  5. 
The  thirty  pieces  down  he  flung, 

For  which  his  Lord  he  sold ; 
And  turned  away  his  murderous  face 

From  that  accursed  gold. 
He  cannot  sleep,  he  dares  not  watch; 

That  weight  is  on  his  heart,  [hope, 

For  which,   nor  earth    nor  heaven   have 

Which  never  can  depart. 

A  curse  is  on  his  memory : 

We  shudder  at  his  name ; 
At  once  we  loathe  and  scorn  his  guilt, 

And  yet  we  do  the  same. 
Alas !  the  sinfulness  of  man, 

How  oft  in  deed  and  word 
We  act  the  traitor's  part  again, 

And  do  betray  our  Lord! 

We  bend  the  knee,  record  the  vow, 

And  breathe  the  fervent  prayer : 
How  soon  are  prayer  and  vow  forgot. 

Amid  life's  crime  and  care ! 
The  Saviour's  ])assion,  cross,  and  blood. 

Of  what  avail  are  they 
If  first  that  Saviour  we  forget, 

And  next  we  disobey? 

For  pleasures,  vanities,  and  hates, 

The  compact  we  renew. 
And  Judas  rises  in  our  hearts — 

We  sell  our  Saviour  too. 
How  for  some  moment's  vain  delight 

We  will  embitter  years. 
And  in  our  youth  lay  up  for  age 

Only  remorse  and  tears. 

Ah!  sanctify  and  strengthen,  Lord, 

The  souls  that  turn  to  Thee; 
And  from  the  devil  and  the  world 

Our  guard  and  t-olace  be. 
And  as  the  mariners  at  sea 

Still  watch  some  guiding  star, 
So  fix  our  hearts  and  hopes  on  Thee 

Until  Thine  own  they  are. 

3Ji)ss  L.  E.  Landon. 

3663.  JUDAS,  The  Eepentance  of. 

Matthew  xxvii  :  3. 
Still  echoed  through  the  dark  divan 

The  shouts  that  hailed  the  doom  of  blood ; 
When  lo !  a  pale  and  haggard  man 

Before  the  stern  tribunal  stood  ! 
He  strove  to  speak,  awhile  his  breath 
Came  fitful  as  the  gasp  of  death; 
Nor  aught  those  hollow  sounds  express, 
Save  guilt  and  utter  wretchedness! 

Yet  in  his  wildly  glaring  eye 

Such  fierce  unnatural  biightness  shone. 
They  deemed  some  outcast  maniac  nigh, 

Some  victim  of  the  Evil  One; 
Even  the  high-priest,  in  mute  amaze, 
Fixed  on  that  form  a  shuddering  gaze ; 
As  if  a  spectre  near  him  stood 
That  chained  his  eye  and  chilled  his  blood. 


An  instant,  and  the  stern  old  man 

Grew  cold  and  reckless  as  before; 
A  moment  flushed  his  aspect  wan; 

It  passed  as  in  a  moment  o'er: 
He  knew  the  form  that  trembled  there, 
Knew  whence  the  madness  and  despair, 
And  the  brief  awe  his  brow  had  worn 
Changed  to  a  smile  of  withering  scorn. 

There  on  his  knees  the  traitor  fell, 

There  dashed  to  earth  the  price  of  blood, 
And  twice  essayed  his  tale  to  tell,  [stood. 
And  twice  the  o'trmastering  fiend  with- 
Faltering,  at  length,  his  accents  came. 
Words  more  than  anguish,  worse  than  shame : 
"Oh,  I  have  sinned  I  I  have  sold 
The  guiltless  blood  for  guilty  gold!" 

Then  curled  that  proud  priest's  lip  of  scorn, 
.    Hate  flashed  from  his  indignant  eye; 
And  "Go,"  he  cried,  "thou  wretch  foresworn; 

Accursed  live,  unpardoned  die! 
The  deed  is  done,  the  price  is  paid. 
For  Him  tliy  coward  soul  betrayed. 
His  blood  may  sate  the  wrath  divine. 
But  who,  foul  traitor,  recks  of  thine?" 

He  heard,  and  with  a  frantic  yell 

Of  agony  and  wild  despair, 
With  guilt  that  not  a  Cain  could  tell. 

Remorse  that  not  a  Cain  could  bear, 
He  rushed — oh,  whither?     Human  eye 
Saw  not  the  doomed  apostate  die ; 
He  fell,  un pitied,  un forgiven. 
Outcast  alike  of  earth  and  heaven ! 

Thomas  Dale. 

366-4.  JUDGE,  The  Unjust. 
Luke  xviii  :  2-8. 
A  widow,  poor,  forlorn,  oppressed, 

Importunate  her  suit  could  gain ; 
And  shall  not  we  our  joint  request 

By  persevering  prayer  obtain? 

A  stranger  to  the  judge  she  was, 
But  we  God's  chosen  people  are; 

And  wishing  us  to  gain  our  cause, 
Himself  doth  all  our  burdens  bear. 

To  an  unrighteous  judge  she  came, 
But  to  a  righteous  Father  we, 

Who  bids  us  confidently  claim 
His  grace  for  needy  sinners  free: 

The  widow's  and  the  orphan's  Friend 
Kindly  commands  us  to  draw  nigh : 

And  lo!  our  hearts  to  heaven  ascend, 
And  boldly  Abba,  Father,  cry  I 

She  had  no  promise  to  succeed. 

And  but  at  times  could  find  access; 

Encouraged  we,  and  sure  to  speed. 

Both  day  and  night  our  suit  may  press. 

Her  vehemence  did  the  judge  provoke; 

But  God  our  earnestness  approves, 
Watches  our  every  sigh  and  look. 

And  most  the  boldest  suitor  loves. 


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She  had  no  friend  or  patron  kind 

To  enforce  and  make  her  suit  his  own ; 

But  we  a  powerful  spokesman  find 
Before  us  at  the  Father's  throne. 

Our  Advocate  forever  lives 
For  us  in  heaven  to  intercede, 

For  us  the  Comforter  receives, 

And  sends  Him  in  our  hearts  to  plead. 
J.  and  C.   Wesley. 

3665.  JUDGMENT,  Day  of. 

1  Thessalonians  iv  :  15-17. 
Rise,  O  Lord  !in  all  Tliy  glory 

On  the  last  and  dreadful  day: 
Lo,  the  lofty  hills  are  hoary, 

Trembling  ere  they  melt  away  ! 
Come  to  judgment,  come  to  judgment; 
Let  Thy  wheels  no  longer  stay. 

Crash  on  crash  of  distant  thunder 
Peals  aloud  from  pole  to  pole, 

As  in  wrath  they  burst  asunder, 
And  the  skies  together  roll ; 

Clothed  in  sackcloth,  clothed  in  sackcloth, 

Withering  like  a  parchment  scroll. 

Now  the  universe  in  motion 

Sinks  upon  her  funeral  pyre; 
Earth  dissolving,  and  the  ocean 

Vanishing  in  final  fire : 
Hark  the  trumpet,  hark  the  trumpet 
Loud  proclaims  the  hour  of  ire ! 

Graves  have  yawned  in  countless  numbers, 
From  the  dust  the  dead  arise; 

Legions  out  of  silent  slumbers 
Wake  in  overwhelmed  surprise : 

Where  all  nature,  where  al  1  nature 

Wrecked  and  torn  in  ruin  lies. 

Lo,  that  last  long  separation 
As  the  cleaving  crowds  divide, 

And  one  dread  adjudication 
Sends  each  soul  to  either  side ! 

Lord  of  Mercy,  Lord  of  Mercy, 

How  shall  I  that  day  abide? 

Sign  of  safety,  see  it  lightening. 
Once  the  Cross  of  crimson  shame; 

And  with  heavenly  lustre  brightening 
Those  who  sufiered  in  its  name: 

Mighty  millions,  mighty  millions. 

Radiant  with  their  wings  of  flame. 

Rise,  O  Lord !  in  all  Thy  glory 
On  Thine  amaranthine  throne; 

Thousand,  thousand  worlds  adore  Thee 
From  the  centre  to  the  zone ; 

Hail  1  Emmanuel,  hail !     Emmanuel, 

Let  our  hearts  be  all  Thine  own. 

M.  Bridges. 

3666.  JUDGMENT,  The. 

Matthew  xxiv  :  29-35;  Revelations  i  :  7. 
Hark!  the  judgment  trump  has  blown! 
How  it  rolls  along  the  air! 


Time  and  Hope  forever  flown, 
Sinners,  for  your  doom  prepare. 

Slowly  o'er  the  lurid  sky 

Rolls  a  dark,  terrific  storm, 
Showing  to  the  startled  eye 

On  its  skirts  a  giant  Form. 

Hark!  the  rattling  hail  descends; 

See !  the  forky  lightnings  glow 
As  that  Form  in  anger  bends. 

Frowning  ou  the  world  below. 

Riding  on  the  whirlwind's  wing, 
Canopied  in  clouds  He  flies; 

With  His  voice  the  mountains  ring, 
With  His  presence  glow  the  skies. 

Earthquakes  roar  and  rocks  the  ground, 
Tyrants  bow  before  His  rod. 

Nations  tremble  at  the  sound. 

When  they  hear  the  voice  of  God. 

Lo !  the  God !     He  comes  in  wrath ; 

Vengeance  drives  His  iron  car. 
Lightnings  pave  His  flaming  path, 

As  He  hurries  to  the  war. 

"I  have  waited  long,  and  spared 

Ingrates  on  My  bounty  fed; 
Now  My  red  right  arm  is  bared, 

Now  your  day  of  hope  is  fled. 

"I  have  bid  My  sun  to  shine, 

I  have  bid  My  dews  to  fall, 
I  have  sent  My  love  divine ; 

You  have  spurned  and  wasted  all. 

"Now,  the  day  of  trial  o'er, 

I  My  fatal  shaft  let  fly ; 
Mercy  can  endure  no  more : 

Time  must  end,  and  you  must  die." 

Ripe  with  sin,  the  harvest  bends; 

See  the  mighty  reaper  stand! 
There  his  burning  scythe  he  sends, 

And  with  fury  sweeps  the  land. 

See  the  field  and  forests  glow ! 

See  the  mounting  flame  aspire ! 
Hark  the  sinner's  yell  of  woe, 

Gasping  in  a  world  of  flre ! 

Helpless  wretches!  whither  fly? 

In  what  den  a  shelter  find? 
See !  the  blasting  bolt  is  nigh, 

Flame  before  and  wrath  behind. 

Like  the  chaflE  by  whirlwinds  driven, 

Like  the  earthquake-shattered  rock, 
Like  the  oak  by  tempest  riven. 

Torn  and  splintered  with  the  shock- 
So  they  fly,  a  quivering  throng. 

Urged  by  shame,  despair,  and  fear; 
Hurried  by  the  sword  along. 

Flashing,  falling  on  their  rear. 


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Hear  the  crackling  whirlwind  roar; 

Sheets  of  flame  ascend  the  sky; 
Now  the  feeble  cry  is  o'er, 

Quenched  iu  dark  eternity. 

Now  the  hills  and  mountains  melt, 
Rocks  in  flashing  torrents  run, 

To  earth's  heart  the  rage  is  felt: 
Now  the  work  of  wrath  is  done. 

Curling  like  a  lettered  scroll, 

Crisped  and  crackling  in  the  flame. 

Now  heaven's  vaulted  arches  roll ; 
Falls  the  universal  frame. 

Now  the  circling  blue  has  fled, 

Suns  wax  faint  and  stars  grow  dim; 

Heaven  and  earth  away  have  sped, 
Time's  last  trump  their  dying  hymn. 

Matter  now  has  ceased  to  be, 

All  its  pure  ethereal  light; 
Saints,  from  all  that  bound  them  free, 

To  the  empyrean  wing  their  flight. 

In  that  fount  their  beings  blend. 

All  their  thoughts,  their  views,  the  same ; 

See  creation's  es^sence  end 
In  one  flood  of  viewless  flame ! 

J.  Q.  Percival. 

3667.  JUD&MENT,  The  Day  of. 
2  Peter  iii  :  10. 
As,    unwatched,    the   midnight  thief   doth 

break  the  good  man's  hoard. 
So,   when  we  least  expect,   will  haste  the 
great  day  of  the  Lord. 

Briefly,  lust  will  walk  abroad,  as  in  the  time 

before, 
And  then  the  sign  will  manifest  that  time 

shall  be  no  more. 

Clearly  ringing  through  the  earth,  and  equal 

near  or  far. 
The  trump  will  cite  both  quick  and  dead 

before  the  judgment  bar. 

Decked  in  gorgeous  majesty,  the  Judge  from 

heaven  will  come, 
With  holy  angels  compassed  round,  to  pass 

the  final  doom. 

Ebon-black  the  sun  will  turn,  the  moon  in 

blood  be  whirled, 
And  paling  stars,  like  hail,  will  fall,  to  smite 

the  reeling  world. 

Fiery  streams  of  vengeful  wrath  before  His 

face  shall  leap. 
Whose  flame  the  earth  and  sky  will  melt 

and  dry  the  nether  deep. 

Glorious  in  His  might,  the  King  His  throne 

will  then  ascend. 
And,  flUed  with  awe,  the  heavenly  ranks,  in 

silent  homage,  bend. 


His  elect  will,  on  the  right,  be  set  at  His 

command; 
While,  on  the   left,  like   filthy  goats,    the 

trembling  sinners  stand. 

Instant,  then  the  King  will  say:  "Ye  bless- 
ed, come  and  heir 

The  kingdom  which,  at  first,  for  you,  my 
Father  did  prepare. 

"Kindly,  ye  my  poor  estate  as  brethren  did 

regard. 
And  now,  for  this  sweet  charity,  receive  a 

rich  reward." 

Listening,  they  will  gladly  ask,  "O  Christ! 

when  saw  we  Thee 
In  sickness,   or  did  bring  relief  unto  Thy 

penury?" 

Mildly  thus  will  He  reply,    ' '  To  whom  of 

low  degree 
Ye  shelter,  food,  or  raiment  gave,  ye  did  it 

unto  Me." 

Nothing  slow,  against  the  left,  will  turn  His 
righteous  ire : 

' '  Depart,  ye  cursed,  into  realms  of  everlast- 
ing fire. 

"Often  have  ye  spurned  My  prayer  when 

hungry  I  did  plead. 
No  drink  ye  gave  to  quench  My  thirst,  nor 
clothing  to  My  need." 

Piteous  then  will  sinners  cry:  "O  Christ! 
when  did  we  see 

Thy  hunger,  thirst,  or  nakedness,  nor  min- 
istered to  Thee?" 

Quickly  back  will  answer  come,  "  So  oft  was 

I  oppressed 
As  ye  have  failed  to  help  the  poor  or  succor 

the  distressed." 

Rushing  down,  the  guilty  crowd  will  plunge, 

through  fiery  storm. 
Amid  the  lake  of  living  flame,  where  gnaws 

the  deathless  worm. 

Satan  here,  securely  bound,  and  rebel  angels 

dwell, 
'Mid  tears  and  groans  and  gnashing  teeth^ — 

their  prison-house  of  hell. 

Then  the  faithful,  upward  borne,  will  seek 

the  realms  on  high, 
While   "welcome  home"  the  welkin  rings, 

with  music  of  the  sky. 

Unto  them  will  be  prepared  Jerusalem  above, 
Whose  only  sun,  the  Source  of  Light,  whose 
perfect  law  is  love ; 

Where,  redeemed,  the  saints  will  praise  the 

Christ  who  still  sustains. 
And,  clothed  in  all  the  brightness  of  His 

Father's  glory,  reigns. 


JXJFITER. 


KEIDROlSr. 


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Yearning  for  the  blissful  land,  the  serpent's 

guile  beware, 
Despising  wealth,  avoiding  lust,  each  other's 

burdens  bear. 

Zone  of  grace,  your  loins  to  gird,  let  chastity 

afford. 
And  watchful  wait,  with  burning  lamps,  the 

coming  of  the  Lord. 
Tr,  from  Latin,  ly  JV.  B.  Smithers. 

3668.  JUPITER,  Hymn  to. 

Referred  to  by  St.  Paul,  Acts  xviii  :  28. 
^Ek  oi  yap  yevoi  eo/nEv  ("For  we  are  thy 

offspring"). 
O  thou,  most  glorious  of  th'  immortal  train, 
By  names    unnumbered   known,    almighty 

Jove! 
Sovereign  of  nature,  hail !  by  whose  just  laws 
All  things  are  governed.     Meet  it  is  that  all 
Should  raise  their  voice  to  thee;  for  thine 

we  are, 
Thy  offspring ;  and  of  mortal  creatures  all 
That  live  and  move  below,  to  us  alone 
Is  granted  speech  to  praise  thee.    In  my  songs 
Will  I  forever  celebrate  thy  power. 
This  beauteous  frame  entire,  which  round 

our  earth 
Revolving  rolls,  acknowledges  thy  sway. 
By  thee  directed,  and  by  thee  sustained. 
Sharp,  flaming  thunderbolts,  with  life  en- 
dued. 
Commissioned  as  thy  ministers,  are  hurled 
From  thy  unconquered  hand ;  beneath  whose 

shock 
All  nf^ture  stands  aghast.    Thou  guidest  thus 
That  common  reason,   which  pervades  the 

whole. 
With  every  light  commingling,  great  and 

small. 
Thou  T)ver  all  exalted,  king  supreme ! 

O  god  !  without  thee  naught  on  earth  is  done. 
Nor  in  the  deep,  nor  in  the  ethereal  realms, 
Except  the  foolish  deeds  of  impious  men, 
Who  relish  not  thy  beauty,  whose  delight 
Is  what  thy  soul  abhors.    For  all  things  so. 
Both  good  and  ill,  thou  hast  in  one  con- 
joined, 
That  all  the  same  eternal  reason  show. 
Which  wicked  mortals  vainly  hope  to  shun. 
Unhappy  creatures !  anxious  to  obtain 
Unmixed  enjoyment,  heedless  of  the  law. 
The  common  law  of  heaven ;  for  if  their  mind 
Submitted  to  obey,  they  too  might  lead 
A  life  of  happiness.      But  now  they  rush 
In  quest  of  various  objects,  all  astray : 
With  misspent  labor,  some  for  glory  toil; 
While  some  vile  lucre  shamefully  pursue : 
But  others  take  a  widely  different  course, 
Seeking  for  ease  and  sensual  delights. 
All-bounteous  Jove !  by  clouds  encircled, 
prince 
Of  thunder  I     Oh,  deliver  helpless  man 
From  this  sad  ignorance !  disperse  it  all 
From  out  his  mind,  and  grant  him  to  acquire 


Knowledge,  by  aid  of  which  thou  all  things 

here 
With  equity  dost  rule.     Thus  honored,  we 
Shall  honor  thee  with  hymns  of  praise,  and 

sing 
Continually  thy  works,  as  well  becomes 
Mortals  like  us ;  for  neither  gods  nor  men 
Have  greater  honor  than  to  celebrate 
In  worthy  strains  the  universal  law. 

Tr.  from  Greek  of  Cleanthes. 

3669.  KEDROH. 

We  enter  Kedron's  vale :  the  stony  height, 
Once  crowned  with  olive-forests,  bounds  our 

right; 
Age  after  age  men  yielded  up  their  breath, 
Till  millions  slumbered  in  this  glen  of  death ; 
And  here  with  those  he  loves,  in  peace  to  lie, 
Is  still  the  hapless  Hebrew's  latest  sigh. 
Ah !  where  so  sadly  sweet  may  scene  be  found  ? 
Though  flowers  no  longer  deck  the  shrunken 

mound. 
And  plane  and  yew  have  ceased  their  shade 

to  cast, — 
They,  voiceless  mourners,  dead  themselves  at 

last, — 
Here,  deep  below  sad  Salem's  eastern  walls. 
The  garish  sunbeam  mildly  tempered  falls; 
Perched  on  the  tombs,  soft  plains  the  her- 
mit-bird. 
And  scarce  the  pagan's  Allah-cry  is  heard: 
Through  all  the  Kedron  pours  its  placid  rill, 
Sweet  Nature's  child  mid  death  surviving 

still; 
Its  low-breathed  voice  like  whispers  from 

the  graves. 
As  their  stone  fronts  its  limpid  wavelet  laves. 
The  rocks  of  Olivet  are  piled  above,  [love. 
Whose  shade  steals  down,  as  if  in  hallowing 
In  such  a  spot  the  soul,  till  judgment-day. 
Might  wish  to  leave  her  frail  and  cumbering 
Revisiting,  at  moonlight's  holy  hour,  [clay. 
That  vale  of  peace  where  Death  has  built  his 

bower. 

Stately  are  Kedron's  tombs ;  in  yon  gray  pile 
Frowns  Egypt's  strength,  while  Attic  graces 

smile ; 
Cornice  and  base  are  hewn  from  living  rock, 
Its  pointed  summit  braves  Time's  lengthened 

shock: 
The  murdered  rests  within;    those  breezes 

bear 
To  Fancy's  ear  his  last  and  anguished  prayer. 
Pause  we  awhile  before  this  columned  grot; 
Meet  for  calm  musing  seems  the  quiet  spot, 
For  here,  tradition  tells,  the  apostles  came. 
To  hear  those  words  which  touched  their 

hearts  with  flame. 
Still  further,  near  yon  bridge,  whose  arch  of 

stone 
By  modern  hand  across  the  stream  is  thrown, 
A  pile  more  massive,  and  of  statelier  height, 
Like  Petra's  cliff-hewn  temples,  meets  the 

sight. 


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KIN"&. 


Strange  towers  its  form,  and  well  may  wake 

surprise ; 
Its  top,  like  flame,  is  pointing  to  the  skies ; 
And  yet  no  saint,  a  rebel  slumbers  here. 
But  ah !  to  one  fond  heart  how  passing  dear ! 
The  fair-haired  Absalom,  the  gay  of  mien, 
Who  proud  and  graceful  as  a  god  was  seen : 
Hark  to  the  royal  father's  heart-breathed  sigh ! 
See  his  rent  robe  and  sorrow-streaming  eye ! 
The  crime  of  him  no  more  he  all  forgave. 
And  only  mourned  in  dust  the  lost,  the  brave ! 
Nicholas  MichelL 

3670.  KEDRON  AND  OLIVET. 

Thou  sweet-gliding  Kedron,  by  thy  silver 

streams 
Our  Saviour  at  midnight,  when  moonlight's 

pale  beams 
Shone  bright  on  the  waters,  would  frequently 

stray, 
And  lose  in  thy  murmurs  the  toils  of  the  day. 

How  damp  were  the  vapors  that  fell  on  His 

head! 
How  hard  was  His  pillow,  how  humble  His 

bed! 
The  angels,  astonished,  grew  sad  at  the  sight. 
And  followed  their  Master  with  solem  delight. 

O  Garden  of  Olives,  thou  dear  honored  spot. 
The  fame  of  thy  wonders  shall  ne'er  be  forgot ; 
The   theme   most   transporting    to   seraphs 

above ; 
The  triumph  of  sorrow,  the  triumph  of  love. 
Maria  De  Fleury. 

3671.  KENITE,  Doom  of  the. 

Numbers  xxiv  :  21,  22. 

Child  of  a  mighty  race ! 

Strong  is  thy  dwelling-place. 
And  thy  highnest  is  the  rock  uf  tlie  mountain ; 

Many  a  vale  is  thine, 

Rich  with  the  corn  and  wine,   [fountain. 
Flowers  of  the  hill-side,  and  streams  of  the 

Sad  yet  thy  doom  shall  be: 

Foemen  shall  carry  thee  [barrier; 

Far  from  thy  blue   hills  and  rock-guarded 

Strewn  on  the  battle-field, 

Banner  and  spear  and  shield,  [rior. 

Helmet  and  plume  and  the  pride  of  the  war- 
Fierce  and  resistlessly 

Assur  shall  burst  on  thee,  [him; 

Princes  and  chieftains  be  scattered  before 

Lo !  on  the  battle-day 

Far  on  his  vengeful  way,  [him. 

Heaven  is  his  guide,  and  its  banner  is  o'er 

Child  of  a  lofty  race ! 

Dark  is  thy  dwelling-place,  [tion; 

Darker  the  storm  that  shall  break  on  thy  na- 

Lone  as  the  wilderness, 

Prey  to  the  merciless, 
Gloom  for  thy  brightness;  for  joy,  desolation! 

H.  W.  J. 


3672.  ZINaDOM,  Not  far  from  tie. 

Mark  xii :  34. 
Kot  far,  not  far  from  the  kingdom, 

Yet  in  the  shadow  of  sin, 
How  many  are  coming  and  going, 

How  few  are  entering  in ! 

Not  far  from  the  golden  gateway, 
Where  voices  whisper  and  wait; 

Fearing  to  enter  in  boldly. 
So  lingering  still  at  the  gate ; 

Catching  the  strain  of  the  music 

Floating  so  sweetly  along. 
Knowing  the  song  they  are  singing, 

Yet  joining  not  in  the  song. 

Seeing  the  warmth  and  the  beauty, 
The  infinite  love  and  the  light ; 

Yet  weary,  and  lonely,  and  waiting, 
Out  in  the  desolate  night ! 

Out  in  the  dark  and  the  danger. 
Out  in  the  night  and  the  cold ; 

Though  He  is  longing  to  lead  them 
Tenderly  into  the  fold. 

Not  far,  not  far  from  the  kingdom, 

'Tis  only  a  little  space; 
But  it  may  be  at  last,  and  forever, 

Out  of  the  resting-place. 

A  ship  came  sailing  and  sailing 

Over  a  murmuring  sea. 
And  just  in  sight  of  the  haven 

Down  in  the  waves  went  she. 

And  the  spars  and  the  broken  timbers 
Were  cast  on  a  stcrm-bcit  strand; 

And  a  cry  went  up  in  the  darkness. 
Not  far,  not  far  from  the  land ! 

English  Congregationalist. 

3673.  KING'S  SON,  Wedding  of  the. 

Matthew  xxi  :  1:J,  13. 
King  of  kings  Jehovah  made 

A  marriage  for  His  Son, 
Jesus  in  our  flesh  arrayed. 

And  partner  of  His  throne; 
Angels  asked  how  could  it  be : 

God  most  high  to  worms  allied, 
Fell  in  love  with  misery 

And  came  to  seek  His  bride. 

First  His  own  peculiar  race 

The  Father  sent  to  invite. 
Wooed  them  Jesus  to  embrace. 

And  m  His  love  delight; 
Moses  showed  the  Bridegroom  near. 

The  prophets  all  confirmed  the  word: 
Israel  heard,  yet  would  not  hear, 

Or  turn  to  meet  their  Lord. 

God  in  mercy  sent  again 

His  gospel-ministers. 
Tell  them  now  that  God  is  man, 

And  in  their  flesh  appears ! 


Kiisr&. 


lillVG^S. 


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Blessed  in  Him,  supremely  blessed, 
To  Jesus'  name,  ye  sinners,  bow, 

Come  and  share  the  marriage-feast, 
For  all  is  ready  now. 

O  the  vile  ungrateful  race, 

His  oflEers  to  despise ! 
Some  to  pleasure  went  their  ways, 

Some  to  their  merchandise : 
Sons  of  violent  wickedness, 

The  rest.  His  messenger  abhorred. 
Bold  to  mock,  and  wound,  and  seize, 

And  kill  them  with  the  sword. 

The  great  King  of  earth  and  sky. 

The  wicked  to  consume, 
Hastened  at  His  martyr's  cry. 

And  sealed  the  murderers'  doom; 
By  His  Roman  armies  slew 

The  men  that  dared  His  utmost  ire, 
Burned  their  city  up,  and  threw 

Their  souls  into  the  filre. 

Lo,  the  wedding  is  prepared, 

He  to  His  servant  said. 
Call  who  will  the  call  regard, 

In  faithless  Israel's  stead : 
Bidden  first,  since  they  refuse. 

And  all  my  invitations  scorn, 
Leave  the  reprobated  Jews, 

And  to  the  Gentiles  turn. 

To  the  broad,  frequented  ways 

With  my  commission  go, 
Tidings  glad,  of  pardoning  grace, 

To  wandering  sinners  show: 
Every  soul  may  be  my  guest : 

Bring  in  every  soul  ye  find. 
Press  them  to  the  gospel-feast, 

A  feast  for  all  mankind. 

Forth  the  zealous  servants  went. 

And  preached  the  welcome  word : 
Sinners  heard  with  glad  consent. 

And  ran  to  meet  their  Lord ; 
Gentiles,  Jews,  obeyed  the  call. 

High  and  low,  a  countless  crowd. 
Rushed  into  the  nuptial-hall, 

And  filled  the  church  of  God. 

When  the  King  of  Israel  came 

His  joyful  guests  to  view, 
Looking  with  His  eyes  of  flame. 

He  looked  the  sinner  through; 
One  observed  with  angry  frown. 

One  type  of  millions  more, 
Bold  with  Jesus  to  sit  down. 

And  only  seem  to  adore. 

Unadorned  and  unarrayed 

With  Jesus'  righteousness, 
In  his  filthy  garments  clad, 

And  destitute  of  grace ; 
Naked  in  his  Maker's  sight, 

Without  the  covering  from  above. 
Dress  of  saints,  the  linen  white, 

The  robe  of  faith  and  love. 


Friend,  how  darest  thou  enter  in 

And  unprepared  intrude. 
Show  thyself,  a  slave  of  sin. 

Among  the  saints  of  God? 
Hand  and  foot  the  intruder  bind, 

Through  guilt  impenitently  dumb; 
Cast  him  out,  to  woes  consigned 

And  hell's  eternal  gloom. 

No  more  feet  from  wrath  to  flee, 

Or  hands  to  work  for  God ; 
No  more  light  His  face  to  see. 

In  that  profound  abode ! 
What  doth  now  for  souls  remain 

Cast  out,  to  be  tormented  there? 
Darkness,  grief  and  rage,  and  j^ain, 

And  blasjjhemous  despair ! 

J.  and  C.  Wesley. 

3674.  KINGS,  The  tluee. 

Matthew  ii:  1-12. 
Who  are  these  that  ride   so  fast   o'er   the 

desert's  sandy  road, 
That  have  tracked  the  Red  Sea  shore  and 

have  swum  the  torrents  broad; 
Whose  camels'  bells  are  tinkling  through  the 

long  and  starry  night — 
For  they  ride  like  men   pursued,    like  the 

vanquished  of  a  fight? 

Who  are  these  that  ride  so  fast?  They  are 
eastern  monarchs  three, 

Who  have  laid  aside  their  crowns  and  re- 
nounced their  high  degree; 

The  eyes  they  love,  the  hearts  they  prize, 
the  well-known  voices  kind. 

Their  people's  tents,  their  native  plains, 
they've  left  them  all  behind. 

The  very  least  of  faith's  dim  rays  beamed  on 

them  from  afar, 
And  that  same  hour  they  rose  from  off  their 

thrones  to  track  a  star; 
They  cared  not  for  the  cruel  scorn  of  those 

who  call  them  mad; 
Messiah's  star  was  shining,  and  their  royal 

hearts  were  glad. 

But  a  speck  was  in  the  midnight  sky,  uncer- 
tain, dim,  and  far. 

And  their  hearts  were  pure,  and  heard  a 
voice  proclaim  Messiah's  star ; 

And  in  its  golden  twinkling  they  saw  more 
than  common  light, 

The  Mother  and  the  Child  they  saw  in 
Bethlehem  by  night ! 

And  what   were    crowns,    and   what   were 

thrones,  to  such  a  sight  as  that? 
So  straight   away  they  left  their  tents,  and 

bade  not  grace  to  wait; 
They  hardly  stop  to  slake  their  thirst  at  the 

desert's  limpid  springs. 
Nor  note  how  fair  the  landscape  is,   how 

sweet  the  skylark  sings ! 


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KOR^A-H. 


Whole  cities  have  turned  our  to  meet  the 
royal  cavalcade, 

Wise  colleges  and  doctors  all  their  wisdom 
have  displayed; 

And  when  the  star  was  dim,  they  knocked 
at  Herod's  palace-gate, 

And  troubled  with  the  news  of  faith  his  po- 
litic estate. 

And  they  have  knelt  in  Bethlehem!      The 

everlasting  Child 
They  saw  upon   His   mother's  lap,   earth's 

monarch,  meek  and  mild ; 
His    little    feet,    with    Mary's    leave,   they 

pressed  with  loving  kiss ; 
Oh!    what  were    thrones,   oh!   what   were 

crowns,  to  such  a  joy  as  this? 

One  little  sight  of  Jesus  was  enough  for  many 
years. 

One  look  at  Him  their  stay  and  staff  in  the 
dismal  vale  of  tears : 

Their  people  for  that  sight  of  Him  they  gal- 
lantly withstood. 

They  taught  His  faith,  they  preached  His 
word,  and  for  Him  shed  their  blood. 

Ah  me!   what  broad  daylight  of  faith  our 

thankless  souls  receive. 
How  much  we  know  of  Jesus,  and  how  easy 

to  believe ; 
'Tis  the  noonday  of  His  sunshine,  of  His  sun 

that  setteth  never ; 
Faith  gives  us  crowns,  and  makes  us  kings, 

and  our  kingdom  is  forever ! 

Oh!    glory  be    to  God  on  high   for   these 

Arabian  kings. 
These  miracles  of  royal  faith,  with  eastern 

offerings : 
For  Gaspar  and  for  Melchior  and  Balthazzar, 

who  from  far 
Found  Mary  out,  and  Jesus,  by  the  shining  of 

a  star !  F.  W.  Fdber. 

3675.  KNOCKING,  The  Lord's. 
Revelation  iii :  20. 
The  night  is  far  spent,  and  the  day  is  at  hand, 
There  are  signs  in  the  heaven,  and  signs  on 

the  land. 
In  the  wavering  earth,  and  the  drouth  of 

the  sea; 
But  He  stands  and  He  knocks,  sinner,  neare- 
to  thee. 

His  night-winds  but  whisper  until  the  day 
break 

To  the  bride,  for  in  slumber  her  heart  is 
awake : 

He  must  knock  at  the  sleep  where  the  revel- 
lers toss, 

With  the  dint  of  the  nails  and  the  shock  of 
the  cross. 

Look  out  at  the  casement ;  see  how  He  ap- 
pears ; 
Still  weeping  for  thee  all  Gethsemane's  tears ; 


Ere  they  plait  Him  earth's  thorns,   in  His 

solitude  crowned 
With  the  drops  of  tlie  night  and  the  dews  of 

the  ground. 

Will  you  wait?     Will  you  slumber  until  He 

is  gone, 
Till  the  beam  of  the  timber  cry  out  to  the 

stone; 
Till  He  shout  at  the  sepulchre,  tear  it  apart, 
And  knock  at  thy  dust,  who  would  speak  to 

thy  heart?  II.  Kynaaton. 

3676.  KORAH,  DATHAN,  AND  ABIEAM. 

Numbers  xvi  :  1-35. 

Dathan  and  Abiram. 

"How  long  endure  this  priestly  scorn, 
Ye  sons  of  Israel's  eldest-born? 
Shall  two,  the  meanest  of  their  tribe, 
To  the  Lord's  host  the  way  prescribe. 
And  feed  our  wildering  phantasy 
With  every  soothing  dream  and  lie 
Their  craft  can  coin?     We  see  our  woe, 
Lost  Egypt's  plenty  well  we  know: 
But  where  the  milk  and  honey?  where 
The  promised  fields  and  vineyards  fair? 
Lo !  wise  of  heart  and  keen  of  sight 
Are  these — ye  cannot  blind  them  quite — 
Not  as  our  sires  are  we :  we  fear  not  open 
light." 

Korah. 

"And  we  too,  Levites  though  we  be, 
We  love  the  song  of  liberty. 
Did  we  not  hear  the  Mountain  Voice 
Proclaim  the  Lord's  impartial  choice? 
The  camp  is  holy,  great  and  small, 
Levites  and  Danites.  one  and  all ; 
Our  God  His  home  in  all  will  make. 
What  if  no  priestly  finger  strake 
Or  blood  or  oil  o'er  robe  or  brow, 
Will  He  not  hear  His  people's  vow? 
Lord  of  all  earth,  will  He  no  sign 
Grant  but  to  Aaron's  haughty  line? 
Our  censers  are  as  yours :  we  dare  you  to  the 
shrine." 

Thus  spake  the  proud  at  prime  of  morn ; 

Where  was  their  place  at  eve?    Ye  know, 
Rocks  of  the  wild  in  sunder  torn, 

And  altars  scathed  with  fires  of  woe  I 

Earth  heard  and  sank,  and  they  were  gone; 
Only  their  dismal  parting  groan 

The  shuddering  ear  long  time  will  haunt. 
Thus  rebels  fare :  but  ye,  profane. 
Who  dared  th'  anointing  Power  disdain 

For  freedom's  rude  unpriestly  vaunt. 
Dire  is  the  fame  for  you  in  store : 
Your  molten  censers  evermore 

Th'  atoning  altar  must  inlay ; 
Memorial  to  the  kneeling  quires 
That  Mercy's  God  hath  judgment-fires 

For  high-voiced  Koraha  iu  their  day, 

John  KebUr 


Lj^BORERS. 


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3677.  LABORERS,  Call  for. 

Matthew  xx  :  1-16. 
Hast  thou  then  been  hired  to  labor 

In  the  vineyard  of  the  Lord, 
With  the  promise  that  if  faithful 

Thou  shalt  win  a  sure  reward? 
Look,  the  tireless  sun  is  hasting 

Towards  the  zenith,  and  the  day 
Which  in  vanity  thou'rt  wasting 

Speedeth  rapidly  away! 

Lo !  the  field  is  white  for  harvest, 

And  the  laborers  are  few ; 
Canst  thou  then,  O  slothful  servant, 

Find  no  work  that  thou  canst  do? 
Sitting  idle  in  the  vineyard; 

Sleeping  while  the  noonday  flies; 
Dreaming  while  with  every  pulse-beat 

Some  frail  mortal  droops  and  dies. 

Waken !  overburdened  laborers, 

Fainting  in  the  sultry  ray. 
Cry  against  thee  to  the  Master 

As  thou  dream'st  the  hours  away: 
Waken !  patient  angels,  bearing 

Home  earth's  harvest,  grieving  see 
One  by  one  the  bright  hours  waning, 

And  no  sheaf  secured  by  thee. 

When  at  last  the  summer's  ended, 

And  the  song  of  "Harvest  home," 
By  God's  blessed  angels  chanted. 

Swells  through  heaven's  celestial  dome. 
What  wilt  thou  do,  slothful  servant. 

With  no  gathered  sheaf  to  bring  ? 
How  wilt  thou  feel,  empty-handed, 

In  the  presence  of  thy  King? 

Lo !  the  field  is  white  for  harvest, 

And  the  laborers  are  few ; 
Canst  thou  then,  O  slotliful  servant, 

Find  no  work  that  thou  canst  do? 
Angels  wait  to  bear  the  tidings 

Of  some  good  that  thou  hast  done; 
Then  to  patient,  faithful  labor 

Waken  ere  the  set  of  sun ! 

3678.  LABORERS,  Christ's  Call  for. 

Matthew  xxi  :  28. 
Thou  sayest  to  us,  "Go! 
And  work  while  it  is  called  to-day;  the  sun 
Is  high  in  heaven,  the  harvest  but  begun ; 
Can  hands  oft  raised  in  prayer,  can  hearts 

that  know 
The  beat  of  Mine  through  love  and  pain,  be 

slow 
To   soothe   and    strengthen?"      Still   Thou 

sayest,  "Go! 
Lift  up  your  eyes  and  see  where  now  the 

line 
Of  God  hath  fallen  for  you,  one  with  Mine 
Your  lot    and   portion.     Go !    where   none 

relieves, 
Where  no  one  pities ;  thrust  the  sickle  in. 
And  reap  and  bind,  where  toil  and  want  and 

sin 


Are  standing  white,   for  here  My  harvests 
grow : 

Go!  glean  for  Me  mid  wasted  frames  out- 
worn, 

Mid  souls  uncheered,  uncared  for;    hearts 
forlorn, 

With   care  and  grief  acquainted  long,  un- 
known 

To   earthly   friend,    of    heaven    unmindful 
grown ; 

In  homes  where  no  one  loves,  where  none 
believes, 

For  here  I  gather  in  My  goodly  sheaves." 
Thou  sayest  to  us,  "  Go !" 

Thou  sayest  to  us,  "  Go ! 
To  conflict  and  to  death."     While  friends 

are  few 
And  foes  are  many,  what  hast  Thou  to  do 
With  peace.  Thou  son  of  peace?     A  man  of 

war 
Art  Thou  from   youth!    when   Thou   dost 

girded  ride. 
Two   stern    instructors,    truth   and  mercy, 

guide 
Thy  hand  to  things  of  terror;  friends  and 

foes 
Thine   arrows   feel;    a  sword  before   Thee 

goes, 
And  after  Thee  a  fire,  confusion  stirred 
Among  the  nations  even  by  the  word      [eat 
Of  meekness  and  of  right.     "Yea,  take  and 
Of  these  My  words."     Thou  sayest,  "They 

are  sweet 
As  honey ;  yet  this  roll  that  now  I  press 
Upon  your  lips  will  turn  to  bitterness 
When  ye  shall  speak  its  message;  lo!  a  cry 
Of  wrath  and  madness,  ere  the  ancient  lie 
That  wraps  the  roots  of  earth  will  quit  its 

hold, 
A  shriek,  a  wrench  abhorred;  and  yet  be 

bold, 
O  ye  My  servants !  take  My  rod  and  stand 
Before  tlie  king,  nor  fear  if  in  your  hand 
It  seem  unto  a  serpent's  form  to  grow ; 
Rise  up.  My  priests !  My  mighty  men,  with 

sound 
Of  solemn  trumpet,  walk  this  city  round, 
A  blast  will  come  from  God,  His  word  and 

will 
Through  hail  and  storm  and  ruin  to  fulfil; 
Then  shall  ye  see  the  towers  roll  down,  the 

wall 
Built  up  with  blood  and  tears  and  tortures 

fall. 
And  from  the  living  grave  the  living  dead 
Will  rise,  as  from  their  sleep  disquieted; 
O  Earth,  this  baptism  of  thine  is  slow! 
Not  dews  from  morning's  womb,  not  gentle 

rains 
That  drop   all  night,   can  wash  away  thy 

stains. 
The  fire  must  fall  from  heaven ;  the  blood 

must  flow 
All  round   the  altar."     Still  Thou  sayest, 

"Go!" 


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ILiJ^IVlE. 


And  that  Thou  sayest,  "Go !" 
Our  hearts   are   glad;    for  he  is  still  Thy 

friend 
And  best  beloved  of  all  whom  Thou  dost 

send 
The  furthest  from  Thee ;  this  Thy  servants 

know; 
Oh,  send  by  whom  Thou  wilt,  for  they  are 

blest 
Who  go  Thy  errands !     Not  upon  Thy  breast 
We  learn  Thy  secrets!      Long  beside  Thy 

tomb 
We   wept,    and    lingered    in   the   garden's 

gloom; 
And  oft  we  sought  Thee  in  Tliy  house  of 

prayer, 
And  in  the  desert,  yet  Thou  wert  not  there. 
But  as  we  journeyed  sadly  through  a  place 
Obscure  and  mean,  we  lighted  on  the  trace 
Of  Thy  fresh  footprints,  and  a  whisper  clear 
Fell  on  our  spirits :  Thou  Thyself  wert  near ; 
And  from  Thy  servants'  hearts  Thy  name 

adored 
Brake  forth   in  fire;    we  said,    "It  is  the 

Lord." 
Our  eyes  were  no  more  holden ;  on  Thy  face 
We  looked,  and  it  was  comely,  full  of  grace, 
And  fair  Thy  lips ;  we  held  Thee  by  the  feet ; 
We  listened  to  Thy  voice,  and  it  was  sweet. 
And  sweet  the  silence  of  our  spirits;  dumb 
All  other  voices  in  the  world  that  be 
The  while  Thou  saidest,    "Come  ye  unto 

Me!" 
The  while  Thou  saidest,  "Come!" 

We  said  to  Thee,  "Abide 
With  us !  the  night  draws  on  apace ;  but,  lo ! 
The  cloud  received  Thee,  parted  from  our 

side. 
In  blessing  parted  us !     Even  so 
The   heaven  of   heavens  must  still  receive 

Thee !     Dark 
And  moonless  skies  bend  o'er  us  as  we  row; 
No  stars  appear,  and  sore  against  our  bark 
The  current  sets;  yet  nearer  grows  the  shore 
Where  we  shall   see  Thee  standing,   never 

more 
To  bid  us  leave  Thee !  though  Thy  realm  is 

wide. 
And  mansions  many,  never  from  Thy  side 
Thou  sendest  us  again ;  by  springs  serene 
Thou  guidest  us,  and  now  to  battle  keen 
We  follow  Thee,  yet  still  in  peace  or  war 
Thou  leadest  us.     Oh !  not  to  sun  or  star 
Thou  sendest  us,  b^ut  sayest,  "Come  to  Me! 
And  where  I  am,  there  shall  My  servants  be." 
Thou  sayest  to  us,  "  Come !" 

D.  Greenwell. 

3679.  LAME  MAN,  Healing  the. 
Acts  iii  :  6. 
Forth  at  the  hour  of  prayer 
Went  the  apostles  to  the  holy  place ; 
The  sacred  temple  of  the  living  God, 
Where  praise  was  offered,  and  His  creatures 
bowed 


In  humble  adoration  at  His  throne, 
Asking  remission  of  their  sins,  and  grace 
And  strength  to  guide  their  timid,  wavering 
In  the  true  way  of  life.  [steps 

Onward  they  passed, 
With  hearts  o'erflowing  with  a  fervent  zeal 
To  do  their  Master's  service.     In  their  path, 
Near  by  the  temple's  gate,  lay  one  who  had, 
From  the  first  era  of  existence,  borne 
Suffering  and  sore  afiiiction.     Life  to  him 
Was  as  a  cheerless  waste,  for  he  had  known 
No  spring-time  of  enjoyment,  when  gay  youth 
Could  speed,  exulting,  on  the  ardent  race. 
Or  spend  the  sunny  hours  in  sportive  glee. 
All  the  heart's  impulses  were  crushed  and 

chilled ; 
For,    though    the    eye    might    mark    the 

beautiful. 
And  the  soul  pine  for  freedom,  or  aspire 
To  high  and  lofty  things,  the  maimed  limbs, 
And  marred  and  wretched  frame,  like  prison- 
gates 
Held  him  a  mourning  captive,  until  all 
Of  life  within,  e'en  hope  itself,  had  died. 
And  there  was  left  nor  tint  upon  his  cheek 
Nor  lustre  in  his  eye. 

There  he  reclined, 
Where  pitying  hands  had   borne,  as  they 

were  wont. 
The  feeble,  helpless  mendicant.     And  as 
Th'  apostles  passed    his  cheerless   resting- 
place. 
His  trembling  voice  was  raised,   imploring 
alms. 

They  stayed  their  footsteps.     Was  there  e'er 

a  time 
When  the  sad  wail  of  sorrow  failed  to  reach 
His  ear  whose  faithful  followers  they  were? 
His  was  compassion,  boundless,  infinite; 
Nor  creed,  nor  sect,  nor  station  could 
The  welling  up  of  sacred  sympathy  [impede 
Within  His  bosom ! 

Like  their  blessed  Lord, 
They  felt  the  holy  impulse,  and  their  hearts 
Were  touched  with  pity  as  they  stopped  and 

turned 
Their  steadfast  eyes  upon  the  suffering  man. 
Then   Peter   said,    "Look  on  us!"  and  he 

looked, 
With  expectation  kindling  in  his  glance 
And  thankfulness  awakened  in  his  heart; 
For,  from  the  hand  outstretched,  with  open 

palm. 
The  alms  he  craved,  he  thought,  would  surely 

come. 

Once  more  th'  apostle  spoke:   "  Silver  and 
Belong  not  to  me,  nor  can  I  bestow      [gold 
These,  but  the  gifts  I  have  I  freely  give ; 
In  the  blessed  name  of  Christ  of  Nazareth, 
I  bid  thee  rise  and  walk !"     And  lifting  him 
Upon    his    feet,     he    stood    in    manhood's 
No  longer  impotent.  [strength, 

Then  went  he  forth. 
And  entered  with  them  in  the  temple  gate, 


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Walking,  and  leaping,  and  adoring  God, 
Who  sent  His  faithful  ministers  to  raise 
Him  from  the  lowest  depths  of  misery 
And  fill  his  heart  with  joy. 

So,  Christian  soul. 
Though  darkly  round  thee  lower  the  tempest 

cloud, 
Veiling  the  Ijrightness  of  thy  spirit's  joy, 
And  filling  thee  with  trembling  and  with 

fear: 
Though  pain  and  anguish  rack  thee,  and  the 

weak 
And  stricken  body  sink  beneath  the  load 
Of  speechless  agony,  and  prostrate  lie 
In  helpless  wretchedness :  remember  still 
That  there  is  One  above  whose  watchful  eye 
Notes  all  thy  sufferings,  and  marks  thy  fears ; 
Who  tries  and  proves  thy  faith,  that  thou 

mayst  be 
Made  meet  partaker  of  the  bliss  that  waits 
Believers  in  the  bright,  celestial  home 
Prepared  for  thosewho  put  their  trust  in  Him. 
Samuel  D.  Patterson. 

3680.  LAW,  The  Giving  of  the. 

Exodus  xix  :  16-19;  xx  :  18. 
Israel  passed  the  Arabian  bay. 

And  marched  between  the  cleaving  sea ; 
The   rising  waves   stood  guardian  of  their 

wond'rous  way. 
But  fell  with  most  impetuous  force 
On  the  pursuing  swarms. 
And  buried  Egypt  all  in  arms, 
Blending  in  watery  death  the  rider  and  the 

horse. 
O'er  struggling  Pharaoh  rolled  the  mighty 

tide. 
And  saved  the  labors  of  a  pyramid. 
Apis  and  Ore  in  vain  he  cries. 

And  all  his  horned  gods  beside : 
He  swallows  fate  with  swimming  eyes, 
And  cursed  the  Hebrews  as  he  died. 

Ah.  foolish  Israel,  to  comply 
With  Memphian  idolatry, 
And  bow  to  brutes,  a  stupid  slave. 
To  idols  impotent  to  save ! 

Behold  thy  God,  the  Sovereign  of  the  sky, 
Has  wrought  salvation  in  the  deep, 
Has  bound  thy  foes  in  iron  sleep, 
And  raised  thine  honors  high. 
His  grace  forgives  thy  follies  past  •, 
Behold  He  comes  in  majesty, 
And  Sinai's  top  proclaims  His  law! 
Prepare  to  meet  thy  God  in  haste ! 
But  keep  an  awful  distance  still : 
Let  Moses  round  the  sacred  hill 
The  circling  limits  draw. 

Hark !  the  shrill  echoes  of  the  trumpet  roar. 
And  call  the  trembling  armies  near; 
Slow  and  unwilling  they  appear; 
Rails  kept  them  from  the  mount  before. 
Now  from  the  rails  their  fear.        [same 

'Twas  the  same  herald,  and  the  trump  the 


Which  shall  be  blown  by  high  command, 
Shall  bid  the  wheels  of  nature  stand, 
And  Heaven's  eternal  will  proclaim. 
That  "Time  shall  be  no  more." 

Thus,  while  the  laboring  angel  swelled  the 

sound, 
And  rent  the  skies,  and  shook  the  ground, 
Up  rose  the  Almighty :  round  His  sapphire 
seat 
Adoring  thrones  in  order  fell; 
The  lesser  powers  at  distance  dwell, 
And  cast  their  glories  down  successive  at 
His  feet. 
Gabriel  the  Great  prepares  His  way: 
' '  Lift  up  your  heads, eternal  doors:, "  He  cries ; 
The  eternal  doors  His  word  obey. 
Open,  and  shoot  celestial  day 
Upon  the  lower  skies. 
Heaven's  mighty  pillars  bowed  their  head 

As  their  Creator  bid, 
And  down  Jehovah  rode  from  the  superior 

sphere, 
A  thousand  guards  before,  and  myriads  in 
the  rear. 

His  chariot  was  a  pitchy  cloud. 

The  wheels  beset  with  burning  gems; 
The  winds,  in  harness  with  the  flames, 

Flew  o'er  the  ethereal  road. 

Down  through  His  magazines  He  past 
Of  hail  and  ice  and  fleecy  snow; 

Swift  rolled  the  triumph,  and  as  fast 
Did  hail  and  ice  in  melted  rivers  flow. 

The  day  was  mingled  with  the  night. 
His  feet  on  solid  darkness  trod. 
His  radiant  eyes  proclaimed  the  God, 

And  scattered  dreadful  light ; 

He  breathed,  and  sulphur  ran  a  fiery  stream ; 

He  spoke,  and,  though  with  unknown  speed 
He  came. 

Chid  the  slow  tempest  and  the  lagging  flame. 

Sinai  received  His  glorious  flight; 
With  axle  red,  and  glowing  wheel, 

Did  the  winged  chariot  light. 
And  rising  smoke  obscured  the  burning  hill. 

Lo !  it  mounts  in  curling  waves; 

Lo !  the  gloomy  pride  outbraves 

The  stately  pyramids  of  fire : 

The  pyramids  to  heaven  aspire. 
And  mix  with  stars,  but  see  their  gloomy 
offspring  higher. 

Let  not  the  burning  hills  of  old 

With  Sinai  be  compared ; 
Nor  all  that  lying  Greece  has  told, 

Or  learned  Rome  has  heard; 
^tna  shall  be  named  no  more — 
-^tna,  the  torch  of  Sicily; 
Not  half  so  high 
Her  lightnings  fly. 
Not  half  so  loud  her  thunders  roar 
'Cross  the  Sicanian  sea,  to  fright  the  Italian 

shore. 
Behold  the  sacred  hill :  its  trembling  spire 


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Quakes  at  the  terrors  of  the  fire, 
While  all  below  its  verdant  feet 
Stagger  and  reel  under  the  Almighty  weight : 
Pressed  with  a  greater  than  feigned  Atlas' 

load, 
Deep  groaned  the  mount;  it  never  bore 

Infinity  before 
It  bowed  and  shook  beneath  the  burden  of 
a  God. 

Fresh  horrors  seize  the  camp ;  despair 

And  dying  groans  torment  the  air, 

And   shrieks  and  swoons  and  deaths  were 

there ; 
The  bellowing  thunder,  and  the  lightning's 

blaze. 
Spread  through  the  host  a  wild  amaze ; 
Darkness  on  every  soul,  and  pale  was  every 
Confused  and  dismal  were  the  cries,      [face. 
"Let  Moses  speak,  or  Israel  dies:" 
Moses  the  spreading  terror  feels ; 
No  more  the  man  of  God  conceals 

His  shivering  and  surprise; 
Yet,  with  recovering  mind,  commands 
Silence    and    deep    attention    through    the 

Hebrew  bands. 

Hark !  from  the  centre  of  the  flame, 
All  armed  and  feathered  with  the  same, 
Majestic  sounds  break  through  the  smoky 
cloud : 
Sent  from  the  all-creating  tongue, 
A  flight  of  cherubs  guard  the  words  along, 
And  bear  their  fiery  law  to  the  retreating 
crowd. 

"  I  am  the  Lord;  'tis  I  proclaim 
That  glorious  and  that  fearful  name, 
Thy  God  and  King ;  'twas  I  that  broke 
Thy  bondage,  and  the  Egyptian  yoke : 
Mine  is  the  right  to  speak  My  will. 
And  thine  the  duty  to  fulfil. 
Adore  no  god  beside  Me,  to  provoke  Mine 

eyes; 
Nor  worship  Me  in  shapes  and  forms  that 

men  devise : 
With  reverence  use  My  name,  nor  turn  My 

words  to  jest: 
Observe  My  Sabbath  well,  nor  dare  profane 

My  rest : 
Honor  and  due  obedience   to   thy  parents 

give; 
Nor  spill  the  guiltless  blood,   nor  let  the 

guilty  live : 
Preserve  thy  body  chaste,  and  flee  the  un- 
lawful bed ; 
Nor  steal  thy  neighbor's  gold,  his  garment, 

or  his  bread : 
Forbear  to  blast  his  name  with  falsehood  or 

deceit; 
Nor   let  thy  wishes   loose   upon   his   large 
estate."  Isaac  Watts. 

3681.  LAZAEUS. 

John  xi  :  43-45. 
The  grave,  that  never  loosed  its  hold, 
But  on  its  prey  insatiate  fed, 


Restores  a  victim,  pale  and  cold : 
He  Cometh  forth,  the  sheeted  dead. 

Ah!  wherefore  com'st  thou?  safely  past 
The  gate  of  agony  and  pain, 

That  pang  endured,  the  worst,  the  last, 
Why  dar'st  thou  thus  that  strife  again? 

Com'st  thou  to  share  the  traitor-kiss, 

That  earth  bestows  at  wisdom's  cost? 
Com'st  thou  to  gather  pearls  of  bliss. 

And  find  them  broken,  strewed,  and  lost? 
True,  Bethany's  green  vales  are  bright, 

Thy  sister's  home  is  sad  for  thee ; 
But  paradise  hath  purer  light, 

And  love  without  infirmity. 

Methought  he  spake,  that  fearful  form, 

The  sleeper,  'neath  the  burial  sod, 
The  accepted  brother  of  the  worm, 

"  Behold  my  Saviour,  and  my  God!" 
And  if  in  time's  remoter  hour 

Cold  doubt  should  rise,  from  error  bred, 
Through  me  proclaim  His  godlike  power 

Who  ruled  the  tomb  and  raised  the  dead. 
Lydia  Huntley  Sigoumey. 

3682.  LAZAEUS  AND  DIVES. 
Luke  xvi  :  20-25. 

Behold  a  favorite  of  the  skies ! 
Before  the  glutton's  gate  he  lies 

In  pining  want  and  pain. 
Covered  with  wounds  and  loathsome  sores, 
Relief  he  silently  implores. 

But  asks  the  crumbs  in  vain. 

The  dogs  some  small  relief  afford. 
Kinder  than  their  hard-hearted  lord; 

The  wretch  he  passes  by: 
Sufficient  that  his  beasts  he  feeds, 
He  slights  his  fellow-creature's  needs, 

And  lets  the  beggar  die. 

Worn  out  with  grief,  and  want,  and  pain, 
The  beggar  dies,  and  lives  again. 

Beyond  conception  blessed; 
By  flaming  ministers  conveyed 
To  realms  of  joy,  he  rests  his  head 

On  his  Redeemer's  breast. 

Gripped  by  th'  arresting  hand  of  death. 
The  glutton  too  resigns  his  breath. 

Lodged  in  a  stately  tomb ! 
His  carcass  leaves  its  bliss  behind ; 
His  soul,  with  torturing  fiends  confined, 

Receives  its  fearful  doom. 

Below  he  lifts  his  haggard  eyes. 
Cursed  with  a  glimpse  of  paradise, 

And  sees  the  beggar  there : 
The  loss  of  heavenly  happiness 
Doth  all  his  raging  pangs  increase, 

And  deepens  his  despair. 

Thou  epicure  not  yet  in  hell. 
Thy  danger  now  submit  to  feel, 
While  thy  damnation  stays; 


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Awake  out  of  thy  worldly  dream, 
Lift  up  thine  eyes  in  prayer  to  Him 
Who  offers  all  His  grace. 

Thou  need'st  not  feel  th'  infernal  woe, 
Or  to  that  place  of  torment  go, 

That  endless  misery : 
Repent!  renounce  thy  wealth  and  ease, 
Sell  all  for  Jesu's  love,  and  seize 

The  heaven  prepared  for  thee. 

In  hell  he  pours  a  fruitless  prayer : 
No  mercy  for  a  suppliant  there 

Who  would  not  hear  the  poor: 
Unheard  he  must,  unpitied,  cry, 
The  gnawing  worm  that  cannot  die, 

The  quenchless  fire,  endure. 

How  righteous  is  the  sinner's  doom! 
He  who  refused  the  jioor  a  crumb 

Desires  a  drop  in  vain ; 
Who  sold  his  God  for  pleasures  base 
Is  justly  driven  from  His  face 

To  everlasting  pain.     J.  and  G.  Wesley. 

3683.  LAZAEUS  AND  MART. 
John  xi  :  1-44. 
Jesus  was  there  but  yesterday.     The  prints 
Of  His  departing  feet  were  at  the  door ; 
His  "  Peace  be  with  you !"  was  yet  audible 
In  the  rapt  porch  of  Mary's  charmed  ear ; 
And  in  the  low  rooms  'twas  as  if  the  air. 
Hushed  with  his  going  forth,  had  been  the 

breath 
Of  angels  left  on  watch,  so  conscious  still 
The  jjlace  seemed  of  his  presence  I  Yet,  within, 
The  family  by  Jesus  loved  were  weeping, 
For  Lazarus  lay  dead. 

And  Mary  sat 
By  the  pale  sleeper.     He  was  young  to  die. 
The  countenance  whereon  the  Saviour  dwelt 
With  His  benignant  smile — the  soft,  fair  lines 
Breathing  of  hope,  were  still  all  eloquent. 
Like  life  well  mocked  in  marble.     That  the 

voice. 
Gone  from  those  pallid  lips,  was  heard  in 

heaven. 
Toned  with  unearthly   sweetness;  that  the 

light. 
Quenched  in  the  closing  of  those  stirless  lids, 
Was  veiling  before  God  its  timid  flre, 
New-lit,  and  brightening  like  a  star  at  eve ; 
That  Lazarus,  her  brother,  was  in  bliss, 
Not  with  this  cold  clay  sleeping — Mary  knew. 
Her  heaviness  of  heart  was  not  for  him ! 
But  close  had  been  the  tie  by  death  divided. 
The  intertwining  locks  of  that  bright  hair 
That  wiped  the  feet  of  Jesus,  the  fair  hands 
Clasped  in  her  breathless  wonder  while  he 

taught. 
Scarce  to  one  pulse  thrilled  more  in  unison. 
Than  with  one  soul  this  sister  and  her  brother 
Had  locked  their  lives  together.   In  this  love. 
Hallowed  from  stain,  the  woman's  heart  of 

Mary 


Was,  with  its  rich  affections,  all  bound  up. 
Of  an  unblemished  beauty,  as  became 
An  office  by  archangels  filled  till  now, 
She  walked  with  a  celestial  halo  clad ; 
And  while,  to  the  apostles'  eyes,  it  seemed 
She  but  fulfilled  her  errand  out  of  heaven. 
Sharing  her  low  roof  with  the  Son  of  God, 
She  was  a  woman,  fond  and  mortal  still; 
And  the  deep  fervor,  lost  to  passion's  fire. 
Breathed  through  the  sister's  tenderness.  In 

vain 
Knew  Mary,  gazing  on  that  face  of  clay. 
That  it  was  not  her  brother.     He  was  there. 
Swathed  in  that  linen  vesture  for  the  grave — 
The  same  loved  one  in  all  his  comeliness. 
And  with  him  to  the  grave  her  heart  must  go. 
What  though  he  talked  of  her  to  angels — nay, 
Hovered  in  spirit  near  her?     'Twas  that  arm, 
Palsied  in  death,  whose  fond  caress  she  kne  w ! 
It  was  that  lip  of  marble  with  whose  kiss, 
Morning  and  eve,  love  hemmed  the  sweet 

day  in ; 
This  was  the  form  by  the  Judean  maids 
Praised  for  its  palm-like  stature,  as  he  walked 
With  her  by  Kedron  in  the  eventide : 
The  dead  was  Lazarus ! 

The  burial  was  over,  and  the  night 
Fell  upon  Bethany,  and  morn,  and  noon. 
And  comforters  and  mourners  went  their  way, 
But  death  stayed  on !     They  had  been  oft 

alone. 
When  Lazarus  had  followed  Christ  to  hear 
His  teachings  in  Jerusalem ;  but  this 
Was  more  than  solitude.     The  silence  now 
Was  void  of  expectation.     Something  felt 
Always  before,  and  loved  without  a  name — 
Joy  from  the  air,  hope  from  the  opening  door. 
Welcome  and  life  from  off  the  very  walls — 
Seemed  gone,  and  in  the  chamber  where  he 

lay 
There  was  a  fearful  and  unbreathing  hush, 
Stiller  than  night's  last  hour.  So  fell  on  Mary 
The  shadows  all  have  known  who,  from  their 

hearts, 
Have  released  friends  to  heaven.     The  part- 
ing soul 
Spreads  wing  betwixt  the  mourner  and  the 

sky! 
As  if  its  path  lay,  from  the  tie  last  broken. 
Straight  through  the  cheering  gateway  of  the 

sun; 
And,  to  the  eye  strained  after,  'tis  a  cloud 
That  bars  the  light  from  all  things. 

Now  as  Christ 
Drew  near  to  Bethany,  the  Jews  went  forth 
With  Martha,  mourning  Lazarus.     But  Mary 
Sat  in  the  house.     She  knew  the  hour  was 

nigh 
When  He  would  go  again,  as  He  had  said, 
Unto  His  father;  and  she  felt  that  He, 
Who  loved  her  brother  Lazarus  in  life. 
Had  chose   the   hour  to   bring  him   home 

through  death 
In  no  unkind  forgetful ness.     Alone, 
She  could  lift  up  the  bitter  prayer  to  heaven, 


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li^Z^RTJS. 


L^Z^RXJS. 


' '  Thy  will  be  done,  O  God !"     But  that  dear 

brother 
Had  filled  the  cup  and  broke  the  bread  for 

Christ; 
And  ever,  at  the  morn,  when  she  had  knelt 
And  washed  those  holy  feet,  came  Lazarus 
To  bind  His  sandals  on,  and  follow  forth 
With  drooped  eyes,  like  an  angel,  sad  and 
Intent  upon  the  Master's  need  alone,   [fair — 
Indissolubly  linked  were  they !     And  now, 
To  go  to  meet  Him,  Lazarus  not  there, 
And  to  His  greeting  answer,  "  It  is  well!" 
And  without  tears  (since  grief  would  trouble 

Him 
Whose  soul  was  always  sorrowful)  to  kneel 
And  minister  alone — her  heart  gave  way ! 
She  covered  up  her  face  and  turned  again 
To  wait  within  for  Jesus.     But  once  more 
Came  Martha,  saying,  "  Lo !  the  Lord  is  here. 
And  calleth  for  thee,  Mary !"     Then  arose 
The  mourner  from  the  ground,  whereon  she 

sate 
Shrouded  in  sackcloth,  and  bound  quickly  up 
The  golden  locks  of  her  dishevelled  hair, 
And  o'er  her  ashy  garments  drew  a  veil 
Hiding  the  eyes  she  could  not  trust.     And 

still. 
As  she  made  ready  to  go  forth,  a  calm 
As  in  a  dream  fell  on  her. 

At  a  fount 
Hard  by  the  sepulchre,  without  the  wall, 
Jesus  awaited  Mary.     Seated  near 
Were  the  wayworn  disciples  in  the  shade; 
But,  of  Himself  forgetful,  Jesus  leaned 
Upon  His  staff,  and  watched  where  she  should 

come 
To  whose  one  sorrow — but  a  sparrow's  fall- 
ing— 
The  pity  that  redeemed  a  world  could  bleed ! 
And  as  she  came,  with  that  uncertain  step. 
Eager,  yet  weak,  her  hands  upon  her  breast. 
And  they  who  followed  her  all  fallen  back 
To  leave  her  with  her  sacred  grief  alone. 
The  heart  of  Christ  was  troubled.     She  drew 

near. 
And  the  disciples  rose  up  from  the  fount, 
Moved   by  her   look  of  woe,  and  gathered 

round; 
And  Mary,  for  a  moment,  ere  she  looked 
Upon  the  Saviour,  stayed  her  faltering  feet. 
And    straightened    her    veiled    form,    and 

tighter  drew 
Her  clasp  upon  the  folds  across  her  breast  -. 
Then,  with  a  vain  strife  to  control  her  tears. 
She  staggered  to  their  midst,  and  at  His  feet 
Fell  prostrate,  saying,    "Lord!  hadst  Thou 

been  here, 
My  brother  had  not   died!"     The   Saviour 

groaned 
In  spirit,  and  stooped  tenderly,  and  raised 
The  mourner  from  the  ground,  and  in  a  voice. 
Broke  in  its  utterance  like  her  own.  He  said, 
"Where  have  ye  laid  him?"  Then  the  Jews 

who  came, 
Following  Mary,  answered    through   their 

tears. 


"Lord,  come  and  sec !"     But  lo !  the  mighty 

heart 
That  in  Gethsemane  sweat  drops  of  blood, 
Taking  for  us  the  cup  that  might  not  pass; 
The  heart  whose  breaking  cord  upon  the  cross 
Made  the  earth  tremble,  and  the  sun  afraid 
To  look  upon  His  agony — the  heart 
Of  a  lost  world's  Redeemer — o'erflowed. 
Touched  by  a  mourner's  sorrow !  Jesus  wept. 

Calmed  by  those  pitying  tears,  and  fondly 

brooding 
Upon  the  thought  that  Christ  so  loved  her 

brother, 
Stood  Mary  there ;  but  that  last  burden  now 
Lay  on  His  heart  who  pitied  her;  and  Christ, 
Following  slow,  and  groaning  in  Himself, 
Came  to  the  sepulchre.     It  was  a  cave. 
And  a  stone  lay  upon  it.     Jesus  said, 
"Take  ye  away  the  stone !"    Then  lifted  He 
His  moistened  eyes  to  heaven,  and  while  the 

Jews 
And  the  disciples  bent  their  heads  in  awe, 
And  trembling  Mary  sank  ujion  her  knees, 
The  Son  of  God  prayed  audibly.     He  ceased, 
And  for  a  minute's  space  there  was  a  hush, 
As  if  the  angelic  watchers  of  the  world 
Had  stayed  the  pulses  of  all  breathing  things, 
To  listen  to  that  prayer.     The  face  of  Christ 
Shone  as  He  stood,  and  over  Him  there  came 
Command,  as  'twere  the  living  face  of  God, 
And  with  a  loud  voice  He  cried,  "Lazarus! 
Come  forth  !"     And  instantly,  bound  hand 

and  foot. 
And  borne  by  unseen  angels  from  the  cave, 
He  that  was  dead  stood  with  them.     At  the 

word 
Of  Jesus,  the  fear-stricken  Jews  unloosed 
The  bands  from  off  the  foldings  of  his  shroud ; 
And  Mary,  with  her  dark  veil  thrown  aside, 
Ran  to  him  swiftly,  and  cried,  "  Lazarus  ! 
My  brother,  Lazarus !"  and  tore  away 
The  napkin  she  had  bound  about  his  head. 
And  touched  the  warm  lips  with  her  fearful 

hand. 
And  on  his  neck  fell  weeping.  And  while  all 
Lay  on  their  faces  prostrate,  Lazarus 
Took  Mary  by  the  liand,  and  they  knelt  down 
And  worshipped  Him  who  loved  them. 

Nathaniel  Parker  Willis. 

3684.  LAZARUS,  Silence  of. 

When  Lazarus  left  his  charnel-cave 
And  home  to  J^Iary's  house  returned. 
Was  this  demanded :   if  he  yearned 

To  hear  her  weejiing  by  his  grave? 

Where  wert  thou,  brother,  those  four  days? 
There  lives  no  record  of  reply, 
Which  telling  what  it  is  to  die 

Had  surely  added  praise  to  praise. 

From  every  house  the  neighbors  met. 

The  streets  were  filled  with  joyful  sound, 
A  solemn  gladness  even  crowned 

The  purple  brows  of  Olivet. 


IuA.ZA,TlJJS. 


l^J^ZJ^TtTJiS. 


311 


Behold  a  man  raised  up  by  Christ ! 

The  rest  remaineth  unrevealed ; 

He  told  it  not;  or  something  sealed 
The  lips  of  the  evangelist,      A.  Tennyson. 

3685.  LAZARUS,  The  Raising  of. 
John  xi :  32-44. 
"He  Cometh  not,  although  we  sent  Him  tid- 
ings 
Soon  as  around  our  hearts  the  darkness  grew, 
He  whom,  till  now,  not  love,  though  ])rone 
Could  deem  untrue.  [to  chidings, 

"Ah  me!  our  eyes  were  weary  with  tlieir 

straining. 
To  see  Him  traversing  the  olived  slope; 
Died  one  by  one,  out  of  hearts  bruised  and 
Hope  after  hope,  [paining, 

"  And  through  the  leaden  hours  we  watched 

him  fading, 
With  whom  the  sun  and  stars  went  from  the 

day; 
Till,  spite  of  tears  and  tenderest  upbraiding. 
He  slept  away. 

*'  Now  this  poor  swept  home  does  but  mock 

the  other. 
Where  the  kind  lightnings  played  from  side 

to  side ; 
*  Ah,  Lord,  if  Thou  hadst  but  been  here,  our 
Would  not  have  died ! '  "  [brother 

But  soon,  as  shoots  a  star  to  sight,  a  rumor 
Strikes  on  the  ear  and  heart  that  Jesus  nears; 
How  at  the  sound  each  wild  resentful  humor 
Dissolves  in  tears ! 

He  comes  too  late !  the  loved  one  hath  de- 
parted ; 
The  covetous  grave  hath  opened  for  its  own; 
Loud  is  the  wailing  of  the  broken-hearted 
Above  the  stone. 

"Take  ye  away  the  stone !"     It  will  encum- 
The  living  in  his  passage  from  the  dead,    [ber 
The  sleeper  rose,  cast  off  his  desert  slumber, 
And  left  his  bed. 

Vain  is  the  tomb's  embrace,  the  spoiler's 

malice, 
To  him  who  drank  himself  the  bitter  cup; 
He   speaks:  the   life- wine  mautleth  in  the 
And  brimmeth  up.  [chalice, 

' '  Not  unto  death,  but  for  the  Father's  glory. " 
Through  the  hushed  world  the  purpose  is 

complete, 
For  they  who  mourned,  and  we  who  read 
Bow  at  His  feet.  [the  story, 

Dear  human  Friend,  who  wept  before  His 

praying. 
Such  tears  as  fall  from  our  own  weary  eyes ! 
But  through  those  tears  there  shone  the  God- 
' '  Lazarus,  arise  1"  [head,  saying, 


Restored  again  to  the  deep  joy  of  being. 
How  the  fond  heart  with  love  is  ne'er  sufficed ! 
"  The  eye  is  "  never  "satisfied  with  seeing" 
The  face  of  Christ. 

And  all  the  soul  bends  forth,  entranced  to 

listen, 
While  grace  and  truth   come   sparkling  in 

each  word. 
As   on   the   spray   the    morning    dewdrops 
For  bee  or  bird.  [glisten 

What    wonder  Love's  sweet    incense    shed 

around  Him 
Her  wealth  of  spikenard,  in  libation  poured  ! 
What  wonder  Faith,  with  royal  tl  verence. 
Her  God  and  Lord  !  [crowned  Him 

He  loves  the  human  yet,  with  love  undying. 
And  stills  heaven's  music  while  He  leaves 

His  throne. 
From  every  charnel  where  our  love  is  lying 
To  roll  the  stone. 

W.  Morlcy  Punshon, 

368G.  LAZAEUS,  Tlie  Raising  of. 
John  xi  :  1-44. 

The  sepulchre  was  open  wide. 

Its  closing-stone  was  rolled  aside, 

And  curious  crowds  pressed  round  to  see 

What  passing  wonder  there  might  be. 

There,  groaning  deep  for  him  who  slept, 

E'en  Christ  stood  at  the  grave  and  wept. 

He  wept !  but  His  was  not  the  tear 

Of  human  grief  on  liumiin  bier, 

That  gushes,  trustless  of  to-morrow. 

In  unassuaged  excess  of  sorrow. 

And  yet  He  wept,  though  there  He  stood, 

In  power's  unquestioned  )jlenitude. 

While  every  sacred  drop  that  fell 

Was  life  to  death,  and  death  to  hell ! 

But  closer  now,  and  closer  grew 
The  press  of  the  surrounding  crew, 
Who  deemed  He  came  to  mourn,  not  save, 
As  He  stooped  o'er  the  dead  man's  grave. 
And  gazed  with  self -communing  air 
For  a  short  space  in  silence  there. 
Nearer  He  stooped,  and  yet  more  near; 
Hark  !  heard  ye  not,  like  trumpet  clear, 
His  life-shout  in  that  mouldering  ear? 
Forth  sent  the  tomb  its  hidden  birth, 
For  He  who  called  was  God  on  earth ! 
Then,  following  that  resistless  word, 
The  dead  sprang  forth  before  his  Lord, 
Bound  hand  and  foot  vzith  funeral  clothes; 
In  life,  in  breathing  life,  he  rose. 
And  cast  amid  the  astonished  crowd. 
From  his  freed  limbs,  the  loosened  shroud! 
Health's  crimson  light  o'erspread  his  face. 
His  eye  was  fire,  his  step  was  grace ; 
No  trace  of  what  it  was  before 
The  metamorphosed  body  wore; 
But,  like  the  first-formed  of  mankind. 
Ere  his  full  heart  might  utterance  find. 


812 


H.A.ZJ^.SRTJS. 


1L.A.ZA.TITJS. 


Complete  in  sense,  and  limb,  and  motion, 
Absorbed  he  stood  in  rapt  devotion, 
While  through  each  uncollapsing  vein 
The  rushing  life-streams  burst  again. 

All  turned  to  Christ ;  but  He,  with  eye 
Serenely  lifted  to  the  sky, 
Symbol  or  sign  of  outward  power, 
Distinguished  in  that  holy  hour: 
His  hand  yet  on  the  marble  rested 
Where  late  the  revelling  worm  was  rife, 
And  awe-struck  multitudes  attested 
"  The  Resurrection  and  the  Life" ! 

Lionel  T.  Berguer. 

3687.  LAZAKUS,  The  Raising  of. 
John  xi  :  38-14. 
'Tis  still  thine  hour,  O  Death ! 
Thine,  lord  of  Hades,  is  the  kingdom  still; 
Yet  twice  thy  sword  unstained  hath  sought 
its  sheath. 
Though  twice  upraised  to  kill ; 
And  once  again  the  tomb 
Shall  yield  its  captured  prey ; 
A  mightier  Arm  shall  pierce  the  pathless 
gloom 
And  rend  the  prize  away : 
Nor  comes  thy  Conqueror  armed  with  spear 

or  sword; 
He  hath  no  arms  but  prayer,  no  weapon  but 
His  Word. 

'Tis  now  the  fourth  sad  morn 
Since  Lazarus,  the  pious  and  the  just. 
To  his  last    home   by  sorrowing    kinsmen 
borne, 

Hath  parted,  dust  to  dust. 

The  grave-worm  revels  now 

Upon  his  mouldering  clay; 
And  He  before  whose  car  the  mountains  bow, 

The  rivers  roll  away 
In  conscious  awe — He  only  can  revive 
Corruption's  withering  prey  and  call  the  dead 
to  life  1 

Yet  still  the  sisters  keep 
Their  sad  and  silent  vigil  at  the  grave. 
Watching  for  Jesus :     ' '  Comes   He  not  to 
weep? 
He  did  not  come  to  save  !" 
But  now  one  straining  eye 
Th'  advancing  Form  hath  traced ; 
And  soon  in  wild  resistless  agony 
Have  Martha's  arms  embraced 
The  Saviour's  feet:  "OLord!  hadst  Thou 

been  nigh — 
But  speak  the  word  e'en  now;  it  shall  be 
heard  on  high." 

They  led  Him  to  the  cave. 
The  rocky  bed  where  now  in  darkness  slept 
Their  brother  and  His   friend ;  then  at  the 
grave 

They  paused,  for  "Jesus  wept." 

O  love  sublime  and  deep  I 

O  hand  and  heart  divine  1 


He  comes  to  rescue,  though  He  deigns  to 
The  captive  is  not  thine,  [weep. 

O  Death  !  thy  bands  are  burst  asunder  now : 
There  stands  beside  the  grave  a  Mightier  far 
than  thou. 

"  Come  forth,"  He  cries,  "  thou  dead !" 
O  God !  what  means  that  strange  and  sudden 

sound. 
That  murmurs  from  the  tomb — that  ghastly 
head 
With  funeral  fillets  bound? 
It  is  a  living  form, 
The  loved,  the  lost,  the  won — 
Won  from   the  grave,    corruption,  and  the 
worm. 
"And  is  not  this  the  Son 
Of  God?"  they  whispered;  while  the  sisters 

poured 
Their  gratitude  in  tears,  for  they  had  known 
the  Lord. 

Yet  know  the  Son  of  God —  [hour 

For  such  He  was  in  truth — approached  the 
For  which  alone  the  path  of  thorns  He  trod, 
In  which  to  thee  the  power, 
O  Death !  should  be  restored. 
And  yet  restored  in  vain ;  [poured, 

For  though  the  blood  of   ransom   must  be 

The  spotless  Victim  slain. 
He  shall  but  yield  to  conquer,  fall  to  rise. 
And  make  the  cold,  dark  grave  a  portal  to 
the  skies !  Thomas  Bale. 

3688.  LAZARUS,  The  Sister  of. 
John  xi  :  28. 
A  sister  in  anguish  lamented  the  loved. 
And  tears  of  affliction  streamed  fast  from  her 

eyes. 
As  she  bowed  'neath  the  rod  of  the  chastener, 

and  proved 
That  those  blessings  fly  fast   which   most 

fondly  we  prize. 
She  mused  on  his  virtues,  his  kindness,  his 

truth ; 
On  the  love  that  was  borne  her,  so  fervent 

and  high, 
By  the  playmate  of  childhood,  companion  of 

youth. 
Thus  called,  in  the  fresh  bloom  of  vigor,  to 

die! 
And  her  burdened  heart  sunk  in  the  dark- 
ness of  woe. 
As  the  fond  sister  mourned  for  the  cherished 

laid  low. 

But  listen !  a  voice  by  the  mourner  is  heard 

Whose  tones  send  the  music  of  peace  to  her 
soul ; 

The  loud  sobs  of  anguish  are  calmed  at  a 
word, 

And  the  tear-drops  no  longer  in  bitterness 
roll; 

Hope  breaks  throught  the  gloom  that  en- 
shrouds her  sad  heart. 

And  her  bosom  expands  with  a  rapturous 
glow ; 


JL,EB  PISTON. 


LEFER. 


313 


Firm  faith  and  full  trust  their  best  com- 
forts impart 

As  she  hears  from  the  lips  of  the  messenger 
flow 

Sweet  tidings  to  bid  her  deep  agony  flee: 

"The  Master  is  come,  and  He  calleth  for 
thee." 

So,    Christian!  though  gloomy  and  sad  be 

thy  days, 
And  the  tempests  of  sorrow  encompass  thee 

black ; 
Though  no  sunshine  of  promise  or  hope  sheds 

its  rays 
To   illumine   and  cheer  thy   life's   desolate 

track : 
Though  thy  soul  writhes  in  anguish,   and 

bitter  tears  flow 
O'er  the  wreck  of  foud  joys  from  thy  bleed- 
ing heart  riven. 
Check  thy  sorrowing  murmurs,   thou  lorn 

one,  and  know 
That  the  chastened  on  earth  are  the  purest 

for  heaven : 
And  remember,  though  gloomy  the  present 

may  be, 
That  the  Master  is  coming,  and  coming  to 

thee.  S.  D.  Patterson. 

3689.  LEBANON. 

Now  up(m  Syria's  land  of  roses 
Softly  the  light  of  eve  roposes; 
And,  like  a  glory,  the  broad  sun 
Hangs  over  sainted  Lebanon ; 
Whose  head  in  wintry  grandeur  towers. 
And  whitens  with  eternal  sleet, 
While  summer,  in  a  vale  of  flowers, 
Is  sleeping  rosy  at  his  feet. 

Thomas  Moore. 

3690.  LEBANON,  Sighing  for. 

There  is  none  like  her,  none ; 
Nor  will  be  when  our  summers  have  deceased. 
Oh !  art  thou  sighing  for  Lebanon 
In  the  long  breeze  that  streams  to  thy  deli- 
Sighing  for  Lebanon,  [licious  East, 
Dark  cedar,  though  thy  limbs  have  here  in- 
Upon  a  pastoral  slope  as  fair,  [creased. 
And  looking  to  the  south,  and  fed 
With  honeyed  rain  and  delicate  air. 
And  haunted  by  the  starry  head 
Of  her  whose  gentle  will  has  changed  my  fate. 
And  made  my  life  a  perfumed  altar-flame ; 
And    over  whom   thy  darkness   must  have 

spread 
With  such  delight  as  theirs  of  old,  thy  great 
Forefathers  of  the  thornless  garden,  there 
Shadowing  the  snow-limbed  Eve  from  whom 

she  came.  Alfred  Tennyson. 

3691.  LEBANON,  The  Cedars  of. 

But  the  just  like  palms  shall  flourish, 
Which  the  plains  of  Judah  nourish : 
Like  tall  cedars  mounted  on 
Cloud -ascending  Lebanon. 


Plants  set  in  thy  courts,  below 
Spread  their  roots,  and  upwards  grow; 
Fruit  in  their  old  age  shall  bring ; 
Ever  fat  and  flourishing. 
This  God's  justice  celebrates; 
He,  my  Rock,  injustice  hates. 

G,  Sandys. 

3692.  LEBANON,  The  Cedars  of. 

Ye  ancients  of  the  earth, beneath  whose  shade 
Swept  the  fierce  banners  of  earth's  mightiest 

kings. 
When  millions  for  a  battle  were  arrayed, 
And  the  sky  darkened  with   the   vulture's 

wings. 

Long  silence  followed  on  the  battle-cries ; 
First  the  bones  whitened,  then  were  seen  no 

more ; 
The    summer    grasses    sprang    for   summer 

skies, 
And  dim  tradition  told  no  tales  of  yore. 

The  works  of  peace  succeeded  those  first  wars, 
Men  left  the  desert  tents  for  marble  walls ; 
Then  rose    the    towers    from  whence  they 

watched  the  stars. 
And  the  vast  wonders  of  their  kingly  halls. 

And     they    are    perished,    those     imperial 

towers. 
Read  not  amid  the  midnight  stars  their  doom ; 
The  pomp  and  art  of  all  their  glorious  hours 
Lie  hidden  in  the  sands  that  are  their  tomb. 

And  ye,  ancestral  trees,  are  somewhat  shorn 
Of  the  first  strength  that  marked  earth's  ear- 
lier clime; 
But  still  ye  stand,  stately  and  tempest-worn, 
To  show  how  nature  triumphs  over  time. 

Much  have  ye  witnessed,  but  yet  more  re- 
mains; 
The  mind's  great  empire  is  but  just  begun ; 
The  desert  beauty  of  your  distant  plains 
Proclaim  how  much  has  yet  been  left  undone. 

Will  not  your  giant  columns  yet  behold 
The  world's  old  age,  enlightened,  calm,  and 

free; 
More  glorious  than  the  glories  known  of  old, 
The  spirit's  placid  rule  o'er  land  and  sea? 

All  that  the  past  has  taught  is  not  in  vain  : 
Wisdom  is  garnered  up  from  centuries  gone; 
Love,  Hope,  and  Mind  prepare  a  nobler  reign 
Than  ye  have  known,  cedars  of  Lebanon ! 
Letitia  Elkaleth  Landon. 

3693.  LEPER  CLEANSED. 
Luke  V  :  12, 13. 
A  leper  once  to  Jesus  came, 
Believing  only  in  His  name, 

And  trusting  in  His  love : 
"Thou  seest,  Lord,  my  direst  need, 


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IjEPER. 


LEFERS. 


Unclean  and  dying !     Yet  I  plead, 
Thou  canst  my  curse  remove !" 

' '  I  -will !     Be  clean !"  the  Lord  replied, 
And  straightway  thrilled  the  healthful  tide 

Of  life  along  his  veins; 
His  leprosy  was  cleansed  away, 
His  heart  was  filled  with  joy  that  day, 

De2)arted  all  his  pains. 

Lord,  I  a  suppliant  also  bow, 

For  I  Thy  power  have  need  of  now, 

To  cleanse  away  my  guilt ; 
The  leprosy  of  sin  I  feel, 
Its  woe,  its  curse ;  but  Thou  canst  heal — 

Thou  canst,  if  but  Thou  wilt. 

Oh,  let  Thy  power  again  be  seen ! 

Speak  Thou  the  word :  "I  will !    Be  clean !" 

On  me  let  mercy  shine. 
My  guilt  be  pardoned,  heart  be  healed, 
My  soul  for  Thy  salvation  sealed ; 

The  glory  shall  be  Thine. 

3694.  LEPER,  Healing  a, 

Luke  V  :  13-15. 
A  leprous  soul  that  feels 

The  loathsomeness  of  sin 
To  Christ  his  case  reveals. 
And  longs  to  be  made  clean; 
His  humble  faith  to  Christ  applies. 
But  little  speaks,  but  much  it  sighs. 

O'erwhelmed  beneath  the  load 

Of  his  impurity, 
A  long-offended  God 
Ashamed  he  is  to  see ; 
Low  in  the  dust  he  hides  his  face. 
And,  conscious  of  his  vileness,  prays : 

My  universal  sin. 

Lord,  I  to  Thee  confess; 
Corrupt  without,  within, 
Full  of  a  sore  disease. 
Of  bruises,  wounds,  and  putrid  sores, 
My  spirit  at  Thy  feet  adores. 

Of  grace  I  never  will. 

But  of  myself,  despair; 
Able  Thou  art  to  heal. 

Thou  hear'st  a  sinner's  prayer; 
My  faith  is  strong,  my  hope  is  sure, 
A  touch  of  Thine  can  make  me  pure. 

Thy  Spirit's  hand  apply 

My  ])ardoned  sin  to  seal. 
My  soul  to  purify ; 

Assure  me  now  "I  will," 
And  all  my  guilt  shall  now  depart, 
And  sin  shall  leave  me  piire  in  heart. 
J.  and  G.  Wesley. 

3695.  LEPEE,  The. 

Mark  i  :  40^2. 
Alone  on  Jordan's  plain. 
His  head  all  bare  to  sun  and  rain, 


A  leper  roamed  with  garments  rent, 
And  wailing  voice,  still  crying  as  he  went, 
Unclean!  unclean!  unclean! 

But  Jesus  passed  by. 
And  as  His  blessed  feet  drew  nigh 
He  listened  while  the  suppliant  prayed; 
And  kindly  to  that  dying  soul  He  said, 

Be  clean !  be  clean !  be  clean ! 

By  sin  thus  tainted  sore, 
I  roam  earth's  barren  desert  o'er; 
My  head  is  bare  to  storms  of  woe, 
My  dreary  voice  still  crying  as  I  go, 

Unclean !  unclean !  unclean ! 

O  Thou  who  on  the  tree 
Of  agony  once  died  for  me. 
With  pitying  mercy  hear  my  cry. 
And  kindly  to  my  guilty  soul  reply. 

Be  clean !  be  clean !  be  clean  ! 

3696.  LEPERS,  The  Ten. 

Luke  xvii  :  1^-18. 
Ten  cleansed,  and  only  one  remain ! 
Who  would  have  thought  our  nature's  stain 
Was  dyed  so  foul,  so  deep  in  grain? 

Even  He  who  reads  the  heart 
Knows  what  He  gave  and  what  we  lost. 
Sin's  forfeit  and  redemption's  cost, 
By  a  short  pang  of  wonder  crossed 

Seems  at  the  sight  to  start. 

Yet  'twas  not  wonder,  but  His  love 
Our  wavering  spirits  would  reprove. 
That  heavenward  seem  so  free  to  move 

When  earth  can  yield  no  more : 
Then  from  afar  on  God  we  cry ; 
But  should  the  mist  of  woe  roll  by. 
Not  showers  across  an  April  sky 

Drift,  when  the  storm  is  o'er. 

Faster  than  those  false  drops  and  few 
Fleet  from  the  heart,  a  worthless  dew. 
What  sadder  scene  can  angels  view 

Than  self-deceiving  tears, 
Poured  idly  over  some  dark  page 
Of  earlier  life,  though  pride  or  rage 
The  record  of  to-day  engage, 

A  woe  for  future  years? 

Spirits  that  round  the  sick  man's  bed 
Watched,  noting  down  each  prayer  he  made^ 
Were  your  unerring  roll  displayed, 

His  pride  of  health  t'  abase ; 
Or,  when  soft  showers  in  season  fall. 
Answering  a  famished  nation's  call, 
Should  unseen  fingers  on  the  wall 

Our  vows  forgotten  trace; 

How  should  we  gaze  in  trance  of  fear! 
Yet  shines  the  light  as  thrilling  clear 
From  heaven  upon  that  sci'oU  severe, 

"Ten  cleansed  and  one  remain!" 
Nor  surer  would  the  blessing  prove 
Of  humbled  hearts,  that  own  Thy  love. 
Should  choral  welcome  from  above 

Visit  our  senses  plain : 


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Than  by  Thy  placid  voice  and  brow, 
With  healing  first,  with  comfort  now. 
Turned  upon  him,  who  hastes  to  bow 

Before  Thee,  heart  and  knee; 
"Oh!  thou,  who  only  wouldst  be  blest, 
On  thee  alone  My  blessing  rest ! 
Rise,  go  thy  way  in  peace,  possessed 

For  evermore  of  Me."         John  Keble. 

3697.  LEPERS,  The  Ungrateful. 

Luke  xvii  :  13-19. 

Wand'ring  afar  from  the  dwellings  of  men, 
Hear  the  sad  cry  of  the  lepers — the  ten ; 
"Jesus,  have  mercy !" brings  healing  divine; 
One  came  to  worship,  but  where  are  the  nine  ? 

Loudly  the  stranger  sang  praise  to  the  Lord, 
Knowing  the  cure  had  been  wrought  by  His 

word. 
Gratefully  owning  the  Healer  Divine ; 
Jesus  says  tenderly,  "  Where  are  the  nine?" 

"Who  is  this  Nazarene?"  Pharisees  say; 
"  Is  He  the  Christ?  tell  us  plainly,  we  pray." 
Multitudes  follow  Him  seeking  a  sign. 
Show  them  His  mighty  works — Where  are 
the  nine? 

Jesus  on  trial  to-day  we  can  see ; 
Thousands  deridingly ask,  "Who  is  He?" 
How  they're  rejecting  Him,  your  Lord  and 

mine ! 
Bring  in  the  witnesses — Where  are  the  nine? 

P.  P.  Bliss. 

3698.  LIFE,  Contraction  of. 

I  looked  on  the  dead,  and  bethought  me 

Of  a  story  strange  and  wild, 
That  has  haunted  my  wayward  fancy 

Since  e'er  I  was  a  child. 

Six  windows  a  prisoner  counted 
As  he  entered  his  spacious  cell; 

On  the  beams  of  the  sunset  in  streaming 
He  gazed,  and  he  said,  "  It  is  well!" 

He  sleeps,  and  his  dreams  are  of  freedom. 
Till  the  clock  of  the  castle  strikes  one; 

'Tis  an  earthquake  !  the  prison  is  moving! 
He  wakes — and  a  window  is  gone ! 

From  morning  till  eve,  in  his  terror 

He  ponders  this  mystery  o'er: 
'Tis  midnight  again.     Hark!  a  jarring! 

Of  the  windows  there  only  are  four! 

Now  nearer  the  floor  and  the  ceiling. 
And  nearer  the  walls  set  to  be ; 

The  door  where  he  entered  has  vanished  : 
That  night  he  counts  windows  but  three  I 

The  sweat  on  his  brow  cold  and  clammy, 
Oozes  thick  as  the  new-fallen  dew; 

With  fear  and  with  trembling  he  watches: 
In  vain !  there  are  windows  but  two ! 


He  lays  himself  down  not  to  slumber ; 

The  fatal  sound  cometh  once  more ; 
The  ponderous  walls  crush  together : 

A  shriek — and  his  sorrows  are  o'er ! 

This  story  long  slept  without  moral. 
Yet  one  raiseth  it  now  from  the  past: 

Though  the  earth  seems  at  first  a  large  prison, 
To  the  coffin  we  come  at  the  last. 

Each  year,  as  it  closes  around  us. 

Unto  death  more  and  more  gives  control: 

Oh  !  his  grasp  to  the  body  is  fearful; 
Then  what  must  it  be  to  the  soul? 

3699.  LITE,  Loom  of. 

All  day,  all  night,  I  can  hear  the  jar 
Of  the  loom  of  life,  and  near  and  far 
It  thrills  with  its  deep  and  muffled  sound, 
As  the  tireless  wheels  go  always  round. 

Busily,  ceaselessly  goes  the  loom ; 
In  the  light  of  day  and  the  midnight's  gloom, 
The  wheels  are  turning  early  and  late, 
And  the  woof  is  wound  in  the  warp  of  fate. 

Click,  clack !  there's  a  thread  of  love  wove 
Click,  clack!  another  of  wrong  and  sin;  [in; 
What  a  checkered  thing  will  this  life  be 
When  we  see  it  unrolled  in  eternity ! 

Time,  with  a  face  like  mystery, 
And  hands  as  busy  as  hands  can  be. 
Sits  at  the  loom  with  its  arm  outspread, 
To  catch  in  its  meshes  each  glancing  thread. 

When  shall  this  wonderful  web  be  done? 
In  a  thousand  years,  perhaps,  or  one ; 
Or  to-morrow.  Whoknoweth?  Not  you  or  I, 
But  the  wheels  turn  on  and  the  shuttles  fly. 

Are  we  spinners  of  wool  for  this  life-web — 

say?_ 
Do  we  furnish  the  weaver  a  thread  each  day? 
It  were  better,  then,  O  my  friend  !  to  spin 
A  beautiful  thread  than  a  thread  of  sin. 

Ah,  sad-eyed  weaver  I  the  years  are  slow, 
But  each  one  is  nearer  the  end,  I  know; 
And  some  day  the  last  thread  shall  be  woven 
God  grant  it  be  love  instead  of  sin.  [in. 

3700.  LIFE,  Our  Tears  of. 

Our  years  of  life,  our  years  of  life,  ah  me, 

how  swift  they  fly ! 
Nor  toil,   nor  care,  nor  grief,  nor  joy,  can 

stay  tliem,  hurrying  by; 
As  clouds  before  the  summer  wind,  as  waves 

along  the  sea, 
So  life's  short  years  of  smiles  and  tears  sweep 

to  eternity. 

Last  year  I  looked  along  the  past  with  heart- 
ache and  with  shame, 

For  all  the  years  of  emptiness  when  life  was 
but  the  name ; 


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JL-IFE. 


LILIES. 


I  saw  its  vanity  ia  spring,  its  summer's  fruit- 
less show, 

And  'round  my  way  already  heard  sad  winds 
of  autumn  blow; 

I  saw  my  strong  and  high  resolves,  my  hopes 

that  burned  like  flame, 
Dragged  down  to  weakness  that  I  scorned, 

so  paltry,  poor,  and  tame ; 
That  nameless  dream  that  fired  my  soul  and 

lit  me  like  a  star, 
Alas !  how  dim  through  mists  it  shone,  how 

rayless  and  how  far. 

That  lip  I  vowed,  unheard  by  man,  should 

soar  so  fair  and  grand. 
That,  like  the  sun,  its  beams  should  bless 

and  brighten  every  land, 
O  God !  I  wept,  and  weep  again  ;  I  dreamed 

it  might  be  mine, 
And  held  my  dew-drop  forth  to  flash  white 

seas  of  day  divine ! 

O  fool !  O  child !  in  pain  I  cry ;  all  lights  but 
hide  the  sun, 

And  streak  with  shade  those  piismal  tides 
that  through  creation  run. 

Brink !  drink  the  sun !  and  then,  though 
frail  and  trembling  like  the  dew. 

Thy  trembling  shall  but  more  reveal  the  God- 
light  leaping  through ! 

"It  might  have  been!"     What  might  have 

been?     And  is  it  yet  too  late 
To  work  for  good?  to  work  for  God?  or  ask 

His  will  and  wait? 
Then  working  most,  perchance,  when  least 

in  my  own  strength  is  done ; 
For  what  avails  the  tempest's  toil  to  match 

the  silent  sun? 

O  years  of  life !  O  years  of  life !  your  flight 

can  ne'er  return, 
And  vain  are  all  the   tears  that  fall  above 

youth's  ashy  urn ; 
But  love  like  Thine,  O  heart  divine!  thy 

pureness,  meekness,  truth, 
Thy  teeming  calm — these  breathe  the  balm  of 

heaven's  eternal  youth. 

For  what  is  youth  but  guileless  truth  and 

glowing  hope  and  love? 
These  grace  and  warm  each  seraph  form  that 

floats  in  light  above. 
If  these  be  mine,  O  Thou  divine !  through 

all  earth's  warring  life. 
My  heart,  like  gold,  shall  ne'er  grow  old,  nor 

scarred  with  sin  and  strife. 

O  years  of  life !  O  years  of  life !  roll  on  your 

squadrons  dark. 
My  heart  like  rock  shall  stand  your  shock ; 

your  surge  shall  lift  my  ark. 
O'er  waves  beneath  or  clouds  above  my  soul 

shall  sail  or  soar, 
On  eagle's  wing  exulting  sing,  and  steer  for 

heaven's  bright  shore. 


O  years  of  life !  I  hail  your  strife,  I  shout 

amid  your  storm. 
For  o'er  life's  sea  walks  forth  toward  me  a 

bright  supernal  form ! 
And  lo !  where  lifts  through  golden  rifts  a 

headland  far  and  white. 
That  looms  alone  through  calms  unknown, 

and  props  a  sphere  of  light ! 

George  Lansing  Taylor. 

3701.  LILIES  AND  BIEDS. 

Luke  xii :  27. 
Flowers !  when  the  Saviour's  calm,  benignant 

eye 
Fell  on  your  gentle  beauty,  when  from  you 
That  heavenly  lesson  from  all  hearts  He  drew, 
Eternal,  universal  as  the  sky : 
Then,  in  the  bosom  of  your  purity, 
A  voice  He  set,  as  in  a  temple  shrine, 
That  life's  quick  travellers  ne'er  might  pass 

you  by. 
Unwarned  of  that  sweet  oracle  divine. 

And  though  too  oft  its  low,  celestial  sound, 
By  the   harsh    notes   of    work-day  care    is 

drowned. 
And  the  loud  steps  of  vain  unlistening  haste, 
Yet  the  great  ocean  hath  no  tone  of  power 
Mightier  to   reach    the   soul,  in    thought's 

hushed  hour. 
Than  yours,  ye  lilies !  chosen  thus  and  graced ! 

Ye  too,  the  free  and  fearless  birds  of  the  air. 
Were  charged  that  hour  on  missionary  wing. 
The  same  bright  lesson  o'er  the  seas  to  bear, 
Heaven-guided  wanderers  with  the  winds  of 

spring? 
Sing  on,  before  the  storm  and  after,  sing ! 
A  call  to  your  echoing  woods  away 
From  worldly  cares ;  and  bid  our  spirits  bring 
Faith  to  imbibe  deep  wisdom  from  your  lay. 
So  may  those  blessed  vernal  strains  renew 
Childhood ;  a  childhood  yet  more  pure  and 

true 
E'en  than   the   first,    within    th'   awakened 

mind : 
While  sweetly,  joyously,  they  tell  of  life. 
That  know  no  doubts,  no  questionings,  no 

strife. 
But  hangs  upon  its  God,  tmconscious^y  re- 
signed. Felicia  D.  Ilemuns. 

3702.  LILIES,  Consider  the. 

Matthew  vi :  28. 
Consider  the  lilies  so  gracefully  bending, 

In  beauty  and  brilliance  arrayed, 
IJnwatched  and  uncared  for,  yet  cheerfully 
lending 

Their  charms  to  the  field  and  the  glade. 
Consider  them  well,  for  instruction  may  dwell 

In  the  form  of  the  lowliest  flower, 
And  a  lesson  of  truth  for  the  season  of  youth 

Is  the  lily's  unchangeable  dower. 

O  ye  that  are  proud  of  your  outward  adorning, 
Your  charms  to  the  lilies  must  yield, 


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And  turn  to  your  mirrors  with  blushing  and 
scorning, 
Outdone  by  the  flowers  of  the  field. 
Old  age  will  come  on,  and  your  beauty  be 
gone. 
As  the  lilies  that  fade  with  the  light ; 
Then  earnestly  seek  to  be  lowly  and  meek — 
The  beauty  that  nothing  can  blight. 

Consider  the  lilies,  O  timid  and  fearful ! 

They  grow  without  trouble  or  care. 
And  seem  in  a  whisper  to  bid  you  be  cheerful, 

And  never  give  way  to  despair; 
Look  up  to  the  sky,  to  your  Father  on  high ; 

Let  His  promises  comfort  thine  heart, 
And  doubt  and  dismay  shall  pass  quickly 
away. 

In  the  light  that  His  love  can  impart. 

And  you  whose  young  bosoms  with  ardor  are 
glowing 
For  fame  and  distinction  on  earth, 
May  learn  from  the  flowers  that  around  you 
are  growing 
How  little  these  honors  are  worth. 
Earth's  proudest  array  fades  soonest  away, 

And  only  leaves  sorrow  behind ; 
While  those  who  confide  in  His  name  who 
hath  died 
The  highest  promotion  shall  find. 

3703.  LILIES  OF  JERUSALEM. 

Matthew  vi  :  28. 
Fair  lilies  of  Jerusalem ! 

Ye  wear  the  same  array 
As  when  imperial  Judah's  stem 

Maintained  its  regal  sway. 

By  sacred  Jordan's  desert  tide, 

As  bright  ye  blossom  on 
As  when  your  simple  charms  outvied 

The  pomp  of  Solomon. 

The  lonely  pilgrim's  heart  is  filled 

With  holiest  themes  divine, 
When  first  he  sees  your  colors  gild 

The  fields  of  Palestine. 

Fresh  springing  from  the  emerald  sod, 

As  beautiful  to  see 
As  when  the  meek,  incarnate  God, 

Took  parable  from  ye. 

What  rose,  amidst  her  fragrant  bowers. 
That  steals  the  morning's  glow, 

Or  tulip,  queen  of  Eastern  flowers, 
Was  ever  honored  so? 

But  ye  are  of  the  lowly  train 

Which  He  delights  to  raise; 
Ye  bloom  unsullied  by  a  stain. 

And  therefore  ye  have  praise. 

Ye  never  toiled  with  anxious  care, 

From  silken  threads  to  spin 
That  living  gold,  refined  and  rare, 

Which  God  hath  clothed  ye  in ; 


That  ye,  His  simplest  works,  should  shine. 

In  such  adornment  dressed, 
That  mightiest  kings  of  Judah's  line 

Could  boast  of  no  such  vest. 

Ye  still  as  mute  memorials  stand 

Of  Scripture's  sacred  page, 
Sweet  lilies  of  the  Holy  Land! 

And  bloom  in  every  age. 

Ye've  seen  the  terrors  of  the  Lord 

By  signs  and  wonders  shown. 
And  kingly  rebels  to  His  power 

Amidst  their  pride  o'erthrown. 

Ye  flourished  when  the  captive  band, 

By  prophets  warned  in  vain. 
Were  led  to  fair  Euphrates'  strand 

From  Jordan's  pleasant  plain ; 

In  hostile  lands  to  weep  and  dream 

Of  things  that  still  were  free. 
And  sigh  to  see  your  golden  gleam, 

Sweet  flowers  of  Galilee ! 

And  ye  have  seen  a  darker  hour 

On  Zion's  children  fall. 
Than  when  Chaldea's  vengeful  power 

Assailed  her  leaguered  wall : 

Ye  saw  the  eagles  from  afar 

On  wing  of  terror  come ; 
And  godless  priests  maintain  a  war 

'Gainst  earth-subduing  Rome. 

The  meteor  sword  that  high  in  air 

O'er  guilty  Salem  swept. 
And  all  her  burden  of  despair 

O'er  which  Messiah  wept. 

Ye  bloomed  unscathed,  meek,  lovely  flow- 
On  that  terrific  night,  [ers! 

When  marble  fanes  and  rock-built  towers 
Crashed  downward  from  their  height. 

Ye  have  survived  Judea's  throne. 

Her  temple's  overthrow. 
And  seen  proud  Salem  sitting  lone, 

A  widow  in  her  woe : 

Her  children  from  that  pleasant  place 

As  outcasts  sent  to  roam ; 
While  Ishmael's  unbelieving  race 

Lay  waste  their  forfeit  home. 

But,  lilies  of  Jerusalem ! 

Through  every  change  ye  shine; 
Your  golden  urns  unfading  gem 

The  fields  of  Palestine !       StricTcland. 

3704.  LILIES,  Tte  Corn  and  the. 
Luke  xii :  27;  Canticles  ii  :  2. 
Said  the  corn  to  the  lilies, 

"Press  not  near  my  feet; 
You  are  only  lilies. 

Neither  corn  nor  wheat : 
Does  one  earn  a  living 
Just  by  being  sweet?" 


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LOAVES. 


Naught  answered  the  lilies, 

Neither  yea  nor  nay, 
Only  they  grew  sweeter 

AH  the  livelong  day ; 
And  at  last  the  Teacher 

Chanced  to  come  that  way. 

While  His  tired  disciples 

Rested  at  Uis  feet, 
And  the  proud  corn  rustled, 

Bidding  them  to  eat ; 
"Children,"  said  the  Teacher, 

"The  life  is  more  than  meat. 

"  Consider  the  lilies, 

How  beautiful  they  grow ! 
Never  king  had  such  glory, 

Yet  no  toil  they  know." 
Oh  happy  were  the  lilies 
That  He  loved  them  so ! 

Emily  A.  Bracldock. 
3705.  LION'S  WHELPS, 

Ezekiel  xix :  1. 
Israel  was  a  lioness ! 

Mother  of  a  lion  brood, 
Training  in  her  fierce  caress 

All  her  whelps  to  gorge  on  blood. 
Red  the  surge  of  Jordan  ran, 
For  their  fearful  meal  was  man ! 

One  she  sent,  a  forest  king, 
Rushing  over  hill  and  plain, 

Rapid  as  the  eagle's  wing, 

Scorning  lance,  defying  chain ; 

Hebron's  mountains  heard  his  roar, 

Heard  it  Jordan's  sedgy  shore. 

Sharp  the  talon,  fierce  the  fang. 
When  his  lair  the  hunter  found, 

When  he  on  the  hunter  sprang, 
Making  all  the  man  a  wound. 

But  her  lion-whelp  is  gone, 

Chained  to  Egypt's  tyrant  throne  ! 

Then  from  Israel's  lion-den 
Rushed  another  of  her  brood. 

Ambushed  in  his  mountain  glen. 
Hate  his  thirst,  revenge  his  food ; 

Loving  night  and  shunning  day. 

Keen  to  scent,  and  strong  to  slay. 

Laying  waste  the  palace  hall, 
Laying  waste  the  city  gate, 

Glutting  his  revenge  on  all ; 
Dark  as  death  and  fixed  as  fate. 

Slaughter  tainted  earth  and  air 

Round  that  lion's  mountain  lair ! 

Tore  his  fang  the  serpent's  scale? 

Chased  his  foot  the  flying  deer? 
No,  the  monarch  in  his  mail. 

No,  the  biting  of  the  spear, 
Only  worthy  of  his  spring, 
Banqueted  the  forest  king ! 

But  the  nations  round  him  rose, 
And  the  iron  net  was  flung 


By  the  noblest  of  thy  foes 

O'er  the  fiercest  of  thy  young. 
Now  his  fetter  is  undone; 
Death  is  lord — in  Babylon  ! 

George  Croly, 

3706.  LOAVES,  Boy  with  the  live. 
John  vi  :  C-12. 
What  time  the  Savioiir  spread  His  feast 

For  thousands  on  the  mountain's  side, 
One  of  the  last  and  least 

The  abundant  store  supplied. 

Haply  the  wonders  to  behold, 
A  boy,  'mid  other  boys  he  came, 

A  lamb  of  Jesus'  fold, 

Though  now  unknown  by  name. 

Or  for  his  sweet,  obedient  ways, 

The  apostles  brought  him  near,  to  share 

Their  Lord's  laborious  days, 
His  frugal  basket  bear. 

Or  might  it  be  his  duteous  heart 
That  led  him  sacrifice  to  bring. 

For  his  own  simple  part. 

To  the  world's  hidden  King? 

Well  may  I  guess  how  glowed  his  cheek ; 

How  he  looked  down,  half  pride,  half  fear; 
Far  off  he  saw  one  speak 

Of  him  la  Jesus'  ear. 

"  There  is  a  lad,  five  loaves  hath  he, 
And  fishes  twain ;  but  what  are  they 

Where  hungry  thousands  be?" 
Nay,  Christ  will  find  a  way. 

In  order,  on  the  fresh  green  hill, 

The  mighty  Shepherd  ranks  His  sheep, 

By  tens  and  fifties,  still 
As  clouds  when  breezes  sleep. 

Or  who  can  tell  the  trembling  joy, 
Who  paint  the  grave,  endearing  look, 

When  from  that  favored  boy 
The  wondrous  pledge  he  took? 

Keep  thou,  dear  child,  thine  early  word ; 

Bring  Him  thy  best :  who  knows  but  He 
For  His  eternal  board 

May  take  some  gift  of  thee? 

Thou  prayest  without  the  veil  as  yet ; 

But  kneel  in  faith :  an  arm  benign 
Such  prayers  will  duly  set 

Within  the  holiest  shrine. 

And  prayer  has  might  to  spread  and  grow; 

Thy  childish  darts,  right-aimed  on  high. 
May  catch  Heaven's  fire,  and  glow 

Far  on  the  eternal  sky : 

Even  as  He  made  that  stripling's  store 
Type  of  the  feast  by  Him  decreed, 

When  angels  might  adore 
And  souls  forever  feed, 

Lyra  Innocentium. 


r.o^vTc:s. 


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3707.  LOAVES,  Miracle  of  the. 

Matthew  xiv  :  15-21. 

Thousands  completely  fed 

"With  a  few  loaves  of  bread,        [fare ; 
Such  as  would  barely  form  one  household's 

And,  when  the  feast  was  o'er, 

The  fragments  were  a  store 
Enough  for  needy  hundreds  still  to  share. 

What  was  the  power  that  wrought 
This  wonder  passing  thought?     [yore 

What  but  that  word  divine,  which  called  of 
Systems  and  suns  to  grace 
Tlie  mighty  realms  of  space,       [o'er? 

And  then  with  life  and  beauty  spread  them 

God  only  can  create ; 

None  less  could  arrogate 
The  power  to  sway  all  nature  with  a  rod : 

O  Christ!  be  Thou  adored; 

For  that  creative  word  [art  God. 

Which  blessed  the  bread  was  God,  and  Thou 
Joseph  H.  Clinch. 

3708.  LOAVES,  The  Lad  with  the  Barley. 

John  vi :  5-13. 
Sandalled  with  green  luxuriance  the  hills 
That  sloped  to  meet  the  Galilean  sea ; 
One  voice  alone  the  charmed  silence  fills. 
One  face  alone  the  earnest  thousands  see. 
Hour  after  hour  held  by  most  lioly  spell. 
Till  the  day  passed  and  shades  of  evening  fell. 

Then  they  were  faint  and  weary ;  so  the  Lord, 
Touched  with   their   sufE'ring   said,    "Give 

them  to  eat." 
And  doubting  Philip,  when  he  heard  that 

word. 
Wondered  and  questioned,  "Where  shall  we 

get  meat?" 
But  Andrew's  eye  o'er  the  vast  concourse 

roves, 
To  find  a  "lad  who  had  five  barley  loaves." 

A  stripling  of  few  years;  what  brought  him 
The  wonder  of  some  miracle  to  see?     [there? 
Or  had  it  been  his  blessed  lot  to  share 
The  Saviour's  love,  and  climb  upon  His  knee? 
O  happy  child!  I  know  thy  joyful  pride, 
When  Andrew  called  thee  to  the  Master's  side. 

'Twas  angel's  food  that  mortals  ate  that  day. 
Although  no  bright-stoled  angel  brought  it 

down ; 
But  from  the  basket  of  a  child  at  play, 
And  from  the  little  hands  all  sunburnt  brown, 
Divinity  did  take,  and  bless„and  share 
Five  barley  loaves  among  five  thousand  there. 

Not  the  boy  priest  who  served  the  temple's 

shrine, 
And  heard  Jehovah's  voice  call  him  by  name, 
Had  honor  half  so  great,  dear  child,  as  thine. 
Linked  with  the  Christ  in  such  a  tender  fame ; 
Not  angels  came  thn  humble  meal  to  spread, 
But  from  thy  hands  He  took  the  barley  bread. 
Lilly  E.  Barr. 


3709.  LOAVES  AM)  PISHES,  Miracle  of  the. 

Mark  viii  :  4. 
Go  not  away,  thou  weary  soul: 
Heaven  has  in  store  a  precious  dole 
Here   on   Bethsaida's   cold    and    darksome 
Where  over  rocks  and  sands  arise  [height, 
Proud  Sirion  in  the  northern  skies. 
And  Tabor's  lonely  peak,  'twixt  thee   and 
noonday  light. 

And,  far  below,  Gennesaret's  main 
Spreads  many  a  mile  of  liquid  plain. 

Though  all  seem  gathered  in  one  eager  bound, 
Then  narrowing  cleaves  yon  palmy  lea, 
Towards  that  deep  sulphureous  sea, 

Where  five  proud  cities  lie,  by  one  dire  sen- 
tence drowned. 

Landscape  of  fear !  yet,  weary  heart. 
Thou  need'st  not  in  thy  gloom  depart, 

Nor  fainting  turn  to  seek  thy  distant  home; 
Sweetly  thy  sickening  throbs  are  eyed 
By  the  kind  Saviour  at  thy  side ; 

For  healing  and  for  balm  even  now  thine  hour 
is  come. 

No  fiery  wing  is  seen  to  glide. 
No  cates  ambrosial  are  supplied ; 

But  one  poor  fisher's  rude  and  scanty  store 
Is  all  He  asks  and  more  than  needs 
Who  men  and  angels  daily  feeds,     [shore. 

And  stills  the  wailing  sea-bird  on  the  hungry 

The  feast  is  o'er,  the  guests  are  gone, 

And  over  all  that  upland  lone 
The  breeze  of  eve  sweeps  wildly  as  of  old; 

But  far  unlike  the  former  dreams. 

The  heart's  sweet  moonlight  softly  gleams 
Upon  life's  varied  view,  so  joyless  erst  and 
cold. 

As  mountain  travellers  in  the  night. 
When  heaven  by  fits  is  dark  and  bright. 

Pause  listening  on  the  silent  heath,  and  hear 
Nor  trampling  hoof  nor  tinkling  bell. 
Then  bolder  scale  the  rugged  fell. 

Conscious  the  more  of  One,  ne'er  seen,  yet 
ever  near : 

So  when  the  tones  of  rapture  gay 
On  the  lorn  ear  die  quite  away. 

The  lonely  world  seems  lifted  nearer  heaven ; 
Seen  daily,  yet  unmarked  before. 
Earth's  common  paths  are  strewn  all  o'er 

With  flowers  of  pensive  hope,  the  wreath  of 
man  forgiven. 

The  low  sweet  tones  of  Nature's  lyre 
No  more  on  listless  ears  expire. 

Nor  vainly  smiles  along  the  shady  way 
The  primrose  in  her  vernal  nest. 
Nor  unlamented  sink  to  rest  [decay. 

Sweet  roses  one  by  one,  nor  autumn  leaves 

There's  not  a  star  the  heaven  can  show, 
There's  not  a  cottage  hearth  below, 


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LORD'S    SXJPr»ER. 


But  feeds  with  solace  kind  the  willing  soul; 

Men  love  us,  or  they  need  our  love; 

Freely  they  own,  or  heedless  prove 
The  curse  of  lawless  hearts,  the  joy  of  self- 
control. 

Then  rouse  thee  from  desponding  sleep, 

Nor  by  the  wayside  lingering  weep, 
Nor  fear  to  seek  Him  farther  in  the  wild. 

Whose  love  can  turn  earth's  worst  and  least 

Into  a  conqueror's  royal  feast: 
Thou  wilt  not  be  untrue,  thou  shalt  not  be 
beguiled.  John  Keble. 

3710.  LOAVES  AOT)  FISHES,  Miracle  of  tte. 
Matthew  xv  :  16-21. 

A  voice  amid  the  desert. 

Not  of  him        [fed 
Who,  in  rough  garments  clad,  and  locust- 
Cried  to  the  sinful  multitude,  and  claimed 
Fruits  of  repentance,  with  the  lifted  scourge 
Of  terror  and  reproof.     A  milder  guide. 
With  gentler  tones,  doth  teach  the  listening 

throng. 
Benignant  pity  moved  Him  as  He  saw 
The  shepherdless  and  poor.      He  knew  to 

touch 
The  springs  of  every  nature.     The  high  lore 
Of  heaven  He  humbled  to  the  simplest  child, 
And  in  the  guise  of  parable  allured 
The  sluggish  mind  to  follow  truth  and  live. 
They  whom  the  thunders  of  the  Law  had 

stunned 
Woke  to  the  Gospel's  melody  with  tears ; 
And  the  glad  Jewish  mother  held  her  babe 
High  in  her  arms,  that  its  young  eye  might 
Jesus  of  Nazareth.  [meet 

It  was  so  still. 
Though  thousands  clustered  there,  that  not  a 

sound 
Brake  the  strong  spell  of  eloquence  which 

held 
The  wilderness  in  chains,  save  now  and  then. 
As  the  gale  freshened,  came  the  murmured 

speech 
Of  distant  billows,  chafing  with  the  shores 
Of  the  Tiberian  sea. 

Day  wore  apace, 
Noon  hasted,  and  the  lengthening  shadows 

brought 
The  unexpected  eve.     They  lingered  still. 
Eyes  fixed  and  lips  apart ;  the  very  breath 
Constrained,  lest  some  escaping  sigh  might 

break 
The  tide  of  knowledge,  sweeping  o'er  their 

souls 
Like  a  strange, raptured  dream.  They  heeded 

not 
The  spent  sun,  closing  at  the  curtained  west 
His  burning  journey.      What  was  time  to 

them, 
Who  heard  entranced  the  eternal  Word  of 

Life? 
But  the  weak  flesh  grew  weary.    Hunger 

came, 


Sharpening   each  feature,  and  to   fa^ntness 

drained 
Life's  vigorous  fount.     The  holy  Saviour  felt 
Compassion  for  them.     His  disciples  p*ess, 
Care-stricken,  to  His  side:  "Where  shall  we 

find 
Bread  in  this  desert?" 

Then,  with  lifted  eye, 
He  blessed,  and  brake,  the  slender  store  of 

food, 
And  fed  the  famished  thousands.    Wonder- 
ing awe 
With  renovated  strength  inspired  their  souls, 
As,  gazing  on  the  miracle,  ihey  marked 
The  gathered  fragments  of  their  feast,  and 

heard 
Such  heavenly  words  as  lip  of  mortal  man 
Had  never  uttered. 

Thou,  whose  pitying  heart 
Yearned  o'er  the  countless  miseries  of  those 
Whom  Thou  didst  die  to  save,  touch  Thou 

our  souls 
With  the  same  spirit  of  untiring  love. 
Divine  Redeemer!  may  our  fellow-man, 
Howe'er  by  rank  or  circumstance  disjoined, 
Be  as  a  brother  in  his  hour  of  need. 

L.  H.  Sigoumey. 

3711.  LOCUSTS,  Cloud  of. 

Then  Moatli  pointed  where  a  cloud 
Of  locusts,  from  the  desolated  fields 
Of  Syria,  winged  their  way. 
"Lo!  how  created  things 
Obey  the  written  doom." 

Onward  they  came,  a  dark  continuous  cloud 
Of  congregated  myriads  numberless, 
The  rushing  of  whose  wings  w»s  as  the  sound 
Of  some  broad  river,  headlong  in  its  course 
Plunged  from  a  mountain  summit;   or  the 

roar 
Of  a  wild  ocean  in  the  autumnal  storm. 
Shattering  its  billows  on  a  shore  of  rocks. 
Onward  they  came,  the  winds  impelled  them 

on. 
Their  work  was  done,  their  path  of  ruin  past, 
Their  graves  were  ready  in  the  wilderness. 
Robert  Southey. 

3712.  LOED'S  StJPPES,  Institution  of  the. 

1  Corinthians  xi :  23. 
'Twas  on  that  dark,  that  doleful  night, 

When  powers  of  earth  and  hell  arose 
Against  the  Son  of  God's  delight. 

And  friends  betrayed  Him  to  His  foes; 

Before  the  mournful  scene  began, 

He  took  the  bread,  and  blessed  and  brake: 

What  love  through  all  Plis  actions  ran ! 
What  wondrous  words  of  grace  He  spake  J 

"This  is  My  Body,  broke  for  sin ; 

Receive  and  eat  the  living  food." 
Then  took  the  cup  and  blessed  the  wine : 

"This  the  new  covenant  in  My  Blood. 


LORD'S    STJI>I>ER. 


LORD'S    STJPPER. 


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For  us  His  flesh  with  nails  was  torn, 
He  bore  the  scourge,  He  felt  the  thorn; 
And  justice  poured  upon  His  head 
Its  heavy  vengeance  in  our  stead. 

For  us  His  vital  blood  was  spilt, 
To  buy  the  pardon  of  our  guilt ! 
When,  for  black  crimes  of  biggest  size, 
He  gave  His  soul  a  sacrifice. 

"Do  this,"  He  cried,  "  till  time  shall  end. 
In  memory  of  your  dying  Friend; 

Meet  at  My  Table,  and  record 
The  love  of  your  departed  Lord." 

Jesus !  Thy  feast  we  celebrate ; 

We  show  Thy  death,  we  sing  Thy  name, 
Till  Thou  return,  and  we  shall  eat 

The  marriage  supper  of  the  Lamb. 

laaac  Watts, 

3713.  LOED'S  SUPPER,  Intent  of  the. 
Mark  xiv  :  23-24. 
When  the  paschal  evening  fell 
Deep  on  Kedron's  hallowed  dell. 
When  around  the  festal  board 
Sate  the  apostles  with  their  Lord, 
Then  His  parting  word  He  said, 
Blessed  the  cup  and  broke  the  bread: 
"This  whenever  ye  do  see, 
Evermore  remember  me." 

Years  have  passed;  in  every  clime. 
Changing  with  the  changing  time. 
Varying  through  a  thousand  forms. 
Torn  by  factions,  rocked  by  storms. 
Still  the  sacred  table  spread. 
Flowing  cup  and  broken  bread, 
With  that  parting  word  agree, 
"Drink  and  eat — remember  Me." 

When  by  treason,  doubt,  unrest, 
Sinks  the  soul,  dismayed,  opprest; 
When  the  shadows  of  the  tomb 
Close  us  round  with  deep'ning  gloom; 
Then  bethink  us  at  that  board 
Of  the  sorrowing,  suffering  Lord, 
Who,  when  tried  and  grieved  as  we. 
Dying,  said  "  Remember  Me." 

When  through  all  the  scenes  of  life. 
Hearths  of  ])eace  and  fields  of  strife, 
Friends  or  foes  together  meet. 
Now  to  part  and  now  to  greet, 
Let  those  holy  tokens  tell 
Of  that  sweet  and  sad  farewell. 
And,  in  mingled  grief  or  glee. 
Whisper  still  "  Remember  Me." 

When  diverging  creeds  ehall  learn 
Towards  their  central  Source  to  turn ; 
When  contending  churches  tire 
Of  the  earthquake,  wind,  and  fire; 
Here  let  strife  and  clamor  cease 
At  that  still,  small  voice  of  peace — 
"May  they  all  united  be 
In  the  Father  and  in  Me." 


When  as  rolls  the  sacred  year. 
Each  fresh  note  of  love  we  hear; 
When  the  Babe,  the  Youth,  the  Man, 
Full  of  grace  divine  we  scan; 
When  the  mournful  way  we  tread, 
Where  for  us  His  blood  He  shed ; 
When  on  Easter  morn  we  tell 
How  He  conquered  death  and  hell; 
When  we  watch  His  Spirit  true 
Heaven  and  earth  transform  anew; 
Then  with  quickened  sense  we  sec 
Why  He  said  "Remember  Me." 

When  in  this  tlianksgiving  feast 
We  would  give  to  God  our  best. 
From  the  treasures  of  His  might 
Seeking  life  and  love  and  light; 
Then.  O  Friend  of  humankind! 
Make  us  true  and  firm  of  mind. 
Pure  of  heart,  in  spirit  free — 
Thus  may  we  remember  Thee. 

A.  P.  Stanley. 

3714.  LORD'S  SUPPER,  Suggestions  of  tte. 

1  Corinthians  xi  :  25. 
According  to  Thy  gracious  word, 

In  meek  humility, 
This  will  I  do,  my  dying  Lord — 

I  will  remember  Thee. 

Thy  body,  broken  for  my  sake. 
My  bread  from  heaven  shall  be; 

Thy  testamental  cup  I  take. 
And  thus  remember  Thee ! 

Gethsemane  can  I  forget. 

Or  there  Thy  conflict  see; 
Thine  agony  and  bloody  sweat, 

And  not  remember  Thee? 

When  to  the  cross  I  turn  mine  eyes 
And  rest  on  Calvary, 

0  Lamb  of  God,  my  sacrifice ! 
I  must  remember  Thee ! 

Remember  Thee,  and  all  Thy  pains. 

And  all  Thy  love  to  me; 
Yea,  while  a  breath,  a  pulse  remains. 

Will  I  remember  Thee ! 

And  when  these  failing  lips  grow  dumb, 

And  mind  and  memory  flee, 
When  Thou  shalt  in  Thy  kingdom  come, 

Jesus,  remember  me. 

James  Montgomery. 

3715.  LORD'S  SUPPER,  Unworthy  of  the. 

1  Corinthians  xi  :  27-29. 
The  board  is  spread  with  meats  divine, 

0  worn  with  strife  and  soiled  with  sin ; 
Draw  near,  love-thirsting  soul  of  mine. 

Draw  near  and  take  thy  Saviour  in. 

1  see  the  white  pr.eparfed  board, 

1  hear  the  words  of  love  and  grace; 
But  canst  Thou  deign  to  dwell,  O  Lordl 

Within  so  foul  and  soiled  a  place? 


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LOST    SHEEF. 


Fair  was  the  shrine  the  prophet  chief 
Made  for  Thy  dwelling  place  of  old, 

With  curtain  liae,  and  almond  leaf, 
And  Shittim  shaft,  and  ring  of  gold. 

More  fair  on  green  Jloriah's  breast 

The  house  the  monarch  reared  for  Thee, 

With  costly  gems  and  odors  drest, 
With  burning  lamp  and  molten  sea. 

With  cedar  flower  and  carven  palm. 
In  purest  gold  of  Parvaim  set, 

And  pillars  hung,  like  ships  a-calm. 
Each  spell-bound  in  its  gilded  net. 

Poor  heart!  ah,  whore  thy  hallowed  fires. 
Thy  gold  of  consecrated  days. 

The  broidcred  veil  of  pure  desires. 
The  cedar-scented  songs  of  praise. 

Ah  me !  the  world  has  come  between 
Thy  soul  and  Christ!  the  gold  is  dim, 

The  floor  is  soiled  He  made  so  clean: 
Is  this  a  dwelling  fit  for  Him. 

Tet  come !  I  see  the  wine,  the  bread  ! 

That  blood  can  wash  away  thy  sin; 
Draw  near,  my  soul,  and  be  thou  fed, 

Nor  doubt  that  Christ  will  enter  in! 
Mrs.  G.  F.  Alexander. 

3716.  LOST  PIECE  OF  MONET,  The. 
Luke  XV  :  8-10. 
'Tis  lost!  one  silvered  treasure  of  the  ten. 
From  the    lone  widow's   scanty  stock  and 

store ; 
For  this  she  searched  with  diligence,  and 

then. 
Soon  as  she  found  it,  she  rejoiced  the  more. 
Not  for  the  nine,  but  for  the  tenth,  the  lost. 
She  sought,  and  sighed,  and  agonized  the 

most. 

For  this  she  lit  the  candle  and  the  light. 
And  sought  and  searched  in  every  darkened 

place ; 
For  this  she  swept  till,  brought  at  last  to 

sight, 
Joy  beamed  upon  the  widow's  anxious  face. 
Who  have  but  little  have  the  less  to  share. 
And  loss  of  aught  is  more  than  they  can  spare. 

Like  that  lost  coin,  the  soul  by  nature  lies, 
In  dark  and  dust,  all-passive  of  its  state ; 
Unsought,  it  cannot  of  itself  arise; 
Unf ound,  abides  unconscious  of  its  fate : 
Such  loss  to  lose,  but  oh !  such  gain  to  find ; 
How  great  the  love  of  Jesus,  and  how  kind ! 

His  fold  is  but  a  "little  flock,"  indeed; 
His  sheep  are  numbered,  like  the  widow's 

gain ; 
One  lost  is  missed,  and  must  be  sought  with 

speed. 
Till,  found,  He  brings  it  to  the  fold  again. 


Rejoice  with   Me ;  that  which  was   lost   is 

found: 
Like  angels'  joy,  so  let  your  joy  abound ! 
Bohert  Maguire. 

3717.  LOST  SHEEP,  Parable  of  the. 
Luke  XV  :  3-7. 
There  were  ninety  and  nine  that  safely  lay 

In  the  shelter  of  the  fold. 
But  one  was  out  on  the  hills  away, 

Far  oS  from  the  gates  of  gold — 
Away  on  the  mountains  wild  and  bare, 

Away  from  the  tender  Shepherd's  care. 

"Lord,  Thou  ha<t  here  Thy  ninety  and  nine: 
Art  they  not  enough  for  Thee?"         [mine 

But  tiic  bill  phi  id  luade  answer:  "This  of 
Has  wandered  away  from  Me; 

And  although  the  road  be  rough  and  steep 
I  go  to  the  desert  to  find  My  sheep." 

But  none  of  the  ransomed  ever  knew 
How  deep  were  the  waters  crossed ; 

Nor  how  dark  was  the  night  that  the  Lord 
passed  through 
Ere  He  found  His  sheep  that  was  lost. 

Out  in  the  desert  He  heard  its  cry. 

Sick  and  helpless,  and  ready  to  die. 

"  Lord,  whence  are  those  blood-drops  all  the 

way 
That  mark  out  the  mountain's  track?" 
"They  were  shed    for    one  who  had  gone 

astray 
Ere  the  Shepherd  could  bring  him  back." 
"Lord,  whence  are  Thy  hands  so  rent  and 

torn?" 
"They   are   pierced   to-night   by   many   a 

thorn." 

But  all  through  the  mountains,  thunder-riven, 

And  up  from  the  rocky  steep. 
There  rose  a  cry  to  the  gate  of  heaven  : 

"  Rejoice !  I  have  found  My  sheep  !" 
And  the  angels  echoed  around  the  throne, 
' '  Rejoice,  for  the  Lord  brings  back  His  own !" 
Elizabeth  G.   GlepTiane.     1868. 

3718.  LOST  SHEEP,  The. 

Matthew  xviii :  13-14. 
This  Man  receiveth  sinners :  these  He  sought ; 
For   them    the    great    salvation    He    hath 
wrought. 

Oh !  blessed  thought. 

He  came  to  seek  the  strayed,  to  save  the  lost ; 

He  bought  themAvith  His  blood,  and  such  a 

A  countless  cost!  [cost — 

Yet,  when  the  Shepherd's   eye  surveys  the 

fold. 
One  lamb  is  missed  when  all  the  flock  is  told; 
One  sheep  untold. 

The   sheep   thus  gone  astray  stands  all  in 

doubt. 
Knows  no  way  in,  when  once  it  strays  with- 
Oh,  seek  it  out !  [out ; 


LOT. 


H.TJCIIT'ER. 


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So  with  the  soul,  when  straying  thus  abroad, 

Conscious  of  wrong,  it  cannot  find  the  road, 

Nor  way  to  God. 

Of  which  does  that  fond  Father  think  the 

most — 
The  cliild  that  is  safe,  or  him  that's  tempest- 
The  tempest-tost !  [tost? 

It  is  a  tiny  plant,  exotic,  rare ; 
The  night  is  cold,  sharp  bites  the  outer  air; 
Don't  leave  it  there! 

The  child  that  once  was  safe  enclosed  within, 
Is  now  without,  in  atmosphere  of  sin: 
Take  that  child  in ! 

And  so  the  Saviour  seeks  the  lost,  the  strayed ; 
The  frighted  lamb  He  in  His  bosom  laid. 
Be  not  afraid  1 

Robert  Maguire. 

3719.  LOT  IN  SODOM. 

Genesis  xiii  :  10. 
How  hurtful  was  the  choice  of  Lot, 

Who  took  up  his  abode, 
Because  it  was  a  fruitful  spot, 

With  them  who  feared  not  God ! 

A  pris'ner  he  was  quickly  made. 

Bereaved  of  all  liis  store; 
And,  but  for  Abraham's  timely  aid, 

He  had  returned  no  more. 

Yet  still  he  seemed  resolved  to  stay, 

As  if  it  were  his  rest; 
Although  their  sins  from  day  to  day 

His  righteous  soul  distressed. 

A  while  he  stayed  with  anxious  mind, 
Exposed  to  scorn  and  strife; 

At  last  he  left  us  all  behind, 
And  fled  to  save  his  life. 

In  vain  his  sons-in-law  he  warned: 
They  thought  he  told  his  dreams; 

His  daughters,  too,  of  tliem  had  learned, 
And  perished  in  tlie  flames. 

His  wife  escaped  a  little  way, 

But  died  for  looking  back; 
Does  not  her  case  to  pilgrims  say, 

"Beware  of  growing  slack"? 

Tea,  Lot  himself  could  ling'ring  stand. 

Though  vengeance  was  in  view; 
'Twas  mercy  plucked  him  by  the  hand. 
Or  he  had  perished  too. 

John  Newton. 
3720.  LUCIFER. 
Dark  spirit!  blasting  in  thy  fall. 

As  lightning-bolt  athwart  the  gloom, 
Behold  the  man's  hand  on  the  wall, 
And  hear  thy  doom ! 

Proud  reveller,  bold  God's  shrine  to  flout, 

Thy  years  are  told,  thy  empire  riven; 
And  thou  shalt  fall,  from  earth  cast  out, 
As  erst  from  heaven. 


Back  through  the  infinite  march  and  roll 

Of  years  on  years  thy  grim  thought  cast, 
In  memory's  yet  uncancelled  scroll 
Heads  the  bright  past : 

But  all  that  glory  fades  and  dies 

With  dwindled  rays,  as  the  round  suu 
Of  twinkling  ])oints  on  midnight  skies 
Becomes  but  one. 

By  distance  dimmed ;  or  as  a  dream 

Of  palaces  and  gorgeous  things. 
And  love  and  joy,  wherein  we  seem 
Wafted  with  wings, 

Dissolves  by  slow  degrees,  or  so 

Remains  as  only  more  to  prove, 
By  contrast,  all  our  depth  of  woe, 
Our  dearth  of  love. 

And  what  thou  couldst  not  choose  but  bring 

Of  lustre  from  thy  native  throne — 
So  bright,  that  when  high  poets  sing 
In  loftiest  tone. 

They  cannot  paint  thee  wholly  vile, 

But    somewhat    leave    that    charms   our 
Some  angel-grace  amidst  thy  guile, [thought, 
"More  than  they  ought  — 

Now  like  a  flickering  marsh-fire  frowns 
Round  thy  dark  brow,  with  ages  dim, 
Poor  parody  of  light  that  crowns 
The  seraphim. 

And  if  thy  foul  and  shameful  fall 

Left,  in  good  sooth,  some  spark  of  grace. 
Yet  lapse  of  years  shall  quench  out  all, 
And  leave  no  trace. 

For  evil  waxeth  more  and  more, 

Till  evil  is  its  only  boast; 
Hating  whate'er  it  loved  before, 
And  God  the  most. 

Too  long  beneath  thy  iron  reign 

Hath  this  fair  world  been   stamped  and 
In  far  millenniums,  ere  one  Cain  [trod. 

Purpled  the  sod. 

Too  long,  since  first  thy  sharp  eye  scanned 

The  intruder  on  thy  weird  domain ; 

And  all  too  well  thy  spite  hath  planned 

God's  work  to  stain. 

And  ah  !  too  long,  e'en  since  that  hour 

When,  in  disguise,  thy  fated  Foe 
In  wetkness  struck  thy  ripest  power 
Its  deadliest  blow. 

Too  long,  alas !  we  catch  the  falls 

Of  thy  dread  footsteps  to  and  fro. 
As  kings  unthroned  their  ancient  halls 
Pace,  loth  to  go. 

But,  as  that  crowned  madman  bold. 

Who,  e'en  as  his  ])roud  eyes  he  passed 
O'er  all  that  Babylon  of  gold, 
Was  outward  cast, 


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LUKE. 


LTJN^TIC. 


So  thou,  who  falsely  nam'st  thine  own 
The  kingdoms  never  meant  for  thee, 
Thrust   forth  with  shame,  shalt  make  thy 
Eternally.  [moan 

Then,  when  the  final  angel  stands 

With  the  irrevocable  key, 
The  watchers  shall  proclaim  the  lands 
At  rest,  and  free ; 

And  then  from  all  the  earth  shall  rise 

Pure  alleluias,  loud  and  long; 
"While  downward  from  the  happy  skies 
Shall  sweep  the  song : 

' '  How  art  thou  fallen  from  thy  place, 

Dread  meteor  of  the  night — how  far! 
How  riseth  o'er  the  hills  with  grace 
The  Morning  Star !" 

Charles  Lawrence  Ford. 

3721.  LUKE  Airo  DEMAS. 

Colossiansiv  :  14;  2  Timothy  iv  :  10,  il. 
Two  clouds  before  the  summer  gale 

In  equal  race  fleet  o'er  the  sky ; 
Two  flowers,  when  wintry  blasts  assail, 

Together  pine,  together  die. 

But  two  capricious  human  hearts — 
No  sage's  rod  may  track  their  ways, 

No  eye  pursue  their  lawless  starts 
Along  their  wild  self-chosen  maze. 

He  only,  by  whose  sovereign  Hand 

Even  sinners  for  the  evil  day  [planned, 

"Were   made;  who    rules   the    world   He 
Turning  our  worst  His  own  good  way — 

He  only  can  the  cause  reveal, 

"Why,  at  the  same  fond  bosom  fed. 

Taught  in  the  self-same  lap  to  kneel 
Till  the  same  prayer  was  duly  said, 

Brothers  in  blood  and  nurture  too, 
Aliens  in  heart  so  oft  should  prove; 

One  lose,  the  other  keep  heaven's  clue; 
One  dwell  in  wrath,  and  one  in  love. 

He  only  knows,  for  He  can  read 
The  mystery  of  the  wicked  heart, 

"Why  vainly  oft  our  arrows  speed 

When  aimed  with  most  unerring  art ; 

While  from  some  rude  and  powerless  arm 
A  random  shaft,  in  season  sent. 

Shall  light  upon  some  lurking  harm, 
And  work  some  wonder  little  meant. 

Doubt  we  how  souls  to  wanton  change, 
Leaving  their  own  experienced  rest? 

Need  not  around  the  world  to  range; 
One  narrow  cell  may  teach  us  best. 

Look  in  and  see  Christ's  chosen  saint 
In  triumph  wear  his  Christ-like  chain; 

No  fear  lest  he  should  swerve  or  faint; 
"His  life  is  Christ,  his  death  is  gain." 


Two  converts,  watching  by  bis  side, 
Alike  His  love  and  greetings  share: 

Luke  the  beloved,  the  sick  soul's  guide; 
And  Demas,  named  in  faltering  prayer. 

Pass  a  few  years;  look  in  once  more: 
The  saint  is  in  his  bonds  again ; 

Save  that  his  hopes  more  boldly  soar, 
He  and  his  lot  unchanged  remain. 

But  only  Luke  is  with  him  now; 

Alas !  that  even  the  martyr's  cell, 
Heaven's  verge,  should  scope  allow 

For  the  false  world's  seducing  spell. 

'Tis  sad ;  but  yet  'tis  well,  be  sure, 
We  on  the  sight  should  muse  awhile, 

Nor  cleem  our  shelter  all  secure 
Even  in  the  church's  holiest  aisle. 

Vainly  before  the  shrine  he  bends 

Who  knows  not  the  true  pilgrim's  part : 

The  martyr's  cell  no  safety  lends 

To  him  who  wants  the  martyr's  heart. 

But  if  there  be  who  follows  Paul, 
As  Paul  his  Lord,  in  life  and  death, 

Where'er  an  aching  heart  may  call 
Keady  to  speed  and  take  no  breath ; 

Whose  ]oy  is,  to  the  wandering  sheep. 
To  tell  of  the  great  Shepherd's  love; 

To  learn  of  mourners  while  they  weep 
The  music  that  makes  mirth  above ; 

Who  makes  the  Saviour  all  his  theme, 
The  gospel  all  his  pride  and  praise — 

Approach,  for  thou  canst  see  the  gleam 
That  round  the  martyr's  death-bed  plays ; 

Thou  hast  an  ear  for  angels'  songs, 
A  breath  the  gospel  trump  to  fill. 

And  taught  by  thee  the  church  prolongs 
Her  hymns  of  high  thanksgiving  still. 

Ah,  dearest  mother,  since  too  oft 

The  world  yet  wins  some  Demas  frail 

Even  from  thine  arms,  so  kind  and  soft, 
May  thy  tried  comforts  never  fail ! 

When  faithless  ones  forsake  thy  wing. 
Be  it  vouchsafed  thee  still  to  see 

Thy  true,  fond  nurslings  closer  cling, 
Cling  closer  to  their  Lord  and  tliee. 
John  Keble. 

3722.  LUNATIC  CHILD,  The. 

Mark  ix  :  14-29. 
The  word  is  not,  what  Christ  can  do. 

But,  what  can  we  believe? 
Faith  is  the  moving  power,  and  lo ! 

Believing  we  receive. 

"If  Thou  canst  aught  effect,  O  Lord " 

Is  doubt  and  unbelief; 
"If  thou  canst  but  believe  my  word" 

Is  joy  and  sweet  relief. 


lL,TJNj5^TIC. 


LYSTRj^. 


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The  "if"  that  thus  to  man  applies, 

Doth  not  to  God  belong ; 
He  is  omniscient  and  all-wise, 

Omnipotent  and  strong. 

All  boundless,  surely,  as  that  will 
That  made  the  earth  and  sky. 

Must  be  the  power  of  Jesus  still 
To  heal  this  lunacy. 

'Tis  not  His  power  that  we  must  doubt, 
But  our  own  doubting  faith; 

He  can  cast  fierce  diseases  out, 
And  life  restore  from  death. 

Not  what  the  flowing  stream  can  give. 
That  from  the  fountain  flows; 

But  what  the  pitcher  can  receive. 
That  to  the  fountain  goes. 

The  empty  pitcher  need  not  say, 
"Fail  not,  O  stream,  for  me!" 

That  stream  can  neither  fail  nor  stay; 
It  ever  flows  for  thee? 

Whate'er  tlie  vessel  doth  contain. 

Is  all  the  vessel  gives; 
It  may  be  filled  again,  again : 

'Tis  thus  the  heart  receives. 

Oh !  come  again,  as  oft  before. 

The  stream  flows  on  apace; 
And  new  and  fresh  fill  up  thy  store. 

Receiving  grace  for  grace. 

'Tis  not  the  measure  of  the  light 
That  shines  from  yonder  sky 

That  gives  to  man  the  power  of  sight. 
But  'tis  the  human  eye. 

If  that  be  blind,  it  cannot  see, 
Howe'er  the  sun  may  shine; 

So,  as  our  faith  and  trust  may  be. 
We  see  the  light  divine. 

The  market  store  is  full  and  free. 

For  all  to  come  and  share; 
But  no  advantage  can  it  be, 

If  hunger  be  not  there. 

As  men  have  appetite  for  food. 
They  come  to  fill  their  store; 

And  as  they  find  the  food  is  good. 
They  come  again  for  more. 

The  harbor's  bosom,  deep  and  wide. 
Doubts  not  the  mighty  sway 

By  which  the  strong  incoming  tide 
Doth  fill  it  day  by  day. 

It  saith  not,  "If  thou  canst,  O  tide !"  ■ 
But,  "  What  can  I  receive?" 

Then,  open  thou  thy  fiood-gates  wide. 
And  take  the  gifts  I  give ! 

Not  as  my  scanty  stock  and  store. 
The  harvest  field  doth  bloom ; 


The  plenty  of  Thy  threshing-floor 
Shouts  for  the  harvest-home. 

And  if  my  basket  wants  for  bread, 

Let  me  believe  Thy  word ; 
Then  heap  Thy  blessings  on  my  head, 

Because  Thou  canst,  O  Lord. 

"According  to  thy  faith,"  saith  He; 

If  thou  canst  but  believe. 
So  shall  My  gifts  and  graces  be. 

And  so  shalt  thou  receive. 

Then,  "If  thou  canst"  is  not  the  word ; 

But,  "Is  there  faith  in  me?" 
For  Thou  canst  give  me  all,  O  Lord ! 

If  I  believe  in  Thee. 

Robert  Maguire. 

3723.  LTDIA. 

Acts  xvi :  14. 
Seller  of  purple !  listener  to  the  word 
Brought  to  thy  heart  by  Silas  and  by  Paul, 
Baptized  with  all  thy  household ;  thou  wast 

stirred 
By  the  great  debt  incurred  to  grace,  by  all 
The  blessed  love  that  converts  have  for  them 
Who  teach  stray  feet  the  way  to  Bethlehem, 
To  show  true  hospitality  of  heart. 
To  entertain  each  God-sent  gracious  guest, 
Unwilling  from  such  benison  to  part. 
Thy  humble  dome  with   such  how  greatly 

blest! 
Thou  wast  indeed  judged  faithful  in  thy  love. 
And  holy  footsteps  honored  thy  abode ; 
Nobler,  thus  sheltering  heralds  from  above. 
Than  proudest  hall  by  proudest  monarch 

trod.  William  B.  Tafxian. 

^12,'^.  LTSTEA,  Paul  and  Bamabas  at. 
Acts  xiv  :  11. 
Emerging  from  the  whirlwind  and  the  storm 
Of  persecution,  Paul,  with  Barnabas, 
To  Lystra  comes,  and  earnest  there  proclaims 
Redemption,  judgment;  heraldry  divine. 
Tidings  melodious  as  angelic  bliss. 
And  sovereign  as  the  harp  of  Jesse's  son 
To    heal  distempered    minds:    his    ardent 
speech  [ears 

Rebukes,  exhorts ;  now  thundering  in  their 
The  terror  of  the  Lord,  unfolding  now 
Mystery   of   love    omnipotent.        "Awake, 
Arise,  benighted  sleepers,  from  the  dead. 
And  Christ  shall  give  you  wisdom,  and  in- 
struct [gleams 
To   checker  life's    dark    vale   with   sunny 
Of  truth  and  virtue,  'till  salvation  ope 
Her  portals  and  her  mansions,  to  receive 
And  welcome  you  to    rapture !"     Crowds, 

athirst 
For  novelty,  around  th'  apostle  press, 
Lightly  to  hear,  and  lightly  to  depart, 
Relapsing  to  oblivion;  while  obdured 
By  vain  philosophy,  high-reaching  power. 
Patrician  eminence,  voluptuous  ease, 
The  children  of  prosperity  deride 
Contrition's  call.     Far  other  passion  moves 


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LYSXRA. 


Yon  loathed  beggar,  cripple  from  the  womb, 
Oq  the  cold  earth  extended,  and  embossed 
With  leprosy;  yet  glorious  all  within, 
Arrayed  in  righteousness,  and  eagle-winged 
With  piety  and  hope  ;  thence  happier  far 
Than  they   from    whom  this    sup2:)lication 
wrings  [dreams 

A     scanty   alms.     (Ambition's    blaze,     the 
Of  fame  and  riches,  vanish  and  decay; 
But  virtues  vanish  not,  to  paradise 
Translated  with  empyreal  youth  to  bloom.) 
In  squalor  and  in  dereliction  scorned. 
Outcast  of  human  pity,  but  upheld 
By    grace    and     guardian     seraphim,     and 

doomed 
On  earth  to  suffer,  but  rejoice  in  heaven, 
The  mourner  lay;  when  he  of  Tarsus  saw 
His  misery,  and  with  thought-exploring  eye 
Discerned  his  faith,  and  issued  thus  com- 
mand: 

"  Arise,  forlorn  and  helpless,  from  the  dust; 

Forget  thy  desolation ;  in  the  name 

Of  Jesus    rise  and  walk!"     While    yet  he 

spake, 
Through  the  shrunk  sinews  and  contracted 

limbs 
Ethereal  vigor  darts  like  lightning  flame. 
Enkindling  health,  and  purging  off  in  scales 
Leprous  pollution ;  through  each  pulse  and 

vein, 
Through  sense  and  motion,  heart   and  eye 

and  soul. 
The   genial   spirits   dance;  and    the   gaunt 

frame. 
Late  the  mind's  noisome  dungeon,  spheres 

her  now 
In  palace  of  delight.     The  cripple  rose  [ran 
Exulting,  walked  and  leaped  and  bounding 
Light  as  the  roebuck  ;  yet  in  frantic  joy 
Not  thankless,  or  unmindful  to  extol 
Supernal  mercy.     Him  the  multitude 
Pursued  and  held;  insatiate  to  survey 
In  speculation  mute  his  altered  form. 
Athletic  beauty :  some,  half  fearful,  touched 
The  withered  lazar  hands,  now  wann  with 

blood 
Salubrious,  and  with  pliant  muscles  strung; 
Some  lifted  up  his  garments,  to  behold 
The  well-compacted  knees,  th'  elastic  feet. 
And  ankles  firm ;  while  round  the  whisper 

flew, 
"Is  this  the  suppliant  stretched  so  late  su- 
pine. 
Fed  by  precarious  bounty,  and  with  groans 
Saddening  the  day  ?"    Confusion  of  applause. 
Tempest  of  acclamation,  next  ensued 
From  young  and  old:  "The  deities  descend 
In  mortal  shape!"  they  cried;   "  to  Lystra's 

domes 
And  honored  temples,  welcome  and  all  hail. 
Dread-thundering  monarch,   cloud-compell- 
ing Jove! 
Bright  son  of  Maia,  hail !"    The  city  swarms 
In  wild  commotion,  roused  as  by  affright 
Of  midnight  conflagration  or  the  din 


Of  battle :  streets  and  avenues  disgorge 
Augmenting  thousaudh ;  matrons,  children, 

climb 
The  roofs  and  walls,  and  in  astonishment 
Sit  gazing  there.     So  all  was  ecstasy 
And  tumult  all,  'till  veneration  hushed 
Tlieir  thronged  idolatry :  fur  now  the  priest 
Of  Jupiter  advancing,  oxen  brought 
And  garlands,  and  the  sanctimonious  rites 
Solemn  prepared,  though  with   disordered 

pomp, 
As  summoned  hasty;  now  the  goblet  foamed 
Libation,  and  the  victim's  neck  was  bowed; 
Spices  in  odorous  piles  already  blazed, 
Already  the  grim  sacrificer  stood       [shame, 
In   act   to   strike;    when,     with    indignant 
Th'  ambassadors  of  Majesty  divine. 
Perceiving  their  intent,  among  them  rushed 
Precipitate,  and  boldly  overthrew 
Each  instrument  of  worship,  and  reproved 
Their  impious  folly.     "  Cease  ye,  nor  present 
Knee-tribute,  nor  to  us  the  name  ascribe 
Of    Godhead;    wanderers   we,     of    earthly 

mould ; 
Of  peril,  woe,  disaster,  and  disease 
Partakers,  and  of  death.     But  would  ye  learn 
Whom  and  how  best  to  worship,  that  our  lips, 
Instructed  and  commissioned,  shall  declare. 

"Can  the  dumb  idol  measure  in  his  hand 
The  floods  of  ocean,  or  in  the  balance  weigh 
The  mountains  and  the  valleys,  or  convulse 
The  steadfast  earth,  alternate  rouse  and  quell 
The  stormy  winds,  and  bid  conflicting  clouds 
Dissolve  in  deluge?  or  will  thunders  roar. 
And  lightnings  flash,  obsequious  to  liis  call? 
Say,  can  the  molten  image  look  abroad  [orb 
Through  depths  of  ether,  and  appoint  each 
To  come  and  go,  refulgent  now  t'  illume 
The  firmamentul  concave,  now  withdraw 
To  dimness  and  extinction?  can  such  eye. 
Like  sunbeam,  search  affection  and  desire? 
Hath  motionless  and  chiselled  marble  power 
And  wisdom?  can  it  punish  and  rcAvard 
Guilt  undivulged  and  virtues  yet  unknown, 
Judge  by  the  heart,  and  equity  dispense 
To  empires  and  to  worlds?     He  only  can, 
Whom,  Lord  of  immortality  and  life, 
Supreme,  invisible.  Almighty  King, 
Sole    Godhead    I    proclaim.     Ye    heavens, 

attend ! 
Give  ear,  O  earth  !  all-radiant  sun,  confess 
Thine  Author !     Times  and  seasons,  months 

and  years. 
And  all  that  live  or  live  not,  record  join. 
His  wonders  of  perfection  to  display  ! 
Him,  the  one  God  and  true,  through  youth 

and  age. 
Through  peril  and  through  safety,  joy  and 

woe, 
Perpetual  will  we  worship  and  extol 
His  wondrous  name,  in  bounty  wondrous 

found 
To  all  that  live;  them  chiefly  who  confess 
His  empire,  while  their  holiness  and  truth 
(Faith's  proper  sign)like  lamps  celestial  burn, 


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Dispelling  death,  and  darkness,  and  the  way 
Illuminating  to  Jehovah's  throne." 

The  congregation  heard. 
Awe-struck,    yet    unrepentant,    murmuring 
Obedience,  and  reluctantly  dismissed    [paid 
The  sacrifices:  then  with  cloudy  fiout 
And  troubled  rumination,  sad  and  slow 
Dispersing,  to  their  several  homes  returned. 

And  couldst  thou,  Lystra,  thus  ungracious 

hear 
Such  exhortation,  or  the  following  morn 
With  arms  and  murderous  insurrection  chase 
Heaven's  ministers,  while  the  converted  few 
Aloof  stood  mourning,  powerless  to  resist 
The  popular  frenzy?     So  Jerusalem 
Carolled  hosannas  to  th'  api)roaclnng  Son 
Of  David ;  but  in  little  space  how  changed ! 
That  triumph  yet  re-echoing  in  mid  air, 
Her  fierce  impiety  with  uproar  doomed 
Messiah  to  the  cross!     So  scorns  the  world 
Each  admonition  that  from  idol  vows 
Of  pleasure,  avarice,  or  ambitious  power 
Adjures  them  to  return,  and  find  repose 
And  pardon  from  the  Mediatorial  Grace 
That  ransomed  man.     O  high  and  lofty  Sire, 
Inhabiting  eternity,  incline 
A  wayward  world  to  fear  Thee,  and  devote 
To  Thee  each  word  and  action,   heart  and 

soul.  Charles  Hvyle. 

3725.  MACEDONIA,  The  Man  of. 
Acts  xvi  :  6-10. 
O  for  a  vision  and  a  voice  to  lead  me. 
To  show  me  plainly  where  my  work  should 

lie! 
Look  where  I  maj*,  fresh  hindrances  impede 

me ; 
Vain  and  unanswered  seems  my  earnest  cry. 

Hush,  unbelieving  one !  But  for  thy  blind- 
ness, 

But  for  thine  own  impatience  and  self-will, 

Thou  wouldest  see  thy  Master's  loving-kind- 
ness. 

Who  by  those  "hindrances"  is  leading  still. 

He  Who  of  old  through  Phrygia  andGalatia 
Led  the  Apostle  Paul,  and  blessed  him  there, 
If  He  forbid  to  "preac  h  the  Word  in  Asia," 
Must  have  prepared  for  thee  a  work  else- 
where. 

Courage  and  patience !  Is  the  Master  sleep- 
Has  He  no  plan,  no  purposes,  of  love?  [ing? 
What  though  awhile  His  counsel  He  is  keep- 
It  is  maturing  in  the  world  above.  [ing? 

Wait  on  the  Lord !  In  His  right  hand  be 
hidden, 

And  go  not  forth  in  haste  to  strive  alone: 

Shun — like  a  sin ! — the  tempting  work  "for- 
bidden:" 

God's  love  for  souls,  be  sure,  exceeds  thine 
own. 


The  Master  cares.     Why  feel,  or  seem,  so 

lonely? 
Nothing  can  interrupt  real  work  for  God : 
Work  maybe  changed;  it  cannot  cease,  if 

only 
We  are  resolved  to  cleave  unto  the  Lord. 

None  are  good  works,  for  thee,  but  works 
appointed: 

Ask  to  be  filled  with  knowledge  of  His  will. 

Cost  what  it  may!  Why  live  a  life  dis- 
jointed? 

One  work  throughout!  God's  pleasure  to 
fulfil! 

But  if  indeed  some  special  woik  awaits  thee. 
Canst  thou  ailord  this  waiiing-iime  to  lose? 
By  each  successive  task  Gi)d  educates  thee; 
What  if  the  iron  be  too  blunt  to  use  ? 

Can  walls  be  builded  with  untempered  mor- 
tar? 

Or  fish  be  caught  in  the  unmended  snare? 

Must  not  the  metal  pass  through  fire  and 
water, 

If  for  the  battle-field  it  would  prepare? 

O  thou  unpolished  shaft!  why  leave  the 
quiver? 

O  thou  blunt  axe !  what  forest  canst  thou 
hew? 

Unsharpened  sword !  Canst  thou  the  op- 
pressed deliver? 

Go  back  to  thine  own  Maker's  forge  anew! 

Submit  thyself  to  God  for  ])reparation  : 
Seek  not  to  teach  thy  Master  and  thy  Lord! 
Call  it  not  "zeal!"    It  is  a  base  temptation: 
Satan  is  pleased,  when  man  dictates  to  God. 

Down  with  thy  pride !  With  holy  vengeance 

trample 
On  each  self -flattering  fancy  that  appears! 
Did  not  the  Lord  Himself,  for  our  examj)le, 
Lie  hid  in  Nazareth  for  thirty  years? 

Wait  the  appointed  time  for  work  appointed, 
Lest  by  the  Tempter's  wiles  thou  be  en- 
snared ! 
Fresh  be  the  oil  wherewith  thou  art  anointed ! 
Let  God  prepare  thee  for  the  work  prepared  I 
Catharine  llankey. 

3726.  MACHPELAH,  The  Cave  of. 
Genesis  xxiii  :  lT-20. 
Beneath  the  stately  Pyramids  of  old 
Cheops  might  bury  his  imperial  bones. 
And  all  his  sons,  in  fragrant  cerements  rolled, 
Crowd  the  dark  vaults  with  royal  skeletons; 
As  if  a  king  required  an  ampler  sjiace 
To  sleep  in  than  the  rabble  of  the  race. 

That  wonder  of  the  elder  world,  the  pile 

By  faithful  Artemisia  sadly  raised 

To  her  loved  Carian,  hoping  to  beguile 

A  life-long  grief,  might  merit  to  be  praised : 


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ML^OHFEij^ia:. 


A  dome,  the  memory  of  whose  antique  fame 
Has  given  each  sumptuous  sepulchre  a  name, 

But  thou,  Judean  sepulchre  and  cave  ! 

By  no  such  hands  was  hewn,  nor  wert  thou 

decked 
With  fluted  column,  frieze,  and  architrave, 
Elaborate  sculpture  of  the  architect ! 
Yet  at  the  thought  of  thee  my  bosom  swells^ 
And  oft  beside  thee  mournful  memory  dwells^ 

I  see  where,  iu  the  depth  of  pastoral  hills, 
An  Eastern  city  lies,  and  near  the  gates 
The  solemn  grove  that  shades  thee :  Fancy  fills 
The  interspace  with  forms  which  it  creates ; 
And  all  thy  dead,  before  my  dreamy  eyes, 
In  long  and  shadowy  procession  rise. 

My  mind  recalls  thee  on  that  doleful  day, 
When  from  his  place,  beside  his  Sarah's  bier. 
The  patriarch  rose,  and  calmed  his  passion's 

sway — 
While  all  the  darked-robed  Hittites  gathered 

near — 
And  courteously  entreated  for  his  dead 
A  sepulchre,  and  bowed  his  reverent  head. 

The  children  of  the  land  with  grief  were 

touched. 
And  Ephron  with  mild  dignity  arose ; 
Quick  to  the  generous  impulse,  he  avouched 
His  wish  to  yield  him  freely  what  he  chose. 
Then  in  thy  empty  vault  he  sought  the  right 
To  bury  his  beloved  from  his  sight. 

Strange  that  the  first  inheritance  he  owned 
In  all  the  breadth  of  Canaan  was  a  grave. 
And  a  few  roods  around ;  that  the  sole  bond 
Or  charter,  God,  through  years  of  trial,  gave 
To  him  whose  seed  was  Canaan's  later  heir. 
Was  that  by  which  he  claimed  a  sepulchre ! 

It  seemed  a  slender  and  a  mournful  tie 
From  which  to  hang  so  much ;  but  that  old 

faith 
Sought  not  a  stronger  pledge ;  yea,  could  rely 
Through  life  on  the  bare  promise,   and  in 

death ; 
Brought  future  hopes  within  the  sphere  of 

sense. 
And  gave  the  unseen  a  present  evidence. 

No  patriarch  had  a  home :  the  grassy  dells, 
In  which  his  sheep  and  camels  browse  to-day, 
To-morrow  are  deserted,  and  their  wells 
Forsaken ;  the  long  line  resumed  its  way 
Once  more,  and  in  perpetual  j)ilgrimage 
They  passed  their  lives  from  infancy  to  age. 

This  sepulchre  was  all  their  home;  no  force 
Could  seize  it,  no  disquietude  molest; 
They  filled  its  vacant  vaults  till  in  the  course 
Of  their  succession  each  contained  its  guest; 
And  thus  in  resting  from  life's  fevered  toil. 
Each  with  his  dust  took  seisin  of  the  soil. 

So,  too,  it  seemed  each  hoary-headed  sire, 
When  slow-paced  age  with  its  infirmities 


Sounded  death's  soft  alarum,  would  retire 
To  this  lone  spot ;  the  while  from  his  old  eyes 
The  world  was  fading,  calmly  to  prepare 
For    its    approach,    in   thoughtfulness  and 
prayer. 

Under  the  shadow  of  these  murmuring  trees, 
While  vigor  fails  and  outward  sight  grows 

dim, 
Each  gathers  up  his  thoughts,  and  by  degrees 
Beholds  heaven's  portals  opening  for  him — 
Feels  liis  transfiguration  near  at  hand, 
And  treads  the  borders  of  the  silent  land. 

O  blessed  close  of  lives  outworn  with  toils 
And  wanderiugs!     O  sacred  time  of  rest! 
These  lioly  hours  when  God  Himself  assoils 
The  soul  about  to  mingle  with  the  blest: 
Evening  of  preparation,  calm  and  clear, 
For  the  eternal  Sabbath  now  so  near : 

A  tranquil  eve,  thr.t  shuts  a  stormy  day, 
When  westering  clouds  are  drenched  with 

dews  of  gold, 
And  crimson  mists  steam  upwards,  and  we 

say. 
The  morrow  will  serener  skies  unfold, 
And  all  the  stainless  body  of  heaven  is  bare, 
And  quivering  stars  glance  through  the  azuro 

air. 

The  Eden  of  their  earth  lay  all  around 
Machpelah;  there  God  came  down  in  the  cool 
Of   even  to  walk  with  them,  and  all  the 

ground 
Was  therefore  holy,  therefore  beautiful; 
And  their  free  spirits  panted  for  the  time 
When  they  would  soar  to  an  unwithering 

clime. 

To  them  it  ceased  to  be  a  place  of  death  ; 
It  was  the  porch  within  whose  solemn  glooms 
They  stood  till  the  temple  opened ;  the  sweet 

breath 
Of  heaven  here  soothed  their  hearts;    the 

lovely  blooms 
Of  that  fair  land  refreshed  their  droojjing 

eyes; 
And  glimpses  came  to  them  from  other  skies. 

As  mariners,  long  driven  through  unknown 

seas 
By  stress  of  tempest,  if,  when  steering  on, 
Or  ever  land  appear,  the  evening  breeze 
Blow  faint  with  sandal-wood  or  cinnamon, 
Look  out  for  the  blue  haze  of  spicy  isles, 
And  trim  their  sails,  and  no  more  grudge 

their  toils. 

These  weary  voyagers  here  drew  to  shores 
Bathed  in  eternal  sunshine,  and  the  past 
Was  all  forgotten  as  the  surge  that  roars 
Beyond  the  reef;  in  this  still  bay  they  cast 
Their  anchor;  watched  the  waves  glide  up 

the  sand, 
And  wondered  at  the  beauty  of  the  land. 


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Around  that  cherished  sepulchre  they  died, 
Heirs  of  a  vault — lords  only  of  a  grave; 
A-nd  after  all,  is  he  v^Uo  looks  with  pride 
Upon  his  amjile  lands,  whose  forests  wave 
On  hills  unseen  from  his  baronial  door. 
The  absolute  lord  and  master  of  much  more? 

The  lands  that  may  descend  from  sire  to  son 
Are  not  inalienable  :  time  or  chance. 
Proud  lord  !  may  challenge  what  thou  call'st 

thine  own, 
And  wrest  from  thee  the  old  inheritance; 
Thou  art  a  tenant  at  God's  will:  thy  lease 
Many  run  out  long  before  thine  own  decease. 

But  thou  hast  a  Machpelah :  this  is  thine, 
And  this  alone ;  thou  art  the  absolute 
Possessor  of  a  sepulchre  or  shrine 
To  lay  thy  bones  in :  none  will  dare  dispute 
Thy  right  to  rest  there,  till  the  knell  of  doom 
Shall  startle  even  the  silence  of  the  tomb. 

Nor  force  shall  wrest,  no  time  shall  alienate 
This  sure  possession  from  thy  coming  heirs : 
Contract  thy  mind  into  this  small  estate, 
And  give  thy  soul  to  nobler  thoughts  and 

cares ; 
Thus  thou  shalt  plant  a  garden  round  the 

tomb, 
Where  golden  hopes  may  flower,  and  fruits 

immortal  bloom.  Burns. 

3727.  MACHPELAH,  The  Cave  of. 
Calm  is  it  in  the  dim  cathedral  cloister. 
Where  lie  the  dead  all  couched  in  marble 

rare. 
Where  the  shades  thicken,  and  the  breath 
hangs  moister 
Than  in  the  sunlit  air. 

Where  the  chance  ray  that  makes  the  carved 

stone  whiter. 
Tints  with  a  crimson  or  a  violet  light, 
Some  pale   old   bishop  with   his   stall   and 

mitre, 
Some  stiflE  crusading  knight ! 

Sweet  is  it  where  the  little  graves  fling  shad- 
ows 

In   the    green   churchyard,    on   the  shaven 
grass. 

And    a  faint   cowslip   fragrance   from  the 
meadows 
O'er  the  low  wall  doth  pass ! 

More  sweet,  more  calm  in  that  fair  valley's 

bosom. 
The  burial-place  in  Ephron's  pasture  ground. 
Where  the  oil-olive  shed  her  snowy  blossom, 
And  the  red  grape  was  found ; 

When  the  great  pastoral  prince,  with*  love 

undying, 
Rose  up  in  anguish  from  the  face  of  death. 
And  weighed  the  silver  shekels  for  its  buying 
Before  the  sous  of  Heth. 


Here,  when  the  measure  of  his   days  wa3 

numbered — 
Days  few  and  evil  in  this  vale  of  tears — 
At  Sarah's  side  the  faithful  patriarch  slum- 
bered. 
An  old  man  full  of  years. 

Here  holy  Isaac,  meek  of  heart  and  gentle, 
And  the  fair  maid  who  came  to  him  from  far, 
And  the  sad  sire  who  knew  all  throes  pa- 
rental, 
And  the  meek-eyed  Leah,  are; 

She  rests  not  here,  the  beautiful  of  feature. 
For  whom  her  Jacob  wrought  his  years  twice 

o'er. 
And  deemed  them  but  as  one,  for  that  fair 

creature, 
So  dear  the  love  he  bore ! 

Nor  Israel's  son  beloved,  who  brought  him 

sleeping. 
With  a  long  pomp  of  woe,  to  Canaan's  shade. 
Till  all  the  people  wondered  at  the  weeping 
By  the  Egyptians  made. 

Like    roses  from  the   same   tree    gathered 

yearly, 
And  flung  together  in  one  vase  to  keep. 
Some,  but  not  all  who  loved  so  well  and 

dearly. 
Lie  here  in  quiet  sleep. 

What  though  the  Moslem  mosque  be  in  the 
valley. 

Though  faithless  hands  have  sealed  the  sa- 
cred cave. 

And  the  red  prophet's  children  shout   "EI 
Allah !" 
Over  the  Hebrew's  grave ; 

Yet  a  day  cometh  when  those  white  walls 

shaking. 
Shall  give  again  to  light  the  living  dead, 
And  Abraham,  Isaac,  Jacob,  reawaking. 
Spring  from  their  rocky  bed. 

Mrs.  G.  F.  Alexander. 

3728.  MAGI,  The. 

I.    THE  ARRIVAL. 

In  summer  sunset  stood  Jerusalem, 
Framed  round  with  mountains  like  a  well- 
set  gem, 
A  mighty  cameo  carved  on  Zion's  crest ; 
All  bathed  in  glory  from  the  amber  west 
That  streamed  o'er  wall  and  gate,  o'er  tower 

and  shrine. 
Till  earthly  temples  glowed  with  light  divine. 

Amid  that  splendor  of  departing  day, 

A  stately  caravan  ascends  the  way 

From  Kedron's  vale  to  Herod's  royal  gate, 

A  thoughtful   train,  that  moves  in  solemn 

state. 
On  some   great   errand   bent;    the    portal's 

passed ; 
Silence  and  twilight  wrap  the  world  at  last. 


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II.    THE   AUDIENCE. 

Lo!  in  yonder  ])alace  li;ill, 

Waiting  stand  three  strangers  tall. 

Not  the  Arab,  lean  and  swart ; 

Not  the  Hebrew,  stout  and  short ; 

Not  the  Egyptian,  brown  and  mild; 

Not  the  Syrian,  strong  and  wild; 

Not  the  Greek,  with  auburn  hair ; 

Not  the  Roman's  liaughty  air, 

Not  the  Ethiop's  sunburnt  face, 

Not  the  Scythian's  savage  race, 

In  the  monarch's  hall  are  seen. 

Men  of  calm,  majestic  mien. 

Clad  in  robes  of  mystic  white, 

Greet  Judea's  king  to-night : 

Greet  him  as  his  equals  born. 

All  too  great  for  slight  or  scorn. 

Seers  of  Persia's  ancient  clime, 

Here  they  stand,  in  port  sublime; 

Seers  from  Zoroaster  taught 

Through  two  thousand  years  of  thought, 

Poring  deep  on  earth  and  sky. 

And  the  soul's  strange  mystery, 

Born  to  mount,  a  spark  of  fire, 

Deathless  still  when  suns  expire ! 

Sages,  skilled  in  all  earth's  lore. 

Gathered  through  the  centuries  hoar; 

Masters  of  the  magian  line, 

Versed  in  starry  fates  divine. 

Such  tlie  men  whose  search  for  God 

Now  the  heights  of  Salem  trod; 

Such  the  seers  whose  wondrous  tale 

Bids  the  astonished  tyrant  quail, 

III.    THE   INQUIRY, 

"  0  king  of  Judah's  favored  land. 
Before  thy  throne  this  day  we  stand. 
To  ask  where  dwells  that  Child,  whose  birth 
Fulfils  the  eldest  lore  of  earth ; 
To  greet  whose  reign  new  stars  arise. 
And  strange  conjunctions  mark  the  skies. 
For  twice  a  thousand  years  are  flown 
Since  Iran's  awful  sage  made  known, 
Sitama,  far  byOxus'  wave, 
That  one  should  come  the  world  to  save. 
For  Zerdusht,  sent  by  Ormuzd,  said     [dead, 
That  One,    whose  power  would    wake  the 
Should  rise  from  out  the  distant  west, 
And  reign  through  ag'^s  long  and  blest, 
And  fifteen  centuries  now  have  rolled 
Since  Aram's  seer  his  star  foretold; 
A  sceptred  star,  with  beams  benign, 
From  Jacob's  seed  o'er  earth  to  shine. 
And  Judah's  captive  prince  and  sage, 
Who  'scaped  unharmed  the  lions'  rage; 
Who  read  th'  Assyrian's  dreams  profound, 
And  swayed  great  Cyrus,  far-renowned; 
Who  saved  Chaldea's  starmen  hoar. 
And  taught  our  sires  profounder  lore — 
He,  helped  of  favoring  Heaven,  alone 
Of  mortal  men  the  years  made  known; 
Gifted  from  God  with  glance  divine, 
He  fasted,  prayed,  and  read  the  sign. 
And  now,  the  years  fulfilled,  l^ehold 
The  starry  sign  revealed  of  old  ! 
For,  as  we  passed  from  Iran's  height 


To  Babel's  plain,  behold  by  night. 
The  star  of  war,  the  star  of  peace, 
The  star  of  Jove  that  gives  increase; 
Beneath  that  arch  of  power  and  hope 
The  fiery  trigon's  horoscope. 
Joined  thrice  their  threefold  splendor  grand 
Above  Judea's  favored  land ! 
And  central,  'mid  their  triune  blaze. 
Burst  a  strange  orb,  whose  dazzling  rays 
Proclaimed — so  taught  Chaldea's  seers — 
The  finished  round  of  fated  years 
That  bring  th'  Anointed,  long  foretold, 
And  earth's  far-cycling  age  of  gold. 
And  when  the  grand  portent  we  saw 
Flashed  out  by  heaven's  unerring  law, 
Planets  and  constellations  blent 
In  that  resplendent  firmament — 
His  world-wide  sign  at  last  unfurled, 
Whose  world-old  promise  cheers  the  world ; 
We  bowed  beneath  that  splendor's  span. 
And  praised  the  Lord  of  heaven  and  man ; 
We  sang  old  hymns  of  ancient  seers. 
The  hoary  songs  of  nameless  years. 
Till,  dumb  for  joy,  we  gazed  and  wept. 
The  mighty,  world-old  promise  kept ! 
No  more  the  wondering  East  could  hold 
Our     rapturous     thoughts     that    westward 
The  desert  saw  our  midnight  march    [rolled. 
Still  lit  by  that  imperial  arch ; 
The  toiling  camels  in  long  line, 
Instinctive  owned  the  mystic  sign, 
And  turned,  without  command,  each  day, 
Where  heaven  and  nature  led  the  way; 
Till  here  we  stand  on  Salem's  height. 
And  ask  where  rests  the  World's  Delight, 
What  ])ath  to  Him  our  homage  brings. 
Born  King  of  Jews,  and  King  of  kings." 

IV.    THE   KEVELATION. 

A  nameless  terror  on  the  tyrant  fell, 
Who,  base  usurper,  ruled  o'er  Judah's  state ! 
The  false  Idumean  owned  the  unknown  spell. 
And  shook  beneath  the  shadow  of  his  fate ! 

Apostate  Salem  heard  the  rumor  spread, 
A  tale  to  thrill  with  speechless  joy  profound ! 
She   heard,    and   shuddering   shrank,   with 

guilty  dread. 
And    strange     forebodings     brooded    dark 

around. 

Then  spake  the  monarch:   "  Call  the  priests 

and  scribes. 
The  skilled  expounders  of  the  prophets  old; 
The  august  senate  of  these  anxious  tribes, 
To  read  what  seers  and  oracles  have  told. 

"Tell  me,  ye  mitred  pontiffs  of  your  race. 
Who  scan  the  lore  of  time's  primeval  morn, 
Whence  comes  th'  Anointed,  heir  of  David's 

place? 
And  say  what  favored  town  shall  hail  Him 

born?" 

Lo !  Judah's  white-haired  sages  swift  attend ; 
The  imperious  mandate  none  can  disobey ; 


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O'er  many  a  hallowed  presage  now  they  bend, 
O'er  many  a  vision  bright,  and  rapturous  lay. 

Then  came  the  answer:  "Monarch,  we  unroll 
Seven  centuries'  flight,  to  Mdresheth's  rapt 

seer ; 
Read  thou,  for  thou  canst  read,  the  sacred 

scroll. 
That  marks  Messiah's  birthplace  bold  and 

clear : 

"  'Thou,  Bethlehem-Ephratah,  erst  David's 

town, 
Shalt  not  be  least  of  Judah's  princely  name; 
Thy  future  yet  shall  dim  thy  past  renown, 
Decreed  to  changeless,  everlasting  fame ; 

"  '  For  out  of  thee  shall  Israel's  Shepherd  rise. 
Of  mortal  born,  but  hailed  by  seraph  lays; 
Adored  as  God  through  all  the  earth  and 

skies, 
"Whose  goings  forth  are  from  eternal  days.'  " 

The   despot  hears;    his   dreams  of   empire 

wane. 
Vain  all  his  long  career  of  craft  and  crime ; 
Esau  and  earth  shall  bow  at  Shiloh's  fane. 
Whose  grandeur  looms  to  fill  the  world  and 

time. 

But  that  dark  mind  still  gropes  amid  the 

blaze 
Of  oracles  from  man  and  nature  given; 
A  dazzling  focus  of  concentred  rays. 
From  Jew  and  Gentile,  earth  and  answering 

heaven. 

v.    THE   BECOGNITION. 

"  Call  the  seers  of  Iran  now," 

Spake  the  monarch's  tones  of  wrath; 
Vengeance  brooding  on  his  brow, 

Plotting  deep  a  direful  scath. 
"Tell  me,  wise  and  holy  men, 

When  did  yon  strange  star  appear?" 
Grave  and  calm,  they  spake  again: 

"  Lo  !  it  shineth  now  a  year." 

"  Speed  to  Bethlehem;  Him  ye  ask 

Slumbers  there  in  infant  grace. 
Haste,  fulfil  your  pious  task, 

Search  with  care  through  all  the  place. 
Wlien  ye  find  him  bring  me  word, 

I  would  join  your  pilgrim  band  ; 
Heaven's  great  Heir  should  be  adored. 

Known,  revered,  through  all  the  land." 

Salem's  gates  once  more  unfold, 

Winds  the  throng  o'er  Judah's  hills ; 
Sunset  slants  its  darts  of  gold. 

All  the  soundless  silence  thrills. 
All  the  pomps  of  nature  wait — 

Wait  till  twilight  zephyrs  sigh. 
Sudden  there,  o'er  Bethlehem's  gate. 

Streams  a  splendor  down  the  sky. 

Lo !  that  star  in  Iran  hailed, 
Star  by  Babel's  sages  read ; 


All  its  beams  once  more  unveiled, 
Swims  in  seas  of  light  o't-rhead! 

Pours  its  soft  and  silvery  tide. 

Bathing  wall  and  tower  and  fane; 

Refluent  waves  that  tremble  wide 
Over  mountain,  field,  and  plain. 

Guided  by  the  lamp  from  heaven. 

On  the  raptured  Magi  speed ; 
Grateful  for  such  witness  given. 

They  have  found  the  Child  indeed. 
Now  it  hangs  above  the  place 

Where  His  humbk  roof  is  spread; 
Heir  of  Glory,  King  of  Grace, 

Rocked  in  infant's  cradle-bed. 

VI.    THE   ADORATION. 

Lo !  the  sages  prostrate  falling, 

On  the  infant  Saviour  calling; 

Wisest  seers  of  far-ofE  nations 

Round  Him  blend  their  supplications. 

Praise  and  prayer  like  incense  pouring, 

Rapt,  illumed,  inspired,  adoring! 

Hymns  of  joy  with  rapture  swelling, 

O'er  and  o'er  with  transport  telling 

All  the  weird  and  wondrous  story. 

All  its  faith,  its  toil,  its  glory ! 

Not  vain  babblers  they,  with  mystic 

Signs,  and  secrets  cabalistic; 

Not  false  wizards,  foul,  infernal. 

Conjuring  with  the  name  supernal; 

Not  black  magic's  league  with  devils, 

Theirs,  nor  witchcraft's  midnight  revels; 

Not  the  stark  fakeer's  pain  braving, 

Not  the  howling  dervish's  raving. 

Not  idolatry's  brute  vision. 

Not  the  Greek's  fond  dream  elysian. 

Men  were  they  whose  sires  through  ages 

Kept  the  world's  primeval  pages. 

Kept  and  conned  the  faith  once  cherished, 

When  a  world  apostate  jierished, 

And  whose  kings  God's  shrine  and  nation 

Reared,  with  world-wide  proclamation. 

Men  were  they  whose  search  had  wandered 

Wide  through  nature,  prayed  and  pondered, 

Seeking  one  great  truth  supernal — 

God  th'  all-perfect,  God  th'  eternal. 

Men  were  they  austere  and  awful. 

Men  who'  abhorred  th'  impure,  unlawful ; 

Men  with  souls  on  fire  for  union 

With  their  source — sublime  communion ! 

Such  were  they.     Not  souls  more  fitting 

In  proud  Salem's  shrine  are  sitting; 

Souls  of  nobler,  purer  merit 

Not  the  globe's  wide  realms  inherit : 

Meet  to  bring  earth's  best  oblations, 

Great  first-fruits  of  all  the  nations. 

Homage  glad  for  Him  whose  greeting 

Jew  and  Gentile  join,  completing, 

Let  them  bring,  and  bow,  and  offer. 

Lo !  from  many  a  jewelled  coffer. 

Many  a  casket  rare  and  shining. 

Pour  forth  treasures  past  divining ! 

1.  Gold. 
And  first  imperial  gold  they  bring — 
Grand  service,  meet  for  sceptred  king; 


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For  Him  whose  right  to  reign  alone, 
Wide  subject  realms  with  tributes  own. 
Bright  coins  of  many  a  mint  are  there, 
And  many  a  blazoned  crown  they  bear. 
Broad  arms  and  seals  of  towns  and  states, 
From  Egypt's  Nile  to  Indus'  gates; 
From  shores  that  drink  Atlantic's  spray 
To  sands  that  slope  to  far  Cathay : 
Earth's  empires  round  that  infant  rolled, 
Their  royal  duty  paid  in  gold, 
The  pledge  of  earth's  uncounted  hoards, 
Whose  wealth  and  power  are  all  her  Lord's, 
Whose  mines  and  gems  and  treasures  won. 
Shall  serve  the  kingdom  of  God's  Son. 

2.  Frankincense. 
Divine  frankincense  next  exhales 
Its  odor  on  the  ravished  gales: 
That  balsam  owned  o'er  all  the  earth 
A  gift  too  rare  for  mortal  worth ; 
Fragrance  too  fine  for  crumbling  clod, 
And  only  breathed  in  flame  to  God. 
That  sacred  incense  Heaven  denied 
To  mortal  joy  or  mortal  pride. 
Beneath  the  conscious  infant's  eye 
Now  rolls  its  volumes  toward  the  sky. 
And  sense  of  Heaven's  accepting  grace 
With  joyous  sweetness  fills  the  place. 
Not  spicy  gales  from  Yemen  bring 
Such  balm,  while  birds  of  evening  sing; 
Not  Hermon's  cedar,  Ural's  pine. 
Expire  so  sweet  in  flames  divine ; 
Nor  sandal,  fetched  from  far  Malay, 
So  steals  the  sense  and  soul  away. 
So  prayer  from  contrite  souls  ascends. 
So  faith  with  pure  forgiveness  blends. 
So  orisons  of  souls  sincere 
Accepted  greet  Jehovah's  ear; 
And  guilt  and  pain  flnd  glad  release. 
When  heaven's  blest  Spirit  whispers  peace. 
3.  Myrrh. 

And  now,  at  last,  the  myrrh's  sad  breath 
Reluctant  sighs  of  woe  and  death; 
Of  grief  and  bitterness  it  tells. 
And  sorrow  in  its  sweetness  dwells. 
No  flame  its  pungent  soul  sublimes, 
No  temple's  arch  its  vapor  climbs ; 
No  pestle  grinds  it  with  sweet  spice 
To  burn — a  costly  sacrifice. 
Its  heavy  perfumes  stifling  roll. 
Its  power  benumbs  both  sense  and  soul. 
The  wretch  condemned  to  pangs  untold 
It  soothes  with  stupors  dull  and  cold; 
E'en  rank  corruption's  hosts  obey. 
And  quit  the  corpse  that  owns  its  sway. 
Then  why,  ah  !  why,  this  gift  of  fear, 
This  omened  sorrow,  blending  here 
With  royal  gold  and  incense  sweet, 
For  King  and  God  a  gift  complete? 
Ah  Calvary!  thy  tale  was  known 
Ere  eldest  angels  hymned  the  throne. 
That  lamb  of  virgin-mother  born, 
Was  slain  ere  chaos  blushed  with  morn. 
Before  the  founded  world  God's  plan 
Forestalled  the  sin,  the  shame  of  man. 
And  mercy  gave  God's  only  Sou 
Ere  mortal  joy  or  woe  begun. 


The  myrrh  before  all  else  is  His ; 
For  this  He  quit  the  bowers  of  bliss, 
For  this  the  stable  heard  His  cries; 
For  this  He  lives,  for  this  He  dies. 
And  royal  gold  and  incense  breath 
Are  His  by  right  of  myrrh  and  death, 
For,  conquering  death.  He  yet  shall  rise 
To  crowns  and  anthems  in  the  skies! 
O  King  1  O  Christ !  what  sorrows  stir. 
What  raptures,  at  thy  gift  of  myrrh ! 

yir.    POSTLTJDE, 

'Tis  done.     They  give  their  gifts,  they  give 

themselves — 
Themselves  Philosophy's  first-fruits  to  faith; 
First-fruits  of  Science ;  howsoe'er  she  delves, 
Or  soars  through  all  that  is,  above,  beneath. 
The  universe  explored  is  but  the  breath 
Of  that  Intelligence  incarnate  now. 
And  minds  tliat  scan  His  power.  His  love. 

His  death, 
His  life  o'er  death,  through  worlds  and  aeons 

bow. 
And  crown   with   many   crowns   the   geeat 

Creator's  brow. 

'Tis  done.      Th'  adoring  Magi,  warned  by 

Heaven, 
To  their  own  climes  return  another  way. 
'Tis  done.  This  mystic  sign  to  mortals  given, 
Shall  teach  the  nations  to  times  farthest  day. 
For  unknown  tribes  their  homage  yet  shall 

pay, 

And  mightiest  empires  on  His  nod  attend; 
To  Him  shall  endless  generations  pray. 
And  praise  like  incense  evermore  ascend, 
Till  earth  and  heaven  at  last  their  alleluiahs 

blend. 
'Tis  done.     My  soul,  what  offering  canst  thou 

bring. 
Meet  gift  for  Him  who  chose  the  myrrh  for 

thee? 
What  fit  oblation  for  such  hero-King, 
Who  mounts  the  awful  throne  of  Deity? 
O  Child,  O  Conqueror,  hear  my  spirit's  plea! 
Teach  me   Thy    sovereign,    self-renouncing 

love ; 
Help  me,  by  mount  or  cross,  Thy  path  to  see. 
And,  upward  drawn,  like  homeward-circling 

dove, 
A  child-like  soul,  to  find  sire,  brother,  home, 

above.  Geo.  Lansing  Taylor. 

3729.  MAQI,  Visit  of  the. 

Matthew  ii :  1-13. 

Three  kings  came  riding  from  far  away, 
Melchior  and  Caspar  and  Baltasar; 
Three  wise  men  out  of  the  East  were  they, 
And  they  travelled  by  night  and  they  slept 

by  day. 
For  their  guide  was  a  beautiful,  wonderful 

star. 

The  star  was  so  beautiful,  large,  and  clear. 
That  all  the  other  stars  of  the  sky 
Became  a  white  mist  in  the  atmosphere. 


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And  by  this  they  knew  that  the  coming  was 

near 
Of  the  Prince  foretold  in  the  prophecy. 

Three  caskets  they  bore  on  their  saddle-bows, 
Three  caskets  of  gold  with  golden  keys; 
Their  robes  were  of  crimson  silk  with  rows 
Of  bells  and  pomegranates  and  furbelows, 
Their  tui'bans  like  blossoming  almond-trees. 

And  so  the  three  kings  rode  into  the  west, 
Through  the  dusk  of  night,  over  hill  and  dell. 
And  sometimes  they  nodded  with  beard  on 

breast, 
And  sometimes  talked,  as  they  paused  to  rest, 
With  the  people  they  met  at  some  wayside 

well. 

*'  Of  the  child  that  is  born,"  said  Baltasar, 
"  Good  people,  I  pray  you,  tell  us  the  news; 
For  we  in  the  east  have  seen  His  star. 
And  have  ridden  fast,  and  have  ridden  far. 
To  find  and  worship  the  King  of  the  Jews." 

And  the  people  answered,  * '  You  ask  in  vain ; 
We  know  of  no  king  but  Ilerod  the  Great!" 
They  thought  the  wise  men  were  men  insane, 
As  they  spurred  their  horses  across  the  plain. 
Like  riders  in  haste,  and  who  cannot  wait. 

And  when  they  came  to  Jerusalem, 
Herod  the  Great,  who  had  heard  this  thing. 
Sent  for  the  wise  men  and  questioned  them ; 
And  said,  "  Go  down  unto  Bethlehem, 
And  bring  me  tidings  of  this  new  King." 

So  they  rode  away;  and  the  star  stood  still. 

The  only  one  in  the  gray  of  morn ; 

Yes,  it  stopped,  it  stood  still  of  its  own  free 

will, 
Right  over  Bethlehem  on  the  hill. 
The  city  of  David  where  Christ  was  born. 

And  the  three  kings  rode  through  the  gate 
and  the  guard, 

Th'-ough  the  silent  street,  till  their  horses 
turned 

And  neighed  as  they  entered  the  great  inn- 
yard; 

But  the  windows  were  closed,  and  the  doors 
were  barred. 

And  only  a  light  in  the  stable  burned. 

And  cradled  there  in  the  pcented  hay, 
In  the  air  made  sweet  by  the  breath  of  kine, 
The  little  Child  in  the  manger  lay. 
The  Child,  that  would  be  King  one  day 
Of  a  kingdom  not  human,  but  divine. 

His  mother,  Mary  of  Nazareth, 
Sat  watching  beside  His  place  of  rest — 
Watching  the  even  flow  of  His  breath, 
For  the  joy  of  life  and  the  terror  of  death 
Were  mingled  together  in  her  breast. 

They  laid  their  offerings  at  His  feet : 
Thri  gold  was  a  tribute  to  the  King; 
The  frankincense,  with  its  odor  sweet, 


Was  for  the  Priest,  the  Paraclete ; 
The  myrrh  for  the  body's  burying. 

And  the  mother  wondered  and  bowsd  her 

head. 
And  sat  as  still  as  a  statue  of  stone ; 
Her  heart  was  troubled  yet  comforted, 
Remembering  what  the  angel  had  said 
Of  an  endless  reign  and  of  David's  throne. 

Then  the  kings  rode  out  of  the  city  gate, 
With  a  clatter  of  hoofs  in  proud  array; 
But  they  went  not  back  to  Herod  the  Great, 
For  they  knew  his  malice  and  feared  his  hate, 
And  returned  to  their  homes  by  another  way. 
Henry  Wadsworth  Longfdhm. 

3730.  MALACHI. 

Malachi  iii  :  3,  and  iv  :  5. 
A  sound  on  the  rampart, 

A  sound  at  the  gate ! 
I  hear  the  roused  lioness 

Howl  to  her  mate : 
In  the  thicket,  at  midnight, 

They  crouch  for  the  prey 
That  shall  glut  their  red  jaws 

At  the  rising  of  day. 
For  wrath  is  descending 

On  Zion's  proud  tower; 
It  shall  come  like  a  cloud, 
It  shall  wrap  like  a  shroud. 
Till,  like  Sodom,  she  sleeps 

In  a  sulphurous  shower. 

For,  behold !  the  day  cometh. 

When  all  shall  be  flame. 
Thy  robe  shall  be  sackcloth, 

Thy  glory  be  shame. 
When  thy  tree  by  the  lightnings 

From  earth  shall  be  riven. 
When  thy  bark  o'er  tlie  billows 

Of  death  shall  be  driven; 
When  the  oven,  unkindled 

By  mortal,  shall  burn. 
And,  like  chaff,  thou  shalt  glow 
In  that  furnace  of  woe, 
And,  dust  as  thou  art, 

Thou  to  dust  shalt  return. 

Thou  shalt  die,  and  yet  know  not 

The  rest  of  the  grave ; 
Thou  shalt  live,  and  yet  live 

To  be  only  a  slave ! 
Thou  shalt  die,  and  yet  shrink 

At  thy  conqueror's  tread; 
Thou  shalt  live,  yet  the  sword 

With  thy  carnage  be  fed ! 
The  pilgrim  of  nations! 

Still  destined  to  roam. 
On  thy  neck,  on  thy  brain, 
Still  feeling  the  chain, 
And,  though  wandering  through  earth, 

Never  finding  a  home ! 

As  the  surges  of  war 

O'er  earth's  diadems  roll, 
Still,  Judah,  the  iron 

Shall  enter  thy  soul; 


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The  eagle,  the  cross, 

And  the  crescent  shall  shine, 
But  earth  shall  awake 

To  no  banner  of  thine! 

Thy  morning  in  sorrow, 

Thy  evening  in  fear. 
Tliey  shall  rise,  ihey  shall  fall. 
Thou  tlie  serf  of  tliem  all ! 
Thy  haunt  be  the  dungeon. 

Thy  bed  be  the  bier. 

'Tis  the  darkness  of  darkness, 

The  midnight  of  soul ! 
No  moon  on  the  depths 

Of  that  midnight  shall  roll; 
No  starlight  shall  pierce 

Through  that  life-chilling  haze. 
No  torch  from  the  roof 

Of  the  temple  shall  blaze. 
But,  when  Israel  is  buried 

To  final  despair. 
From  a  height  o'er  all  height, 
God  of  God,  Light  of  Light, 
Her  Sun  shall  arise, 

Her  Redeemer  be  there ! 

Who  rushes  from  heaven? 

The  angel  of  wrath  ! 
The  whirlwind  his  wing. 

And  the  lightning  his  path; 
His  hand  is  uplifted, 

It  carries  a  sword; 
'Tis  Elijah  1  he  heralds 

The  march  of  his  Lord! 
Sun!  sink  in  eclipse. 

Earth,  earth,  shalt  thou  stand. 
When  the  cherubim  wings 
Bear  the  King  of  all  kings. 
AVoe,  woe  to  the  ocean  ! 

Woe,  woe  to  the  land  1 

Then  the  sparkles  of  flame. 

From  His  chariot-wheels  hurled, 
Shall  smite  the  crowned  brow 

Of  the  god  of  this  world; 
Then,  captive  of  ages! 

The  trumpet  shall  thrill 
From  the  lips  of  the  seraph, 

On  Zion's  proud  hill! 
For,  vestured  in  glory, 

Thy  Monarch  shall  come, 
And  from  dungeon  and  cave 
Shall  ascend  the  pale  slave; 
Lost  Judah  shall  rise, 

Like  the  soul  from  the  tomb! 

'Tis  the  day  long  foretold, 

'Tis  the  judgment  begun; 
Gird  Tliy  sword.  Thou  most  Mighty, 

Thy  triumph  is  won ; 
The  idol  shall  burn 

In  his  own  gory  shrine. 
Then,  daughti  r  of  anguish. 

Thy  dayspring  shall  shine  ! 
Loved  Zion,  thy  A-ale 

With  the  vineyard  shall  bloom, 


And  the  musk-rose  distil 
Its  sweet  dews  on  thy  hill; 
For  earth  is  restored, 

The  great  kingdom  is  come ! 

Geoi'ge  Croly. 

3731.  MANNA,  Coming  of  the. 

Exodus  xvi  :  14,  15. 
Silently  it  fell. 
Whence,  no  man  might  tell. 
Like  good  dreams  from  heaven 
Unto  mortals  given, 
Like  a  snowy  flock  [rock; 

Of  strange  sea-birds  alighting  on  a  shore  of 
Silent  thus  and  bright 
Fell  the  manna  iji  the  night. 

Silently  thus  and  bright, 
In  our  starless  night, 
God's  sweet  mercy  comes 
All  about  our  homes; 
Whence,  no  man  can  see. 
In  a  soft  shower  drifting,  drifting  ceaselessly, 
Till  the  morning  light 
Falls  the  manna  in  the  night. 

Thus  Ilis  mercy's  crown, 
Bread  of  life,  came  down; 
At  our  doors  it  fell, 
Whence,  no  manmight  tell, 
Silent  to  the  ground ;  [around, 

Softly  shining  thus  through  the  darkness  all 
Snowy,  pure,  and  white, 
Fell  the  manna  in  the  night. 

3732.  MANSIONS,  The  Many. 

John  xiv  :  2. 
The  stars  are  out  in  their  eternal  youth, 
That  such  a  wealth  of  fancies  nightly  yield, 
The  golden  corn-drop  call  them  of  a  field 
Where  the  moon  glideth  like  the  gleaner 

Ruth ; 
And  some  look  on  their  company  in  sooth 
For  poesy,  some  for  love  of  loving  eyes, 
Who  see  the  same  things  in  the  same  blue 
skies;  [truth. 

And  some  in  search  of  hope  and  some  of 
I  have  my  starry  thought :  the  twelve  are  up. 
The  door  is  opened,  and  they  linger  yet: 
Christ's  wine  is  in  the  eucharistic  cup; 
Christ's  chalice  waiteth  Him  in  Olivet; 
While  he.  His  eye  on  the  star-sown  expan- 
sions, 
Saith,  "  In  my  Father's  house  are  many  man- 
sions." Wm.  Alexander. 

3733.  MAKAH,  Healing  the  Waters  of. 

Exodus  XV  :  23-25. 
Where  is  the  tree  the  prophet  threw 

Into  the  bitter  wave? 
Left  it  no  scion  where  it  grew 

The  thirsting  soul  to  save? 

Hath  nature  lost  the  liidden  power 

Its  precious  foliage  shed? 
Is  there  no  distant  eastern  bower 

With  such  sweet  leaves  o'erspread? 


i^j^:rj^ji. 


IM^RRI^GE. 


335 


Nay,  wherefore  ask?  since  gifts  are  ours 

Which  yet  may  well  imbue 
Earth's  mauy  troubk^d  founts  with  showers 

Of  heaven's  own  balmy  dew. 

Oh !  mingled  with  the  cup  of  grief 

Let  faith's  deep  spirit  be,  • 

And  every  prayer  shall  win  a  leaf 
From  that  blest  healing  tree ! 

3frs.  F.  D.  Ilemans, 

3734.  MAEAH,  Waters  of. 

Exodus  XV  :  23-25. 
By  Marah's  stream  of  bitterness, 

When  Moses  stood  and  cried, 
Jehovah  heard  his  fervent  prayer, 

And  instant  help  supplied ; 
The  prophet  sought  the  precious  tree. 

With  prompt  obedient  feet ; 
'Twas  cast  into  the  fount,  and  made 

The  bitter  waters  sweet. 

Whene'er  affliction  o'er  thee  sheds 

Its  influence  malign, 
Then,  sufferer,  be  the  prophet's  prayer 

And  prompt  obedience  tliine; 
'Tis  but  a  Marah's  fount,  ordained 

Thy  faith  in  God  to  prove, 
And  prayer  and  resignation  shall 

Its  bitterness  remove. 

George  W.  Doane. 

3735.  MAEK,  The  Apostle. 

Acts  XV  :  39;  2  Timothy  Iv  :  11. 
Oh!  who  shall  dare  in  this  frail  scene 
On  holiest,  happiest  thoughts  to  lean. 

On  friendship,  kindred,  or  on  love? 
Since  not  apostles'  hands  can  clasp 
Each  other  in  so  firm  a  grasp. 

But  they  shall  change  and  variance  prove. 

Yet  deem  not  on  such  parting  sad 
Shall  dawn  no  welcome  dear  and  glad: 

Divided  in  their  earthly  race, 
Together  at  the  glorious  goal, 
Each  leading  many  a  rescued  soul, 

The  faithful  champions  shall  embrace. 

For  even  as  those  mysterious  four 

Who  the  bright  whirling  wheels  up  bore 

By  Chebar  in  the  fiery  blast. 
So  on  their  tasks  of  love  and  praise 
The  saints  of  God  their  several  ways 

Right  onward  speed,  yet  join  at  last. 

And  sometimes  even  beneath  the  moon 
The  Saviour  gives  a  gracious  boon, 

When  reconciled  Christians  meet, 
And  face  to  face,  and  heart  to  heart, 
High  thoughts  of  holy  love  impart 

In  silence  meek,  or  converse  sweet. 

Companion  of  the  saints !  'twas  thine 
To  taste  that  drop  df  peace  divine. 

When  the  great  soldier  of  the  Lord 
Called  thee  to  take  his  last  farewell. 
Teaching  the  church  with  joy  to  tell 

The  story  of  your  love  restored. 


Oh  then  the  glory  and  the  bliss. 
When  all  that  pained  or  seemed  amiss 

Shall  melt  witli  earth  and  sin  away! 
When  saints  beneath  their  Saviour's  eye, 
Filled  with  each  other's  company. 

Shall  spend  in  love  the  eternal  day! 

John  Keble. 

3736.   MAERIAGE  OF  THE  KING'S  SON, 

Matthew  xxii  :  1-14. 
The  kingdom  of  our  Lord, 

The  kingdom  He  hat  It  won. 
Is  like  as  Avhen  a  king  hath  made 

A  marriage  for  his  son. 

The  bride,  in  bridal  dress. 

The  bridegroom  comes  to  greet. 

And  take  hir  to  His  Father's  house, 
His  favored  friends  to  meet. 

lie  bids  the  wedding-guests, 

Come  at  yoiu*  master's  call; 
Come,  for  your  father's  board  is  spread; 

Come  to  the  festival. 

"  All  things  are  ready" — come; 

An  oj)en  door  and  free; 
The  bride  is  taken  to  her  home 

The  bridegroom  calleth  thee. 

But  nearer  calls  than  this. 

And  dearer  claims  arise ; 
Their  farm  and  merchandise  they  seek. 

The  Master's  call  despise. 

Out  to  the  highways  go ; 

Bid  strangers  to  the  feast 
And  say.  Your  King  invites  you  all. 

Each  one,  to  be  His  guest. 

How  welcome  was  the  word ! 

With  joy  the  strangers  came, 
And  furnished  full  the  festive  hall — 

The  halt,  the  blind,  the  lame. 

But  one  unlike  the  rest 

Did  tread  that  festal  floor, 
Unclothed  upon  with  courtly  dress, 

Nor  wedding  garment  wore. 

What  meaneth  this,  my  God, 

From  glow  of  festive  light. 
Thus  called  within,  yet  cast  without, 

To  everlasting  night? 

To  give  that  robe  was  Mine ; 

'Twas  his  to  put  it  on ; 
And  thus  arrayed,  to  celebrate 

The  marriage  of  My  Son. 

Nor  money  and  nor  price. 

Free  as  the  air  of  heaven, 
This  royal  robe  of  righteousness 

Of  God  is  freely  given. 

Come,  sinner,  as  thou  art; 

Come  to  the  marriage-feast; 
Put  on  this  robe,  and  thou  shalt  be 

A  "called"  and  "chosen"  guest. 


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Ml^RRI^G-E. 


IVIA-RTII^. 


Just  as  I  am,  I  come ; 

And  Thou  dost  give  me  dress: 
I  but  receive  what  Thou  dost  give — 

The  robe  of  righteousness. 

INVITATION. 

"All  things  are  ready"  for  the  marriage-feast, 
All,  save  the  heart  of  each  invited  guest; 

The  farm  and  merchandise 

Have  made  them  all  unwise.         [blind; 
Then  bid  the  poor,  the  maimed,  the  halt,  the 
All  that  will  come  are  sure  a  place  to  find. 
But  see  that  they  put  on  the  courtly  dress, 
The  royal  robe,  the  robe  of  righteousness. 
Robert  Maguire. 

3737.  MAERIAGE  OP  THE  LAMB. 
The  marriage-feast  is^-eady, 

The  marriage  of  the  Lamb, 
He  calls  the  faithful  children 

Of  faithful  Abraham; 
He  calls  them  from  their  sojourn 

To  come  to  their  abode — 
The  children  of  the  Promise, 

The  Israel  of  God. 

He  calls  them  from  their  prison 

Fast  bound  in  iron  chains. 
Whose  cup  is  mixed  with  weeping, 

Where  sin  with  Satan  reigns; 
And  from  the  golden  portals 

The  sounds  of  triumph  ring — 
The  triumph  of  the  Incarnate, 

The  marriage  of  the  King. 

They  come !  the  saints  of  Zion 

With  dance  and  timbrel  come, 
Where  gleam  the  emerald  meadows, 

The  meadows  of  our  home. 
Nor  eye  hath  seen  the  glory, 

Nor  heart  of  man  may  tell 
How  bright  the  plains  of  Zion, 

The  meads  of  Asphodel. 

Nor  sigh  nor  sorrow  enter 

Where  Jesus  leads  them  in, 
Nor  death  may  cross  the  threshold, 

Nor  pain,  nor  fear,  nor  sin ; 
And  shades  of  nijjht  and  darkness 

Are  past  and  fled  away, 
Before  the  irradiant  brightness 

Of  everlasting  day. 

No  tear-drops  stain  that  threshold. 

No  weeping  eyes  are  there ; 
For  God  hath  wiped  all  tear-drops, 

And  God  hath  stilled  all  care; 
The  sunlight  of  the  Presence, 

The  bright  Shechinah  flame 
Lights  up  the  bridal  banquet 

Of  God  and  of  the  Lamb. 

The  Rainbow  of  the  Promise 

Around  the  throne  hath  gleamed, 

To  welcome  them  forever 
To  joys  of  the  Redeemed; 


They  enter  to  their  glory, 

The  feast  for  them  is  spread,    • 

The  bridal  feast  of  Jesus, 
The  first-fruits  of  the  dead. 

Oerard  Moultrie. 

3738.  MAETHA. 

Luke  X  :  38-42. 
With  joyful  pride  her  heart  is  high: 

Her  humble  chambers  hold 
The  man  prophetic  destiny 

Long  centuries  hath  foretold. 

Poor  is  He?     Yes,  and  lowly  born: 

Her  woman-soul  is  proud 
To  know  and  hail  the  coming  morn 

Before  the  eyeless  crowd. 

At  her  poor  table  will  He  eat? 

He  shall  be  served  there 
With  honor  and  devotion  meet 

For  any  king  that  were. 

'Tis  all  she  can :  she  does  her  part, 

Profuse  in  sacrifice ; 
Nor  knows  that  in  her  unknown  heart 

A  better  offering  lies. 

But  many  crosses  she  must  bear ; 

Her  plans  are  turned  and  bent; 
Do  all  she  can,  things  will  not  wear 

The  form  of  her  intent. 

With  idle  hands,  and  drooping  lid, 

See  Mary  sit  at  rest ! 
Shameful  it  was  her  sister  did 

No  service  for  their  Guest. 

But  Martha  one  day  Mary's  lot 
Must  share  with  hands  and  eyes; 

Must,  all  her  household  cares  forgot, 
Sit  down  as  idly  wise. 

Ere-long  they  both  in  Jesus'  ear 
Shall  make  the  self-same  moan: 

"Lord,  if  Thou  only  hadst  been  here. 
My  brother  had  not  gone." 

Then  once  will  Martha  set  her  word, 

Yet  once  to  bar  His  ways, 
Crying:  "By  this  he  stinketh.  Lord; 

He  hath  been  dead  four  days." 

Wlien  Lazarus  drags  his  trammelled  clay 
Forth  with  half-opened  eyes. 

Her  buried  best  will  hear,  obey. 
And  with  the  dead  man  rise. 

Oeorge  Macdonald. 

3739.  MAETHA  AND  MAET. 

Luke  X  :  38-42. 
Martha's  faith  in  active  life 

Was  laudably  employed; 
Tending  Christ  with  zealous  strife, 

She  served  the  eternal  God. 


ivlajrtj3:j^. 


MLA.RY. 


337 


Mary  waiting  at  His  feet 

The  life  contemplative  expressed; 
Let  the  happy  sisters  meet, 

For  joined  they  both  are  blessed. 

Oh,  that  I  might  humbly  sit 
Witli  His  beloved  ones, 

Happier  at  my  Saviour's  feet 

Than  monarchs  on  their  thrones! 

Who  before  His  footstool  bow- 
Are  sure  His  quickening  voice  to  hear ; 

Jesus,  speak:  I  listen  now, 
And  all  my  soul  is  ear! 

Martha's  chosen  work  is  good, 

But  Mary's  better  still ; 
Mary  rests  on  earth  employed 

Like  those  on  Zion's  hill, 
Antedates  th'  immortal  joys, 

Partaker  with  the  heavenly  powers, 
Hears  her  dear  Redeemer's  voice, 

And  lost  in  love  adores. 

Rest,  thou  favored  spirit,  rest, 

Who  in  His  presence  art, 
Of  the  needful  thing  possessed, 

And  Mary's  better  part; 
Choose  who  will  that  happy  place, 

He  shall  there  unmolested  sit; 
Never  can  the  Saviour  chase 

A  sinner  from  His  feet. 

J.  and  C.  Wesley. 

3740.  MAETHA  OR  MARY? 
I  cannot  choose ;  I  should  have  liked  so  much 
To  sit  at  Jesus'  feet — to  feel  the  touch 
Of  His  kind,  gentle  hand  upon  my  head 
While  drinking  in  the  gracious  words  He 
said. 

And  yet  to  serve  Him!  oh,  divine  employ. 
To  minister  and  give  tlie  Master  joy, 
To  bathe  in  coolest  springs  His  weary  feet, 
And  wait  upon  Him  while  He  sat  at  meat! 

Worship  or  service— which?  Ah!  thatisbest 
To  which  He  calls  me,  l)e  it  toil  or  rest,. 
To  labor  for  Him  in  life's  busy  stir. 
Or  seek  His  feet  a  silent  worshipper. 

So  let  Him  choose  for  us :  we  are  not  strong 
To  make  the  choice;  perhaps  we  should  go 

wrong. 
Mistaking  zeal  for  service,  sinful  sloth 
For  loving  worship,  and  so  fail  of  both. 
Caroline  A.  Mason. 

3741.   MARTYR,  The  First  Christian, 

Acts  vii  :  59,  6  K 
Offering  up  his  soul  in  prayer, 

Stephen  on  his  God  relies, 
Called  the  Saviour's  death  to  share, 

Joined  to  Jesu's  sacrifice ; 
''Trusting  in  Thy  only  merit. 

Thee  my  Lord  and  God  I  own ; 
Oh  receive  my  ransomed  spirit. 

Take  a  sinner  to  Thy  throne." 


Rival  meek  of  Jesu's  passion, 

Lo!  tiie  laml)like  victim  bleeds; 
Breathes  tiie  tiual  supplication, 

YuY  his  murderers  intercedes; 
Loudly  in  his  spirit  crying. 

Through  whose  only  death  we  live. 
Echoes  the  Redeemer  dying. 

Bows  his  head,  and  gasps  "Forgive!" 

See  the  first-expiring  witness 

Qualified  for  gloiious  rest. 
Meet,  with  love's  celestial  meetness. 

Sinks  on  his  Redeemer's  breast. 
Safe  his  soul  in  Jesu's  keeping. 

Dust  to  dust  his  body  borne 
Lies  reposed,  and  sweetly  sleeping, 

Till  his  heavenly  Lord  leturn. 

Oh  how  infinite  the  price  is 

Of  a  slaughtered  Christian's  jirayer! 
Oh  how  vast  a  harvest  rises 

From  the  seed  that's  buried  there ! 
Sinful  souls  by  grace  forgiven 

Rise,  a  countless  multitude, 
Spread,  and  fill  both  earth  and  heaven 

From  a  single  martyr's  blood ! 

Saul,  the  furious  Saul,  confesses 

First  the  power  of  Stephen's  cries; 
Jesu's  witnesses  increases. 

For  his  Saviour  lives  and  dies! 
Myriads  since  have  vied  with  Stephen, 

Raised  the  martyrs'  noble  host, 
Died,  and  in  the  highest  heaven 

Found  the  life,on  earth  they  lost. 

J.  and  C.  Wesley. 

3743.  MARTYRS,  Triumph  of  the. 
They  seemed  to  die  on  battle-field. 

To  die  with  justice,  truth,  and  law; 
The  bloody  corpse,  the  broken  shield. 

Were  all  that  senseless  folly  saw. 
But,  like  Antasus,  from  the  turf, 

They  sprung  refreshed,  to  strive  again, 
Where'er  the  savnge  and  the  serf 

Rise  to  the  rank  of  men. 

They  seemed  to  die  by  sword  and  fire, 

Their  voices  hushed  in  endless  sleep; 
Well  might  the  noblest  cause  expire 

Beneath  thiit  mangled,  smouldering  heap! 
Yet  that  wan  band,  unairaed,  defied  . 

The  legions  of  their  pagan  foes; 
And  in  the  truths  they  testified, 

From  out  the  ashes  rose. 

3743.  MARY. 

Luke  X  :  38-42. 
I. 

She  sitteth  at  the  Master's  feet 

In  motionless  employ; 
Her  ears,  her  heart,  her  soul  complete 

Drinks  in  the  tide  qf  joy. 

In  her  still  ear  His  thoughts  of  grace 

Incarnate  are  in  voice ; 
Her  thoughts,  the  people  of  the  place, 

Receive  them,  and  rejoice. 


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ivr^RY, 


Her  eyes,  witli  lienvenly  reason  bright, 

Are  on  the  ground  cast  low; 
It  is  His  words  of  trutli  and  light 

That  sets  them  shining  so. 

But  see !  a  face  is  at  the  door 

Whose  eyes  are  not  at  rest; 
A  voice  breaks  in  on  wisest  lore 

With  petulant  request. 

"Lord."  Martha  says,  "  dost  Thou  not  care 

She  lets  nie  serve  alone? 
Tell  her  to  come  and  take  her  share." 

Still  Mary's  eyes  shine  on. 

Calmly  she  lifts  a  questioning  glance 

To  Him  who  calmly  heard; 
The  merest  sign,  she'll  rise  at  once, 

Nor  wait  the  uttered  word. 

The  other,  standing  by  the  door, 

Waits  too  Avhat  He  will  say. 
His  "  Martha,  Martha"  with  it  bore 

A  sense  of  coming  nay. 

Gently  her  troubled  heart  He  chid; 

Rebuked  its  needless  care; 
Metliinks  her  face  she  turned  and  hid 

With  shame  that  bordered  prayer. 

What  needful  thing  is  Mary's  choice, 

Nor  shall  be  taken  away? 
There  is  lait  one — 'tis  Jesus'  voice; 

And  listening  she  shall  stay. 


Not  now  the  living  words  are  poured 

Into  her  single  heart; 
For  many  guests  are  at  the  board, 

And  many  tongues  take  part. 

With  sacred  foot,  refrained  and  slow, 
With  daring,  treml.'ling  tread 

She  comes,  with  worsliip  bending  low 
Behind  the  godlike  head. 

The  costly  chrism,  in  snowy  stone, 

A  gracious  odor  sends. 
Her  little  hoard,  so  slowly  grown, 

In, one  full  act  slie  spends. 

She  breaks  the  box,  the  honored  thing  ! 

And  down  its  riches  ])our; 
Her  priestly  hands  anoint  her  King, 

To  reign  for  evermore. 

With  murmur  and  nod  they  called  it  waste ; 

Their  love  they  could  endure ; 
Hers  ached  a  prisoner  in  her  breast. 

And  she  forgot  the  poor. 

She  meant  it  for  I^s  coming  state ; 

He  took  it  for  His  doom. 
The  other  women  were  too  late. 

For  He  had  left  the  tomb. 

Oeorge  Macdonald. 


3744.  MART. 

Luke  X  :  39. 
Happy  Mary  !  oh  how  sweet 
Thus  to  sit  at  Jesu's  feet; 
With  a  true,  unwavering  heart 
Thus  to  choose  the  better  part  I 

Happy  Mary !  thus  to  hear 
Holy  words  of  heavenly  cheer: 
'Tis  no  marvel  that  to  thee 
All  things  else  should  trifling  be! 

Happy  IMary !  on  that  Face 
Beaming  with  celestial  grace. 
Fixed  is  thine  adoring  guze. 
While  thy  heart  is  filled  with  praise! 

Happy  art  thou!     Earthly  care 
Falls  on  thee  as  down  on  air. 
While  thy  longing  soul  is  fed 
Freely  with  the  Living  Bread. 

Happy  all  who  daily  sit, 
Mary- like,  at  Jesu's  feet; 
By  His  Spirit  and  His  word 
Taught  to  own  Him  as  their  Lord. 

Childreti's  Hour. 

3745.  MAKT  AND  HEE  CHILD. 

Luke  ii :  15,  16. 

When  from  Thy  beaming  throne, 

O  High  and  Holy  One!  [birth; 

Thou  cam'st  to  dwell  with  those  of  mortal 

No  ray  of  living  light 

Flashed  on  th'  astonished  sight,  [earth: 
To  show  the  Godhead  walked  His  subject. 

Thine  was  no  awful  form, 

Shrouded  in  mist  and  storm, 
Of  seraph,  walking  on  the  viewless  wind; 

Nor  didst  Thou  deign  to  wear. 

The  port,  sublimely  fair. 
Of  angel-heralds  sent  to  bless  mankind. 

Made  like  the  sons  of  clay. 

Thy  matchless  glories  lay 
In  form  of  feeble  infancy  concealed; 

No  pomp  of  outward  sign 

Proclaimed  the  Power  Divine ; 
No  earthly  state  the  heavenly  guest  revealed. 

Thou  didst  not  choose  Thy  home 

Beneath  a  lordly  dome; 
No  regal  diadem  wieathed  Thy  baby  brow. 

Nor  on  a  soft  couch  laid, 

Nor  in  rich  vest  arrayed, 
But  with  the  poorest  of  the  poor  wert  Thou ! 

Yet  she  whose  gentle  breast 

Was  Thy  glad  place  of  rest ; 
In  her  the  blood  of  royal  David  flowed : 

Men  passed  her  dwelling  by 

With  proud  and  scornful  eye; 
But  angels  knew  and  loved  her  mean  abode. 

There  softer  strains  she  heard 
Thau  song  of  evening  bird, 


]vi:a.ry. 


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339 


Or  tuneful  minstrels  in  a  queenly  bower; 

And  o'er  lier  dwelling  lone 

A  brighter  radiance  shone 
Than  ever  glittered  from  a  monarch's  tower. 

For  there  the  mystic  star 

That  sages  led  from  far, 
To  pour  their  treasures  at  hfr  Infant's  feet, 

Still  shed  its  golden  light;  » 

There,  through  the  calm  clear  night. 
We  heard  angelic  voices,  strangely  sweet. 

O  happiest  thou  of  all 

Who  bear  the  deadly  thrall 
Which  for  one  mother's  crime  to  all  was  given: 

Her  first  of  mortal  birth 

Brought  death  to  reign  on  earth, 
But  thine  brings  Light  and  Life  again  from 
heaven ! 

Happiest  of  virgins  thou. 

On  whose  unruffled  brow  [love! 

Blends  maiden    meekness  with    a   mother's 

Blest  is  thy  heavenly  Son, 

Blest  is  the  Holy  One, 
Whom  man  knows  not  below,  though  angels 
hymn  above  !  Thomas  Dale. 

3746.  "MAEY!"  "MASTER!" 
St.  John  XX  :  IG. 
"  Mary  !"^ — that  voice  is  ever  in  mine  ears, 
When  Carinel's  oak-wood  glistens  through 

the  morn. 
Floats  back  again  an  echo  of  lost  years, 
I  see  myself  once  more  a  mark  of  scorn. 
"Master,"  I  sail  across  life's  stormy  tide, 
Yet  o'er  its  waves  I  clasp  the  Crucified. 

"  Mary  !" — I  hear  His  mother's  virgin  name. 
Oft  on  His  lips  its  music  wont  to  ]>lay; 
I  see  myself  the  same,  and  not  the  same. 
As  when  I  met  Him  on  that  glorious  day. 
"  Master!" — my  soul  sped  forth  ou  one  wild 

cry: 
"  A  devil  chains  me !     Free  me,  or  I  die  !'' 

"  Mary  !" — I  recollect  His  wondrous  grace, 
Wreatlied  in  a  rainbow  arch  of  holy  tears. 
That  fled  like  sunlit  rain  along  His  face, 
I  recollect  a  flight  oi  lonely  fears; 
"  Master,"  no  fairer  dream  henceforth  I  know 
Thau  Thy  love;  dawu  above  my  midnight 
woe. 

"  Mary !" — in  olden  days,  when  I  was  young. 
And  found  some  beauty  in  the  dreariest  scene, 
When  fancy  left  for  me  no  tale  unsung 
Of  all  things  brave  and  gay  there  once  had 

been, 
"Master?" — I  listened  for  my  lover's  feet, 
And  felt  that  any  death  for  him  were  sweet. 

"Mary!" — I  was  not  beautiful,  yet  life 
In  burning  Eastern  Are  ran  through  my  veins ; 
He  left  me  to  a  woman's  anguished  strife — 
On  the  dry  rock  the  torrent's  scar  remains. 


"  Master," 'twas  Thine  to  love — to  love  in 

vain ; 
Mine,  too,  the  eloquence  of  master  pain. 

"Mary!" — God  made  all  beautiful  but  me; 
Hacked  Time's  fleeting  trick  of  Tq)  and  eye: 
Yet  tracked  I  genius  through  His  mystery; 
Who  could  do  more  than  live,  and  droop, 

and  die? 
"  Master !" — I  fled  along  Despair's  salt  creek  ; 
My  thirsty  sorrow  rose  iu  one  wild  shriek. 

"Mary!" — the  sere  sedge  lapped  the  briny 
yeast; 

Crept  o'er  the  steamyflats  the  sluggish  tide; 

Flapped  the  gorged  sea-bird  from  her  carrion- 
feast  : 

I  twined  <a  sea-weed  chaplet  for  a  bride. 

"  Master!" — amid  dead  pools  I  lost  my  way; 

One  like  a  shepherd  led  me  from  Death's  bay. 

"Mary!" — a  little  lamb  lay  on  His  breast: 
I  heard  His  whisper  musically  kind. 
O'er  all  my  fevered  brain  there  stole  a  rest — 
The  shout  of  baffled  spirits  smite  the  wind. 
"Master,"  Thy   shepherd   staff   still   decks 

Thy  liand; 
Lead  me  on,  even  to  my  Fatherland. 

"Mary!" — how    often,   'mid    each    haunted 

night, 
I  heard  Thee  whisper  round  my  wakeful  bed ; 
When  spectral  horrors  rose  in  ghastly  might 
I  heard  Thy  guardian  angel  near  me  tread ; 
"Master,"  I  give  my  woman's  heart  to  Thee, 
Take  it,  and  veil  it,  Lord,  in  purity. 

' '  Mary !" — His  own  He  calleth  still  by  name ; 
His  voice  they  know,  and  ever  follow  Him. 
Jesus,  sweet  Shepherd,  'mid  all  time  the  same. 
Awake  through  all  my  soul  love's  lofty  hymn. 
"Master,"  whom  Slave  I  on  this  earth  but 

thee? 
Oh,  for  Thy  summer  roses  o'er  earth's  wintry 

lea !  Alan  Brodrich. 

(5747.  MARY  AT  THE  SEPULCHRE. 

St.  John  XX  :  16. 
When  vengeance  on  her  victim's  head 
Her  sevenfold  vials  sternly  shed; 
When  foes  the  hand  of  menace  shook. 
And  friends  betrayed,  denied,  forsook; 
Then  woman,  meekly  constant  still, 
Followed  to  Calvary's  fatal  hill : 
Yes,  followed  where  the  boldest  failed, 

Unmoved  by  threat  or  sneer; 
For  faithful  woman's  love  prevailed 

O'er  helpless  woman's  fear. 

In  sorrow  and  in  peril  tried. 
She  was  the  last  to  quit  His  side; 
And  when  the  l)loody  scene  was  closed, 
And  low  in  dust  her  Friend  reposed, 
The  first  was  she  to  seek  His  tomb. 
With  balm  of  Araby's  j)erfume: 
She  fondly  thought  that  honored  form 
To  rescue  from  the  loathsome  worm; 


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TvlARY. 


And  little  dreamed,  how  Death  in  vain 
Had  cast  his  adamantine  chain 
O'er  one  who  came  his  might  to  quell, 
Even  in  his  gloomiest  citadel;   . 
And  high  reward  her  zeal  hath  won: 
"Woman!"  she  started  at  the  tone; 
"Mary!"'  she  turned,  beheld,  adored: 
'Twas  He  to  life  and  her  restored. 

Thus  on  the  pure  and  patient  mind. 
Quiet  its  joy,  in  grief  resigned, 
Fraught  with  ricli  blessings  from  above, 
Beams  the  benignant  smih;  of  love; 
E'en  as  the  lake's  unrufHed  breast 
Makes  pillow  for  the  sunbeam's  rest, 
While  waves,  in  wild  disorder  driven. 
Roll  darkbeneatli  tlie  clearest  heaven. 
O  woman  !  thougli  thy  fragile  form 
Bows  like  the  willow  to  the  storm, 
III  suited  in  the  unequal  strife, 
To  brave  the  ruder  scenes  of  life; 
Yet,  if  the  power  of  grace  divine, 
Find  in  thy  lowly  heart  a  shrine, 
Then,  in  thy  very  weakness,  strong, 
Thou  winn'st  thy  noiseless  course  along; 
Weaving  thy  influence  with  the  ties 
Of  sweet  domestic  charities, 
And  softening  haughtier  spirits  down 
By  happy  contact  with  thine  own. 

/.  HdiiMnson. 

3748.  MAET  AT  THE  SEPULCHRE. 
John  XX  :  1,  11-10. 
Mary  of  Magdala,  when  the  moon  had  set, 
Forth  to  the  garden  that  was  with  night  dews 

wot, 
Fared  in  the  dark — woe-worn  and  bent  was 

she, 
'Neath   many   j)ounds'  weight    of    fragrant 

spicery. 

• 
Mary  of  Magdaln,  in  her  misery, 
"Who  shall    roll    the    stone    up    from  yon 

door?"  quoth  she ; 
And  trembling  down  the  steep  she  went,  and 

wept  sore. 
Because  her  dearest  Lord  was,  alas !  no  more. 

Her  burden  she  let  fall,  lo!  the  stone  was 

gone; 
Light  was  there  within,  out  to  tlic  dark  it 

shone;  [bright, 

With  an  angel's  face  the  dread  tomb  was 
The  which  she  beholding  fell  sore  affright. 

Mary  Magdala.  in  her  misery. 

Heard    the    white    vision    speak,    and    did 

straightway  flee ; 
And  an  idle  tale  seemed  the  wild  words  she 

said. 
And  naught  her  heart  received — naught  was 

comforted. 

"  Nay,"  quoth  the  men  He  loved,  when  they 

came  to  see, 
**  Our  eyes  beheld  His  death,  the  Saint  of 

Galilee ; 


Who  have  borne  Him  hence  truly  we  cannot 

say ;" 
Secretly,  in  fear,  they  turned  and  went  their 

way*. 

Mary  of  Magdala,  in  her  misery. 

Followed  to  the  tomb,  and  wept  full  bitterly. 

Lingered  in  the  dark,  where  first  the  Lord 

.-     was  laid; 
The  white  one  spake  again :  she  was  no  more 
afraid. 

In  a  moment — dawn  !  solemn  and  sweet  and 

clear, 
Kneeling,  yet  she  weeps,  and  some  one  stands 

anear ; 
Asketli  of  her  grief — she,  all  her  thoughts 

are  dim, 
"If  thou  hast  borne  Him  hence,  tell  me," 

doth  answer  him. 

"Mary,"  ITe  saith,  no  more,  shades  of  night 

have  fled 
Under  dewy  leaves,  behold  Him  I — death  is 

dead; 
"Mary,"  and  "  O  my  Master,"  sorrow  speeds 

away, 
Sunbeams  touch  His  feet  this  earliest  Easter 

day. 

After  the  pains  of  death,  in  a  place  unknown, 
Trembling,  of  visions  haunted,  and  all  alone, 
I  too  shall  want  Thee,  Jesus,  my  hope,  my 

trust, 
Fallen  low,  and  all  unclothed,  even  of  my 

poor  dust. 

I,  too,  shall  hear  Thee  speak,  Jesus,  my  life 

divine; 
And  call  me  by  my  name,  Lord,  for  I  am 

Thine; 
Thou  wilt  stand  and  wait,  I  shall  so  look  and 

see, 
In  the  garden  of  God,  I  shall  look  up — on 

Thee.  Holy  Songs. 

3740.  MART,  Weeping, 

John  XX  :  11-16. 
Mary  to  her  Saviour's  tomb 

Hasted  at  the  e/lrly  dawn  ; 
Spice  she  brought,  and  sweet  perfume; 

But  the  Lord  she  loved  was  gone. 
For  a  while  she  weeping  stood. 

Struck  with  sorrow  and  surprise. 
Shedding  tears,  a  plenteous  flood. 

For  her  heart  supplied  her  eyes. 

Jesus,  who  is  always  near. 

Though  too  often  unporceived, 
Came,  His  drooping  child  to  cheer, 

Kindly  asking,  why  she  grieved? 
Though  at  first  she  knew  Him  rot, 

When  He  called  her  by  her  name, 
Then  her  griefs  were  all  forgot. 

For  she  found  He  was  the  same. 


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Grief  and  sigliing  quickly  fled, 

When  shu  heard  His  welcome  voice; 
Just  before  she  thought  Ilim  dead, 

Now  He  bids  her  In^art  rejoice. 
What  a  change  His  word  can  make, 

Turning  darkness  into  day  ! 
You  who  weep  for  Jesus'  sake. 

He  will  wipe  your  tears  away. 

He  who  carfie  to  comfort  her. 

When  she  thought  her  all  was  lost. 
Will  for  your  relief  appear, 

Though  you  now  are  tempest-tost; 
On  His  word  your  burden  cast, 

On  His  love  your  thoughts  employ; 
Weeping  for  a  while  may  last, 

But  the  morning  brings  the  joy. 

John  Newton. 

3750.  MART,  Offering  of. 

Luke  vii :  37,  38.  ■ 
She  brought  her  box  of  alabaster; 

The  precious  spikenard  tilled  the  room 
With  honor  worthy  of  the  Master, 

A  costly,  raie,  and  rich  perfume. 

Her  tears  for  sin  fell  hot  and  thickly 

On  His  dear  feet,  outstretched  and  bare; 

Unconscious  how,  she  wiped  them  quickly 
With  the  long  ringlets  of  her  hair. 

And  richly  fall  those  raven  tresses 
Adown  her  cheek,  like  willow-leaves, 

As  stooping  still,  with  fond  caresses, 
She  plies  her  task  of  love,  and  grieves. 

Oh  may  we  thus,  like  loving  Mary, 
Ever  our  choicest  offerings  bring, 

Nor  grudging  of  our  toil,  nor  chary 
Of  costly  service  to  our  King ! 

Methinks  I  hear  from  Christian  lowly 
Some  hallowed  voice  at  evening  rise, 

Or  quiet  morn,  or  in  the  holy, 

Unclouded  calm  of  Sabbath  skies; 

I  bring  my  box  of  alabaster. 

Of  earthly  loves  I  break  the  shrine, 

And  pour  affections,  purer,'vaster, 

On  that  dear  head,  those  feet  of  Thine. 

The  joys  I  prized,  the  hopes  I  cherished, 
The  fairest  flowers  my  fancy  wove, 

Behold  my  fondest  idols  perished  ; 
Receive  the  incense  of  my  love ! 

What  though  the  scornful  world,  deriding 
Such  waste  of  love,  .of  service,  fears? 

Still  letme])0ur,  through  taunt  and  chiding. 
The  rich  libation  of  my  tears. 

I  bring  my  box  of  alabaster; 

Accepted  let  the  offering  rise! 
So  grateful  tears  shall  flow  the  faster. 

In  founts  of  gladness  from  mine  eyes! 
Charles  Lawrence  Ford. 


3751.  MAEY,  Offering  of. 

Luke  vii  :  47. 
Were  not  the  sinful  Mary's  tears 

An  offering  worthy  heaven. 
When  o'er  the  faults  of  former  years 

She  wept,  and  was  forgiven? 

When,  bringing  every  balmy  sweet, 

Her  day  of  luxury  stored, 
She  o'er  her  Saviour's  hallowed  feet 

The  precious  odors  poured ; 

And  wiped  them  with  her  golden  hair, 
Where  once  the  diamond  shone; 

Though  now  those  gems  of  grief  were  there 
Which  shines  for  God  alone ! 

Were  not  those  sweets,  so  humbly  shed, 

That  hair,  those  weeping  eyes. 
And  the  sunk  heart,  that  inly  bled, 

Heaven's  noblest  sacrifice? 

Thou  that  hast  slept  in  error's  sleep. 
Oh,  wouldst  thou  wake  in  heaven, 

Like  Mary  kneel,  like  Mary  weep, 
"Love  much,"  and  be  forgiven! 

Thomas  Moore. 

3752.  "  MART  !— RABBONI !" 

John  XX  :  16. 
She  turned  her  from  the  empty  cell, 

Where  late  the  Prince  of  Glory  lay; 
A  shadow  on  her  spirit  fell. 

Her  Lord  was  borne  away. 
"If  thou  hast  sjjoiled  the  tomb, 

And  for  its  new-born  light 
Hast  left  the  pall  of  ancient  gloom, 

O  wanderer  of  the  night — 
Tell  me !" 

He  looked  into  her  earnest  eyes, 

Where  lately  shone  Hope's  dazzling  dew; 
Her  lips,  of  the  carnation  dyes, 

Now  of  the  lily's  hue. 
He  saw  were  quivering  with  dismay. 

One  word  could  light  those  eyes  again, 
And  banish  every  grief  away ; 
One  word  bring  back  the  lips'  sweet  red, 
One  word  restore  the  dead, 

And  pleasure  substitute  for  pain; 
'Twas  music  when  he  spake  it: 
"Mary!" 

She  turned  herself,  and  from  that  face 

Of  beauty  every  care  was  fled, 

And  in  its  stead 
Was  much  of  grace, 

And  something  meekly  proud. 

As  look  our  skies,  when  midnight's  cloud 
Is  chased,  and  they  are  overspread 

With  morning's  early  blush,  so  she, 

Tlie  spirit  of  young  Piety, 
Divinely  looked,  when  answering 
"Ilubboni!" 

William  B.  Tappan. 


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3753.  MART,  The  Mother  of  Christ. 

Luke  i  :  28. 
Mary,  to  thee  the  heart  was  given 

¥oY  infant  liand  to  hold, 
Thus  clasping,  an  ettriial  heaven, 

Tlie  great  eartli  in  its  fold. 

He  seized  the  world  with  tender  might, 

By  making  thee  His  own  : 
Thee,  lowly  queen,  whose  heavenly  height 

Was  to  thyself  unknown. 

He  came,  all  helpless,  to  thy  jwwer, 
For  warnitli,  and  love,  and  birth; 

In  thy  embraces,  every  hour, 
He  grew  into  the  earth. 

And  thine  the  grief,  O  mother  high! 

Whicli  all  thy  sisters  share, 
Who  keep  the  gate  betwixt  the  sky 

And  this  our  lower  air; 

And  unshared  sorrows,  gathering  slow; 

New  thoughts  within  thy  heart, 
Which  through  thee  like  a  sword  will  go, 

And  make  thee  mourn  aj^art. 

For  if  a  woman  bore  a  son 

That  was  of  angel  brood. 
Who  lifted  wings  ere  day  was  done, 

And  soared  from  where  He  stood ; 

Strange  grief  would  fill  each  mother-moan, 

Wild  longing,  dim,  and  sore: 
"My  child!  my  child!  He  is  my  own, 

And  yet  is  mine  no  more!" 

So  thou,  O  Mary !  years  on  years. 

From  child-birth  to  the  cross. 
Wast  filled  with  yearnings,  filled  with  fears. 

Keen  sense  of  love  and  loss. 

His  childish  thoughts  outsoared  thy  reach; 

Even  His  tenderness 
Had  deeper  springs  than  act  or  speech 

Could  unto  thee  express. 

Strange  pangs  await  thee,  mother  mild! 

A  sorer  travail  pain, 
Before  the  spirit  of  thy  child 

Is  born  in  thee  again. 

And  thou  wilt  still  forebode  and  dread. 

And  loss  be  still  thy  fear. 
Till  form  be  gone,  and,  in  its  stead. 

The  very  self  appear. 

For,  when  thy  son  hath  reached  His  goal. 

And  vanished  from  the  earth. 
Soon  shalt  thou  find  Him  in  thy  soul, 

A  second,  holier  birth. 

George  Macdonald. 

3754.  MAET  MAGDALENE. 

Luke  vii  :  48. 
To  the  hall  of  the  feast  came  the  sinful  and 

fair ; 
She  heard  in  the  city  that  Jesus  was  there ; 


Unheeding  the  splendor  that  blazed  on  the 

boaid, 
She  silently  knelt  at  the  feet  of  the  Lord. 

The   frown    and  the   murmur   went   round 

through  them  all. 
That  one  so  unhallowed  should  tread  in  that 

hall ; 
And  some  said  the  poor  would  be  objects 

more  meet,  » 

As  the  wealth  of  her  perfume  she  showered 

on  His  feet. 

She  heard  but  the  Saviour,  she  spoke  but 

with  sighs; 
She  dare  not  look  up  to  the  heaven  of  His 

eyes; 
And  the  hot  tears  gushed  forth  at  each  heave 

of  her  breast, 
As  her  lips  to  His  sandals  were  throbbingly 

pressed. 

In  the  sky,  after  tempest,  as  shineth  the  bow, 
In  the  glance  of  the  sunbeam,  as  melteth  the 

snow. 
He  looked  on  that  lost  one:   "her  sins  were 

forgiven,'' 
And  the  sinner  went  forth  in  the  beauty  of 

heaven.  Francis  8.  Key. 

3755.  MARY  MAGDALENE. 
Luke  vii  :  37-47. 
Dear,  beauteous  saint !  more  white  than  day, 
When  in  his  naked,  ])ure  array; 
Fresher  than  morning  fiowers,  which  show, 
As  thou  in  tears  dost,  best  in  dew. 
How  art  thou  changed;  how  lively  fair. 
Pleasing  and  innocent  an  air, 
Not  tutored  by  thy  glass,  but  free, 
Native,  and  jaire,   shines  now  in  thee! 
But  since  thy  beauty  doth  still  keep 
Bloomy  and  fresh,  why  dost  thou  weep? 
This  dusky  state  of  sighs  and  tears 
Durst  not  look  on  those  s.miling  years, 
When  Magdal-castle  was  thy  seat, 
Wliere  all  was  sumptuous,  rare,  and  neat. 
Why  lies  this  hair  despised  now, 
Which  once  thy  care  nnd  art  did  show? 
Wiio  then  did  dress  the  much-loved  toy, 
In  spires,  globes,  angry  curls  and  coy. 
Which  witli  skilled  negligence  seemed  shed 
About  thy  curious,  wild,  young  head? 
Why  is  this  rich,  this  pistic  nard 
Spilt,  and  the  box  quite  broke  and  marred? 
What  pretty  sullenness  did  haste 
Thy  easy  hands  to  do  this  waste? 
Why  art  thou  humbled  thus,  and  low 
As  earth  thy  lovely  head  dost  bow?      [earth 
Dear  soul!    thou    knew'st   flowers   here  oa 
At  their  Lord's  footstool  have  their  birth; 
Therefore  thy  withered  self  in  haste 
Beneath  His  blest  feet  thou  didst  cast. 
That,  at  the  root  of  this  green  tree, 
Thy  great  decays  restored  might  be. 
Thy  curious  vanities  ;  nd  rare, 
Odorous  ointments  kept  \\  ith  care. 


Ml^RY. 


TVIA.RY. 


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And  dearly  brought,  when  thou  didst  see 

They  cuulJ  not  cure  nor  comfort  thee; 

Like  a  wise  early  j)eniteut, 

Tliou  sadly  didst  to  him  present, 

Whose  interceding,  nieeli,  and  calm 

Ek)od  is  the  world's  all-healing  balm. 

This,  this  divine  restorative 

Called  forth  thy  tears,  which  ran  in  live 

And  liasty  drops,  as  if  they  had 

(Their  Lord  so  near)  sense  to  be  glad. 

Learn,  ladies,  here  the  faithful  cure  — 

Make  beauty  lasting,  fresh,  and  pure; 

Learn  Mary's  art  of  tears,  and  then 

S:iy,  You  have  got  the  day  from  men. 

(.'heaf),  mighty  art!  her  art  of  love, 

Who    h)ved    much,  and   much   more   could 

Her  art !  whose  memory  must  last       [move; 

Till  truth  through  all  the  world  be  past; 

Till  his  abused,  despised  flame 

Return  to  heaven  from  whence  it  came, 

And  send  a  lire  down,  that  shall  bring 

Destruction  on  His  ruddy  wing. 

Her  art!  whose  pensive,  weeping  eyes 

Were  once  sin's  loose  and  tempting  spies; 

But  now  are  fixed  stars,  whose,  light 

Helps  such  dark  stragglers  to  their  sight. 

Self  boasting  Pharisee  !  how  blind 

A  judge  wert  thou,  and  how  unkind! 

It  was  impossible  that  thou, 

Who  wert  all  false,  shouldst  true  grief  know. 

Is't  just  to  judge  her  faithful  tears 

By  that  foul  rheum  thy  false  eye  wears? 

^'Tliis  woman,"  say'st  thou,  "  is  a  sinner!" 
And  sate  there  none  such  at  thy  dinner? 
Go,  leper,  go!  wash  till  thy  flesh 
Comes  like  a  child's,  spotless  and  fresh; 
He  is  still  leprous  that  still  paints: 
Who  saint  themselves,  they  are  no  saints. 
Henry  Vau<jhan. 

375G.  MART  MAGDALENE. 
With  eyes  aglow,  and  aimless  zeal, 

She  hither,  thither  goes; 
Her  speech,  lier  motions,  all  reveal 

A  mind  without  repose. 

She  climbs  the  hills,  she  haunts  the  sea, 

By  madness  tortured,  driven; 
One  lunir's  forgetfuliiess  would  be 

A  gift  from  very  Heaven. 

The  night  brings  sleep,  sleep  new  distress; 

Tlic  anguish  of  the  day 
Returns  as  free,  in  darker  dress. 

In  more  secure  dismay. 

The  demons  blast  her  to  and  fro; 

She  has  no  quiet  ])lace; 
Enough  a  woman  still  to  know 

A  haunting,  dim  disgrace. 

Hers  in  no  other  eyes  confide 

For  even  a  moment  brief; 
With' restless  glance  they  turn  aside, 

Lest  they  betray  her  grief. 


A  human  touch !  a  pang  of  death, 

And  in  a  low  delight 
Thou  liest,  waiting  for  new  breath, 

For  morning  out  of  night. 

Thou  risest  up:  the  earth  is  fair, 

The  wind  is  cool  and  free; 
Is  it  a  dream  of  hell's  despair 

Dissolves  in  ecstasy? 

Did  this  man  touch  thee?     Eyes  divine 

Make  sunrise  in  thy  soul; 
Thou  seest  love  and  order  shine: 

His  health  hath  made  thee  whole. 

What  matter  that  the  coming  time 

Will  stain  thy  virgin  name! 
Will  call  thine  agony  thy  crime, 

And  count  thy  madness  blame ! 

Let  the  reproach  of  men  abide! 

He  shall  be  well  content 
To  see  not  seldom  by  his  side 

Thy  head  serenely  bent.        ^ 

Thou,  sharing  in  the  awful  doom, 

Shalt  help  thy  Lord  to  die; 
And,  mourning  o'er  His  empty  tomb, 

First  share  His  victory. 

Oeorge  Macdoiiald 

3757.  MART  MAGDALENE,  Legend  of. 
Luke  vii :  3r-47. 
'Twas  within  a  Hebrew  palace, 

At  a  Hebrew  ruler's  l)oard. 
From  her  alabaster  chalice 

Magdalene  the  fiintinent  poured. 
Flowed  the  precious  perfume,  filling 

All  the  air  with  odors  sweet; 
But,  from  Mary's  eyes  distilling. 

Poured  an  offering  far  more  meet, 
Even  than  the  costly  ointment. 

For  the  worn  and  weary  feet 
Of  the  Blessed  Lord. 

Humbly  weeping,  humbly  loving. 

Meek  she  kneeled  beside  Him  there; 
Tears  and  perfume  both  removing 

With  her  soft  and  clustering  hair. 
But  there  wakened  thoughts  of  evil 

In  the  minds  of  the  eleven; 
And  the  first  to  scorn  or  cavil 

Spake  the  traitor — cursed  of  Heaven: 
"How  mucii  better  were  this  ointment 

Vended,  and  the  money  given 
For  the  poor  to  share!" 

Thus  Iscariot  reproved  her. 

Thinking,  " 'Twould  my  store  increase;" 
But  when  Jesu  looked.  He  loved  her. 

And  He  bade  their  nuirmurs  cease; 
Saying,  "Not  for  her  preferment 

Doth  she  here  before  Me  bow. 
But  it  is  for  mine  interment 

That  she  thus  anoints  Me  now." 
Then  He  uttered,  turning  toward  her 

That  divine  and  gentle  brow, 
"  Mary,  go  in  peace  !" 


su 


DyLA.TTHE'W. 


nyc^TXHi^s. 


Who  doth  love  shall  be  forgiven; 

He  h;ith  morcy  still  iu  store, 
He  liath  bouudlcss  ])o\ver  ia  lieaven 

Whom  the  cross  on  Calvary  bore. 
Earthly  love  may  fail  to  ease  you 

When  you  bend  in  your  despair, 
But  tlie  gentle  heart  of  Jesu 

Turneth  never  from  a  jirayer. 
To  the  asker  all  is  granted  ; 

He  who  seeketh  tindeth  there 

Rest  for  evermore.  C.  I).  McLeod. 

3758.  MATTHEW. 

Luke  V :  27-20. 

Nor  Pharisaic  school,  nor  Jiarnesscd  train 
Of  Roman  state,  nor  pow'r,  nor  thoughtful 

gain. 
Nor  breezy  lake,  -where  circling  mountains 

rise, 
Nor  Lebanon's  snowy  top  in  summer  skies. 
Could  to  thy  longing  eyes  afford  repose. 
Good  Levi,  till  they  found  the  Man  of  woes! 

Beneath  thy  lowly  roof  I  see  Him  come, 
An  honored  guest ;  tlie  Pharisee's  stern  gloom 
Sitting  aloof,  in  calm  and  humble  gaze 
The  Galilean  twelve,  tli'  half-pleased  amaze 
Of  publicans,  and  mourning  Eremite 
Shrinking  apart:  yet  seen,  or  out  of  sight. 
Manifold  words  of  wisdom  find  them  out, 
And  in  each  heart  an  eye  that  looks  tlirough- 

But,  lo!  again  his  hospitable  store      [out. 
Levi  prepares,  unfolding  wide  the  door 
Of  His  blest  gospel,  'neath  whose  sacred  roof 
All  may  behold  the  Christ,  and  learn  by  proof. 
E'en  now,  as  then,  witliin  each  secret  soul 
An  eye  is  found ;  seek  we  or  shun  control. 
All  see  the  Son  of  man  ;  each  doth  invest 
His  form  with  hues  deep  drawn  from  His 
own  breast.  Isaac  Williams. 

3759.  MATTHEW,  The  Apostle. 
There  are  in  this  loud  stunning  tide 

Of  human  care  and  crime, 
With  whom  the  melodies  abide 

Of  the  everlasting  cliime; 
Who  carry  mu-ic  in  their  lieart 
Through  dusky  lane  and  wrangling  mart, 
Plying  their  daily  task  with  busier  feet. 
Because  their  secret  souis  a  holy  strain  repeat. 

How  sweet  to  them,  in  such  brief  rest 

As  thronging  cares  afford, 
In  thouglit  to  wander,  fancy-blest, 

To  where  their  gracious  Lord, 
In  vain  to  win  proud  Pharisees, 
Spake,  and  was  heard  by  fell  disease, 
But  not  in  vain,  beside  yon  breezy  lake, 
Bade  the   meek  publican  his   gainful  seat 
forsake. 

At  once  he  rose,  and  left  his  gold; 

His  treasure  and  his  lieart 
Transferred,  where  lie  shall  safe  behold 

Earth  and  her  idols  ])art; 
While  he  beside  his  endless  store 
Shall  sit,  and  floods  unceasing  pour 


Of  Christ's  true  riches  o'er  all  time  and  space, 
First  angel  of  His  church,  first  steward  of 
His  grace. 

Nor  can  ye  not  delight  to  think 
Where  He  vouchsafed  to  eat, 
How  the  Most  Holy  did  not  shrink 

From  touch  of  sinners'  meat ; 
What  Avorldly  hearts  and  hearts  impure 
AVent  with  Him  through  the  rich  man's 
door. 
That  we  might  learn  of  Him  lost  souls  to  love, 
And  view  His  least  and  worst  with  hope  to 
meet  above. 

These  gracious  lines  shed  gospel  light 

On  Mammon's  gloomiest  cells. 
As  on  some  city's  cheerless  night 

Tiie  tide  of  sunrise  swells, 
Till  tower  and  dome  and  bridge- way  proud 
Are  mantled  with  a  golden  cloud. 
And  to  wise  hearts  this  certain  hope  is  given  ; 
"No  mist  that  man  may  raise  shall  hide  the 
eye  of  Heaven." 

And  oh !  if  even  on  Babel  shine 

Such  gleams  of  paradise. 
Should  not  tlieir  peace  be  peace  divine 

Who  day  by  day  arise 
To  look  on  clearer  heavens,  and  scan 
The  work  of  God  untouched  by  man ! 
Shame  on  us,  who  about  us  Isabel  bear. 
And  live  in  paradise,  as  if  God  was  not  there. 

John  Keble. 
3760.  MATTHIAS. 

Acts  i  :  2^26. 
From  Abraham's  breast,  'mid  lieavenly  towers 

on  high. 
Death's  lake  is  seen,  and  heard  the  dismal 

cry; 
From  Salem's  heights,  dread  Sodom's  sea  of 

doom 
Is  o'er  the  hills  descried  in  fiery  gloom ; 
'Mid  that  small  band,    for   Heaven's   high 

mandate  sealed. 
Hell  opens,  and  a  Judas  is  revealed. 

Dread  thought  of  terror !  Heaven  the  rescued 

crown 
Holds,  and  on  just  Matthias  lets  it  down ; 
Sent  forth  of  Him  who  was  sent  forth  of  God, 
And  armed  with  naught  but  His  supporting 

rod. 

Oh,  by  that  cross  on  which  Thou  deign'st  to 

die. 
Let  that  staff  bear  me  death's  dark  valley  by ! 
Thine  was  the  patriarch's  staff  when  Jordan's 

strand 
He  passed,  and  thence  returned  a  twofold 

band; 
Tliine  was  the  staff  Elisha  sent  before, 
The  staff  of  health  which  false  Gehazi  bore. 

From  this  new  morn  until  th'  eternal  day 
That  pastoral  staff  must  be  the  pilgrim's  stay ; 


thelchizeidek:. 


IVLETHXISEIjAII. 


34o 


From  this  new  morn,  when,  from  its  wintry 

blight, 
Springs  the  new  year,  and  day  is  mast'ring 

night. 
Still,   wlieresoe'er  the  grounded  staflE  shall 

pass, 
The  sea  divides,  wide  opes  the  watery  mass. 
Isaac  Williams. 

3761.  MELCHIZEDEZ. 

Hebrews  vii  :  3. 

Thrice  blest  are  they  who  feel  their  loneli- 
ness ; 

To  whom  nor  voice  of  friend  nor  pleasant 
scene 

Brings  that  on  which  the  saddened  heart 
can  lean; 

Yea,  the  rich  earth,  garbed  in  its  daintiest 
dress 

Of  light  and  joy,  doth  but  the  more  oppress, 

Claiming  responsive  smiles  and  rapture  high ; 

Till,  sick  at  heart,  beyond  the  veil  they  iiy. 

Seeking  His  presence  who  alone  can  bless. 

Such,  in  strange  days,  the  weapons  of 
Heaven's  grace ; 

When  passing  o'er  the  high-born  Hebrew 
line, 

He  forms  the  vessel  of  His  vast  design ; 

Fatherless,  homeless,  reft  of  age  and  place. 

Severed  from  earth,  and  careless  of  its  wreck. 

Borne  through  long  woe  His  rare  Melchizi  dek. 
John  H.  Newman. 

3762.  MEMPHIS. 

Hosea  ix  :  C. 

But  now  famed  Memphis'  ancient  bounds 

are  gained, 
Where  the  long  line  of  iron  Pharaohs  reigned. 
Hallowed  by  sacred  lore,  these  scenes  impart 
A  speechless  awe,  yet  interest  to  the  heart. 
Here  exiled  Joseph  rose  to  wealth  and  fame, 
And,  bent  with  years,  the  trembling  Israel 

came. 
Yonder  in  Goshen  toiled,  with  many  a  sigh, 
His  countless  sons,  and  mourned  for  days 

gone  by ; 
And  far  away,  where  sweeps  the  Red  Sea 

shore, 
Lies  the  long  track  their  myriads  hurried 

o'er. 
When  blazed  the  fiery  cloud  o'er  mount  and 

plain. 
And  midnight  winds  rolled  back  the  subject 

main, 
While  Moses   led  them   on  with  wand   of 

might, 
Saw  Pharaoh's  host,   nor  trembled  at  the 

sight. 

But  Memphis'  kings  are  less  than  ashes  now, 
The  crowns  e'en  dust  that  decked  each  royal 

brow. 
Goshen,  where  Israel  toiled,  no  trace  retains 
Of  all  the  towers  they  built,  when  scourged 

in  chains. 


Memphis  lierself,  as  cursed  for  injuries  piled 
On  Judah's  head,  long,  lung  hath  strewn  the 

wild. 
Where  is  the  shrine  to  soft-eyed  Apis  reared, 
That  sacred  bull,  kings,  blood-stained  chiefs 

revered? 
Where  Vulcan's  fane?    and,    gorgeous  as  a 

dream, 
The   gold-roofed    palace    raised   by    Nilus' 

stream? 
No  vestige  meets  the  pilgrim's  curious  gaze; 
O'er   Memphis'    site    the   turbaued    rubber 

strays; 
Each  wall  is  razed,  each  pillared  shrine  o'er- 

thrown ; 
The  sands  drift  on,  the  desert  breezes  moan  ; 
Shades  of  the  Pharaohs!  rise  from  marble 

sleep ! 
And  o'er  your  lost  loved  city  bend  and  weep ! 
Nicholas  Mich  ell. 

3763.  MESSIAH,  Reign  of  the. 
Isaiah  ii  :  2,  3. 
Behold  !  the  mountain  of  the  Lord 

In  latter  days  shall  rise 
On  mountain-tops  above  the  hills, 

And  draw  the  wond'ring  eyes. 
To  this  the  joyful  nations  round, 

All  tribes  and  tongues  shall  flow; 
Up  to  the  hill  of  God,  they'll  say, 

And  to  His  house  we'll  go. 

The  beams  that  shines  from  Zion's  hill 

Shall  lighten  ev'ry  land  ; 
The  King  who  reigns  in  Salem's  tow'rs 

Shall  ail  the  world  command. 
Among  the  nations  He  shall  judge; 

His  judgments  truth  shall  guide; 
His  sceptre  shall  ])rotect  the  just, 

And  quell  the  sinner's  pride. 

No  strife  shall  rage,  nor  hostile  feuds 

Disturb  those  peaceful  years; 
To  ploughshares  men  shall  beat  their  swords, 

To  pruning-hooks  their  spears. 
No  longer  hosts  encount'ring  hosts 

Shall  crowds  of  slain  deplore: 
They  hang  the  trumpet  in  the  hall, 

And  study  war  no  more. 

Come  then,  O  house  of  Jacob!  come 

To  worship  at  His  shrine; 
And,  walking  in  the  light  of  God, 

With  holy  beauties  shine. 

John  Logan. 

3764.  METHUSELAH. 

Genesis  v  :  21-27. 
And  all  the  days  of  Methuselah  were  nine 

hundred 
And  sixty  and  nine  years,  and  he  died. 
And  was  this  all?     He  died  !  he  who  did  wait 
The  slow  unfolding  of  centurial  years, 
And  shake  that  burden  from  his  heart  which 

turns 
Our  temples   white;    and   in   his   freshness 

stand 


340 


iycH;TH:T:TSE;LA.H:. 


]MIR^CLE. 


Till  cedars  mouldered  aud  firm  rocks  grew 

gray: 
Left  h'!  no  trace  tipon  the  page  inspired 
Save  tills  one  line — He  died  ! 

Perchance  lie  stood 
Till  all  who  in  his  early  shadow  rose, 
Faded  away,  and  he  vas  left  alone; 
A  sad,  long-living,  weary-hearted  man. 
To  fear  that  death,  remembering  all  beside, 
Had  sure  forgotten  him. 

Percliance  he  roved 
Exuliing  o'er  the  ever-verdant  vales, 
'Wliilo  Asia's  sun  burned  fervid  on  his  brow; 
Or  'ueath  some  waving  palm-tree  sate  him 

down, 
And  ia  iiis  mantling  bosom  nursed  the  pride 
That  mocks  the  j^ale    destroyer,   and    doth 
To  live  forever.  [think 

Yet  whatsoe'er  his  lot,  in  that  dim  age 
Of  mystery,  when  the  unwrinkled  world  had 

drunk 
To  deluge  cup  of  bitterness,  whate'er 
"NVere  earth's  illusions  to  his  dazzled  eye. 
Death    found    him   out   at  last,  and  coldly 

wrote. 
With  icy  pen  on  life's  protracted  scroll. 
Naught  but  this  brief,  unflattering  line — He 

died! 

Ye  gay  fiowei  -gatherers  on  Time's  crumbling 

brink. 
This  shall  be  said  of  you,  howe'er  je  vaunt 
Your  long  to-morrows  in  an  endless  line ; 
Howe'er  amid  tlie  gardens  of  your  joy    [pass, 
Ye  hide  yourselves,  and  bid  the  iiale  king 
This  shall  be  said  of  you  at  last— He  died! 
Oh,  add  one  sentence  more  :  He  lived  to  God. 
3Irs.  Lydia  II.  Sigourney. 

37G5.  METHUSELAH,  Lesson  from. 

And  didst  thou,  jiatriarch,  tread  this  vale  of 

tears, 
And  bear  life's  load  for  near  a  thousand  years? 
And  is  the  record  of  thy  days  so  brief, 
AVithout  one  song  of  joy,  or  tale  of  grief? 

Brief  though  it  be,  a  lesson  it  imparts 
(Bind  it,  ye  high  and  mighty,  round  your 

hearts) ; 
For  tluis  it  says  to  each,  "Thy  pomp,  thy 

pride, 
At  last  shall   come  to  this:    He  lived,  and 

died  1" 

3766.  MIGHTY  FALLEN,  The. 
'i  Samuel  i  :  ~'5. 
Fallen  on  ZIon's  battle  hill 

A  soldier  of  renown. 
Armed  in  the  panoply  of  God, 

In  conflict  cloven  down; 
His  helmet  on,  his  armor  bright, 

His  cheek  unblanchcd  with  fear. 
While  round  his  Jiead  there  gleamed  a  light 

His  dying  hour  to  cheer. 


Fallen,  while  cheering  with  his  voice 

The  sacramental  host ; 
Witl*  banner  floating  on  the  air. 

Death  found  him  at  his  post ; 
In  life's  high  prime  his  warfare  closed, 

But  not  ingloriously ; 
He  fell  beyond  the  outer  wall, 

And  shouted  victory. 

Fallen — a  holy  man  of  God, 

An  Israelite  indeed, 
A  standard-bearer  of  the  cross, 

Mighty  in  word  and  deed; 
A  master-spirit  of  the  age, 

A  bright  and  burning  light. 
Whose  i)eams  across  the  firmament 

Scattered  the  clouds  of  night. 

Fallen— as  sets  the  sun  at  eve 

To  rise  in  splendor  Avhere 
His  kindred  luminaries  shine. 

Their  heaven  of  bliss  to  share; 
Beyond  the  stormy  battle-field 

He  reigns  and  triumjihs  now. 
Sweeping  a  harp  of  wondrous  song, 

With  glory  on  His  brow. 

John  Newland  Maffitt. 

3767.  MILCH-KINE  DRAWnra  THE  AEK. 

1  Samuel  vi :  12. 
The  kine  unguided  went 

By  the  directest  road. 
When  the  Philistines  homeward  sent 

The  ark  of  Israel's  God. 

Lowing  they  passed  along 
And  left  their  calves  shut  up; 

They  felt  an  instinct  for  their  young, 
But  would  not  turn  or  stop. 

Shall  brutes,  devoid  of  thought. 

Their  Maker's  will  obey ; 
And  we,  who  by  His  grace  are  taught, 

More  stubborn  prove  than  they? 

John  Newton. 

3768.  MIRACLE,  Christ's  First. 

John  ii  :  7-11. 
When  wine  they  want,  th'  Almighty  Lord 

Water  instead  of  wine  demands: 
He  botli  created  by  His  word. 

Nothing  His  sovereign  will  withstands: 
And  every  year  in  every  vine 
He  changes  water  into  wine. 

Annexed  to  means  improbable, 

Thy  blessing.  Lord,  we  oft  perceive, 

Who,  when  Thou  dost  Thy  mind  reveal 
Thy  word  im])licitly  believe. 

And  do  what  Thou  art  pleased  t'  ordain, 

And  thus  a  greater  blessing  gain. 

Not  the  desires  of  men  to  please 

Thou  dost  Thy  fir.-t  (jf  wonders  show, 

But  sent  from  heaven  on  earth  to  bless, 
Jehovah  manifest  below, 

Thou  dost  Thy  peerless  power  display, 

And  faith's  eternal  basis  lay. 


TvHRA-CLES. 


miiri^^m:. 


347 


This  demonstration  of  Thy  grace, 

This  proof  of  Thy  Divinity, 
Saviour  in  every  age  and  place, 

Convinced  Tliy  true  disciples  see, 
Built  on  the  rock  that  cannot  move, 
The  truth  of  Thine  almighty  love. 

Who  changes  water  into  wine, 
Can  sinners  into  saints  convert: 

Thy  grace  omnipotent,  divine, 
I  trust  to  make  me  as  Thou  art. 

To  form  my  heart  averse  from  sin. 

And  bid  mine  inmost  soul  be  clean. 

J.  and  C.  Wesley. 

3769.  MIRACLES. 

Mark  xvi  :  17. 

Let  not  the  sceptic's  ignorance  presume 
To  mark  the  limits  of  celestial  power, 
Nor  weigh  its  greatness  in  the  partial  scale 
Of  little  man's  confined  philosophy. 
What!  shall  that  God  whose  energies  divine 
Waked  slumb'ring  matter  from  the  dark  abyss 
Of  chaos,  and  with  all-creative  hand 
Bade  each  minuter  particle  assume 
Its  form  and  character;  shall  He,  whose  arm 
Upon  the  boundless  ocean  of  the  air 
Launched  yon  stupendous  continent  of  fire, 
Round  which,  by  lawsimmutable  constrained. 
The  subject  planets  loU  their  pendent  orbs; 
Shall  that  great  God,  who,  with  all  seeing  eye 
And  wisdom  infinite,  assigned  its  place 
To  each  created  atom;  who  arranged 
And  methodized  by  comprehensive  rule, 
In  order  beautiful,  the  harmonious  whole; 
Who,  calling  forth  its  active  properties. 
And  blending  all  their  excellence,  produced 
That  miracle  of  miracles,  this  world: 
Shall  He  be  bounded  by  the  narrow  line 
Of  mortal  action?   Cease,  presumptuous  man  ; 
Doubt  not  because  thou  canst  not  understand. 
Thy  circumscribed  reason  ne'er  shall  reach 
The  secret  depths,  or  trace  the  liidden  maze 
Of  heavenly  councils  :  call  thy  truant  thoughts 
Back  to  their  God,  nor  with  fallacious  art 
Seek  to  mislead  th'  uncultivated  mind 
That  ask'^  of  thee  instruction;  rather  let 
The  passing  wonders  of  thy  Maker's  works 
Excite  thine  adoration  and  arouse 
Thy  sleepino-  faculties  in  hvmns  of  praise: 
"Great  Lord  of  life!    to  Thee  I  kneel,  to 

Thee 
Pour  forth  the  warm  ciTusions  of  a  heart 
Grateful  for  all  Thy  mercies :  Lord,  look  down 
Upon    Thy    servant,    and,    as    once    Thou 

deign'dst 
To  send  Thy  Spirit  to  conduct  the  steps 
Of   Israel's    children    through    the    pathless 

waste 
To  happier  regions,  so  may'st  Thou,  O  God! 
Guide  through  this  world,  this  wilderness  of 

sin, 
A  hopeless  wand'rer,  and  at  last  from  death 
Raise    up    his   raptured    soul   to    that  high 
heaven, 


Where,  throned  with  Thee,  the  just  shall 

ever  live, 
In  endless  peace  and  everlasting  love." 

William  Holland. 

37 70.  MIRACLES,  Demand  for. 

Maik  XV  :  S-Z. 
See  and  believe  !  it  cannot  be  : 
We  first  believe  and  then  we  see. 
While  Israel's  King  His  ])ower  exerts. 
And  comes  from  heaven  into  our  hearts. 

Had  Christ  descended  from  the  cross 
His  life  had  been  His  creatures'  loss, 
Nor  could  we  on  that  scale  ascend 
To  live  in  joys  that  never  end. 

Did  they  not  see  to  life  restored 
The  man  belovtid  of  his  Lord, 
Yet  went  with  hardened  hearts  away, 
And  sought  even  Lazarus  to  slay? 

Who  miracles  demand  in  vain 
Would  stubborn  infidels  remain, 
By  countless  wonders  unsubdued; 
For  faith  is  still  the  gift  of  God. 

J.  and  C.  Wesley. 

3  7 '71.  MIRIAM,  Song  of. 

Exodus  XV  :  20,  21. 
Sound  the  loud  timbrel  o'er  Egypt's  dark  sea ! 
Jehovah  has  triumphed.  His  people  are  free. 
Sing,  for  the  ])ride  of  the  tyrant  is  broken: 
His  chariots,  his  horsemen,  all  splendid  and 

brave. 
How  vain  was  their  boasting!     The   Lord 

hath  but  spoken. 
And  chariots  and  horsemen  are  sunk  in  the 

wave. 
Sound  the  loud  timbrel  o'er  Egypt's  dark  sea ! 
Jehovah  has  triumphed.  His  people  are  free. 

Praise  to  the  Conqueror,  praise  to  the  Lord! 
His  word  was  our  arrow,  His  breath  was  our 

sword  ! 
Who  shall  return  to  tell  Egypt  the  story 
Of  those  she  sent  forth  in  the  hour  of  her 

pride? 
For  the  Lord  hath  looked  out  from  His  pillar 

of  glory. 
And  all  her  brave  thousands  are  dashed  in 

the  tide. 
Sound  the  loud  timbrel  o'er  Egypt's  dark  sea  I 
Jehovah  has  triumphed.  His  ])eo])le  are  free. 
llioiuds  Moore. 

3772.  MIRIAM,  The  Song  of. 
Oh,  for  that  day,  that  day  of  bliss  entrancing. 
When  Lrael  stood,  her  night  of  bondage  o'er, 
And  lea])ed  in  heart  to  see  no  more  advancing 
Egypt's  dark  host  along  the  desert  shore! 
For  scarce  a  ripple  now  ])roclaimed  where  lay 
The  boasting  Pharaoh  and  his  fierce  array. 

Miriam!  she  silent  stood,  that  sight  behold- 

And  bowed  with  sacred  awe  her  wondering 
head; 


848 


tviiri^m:. 


m:ites. 


Till,  lo !  no  more  their  hideous  spoils  with- 
holding, 

The  depths,  indignant,  spurned  their  buried 
dead ; 

And  all  along  that  sad  and  vengeful  coast 

Pale  corpses  lay — a  monumental  host. 

Miriam !  she  saw ;  then  all  to  life  awaking, 
"  Sing  to  the  Lord,"  with  a  great  voice  she 

cried ; 
"Sing  to  the  Lord,"  their    many  timbrels 

shaking, 
Ten  thousand  ransomed  hearts  and  tongues 

replied; 
While,  leading  on  the  dance  in  triumph  long, 
Thus  the  great  prophetess  broke  forth  in  song : 

"  Oh  sing  to  tho  Lord, 

Sing  His  triumph  right  glorious; 
O'er  horse  and  o'er  rider, 

Sing  His  right  arm  victorious; 
Pharaoh's  horsemen  and  chariots 

And  captains  so  brave. 
The  Lord  hath  thrown  down 

In  the  bottomless  wave. 

"Man  of  war  is  the  Lord, 

And  Jehovali  His  name; 
We  trusted  His  pillar 

Of  cloud  and  of  flame. 
Proud  boasters,  ye  followed, 

But  where  are  ye  gone? 
Down,  down  in  the  waters, 

Ye  sank  like  a  stone. 

"  O  Lord !  Thou  didst  blow 

With  Thy  nostrils  a  blast. 
And  upheaved  the  huge  billows 

Like  mountains  stood  fast. 
Egypt  shuddered  with  wonder 

That  ])athway  to  see. 
Those  dei)th3  all  congealed 

In  the  heart  of  the  sea. 

"  '  I,  too,  will  march  onward 

(The  enemy  cried), 
I  shall  overtake; 

I  the  spoil  will  divide; 
IwillkiU'— OmvGod! 

The  depths  fell  at  Thy  breath, 
And  like  lead  they  went  down 

In  those  waters  of  death. 

"But  o'er  us  the  soft  wings 

Of  Thy  mercy  outspread, 
To  Thy  own  chosen  dwelling 

Our  feet  Thou  hast  led. 
Palestrina,  affrighted. 

The  tidings  shall  hear, 
And  your  hearts,  O  ye  nations ! 

Shall  wither  with  fear. 

"Thus  brought  in  with  triumph, 

Safe-planted  and  blest. 
On  Thy  own  holy  mountain 

Thy  people  shall  rest. 


Shout !  Pharaoh  is  fallen 

To  rise  again  never. 
Sing!  the  Lord,  He  shall  reign 

Forever  and  ever." 

E.  Dudley  Jackson. 

3773.  MITE,  The  Widow's. 

Mark  xii  :  42. 
"The  widow's  mite  !"     Who  ever  saw, 

Since  Jesus  saw,  that  wondrous  sight. 
Fulfilling  all  the  royal  law 

To  God  and  man,  "  the  widow's  mite"? 

And  who  for  fame,  or  who  for  love 

To  body,  intellect,  or  soul. 
To  man  below,  or  God  above. 

Has  yielded,  since  that  hour,  the  whole? 

Not  one !  not  one ! — the  Jewish  age 
Has  only  such  example  shown; 

It  stands,  a  marvel,  on  the  page 
Of  eighteen  hundred  years,  alone. 

"  She,  of  her  penury,  gave  her  all," 
And  shrank,  in  silence,  from  the  crowd; 

Thou  canst  thy  gifts  by  hundreds  call. 
And  set  thy  name  among  the  proud. 

Yet  give !  but  on  thy  deed  do  not, 
So  often  done,  a  falsehood  write; 

Nor  to  foul  avarice  add  the  blot 
Of  naming  it  "the  widow's  mite." 

Nor  deem  the  blazoned  gift  of  gold, 
Or  paltry  alms  that  fears  the  light, 

For  "blest  memorial"  will  be  told. 
Or  thought  of,  as  "the  widow's  mite." 
William  B.  Taffan. 

3774.  MITES,  Widow  and  Her. 

Luke  xxi :  2. 
Here  much  and  little  shift  and  change 

With  scale  of  need  and  time; 
There  more  and  less  have  meanings  strange, 

Nor  with  our  reason  rhyme. 

Sickness  maybe  more  hale  than  health. 

And  service  kingdom  high  ; 
Yea,  poverty  be  bounty's  wealth. 

To  give  like  God  thereby. 

Bring  forth  your  riches;  let  them  go, 

Nor  mourn  the  lost  control ; 
For  if  ye  hoard  them,  surely  so 

Their  rust  will  reach  your  soul. 

Cast  in  your  coins,  for  God  delights 
When  from  wide  hands  they  fall; 

But  here  is  one  that  brings  two  mites. 
And  yet  gives  more  than  all. 

She  heard  not,  she,  the  mighty  praise; 

Went  home  to  care  and  need  ; 
Perhaps  the  knowledge  stilt  delays. 

And  yet  she  has  the  meed. 

George  Macdonald. 


nVEOAB. 


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3775.  MOAB,  Mountains  of. 

Dark  hills  of  Moalj!   flinging  down 
Your  shadows  on  this  gloomy  vale; 

Wild  chasms  tlirougli  wliich  the  desert  wind 
Rushes  in  everlasting  wail. 

Mountains  of  silence!  keeping  watch 
Above  this  stagnant,  sullen  wave, 

Where  sunshine  seems  to  smile  in  vain 
O'er  Sodom's  melancholy  grave. 

Day's  youngest  beauty  and  its  last       [bare ; 

Bathes  your  broad  foreheads,   stern    and 
Yet  all  unsoftened  is  their  frown; 

No  cheer,  no  love,  no  beauty  there. 

I  may  not  climb  your  awful  slopes; 

Yet,  standing  on  this  hungry  shore, 
By  this  poor  reed-brake  of  the  sand, 

I.  count  your  shadows  o'er  and  o'er. 

In  this  lone  lake,  your  ancient  roots 
Lie  steeped  in  bitterness  and  death ; 

Your  summits  rise  all  verdureless, 

Scorched  by  its  hot  and  hellish  breath. 

Yon  sea!  its  molten  silver  spreads, 
And  steams  into  the  burning  air; 

Yon  sunlight  that  across  it  plays, 

How  sad,  and  yet  how  strangely  fair. 

Haunt  of  old  riot  and  lewd  song. 

When  Sodom  spread  its  splendor  here; 

O  sea  of  wrath,  how  silent  now ! 
The  shroud  of  cities  and  their  bier. 

O  valley  of  the  shade  of  death! 

0  sea,  of  ancient  sin  the  tomb ! 
O  hills,  sin's  hoary  monument, 

And  type  of  the  eternal  doom ! 

Well  might  the  prophet's  curse  have  come 
From  peaks  where  horrors  only  dwell ; 

And  idol-altars  smoke  on  cliffs 
That  seem  the  very  gates  of  hell ! 

And  yet  ye  gaze  on  Judah's  vales. 
Ye  hear  the  rush  of  Jordan's  flood ! 

Ye  looked  on  Zion's  palace-hill. 
And  saw  the  temple  of  our  God ! 

Eoratius  Bonar. 

3776.  MORDECAI. 

Esther  vii  :  1-10  ;  viii  :  15. 
"Now  say,  my  queen,"  the  monarch  cries, 

"  What  boon  dost  thou  demand? 
Be  it  the  half  my  kingdom's  worth, 

'Tis  given  to  thy  hand." 

"O  king,  had  all  my  race  been  sold 

To  bondage  and  to  shame, 
No  murmur  from  my  lip  had  pnssed 

My  sovereign's  deed  to  blame; 

"But  sold  to  slaughter,  doomed  to  death, 

1  pour  my  humble  prayer; 
Oh  let  thy  royal  clemency 

My  guiltless  kindred  spare  I" 


"And  who,  my  queen,  hath  dared  the  deed?" 

"Behold,  our  ruthless  foe! 
'Tis  Haman  whets  the  murd'rous  steel 

And  aims  the  fatal  blow." 

The  king  is  wroth:  the  traitor  shrinks; 

The  stern  command  is  given  : 
Bound  and  condemned  they  bear  him  forth 

To  feed  the  fowls  of  heaven. 

A  gallows,  by  his  impious  hand 

For  Mordecai  designed. 
Receives  the  tyrant's  struggling  form, 

And  gives  him  to  the  wind. 

Haman,  thy  wife  hath  well  foretold 

The  dark  intent  will  fail ; 
Against  Jehovah's  chosen  fold 

Thou  never  couldst  prevail. 

Who  Comes?     His  costly  garments  wave 

In  many  a  purple  fold. 
Blent  with  the  purest  white;  he  wears 

A  crown  of  burnished  gold. 

It  is  the  Jew — 'tis  Mordecai, 

Type  of  his  ransomed  race; 
For  shame  is  double  honor  given. 

And  glory  for  disgrace. 

Such,  Israel,  is  thy  future  lot, 

Purged  in  refining  fires; 
Queens  shall  thy  nursing  mothers  be. 

And  kings  thy  nursing  sires. 

And  thou,  in  means  and  mercies  rich, 

Loved  Albion,  hap2)y  land, 
For  Judah  bend  the  suppliant  knee, 

And  work  with  willing  hand. 

Oh  help  thine  elder  brother's  need. 

Bid  him  thy  blessings  share, 
Nor  let  him  perish  at  thy  gate 

While  thou  hast  bread  to  spare ! 

Jeicish  Expositor. 

Sin.  MORDECAI. 

Make  friends  with  him  !    He  is  of  royal  line, 
Although  he  sits  in  rags.     Not  all  of  thine 
Array  of  splendor,  pomp  of  high  estate. 
Can  buy  him  from  his  place  within  the  gate, 
The  king's  gate  of  thy  happiness,  where  he. 
Yes,  even  he,  the  Jew,  remaineth  free. 
Never  obeisance  making,  never  scorn 
Betraying  of  thy  silver  and  new-born 
Delight.     Make   friends  with  him,  for  un- 
awares 
The  charmed  secret  of  thy  joys  he  bears; 
Be  glad,  so  long  as  his  black  sackcloth,  late 
And  early,  thwarts  thy  sun  ;  for  if  in  hate 
And  haste  thou  plottest  for  his  blood,  thy 

own  death-cry, 
Not  his,  comes  from  the  gallows  fifty  cubits 
high.  Helen  Hunt. 


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IVEOSES. 


:m:ose;s. 


3778.  MOSES  AND  AMALEK. 

While  Joshua  led  the  armM  bands 

Of  Israel  forth  to  war, 
Moses,  apart,  with  lifted  hands, 

Engaged  in  humble  pray'r. 

The  armed  bands  had  quickly  failed, 

And  perished  in  the  light, 
If  Mose.i'  prayer  had  n(jt  i)revailed 

To  put  the  foes  to  liigiit. 

When     Moses'     hands     through    weakness 
The  warriors  fainted  too ;  [dropped, 

Israel's  success  at  once  was  stopped, 
An(i  Am'lek  bolder  grew. 

A  people,  always  prone  to  boast, 

Weie  taught  l)y  this  suspense 
That  not  a  num'rous  armed  host. 

But  God,  was  their  defence. 

John  Newton. 

3779.  MOSES  AND  CHRIST. 

Acts  iii  :  23. 
Moses,  the  meek  man  of  God, 

A  type  of  Christ  was  seen, 
Head  of  faithful  Israel  stood, 

And  guide  of  sinful  men; 
Showed  as'prophet  of  the  Lord 

The  land  to  all  believers  given, 
Herald  of  Jehovah's  word. 

Interpreter  of  Heaven. 

Israel  he  from  Egypt  led, 

But  must  to  Jesus  yield ; 
Jesus  like  His  brethren  made, 

His  brethren  far  excelled : 
Moses  formed  the  church  of  old. 

And  one  peculiar  nation  joined; 
Christ  received  into  His  fold 

The  souls  of  all  mankind. 

feoon  as  Moses  prophesied, 

Israel's  deliverance  came; 
Soon  as  Jesus  spake  and  died, 

The  sacrificial  Lamb, 
Life,  the  grand  effect,  ensued; 

That  blood  for  every  soul  was  spilt, 
Purged  that  all-redeeming  blood 

The  universal  guilt. 

Those  who  quaked  and  could  not  bear 

Jehovah's  thundering  word. 
Asked  that  Moses  might  declare 

The  dictates  of  his  Lord : 
Wearied  by  the  law  of  fire, 

Much  more  the  slaves  of  guilty  fear 
Fly  from  Sinai,  and  desire 

The  voice  of  Christ  to  hear. 

Moses  truly  ministered, 

A  servant,  not  a  son  ; 
Chri-^t.  who  i;i  our  flesh  appeared. 

Came  from  His  Father  down; 
Equal  to  th.-  Lord  ]\[ost  High, 

By  all  the  heavenly  hosts  confessed, 


Re-enthroned  beyond  the  sky. 
Our  God  forever  blessed. 

J.  and  C.  Wesley. 

3780.  MOSES  AND  JETHRO'S  DAUGHTERS. 

Exodus  ii :  16-21. 

To  Midian  now  his  pilgrimage  he  took — 
Midiau,  earth's  only  paradise  for  ])leasures, 
AVhere  many  a  soft  rill,  many  a  sliding  brook, 
Through  the  sweet  valleys  trip  in  wanton 
measures; 

Where  as  the  curled  groves  and  flowery  fields 
To  his  free  soul  so  peaceable  and  quiet. 
More  true  delight  and  choice  contentment 

yields 
Than  Egypt's  braveries  and  luxurious  diet : 

And  wandering  long  he  happened  on  a  well. 
Which  he  by  ))aths  frequented  might  espy. 
Bordered  with  trees  where  pleasure  seemed 

to  dwell, 
Where,  to  repose  him  easily,  down  doth  lie : 

Where  the  soft  winds  did  mutually  embrace 
In  the  cool  arbors  nature  there  had  made. 
Fanning  their  sweet   breath   gently  in   his 

face, 
Through  the  calm  cincture  of  the  amorous 

shade : 

Till   now  it  nighed   the  noon-stead  of  the 

day, 
When  scorching  heat  the  gadding  herds  do 

grieve. 
When  shepherds  now,  and  herdsmen  every 

way. 
Their  thirsting  cattle  to  the  fountain  drive : 

Amongst  the  rest  seven  shepherdesses  went 
Along  the  way  for  watering  of  their  sheep. 
Whose  eyes  him  seemed  such  reflections  sent 
As  made  the  flocks  more  white  that  they  did 
keep: 

Girls  that  so  goodly  and  delightful  were, 
The  fields  were  fresh  and  fragrant  in  their 

view, 
Winter  was  as  the  spring-time  of  the  year. 
The  grass  so  proud  that  in  their  footsteps 

grew: 

Daughters  they  were  unto  a  holy  man 
(And  worthy,  too,  of  such  a  sire  to  be), 
Jethro,  the  priest  of  fertile  Midian, 
Few  found  so  just,  so  righteous  man  as  he. 

But  see  the  rude  swain,  the  xintutored  slave, 
Without  respect  or  reverence  to  their  kind, 
Away  their  fair  flocks  from  the  water  drave; 
Such  is  the  nature  of  the  barbarous  hind. 

The  maids,  perceiving  where  a  stranger  sat. 
Of  whom  those  clowns  so  basely  did  « steem, 
Were  in  his  7)resence  discontent  thereat. 
Whom  he  perhaps  improvident  might  deem; 


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Wliich  lie  perceiving,  kindly  cloth  entreat, 
Reproves  the  rustics  ifor  that  offered  wrong, 
Averring  it  an  injury  too  great; 
To  such,  of  right,  all  kindness  did  belong. 

But  finding  well  his  oratory  fail. 
His  fists  about  him  frankly  he  bestows; 
That  where  persuasion  could  not  late  prevail, 
He  yet  compelleth  quickly  by  his  blows. 

Entreats  the  damsels  their  abodes  to  make, 
With  courtly  semblance  and  a  manly  grace, 
At  their  fair  pleasures  quietly  to  take 
What  might  be  had  by  freedom  of  the  place. 

Whose  beauty,  shape,  and  courage  they  ad- 
mire, 
Exceeding  these  the  honor  of  his  mind; 
For  what  in  mortal  could  their  hearts  desire 
That  iu  this  man  they  did  not  richly  find? 

Returning  sooner  than  their  usual  hour. 
All  that  had  happened  to  their  father  told: 
That  such  a  man  relieved  them  by  his  power, 
A3  one  all  civil  courtesy  that  could: 

Who  full  of  bounty,  hospitably  meek, 
Of  his  behavior  greatly  ])leased  to  hear; 
Forthwith  commands  his   servants  him   to 

seek, 
To  honor  him  by  whom  his  honored  were : 

Gently  receives  him  to  his  goodly  seat. 
Feasts  him,  his  friends  and  families  among, 
And  with  him  all  those  offices  entreat. 
That  to  his  place  and  virtues  might  belong: 

Whilst  in  the  beauty  of  those  goodly  dames, 
Wherein  wise  Nature  her  own  skill  admires. 
He  feeds  those  secret  and  unpiercing  flames, 
Nursed  in  fresh  youth  and  gotteu  iu  desires: 

Won  with  this  man,  this  princely  priest  to 

dwell, 
For  greater  hire  than  bounty  could  devise ; 
For   her  whose   praise  makes   praise   itself 

excel. 
Fairer  than  fairness,  and  as  wisdom  wise: 

In  her,  her  sisters  severally  were  seen, 
Of  every  one  she  was  the  rarest  part, 
Who  in  her  presence  any  time  had  been. 
Her  angel  eye  transpierced,  not  her  heart. 

For  Zipporah,  a  shepherd's  life  he  leads. 
And  in  her  sight  deceives  the  subtil  hours; 
And  for  her  sake  oft  roves  the  flowery  meads 
With  those  sweet  spoils  to  enrich  her  rural 
bowers. 

Up  to  Mount  Horeb  with  his  flock  he  took, 
The  flock  wise  Jethro  willed  him  to  keep; 
Which  well  he  guarded  with  his  shepherd's 

crook, 
Goodly  the  shepherd,  goodly  were  the  sheep : 

To  feed  and  fold  full  warily  he  knew. 
From  fox  and  wolf  his  wandering  flocks  to 
free. 


The  goodliest  flowers  that  in  the  meadows 

grew 
Were  not  more  fresh  and  beautiful  than  he. 

Gently  his  fair  flocks  lessowed  he  along. 
Through    the    trim    pastures    freely   at   hia 

leisure. 
Now  on  the  hills,  the  valleys  then  among, 
Which  seem  themselves  to  offer  to  his  pleas- 
ure; 

Whilst  feathered  sylvans  from  each  bloom- 
ing spray. 

With  murmuring  waters  whistling  as  they 
creep, 

Make  liim  such  music  to  abridge  the  way, 

As  fits  a  shepherd  company  to  keep. 

When,   lo!    that   great   and  fearful  God  of 

might 
To  that  fair  Hebrew  strangely  doth  appear, 
In  a  bush,  burning  visible  and  l)right, 
Yet  unconsuming,  as  no  lire  there  were: 

With  hair  erected,  and  upturned  eyes, 
Whilst  he,  with  great  astonishment,  admires, 
Lo!  that  Eternal  Hector  of  the  skies 
Thus  breathes  to  Moses  from  those  quicken- 
ing fires : 

"  Shake  off  thy  sandals,"  saith  the  thunder- 
ing God, 

"With  humbled  feet  My  wondrous  jiower 
to  see; 

For  that  the  soil  where  tliou  hast  boldly 
trod. 

Is  most  select  and  hallowed  vmto  Me : 

"The  righteous  Abraham  for  his  God  Me 

knew, 
Isaac  and  Jacob  trusted  in  My  name, 
And  did  believe  My  covenant  Avas  true. 
Which  to   their   seed   shall    projiagate   the 

same. 

"My  folk  that   long    in  Egypt   had   been 

barred. 
Whose  cries  have  entered  heaven's  eternal 

gate, 
Our  zealous  mercy  openly  hath  heard, 
Kneeling  in  tears  at  our  Eternal  State; 

"And  am  come  down,  then,  in  the  land  to 
see. 

Where  streams  of  milk  through  fruitful  val- 
leys flow. 

And  luscious  honey  dropping  from  the  tree, 

Load  the  full  flowers  that  in  their  shadows 
grow : 

"  By  thee  My  power  am  purposed  to  try. 
That  from  rough  bondage  shalt  the  Hebrews 

bring, 
Bearing  that  great  and  fearful  embassy 
To  that  monarchaic  and  im2)erious  king. 


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MIOSES. 


MIOSES. 


"And  on  this  mountain,   standing   in  thy 

sight, 
When  thou  returnest  from  that  conquered 

land, 
Thou  hallowed  altars  unto  Me  shalt  light: 
This  for  a  token  certainly  shall  stand." 

Ilichnel  Drayton. 

3781.  MOSES,  Antitype  of. 

Acts  vii  :  20. 
The  type  in  Moses  we  confess, 
Born  in  a  lime  of  great  distress. 

And  born  divinely  fair. 
But  who  of  all  the  sons  of  men, 
When  once  the  Antitype  is  seen, 

With  Jesus  can  compare? 

Born  to  fulfil  the  promises. 
His  captive  people  to  release, 

In  a  strange  land  He  lives; 
And  persecuted  from  His  birth, 
The  lot  of  all  His  saints  on  earth, 

With  meekest  love  receives. 

J.  and  C.  Wesley. 

3782.  MOSES,  Birth  of. 

Exodus  ii :  1^. 
Trembling  with  tenderest  alarms, 

A  mournful  mother  bore 
A  babe,  close  cradled  in  her  arms. 

To  Nile's  green  sloping  shore. 
Long  bending  o'er  her  sleeping  child, 

With  prayers  and  tears  she  stood ; 
Then,  with  a  look  of  sorrow  wild. 

She  launched  him  on  the  flood. 

Forlorn,  in  ark  of  bulrush  left. 

Misfortune's  meekest  cliild. 
Of  every  human  hope  bereft, 

Moaned  to  the  waters  wild. 
A  guide  unseen  ah)ng  the  strand 

The  Egyptian  ])rince.NS  ltd  ; 
The  babe  held  out  each  little  hand, 

And  tears  resistless  shed. 

Soft  pity  touched  her  royal  heart. 

She  drew  liin\  from  the  wave; 
Christians,  perform  the  nobler  part. 

The  soul  from  ruin  save. 
Exposed  to  sin,  and  Satan's  art, 

We  hasten  to  the  grave; 
O  Christians!  act  theChristian  jiart, 

And  souls  from  rum  save. 

John  Cawood. 

3783.  MOSES,  Burial  of. 

Deuteronomy  xxxiv  :  6. 
By  Nebo's  lonely  mountain. 

On  this  side  Jordan's  wave, 
In  a  vale  of  the  land  of  Moab, 

There  lies  a  lonely  grave. 
But  no  man  dug  that  sepulchre, 

And  no  man  saw  it  e'er; 
For  the  angels  of  God  upturned  the  sod, 

And  laid  the  dead  man  there. 


That  was  the  grandest  funeral 

That  ever  pass<  d  on  earth; 
But  no  man  heard  the  trampling, 

Or  saw  the  train  go  forth. 
Noiselessly  as  the  daylight 

Comes,  when  the  night  is  done. 
Or  the  ciimson  streak  on  ocean's  cheek 

Fades  in  the  setting  sun  ; 

Noiselessly  as  the  spring-time 

Her  crest  of  verdure  waves, 
And  all  the  trees  on  all  the  hills 

Open  their  thousand  leaves; 
So  without  sound  of  music. 

Or  voice  of  them  that  wept, 
Silently  down  from  the  mountain's  crown 

That  grand  procession  swejit. 

Perchance  some  bald  old  eagle 

On  gray  Beth-peor's  height. 
Out  of  his  rocky  eyrie. 

Looked  on  the  wondrous  sight; 
Perchance  some  lion,  stalking, 

Still  shuns  the  liailowed  sjiot; 
For  beast  and  bird  have  seen  and  heard 

That  which  man  knoweth  not. 

But  when  the  warrior  dieth, 

His  comrades  in  the  war. 
With  arms  reversed  and  muffled  drums 

Follow  the  funeral  car; 
They  show  the  banners  taken, 

They  tell  his  battles  won, 
And  after  him  lead  his  matchless  steed^ 

While  peals  liie  minute  gun. 

Amid  the  noblest  of  the  land 

They  lay  the  sage  to  rest ; 
And  give  tlie  bard  an  honored  place, 

With  costly  marble  drest. 
In  the  great  minster's  transept  height, 

Where  lights  like  glory  fall,  [rings 

While  the  sweet   choir  sings,  and  the  organ 

Along  the  emblazoned  wall. 

This  was  the  bravest  warrior 

Tliat  ever  buckled  sword; 
This  the  most  gifted  poet 

That  ever  breathed  a  word  ; 
And  never  earth's  philosopher 

Traced  with  his  golden  pen. 
On  the  deathless  l>iige,  words  half  so  sage, 

As  he  wrote  down  for  men. 

And  had  he  not  high  honor? 

The  hill-side  for  his  pall. 
To  lie  in  state  wliile  angels  wait. 

With  stars  for  tapers  tall ; 
The  dark  rock-pines  like  tossing  plumes 

Over  his  bier  to  wave. 
And  God's  own  hand  in  that  lonely  land 

To  lay  him  in  the  grave : 

In  that  deep  grave  without  a  name. 

Whence  his  un coffined  clay 
Shall  break  again — most  wondrous  thought  I 

Before  the  judgment  day; 


m:oses. 


IMOSES. 


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And  stand,  with  glory  wrapt  around, 

On  the  hills  he  never  trod, 
And  speak  of  the  strife  that  won  our  life 

Through  Christ  the  Incarnate  God. 

O  lonely  tomb  in  Moab's  land ! 

O  dark  Beth-peor's  hill! 
Speak  to  these  curious  hearts  of  ours, 

And  teach  them  to  be  still : 
God  hath  His  mysteries  of  grace, 

Ways  that  we  cannot  tell, 
He  hides  them  deep,  like  the  secret  sleep 

Of  him  he  loved  so  well. 

Cecil  Frances  Alexander. 

3784.  MOSES,  Burial  of. 

Of  all  the  burials  Time  has  witnessed. 

None  in  simplicity  may  vie, 
None  in  their  state  with  that  of  Moses, 

Who  went  up  Nebo's  top  to  die. 

What  lofty  obsequies  were  rendered 

T&at  hour  when  darkness  held  the  pall ! 

What  pomp,   where    stood,  in  clouds  pa- 
vilioned. 
The  silent,  present.  Lord  of  all ! 

How  blest  the  man  whose  dust  Jehovah 
Hid  in  a  grave  that's  yet  untrod ! 

Thrice  blessed  He,  that  soul  most  happy, 
Whose  life  is  hid  with  Christ  in  God ! 
William  B.  Tappan. 

3785.  MOSES,  CalUng  of. 

Exodus  iii  :  1-14. 
Where  Midian's  hoary  mountains  in  rugged 

grandeur  climb. 
And  rule   her  desert  solitudes   in   majesty 

sublime. 
Through  lonely  wilds  and  gorges,  by  springs 

among  the  rocks, 
The  exiled  seer,  a  shepherd,  led  his  roving, 

browsing  flocks. 

At  last  on  giant  Horeb  amid  his  charge  he 

trod. 
And  roamed  alone,  with  reverent  feet,  the 

awful  mount  of  God ; 
Below  lay  green  oases,  above  rose  granite 

towers, 
And  all  the  soundless  silence  thrilled  instinct 

with  heavenly  powers. 

Here  through  long  days  of  summer,  among 

his  lambs  he  strayed. 
And     pondered    God's    strange    mysteries, 

wrestled,  and  dreamed,  and  prayed. 
"Why  all  these  years  of  exile,  with  Israel 

crushed  the  while? 
Why  sleeps  the  wrath  of  Abraham's  God 

above  the  trembling  Nile? 

"If  once  God's  Spirit  moved  me  in  years  so 

long  ago 
To  save  my  downtrod  race  and  strike  the 

swift,  delivering  blow, 


Why  triumphs  still  the  oppressor?   Why  yet 

doth  Israel's  cry 
Rise,  wild  willi  anguish,  yet  bring  down  no 

voice  from  all  the  sky?" 

He  ceased.      A  sudden  wonder  before  his 

vision  came ! 
Along  the  mountain  thicket  rose  a  strange 

and  scathless  flame ! 
Above  the  wild  acacias  it  leaped,  as  from  a 

pyre, 
And    wrapped    the    unscorched   copse   and 

towered  a  tent  of  lambent  tire ! 

The  seer  drew  near,  astonished,  to  view  the 

wondrous  scene. 
When  lo !  Jehovah's  solemn  voice  from  out 

the  V)lazing  screen 
Spake:    "Moses!    IMoses!"      Trembling,  he 

answered :   ' '  Here  am  I. " 
"Put  off  thy  shoes,  on   holy  ground,  and 

hither  draw  not  nigh  ! 

' '  I  am  Elohim,  mighty ;  the  God  of  Abraham, 
Of  Isaac,  Jacob,  and  thy  sire ;  Jehovah,  the 

I  AM! 
The  cry  of  Israel's  children  has  reached  My 

throne  on  high ; 
I  know  their  heavy  sorrows,  all  their  woe 

and  agony. 

"I  am  come  down  to  save  them  from  Egypt's 

bloody  hand. 
To   smite  the   dire   oppressor's  power   and 

scourge  his  guilty  land ; 
My  arm,  outstretched  in  wonders,  shall  make 

his  realm  a  grave. 
For  earth  and  sea  shall  fight  for  me  till  I 

have  freed  the  slave ! 

"I  know  thy  own  brave  spirit,  I  love  the 

heart  that  yearns 
To  rend  the  bondage  of  its  kind,  the  fiery 

soul  that  burns 
At  others'  wrong  and  outrage ;  and,  scorning 

power  and  pelf. 
Dare  rise  for  right  'gainst  all  earth's  might, 

nor  plan  nor  care  for  self. 

' '  But  he  who  with  Jehovah  would  fight  the 

fight  for  man 
Must  wait  till  God  reveal  His  rod  and  show 

the  battle's  plan ; 
And  forty  years  I've  taught  thee  to  meekly 

bide  His  time 
Whose  footsteps  down  earth's  centuries  beat 

one  eternal  rhyme. 

"Rise,  therefore,  now,  a  hero  in  meekness 

as  in  might, 
And  I  will  send  thee,  thunder-clad,  to  shake 

the  world  for  right. 
But  see  thou  aye  remember  the  battle  is  not 

thine ; 
Face  thou  the  blame,  the  jeers,  the  shame, 

but  count  the  victory  Mine. 


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MIOSES. 


"Lean  on  My  arm,  almighty,  when  sorrows 

bear  thee  down ; 
Fall  back  on  Me  when  flesh  is  weak  and  earth 

and  demons  frown. 
God  rules  to-day,  to-morrow;    God  rules  on 

earth,  on  high; 
And  on  His  side  all  heaven  shall  ride,  all 

hell  before  Him  fly  ! 

'  'Go  now,  meet  haughty  Egypt ;  meet  Pharaoh 

on  his  throne; 
Meet  Israel's  coward  doubts  and  fears ;  meet 

all,  and  shrink  from  none. 
Take  thou  nor  sword  nor  sceptre,  thy  might 

is  all  in  Me; 
Take  only  this,  thy  shepherd's  staff,  power 

in  humility.'' 

Then  rose  the  seer  and  hero,  no  more  to  fear 

or  flee, 
Instinct  and  conscious  of  his  God,  himself 

half  deity ! 
Nations  and  Nature  owned  him,  and  earth 

and  time  obey, 
For  he  who  does  and  dares  in  God,  with  God 

shall  reign  for  aye. 

Geo.  Lansing  Taylor. 

3786.  MOSES,  Choice  of. 

Hebrews  xi :  24-26. 

Palace  and  temple  I  descry. 
Columns  and  arches  rising  high. 
And  statues  reared  to  kings  of  old, 
Famed  only  for  their  pride  and  gold; 
And  wrought  by  skill  of  cunning  hands 
From  revenues  of  many  lands. 
Or  let  me  roam  through  sombre  piles 

With  labyrinthine  windings  hid; 
Or  merging  from  their  dark  defiles, 

Gaze  out  on  sphinx  and  pyramid. 

O  royal  city  of  the  past, 
Too  "boastful  and  too  proud  to  last. 
What  is  thy  name,  and  thy  estate; 
What  read  I  on  thy  palace  gate? 
'Tis  Memphis,  long  in  story  known; 
The  court  of  Pharaoh  and  his  throne; 
The  "Noph"  of  Scripture,  proud  and  old, 
Whose  doom  the  prophet  once  foretold. 
Now  gazing  down  the  thronged  street, 

What  if  three  thousand  years  have  flown? 
It  is  the  hurried  tread  of  feet, 

The  same  old  rhythm  we  have  known. 
The  dash  and  pomp  of  lordlings  proud, 
And  solemn  march  of  vassal  crowd, 
Of  palace  splendor  looking  down 
On  homes  that  feel  oppression's  frown. 
Here  fountains  murmur  cool  and  sweet. 
Where  paths  of  beauty  winding  meet; 
And  song  and  fragrance  fill  the  air, 
A  scene  Elysian,  bright  and  fair. 

These  are  the  scenes  that  greet  the  child, 
Whose  beauty  Pharaoh's  house  beguiled. 
And  thus  Jehovah  sought  of  old. 
Through  Egypt's  arrogance  and  gold, 


To  bring  this  foster-child  of  power 

To  that  sublime  historic  hour, 

When  He  should  publish  His  own  name, 

'Midst  mighty  thunderings  and  flame; 

And  call  a  nation  of  His  own. 

To  know  the  sceptre  of  His  throne. 

A  pageant  moves  before  me  now 

Of  Egypt's  pride  and  glory ; 
Amid  the  splendor  of  her  court 

But  faintly  told  in  story. 
I  hear  the  city's  busy  hum, 

I  hear  its  thousand  voices, 
"  Long  live  the  prince  of  Egypt,  long!" 

The  city  all  rejoices. 

The  son  of  Pharaoh's  daughter  rides, 

With  royal  guards  attending; 
And  throngs  admiring  follow  him. 

While  shouts  the  air  are  rending. 
And  yet  he  wears  no  haughty  air: 

I  see  a  shade  of  sadness 
O'erhang  his  fair  and  manly  brow, 

'Mid  Egypt's  pomp  and  gladness. 

In  court  and  street  his  praise  is  heard, 

From  market-place  to  palace ; 
And  vulgar  eyes  his  beauty  quaff 

As  from  a  charmed  chalice. 
And  music  floats  upon  the  air. 

Soft  as  the  breath  of  roses; 
And  garlands  strew  liis  royal  path 

Till  night  the  pageant  closes, 

O  Hebrew  prince !  O  favored  one 

In  thy  proud  chariot  sitting, 
Sweet  dreams  of  other  years,  I  know, 

Before  thine  eyes  are  flitting; 
And  in  the  silence  of  thy  heart 

Are  thoughts  of  future  duty; 
'Tis  life's  grand  struggle  moving  there 

That  shades  thy  brow  of  beauty. 

Thou  canst  not  bow  with  reverent  heart 

Before  the  shrine  of  waters. 
Nor  shout  the  great  Osiris'  name 

With  Egypt's  sons  and  daughters. 
Thy  father's  faith,  thy  mother's  prayers, 

In  their  low  Hebrew  dwelling, 
Enchant  thee  with  their  hallowed  power, 

Of  future  glory  telling. 

And  thus  I  hear  thy  secret  soul 

Within  thy  chamber  lonely. 
Pour  out  its  low  and  sad  regrets 

Where  God  can  listen  only. 
"Alas!  why  should  I  dream  away 

My  years  in  wealth  and  pleasure; 
My  brethren  groan  in  bondage  sore. 

And  sorrows  without  measure. 

"I  hear  the  voice  of  God  in  dreams; 

And  shall  I  fear  the  trial? 
What  though  a  crown  awaits  my  brow, 

God  hear  my  heart's  denial. 


lVi:OSE!S. 


3VIOSES. 


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Tliis  is  the  price  of  Israel's  peace, 
And  if  their  chains  be  broken, 

My  hand  must  surely  lead  them  out; 
God  waits;  the  word  is  spoken. 

"  I  go;  ye  gilded  halls,  farewell! 

Farewell,  O  palace  bowers; 
Ye  princes,  brothers  whom  I  love 

In  Egypt's  stately  towers; 

0  Pharaoh's  daughter,  fare  you  well, 
Your  son  no  more  forever; 

The  loving  ties  of  years  I  break, 
These  royal  bonds  I  sever. 

"Farewell,  ye  dreams  of  fame  and  power. 
Ye  festal  scenes  alluring; 

1  turn  through  sorrow's  rugged  road 

To  riches  more  enduring: 
Through  desert  wastes  my  paths  may  lie. 

But  they  shall  lead  to  glory; 
My  crown  is  there  a  fadeless  one, 

Unknown  in  Egypt's  story." 

Dwight  Williams, 

3787.  MOSES,  Death  of. 

Deuteronomy  xxxiv  :  1-5. 

He  climbed  the  mountain,  and  behold ! 

The  land  before  him  lay: 
Here  Jordan's  boundary  waters  rolled, 

There  Carmel  stretched  away. 

Where  strangers'  lives  the  patriarchs  led, 
Their  promised  Canaan  smiled ; 

From  northern  Lebanon  outspread. 
To  Araby  the  wild. 

A  land  of  fountains  and  of  rills. 
With  milk  and  honey  fraught, 

Wliose  stones  were  iron,  from  whose  hills 
Marble  and  brass  were  wrought. 

A  land  of  corn  and  wine  and  oil, 
Whose  trees  with  fruitage  hung; 

While  birds,  to  soothe  the  laborer's  toil. 
Among  the  branches  sung. 

Valleys  stood  thick  with  golden  grain ; 

Goats  bounded  on  the  rocks; 
And,  white  and  dark  on  slope  and  plain. 

Roamed  pasturing  herds  and  flocks. 

But  all  the  soil  with  blood  was  stained ; 

Revenge  and  rapine  strove ; 
Pagan  abominations  reigned 

In  every  tainted  grove. 

From  cities,  populous  and  proud. 

The  shrieks  of  infants  came; 
To  drums  and  trumpets  danced  the  crowd 

Round  Moloch's  altar-flame. 

The  vision  changed ;  and  Moses  saw 

The  idols  overthrown ; 
God  out  of  Zion  giving  law, 

God  worshipped  there  alone. 


And  still  the  vision  grew  more  bright ; 

O'er  humble  Bethlehem  shined 
The  Star  of  Jacob,  and  a  Light 

To  lighten  all  mankind. 

In  silent  trance  the  prophet  gazed; 

"  It  is  enough  !"  he  cried  ; 
His  hands  with  holy  transport  raised, 

Saw  the  Lord's  Christ,  and  died. 

His  soul  returned  to  God,  who  gave; 

His  body,  nowhere  found. 
Shall  keep  the  secret  of  its  grave 

Till  the  last  trumpet  sound. 

James  Montgomery. 

3788.  MOSES,  Death  of. 

Sweet  was  the  journey  to  the  sky 

The  holy  prophet  tried ; 
"  Climb  up  the  mount,"  said  God,  "and  die;" 

The  prophet  climbed,  and  died. 

Softly,  with  fainting  head,  he  lay 

Upon  his  Maker's  breast; 
His  Maker  soothed  his  soul  away. 

And  laid  his  flesh  to  rest. 

In  God's  own  arms  he  left  the  breath 

That  God's  own  Spirit  gave; 
His  was  the  noblest  road  to  death. 

And  his  the  sweetest  grave. 

Isaac  Watts. 

3789.  MOSES,  Death  of. 
Deuteronomy  xxxiv:  1-5. 

Led  by  his  God,  on  Pisgah's  height 

This  pilgrim  prophet  stood, 
When  first  fair  Canaan  blessed  his  sight, 

And  Jordan's  crystal  flood. 

Behind  him  lay  the  desert  ground 

His  weary  feet  had  trod; 
While  Israel's  host  encamped  around, 

Still  guarded  by  their  God. 

With  joy  the  aged  Moses  smiled 

On  all  his  wanderings  past. 
While  thus  he  poured  his  accents  mild 

Upou  the  mountain-blast : 

"I  see  them  all  before  me  now. 

The  city  and  the  plain. 
From  where  bright  Jordan's  waters  flow, 

To  yonder  boundless  main. 

^'Oh  !  there  the  lovely  promised  land, 

With  milk  and  honey  flows; 
Now,  novv  my  weary,  murmuring  band 

Shall  find  their  sweet  repose. 

"There  groves  of  palm  and  myrtle  spread 

O'er  valleys  fair  and  wide; 
The  lofty  cedar  rears  its  head 

On  every  mountain- side. 

"  For  them  the  rose  of  Sharon  flings 

Her  fragrance  on  the  gale ; 
And  there  the  golden  lily  springs, 

The  lily  of  the  vale. 


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MIOSES. 


MIOSES. 


"Amid  the  olive's  fruitful  boughs 

Ia  heard  a  song  of  love, 
For  there  doth  build  and  breathe  her  vows 

The  gentle  turtle-dove. 

*  *  For  thera  shall  bloom  the  clustering  vine, 
The  fig-tree  shed  her  flowers, 

The  citron's  golden  treasures  shine 
From  out  her  greenest  bowers. 

"  For  them,  for  them,  but  not  for  me ; 

Their  fruits  1  may  not  eat ; 
Kot  Jordan's  stream,  nor  yon  bright  sea, 

Shall  lave  my  pilgrim  feet. 

"  'Tis  well,  'tis  well,  my  task  is  done, 

Since  Israel's  sons  are  blest : 
Father,  receive  Thy  dying  one 

To  Thine  eternal  rest !" 

Alone  he  bade  the  world  farewell, 

To  God  his  spirit  fled ; 
Now  to  your  tents,  O  Israel, 

And  mourn  your  prophet  dead ! 

Jessie  O.  McCartee. 

3790.  MOSES,  Death  of. 

Deuteronomy  xxxii :  49-53. 

So  Moses,  servant  of  the  Lord,  died  there, 
Out  in  the  land  of  Moab,  as  the  Lord 
Had  spoken.     He  buried  him,  also, 
Over  against  Beth-peor,  in  a  vale 
Of  Moab ;  but,  unto  this  day,  no  man 
Knoweth  his  sepulchre,  nor  yet  can  tell 
Where  Moses,  servant  of  the  Lord,  is  laid. 

Now  ere  he  died,  we  read  that  Moses  clomb 
(The  Holy  Spirit  moving  him  thereto) 
Up  from  the  plain  of  Moab  to  the  mount 
Called  Nebo,  from  a  lofty  peak  whereof — 
The  towering  peak  of  Pisgah — God  the  Lord 
Showed   him  (yea!  even  from  Pisgah   that 

o'erlooks 
The  walled  and  towered  pride  of  Jericho) 
The  land  of  Gilead  stretching  out  to  Dan, 
And  all  of  Naphtali  and  Ephraim, 
Manasseh  and  all  Judah's  wide  expanse 
Unto  the  utmost  sea: 

The  balmy-breathing  south — the  fertile  plain 
Of  Jericho,  the  palm-tree  city  height, 
In  one  glad  dream  of  beauty  unto  Zoar! 
And  when  the  servant  of  the  Lord  had  looked 
One  eagle-look  on  that  fair  map  below 
(As  he  was  bid),  thus  spake  to  him  the  Lord : 
"This  is  the  land  I  sware  to  Abraham, 
To  Isaac,  and  to  Jacob,  when  I  said, 
*Lo!  I  will  give  it  for  an  heritage 
For  thee  and  thine,  and  for  thy  seed  for  aye.' 
Now  have  I  caused  thee  to  look  on  it, 
And  see  it  with  thine  eyes ;  yet  know,  O  man ! 
That  never  from  this  awful  jieak  shalt  thou, 
Descending,  cross  unto  those  pleasant  plains 
Thus  fully  to  possess  them.     Thou  shalt  die 
Here — where  thou  standest,  and  be  gathered 
Unto  thy  people — as  upon  Mount  Hor       [in 


Thy  brother  Aaron,  who  with   thee  once 
So  grievously  at  Meribah."  [sinned 

George  Gordon  McCrae. 

3791.  MOSES,  Discipline  of. 

Ere  Moses  could  the  prison-doors  unlock 
Where  Israel  long  in  iron  bondage  lay. 
On  the  green  slopes  beneath  old  Horeb  gray, 
A  lonely  shepherd  he  must  feed  his  flock; 

There  sitting  in  the  shade  of  some  great  rock 
Mark  the  swift  eagle  darting  on  its  prey. 
Or  watch  the  forked  lightnings  fiercely  play, 
And  listen  to  the  awful  thunder-shock. 

Thus  'mid  the  peacsful  scenes  of  pastoral  life, 
Or  sterner  sights  of  mountain  solitude. 
He  spent  long  years  in  holy  contemplation; 
To  brace  his  spirits  for  that  arduous  strife 
With  Israel's  foes,  and  provocations  rude 
Of  God's  own  ransomed  but  rebellious  na- 
tion. B.  Wilton. 

3792.  MOSES,  Grave  of. 

Deuteronomy  xxxiv :  6. 
When  he  who  from  the  scourge  of  wrong, 

Aroused  the  Hebrew  tribes  to  fly, 
Saw  the  fair  region,  promised  long. 

And  bowed  him  on  the  hills  to  die; 

God  made  his  grave  to  man  unknown, 
Where  Moab's  rocks  a  vale  enfold. 

And  laid  the  aged  seer  alone 

To  slumber  while  the  world  grows  old. 

Thus  still,  whene'er  the  good  and  just 
Close  the  dim  eye  on  life  and  pain. 

Heaven  watches  o'er  their  sleeping  dust 
Till  the  pure  spirit  comes  again. 

Though  nameless,  trampled,  and  forgot. 
His  servant's  humble  ashes  lie. 

Yet  God  has  marked  and  sealed  the  spot, 
To  call  its  inmate  to  the  sky. 

W.  C.  Bryant. 

3793.  MOSES,  Infant. 

Exodus  i  :  22. 
The  cruel  king  of  Egypt 

A  wicked  order  gave 
To  kill  the  Hebrews'  children: 

No  male  child  could  they  save. 
"  Go  cast  into  the  river 

Each  son  that  shall  be  born;" 
And  many,  many  children 

From  loving  arms  were  torn. 

God  gave  to  one  fond  mother 

A  bright-eyed  darling  boy; 
No  fairer  in  all  Egypt, 

And  great  the  mother's  joy; 
To  save  her  precious  baby, 

She  hid  him  from  her  sight. 
And  prayed  unto  Jehovah 

To  keep  him  day  and  night. 


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Three  months  of  anxious  waiting, 

Three  months  of  earnest  prayer, 
And  then  she  knew  that  longer 

She  could  not  hide  him  there ; 
A  little  ark  of  rushes 

Then  carefully  she  made, 
And  into  it  her  darling 

Most  tenderly  she  laid. 

Then  mid  the  growing  rushes. 

Close  by  the  river's  side, 
She  laid  the  little  basket 

For  God's  own  hand  to  guide. 
His  little  sister  watched  him, 

Far  off,  with  ceaseless  care. 
But  unseen  friends  were  nearer : 

Jehovah  watched  him  there ! 

One  day  King  Pharaoh's  daughter, 

Attended  by  her  maid, 
Was  walking  by  the  river 

Near  where  the  ark  was  laid; 
She  very  soon  discovered 

The  tiny  floating  bark, 
And  sent  her  maid  to  fetch  it, 

And  soon  she  held  the  ark. 

And  when  the  ark  was  opened 

She  saw  the  weeping  one. 
And  said  unto  her  maidens, 

"  This  is  a  Hebrew's  son." 
Then  ran  his  little  sister 

To  call  a  nurse,  with  joy, 
And  soon  the  child's  own  mother 

Once  more  beheld  her  boy. 

Then  spake  King  Pharaoh's  daughter, 

"Go,  nurse  this  child  for  me. 
And  I  will  give  thee  wages; 

Thou  shalt  rewarded  be." 
Once  more  the  Hebrew  mother 

Is  strangely  filled  with  joy, 
For  God  her  prayer  has  answered. 

And  saved  her  lovely  boy. 

Burch. 


3794.  MOSES  IN  THE  ARK. 
Exodus  ii  :  3-10. 

Night    reigned    o'er    Egypt's   plains.     The 

moon's  bright  beams 
Playfully  danced  upon  the  rippling  breast 
Of  the  broad  Nile.    The  stars  like  diamonds 

shone. 
The  snow-white  lilies  slept  upon  the  tide. 
The  flags  along  the  river's  bank  scarce  waved, 
So  gentle  was  the  breeze.     No  sound  was 

heard 
Save  the  soft  murmur  of  the  restless  waves. 
With  cautious  step  a  Hebrew  mother  stole 
Adown  the  sloping  bank;  an  infant  boy 
She  bore,  laid  in  an  ark  of  rushes  green. 
Then  poured  a  prayer  that  gracious  Heaven 

would  save 
The  child  so  dear.     In  a  calm  sleep  he  lay ; 


The  breath  of  eve  scarce  stirred  the  golden 

curls 
On  his  fair  brow,  while  a  soft  dreamy  smile 
Played  on  his  countenance.  The  moonbeams 

shone 
Mildly  and  sweetly  through  the  rushes  tall, 
And  lent  new  beauty  to  the  cherub  boy, 
And  as  the  mother  bent  her  o'er  her  son 
To  catch  the  last  embrace,    and  the  deep 

spring 
Of  pure  affection  swelled  from  her  full  lieart. 
And  thought  how  soon,  perchance,  he  too 

must  die. 
She  wept  her  farewell  agonizing  prayer. 

The  morn  came  stealing  on,  and  Miriam  still 
Her  faithful  vigil  kept.     No  sleep  her  eye 
With  its  soft  influence  closed ;  unwearied  she 
Alone  the  loved  one  watched  the  long,  long 

night. 
And  now  the  sun  rode  up  the  summer  sky, 
And  poured  his  torrid  beams  upon  the  earth. 
The  wearied  slave  looked  up  to  heaven  and 

prayed 
That   death  might  end  his  toil.      Egypt's 

proud  king. 
Reclining  on  a  lordly  couch,  was  lulled 
To  soft  repose  with  music's  rapturous  strains. 
Meanwhile  Thermatis  to  the  Nile  repaired, 
Where  she  was  wont,  attended  by  a  train 
Of  damsels  fair,  beneath  a  shady  palm. 
Whose  goodly  branches  overhungthe  stream, 
To  lave  her  limbs  m  the  translucent  tide; 
And  as  they  walked  along  the  verdant  bank 
She  spied,  half-hid,  the  ark  among  the  flags. 
Here  slept  till  morning  broke  the  uncon- 
scious babe. 
By  angels  guarded,  and  behold,  he  wept. 
Ah !  tears  like  those  have  power  to  move  the 

heart. 
The  tears  by  childhood  shed.     The  secret 

spring 
Of  sympathy  was  touched  :  Thermatis  felt 
Its  magic  influence.     Pity's  tender  cord 
Trembled  within  lier  breast,  and  her  dark  eye 
Shone  with  a  starting  tear.     And  should  he 

die. 
Plucked  as    some  tender  bud    by  ruthless 

hands? 
Ah,  no !    The  wrongs  of  Israel's  injured  race 
Were  written   on  her  heart.     The  tie  that 

binds 
The  mother  to  her  child  seemed  woven  there : 
That  love  which  many  waters  cannot  quench. 
The  mother's  prayer  was  heard.    The  future 

guide 
Of  the  afilicted  race,  the  minister 
Of  God's  avenging  wrath  upon  their  foes. 
Was  saved  from  death  by  woman's  pitying 

heart.        Legh  Richmond  Dickinson. 

3795.  MOSES  IN  THE  DESERT. 

Go  where  a  foot  hath  never  trod, 
Through  unfrequented  forests  flee ; 

The  wilderness  is  full  of  God, 
His  presence  dwells  in  every  tree. 


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MOSES. 


To  Israel  and  to  Egypt  dead, 

Moses  the  fugitive  appears ; 
Unknown  he  lived,  till  o'er  his  head 

Had  fall'n  the  snow  of  fourscore  years. 

But  God  the  wandering  exile  found 
In  His  appointed  time  and  place ; 

Tlie  desert  sand  grew  holy  ground, 
And  Horeb's  rock  a  throne  of  grace. 

The  lowly  bush  a  tree  became, 
A  tree  of  beauty  and  of  light, 

Involved  with  unconsuming  flame 
That  made  the  noon  around  it  night. 

Thence  came  the  Eternal  Voice  that  spake 
Salvation  to  the  chosen  seed ; 

Thence  went  the  Almighty  Arm  that  brake 
Proud  Pharaoh's  yoke,  and  Israel  freed. 

By  Moses,  old  and  slow  of  speech, 
These  mighty  miracles  were  shown — 

Jehovah's  messenger ! — to  teach 
That  power  belongs  to  God  alone. 

James  Montgomery. 

3796.  MOSES,  Meekness  of. 
Moses,  the  patriot  fierce,  became 

The  meekest  man  on  earth, 
To  show  us  how  love's  quick'ning  flame 
Can  give  our  souls  new  birth. 

Moses,  the  man  of  meekest  heart, 

Lost  Canaan  by  self-will. 
To  show,  where  grace  has  done  its  part, 

How  sin  defiles  us  still. 

Thou  who  hast  taught  me  in  Thy  fear, 

Yet  seest  me  frail  at  best. 
Oh,  grant  me  loss  with  Moses  here. 

To  gain  his  future  rest ! 

J.  n.  Newman. 

3797.  MOSES  ON  PISGAH. 

Deut.  iii :  27. 
When  Moses  stood  on  Pisgah's  awful  height 
Alone  with  his  Creator,  and  beheld 
In  glorious  prominence  the  wished-for  land 
Toward  which  he'd  journeyed  for  so  many 

years 
Of  weary  travel,  danger,  and  distress, 
(Years  dread  with  unimaginable  weight 
Of  sin  and  wrong,  of  darkness  and  despair. 
Yet  guarded  by  the  ministering  spell 
Of  God's  own  presence,  or  in  fire  or  cloud), 
Did  not  his  heart  within  him  droop  and  sink 
When  God  declared  he  must  not  enter  in. 
But  must  remain  upon  this  mountain-top 
And  only  silent  view  the  happy  land 
From  far?    For  who  could  gaze  on  paradise. 
Long  sought  with  earnest  toil  of  weary  days 
And  sleepless  nights,  and  not  be  stung  in  soul 
To  be  debarred  from  entering  therein? 
But  was  this  land  the  heaven  that  Moses 

sought, 
Which,  once  possessed,  could  only  be  retained 


While  burned  life's  feeble  taper,  soon  gone 

out? 
Ah,  no !  methinks  in  vision  rapt  he  saw 
A  land  more  beautiful  than  Caanan's  best; 
A  land  transcending  all  his  utmost  hope 
Could  frame  or  picture  as  the  promised  land ! 
What  though  no  parting  words  of  hope  or 

cheer 
Were  granted  ere  he  swiftly  passed  from  earth, 
To  be  forever  with  his  friend  and  God? 
So  God  had  willed,  and  so  it  was  to  be. 
And  yet,  methinks,  about  the  mystery 
Of  his  strange  burial  was  left  a  Book 
More  full  of  potent  light  than  if  each  word 
Of  tender  parting  and  of  counsel  sage 
Were  writ  in  living  letters  on  our  hearts, 
Alexander  Macauley. 

3798.  MOSES  ON  MOUNT  SINAI. 
Up  a  rough  peak,  that  toward  the  stormy  sky 
From  Sinai's  sandy  ridges  rose  aloft, 
Osarsiph,  priest  of  Hierapolis, 
Now  Moses  named,  ascended  reverently 
To  meet  and  hear  the  bidding  of  the  Lord. 
But,  though  he  knew  that  all  his  ancient  lore 
Traditionary  from  the  birth  of  Time, 
And  all  that  power  which  waited  on  his  hand, 
Even  from  the  day  his  just  instinctive  wrath 
Had  smote  the  Egyptian  ravisher,  and  all 
The  wisdom  of  his  calm  and  ordered  mind 
Were  nothing  in  the  presence  of  his  God, 
Yet  was  there  left  a  certain  seed  of  pride, 
Vague  consciousness   of  some   self-centred 

strength. 
That  made  him  cry,    "Why,  Lord,  com'st 

Thou  to  me. 
Only  a  voice,  a  motion  of  the  air, 
A  thing  invisible,  impalpable. 
Leaving  a  void,  an  unreality, 
Within  my  heart?    I  would,  with  every  sense. 
Know  Thou  wert  there ;  I  would  be  all  in 

Thee! 
Let  me  at  least  behold  Thee  as  Thou  art; 
Disperse  this  corporal  darkness  by  Thy  light ; 
Hallow  my  vision  by  Thy  glorious  form. 
So  that  my  sense  be  blest  for  evermore !" 
Thus  spoke  the  prophet;  and  the  Voice 

replied, 
As  in  low  thunders  over  distant  peas: 

"Beneath  the  height  to  which  thy  feet 

have  striven, 
A  hollow  trench  divides  the  cliffs  of  sand, 
Widened  by  rains  and  deepened  every  year. 
Gaze  straight  across  it,  for  there  opposite 
To  where  thou  standest  I  will  place  Myself, 
And  then,  if  such  remain  thy  fixed  desire, 
I  will  descend  to  side  by  side  with  thee." 

So  Moses  gazed  across  the  rocky  vale ; 
And  the  air  darkened,  and  a  lordly  bird 
Poised  in  the  midst  of  its  long-journeying 

flight, 
And  touched  his  feet  with  limp  and  fluttering 

'*     wings, 
And  all  the  air  around,  above,  below. 
Was  metamorphosed  into  sound :  such  sound 
That  separate  tones  were  undistinguishable : 


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And  Moses  fell  upon  his  face,  as  dead. 
Yet  life  and  consciousness  of  life  returned ; 
And,  when  he  raised  his  head,  he  saw  no  more 
The  deep  ravine  and  mountain  opposite, 
But  one  large  level  of  distracted  rocks. 
With  the  wide  desert  quaking  all  around. 

Then  Moses  fell  upon  his  face  again, 
And  prayed,  "  Oh  !  pardon  the  ])rebumptuous 

thought 
That  I  could  look  upon  Thy  face  and  live ; 
Wonder  of  wonders !  that  mine  ear  has  heard 
Thy  voice  unpalsied,  and  let  such  great  grace 
Excuse  the  audacious  blindness  that  o'erleaps 
Nature's  just  bounds    and  Thy  discerning 

will!''  Lord  Iloughton, 

3799.  MOSES,  Rescue  of. 

Exodus  ii  :  5-10. 
In  Judah's  halls  the  harp  is  hushed, 

Her  voice  is  but  the  voice  of  pain; 
The  heathen  heel  her  helms  has  crushed. 

Her  spirit  wears  the  heathen  chain. 
From  the  dark  prison-house  she  cried, 

"  How  long,  O  Lord,  Thy  sword  has  slept ! 
Oh,  quell  the  oppressor  in  his  pride!" 

Still  Pharoah  ruled,  and  Israel  wept. 

The  morning  breezes  freshly  blow, 

The  waves  in  golden  sunlight  quiver; 
The  Hebrew's  daughter  wanders  slow 

Beside  the  mighty  idol  river. 
A  babe  within  her  bosom  lay: 

And  must  she  plunge  him  in  the  deep? 
She  raised  her  eyes  to  heaven  to  pray ; 

She  turned  them  down  to  earth  to  weep. 

She  knelt  beside  the  rushing  tide. 

Mid  rushes  dark  and  flow'rets  wild ; 
Beneath  the  plane-tree's  shadow  wide. 

The  weeping  mother  placed  her  child. 
"Peace  be  around  thee,  though  thy  bed 

A  mother's  breast  no  more  may  be; 
Yet  He  that  shields  the  lily's  head. 

Deserted  babe,  will  watch  o'er  thee !" 

She's  gone!  that  mourning  mother!  gone. 

List  to  the  sound  of  dancing  feet. 
And  lightly  bounding,  one  by  one, 

A  lovely  train  the  timbrel  jjeat. 
'Tis  she  of  Egypt:  Pharoah 's  daughter, 

That  with  her  maidens  comes  to  lave 
Her  form  of  beauty  in  the  water. 

And  light  with  beauty's  glance  the  wave. 

The  monarch's  daughter  saw  and  wept: 

(How  lovely  falls  compassion's  tear!) 
The  babe  that  there  in  quiet  slept. 

Blest  in  unconsciousness  of  fear. 
'Twas  hers  to  pity  and  to  aid 

The  infant  chief,  the  infant  sage ; 
Undying  fame  the  deed  repaid. 

Recorded  upon  heaven's  own  page. 

Years  pass  away,  the  land  is  free ! 

Daughter  of  Zion !  mourn  no  more ! 
The  oppressor's  hand  is  weak  on  thee, 

Captivity's  dark  reign  is  o'er. 


Thy  chains  are  burst;  thy  bonds  are  riven; 

On  !  hke  a  river  strong  and  wide: 
A  captain  is  to  Judah  given — 

The  babe  that  slept  by  Nile's  broad  tide. 
London  Keejjsake. 

3800.  MOSES,  The  Song  of. 
Exodus  XV  .  1-9. 

Dark  was  the  night,  the  wind  was  high, 
The  way  by  mortals  never  trod  ; 
For  God  had  made  the  channel  dry 
When  faithful  Moses  stretched  the  rod. 

The  raging  waves  on  either  hand 
Stood  like  a  massy  tott'ring  wall. 
And  on  the  heaven-defended  band 
Refused  to  let  the  waters  fall. 

With  anxious  footsteps,  Israel  trod 
The  depths  of  that  mysterious  way; 
Cheered  by  the  pillar  of  their  God, 
That  shone  for  them  with  fav'ring  ray. 

But  when  they  reached  the  opposing  shore, 
As  morning  streaked  the  eastern  sky, 
They  saw  the  billows  hurry  o'er 
The  flower  of  Pharaoh's  chivalry. 

Then  awful  gladness  filled  the  mind 
Of  Israel's  mighty  ransomed  throng; 
And  while  they  gazed  on  all  behind. 
Their  wonder  burst  into  a  song. 

Thus  Thy  redeemed  ones.  Lord,  on  earth, 
While  passing  through  this  vale  of  weeping, 
Mix  holy  trembling  with  their  mirth. 
And  anxious  watching  with  their  sleeping. 

The  night  is  dark,  the  storm  is  loud. 
The  path  no  human  strength  can  tread; 
Jesus,  be  Thou  the  pillar-cloud. 
Heaven's  light  upon  our  path  to  shed. 

And  oh  !  when,  life's  dark  journey  o'er 
And  death's  enshrouding  valley  past, 
We  plant  our  foot  on  yonder  shore 
And  tread  yon  golden  strand  at  last, 

Shall  we  not  see  with  deep  amaze  j 

How  grace  hath  led  us  safe  along; 
And  whilst  behind,  before,  we  gaze, 
Triumphant  burst  into  a  song? 

And  even  on  earth,  though  sore  bestead, 
Fightings  without  and  fears  within; 
Sprinkled  to-day  from  slavish  dread. 
To-morrow  captive  led  by  sin : 

Yet  would  I  lift  my  downcast  eyes 
On  Thee,  Thou  brilliant  tower  of  fire — 
Thou  dark  cloud  to  mine  enemies — 
That  hope  may  all  my  breast  inspire. 

And  thus  the  Lord,  my  strength,  I'll  praise, 
Though  Satan  and  his  legions  rage; 
And  the  sweet  song  of  faith  I'll  raise, 
To  cheer  me  on  my  pilgrimage. 

Robert  Murray  Mc  Cheyne. 


860 


IVIOSES. 


MIOSES. 


3801.  MOSES>  The  Pinding  of. 

Slow  glides  the  Nile;  amid  the  margin-flags 
Closed  in  a  bulrush-ark  the  babe  is  left — 
Left  by  a  mother's  hand.     His  sister  waits 
Far  off;  and  pale,  'tween  hope  and  fear,  be- 
holds 
The  royal  maid,  surrounded  by  her  train, 
Approach  the  river-bank;  approach  the  spot 
Where  sleeps  the  innocent.     She  sees  them 

stoop 
With  meeting  plumes:  the  rushy  lid  is  oped, 
And  wakes  the  infant,  smiling  in  his  tears. 
As  when  along  a  little  mountain  lake  [sigh. 
The  summer  south-wind  breathes  a  gentle 
And  parts  the  reeds,  unveiling,  as  they  bend, 
A  water-lily  floating  on  the  wave. 

James  Orahame. 

3802.  MOSES,  Weep  for. 

Weep,  weep  for  him,  the  man  of  God; 

In  yonder  vale  he  suiik  to  rest. 
But  none  of  earth  can  ])oint  the  sod 

That  flowers  above  his  sacred  head. 
Weep,  children  of  Israel,  weep ! 

His  doctrines  fell  like  heaven's  rain. 
His  words  refreshed  like  Leaven's  dew ; 

Oh,  ne'er  shall  Israel  see  again 
A  chief  to  God  and  her  so  true ! 
Weep,  children  of  Israel,  weep ! 

Remember  ye  his  parting  gaze, 

His  farewell  song  by  Jordan's  tide. 

When,  full  of  glory  and  of  days. 

He  saw  the  promised  laud — and  died ! 
Weep,  children  of  Israel,  weep ! 

Yet  died  he  not  as  men  who  sink. 

Before  our  eyes,  to  soulless  clay; 
But,  changed  to  sjjirit,  like  a  wink 
Of  summer  lightning  passed  away ! 
Weep,  children  of  Israel,  weep! 

Thomas  Moore. 

3803.  MOSES'  WOOIUa. 

Exodus  ii  :  16-21. 
At  noon  sat  Midian's  priest  within  his  door; 
Faint  was  the  summer  air  with   heat,  and 

calm 
The  golden  glory  hung  o'er  hill  and  vale ; 
Broad  fields  of  grain  were  ripening  in  his 

sight. 
And  quiet  hills  of  pasture  stretched  beyond: 
A  rural  kingdom  his ;  and  he  was  priest 
And  sovereign  both.    As  there  he  restful  sat 
In  meditative  air,  his  daughters  came 
From  distant  fields,  where  they  were  wont 

to  draw 
The  clear  cool  waters  for  his  flocks  and  herds. 
A  flush  of  strange  excitement  tinged  their 

cheeks 
With  glow  unusual.    He  marked  their  mood 
So  restless,  and  with  kind  and  anxious  air 
The  reason  asked,  and  why  they  came  so 

soon. 
The  tale  was  told  of  prowling  shepherds  vile. 


Who  came  and,  mocking,  roughly  treated 

them, 
Their  task  preventing,  while  they  fled  with 

fright. 
And  how  a  stranger  came,  of  princely  form, 
Who  single-handed  drove  the  cowards  hence, 
And  turned  to  aid  them  till  their  task  was 

done. 
"Go  bring  him  in,"  he  said,  "and  spread 

the  board ; 
Such  valor  wins  my  praise ;  and  ye  shall  serve 
Him  with  the  choicest  dainties  of  my  house. " 
The   feast  was   long,  and   rich  the  mutual 

cheer; 
The  priest  with  wonder  heard  his  guest ;  the 

guest. 
Delighted,  listened  to  discourse  more  rich 
Than   he   had   heard  mid  all   the  teachers 
In  Egypt's  schools  profound.  [known 

The  sun  went  down. 
And  still  the  stranger  charmed  the  passing 

hours. 
He  talked  of  Egypt's  proud  philosophers, 
Her  statesmen,  and  her  men  of  high  renown ; 
He  talked  of  art,  of  temples  and  of  courts; 
And    when    the    topic    turned    to    deeper 

things — 
Of  faith,  and  heaven's  mysteries  of  love  — 
The  glow  was  warmer  still,   and   thought 

took  wings 
And  mounted  to  ecstatic  realms.     At  length 
They  sought  repose,  when  they  had  bowed 

the  knee 
Before  the  throne  invisible ;  and  all 
Were  happy  in  the  faith  of  Him  who  keeps 
Celestial  watch  o'er  all  His  earthly  fold. 

"Abide  with  us,"  the  priest  and  father  said, 
"Abide  with  us,"  the  admiring  daughters 

plead ; 
And  Moses  was  content  to  tarry  there. 
And  Ruel's  friendship  and  his  bounty  share. 
His  heart  found  rest  in  golden  harvest-fields, 
And  all  the  joy  that  Nature  smiling  yields; 
Ah,  never  in  the  halls  of  Memphis  proud. 
Where  royal  fetes  drew  in  the  courtly  crowd, 
Did  beauty  touch  him  with  a  charm  more 

sweet 
Than  in  this  guileless  home,  this  loved  re- 
treat. 
And  blest  was  he  to  ask  and  win  the  hand, 
The  fairest,  gentlest  of  the  sister-band ; 
And  happy  was  the  rural  nuptial  feast, 
With  benedictions  rich  by  Midian's  priest. 
From  royal  halls,  to  simple  shepherd  life. 
Mid  scenes  sequestered  far  from  noise  and 

strife, 
By  rock  and  stream,  through  lonely  desert 

ways, 
O'er  pastures  green,  through  forest  tangled 

maze, 
He  led  his  tender  flocks  with  gentle  hand, 
An  exiled  prince,  far  in  a  stranger-land. 

From  ^^ Moses,''''  hy  Dwight  Williams. 


m:ose!S. 


IVIOXJNT^INS. 


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3804.  MOSES,  Toutli  of. 

Acts  vii  :  21,  22. 

It  was  a  day  of  darkness  and  despair, 
When  Israel  crouched  beneath  Egyptia's  rule. 
Nature  recoiled  from  bondage,  whose  severe 
And  galling  fetters  entered  every  soul. 
Prolific  life,  invaded  at  its  source, 
Yet  flowed,  unchecked,  with  renovated  force. 

Pharaoh,  in  wrath  that  Israel  multiplied 
The  more  they  were  afflicted  and  oppressed, 
Doomed  to  destruction,  with  demoniac  pride, 
Each  Hebrew  son  that  hung  upon  the  breast ; 
But  He  who  guides  the  whirlwind  and  the 

storm 
Bade  e'en  the  wrath  of  man  his  will  perform. 

Her  beauteous  infant  long  a  mother's  care 
Conceals;  and  when  she  can  no  longer  hide, 
An  ark  of  bulrushes  her  hands  prepare. 
Where  in  her  heart's  sole  treasure  to  confide. 
Cast  on  the  sedgy  bosom  of  the  Nile, 
AfEection  watched  Death  hovering  o'er  his 
spoil. 

Was  ever  aught  like  this  forsaken  one, 
So  destitute  in  this  wide  world  of  woe? 
Yet  was  Jehovah's  guardian  arm  o'erthrown, 
Through  earth  and  sky  coercing  every  foe. 
Nature,  in  sympathy  with  its  distress, 
Yields  an  asylum  in  her  loneliness. 

There  floating  where  the  river  monsters  play, 
The  ark  is  piloted  by  hand  unseen. 
And  Pity's  angel-form  directs  her  way 
To  the  scared  vulture's  startled  haunts,  to 

screen 
Yon  exiled  babe,  whose  accents  of  distress 
Echo  the  story  of  his  injured  race. 

Rocked  by  the  whirlwind,  cradled   in  the 

storm. 
Thus  was  the  saviour  of  his  country  found 
By  Pharaoh's  daughter  in  an  infant's  form : 
That  Heaven  might   thus,  though   Egypt's 

tyrant  frowned 
With  withering  aspect  on  the  Hebrew  race, 
Around  him  throw  the  throne's  all-shielding 

grace. 

Schooled  by  the  princess  in  Egyptian  lore. 
Yet  nursed  that  bosom  the  adopted  one 
Which  o'er  him  yearned  in  childhood's  ad- 
verse hour. 
Nature  and   truth   thus  triumphed   o'er   a 

throne, 
And  Israel's  woes  his  patriot-heart  preferred 
To  all  the  guilty  honors  courts  afford. 

That  Heaven  designed  him  for  a  holier  sphere. 
His  infant  fortunes  deepest  impress  bore. 
Nor  thwarted  his  magnanimous  career 
A  Pharaoh's  court,  or  its  profaner  lore ; 
Till  passed  emancipated  Israel  through 
The  gulf,  which  sealed  thy  tyrant's  overthrow. 

H.  8. 


3805.  MOUNTAINS,  Sacred. 
Enthroned  upon  the  mountain-height, 

Harmonious  peace  unbroken  reigns, 
While  discord  like  a  stormy  night 
In  wild  confusion  wraps  the  plains. 

When  in  Sinai's  secret  place 

God  with  His  servant  talked  alone. 

With  beams  too  bright  for  earth,  his  face 
From  the  dread  mount  returning  shone. 

While  from  the  camp  below,  the  din 
Of  hideous  mirth  to  heaven  conveyed 

Wild  orgies  of  the  monstrous  sin. 
The  molten  calf  which  Aaron  made. 

The  wind  is  hushed,  the  ground  is  still, 
The  burning  flames  no  longer  glow; 

On  Horeb's  top  Jehovah's  will 
Is  heard  in  accents  soft  and  low. 

While  earth,  of  pity  clean  bereft, 

God's  latest  servant  thought  to  slay — 

I,  even  I,  alone  am  left. 
Whose  life  they  seek  to  take  away. 

How  white  their  glitering  robes  appear, 
How  fair  their  heads  with  glory  crowned! 

Sinai's  prophet,  Horeb's  seer. 

On  Tabor's  top  with  Jesus  found. 

But  while  with  Christ  in  God  their  life 
Is  hidden  on  the  mountain  brow, 

More  fierce  the  feud,  more  loud  the  strife, 
Of  Satan's  sons  must  rage  below. 

Why  ?  but  that  weary  souls  may  yearn 
The  narrow  path  in  patience  trod. 

Their  homeward  steps  from  earth  to  turn, 
And  rest  on  Zion's  hill  with  God. 

Lyra  Messianica. 

3806.  MOUNTAINS,  Sacred. 
Pause  here,  and  with  reverential  awe 
Jehovah's  more  immediate  presence  find 

In  the  mild  grandeur  of  that  mountain  wall. 
And  hear  His  mandate  in  that  mountain  wind. 
For  in  such  solitude  tlie  Lord  of  all 
Full  oft  by  type,  by  miracle  or  sign, 
Hath  given  the  revelation  and  the  call 
That  to  the  chosen  of  God  prefigured  truth 
divine. 

On  Ararat,  the  failing  deluge  left 
The  sacred  ark,  whose  slow  subsiding  frame. 
Heaving  and  grounding  in  the  rocky  cleft, 
At  length  stood  motherless.    Then  went  and 

came 
The  raven ;  then  released,  flew  back  no  more ; 
While,  safety  and  deliverance  to  proclaim, 
Her  olive-branch  the  dove  returning  bore; 
The  winds  were  hushed,  the  welkin  smiled 

serene, 
The  spice -grove  bloomed,  the  sea  again  had 

shore. 
And  high  in   air   the   bow,  sweet  mercy's 

pledge,  was  seen. 


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MTJTMIVlY. 


On  Horeb  the  descending  Godhead  cast 
Darkness  and  cloud  of  thunder  round  His 

throne ; 
Long,  loud,  and  longer, — louder  yet  the  Mast 
Of  trumpet  pealed  before  the  Holy  One, — 
The  desert  quaked,  and  Sinai,  wrapped  in 

fire, 
Trembled  while  Amram's  son  went  up  alone ; 
And  Israel,  blasted  by  the  vision  dire, 
Fell  on  their  faces :    ' '  Prophet,  hear  our  cry ! 
Make  intercession  with  th'  Eternal  Sire ; 
For  if  that  awful  voice  be  heard  again,  we 

die." 

Milder,  but  not  less  glorious,  was  the  light 
When  the  transfigured  Son  of  God  assumed 
His  majesty,  and  stood  on  Tabor's  height. 
While  all  the   mount   with  balm  of  Eden 

fumed, 
And  clouds  came  shadowing  o'er  the  apostles 

three, 
With  visions  of  the  sanctuary  illumed. 
Then  held  th'  Incarnate  Word  His  colloquy 
With  Moses  and  Elias;  while  the  king 
Of  darkness  stood  aloof,  and  groaned  to  see 
Captivity  led   captive,    death   disarmed   of 

sting. 

In  mountain  cave  the  Tishbite  talked  with 

God; 
In  mountain  desert  the  Redeemer  prayed. 
Or  underneath  His  feet  indignant  trod 
The  world  with  all  its  kingdoms,  the  parade 
Of  arts  and  arms — the  jiageantry,  the  din. 
Fleets,  cities,  nations — by  the  fiend  displayed 
To  catch  the  wandering  heart   and  move 

within 
The  workings  of  ambition.     Turn  and  fly, 
False  tempter !  offer  not  the  lure  of  sin        . 
Before  the  withering  glance   of  that   All- 
seeing  Eye. 

From  Pisgah,  Nebo,  Abarim,  let  us  view 
The  region  whereon  king  or  prophet  fell. 
The    Spirit  of   the  Lord;    where  Abraham 

knew 
Messias'  day ;  and  Balaam's  parable 
Of  Shiloh  told.     On  each  recorded  theme. 
In  never- wearied  contemplation  dwell ; 
And  visit  oft  in  emblematic  dream 
The  hills  delectable,  where  shepherds  fold 
Their  flocks  in  pasture  fair,  by  living  stream, 
And  from  afar  the  new  Jerusalem  behold. 

Or  in  the  land  of  Beulah  let  us  rove. 
Amid  the  nard,  the  citron,  and  the  vine. 
List  to  the  voice  of  turtle  in  the  grove, 
Grow  half  immortal  in  that  air  benign. 
And  in  the  field,  the  forest,  or  the  bower, 
See  glimpse  of  angel  visitation  shine. 
We  sicken  with  delight:    Oh  for  the  hour 
Of  summons  and  departure !    Why  delay 
The  steeds  of  Israel?  Come,  releasing  Power ! 
Roll  on,  thou  never  setting-Orb  of  heavenly 
day !  C.  Iloyle. 


3807.  MOUNT  HOE. 

Where  famed  Mount  Hor  lifts  high  his  bar- 
ren peak, 
And,  king  of  air,  the  eagle  whets  his  beak, 
I  climb  in  awe,  pass  many  a  nameless  cave, 
And  reach  at  length  the  Hebrew's  holy  grave. 
And  here  he  sleeps,  above  the  world  serene; 
As  thus  against  the  mouldering  slabs  I  lean, 
And  gaze  on  yonder  heaven,  whose  dewy  tears 
Have  wet  these  blocks  for  dark,  uncounted 

years. 
My  bosoms  thrills,  and  heated  Fancy's  eye     t 
Sees  Aaron's  ancient  spirit  hovering  nigh, 
Calm  waiting  till  Heaven's  final  thunders  roll. 
And  call  the  dust  co  join  the  undying  soul. 
Nicholas  Michell. 

3808.  MUMMY,  Address  to  an  Egyptian. 
And  thou  hast  walked  about — how  strange 

a  story ! — 
In  Thebes's  streets,  three  thousand  years  ago ! 
When  the  Memnonium  was  in  all  its  glory, 
And  time  had  not  begun  to  overthrow 
Those  temples,  palaces,  and  piles  stupendous 
Of  which  the  very  ruins  are  tremendous ! 

Speak!   for  thou  long  enough  hast  acted 

dummy; 
Thou  hast  a  tongue :  come, let  us  hear  its  tune ! 
Thou'rt  standing  on  thy  legs,  above  ground, 

mummy. 
Revisiting  the  glimpses  of  the  moon ; 
Not  like  thin  ghosts  or  disembodied  creatures. 
But  with  thy  bones,  and  flesh,  and  limbs, 

and  features ! 

Tell  us,  for  doubtless  thou  canst  recollect. 
To  whom  should  we   assign  the    Sphinx's 

fame? 
Was  Cheops  or  Cephrenes  architect 
Of  either  pyramid  that  bears  his  name? 
Is  Pompey's  Pillar  really  a  misnomer? 
Had  Thebes  a  hundred  gates,  as  sung  by 

Homer? 

Perhaps  thou  wert  a  mason,  and  forbidden, 
By  oath,  to  tell  the  mysteries  of  thy  trade; 
Then  say,  what  secret  melody  was  hidden 
In  Memnon's  statue,  which  at  sunrise  played? 
Perhaps  thou  wert  a  priest ;  if  so,  my  struggles 
Are  vain,  for  priestcraft  never  owns  its  jug- 
gles! 

Perchance  that  very  hand,  now  pinioned  flat, 
Hath  hob-a-nobbed  with  Pharaoh,  glass  to 

glass ; 
Or  dropped  a  halfpenny  in  Homer's  hat; 
Or  doffed  thine  own,  to  let  Queen  Dido  pass ; 
Or  held,  by  Solomon's  own  invitation, 
A  torch  at  the  great  temple's  dedication ! 

I  need  not  ask  thee  i  f  that  hand,  when  armed, 
Has  any  Roman  soldier  mauled  and  knuckled; 
For   thou  wert  dead  and   buried,  and  em- 
balmed, 
Ere  Romulus  and  Remus  had  been  suckled : 


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Antiquity  appears  to  have  begun 
Long  after  thy  primeval  race  was  run. 

Thou  couldst  develop,if  that  withered  tongue 
Might  tells  us  what  those  sightless  orbs  have 

seen, 
How  the  world  looked  when  it  was  fresh  and 

young, 
And  the  great  deluge  still  had  left  it  green ; 
Or  was  it  then  so  old  that  history's  pages 
Contained  no  record  of  its  early  ages? 

Still  silent!     Incommunicative  elf! 

Art  sworn  to  secrecy?    Then  keep  thy  vows! 

But,  prithee,  tell  us  something  of  thyself : 

Reveal  the  secrets  of  thy  prison-house; 

Since  in  the  world  of  spirits  thou  hast  slum- 
bered, 

What  hast  thou  seen,  what  strange  adventures 
numbered? 

Since  first  thy  form  was  in  this  box  extended, 
We  have,  above  ground,  seen  some  strange 

mutations; 
The  Roman  Empire  has  begun  and  ended, 
New  worlds  have  risen,  we  have  lost  old  na- 
tions. 
And  countless  kings   have  into   dust  been 

humbled. 
While    nut  a   fragment    of  thy    flesh    has 
crumbled. 

Didst  thou  not  hear  the  pother  o'er  thy  head 
When  the  great  Persian  conqueror,  Cambyses, 
Marched  armies  o'er  thy  tomb  with  thunder- 
ing tread, 
O'erthrew  Osiris,  Orus,  Apis,  Isis, — 
And   shook   the   pyramids   with    fear    and 

wonder. 
When  the  gigantic  Memnon  fell  asunder? 

If  the  tomb's  secrets  may  not  be  confessed, 

The  nature  of  thy  private  life  unfold ! 

A  heart  hath  throbbed  beneath  that  leathern 

breast. 
And  tears  adown  that  dusty  cheek  have  rolled ; 
Have   children   climbed    those   knees,    and 

kissed  that  face? 
What  was  thy  name  and  station, age  and  race? 

Statue  of  flesh !     Immortal  of  the  dead ! 
Imperishable  type  of  evanescence ! 
Posthumous  man,  who  quitt'st  thy  narrow 

bed. 
And  standest  undecayed  within  our  presence! 
Thou  wilt  hear  nothing  till  the  judgment 

morning, 
When  the  great   trumpet  shall  thrill   thee 

with  its  warning ! 

Why  should  this  worthless  tegument  endure, 
If  its  undying  guest  be  lost  forever? 
Oh,  let  us  keep  the  soul  embalmed  and  pure 
In  living  virtue,  that  when  both  must  sever, 
Although  corruption  may  our  frame  consume, 
The  immortal  spirit  in  the  skies  may  bloom ! 
Horace  Smith. 


3SOO.  MUMMY,  Answer  of  tte. 

Child  of  the  later  days!  thy  words  have 
broken 

A  spell  that  long  has  bound  these  lungs  of 
clay. 

For  since  this  smoke-dried  tongue  of  mine 
hath  spoken 

Three  thousand  tedious  years  have  rolled 
away. 

Unswathed  at  length,  I  "stand  at  ease"  be- 
fore ye. 

List,  then,  Oh !  list  while  I  unfold  my  story. 

Thebes  was  my  birth-place,  an  unrivalled  city 
With  many  gates;  but  here  I  might  declare 
Some  strange,  plain  truths,  except  that  it 

were  pity 
To  blow  a  poet's  fabric  into  air; 
Oh !  I  could  read  you  quite  a  Theban  lecture, 
And  give  a  deadly  finish  to  conjecture. 

But  then  you  would  not  have  me  throw  dis- 
credit 
On  grave  historians,  or  on  him  who  sung 
The  Iliad — true  it  is  I  never  read  it. 
But  heard  it  read,  when  I  was  very  young. 
An  old  blind  minstrel  for  a  trifling  profit 
Recited  parts :  I  think  the  author  of  it. 

All  that  I  know  about  the  town  of  Homer 
Is  that  they  scarce  would  own  him  in  his  day, 
Were  glad,  too,  when  he  proudly  turned  a 

roamer. 
Because  by  this  they  saved  their  parish  pay. 
His  townsmen  would  have  been  ashamed  to 

flout  him. 
Had  they  foreseen  the  fuss  since  made  about 

him. 

One  blunder  I  can  fairly  set  at  rest :      [bony 
He  says  that  men  were  once  more  big  and 
Than  now,  which  is  a  bouncer  at  the  best; 
I'll  just  refer  you  to  our  friend  Belzoni, 
Near  seven  feet  high;  in  truth  a  lofty  flgure. 
Now  look  at  me,  and  tell  me,  am  I  bigger? 

Not  half  the  size,  but  then  I'm  sadly  dwin- 
dled. 

Three  thousand  years  with  that  embalming 
glue 

Have  made  a  serious  difference,  and  have 
swindled 

My  face  of  all  its  beauty ;  there  were  few 

Egyptiau  youths  more  gay — behold  the 
sequel. 

Nay,  smile  not ;  you  and  I  may  soon  be  equal. 

For  this  lean  hand  did  one  day  hurl  the  lance 
With  mortal  aim ;  this  light,  fantastic  toe 
Threaded  tlie  mystic  mazes  of  the  dance; 
This  heart  has  throbbed  at  tales  of  love  and 

woer 
These  shreds  of  raven  hair  once  set  the  fash- 
ion; 
This  withered  form  inspired  the  tender  pas- 
sion. 


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MiYRRH. 


In  vain ;  the  skilful  hand  and  feelings  warm, 
The  foot  that  figured  in  the  bright  quadrille, 
The  palm  of  genius  and  the  manly  form, 
All  bowed  at  once  to  Death's  mysterious  will, 
Who  sealed  me  up  where  mummies  sound  are 

sleeping, 
In  cerecloth  and  in  tolerable  keeping ; 

Where  cows  and  monkeys  squat  in  rich  bro- 
cade, 
And  well-dressed  crocodiles  in  painted  cases, 
Rats,  bats,  and  owls,  and  cats  in  masquerade. 
With  scarlet   flounces,  and  with  varnished 

faces ; 
Then  birds,  brutes,  reptiles,  fish,  all  crammed 

together, 
With  ladies  that  might  pass  for  well-tanned 
leather ; 

Where  Rameses  and  Sabacon  lie  down, 
And  splendid  Psammis  in  his  hide  of  crust. 
Princes  and  heroes,  men  of  high  renown. 
Who  in  their  day  kicked  up  a  mighty  dust. 
Their  swarthy  mummies  kicked  up  dust  in 

number 
When  huge  Belzoni  came  to  scare  their  slum- 
ber. 

Who'd  think  these  rusty  hams  of  mine  were 

seated 
At  Dido's  table,  when  the  wondrous  tale 
Of  "Juno's  hatred  "  was  so  well  repeated? 
And  ever  and  anon  the  queen  turned  pale. 
Meanwhile  the  brilliant  gaslights  hung  above 

her 
Threw  a  wild  glare  upon  her  shipwrecked 

lover. 

Ay,  gaslights !   Mock  me  not,  we  men  of  yore 
Were  versed  in  all  the  knowledge  you  can 

mention  ; 
Who  hiith  not  heard  of  Egypt's  peerless  lore, 
Her  patient  toil,  acuteness  of  invention? 
Survey  the  proofs :  the  pyramids  are  thriving. 
Old  Memnon  still  looks  young,  and  I'm  sur- 
viving, 

A  land  in  arts  and  sciences  prolific, 

0  block  gigantic,  building  up  her  fame. 
Crowded  with  signs  and  letters  hieroglyphic. 
Temples  and  obelisks  her  skill  proclaim ! 
Yet  though  her  art  and  toil  unearthly  seem. 
Those  blocks  were  brought  on  railroads  and 

by  steam ! 

How,  when,  and  why  our  people  came  to  rear 
The  pyramid  of  Cheops — mighty  pile! — 
This,  and  the  other  secrets,  thou  shalt  hear; 

1  will  unfold,  if  thou  wilt  stay  awhile. 

The  history  of  the  Sphinx,  and  who  began  it, 
Our  mystic  works,  and  monsters   made  of 
granite. 

Well,  then,  in  grievous  times,  when  King 

Cephrenes, 
But  ah! — what's  this!  the  shades  of  bards 

and  kings 


Press  on  my  lips  their  fingers !     What  they 

mean  is, 
I  am  not  to  reveal  these  hidden  things. 
Mortal,  farewell !     Till  Science'  self  unbind 

them. 
Men  must  e'en  take  these  secrets  as  they  find 

them. 

3810.  MUSTAED-SEED,  The. 

Lukexiii  :  18,  19. 
Deep  thought,  that  from  a  seed  so  small 
A  tree  should  rise,  so  great,  so  tall, 

To  reach  from  earth  to  heaven ! 
That  from  so  light  a  living  thing 
Such  weighty  issues  yet  should  spring, 

As  from  that  grain  of  leaven ! 

Yet  so  it  is :  the  inner  life 
Takes  vigor  from  the  outer  strife, 

With  strong  and  earnest  will ; 
Released  it  strikes  its  roots  below, 
Its  fruitful  branches  upward  grow, 

Wider  and  wider  still. 

And  in  those  branches  birds  of  air 
Construct  their  home,  and  nestle  there. 

Safe  in  the  Gospel-tree. 
Planted  on  earth  by  God's  own  hand, 
It  spreads  its  boughs,  and  fills  the  land 

With  fruits  of  liberty. 

Robert  Maguire. 

3811.  MTRRH-BEAEEES. 
Luke  xxiii  :  55,  56;  xxiv  :  i. 

Three  women  crept  at  break  of  day, 
Agrope  along  the  shadowy  way 
Where  Joseph's  tomb  and  garden  lay; 
Each  in  her  throbbing  bosom  bore 
A  burden  of  such  fragrant  store 
As  never  there  had  lain  before. 
Spices,  the  purest,  richest,  best. 
That  e'er  the  musky  East  possessed. 
From  Ind  to  Araby  the  Blest. 

Had  they,  with  sorrow-riven  hearts. 
Searched  all  Jerusalem's  costliest  marts 
In  quest  of  nards,  whose  pungent  arts 
Should  the  d»jad  sepulchre  imbue 
With  vital  odors  through  and  through, 
'Twas  all  their  love  had  leave  to  do : 
Christ  did  not  need  their  gifts;  and  yet 

Did  either  Mary  once  regret 
Her  offering?     Did  Salone  fret 
Over  those  unused  aloes?     Nay! 
They  did  not  count  as  waste  that  day 
What  they  had  brought  their  Lord.  The  way 
Home  seemed  the  path  to  licaven.  They  bear 
Thenceforth  about  the  robes  they  wear 
Tlie  clinging  perfume  everywhere. 

So  ministering,  as  erst  did  these. 
Go  women  forth  by  twos  and  threes 
(Unmindful  of  their  morning  ease) 
Through  tragic  darkness,  murk  and  dim, 
Where'er  they  see  the  faintest  rim 
Of  promise — all  for  sake  of  Him 


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Who  rose  from  Joseph's  tomb.     They  hold 
It  just  such  joy  as  these  of  old 
To  tell  the  tale  the  Marys  told. 

Myrrh-bearers  still,  at  home,  abroad, 
"What  paths  have  holy  women  trod, 
Burdened  with  votive  gifts  for  God  I 
Rare  gifts,  whose  chiefest  worth  was  priced 
By  this  one  thought,  that  all  sufficed: 
Their  spices  Lave  been  bruised  for  Christ. 
Margaret  J.  Preston. 

3812.  NAAMAN,  Folly  of. 

2  Kings  V  :  1-15. 
"  Are  not  Abana  and  Pharpar,  rivers  of  Damascus, 
better  than  all  the  waters  of  Israel?    May  I  not  wash 
in  them,  and  be  clean?"— 3  Kings  v  :  IS. 

Thus  arrogant,  and  thus  absurd. 
Was  he  who  then  the  prophet  heard: 
"VVe  blame  his  language;  are  not  we 
As  foolish  and  as  proud  as  he? 

A  fountain  is  unsealed  to  save 
Of  virtue  passing  Jordan's  wave, 
Beyond  Bethesda's  healing  spring, 
Though  ruffled  by  an  angel's  wing. 

There  might  we,  in  this  gospel  day, 
Wash  all  our  leprosy  away, 
Cleanse  from  our  spirit  every  stain, 
And  more  than  childlike  whiteness  gain. 

But  faith  is  low,  and  pride  is  high ; 
We  view  that  fount  with  doubting  eye, 
And  choose,  with  proud  and  angry  tone, 
Abanas  and  Pharpars  of  our  own. 

O  Thou  whose  love  that  fount  unsealed 
By  which  alone  we  can  be  healed. 
Strengthen  our  faith,  subdue  our  pride, 
Nor  let  our  leprosy  abide ! 

As  then  by  Jordan's  hallowed  brim 
The  leper's  followers  strove  with  him, 
Beside  Thy  holier  fountain  now 
Our  spirits  in  subjection  bow. 

Teach  us  in  simple  faith  to  prove 
The  power  of  Thy  redeeming  love; 
That,  like  the  Syrian,  we  may  see, 
And  own  there  is  no  God  like  Thee. 

Bernard  Barton. 

3813.  NAAMAN,  HeaHng  of. 

*'Go  wash  in  Jordan's  limpid  stream," 

Of  old  the  holy  prophet  said; 
"Its  waves  with  healing  virtue  teem, 

And  health  and  purity  they  spread." 

The  Syrian  captain  vainly  thought 
The  streams  his  native  land  supplied 

Might  yield  the  benefit  he  sought, 
And  rival  Israel's  fairest  tide. 

Too  little  for  his  courtly  gait 

The  simple  rule  Eli.sha  gave. 
Nothing  to  suit  his  sumptuous  state 

He  saw  in  Jordan's  flowing  wave. 


Incensed,  he  turned  his  steps  aside : 
"And  is  this  all?"  disdainful  said; 

"  Some  greater  things  he  might  have  tried, 
And  on  the  place  his  hand  have  laid. 

"  Abana's,  Pharpar's  rivers  flow, 
AVith  health  and  healing  influence  filled: 

In  them  I'll  bathe  my  limbs,  and  show 
The  powerful  virtue  which  they  yield." 

His  humble  menials  wiselier  deem, 

Urge  him  to  prove  the  small  command ; 

And  now  emerging  from  the  stream. 
In  fairest  health  they  see  him  stand. 

The  Syrian  captain's  case  is  ours: 
We  scorn  to  wash  in  Jordan's  wave, 

And  fancy  our  own  boasted  powers 
From  woe  and  from  disease  will  save. 

3814.  NADAB  AND  ABIHU. 
Leviticus  x  :  1,2. 

"Away,  or  ere  the  Lord  break  forth! 

The  pure  ethereal  air 
Cannot  abide  the  spark  of  earth; 

'Twill  lighten  and  not  spare." 

"Nay,  but  we  know  our  call  divine, 

We  feel  our  hearts  sincere; 
What  boots  it  where  we  light  our  shrine, 

If  bright  it  blaze  and  clear?" 

God  of  the  unconsuming  fire, 

On  Horeb  seen  of  old, 
Stay,  Jealous  One.     Thy  burning  ire  .  .  , 

It  may  not  be  controlled ! 

The  Lord  breaks  out,  the  unworthy  die ; 

Lo !  on  the  cedar  floor 
The  robed  and  mitred  corses  lie — 

Be  silent  and  adore. 

Yet  sure  a  holy  seed  were  they, 
Pure  hands  had  o'er  them  passed; 

Cuirass  and  crown,  their  bright  array, 
In  Heaven's  high  mould  were  cast. 

Th'  atoning  blood  had  drenched  them  o'er, 

The  mystic  balm  had  sealed; 
And  may  the  blood  atone  no  more. 

No  charm  the  anointing  yield? 

Silence,  ye  brethren  of  the  dead ! 

Ye  father's  tears,  be  still ! 
But  choose  them  out  a  lonely  bed' 

Beside  the  mountain  rill. 

Then  bear  them  as  they  lie,  their  brows 
Scathed  with  the  avenging  fire, 

And  wearing — signs  of  broken  vows — 
The  blest,  the  dread  attire. 

Nor  leave  unwept  their  desert  grave, 
But  mourn  their  pride  and  thine. 

Oft  as  rebellious  thought  shall  crave 
To  questiou  words  divine.      JoTin  Keble. 


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3815.  NAIN,  Grief  of  the  Widow  of. 
Luke  vii  :  11-17. 

Weep,  vreep  for  the  widow !  all  lorn  and  for- 
saken, 
She  mourns  in  yon  chamber  of  suffering  and 

gloom ; 
Ah!  what  can  she  do  if  her  loved  one  be 

taken — 
If  the  child  of  her  bosom  descend  to  the 

tomb ! 
Through  wearisome  days  hath  she  watched 

o'er  his  anguish, 
Through  long  dreary  nights  sleep  hath  wooed 

her  in  vain ; 
And  now  the  last  hopes  of  her  worn  spirit 

languish 
While  in  death's  chilly  grasp  lies  the  victim 

of  pain. 

Weep,  weep  for  the  widow !  her  dream  hath 
departed, 

The  vision  that  once  came  to  solace  her  woe ; 

The  bright  star  of  promise  hath  left  broken- 
hearted. 

One  whose  tears  must  hereafter  in  bitterness 
flow. 

Oh !  dark  is  her  soul,  as  she  gazes  with  sad- 
ness 

On  all  that  reminds  her  of  life  in  the  dead — 

On  features  that  speak  of  past  moments  of 
gladness, 

And  awaken  remembrance  of  happiness  fled ! 

Weep,  weep  for  the  widow !    Now  voices  are 

wailing, 
And  mourners  are   bearing  her  son  to  the 

grave : 
And  many  are  thronging,  whose  sighs,  un- 
availing, 
Only  tell  the  kind  wish  had  they  power  to 

save : 
But  pause !  there  is  One  from  that  number 

advancing. 
With  grace  in  His  step,  and  strong  love  in 

His  t-ye ; 
Whoso  look  seems  to  say,  as  with  tenderness 

glancing, 
"The  believer  in  Me  shall  yet  live,  though 

he  die !" 

Joy,  joy  to  the  widow!   her  Saviour  hath 

spoken ; 
The   word   hath    been    uttered    in   accents 

divine — 
"Arise !"     Lo !  the  slumber  of  death  is  now 

broken, 
And,  disconsolate  mother,  once  more  he  is 

thine! 
Thus,  Lord,  when  the  sons  of  Thy  faithful 

resemble. 
In  deadness  of  spirit,  this  object  of  love, 
Give  peace  lo  fond  hearts,  that  as  anxiously 

tremble — 
Oh,  revive  these  lost  souls  by  Thy  word  from 

above  1  Mutton. 


3816.  NAIN,  The  Miracle  at. 

Forth  through  the  solemn  street 
The  sad  procession  swept. 
Pacing  its  mournful  way  with  measured  feet : 
While  inly  wept 

One  mourner,  in  a  grief 

Stern  as  the  silent  years,  [relief 

Which  seemed  to  mock  the  common,  weak 
Of  outward  tears. 

Keen  was  her  sense  of  loss. 
An  agony  untold; 
For  death  had  seized,  amid  a  world  of  dross, 
Her  piece  of  gold. 

They  bore  her  only  son, 
Star  of  her  evening,  fled ; 
Whose  lesser  light  recalled  that  vanished  one 
Now  long  since  dead. 

For  her  best  loved  had  died ; 

And,  stunned  from  former  bruise, 
The  widow's  joyous  oil  of  life  had  dried 
Within  her  cruse. 

Desert  her  heart,  and  bare ; 
Like  lone  house  on  a  wild; 
No  voice  to  make  blithe  music  on  the  stair — 
No  laughing  child. 

No  solace  from  the  past. 
No  hope  in  days  to  come. 
She  cowered,  as  if  sorrow's  second  blast 
Had  struck  her  dumb. 

But,  near  the  city's  verge, 
A  sudden  silence  came; 
The  hired  mourners  swift  forebore  their  dirge. 
As  if  in  shame 

To  mourn  a  lifeless  clod, 

With  such  despairing  cry,      [God  " — 
While  the  Redeemer — "the  strong  Son  of 
Was  passing  by. 

"He  came  and  touched  the  bier." 
They  wait,  in  curious  pause : 
Has  He  the  power  and  will  to  interfere 
With  Nature's  laws? 

He  walked  upon  the  waves ! 
His  word  the  thousands  fed! — 
Is  He  imperial  in  the  place  of  graves 
Over  the  dead? 

Then  spake  the  royal  word ; 

And,  quick  with  rushing  throes. 
The  red  life  in  th^  clay  obedient  heard: 
The  dead  arose ! 

And  spoke — just  as  before — 
Unconscious  of  eclipse : 
Like  babe,  who  only  knows  that  night  is  o'er 
From  mother's  lips. 


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Or  one  who,  free  from  harm, 
From  the  perfidious  sea 
Comes  home,  and  finds  all  in  his  father's  farm 
Which  used  to  be. 

No  desert  dream  of  tombs, 

Naught  but  life's  love  and  joy ;  [blooms 
As  Nature  has   no    thought  'mid    summer 
That  storms  destroy. 

The  same  through  endless  time, 
Thus  Jesus  healeth  now, 
With  "many  crowns, "  for  victories  sublime. 
Upon  His  brow. 

Conqueror  in  each  stern  fight 
O'er  mortal  sin  and  dread; 
A.nd  mighty,  from  corruption's  foulest  night. 
To  raise  the  dead. 

W.  Morley  Punshon. 

3817.  NAIN,  Widow  of. 

Luke  vii  :  11-17. 
Forth  from  the  city,  with  the  load 

That  makes  the  trampling  low, 
riiey  walk  along  the  dreary  road 

That  dust  and  ashes  go. 

The  other  way,  towards  the  gate, 

Their  footsteps  light  and  loud, 
A  living  man,  in  humble  state, 

Brings  on  another  crowd. 

Nearer  and  nearer  come  the  twain ; 

Pie  hears  the  wailing  cry : 
How  can  the  life  let  such  a  train 

Of  death  and  tears  go  by? 

"Weep  not,"  He  said,  and  touched  the  bier ; 

They  stand,  the  dead  who  bear; 
The  motlier  knows  nor  hope  nor  fear, 

He  waits  not  for  her  prayer. 

"Young  man,  I  say  to  thee,  arise." 

Who  hears,  he  must  obey; 
Up  starts  the  form ;  wide  flash  the  eyes 

With  wonder  and  dismay. 

The  lips  would  speak,  as  if  they  caught 

Some  converse  sudden  broke. 
When  the  great  word  the  dead  man  sought, 

And  Hades'  silence  woke. 

The  lips  would  speak:  the  eyes'  wild  stare 

Gives  place  to  ordered  sight; 
The  murmur  dies  upon  the  air, 

The  soul  is  dumb  with  light. 

He  brings  no  news ;  he  has  forgot, 

Or  saw  with  vision  weak : 
Thou  seest  all  our  unseen  lot. 

And  yet  thou  dost  not  speak. 

Keep'st  thou  the  news,  as  parent  might 

A  too  good  gift,  away. 
Lest  we  should  neither  sleep  at  night, 

Nor  do  our  work  by  day? 


His  mother  has  not  left  a  trace 

Of  triumph  over  grief; 
Her  tears  alone  have  found  a  place 

Upon  the  holy  leaf. 

If  gratitude  our  speech  benumb. 

And  joy  our  laughter  quell. 
May  not  Eternity  be  dumb 

For  things  too  good  to  tell? 

While  her  glad  arms  the  lost  one  hold. 

Question  she  asketh  none; 
She  trusts  for  all  he  leaves  untold ; 

Enough,  to  clasp  her  son. 

The  ebbing  tide  is  caught  and  won. 

Borne  flowing  to  the  gate; 
Death  turns  him  backward  to  the  sun, 

And  life  is  yet  our  fate. 

Oeorge  Macdonald. 

3818.  NAIN,  Widow  of. 

Wake  not,  O  mother !  sounds  of  lamentation ; 
Weep  not,  O  widow !  weep  not  hopelessly ! 
Strong  is  His  arm,  theBringer  of  Salvation; 
Strong  is  the  Word  of  God  to  succor  thee! 

Bear  forth  the   cold  corpse,  slowly,   slowly 

bear  him : 
Hide  Ins  pale  features  with  the  sable  pall : 
Chide  not  the  sad  one  wildly  weeping  near 

him: 
Widowed  and  childless,  she  has  lost  her  all ! 

Why  pause  the  mourners?     Who  forbids  our 

weeping? 
Who  the  dark  pomp  of  sorrow  has  delayed? 
"Set  down  llie  bier:  he  is  not  dead,   but 

sleeping! 
Young  man,    arise!"     He    spake,   and  was 

obeyed ! 

Change  then,  O  sad  one !  grief  to  exultation; 
Worship  and  fall  before  Messiah's  knee. 
Strong  was  His  arm,  the  Bringer  of  Salva- 
tion ! 
Strong  was  the  Word  of  God  to  succor  thee ! 
Reginald  Heber. 

3819.  NAOMI. 

Ruthi:  19-21. 

Two  sad-faced  women,  haggard,  worn,  and 

wan. 
Passed  wearily  through   Bethlehem's  sun- 
scorched  street ; 
The  city,  moved  to  pity,  round  them  ran, 
And  some  with  wondering  cry  the  strangers 

sreet 
"What!  Is  this  Naomi?"    She  quickly  broke 
Upon  them  trembling,  as  they  thus  began: 
"  Call  me  not  Naomi,"  she  weeping  spoke, 
"  For  Naomi  is  numbered  with  the  dead; 
My  name  is  M;ira,  for,  O  friends !  with  me 
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"  The  hand  of  God  has  touched  me,  and  I 

mourn ; 
Has  robbed  me  both  of  husband  and  of  son ; 
Woe  worth  the  bitter  day  that  I  was  born ! 
My  prop,  my  stay,  my  life  of  life,  is  gone ; 
I  went  out  full,  empty  come  back  to  you, 
A  widow,  childless,  desolate,  and  forlorn ; 
The  graves  in  Moabholdmy  dead  heart  too, 
I  left  it  with  them  where  they  sleep  in  peace. 
So  from  my  years  has  gone    the  sun,   the 

light; 
I  grope  as  one  through  some    dark  dreary 

night."  Charles  D.  Bell. 

3820.  NATHANAEL. 

John  i  :  50. 
"What  word  is  this?  Whence  know'st  thou 
me?" 
All  wondering  cries  the  humbled  heart, 
To  hear  thee  that  deep  mystery, 
The  knowledge  of  itself,  impart. 

The  veil  is  raised  ;  who  runs  may  read, 
By  its  own  light  tlie  truth  is  seen. 

And  poon  the  Israelite  indeed 

Bows  down  to  adore  the  Nazarene. 

So  did  Nathanael,  guileless  man. 
At  once,  not  shamefaced  or  afraid, 

Owning  Him  God  who  so  could  scan 
His  musings  in  the  lonely  shade. 

In  his  own  pleasant  fig-tree's  shade. 

Which  by  his  household  fountain  grew, 

Wh>  re  at  noonday  his  prayer  he  made 
To  know  God  better  than  he  knew. 

O  happy  hours  of  heavenward  thought! 

How  richly  crowned !  how  well  improved ! 
In  musing  o'er  the  Law  he  taught. 

In  waiting  for  the  Lord  he  loved. 

We  must  not  mar  with  earthly  praise 

What  God's  approving  word  hath  sealed ; 

Enough,  if  right  our  feeble  lays 
Take  up  the  promise  He  revealed. 

"Thy  childlike  faith,  that  asks  not  sight, 
Waits  not  for  wonder  or  for  sign. 

Believes,  because  it  loves,  aright; 

Shall  see  things  greater,  things  divine. 

"Heaven to  that  gaze  shall  open  wide, 
And  brightest  angels  to  and  fro 

On  messages  of  love  shall  glide, 

'Twixt  God  above  and  Christ  below." 

So  still  the  guileless  man  is  blest. 

To  him  all  crooked  paths  are  straight, 

Him  on  his  way  to  endless  rest 

Fresh,  ever-growing  strength  await. 

God's  witnesses,  a  glorious  host, 
Compass  him  daily  like  a  cloud  ! 

Martyrs  and  seers,  Ihe  ^ved  and  lost, 
Mercies  and  judgments  cry  aloud. 


Yet  shall  to  him  the  still  small  voice, 
That  first  into  his  bosom  found 

A  way,  and  fixed  his  wavering  choice, 
Nearest  and  dearest  ever  sound, 

John  Keble. 

3821.  NEBO,  Mount. 

Deuteronomy  xxxii  :  49,  50. 

On  Jordan's  verdant  borders 

The  tribes  of  Jacob  lay ; 
The  pilgrims  there  from  Mizraim 

Kept  joyous  holiday. 
In  camp  at  length  reposing 

The  multitude  found  rest, 
Through  years  of  weary  wandering, 

The  sandy  desert's  guest. 

Then  dropped  the  toil-worn  travellers 

Their  staves  from  out  their  hands, 
And  from  their  loins  ungirded 

Each  one  his  linen  bands. 
Then  in  the  cool  white  vestments 

In  varied  groups  were  seen 
Dusk  forms,  with  dark  beards  curling, 

And  pale  and  wasted  mien. 

There,  too,  their  pilgrim  dwellings 

O'er  all  the  plain  appeared, 
And  high  within  each  centre 

The  tent-pole  stood  upreared; 
Their  verdant  boughs  excluded 

The  sun's  too  fervid  beam, 
And  filled  was  every  pitcher 

By  some  cool  gushing  stream. 

Their  limbs,  fatigued  and  dusty, 

AVere  freely  laved  with  oil, 
And  tliere  the  drivers  tended 

Their  camels  worn  with  toil; 
Their  flocks  and  herds  lay  scattered 

Upon  the  verdant  mead. 
And,  wild  with  recent  freedom, 

Far  roamed  the  unbridled  steed. 

And  there,  with  loud  rejoicings. 

Tired  hands  were  raised  on  high. 
That  now  of  this  long  journey 

The  end  was  drawing  nigh. 
And  there  stout  swords  were  sharpened 

By  many  a  sturdy  hand, 
To  fight  for  the  green  pastures 

Of  Israel's  fatherland, 

That  seemed  beyond  the  river 

Their  footsteps  to  invite — 
A  land  of  boundless  plenty, 

Like  Eden  to  the  sight: 
That  land  oft  seen  in  spirit 

While  journeying  to  and  fro — 
That  land  is  now  before  them, 

Where  milk  and  honey  flow. 

Hark !  from  the  valley's  bosom 
Glad  shouts  of  "Canaan"  rise, 

As  toward  the  rocky  summit 
Their  valiant  leader  hies; 


JSTEBTJCH^DlSrEZZAR. 


NEI&HBOR. 


369 


UpoQ  his  shoulders  floating 

Rest  locks  of  purest  white, 
And  'neath  his  forehead  flashing 

Two  goldea  rays  shed  light. 

And  when  at  length  arriving 

He  gains  the  mountain's  brow, 
And  tremblingly  bends  forward 

To  look  on  all  below, 
His  eyes  grow  bright,  admiring 

The  scenes  beneath  liim  spread. 
Which,  though  he  longs  to  enter, 

His  feet  can  never  tread. 

There  pleasant  plains  are  lying 

Where  corn  and  wine  abound, 
And  brooks  of  flowing  crystal 

In  ev'ry  field  are  found. 
The  bee-hives  there  are  swarming. 

There  neighs  the  teamster's  span, 
Thy  heritage,  O  Judah  ! 

From  Beersheba  to  Dan. 

"Now  thou  hast  met  my  vision, 

I  ask  not  here  to  stay ; 
O  Lord !  in  tranquil  slumber 

Thy  servant  take  away ;" 
Then,  with  bright  clouds  around  Him, 

The  Lord  of  earth  drew  nigh. 
And  from  the  wearied  pilgrims 

Their  leader  bore  on  liigh. 

To  die  upon  a  mountain ! 

How  glorious  must  it  seem 
When  early  clouds  are  glowing 

With  morning's  ruddy  beam  ! 
Beneath,  the  world's  wild  tumult, 

Woods,  plains,  the  river's  tide; 
Above,  heaven's  golden  portals 

Extended  far  and  wide. 

Oedichte  von  Ferdinand  Freiligraih. 

3822.  NEBUOHADNEZZAE,  Fate  of. 
Daniel  iv  :  28-37. 
The  mighty  God,  [kings, 

Who  rules  the  scejitres   and  the  hearts  of 
Gave  thy  renowned  forefather  here  to  reign, 
With  such  extent  of  empire,  weight  of  pow'r, 
And  greatness  of  dominion,  the  wide  earth 
Trembled  beneath  the  terror  of  his  name. 
And  kingdoms  stood  or  fell  as  he  decreed. 
Oh,  dangerous  pinnacle  of  pow'r  supreme! 
Who  can  stand  safe  upon  its  treach'rous  top, 
Behold  the  gazing  prostrate  world  below. 
Whom    depth    and   distance   into   pigmies 

shrink, 
And  not  grow  giddy !     Babylon's  great  king 
Forgot  he  was  a  man,  a  helpless  man, 
Subject  to  pain,  and   sin,  and  death,  like 

others. 
But  who  shall  fight  against  Omnipotence? 
Or  who  hath  hardened  his  obdurate  heart 
Against  the  majesty  of   Heav'n,  and  pros- 
pered? 
The  God  he  hath  insulted  was  avenged : 
From  empire,  from  the  joys  of  social  life, 


He  drove  him  forth ;  extinguished  reason's 

lamp; 
Quenched  that  bright  spark  of  deity  within; 
Compelled  him  with  the  forest  brutes  to  roam 
For  scanty  pasture;  and  the  mountain  dews 
Fell,  cold  and  wet,  on  his  defenceless  head 
Till   he    confessed — let   men,  let  monarchs 

hear ! — 
Till  he  confessed.  Pride  was  not  made  for 

man,  Hannah  More. 

3823.  NEHEMIAH  TO  AETAXERXES. 

Nehemiah  ii  ;  1-5. 
'Tis  sorrow,  O  King!  of  tlie  heart. 

Not  anguish  of  body  or  limb,  [part. 

That  causes  the  hue  from  my  cheek  to  de- 

And  mine  eye  to  grow  rayless  and  dim. 

'Tis  the  mem'ry  of  Salem  afar. 

Of  Salem  the  city  of  God,  [the  star 

In  darkness  now  wrapped  like  the  moon  and 

When  the  tempests  of  night  are  abroad. 

The  walls  of  the  city  are  razed, 
The  gates  of  the  city  are  burned ; 

And  the  temple  of  God,  where  my  fathers 
have  praised. 
To  the  ashes  of  ruin  are  turned. 

The  palace  of  kings  is  consumed. 

Where  the  timbrels  were  wont  to  resound; 

And  the  sepulchre  domes,  like   the   bones 
they  entombed. 
Are  mould'ring  away  in  the  ground. 

And  the  fugitive  remnant  that  breathe 
In  the  land  that  their  fathers  have  trod, 

Sit  in  sorro-w  and  gloom  ;  for  a  shadow  like 
O'erhangs  every  wretched  abode,     [death 

I  have  wept,  I  have  fasted,  and  prayed 

To  the  great  and  terrible  God, 
For  this  city  of  mine  that  in  ruin  is  laid, 

And  my  brethren  who  smart  by  His  rod. 

And  now  I  beseech  thoe,  O  king ! 

If  favor  I  find  in  thy  sight, 
That  I  may  revisit  my  home,  where  the  wing 

Of  destruction  is  spread  like  the  night. 

And  when  I  to  Shushan  return 

From  rebuilding  ray  forefathers'  tomb, 
No  more  shall  the  heart  of  thy  cup-bearer 
))U.rH: 
With  those  sorrows  that  melt  and  consume. 
William  Knox. 

3824.  "HEIGHBOS?  Wlio  is  My.'' 
Luke  X  :  29-.37. 
"■  Half  dead  !"     Such  life  is  not  worth  call- 
ing life; 
Stripped  of  His  raiment;  wounded   in  the 

strife ; 
Left  by  the  thieves,  but  only  left,  to  die 
The  very  picture  of — Humanity, 


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ISriCODElVIXJS. 


N-INrE"VEII. 


By  chance,  there  came  a  certain  priest  that 
And  then  a  Levite,  later  in  the  day;     [way; 
But  only  the  Samaritan,  we  read, 
Had  practical  compassion  on  his  need. 

0  Friend  of  sinners,  Friend  of  sufferers,  too ! 

1  see  Thee,  with  compassions  ever  new, 
Stoop  down  to  minister  to  fallen  man. 
And  calling  us  to  help  Thy  glorious  plan. 

"Take  care  of  him,"  we  heard  the  Saviour 

say, 
Before,  in  that  white  cloud.  He  went  away: 
"Spend,  without  grudging;  keep  account: 

and  then, 
I  will  repay  thee,  when  I  come  again." 

O  Holy  One!  what  hast  Thou  to  "repay," 
That  we  can  claim  from  Thee,  in  that  great 

day? 
What  have  we  risked,  or  done,  for  heathen 

lands. 
For  which  to  ask  repayment  at  Thy  hands? 

O  Judge  and  Saviour  of  the  world,  prepare 
Our  sinful  souls  to  meet  Thee  in  the  air! 
Teach  us  to  spend,  and  to  be  spent,  for  men. 
Nor    seek    reward,    till — Thou   shalt   come 
again !  Catharine  HanTcey. 

3825.  NIOODEMUS'S  NiaHT  VISIT. 
John  iii  :  2. 
When  night  had  spread  her  solemn  veil 

O'er  earth's  fair  face  of  light, 
He  came,  this  ruler  of  the  Jews, 

To  our  dear  Lord  by  night. 

Reproach  him  not,  nor  dare  to  blame. 

For  souls  Christ  washes  white. 
Through  sin's  deep  gloom  and  guilt's  dark 

First  come  to  Him  by  night.  [shade. 

When  doubts  and  fears  o'erwhelm  our  soul. 

Faint  burns  the  torch  of  hope ; 
In  the  dark  midnight  of  despair, 

To  seek  His  face  we  grope. 

When  on  our  lives  the  chastening  rod 

Falls  with  a  crushing  blight, 
Through  weakness  then  we  seek  for  strength. 

And  come  to  Him  by  night. 

When  clouds  o'erhang  the  golden  sky 
Of  youth's  bright  morning  brief, 

When  life's  gay  garlands,  wreathed  by  hope, 
Have  faded  leaf  by  leaf; 

And  when  upon  the  face  we  love 
Rests  that  strange  pallor  white. 

With  frozen  hearts  and  tearless  eyes 
We  come  to  Him  by  night. 

For  hearts  that  never  sought  His  love 
When  laughed  life's  glowing  sun. 

Will  turn  to  Him  when  shadows  fall, 
And  day  is  almost  done. 


When  storms  have  wrecked  our  happy  dreams 

With  cruel  pain  and  loss. 
Alone,  forsaken  in  grief's  night, 

We  creep  unto  the  cross. 

When  coldly  frowns  the  selfish  world, 

And  lips  are  prone  to  blame. 
We  cling  iinto  the  sheltering  rock, 

In  the  dark  night  of  shame. 

O  happy  souls  that  trembling  come 

To  Thee,  dear  Lord,  by  night, 
The  morning  dawns  with  rosy  wings. 

And  brings  celestial  light ! 

Hollis  Freeman. 

3826.  NINEVEH,  Burden  of. 
Zephaniah  ii  :  13-15. 
In  our  museum  galleries 
To-day  I  lingered  o'er  the  prize 
Dead  Greece  vouchsafes  to  living  eyes, 
Her  art  forever  in  fresh  wise 

From  hour  to  hour  rejoicing  me. 
Sighing  I  turned  at  last  to  win 
Once  more  the  London  dirt  and  din; 
And  as  I  made  the  swing-door  spin 
And  issued,  they  were  hoisting  in 

A  winged  beast  from  Nineveh. 

A  human  face  the  creature  wore. 
And  hoofs  behind  and  hoofs  before. 
And  flanks  with  dark  runes  fretted  o'er. 
'Twas  bull,  'twas  mitred  Minotaur, 

A  dead  disbowelled  mystery ; 
The  mummy  of  a  buried  faith 
Stark  from  the  charnel  without  scathe. 
Its  wings  stood  for  the  light  to  bathe — 
Such  fossil  cerements  as  might  swathe 

The  very  corpse  of  Nineveh. 

The  print  of  its  first  rush-wrapping. 
Wound  ere  it  dried,  still  ribbed  the  thing. 
What  song  did  the  brown  maidens  sing, 
From  purple  mouths  alternating, 

When  that  was  woven  languidly?  [ferred, 
What  vows,  what  rites,  what  prayers  pre- 
What  songs  has  the  strange  image  heard? 
In  what  blind  vigil  stood  interred 
For  ages,  till  an  English  word 

Broke  silence  first  at  Nineveh? 

Oh  !  when  upon  each  sculptured  court. 
Where  even  the  wind  might  not  resort, 
O'er  which  time  passed,  of  like  import 
With  the  wild  Arab  boys  at  sport, 

A  living  face  looked  in  to  see: 
Oh!  seemed  it  not — the  spell  once  broke — 
As  though  the  carven  warriors  woke. 
As  though  the  shaft  the  string  forsook, 
The  cymbals  clashed,  the  chariots  shook. 

And  there  was  life  in  Nineveh?  * 

On  London  stones  our  sun  anew 
The  beast's  recovered  shadow  threw. 
(No  shade  that  plague  of  darkness  knew. 
No  light,  no  shade,  while  older  grew 
By  ages  the  old  earth  and  sea.) 


3sriisrEVEii. 


NHSTEVEH. 


371 


Lo  thou !  could  all  thy  priests  have  shown 
Such  proof  to  make  thy  godhead  known? 
From  their  dead  past  thou  llv'st  alone; 
And  still  thy  shadow  is  thine  own 
Even  as  of  yore  in  Nineveh. 

That  day  whereof  we  keep  record, 
When  near  thy  city  gates  the  Lord 
Sheltered  his  Jonaii  with  a  gourd, 
This  sun  (I  said ),  here  present,  poured 

Even  thus  this  shadow  that  I  see. 
This  shadow  has  been  shed  the  same 
From  sun  and  moon — from  lamps  which  came 
For  prayer — from  fifteen  days  of  flame, 
The  last,  while  smouldered  to  a  name 

Sardanapalus'  Nineveh. 

Within  thy  shadow,  haply,  once 
Sennacherib  has  knelt,  whose  sons 
Smote  him  between  the  altar  stones; 
Or  pale  Semiramis  her  zones 

Of  gold,  her  incense  brought  to  thee, 
In  love  for  grace,  in  war  for  aid  :  .  .  .  . 
Ay,  and  who  else?  .   .  .  till 'neath  thy  shade 
Within  his  trenches  newly  made 
Last  year  the  Christian  knelt  and  prayed — 

Not  to  thy  strength — in  Nineveh. 

Now,  thou  poor  god,  within  this  hall 
Where  the  blank  windows  blind  the  wall 
From  pedestal  to  pedestal. 
The  kind  of  light  shall  on  thee  fall 

Which  London  takes  the  day  to  be: 
While  school-foundations  in  the  act 
Of  holiday,  three  files  compact. 
Shall  learn  to  view  thee  as  a  fact 
Connected  with  that  zealous  tract: 

"Rome,  ;^bylon,  and  Nineveh." 

Deemed  they  of  this,  those  worshippers, 
When,  in  some  mythic  chain  of  verse 
Which  man  shall  not  again  rehearse, 
The  faces  of  thy  ministers 

Yearned  pale  with  bitter  ecstasy  ? 
Greece,  Egypt,  Rome — did  any  god 
Before  whose  feet  men  knelt  unshod 
Deem  that  in  this  unblest  abode 
Another  scarce  more  unknown  god 

Should  house  with  him,  from  Nineveh? 

Ah !  in  what  quarries  lay  the  stone 
From  which  this  pigmy  pile  has  grown, 
Unto  man's  need  how  long  unknown. 
Since  thy  vnst  temples,  court  and  cone, 

Rose  far  in  desert  history? 
Ah !  what  is  here  that  does  not  lie 
All  strange  to  thine  awakened  eye? 
Ah !  what  is  here  can  testify 
(Save  that  dumb  presence  of  the  sky) 

Unto  thy  day  and  Nineveh? 

Why,  of  those  mummies  in  the  room 
Above,  there  might  indeed  have  come 
One  out  of  Egypt  to  thy  home. 
An  alien.     Nay,  but  were  not  some 
Of  these  thine  own  "  antiquity"? 


And  now — they  and  their  gods  and  thou 
All  relics  here  together^now 
Whose  profit?  whether  bull  or  cow, 
Isis  or  Ibis,  who  or  how. 

Whether  of  Thebes  or  Nineveh? 

The  consecrated  metals  found. 
And  ivory  tablets  underground, 
Winged  teraphim  and  creatures  crowned, 
When  air  and  daylight  filled  the  mound, 

Fell  into  dust  immediately. 
And  even  as  these,  the  images 
Of  awe  and  worship;  even  as  these — 
So,  smitten  with  the  sun's  increase, 
Her  glory  mouldered  and  did  cease 

From  immemorial  Nineveh. 

The  day  her  builders  made  their  halt, 
Those  cities  of  the  lake  of  salt 
Stood  firmly  'stablished  without  fault, 
Made  proud  with  pillars  of  basalt, 

With  sardony.K  and  porphyry. 
The  day  that  Jonah  bore  abroad 
To  Nineveh  the  voice  of  God, 
A  brackish  lake  lay  in  his  road. 
Where  erst  pride  fixed  her  sure  abode, 

As  then  in  royal  Nineveh. 

The  day  when  he,  pride's  lord  and  man's, 
Showed  all  the  kingdoms  at  a  glance 
To  Him  before  whose  countenance 
The  years  recede,  the  years  advance. 

And  said.  Fall  down  and  worship  me: 
'Mid  all  the  pomp  beneath  that  look. 
Then  stirred  there,  haply,  some  rebuke. 
Where  to  the  wind  the  salt  pools  shook, 
And  in  those  tracts  of  life  forsook. 
That  knew  thee  not,  O  Nineveh! 

Delicate  harlot!     On  thy  throne 
Thou  with  a  world  beneath  thee  prone 
In  state  for  ages  sat'st  alone; 
And  needs  were  years  and  lustres  flown 

Ere  strength  of  man  could  vanquish  thee: ' 
Whom  even  thy  victor  foes  must  bring, 
Still  royal,  among  maids  that  sing 
As  with  doves'  voicus,  taboring 
Upon  their  breasts,  unto  the  king: 

A  kingly  conquest,  Nineveh  ! 

Here  woke  my  thought.     The  wind's  slow 
Had  waxed  ;  and  like  the  human  play  [sway 
Of  scorn  that  smiling  spreads  away. 
The  sunshine  shivered  of?  the  day: 

The  callous  wind,  it  seemed  to  me. 
Swept  up  the  shadow  from  the  ground: 
And  pale  as  whom  the  fates  astound. 
The  god  forlorn  stood  winged  and  crowned ; 
Within  I  knew  the  cry  lay  bound 

Of  the  dumb  soul  of  Nineveh. 

And  as  I  turned,  ray  sense  half  shut 
Still  saw  the  crowds  of  kerb  and  rut 
Go  past  as  marshalled  to  the  strut 
Of  rank  in  gypsum  quaintly  cut. 
It  seemed  in  one  same  pageantry 


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NINEVEH. 


nineat-eh:. 


They  followed  forms  which  had  been  erst; 
To  pass,  till  on  my  sight  should  burst 
That  future  of  the  best  or  worst 
When  some  may  question  which  was  first, 
Of  London  or  of  Nineveh. 

For  as  that  bull-god  once  did  stand 
And  watched  the  burial-clouds  of  sand, 
Till  these  at  last  without  a  hand 
Rose  o'er  his  eyes,  another  land, 

And  blinded  him  with  destiny: 
So  may  he  stand  again ;  till  now, 
In  ships  of  unknown  sail  and  prow, 
Some  tribe  of  the  Australian  plough 
Bear  him  afar — a  relic  now 

Of  London,  not  of  Nineveh! 

Or  it  may  chance  indeed  that  when 
Man's  age  is  hoary  among  men; 
His  centuries  threescore  and  ten, 
His  furthest  childhood  shall  seem  then 

More  clear  than  later  times  may  be : 
Who,  finding  in  this  desert  place 
This  form,  shall  hold  us  for  some  race 
That  walked  not  in  Christ's  lowly  ways, 
But  bowed  its  ]iride  and  vowed  its  praise 

Unto  the  God  of  Nineveh. 

The  smile  rose  first;  anoi^drew  nigh 
The   thought:    Those   heavy  wings   spread 
So  sure  of  flight,  which  do  not  fly;       [high 
That  set  gaze  never  on  the  sky ; 

Those  scriptured  flanks  it  cannot  see; 
Its  crown  a  brow-contracting  load  : 
Its  planted  feet  which  trust  the  sod 
(So  grew  tlie  image  as  I  trod) : 
O  Nineveh  !  was  this  thy  God; 

Thine  also,  mighty  Nineveh? 

Dante  Oabriel  Bosaetti. 

3827.  NINEVEH,  Repentance  of. 
Matthew  xii  :  41. 
The  sun  shone  bright  o'er  Nineveh,  and  every 

marble  street 
Was  filled  with  morning  greetings,  and  with 

fall  of  hurrying  feet; 
Aloft  the  sounding  voices  swelled  through 

all  the  slumbrous  air. 
From  mart  of  many  traders,  and  from  Nis- 

roch's  fane  of  prayer. 

But  as  pale  Nature  holds  her  breath  beneath 

the  thunder-cloud. 
By  spell  of  sudden  silence  was  that  voiceful 

city  bowed ; 
And  through  the  ghostly  stillness,   like   a 

knell,  uprose  the  tone, 
"Yet  forty  days,  and  Nineveh  is  humbled 

or  o'erthrown." 

With  eyes  that  shone  with  secrets,  and  with 

haggard  looks  and  wan. 
From  street  to  street  the  prophet  passed — a 

lonely,  burdened  man ; 
He  passed,  and  spoke,  and  vanished,  as  some 

spectre  of  the  night. 
Which  lifts  one  dooming  finger,  and  then 

mocks  the  straining  sight. 


But  to  the  city's  heart  that  word  leaped  like 

a  forkfed  flame, 
And  smote  each  chord,  which,  trembling, 

broke  in  penitential  shame; 
And  on  and  on,  from  hut  to  throne,  the  tide 

of  sorrow  swept. 
Till,  with  a  wail  which  reached  to  God,  that 

mighty  city  wept. 

W.  Morley  PunsJum. 

3828.  NINEVEH,  Site  of. 

Meet  is  the  hour  thy  dreary  site  to  see. 

City  of  darkness,  vanished  Nineveh !  [plain, 

To  trace  the  mounds  that  mark  the  barren 

Where,  veiled  from  view,  tombed  wonders 
yet  remain. 

Yes,  Ninus'  palace,  where  all  glories  shone. 

And  rose  at  once  his  sepulchre  and  throne; 

Thy  far-encircling  walls,  and  thousand 
towers, 

Bafiling  for  ages  Asia's  leaguered  powers ; 

The  streets  where  princes  drove  their  glit- 
tering cars. 

And  traflic's  sons  were  countless  as  the  stars ; 

Arask's  vast  shrine,  where  that  Tiread  war- 
rior died. 

Whose  banded  myriads — boastful  slaves  of 
pride — 

Fell  in  one  night,  when  heaven's  own  light- 
ning's came. 

And  death's  pale  angel  waved  her  sword  of 
flame. 

Are  now  but  heaps,  with  rude  wrecks  scat- 
tered o'er,  » 

That  bear  a  language  writ  by  man  no  more; 

Where  scarce  the  hermit  wild-flower  deigns 
to  blow. 

But  coarse  rank  grass  and  pl^ts  of  poison 
grow. 

And  jackals  lurk,  and  hooded  serpents  glide ; 

Monarchs !  approach  ye  here,  and  bow  your 
pride ! 

Empires !  so  strong  to-day,  like  change  await ! 

And,  laurelled  conquerors!  weep,  and  read 
your  fate !  Nicholas  Michell. 

3829.  NINEVEH,  The  Fall  of. 

Nahum  ii  :  7. 
The  sun  went  down  with  darkened  brow. 
The  river  wildly  foamed  below ; 
That  city's  gates,  her  walls  and  towers; 
A  darkness  fell  above  the  hours; 
There  came  a  sound  upon  the  breeze 
Like  the  far  roar  of  stormy  seas, 
Or  tempests  gathering  iu  their  might 
Beneath  the  darkening  brow  of  night; 
Wild  sounds,  and  dreams  of  heavy  fear. 
And  boding  cries  came  on  the  ear 
Of  that  dark  king:   within  his  hall 
He  sat  at  s])lendid  festival; 
He  heard  tliose  shouts  upon  the  air. 
He  heard  the  cries  of  wild  despair. 
He  looked,  he  gazed — what  saw  he  there? 

Gloomy  and  pale  the  dim  moon  rose 
Upon  that  war  of  mighty  foes; 


NINEVEH. 


isroA.li. 


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The  twilight  spread  a  veil  of  gloom 
Above  that  darkened  hour  of  doom ; 
The  clouds  were  sweeping  through  the  sky, 
The  hurrying  blast  moaned  fitfully, 
The  thunder  rolled  in  solemn  song, 
And  the  red  lightning  flashed  along 
Above  that  city's  domes  and  towers, 
Above  her  palace  halls  and  bowers. 
Lighting  that  darkness  of  the  night. 
That  veil  of  gloom,  with  solemn  light. 

Afar  the  distant  city  spread. 

Above  were  deepest  clouds  o'erhead, 

A  heavy  veil  of  wrathful  doom 

Above  each  fane  and  solemn  tomb; 

A  heavy  veil  of  darkening  cloud 

Hung  o'er  them  like  a  blackening  shroud. 

Save  where — it  spread  from  shore  to  shore 

Above  the  Tigris'  foaming  roar — 

That  bridge  was  lit  by  naphtha  light 

That  gleamed  upon  the  heavy  night; 

Or  where  the  lightning  from  the  sky 

Flashed  on  those  domes  and  towers  high : 

They  flamed  up  o'er  mount  and  vale. 

Glowing  amid  the  moonlight  pale : 

A  shadowy  gleam,  a  reddening  glare, 

Flung  out  upon  that  murky  air. 

Sacriflce-fires  were  gleaming  far. 

And  burning  like  a  distant  star; 

But  down  from  heaven  the  lightnings  came, 

Sweeping  away  that  wavering  flame. 

And  flashing  out  in  wrathful  doom 

O'er  temple,  tower,  and  solemn  tomb ! 

But  other  sights  and  soimds  arc  near, 
The  clash  of  hostile  steel  and  spear; 
The  shouts  of  victory  on  the  gale, 
The  flapping  of  the  war-bark's  sail ; 
The  river's  dark  and  rolling  tide 
Bursting  its  bounds  afar  and  wide, 
Spreading  around  that  city's  walls — 
A  crush,  a  groan,  a  thundering  fall: 
It  rolls  along  with  heavy  swell, 
The  answer  of  the  oracle ! 
The  Ninevites  gazed  fearfully 
Upon  that  river  rushing  by, 
Upon  the  blackness  of  the  sky. 

They  looked  down  upon  the  foe ; 
They  heard  the  mighty  sounds  of  woe ; 
They  heard  them  in  the  thunder's  peal. 
They  heard  them  in  the  clash  of  steel. 
Where  helms  and  bucklers  were  cast  down. 
Where  trumpet's  heavy  blast  was  blown. 
Where  chariot- wheels  were  rolling  o'er 
Amid  a  lengthened  track  of  gore; 
And  foes  were  thronging  through  the  gate, 
Where  palace-halls  were  desolate. 
Where  shouts  and  shrieks  came  on  the  gale. 
Where  spear  and  javelin  fell  like  hail : 
These  gazed  they  on ;  one  louder  cry, 
One  louder  peal  rang  through  the  sky; 
One  vast  wild  shout  of  victory ! 

But  nearer  yet  is  one  pale  band. 
Upon  the  platform's  range  they  stand; 


The  king  is  there — 'tis  his  last  hour — 
The  ruler  girt  with  might  and  power; 
He  has  left  his  palace  hall  and  bower, 
And  now  he  gazes  fearfully 
Upon  the  foe  approaching  nigh: 
He  turns  to  flee,  yet  who  is  there, 
With  looks  of  woe  and  wild  despair, 
And  gentlest  beauty  in  her  hair? 
Azubah  raises  her  dark  eye, 
In  softest,  wildest  ecstasy  ! 
And  leans  on  him — 'tis  but  to  die  I 
Yet  who  is  she  they  bear  away? 
Her  eye  has  yet  a  loftier  ray, 
A  prouder  smile  is  on  her  brow. 
The  maidens  lead  her  captive  now; 
She  gazes  round  with  fearful  mien, 
'Tis  Huzzub  led  a  captive  queen  I 
And  nearer  to  that  gorgeous  pile 
Of  gold  and  gems  from  Eastern  isle, 
Of  richest  robes  and  vestments  rare, 
Raised  high  amid  that  gloomy  glare; 
Jewels  that  flash  the  lightning  back, 
And  gems  that  form  the  sunbeam's  track, 
And  all  things  gorgeous  there  are  hid 
Within  that  mighty  pyramid. 

Yet  on  that  pyre  they  come  to  die, 
Beauty  and  wealth  and  majesty ! 
The  pile  is  fired ;  in  center  there. 
Amidst  that  jewelled  chamber  rare. 
That  king  with  all  his  concubines. 
Where  gems  and  gold  around  them  shine: 
'Tis  done ;  the  flame  shoots  to  the  sky, 
Waving  like  banners  out  on  high; 
The  foe  come  on— a  mighty  throng — 
Chariot  and  steed  they  burst  along. 
The  lightning  flames,  the  thunder  rolls 
Above  that  grave  of  mighty  souls; 
And  mid  that  elemental  roar 
Nineveh  passes  from  the  shore, 
A  mighty  wreck  of  days  gone  by, 
A  shadow  mid  eternity.  Frederick  Muller. 

3830.  NOAH. 

Hebrews  xi  :  7. 
Father  of    nations!    what    high    thoughts 

endued 
And  armed  thy  soul  with  matchless  fortitude, 
Walking   with    God,    in    tranquil   wisdom 

strong, 
Mid  turbulence,  and  violence,  and  wrong? 
Sole  star  descried  in  that  tempestuous  niglit. 
Sole   thing   of    life    in    that    o'erwhelming 

blight!  [Son! 

It  was  the  stronger  Man,  Eve's  promised 

Bound  Death's  strong  arm  within  thee,  and 

put  on 
His  armor:  it  was  Christ  in  thee  enshrined. 
Stretching  imploring  hands  to  lostmnnkind. 
In   thee    His  feet  found   "rest"   amid   the 

gloom, 
Noah,    great    name    of    comfort!      Lights 

illume 
The  darkness,  where  He  comes  with  thee  to 

stay; 
And,  on  th'  horizon's  verge,  a  heavenly  ray 


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OB  ED-Ejr)  o]yn. 


Surrounds  thee,  while  the  black  baptismal 

flood 
Seems  but  to  lift  thee,  in  thy  solitude, 
Nearer  to  th'  aerial  hall,  to  walk  among 
The  stars  of  heaven;    such  hopes  to  faith 

belong. 
In  that  frail  bark  Christ,  our  Emmanuel, 
Is  passing  o'er  that  more  than  ocean's  swell. 
Where  seas  and  skies  the  gathering  darkness 

fills. 
Bearing  His  own  to  the  celestial  hills. 

Isaac  Williams. 

3831.  NOAH,  Methuselah's  Prophecy  of. 
Then  Noah  stood  forward  in  his  majesty, 
Shouldering   the   golden   billhook,    where- 
withal 

He  wont  to  cut  his  way,  when  tangled  in 
The  matted  hayes.     And  down  the  opened 

roof 
Fell  slanting  beams  upon  his  stately  head. 
And  streamed  along  his  gown,  and  made  to 

shine 
The  jewelled  sandals  on  his  feet. 

Andlo! 
The  Elder  cried  aloud :   "I  prophesy. 

Behold !  my  son  is  as  a  fruitful  field 

When  all  the  lands  are  waste.     The  archers 

drew — 
They  drew  the  bow  against  him ;  they  would 

fain 
To  slay :  but  he  shall  live — my  son  shall  live. 
And  I  shall  live  by  him  in  the  other  days. 
Behold  the  prophet  of  the  Most  High  God : 
Hear  him.     Behold  the  hope  o'  the  world, 

what  time 
She  lieth  under.     Hear  him ;  he  shall  save 
A  seed  alive,  and  sow  the  earth  with  man. 
O   earth !  earth !  earth !    a  floating  shell  of 

wood 
Shall  hold  a  remnant  of  thy  mighty  lords. 
Will  this  old  man  be  in  it?     Sir,  and  you, 
My  daughters,   hear  him!     Lo !  this  white 

old  man 
He  sitteth  on  the  ground. 

The  prophecy 
Of  the  Elder,  and  the  vision  that  he  saw, 
They  both  are  ended."  Jean  Jngelaw. 

3832.  NOBLEMAN'S  SON,  The  Cure  of  a. 

John  iv  :  46-54. 
Where  Capernaum's  wave-girt  towers 
Dream  mid  oleander  bowers 
Stands  a  princely  palace  fair, 
One  bright  boy  its  only  heir. 

One  bright  boy,  and  he  must  die ! 
Mark  the  death-gleam  in  his  eye. 
Fever  burns  him,  blood  and  brain, 
Deadly  languor  drowns  his  pain. 

Vain  the  skill  of  healing  art ; 
Vain  the  prayer  of  many  a  heart ; 
Vain  a  mother's  piteous  plea ; 
Vain  her  woe,  her  agony. 


Then  the  father  in  that  hour 
Quits  the  chamber,  quits  the  tower; 
Leaves  the  lessening  town  behind. 
Scours  o'er  hill  and  plain  like  wind. 

*'  Where's  the  wonder-worker?     He 
Late  returned  to  Galilee?" 
As  through  Cana's  gate  he  flies 
Jesus  greets  his  joyful  eyes. 

"  Ho!  endued  with  power  divine! 
Thou  who  mad'st  the  water  wine !" 
Straight  he  cries,  with  gasping  breath, 
"  Lies  my  son  at  point  of  death !" 

"  Haste,  O  wonder-worker,  down! 
Haste  to  far  Capernaum's  town ! 
Yawns  e'en  now  the  open  grave ! 
Thou,  and  only  Thou,  canst  save !" 

Then,  the  father's  faith  to  try. 
Thus  the  Saviour  feigns  reply : 
"  Signs  and  wonders  ye  must  see, 
Else  ye  will  not  triyt  in  Me." 

Instant  all  the  father's  woe 
Bursts  in  unresisted  flow. 
"  Save  my  only  child !"  he  cries; 
' '  Lord !  come  down  before  he  dies !" 

'Tis  enough !    The  prayer  of  faith 
Conquers  distance,  doubt,  and  death ; 
Love's  resistless  pleading  thrives ; 
"  Go  thy  way,  thy  son  survives!" 

In  that  darkened,  mournful  home, 
Far  in  sad  Capernaum, 
In  that  hour  the  dying  boy 
Smiles,  and  springs  to  life  and  joy ! 

Joy  and  bliss  the  household  crown  I 
Joy  and  wonder  fill  the  town  ! 
Glad  the  eager  servants  run, 
"Master!  master!  lives  thy  son !" 

Grateful  rapture  unexpressed 
Warmed  and  filled  the  father's  breast ; 
Awe  and  praise  his  heart  o'ercame. 
For  he  knew  the  hour  the  same. 

Thou  who  once  Thine  only  Son 
Gav'st  to  die  for  man  undone. 
In  like  anguish,  oh,  may  we 
Fly  from  all  things  else  to  Thee ! 

Saviour,  when  all  saviours  fail. 
Hear,  oh  hear,  our  utmost  wail ! 
Give  what  only  Thou  canst  give. 
Faith  by  Thee  alone  to  live  ! 

Qeorge  Lansing  Taylor. 

3833.  OBED-EDOM,  Blessings  of. 
2  Samuel  vi :  11. 
If  but  one  Christian  soul  appear 
Beneath  my  roof,  the  Ark  is  here : 
Jesus,  the  real  Ark  Thou  art. 
Set  up  in  every  faithful  heart ! 


OIL. 


OLIAT-ET. 


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And  where  Thy  Godhead  doth  reside 
Mercy  and  grace  are  multiplied, 
Fulness  of  gospel-blessings  flow, 
And  make  a  little  heaven  below. 

J.  and  C.  Wesley. 

3834.  OIL,  The  Widow's. 

2  Kings  iv  :  6. 
"  Bring  forth  the  vessels!  borrow  more, 

Of  all  thy  neighbors,  not  a  few; 
God,  who  regards  the  widow's  store, 

Her  slender  pittance  will  renew." 

Then  did  the  widow's  heart  rejoice. 
No  more  in  penury's  depths  to  toil; 

Those  vessels,  at  the  prophet's  voice. 
She  sees  run  o'er  with  i^recious  oil. 

"And  yet  bring  more!"      No   more  were 
brought. 

And  straight  the  flowing  treasure  stayed. 
O  God !  how  fully  we  are  taught 

That  thus  we  bound  Thy  Spirit's  aid. 

For  when  the  Oil  of  Grace,  in  store 
Unmeasured,  flows  for  ready  hearts; 

Hearts,  empted  of  their  pride,  no  more 
Appear,  and  slighted  Grace  departs. 

William  B.  Tappan. 

3835.  OIL,  The  Widow's. 

S  Kings  iv  :  1-6. 
Pour  forth  the  oil,  pour  boldly  forth, 

It  will  not  fail  until 
Thou  failest  vessels  to  provide, 

Which  it  may  freely  fill. 

But  then,  when  such  are  found  no  more. 
Though  flowing  broad  and  free 

Till  then,  and  nourished  from  on  high, 
It  straightway  stanched  will  be. 

Dig  channels  for  the  streams  of  love, 
Where  they  may  broadly  run ; 

And  Love  has  overflowing  streams 
To  fill  them  every  one. 

But  if  at  any  time  thou  cease 

Such  channels  to  provide. 
The  very  founts  of  Love  for  thee 

Will  soon  be  parched  and  dried. 

For  we  must  share,  if  we  would  keep, 
That  good  thing  from  above ; 

Cfeasing  to  give,  we  cease  to  have : 
Such  is  the  law  of  Love. 

Eichard  G.  Trench. 

3836.  OLIVE,  Suggestions  of  the. 

The  palm, the  vine,  the  cedar,  each  hath  power 
To  bid  fair  oriental  shapes  glance  by, 
And  each  quick  glistn'ing  of  the  laurel  bower 
Wafts  Grecian  images  o'er  Fancy's  eye ; 
But  thou,  pale  Olive!  in  thy  brandies  lie 
Far  deeper  spells  than  prophet  grave  of  old 
Might  e'er  enshrine;  I  could  nut  hear  thee 
sigh 


To  the  wind's  faintest  whisper,  nor  behold 
One  shiver  of  thy  leaves'  dim  silvery  green, 
Without  high  thoughts,  and  solemn,  of  that 

scene 
When  in  the  garden  the  Redeemer  prayed ; 
When  pale  stars  looked  upon  His  fainting 

head. 
And  angels,  ministering  in  silent  dread, 
Trembled,  perchance,  within  thy  trembling 

shade.  Mrs.  F.  D.  Heraans. 

3837.  OLIVET,  Christ  on. 

Luke  xxii  :  39. 
'Tis  midnight;  and  on  Olive's  brow 

The  star  is  dimmed  that  lately  shone ; 
'Tis  midnight ;  in  the  garden  now 

The  suff'ring  Saviour  prays  alone. 

'Tis  midnight;  and,  from  all  removed, 
The  Saviour  wrestles  lone  with  fears; 

E'en  that  disciple  whom  He  loved 

Heeds  not  his  Master's  grief  and  tears. 

'Tis  midnight;  and  for  others'  guilt 
The  Man  of  Sorrows  weeps  in  blood ; 

Yet  He,  who  hath  in  anguish  knelt. 
Is  not  forsaken  by  His  God. 

'Tis  midnight;  and  from  ether- plains 
Is  borne  the  song  that  angels  know; 
Unheard  by  mortals  are  the  strains 

That  sweetly  soothe  the  Saviour's  woe. 
Wm.  B.  Tappan. 

3838.  OLIVET,  Mount. 

2  Samuel  xv  :  30. 
The  soul  in  meditation  here  beholds. 
Fleeing  for  refuge  from  a  wicked  son, 
And  with  a  wounded  spirit  bowed  to  earth. 
The  minstrel  king,  in  bitter  anguish  come. 
Showering  the  mountain  with  a  father's  tears 
For  his  rebellious  child ! 

But  richer  drops. 
From  purer  eyes,  and  by  a  mightier  One, 
For  thousands  sunk  in  sin,  have  since  been 

shed 
Where  David  mourned  the  guilt  of  Absalom  ! 
The  King  of  kings  stood  here;  and,  looking 

down. 
Wept  o'er  Jerusalem !     Here,  too.  He  led. 
From  the  last  supper,  when  the  hymn  was 

sung. 
His  few  grieved  followers  out,  in  that  drear 

night 
When,    in    the  garden  on  the    mountain's 

slope. 
His  agony  wrung  forth  the  crimson  drops! 
While  these  sad  pictures  hung    upon  thy 

sides. 
Thou  consecrated  height,  dissolve  the  heart 
In  pious  sorrow;  yet  thy  brow  is  crowned 
With  a  bright,  glorious  scene ! 

Now,  O  my  soul, 
On  the  blest  summit  light  a  holy  flame ! 
From  the  last  footprint  of  the  Prince  of  peace, 
The  Conqueror  of  death,  let  incense  rise, 


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OLIVET. 


P^LESTII^E. 


And  enter  heaven  with  thine  ascending  Lord ! 
Shake  off  the  chains  and  all  the  d  ust  of  earth ! 
Go  up  and  breathe  in  the  sweet  atmospliere 
His  ])resence  ])nrified,  as  he  arose! 
Come !  from  tlie  Mount  of  Olives  pluck  thy 

branch, 
And  bear  it  like  a  dove  to  yon  bright  ark 
Of  rest  and  safety !         Hannah  F.  Gould. 

3839.  OLIVET,  Night  on. 

Matthew  xxvi :  30. 
'Tis  night,  a  lovely  night ;  and  lo  1 

Like  men  in  vision  seen, 
The  Saviour  and  His  brethren  go, 
Silent,  and  sorrowful,  and  slow, 

Led  by  heaven's  lamp  serene, 

From  Salem's  height,  o'er  Kedron's  stream, 

To  Olivet's  dark  steep, 
There  o'er  past  joys,  gone  like  a  dream, 
O'er  future  woes,  that  present  seem, 

In  solitude  to  weep. 

Heaven  on  their  earthly  hopes  has  frowned; 

Their  dream  of  thrones  has  fied ; 
The  table  that  His  love  has  crowned 
They  ne'er  again  shall  gather  round 

With  Jesus  at  their  head. 

Blast  not,  O  God,  this  hope  of  ours, 

The  hope  of  sins  forgiven; 
Then,  when  our  friends  the  grave  devours, 
When  all  the  world  around  us  lowers, 

We'll  look  from  earth  to  heaven. 

John  Pierpont. 

3840.  ON. 

Genesis  xli  :  45-50. 
Next  Heliopolis,  city  of  the  sun, 
A  shattered  sepulchre,  a  wreck  of  shrines ! 
Here  Caesar,  zealous:  "This  must  we  survey ; 
The  hallowed  spot  where  Plato  and  Eudoxus 
Conceived  new  thoughts ;  where  Moses,  legis- 
lator, 
Derived  his  wisdom  to  instruct  mankind ; 
Moses,  prime  leader  of  a  tribe  heroic, 
Who  told  of  heaven  and  earth  in  godlike 

words. 
This  city  first  named  On,  whence  Joseph  took 
For  wife  the  high-priest's  daughter,  Asenath; 
Whence  later  Baruch,  Jeremiah  sang. 
This  seat  of  learning  where  sage  Manetho 

wrote. 
Which  fostered  Solon  and  Pythagoras, 
Where  somewhile  dwelt  sublime  Euripides." 
So  saw  he  vestiges  of  those  grand  temples 
Built  to  the  sun-god  Re ;  and  obelisks. 
Ancient  when  seen  by  Moses  and  by  Plato, 
Transported  now  to  European  shores. 

Jose^jh  Ellis. 

3841.  OTHERS,  He  saved. 

Luke  xxiii :  35. 
When  scorn,  and  hate,  and  bitter,  envious 

pride 
Hurled  all  their  darts  against  the  Crucified, 
Found  they  no  fault  but  this  in  Him  so  tried? 
"  He  saved  others  I" 


Those  hands,  thousands  their  healing  touches 

knew; 
On  withered  limbs  they  fell  like  heavenly 

dew; 
The  dead   have  felt  them  and  have  lived 

anew: 

"He  saved  others !" 

The  blood  is  dropping  slowly  from  them  now ; 
Thou  canst  not  raise  them  from  Thy  thorn- 
crowned  brow. 
Nor  on  them  Thy  parched  lips  and  forehead 
"  He  saved  others !"         [bow  : 

That  voice  from  out  their  graves  the  dead 

had  stirred; 
Crushed,  outcast  hearts  grew  joyful  as  they 

heard ; 
For  every  woe  it  had  a  healing  word: 
"  He  saved  others !" 

For  all  Thou  hadst  deep  tones  of  sympathy: 
Hast  Thou  no  word  for  this  Thine  agony? 
Thou  pitied'st  all :  doth  no  man  pity  Thee? 
"  He  saved  others !" 

So  many  fettered  hearts  Thy  touch  hath  freed, 
Physician !    and    Thy   wounds    unstanched 

must  bleed ; 
Hast  Thou  no  balm  for  this  Thy  sorest  need? 
"He  saved  others!" 

Lord  !  and  one  sign  from  Thee  could  rend 

the  sky; 
One  word  from  Thee,  and  low  those  mockers 

lie; 
Thou  mak'st  no  movement,  utterest  no  cry, 
And  savest  us ! 

3842.  PALESTINE. 

Blest  land  of  Judea !  thrice  hallowed  of  song. 
Where  the  holiest  of  memories  pilgrim-like 

throng; 
In  the  shade  of  thy  palms,  by  the  shores  of 

thy  sea. 
On  the  hills  of  thy  beauty,  my  heart  is  with 

thee. 

With  the  eye  of  a  spirit  I  look  on  that  shore 
Where  pilgrim  and  prophet  have  lingered 

before ; 
With  the  glide  of  a  spirit  I  traverse  the  sod 
Made  bright  by  the  steps  of  the  angels  of  God. 

Blue  sea  of  the  hills!  in  my  spirit  I  hear 
Thy  waters,  Genesaret,  chime  on  my  ear; 
Where  the  lowly  and  just  with  the  people 

sat  down. 
And  thy  spray  on  the  dust  of  His  sandals 

was  thrown. 

Beyond  are  Bethulia's  mountains  of  green, 
And  the  desolate  hills  of  the  wild  Gadarene; 
And  I  pause  on  the  goat-crags  of  Tabor  to  see 
The  gleam  of  thy  waters,  O  dark  Galilee  I 


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Hark!  a  sound  in  the  valley!  where  swollen 

and  strung, 
Thy  river,  O  Kishon,  is  sweeping  along; 
Where  the  Canaanite  strove  with  Jehovah  in 

vain, 
And  the  torrent  grew  dark  with  the  blood 

of  the  slain. 

There  down  from  his  mountains  stern  2Iebulon 

came. 
And  Naphtali's  stag,  with  his  eyeballs   of 

flame, 
And  the  chariots  of  Jabin  rolled  harmlessly 

on, 
For  the  arm  of  the  Lord  was  Abinoam's  son. 

There  sleep  the  still  rocks  and  the  caverns 

which  rang 
To  the  song  which  the  beautiful  prophetess 

sang, 
When  the  princes  of  Issachar  stood  by  her 

side. 
And  the  shout  of  a  host  in  its  triumph  replied. 

Lo,  Bethlehem's  hill-site  before  me  is  seen, 
With  the  mountains  around  and  the  valleys 

between  •, 
There  rested  the  shepherds  of  Judah,  and 

there 
The  song  of  the  angels  rose  sweet  in  the  air. 

And  Bethany's   palm-trees   in  beauty  still 

throw 
Their  shadows  at  noon  on  the  ruins  below; 
But  where  are  the  sisters  who  hastened  to 

greet 
The  lowly  Redeemer,  and  sit  at  His  feet ! 

I  tread  where  the  twelve  in  their  wayfaring 

trod; 
I  stand  where  they  stood  with  the  chosen  of 

God; 
Where  His  blessings  were  heard,  and  His 

lessons  were  taught, 
Where  the   blind  were  restored,  and  the 

healing  was  wrought. 

Oh,  here  with  His  flock  the  sad  wanderer 

came; 
These  hills  He  toil'd  over  in  grief  are  the  same. 
The  founts  where  He  drank  by  the  wayside 

still  flow. 
And  the  same  airs  are  blowing  which  breathed 

on  His  brow. 

And  throned  on  her  hills  sits  Jerusalem  yet, 
But  the  dust  on  her  forehead,  and  chains  on 

her  feet ; 
For  the  crown  of  her  pride  to  the  mocker 

hath  gone. 
And  the  holy  Shechinah  is  dark  where  it 

shone. 

But  wherefore  this  dream  of  the  earthly  abode 
Of  humanity  clothed  in  the  likeness  of  God? 


Were  my  spirit  but  turned  from  the  outward 

and  dim, 
It  would  gaze,  even  now,  on  the  presence  of 

Him! 

Not  in  clouds  and  in  terrors,  but  gentle  as 

when. 
In  love  and  in  meekness,  He  moved  among 

men; 
And  the  voice  which  breathed  peace  to  the 

waves  of  the  sea. 
In  the  hush  of  my  spirit  would  whisper  to  me ! 

And  what  if  my  feet  may  not  tread  where 

He  stood. 
Nor  my  ears  hear  the  dashing  of  Galilee's 

flood, 
N«r  my  eyes  see  the  cross  which  He  bowed 

Him  to  bear. 
Nor  my  knees  press  Gethsemane's  garden  of 

prayer? 

Yet,  Loved  of  the  Father,  Thy  Spirit  is  near 
To  the  meek,  and  the  lowly,  and  penitent 

here; 
And  the  voice  of  Thy  love  is  the  same  even 

now 
As  at  Bethany's  tomb  or  on  Olivet's  brow. 

Oh,  the  outward  hath  gone !  but  in  glory 

and  power 
The  spirit  surviveth  the  things  of  an  hour ; 
Unchanged,  undecaying,  its  Pentecost  flame 
On  the  heart's  secret  altar  is  burning  the 

same !  John  Oreenleaf  Whittier. 

3843.  PALESTINE,  Associations  of. 

Hail  to  the  hills  where  Desolation  weeps, 
Yet  holy  watch  untiring  Memory  keeps! 
Hail  to  the  vales  where  Plenty  laughs  no  more, 
Or  mantlingvines  display  tlieir  purple  store, 
But   every  rock   with   history's   wreath    is 

crowned. 
And  every  barren  glen  is  hallowed  ground ! 
Hail  to  the  streams  that  flow  not  now  along 
Blessed  by  the  saint,  or  charmed  by  holy  song, 
Yet  seem  the  haunt  of  angels,  that  still  glide 
By  tree  and  cave,  and  skim  the  silent  tide ! 
Hail  to  the  spot  Heaven  favored,  land  divine, 
Revered,  long-suffering, beauteous  Palestine ! 

Ah !  who  so  cold  can  gaze,  and  wander  here, 
Nor  feel  his  bosom  thrill,  nor  shed  a  tear? 
Thrill  when  he  thinks  of  glorious  times  of 

yore, 
And  weep  to  know  that  glory  ever  o'er. 
The  ground  he  treads  a  thousand  saints  have 

trod. 
Prophets,   far-visioned  bards,   and  seers  of 

God. 
The  ruined  tower,  the  once-green  olived  hill, 
The  stony  waste,  the  half- choked  fount  and 

rill, 
Each  tells  its  tale  that  prompts  a  hope  or  sigh, 
Linked  with  celestial  memories  ne'er  to  die. 


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r^LESTINE. 


The  harp  of  Judah  sounds  o'er  (Sharon's  vale, 
Though  there  no  more  the  roses  scent  the 

gale: 
Despite  the  Roman's  plough  and  Moslem's 

shrine, 
Fancy  beholds  the  temple's  splendors  shine; 
High  stands  on  Olivet  that  sacred  Form, 
Blight  in  our  world  as  rainbow  in  a  storm; 
By  Kedron's  tomb-lined  brook  He  wanders 

slow. 
Teaches  His  followers  mid  those  caves  below. 
Sheds  tears  loved  Salem's  bitter  fate  to  tell. 
Or  leans  and  talks  by  blessed  tSamaria's  well : 
Yes,  those  far  ages  flash  a  heavenly  ray, 
That  hallows  every  scene  we  here  survey. 
Nicholas  MichelL 

3844.  PALESTINE,  Desolate. 

Land  of  the  sunny  east,  where  grow  the  olive 
and  the  vine. 

Oh,  what  a  charm  of  light  invests  that  hal- 
lowed name  of  thine! 

Lost  Palestine !  a  sorrowing  heart  fain,  fain 
would  mourn  for  thee. 

Then  hang  in  tears  this  broken  harp  upon 
the  willow-tree. 

And  has  thy  splendor  disappeared,  and  is  thy 

glory  gone. 
And  are  thy  marble   tow'rs   of  might  and 

palaces  o'erthrown? 
And  is  Mount  Zion  desolate,  and  do  no  longer 

there 
The  gathered  of  the  chosen  race  prefer  the 

common  prayer? 

And  is  thy  temple  ruin-struck,  and   does 

naught  but  the  name 
Eemain  of  what  was  once  thy  pride,  the 

bright  Jerusalem? 
Lost  Palestine!   thy  might  has    fled,    like 

snows  that  melt  away 
From  oflE  the  brow  of  Lebanon  before  the 

star  of  day. 

Tes  1  now  thou  art  most  desolate,  and  o'er 

the  shaded  urn 
Of  thy  dead  splendor   does  the   shade   of 

ancient  glory  mourn. 
And  has  the  star  of  Judah  set?  and  never 

shall  it  rise 
To  shed  its  living  beams  around,  and  gild 

thy  gloomy  skies? 
And  has  the  night  of  ruin  wrapt  thy  land  as 

with  a  veil? 
And  are  the  eons  of  Israel  heard  to  mourn 

with  Egypt's  wail? 
No!  though  thy  radiance  has  gone  down, 

like  sunlight  'neath  the  sea. 
And  though  no  more  the  triumph-song  is 

raised  aloud  for  thee. 
Weep  not,  forlorn !  the  Sun  of  Pow'r  will 

yet  upon  thee  rise, 
And  with  His  ray  of  purest  light  drive  mid- 
night from  thy  skies ; 


Thy  ruined  tow'rs  again  shall  rear  their 

marble  crests  on  high, 
And  through  thy  silent  cities  heard  the  shout 

of  victory ; 
The  Lion  sprung  from  Judah's  root  shall  burst 

tliy  binding  chain, 
And  make  thee  know,  lost  Palestine!  that 

tliou  art  free  again. 
Then  weep  not,  land  of  the  forlorn,  for  Zion 

yet  shall  be 
The  glory  of  the  living  world;  the  bright 

home  of  the  free ! 

David  Malloch.      ' 

3845.  PALESTINE,  Farewell  to. 

Though  many  be  the  shores  and  lands 
My  pilgrim  steps  have  wandered  o'er, 

From  Alpine  heights  to  classic  lands ; 
Oh !  never  have  I  felt  before 

The  effort  to  pronounce  farewell 
To  all  those  varied  scenes  of  thine; 

No  other  spot  can  share  thy  spell. 
Unique,  beloved  Palestine ! 

Yet,  not  thy  outward  form  can  claim 
This  tribute-tear  in  parting  now ; 

These  flelds  so  drear,  these  hills  so  tame, 
The  laurels  faded  on  thy  brow. 

Dare  I  conceal  the  inward  taunt. 

As  over  mount  and  vale  I  trod, 
"Is  this  indeed  the  angel-haunt, 

The  seraph-land,  the  home  of  God?" 

Beneath  my  childhood's  skies,  I  wean, 

A  thousand  spots  I  can  recall. 
Far  lovelier  than  your  loveliest  scene 

Of  wood  and  lake  and  waterfall. 

In  vain  I  looked  for  limpid  rills, 

Wliere  Syrian  shepherd  led  his  flock; 

No  herbage  on  your  blighted  hills, 
No  pine-tree  in  "the  rifted  rock." 

Greater  your  charms,  ye  streams  of  home, 
Which  verdant  meadows  gently  lave, 

Than  Jordan,  with  its  turgid  foam 
Fast  hastening  to  its  Dead  Sea  grave. 

But  hush!     The  one  absorbing  thought 
•  Transfigures  all  the  passing  scene. 
And  makes  the  present  time  forgot. 
In  musing  what  the  past  has  been. 

Here  patriarchs  lived,  here  prophets  trod. 
Here  angels  on  their  errands  sped; 

The  home  of  sainted  men  of  God, 
The  resting-place  of  holy  dead  I 

More  wondrous  still :  on  these  same  hills 

The  eye  of  God  Incarnate  fell ; 
He  walked  these  paths.  He  drank  these  rills, 

He  sat  Him  by  yon  wayside  well. 


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Oft  by  that  Kedron  brook,  He  heard 

The  rustle  of  its  olives  gray, 
Or  carol  of  the  matin-bird 

Which  greeted  the  first  eastern  ray. 

In  temple  court,  or  noisy  street, 

When  wearied  with  the  wrangling  cry, 

How  oft  He  found  a  calm  retreat 
In  thee,  thrice-hallowed  Bethany : 

Watching  the  evening  shadows  fall. 
Or  glow  of  sunbeam  from  the  west, 

Transmuting  Moab's  mountain  wall 
Into  a  blaze  of  amethyst ! 

Or  thou,  Gennesaret !  favored  lake. 
How  fragrant  with  His  presence  still ; 

The  deeds  of  love,  the  words  He  spake, 
Graved  on  thy  shores  indelible ! 

Thy  green  hills  oft  were  altar  stairs. 
Up  which  His  weary  footsteps  trod, 

For  morning  praise  and  midnight  prayers, 
Away  from  man,  alone  with  God. 

He  loved  the  flowers  which  fringed  the  sea. 
He  trod  thy  groves  of  stately  palm. 

Thy  carpets  of  anemone, 

Thy  vine-clad  hills,  and  bowers  of  balm. 

Enough.     With  kindred  interest  teems 
Each  scene,  where'er  I  gaze  around ; 

The  land  throughout  a  Bethel  seems. 
And  "  every  place  is  hallowed  ground." 

Adieu !  each  shrine  of  holy  thought,  f 
Each  ruined  heap,  each  storied  "Tel." 

I  pluck  the  last  "forget-me-not," 
And  now  I  take  a  fond  farewell! 

To-night  on  Hermon's  northern  brow, 
The  stars  upon  our  tents  shall  shine; 

Set  up  the  stone !  record  the  vow ! 
"Forget  thee,  never,  Palestine!" 

The  life-long  wish  and  dream  to  see 
Thy  blessed  acres,  God  has  given; 

A  lingering  tear  I  drop  to  thee. 
Thou  earthly  vestibule  of  heaven ! 

J.  B.  Macduff. 

3846.  PALESTINE,  Going  to. 

No,  no ;  a  lonelier,  lovelier  path  be  mine ; 
Greece  and  her  charms  I  leave  for  Palestine : 
There  purer  streams  through  happier  valleys 

flow. 
And   sweeter   flowers  on    holier  mountains 

blow. 
I  love  to  breathe  where    Gilead    sheds  her 

balm; 
I  love  to  walk  on  Jordan's  banks  of  palm; 
I  love  to  wet  my  foot  in  Hermon's  dews; 
I  love  the  promptings  of  Isaiah's  muse; 
In  Carmel's  holy  grots  I'll  court  repose. 
And  deck  my  mossy  couch  with  Sharon's 

deathless  rose.  J.  Pierpont. 


3847.  PALESTINE,  Interest  in. 

Through  Palestine  my  wand'rings  cease, 
In  all  my  future  of  life's  lease; 
Thou  Middle  Sea,  I  sail  thee  o'er. 
From  Asia's  coast  to  Europe's  shore. 

My  eyes  have  seen  thy  hills  and  plains, 
Once  blest  with  late  and  early  rains; 
Alas !  how  scorched  and  barren  now. 
As  nature's  laws  to  judgments  bow ! 

But  for  our  blest,  our  Bible  lore. 
How  slight  our  int'rest  in  thy  store; 
We  tire  to  view  what  all  must  see. 
And  from  its  scenes  and  people  flee. 

But  if  the  land  is  desolate. 
Shows  of  a  Jewish  race,  the  fate. 
Where  vice  and  folly  now  abound. 
That  land  was  long  with  glory  crowned  I 

With  joy  I've  seen  the  place  on  earth 
That  gave  to  Christ  His  lowly  birth; 
I've  seen  His  haunts,  the  paths  He  trod, 
And  where,  all  night.  He  prayed  to  God  I 

The  mount,  the  garden,  oft  I've  seen, 
Where  Christ  felt  agony  most  keen! 
And  oh !  I've  gazed  on  Calvary, 
Where,  to  redeem,  Christ  died  for  me ! 
Alonzo  O.  Shears. 

3848.  PALESTINE,  Jews'  Return  to. 

They  come  from  the  ends  of  the  earth, 
White  with  its  .nged  snows; 
From  the  bounding  breast  of  the  tropic  tide, 
Where  the  day-beam  ever  glows; 
From  the  east  where  first  they  dwelt, 
From  the  north,  and  the  south,  and  the  west; 
Where  the  sun  puts  on  his  robe  of  light, 
And  lays  down  his  crown  to  rest. 

Out  of  every  land  they  come ; 

Where  the  palm  triumphant  grows,      [hills, 

Where  the  vine  overshadows  the  roofs  and  the 

And  the  gold-orbed  orange  grows ; 

Where  the  olive  and  fig-tree  thrive 

And  the  rich  pomegranates  red, 

Where  the  citron  blooms,  and  the  apple  of  ill 

Bows  down  its  fragrant  head. 

From  the  land  where  the  gems  are  born, 

Opal  and  emerald  bright; 

From  shores  where  the  ruddy  corals  grow. 

And  pearls  with  their  mellow  light ; 

Where  silver  and  gold  are  dug, 

And  the  diamond  rivers  roll, 

And  the  marble  white  as  the  still  moonlight 

Is  quarried,  and  jetty  coal — 

They  come,  with  a  gladdening  shout ; 
They  come,  with  a  tear  of  joy; 
Father  and  daughter,  youth  and  maid, 
Mother  and  blooming  boy. 


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i>^t.siEr>. 


A  thousand  dwellings  they  leave — 
Dwellings,  but  not  a  home ; 
To  them  there  is  none  but  the  sacred  soil, 
And  the  land  whereto  they  come. 

And  the  temple  again  shall  be  built, 

And  filled  as  it  was  of  yore;  [world, 

And  the  burden  be  lift  from  the  heart  of  the 

And  the  nations  all  adore ; 

Prayers  to  the  throne  of  heaven 

Morning  and  eve  shall  rise, 

And  unto,  and  not  of  the  Lamb 

Shall  be  the  sacrifice.  Bailey. 

3849.  PALESTINE,  Skies  of, 

Star-gemmed  floor  of  the  land  I  love, 

Tell  me,  and  tell  nie  now. 
What  are  the  many  glittering  pearls 

Which  hang  on  thy  jewelled  brow? 

Schoolmen  write  in  the  lettered  page 

That  each  is  a  world  like  ours; 
But  where  sky-birds  sing  superior  songs. 

In  more  delightful  bowers. 

Where  the  wolf  and  the  lamb  in  concord  meet, 
Where  the  leopard  harmless  lives. 

And  where,  undewcd  with  the  sweat  of  man, 
The  field  its  harvest  gives. 

Where  sin  hath  shed  no  withering  blight, 
Where  death  no  entrance  gains, 

Where  the  men  of  a  thousand  years  ago 
Still  bound  across  the  plains. 

Many,  if  such  ye  be,  fair  worlds, 

Would  ask  no  brighter  doom. 
Than  within  your  gorgeous  palaces 

To  find  a  lasting  home. 

So  let  them ;  more  ambitious,  I 

More  towering  wishes  frame; 
7.  would  not  dwell  in  these,  but  with 

The  Lord  of  all  of  them. 

They  may  be  near  to  the  pearly  gates. 
They  may  stand  close  to  heaven. 

But  who  would  live  in  the  servant's  lodge 
If  tLe  mansion-house  were  given? 

3850.  PALESTINE  UNBLEST. 

Long  hath  the  Crescent's  glittering  sign 

On  Salem's  temple  shone ; 
Long  hath  Jehovah's  awful  shrine 

Stood  desolate  and  lone. 

The  tents  of  Midian  tribes  unblest 
On  Shinar's  plains  are  spread  ; 

And  wandering  feet  have  rudely  prest 
The  soil  where  Jesus  bled. 

But  ShJloh  comes  to  bless  the  land, 

And  Israel's  tribes  restore; 
Lo !  Edom,  with  Assyria's  band, 

On  Calvary  shall  adore. 


Fair  Lebanon  shall  hear  His  voice, 
And  lands  where  Jordan  flows. 

With  Sharon's  desert  shall  rejoice, 
And  blossom  as  the  rose. 

No  more  shall  Zion's  daughter  mourn, 

Or  captive  Judah  sigh; 
Jehovah  shall  lier  walls  adorn. 

And  bring  His  ransomed  nigh. 

William  B.  Tappan. 

3851.  PALM-LEAVES,  WHspers  in  the. 

Surely  the  Lord  was  in  this  place ! 

I  slept,  and  knew  it  not; 
He  showed  me  tokens  of  His  grace ; 

I  saw  them,  and  forgot. 

"I  will  not  leave  thee,"  saith  the  Lord, 
And  that  which  He  hath  spoken 

Is  an  irrevocable  word ; 
His  promise  is  unbroken. 

He  led  me  through  the  wilderness, 

A  long  and  lonely  way; 
He  soothed  me  with  His  tenderness, 

And  fed  me  day  by  day. 

He  brought  me  to  a  quiet  place, 

A  sweet  refreshing  shade. 
Where  the  tall  palm-trees_  interlace, 

And  the  cool  shadows  played. 

I  slept ;  in  dreams  that  slumber  weaves 

The  little  breezes  came. 
And  whispered  in  the  long  palm-leaves 

The  Saviour's  holy  name. 

But  soon  the  whispers  died  away, 
And  other  sounds  were  brought 

Like  softest  music,  where  I  lay. 
Suggesting  earthly  thought. 

I  lay  entranced  for  many  a  day 

On  that  enchanted  jjlain. 
But  never  heard  the  palm-leaves  say 

The  holy  name  again. 

Oh !  better  far  the  wilderness 

And  desert  way  to  me, 
If,  wandering  in  its  loneliness, 

I  should  be  nearer  Thee ; 

Nay,  better  far  to  tune  the  ear. 

So  true  to  heaven's  lays, 
That  every  common  sound  we  hear 

May  seem  a  hymn  of  praise. 

3852.  PALSIED  MAN,  Healing  the. 
Matthew  ix  :  1-8;  Mark  ii :  1-12;  Luke  v  :  17-26. 

Crowds  gathered  to  the  Saviour's  feet. 
And  thronged  the  place  where  Jesus  taught; 
The  wise  and  learned  came  to  greet, 
And  loving  friends  their  sick  ones  brought; 
And  there  the  "power  of  the  Lord" 
Wrought  with  the  preaching  of  His  word. 


I>^R.A.r>ISE. 


T  '^R^DISE. 


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Among  the  halt,  the  blind,  the  lame, 
Who  sought  to  have  their  woes  redressed, 
From  far  attracted  by  His  fame, 
Was  one  more  helpless  than  the  rest; 
Amid  the  throng  about  the  door. 
The  palsied  mau  upborne  of  four. 

How  hard  it  is;  the  help  so  near, 
And  yet  the  waiting  crowd  so  great; 
How  brief  the  distance  doth  appear, 
But  oh,  how  long  the  time  to  wait! 
Such  thronging  multitudes  between, 
Such  hosts  of  sorrow  intervene. 

Yet  hath  the  Saviour  power  to  heal 
The  furthest  woe,  the  utmost  want, 
If  faith  has  only  sense  to  feel 
And  strength  to  struggle  to  the  front. 
True  faith,  like  truest  love,  invents: 
Denied  the  door,  it  circumvents. 

Whene'er  the  eye  of  faith's  restrained 
From  looking  through,  it  looks  above; 
And  from  aloft  its  end  is  gained. 
The  steps  of  faith  are  steps  of  love. 
Thus  up  the  staircase,  from  the  door, 
The  palsied  man  is  "borne  of  four." 

Distinguished  faith,  distinguished  love, 
Wondrous  the  mode  of  access  too; 
The  patient  bearers  mount  above, 
To  try  what  earnest  faith  can  do. 
The  bed  descends  from  roof  to  floor — 
Oh!  what  could  loving  faith  do  more? 

The  Saviour  speaks — "Thy  sins  forgiven;" 
This  the  glad  message  of  that  day; 
And  then,  as  proof  of  power  from  heaven, 
"Take  up  thy  bed  and  go  thy  way !" 
The  power  that  bids  the  sick  be  whole, 
And  heals  the  body,  saves  the  soul. 

Lord,  give  us  faith,  like  this  of  old, 
To  bear  the  burdens  of  the  weak; 
Let  love  be  strong  and  faith  be  bold. 
The  good  of  others  thus  to  seek. 
The  faith  to  strive,  as  these  men  strove, 
Is  that  strong  faith  that  "works  by  love." 
Robert  Maguire. 

3853.  PAEADISE,  Joys  of. 
For  the  fount  of  life  eternal  is  my  thirsting 

spirit  fain, 
And  my  prisoned  soul  would  gladly  burst 

her  fleshly  bars  in  twain, 
While  the  exile  strives  and  struggles  on  to 

win  her  home  again. 

As  she  groans  beneath  the  troubles  which 
with  weary  weight  oppress. 

She  is  thinking  on  the  glory  which  she  lost 
through  wickedness. 

And  the  thought  of  joy  departed  but  in- 
creaseth  her  distress. 

Who  can  tell  the  perfect  gladness  of  the 
peace  within  the  skies, 


Where,  of  living  pearls  upbuilded,  mansions 

for  the  blessed  rise. 
Where  the  golden  halls  and  roof-trees  shine 

and  glow  with  radiant  dyes? 

Framed   alone   of  precious    jewels    stately 

dwellings  there  appear, 
And  the  highways  of  the  city,  paved  with 

gold,  as  crystal  clear; 
Mire  is  far  and  filth  is  banished,  naught  that 

may  pollute  is  near. 

Winter's  snowing,  summer's  glowing,  never 

thither  pain  may  bring; 
There  the  gorgeous  roses  flower  in  the  calm 

of  endless  spring, 
Balms  exude,  and  crocus  blushes,  lilies  fair 

are  blossoming. 

Meads  are  sheening,  fields  are  greening, 
honey  drops  from  combs  of  bees; 

Liquid  odors,  fragrant  spices,  shed  their  per- 
fume on  the  breeze. 

Never-falling  fruits  are  hanging  from  the 
ever- leafy  trees. 

There  no  moon  through  phases  passes,  sun 
and  stars  bestow  no  light. 

But  the  Lamb  on  His  glad  city,  light  unset- 
ting,  shineth  bright; 

There  the  day  is  everlasting,  gone  for  aye 
are  time  and  night. 

For  the  saints,  now  crowned  in  triumph,  like 

tlie  sun  in  radiance  glow, 
Greet  each  other  in  that  gladness  which  ths 

saints  alone  can  know. 
While,  secure,  they  count  their  battles  with 

their  subjugated  foe. 

Fleshly  wars  they  know  no  longer,  since  with 

blemish  stained  is  none. 
For  the  spiritual  body  and  the  soul  at  last 

are  one ; 
Dwell  they  now  in  peace  eternal,  with  all 

stumbling  they  have  done. 

To  their  first  estate  return  they,  freed  from 

every  mortal  sore, 
And  the  truth,  for  ever  present,  ever  lovely 

they  adore. 
Drawing  from  that  living  Fountain  living 

sweetness  evermore. 

And  they  drink  in  changeless  being  as  they 

taste  those  waters  clear ; 
Bright  are  they,  and  swift  and  gladsome,  no 

more  perils  need  they  fear ; 
There  the  youth  can  know  no  aging,  never 

cometh  sickness  near. 

Thence  they  draw  their  life  unending,  pass- 

ingness  has  passed  away ; 
Thence  they  grow,  and  bloom,  and  flourish, 

freed  forever  from  decay. 
And  deathlessness  hath  swallowed  up  the 

might  of  death  for  aye. 


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i»^tm:os. 


They  know  Ilim  who  knoweth  all  things, 
nothing  from  their  ken  may  flee, 

And  the  thoughts  of  one  another  in  the  in- 
most htart  tiiey  see; 

One  in  choosing  and  refusing,  one  are  they 
in  unity. 

And  though  each  for  divers  merits  there 
liath  won  a  various  throne, 

Yet  their  love  for  one  another  maketh  what 
each  loves  his  own  ; 

Every  prize  to  all  is  common,  yet  belongs  to 
each  alone. 

Where  the  body  is,  together  in  their  flight 

the  eagles  speed ; 
There  the  saints  and  there  the  angels  seek 

refreshment  in  their  need. 
And  the  sons  of  earth  and  heaven  on  that 

One  Bread  ever  feed. 

In  new  harmonies,  unceasing  they  with  voice 

melodious  sing. 
While  their  listening  ears  are  gladdened  with 

the  harp's  exulting  ring; 
And  for  lie  hath  made  them  victors,  praises 

chant  they  to  their  King. 

Where  the  King  of  heaven  is  present,  happy 

is  the  giizing  soul, 
And  she  sees  the  double  frame-work  of  the 

globe  beneath  her  roll, 
Sees  the  sun  and  moon  and  planets,  and  the 

stars  that  stud  the  pole. 

Jesu,  Palm  of  all  Thy  soldiers,  who  in  Thee 

alone  confide, 
Bring  me  to  that  Holy  City  when  my  belt  is 

laid  aside, 
Grant  that  I  may  share  the  portion  of  the 

saints  who  there  abide. 

While  the  war  is  yet  unended,  give  me 
vigor  for  the  fray; 

Give  me,  when  the  fight  is  over,  peace  that 
passeth  not  away ; 

Give  Thyself  to  me,  O  Jesu !  as  my  one  re- 
ward for  aye. 
Feter  Diwiiani,  tr.  by  R.  F.  Littledale. 

3854.  PASSOVER,  Christ  Our. 

1  Corinthians  v  :  7. 

Once  the  angel  started  back 

When  he  saw  the  blood  stained  door. 
Pausing  on  his  vengeful  track, 

And  tlie  dwelling  passing  o'er. 
Once  the  sea  from  Israel  fled. 
Ere  it  rolled  o'er  Egypt's  dead. 

Now  our  Passover  is  come. 
Dimly  shadowed  in  the  past, 

And  the  very  Paschal  Lamb, 
Christ,  the  Lord,  is  slain  at  last. 

Then  with  hearts  and  hands  made  meet 

Our  unleavened  bread  we'll  eat. 


Blessed  Victim  sent  from  heaven, 

Whom  all  angel  hosts  obey. 
To  whose  will  all  earth  is  given. 

At  whose  word  hell  shrinks  away. 
Thou  hast  conquered  death's  dread  strife, 
Thou  hast  brought  us  light  and  life. 

Bishop  Williams. 

3855.  PASSOVEE,  Eucharist  and. 

Exodus  xii  ;  3-ii. 
In  anxious  haste,  at  God's  command 
All  Israel's  host  prepare  and  stand 

To  take  its  ordered  flight : 
With  bitter  herbs,  unleavened  bread, 
And  roasted  lamb,  the  feast  is  spread 

That  memorable  night. 

The  awful  angel  soars  on  high, 
And  death  is  dealing  far  and  nigh, 

Save  where  the  blood  is  found: 
Supported  by  that  paschal  food. 
The  mighty  host  passed  through  the  flood 

Beyond  the  sea's  dark  bound. 

All  girded  for  its  coming  flight, 
A  soul  is  passing  hence  to-night, 

And  bids  the  world  farewell: 
Fed  with  the  sacred  nourishment 
Of  Christ's  most  holy  sacrament. 

It  burst  through  sin's  dark  spell. 

All  sprinkled  with  the  precious  blood, 
It  calmly  passes  through  the  flood 

Of  death's  last  agony: 
It  chants,  while  borne  on  angels'  wing: 
O  mighty  death !  where  is  thy  sting. 

Where,  grave,  thy  victory? 

Edwin  L.  Blenlcinsopp. 

3856.  PATMOS,  John's  Vision  in. 

Revelations  i  :  9. 

The  blue  ^Egean's  countless  waves  in  Sab- 
bath sunlight  smiled. 

And  murmuring  washed  the  rocky  shore  of 
that  lone  island  wild  ; 

Where  unto  him  "  whom  Jesus  loved  "  such 
views  sublime  were  given. 

That  e'en  the  land  of  exile  shone  "the  very 
gate  of  heaven" ! 

He  saw  the  radiant  form  of  Him  upon  whose 
sorrowing  breast. 

At  the  last  supper's  solemn  feast,  his  weary 
head  fo>md  rest: 

One  "  like  unto  the  Son  of  Man,"  all  glori- 
ous to  behold. 

Arrayed  in  robes  of  dazzling  light,  and  girt 
with  purest  gold. 

His  head  and  hair  were  white  as  wool ;  His 
eyes  a  fiery  flame, 

Not  tearful  now,  as  when  He  trod  this  world 
of  sin  and  shame; 

His  countenance  was  as  the  sun,  His  voice 
wa3  as  the  sound 

Of  many  waters,  murmuring  deep  in  har- 
mony profound. 


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But  when  before  His  feet  as  dead  the  loved 

disciple  fell, 
How  gently  deigned  the  Prince  of  Life  His 

servant's  fears  to  quell! 
And  give  him  strength  to  see  His  face,  whom 

highest  heavens  adore. 
The  Lord,  who  "  liveth  and  was  dead,"  and 

lives  for  evermore ! 

Oh!    then  upon    His   raptured    gaze   what 

floods  of  glory  streamed ; 
He  saw  the  land  of  love  and  light,  the  home 

of  the  redeemed; 
He  stood  by  life's  resplendent  stream,  whose 

tide  in  music  rolled 
Througliout  the  holy  city's  length  among  its 

streets  of  gold. 

He  heard  the   mighty  new-made   song,   to 

angel-hosts  unknown, 
Go  up  like  incense  unto  Him  that  sat  upon 

the  throne; 
And  the  pure  strains  by  seraphs  sung  in  that 

celestial  sphere, 
In  sweetest  cadence  rose  and  fell  upon  his 

listening  ear. 

Within  the  flashing  walls  of  heaven,  with 

jtwelled  splendor  bright, 
He  saw  the  countless  multitudes  arrayed  in 

saintly  white: 
He  marked  them  with  their  waving  palms, 

in  worship  bending  low 
Before  the  feet  of  Him  who  smiled  beneath 

the  emerald  bow. 

The  pearly  gates,  the  crystal  sea,  the  uni- 
versal hymn, 

The  sun-bright  forms,  the  brilliant  eyes, 
which  tears  may  never  dim, 

The  healing  trees,  the  fadeless  flowers,  the 
harpings  of  the  blest. 

In  splendid  vision  to  his  soul  revealed  the 
promised  rest. 

Long  since  that  aged  saint  hath  reached  the 

fair  celestial  shore. 
And  gained  the  martyr's  crown,  for  He  the 

martyr's  suffering  bore ; 
Long  since  his  happy  feet  have  stood  within 

his  Father's  home. 
Yet  still  the  mighty  voice  he  heard,  with 

ceaseless  cry  saith,  "Come!" 

And  life's  bright  fountain  springeth  yet,  as 
free  and  fresh  and  fair 

As  when  in  Patmos'  dreary  isle  it  cheered 
the  exile  there! 

And  hark !  the  Spirit  and  the  Bride  repeat 
in  mefcy  still, 

That  he  who  is  athirstmay  drink — yea,  who- 
soever will ! 

O  blessed  voices !  be  it  ours  your  loving  call 

to  hear, 
And  so  obey  that  when,  at  last,  from  yonder 

radiant  sphere 


The  heavenly  bridegroom  shall  descend  to 

claim  His  own  again. 
We  may  lift  up  our  heads  and  say,  "Lord 

even  so.  Amen !" 

3857.  PAUL. 

Faithful  teacher,  mighty  Paul, 
Ringing  like  a  trumpt  t  call, 
Flying  cloud,  whose  couriers  glance 
Red-winged  round  the  world's  expanse, 

Let  thy  deep-voiced  thunders  roll, 
Saturate  each  thirsty  soul. 
Showers  of  heavenly  grace  impart, 
Fertilize  each  barren  heart. 

Guerdon  high  was  thine,  when  thrice 
Pearly  gates  of  paradise 
Turning  gave  thy  raptured  ear 
Words  that  none  but  angels  hear. 

Sower  of  the  gospel  seed. 
Hundredfold  shall  be  thy  meed, 
Garnered  where  no  thief  can  spoil, 
Fruit  of  thine  abundant  toil. 

Peter  Damiani,  tr.  ly  N.  B.  SmitTiers. 

3858.  PAUL. 

Whose  is  that  sword,  that  voice  and  eye  of 

flame. 
That  heart  of  unextinguishable  ire? 
Who  bears  the  dungeon  keys,   and  bonds 

and  fire? 
Along  his  dark  and  withering  path  he  came, 
Death  in  his  looks  and  terror  in  his  name. 
Tempting  the   might   of   heaven's    Eternal 

Sire. 
Lo !  the  light  shone !  the  sun's  veiled  beams 

expire: 
A  Saviour's  self  a  Saviour's  lips  proclaim ! 
Whose  is  yon  form  stretched  on  the  earth's 

cold  bed, 
With  smitten  soul,  and  tears  of  agony 
Mourning  the   past?     Bowed    is  the    lofty 

head, 
Rayless  the  orbs  that  flushed  with  victory. 
Over  the  raging  waves  of  human  will. 
The  Saviour's  spirit  walked,  and  all  was  still. 

Boscoe. 

3859.  PAUL  AT  MELITA. 

Acts  xxviii  :  1-10. 
Secure  in  his  prophetic  strength. 

The  water  peril  o'er, 
The  many-gifted  man  at  length 

Stepped  on  the  promised  shore. 

He  trod  the  shore;  but  not  to  rest, 

Nor  wait  till  angels  came: 
Lo !  humblest  pains  the  saint  attest. 

The  firebrands  and  the  flame. 

But  when  he  felt  the  viper's  smart, 
Then  instant  aid  was  given. 

Christian,  hence  learn  to  do  thy  part. 
And  leave  the  rest  to  Heaven. 

J.  II.  Newman, 


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3860.  PAUL  AT  PHILIPPI. 

Acts  xvi  :  11-18. 

'Twas  Sabbath  at  Philippi's  town,  in  Mace- 
donian Thrace, 

But  worldly  labors,  pleasures,  strifes,  re- 
sounded through  the  place; 

For  Grecian  pageant,  Roman  power,  knew 
not  God's  holy  day. 

And  few  and  strange  were  Israel's  seed  who 
turned  aside  to  pray. 

For  them  no  temple  reared  its  dome :  Apol- 
lo's marble  shrine 

Rose  fair,  and  from  Pangaeus'  height  waved 
Bacchus'  grove  divine ; 

E'en  mortal  Caesar's  sculptured  form  obse- 
quious throngs  adored, 

"With  Nature's  known  and  unknown  dreams 
— all  things,  save  God  the  Lord. 

Him,  though  all-present,  those  who  sought, 

before  His  throne  to  wait 
In  huml>le  prayer  and  grateful  song,  must 

seek  without  the  gate ; 
And  by  Gangistes'  rippling  flood,  beneath 

the  summer  air, 
A  lowly  group  of  women  bowed  to  Israel's 

"God  in  prayer. 

Not  as  the  wild  bacchantes  raved  among 
those  hills  of  yore, 

"When  first  the  wine-god's  revelries  were 
brought  from  India's  shore ; 

Not  like  the  Pythoness  profane,  with  Del- 
phic frenzy  fired, 

Knelt  that  chaste  sisterhood  of  souls,  in  wor- 
ship pure  inspired. 

But  on  that  day  four  holy  men  sat  in  their 
circle  small — 

Luke,  Silas,  youthful  Timothy,  and  mighty- 
minded  Paul; 

From  Asian  climes  to  Europe's  shores  that 
misionary  band 

Had  crossed  tlie  Grecian  sea  to  bring  glad 
news,  at  Christ's  command. 

Not  as  the  oldPhcenicians  came,  who  sought 
Pangaeus'  gold. 

Nor  as  once  passed,  to  win  the  world,  the 
Macedonian  bold; 

Not  with  the  pomp  of  earthly  state,  nor  pride 
of  earthly  lore. 

Those  way-worn  pilgrims  met  that  day  be- 
side Gangistes'  shore. 

That  plain,   an   hundred  years  agone,    saw 

Roma's  republic  fall, 
"When  Freedom  fled  the  conquered  world, 

and  Tyranny  grasped  all; 
And  Haemus'  snow-clad  peaks,  afar,  blushed 

erst,  when  Typhon  strove 
And  earth's  rude   ]iowprs,   o'erwhelmed  in 

blood  by  bright  celestial  Jove. 


But  ah!  that  day  a  mightier  than  Philip's 

deathless  son. 
Or  great  Augustus,  on  that  plain  Rome  and 

the  world  who  won. 
Or  mythic  Jove,  whose  fabied  bolts  the  Titan 

ciew  could  quell, 
"Was  first  to  Europe   preached,   as  Lord  of 

heaven  and  earth  and  hell. 

Him  Paul  proclaimed,   of    Mary  born,   the 

peasant  Nazarene, 
And  told  His  life  of  wonders  o'er,  'mid  that 

enchanting  scene; 
Not  Orpheus'  shell,  that  thrilled  those  shores, 

while  trees  and  rocks  kept  time. 
Nor  bright  Apollo's  golden  lyre, e'er  breathed 

such  strains  sublime. 

Good  news !  glad  news !  the  Lord  is  come ! 
Immanuel,  long  foretold. 

Has  lived,  and  died,  and  risen,  and  reigns, 
eternal  bliss  t'  unfold ! 

And  on  that  listening  company  blest  influ- 
ence benign 

E'en  now  he  pours,  till  many  a  soul  is  lit 
with  joy  divine. 

And  one  true  heart  God  opened  then, touched 

by  His  Spirit's  power — 
A  woman's  heart,   and  Lydia's  faith  found 

life  in  Christ  that  hour; 
And  all  her  wealth,  with  all  her  love,  she  laid 

at  Jesus'  feet. 
And  in  her  house  God's  servants  found  home, 

church,  and  converse  sweet. 

O  brightest  day  that  ever  yet  has  dawned 

o'er  Europe's  hills, 
Thy  meek  beginning  all  my  heart  with  hope 

and  comfort  tills! 
Pangaeus'  hundred-petalled  rose,  that  sets  his 

slopes  aflame. 
Breathes   not   such   fragrance  as   thy  deed 

around  Philippi's  name! 

Fade,  Grecian  glory!  Roman  power!  A 
mightier  empire's  march 

Is  blazoned  on  the  orient  sky,  and  kindles 
heaven's  high  arch ! 

Rise,  Freedom,  nevermore  to  fall!  Rise, 
woman,  pure  and  bright. 

To  cheer  man's  toil  up  centuries  of  heaven- 
ward deepening  light ! 

And  ever  when  our  hearts  grow  faint,  or 
earthly  dreams  allure, 

"When  fruit  seems  small,  the  cross  too  great 
for  nature  to  endure, 

"We'll  hail  thatlwnd  who  preached  and  prayed 
beside  Gangistes'  wave. 

And  trust  Him  still  who  reigns  for  aye,  om- 
nipotent to  save. 

George  Lansing  Taylor. 


F^XJIL., 


P^XJIL,. 


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3861.  PAUL,  Conversion  of. 
Acts  ix  :  1-9. 
The  midday  sun,  with  fiercest  glare, 
Broods  o'er  the  hazy,  twinkling  air; 

Along  the  level  sand 
The  palm-tree's  shade  unwavering  lies, 
Just  as  thy  towers,  Damascus,  rise 
To  greet  yoa  wearied  band. 

The  leader  of  that  martial  crew 
Seems  bent  some  mighty  deed  to  do. 

So  steadily  he  speeds. 
With  li2:)3  firm  closed  and  fixed  eye, 
Like  warrior  when  the  fight  is  nigh, 

Nor  talk  nor  landscape  heeds. 

What  sudden  blaze  is  round  him  poured, 
As  though  all  heaven's  refulgent  hoard 

In  one  rich  glory  shone  ? 
One  moment,  and  to  earth  he  falls : 
What  voice  his  inmost  heart  appalls — 

Voice  heard  by  him  alone? 

For  to  the  rest  both  words  and  form 
Seem  lost  in  lightning  and  in  storm, 

While  Saul,  in  wakeful  trance. 
Sees  deep  within  that  dazzling  field 
His  persecuted  Lord  revealed 

With  keen  yet  pitying  glance ; 

And  hears  the  meek  upbraiding  call 
As  gently  on  his  spirit  fall, 

As  if  the  Almighty  Son 
Were  prisoner  yet  in  this  dark  earth, 
Nor  had  proclaimed  His  royal  birth, 

Nor  His  great  power  begun. 

*' Ah!  wherefore  persecut'st  thou  me?" 
He  heard  and  saw,  and  sought  to  free 

His  strained  eye  from  the  sight : 
But  Heaven's  high  magic  bound  it  there, 
Still  gazing,  though  untaught  to  bear 

The  insufferable  light. 

"Who  art  Thou,  Lord?"  he  falters  forth: 
So  shall  Sin  ask  of  Heaven  and  earth 

At  the  last  awful  day, 
"When  did  we  see  Thee  suffering  nigh, 
And  passed  Thee  with  unheeding  eye? 

Great  God  of  judgment,  say !" 

Ah  1  little  dream  our  listless  eyes 
What  glorious  presence  they  despise, 

While,  in  our  noon  of  life, 
To  power  or  fame  we  rudely  press ; 
Christ  is  at  hand,  to  scorn  or  bless, 

Christ  suffers  in  our  strife. 

And  though  heaven's  gates  long  since  have 
And  our  dear  Lord  in  bliss  reposed,   [closed, 

High  above  mortal  ken ; 
To  every  ear  in  every  land, 
Though  meek  ears  only  understand, 

He  speaks  as  He  did  then. 

"Ah!  wherefore  persecute  ye  Me ? 
'Tis  hard,  ye  so  in  love  should  be 


With  your  own  endless  woe. 
Know,  though  at  God's  right  hand  I  live, 
I  feel  each  wound  ye  reckless  give 

To  the  least  saint  below. 

"  I  in  your  care  My  brethren  left, 
Not  willing  ye  should  be  bereft 

Of  waiting  on  your  Lord. 
The  meanest  offering  ye  can  make, 
A  drop  of  water,  for  love's  sake 

In  heaven,  be  sure,  is  stored." 

Oh  !  by  those  gentle  tones  and  dear. 
When  Thou  hast  stayed  our  wild  career, 

Thou  only  hope  of  souls, 
Ne'er  let  us  cast  one  look  behind. 
But  in  the  thought  of  Jesus  find 

That  every  thought  controls. 

As  to  Thy  last  apostle's  heart 

Thy  lightning-glance  did  then  impart 

Zeal's  never-dying  fire. 
So  teach  us  on  Thy  shrine  to  lay 
Our  hearts,  and  let  them  day  by  day 

Intenser  blaze  and  higher. 

And  as  each  mild  and  winning  note, 
Like  pulses  that  round  harp-strings  float 

When  the  full  strain  is  o'er, 
Left  lingering  on  his  inward  ear 
Music  that  taught,  as  death  drew  near, 

Love's  lesson  more  and  more: 

So,  as  we  walk  our  earthly  round. 
Still  may  the  echo  of  that  sound 

Be  in  our  memory  stored. 
"Christians!  behold  j^our  happy  state: 
Christ  is  in  these  who  round  you  wait; 

Make  much  of  your  dear  Lord  !" 

Jolm  Keble. 

3862.  PAUL  IS  PRISON. 

Acts  xvi  :  10-40. 
Hearest  thou   that  solemn    symphony  that 

swells 
And  echoes  through  Philippi's  gloomy  cells? 
From  vault  to  vault  the  heavy  notes  rebound 
And  granite  rocks  reverberate  the  sound. 
The  wretch  who  long  in  dungeons  cold  and 

dank 
Had  shook  his  fetters,  that  their  iron  clank 
Might  break  the  grave-like  silence  of  that 

prison 
On  which  the  star  of  hope  had  never  risen ; 
Then  sunk  in  slumbers  by  despair  oppressed. 
And  dreamed  of  freedom  in  his  broken  rest ; 
Wakes  at  the  music  of  these  mellow  strains, 
Thinks  it  some  spirit,  and  forgets  his  chains. 
'Tis  Paul  and  Silas,  who  at  midnight  pay 
To  Him  of  Nazareth  a  grateful  lay. 
Soon  is  that  anthem  wafted  to  the  skies ; 
An  angel  bears  it,  and  a  God  replies: 
At  that  reply  a  pale  portentous  light 
Flays  through  the  air,  then  leaves  a  gloomier 

night. 
The  darkly  tottering  towers,  the  trembling 

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The  rocking  -walls  confess  a  monarch's  march ; 

The  stars  look  dimly  through  the  roof;  be- 
hold, 

From  saffron  dews,  and  melting  clouds  of 
gold. 

Brightly  uncurling  on  the  dungeon's  air, 

Freedom  walks  forth  serene ;  from  her  loose 
hair, 

And  every  glistening  feather  of  her  wings, 

Perfumes,  that  breathe  of  more  than  earth, 
she  flings. 

And  with  a  touch  dissolves  the  prisoners' 
chains 

"Whose  song  had  charmed  her  from  celestial 
plains.  John  Pierpont. 

3863.  PAUL,  Preaching  of. 
Acts  ix  :  21. 
Each  holy  rite  performed,  the  zealous  saint 
Poured  from    his  tongue  spontaneous  the 
Of  eloquence  and  inspiration.     Lo  1    [stream 
The  gazing  synagogue,  in  wonder  wrapt. 
Devour  his  pregnant  speech.    Tli '  instructive 
"With  simple  style,  deliberate  address,    [sage, 
And  nervous  arguments,  now  vindicates 
The  great  Messiah.      Now  with  words  that 

live, 
With  thoughts  that  burn,  the  last  tremen- 
dous day. 
Expiring  nature  and  the  doom  of  man. 
He  thunders  on  the  soul.    Sin's  ghastly  front, 
Her  shape  deformed,  the  poison  of  her  touch, 
Behind  her  Vengeance  with  eternal  fire. 
He  next  describes.      Affrighted  conscience 

wakes ; 
The  murd'rer   starts  aghast!    th'  oppressor 

groans ; 
Th'  adulterer  trembles,  and  the  harlot  weeps. 
What  heart  so  pure,  so  innocent  of  vice, 
But  shuddered  there!     Now  with  melliflu- 
ous tongue  [guilt. 
He  soothes  the  scorpion-sting  of  conscious 
Behold !  each  faded  countenance  relumed 
With  hope  and  gladness,  whilst  the  chosen 

saint 
Unfolds  the  myst'ries  of  redeeming  love. 
Of  grace  and  mercy  infinite,  displays 
The  high  rewards  of  penitence  and  life 
Reformed,  the  freedom  of  the  Christian  yoke 
Avers,  and  testifies  th'  eternal  league 
'Twixt  happiness  and  virtue.     Now  to  crown 
The  preacher's  task,  with  sweet  persuasive 

phrase. 
Ho  wins  th'  enchanted  audience  to  peace, 
Long-suff'ring,  gentleness,  and  social  love. 
The  godlike  spirit  of  his  Master's  laws. 

"Was  this  the  hot  vindictive  Pharisee? 

Oh  strange  conversion !     This  th'  impetuous 

Saul  breathed  ? 

That    late     dire     menaces     and     slaughter 
"Was  this,  sage  priest,  the  minister  of  wrath 
Fixed  by  the  dreaded  sanction  of  thy  power 
To  hurl  perdition  on  the  rising  church? 
What !     Were  those  hands,  now  lifted  up  to 

heav'n 


To  bless  man's  great  Redeemer,  once  imbrued 

In  the  pure  blood  of  His  devoted  saints. 

And  consecrated  martyrs?  Wondrous  change ! 

But  what  can  check  that  All-controlling 
Power 

Who  turns  the  course  of  Nature  at  His  will ; 

Whose  word  was  med'cine  to  the  sick,  whose 
call 

Awoke  the  grave's  cold  tenants,  whose  firm 
step 

Trod  the  soft  surface  of  the  ocean,  whilst 

His  potent  voice  bade  the  curled  waves  sub- 
side, [peace? 

And  hushed   the   wind's   wild   uproar  into 

Behold !  th'  illustrious  convert  now  invades 
The  reign  of  Gentile  darkness.  See!  appalled 
Black  Superstition,  with  her  baleful  throng 
Of  self-bred  fears  and  unembodied  forms 
That  haunt  despair;  the  foul  unholy  train 
Of  molten  idols  and  fantastic  gods 
Shrink  at  his  presence  like  the  fleeting  shades 
Of  sullen  night  when  first  Hyperion's  orb 
Scatters  its  purple  radiance  o'er  the  skies. 
Nor  long  the  majesty  of  Jove  supreme 
Withstood  the   thunders   of  the  preacher's 

tongue. 
Tottered  his  throne,  his  golden  sceptre  fell ; 
Nor  more  Olympus  trembled  at  his  nod. 
No  longer  smoked  his  odoriferous  shrines 
With  frankincense  and  myrrh,  the  fragrant 
Of  Araby ;  nor  bleeding  hecatomb      [breath 
Distained  his  blushing  altars.     Solemn  praise 
And  pray'rs  devoutly  breathed,  the  tears, 

the  sighs 
Of  penitential  grief,  the  broken  heart, 
Now  formed  the  Gentile's  purer  sacrifice 
To  the  true  God.     Each  attribute        [world 
That    ])oint3   th'  Almighty    Parent    of  the 
To  man's  conceptions,  legibly  portrayed  [sees ; 
On  Nature's  page,  th'  enlightened  convert 
And  as  he  views,  his  elevated  breast, 
With  inextinguishable  ardor,  burns 
For  truth,  for  life  and  immortality.         [tide 
Where'er  the  preacher  rolled  the  powerful 
Of  inspiration,  from  each  fabled  haunt 
Foul  error  fled,  whether  the  Roman  school 
Or  Attic  portico  her  presence  held. 
Or  the  dark  inmate  of  the  pagan  shrine, 
She  heaped  vain  incense  to  some  idol-god. 

Oh  !  may  those  living  oracles  of  light. 
That  boast  the  sanction  of  thy  hallowed  pen, 
Illustrious  convert!  o'er  each  gloomy  land, 
Where  still  pale  fear  and  superstition  reign, 
Spread  the  rich  treasures  of  immortal  truth! 
May  the  false  prophet's  sensual  paradise, 
Base  hopes  of  ignorance  and  lust. 
Allure  no  more  the  pilgrim's  weary  step 
To  Mecca's  walls;  no  longer  Fohi's  name 
Usurp  the  prostrate  adoration,  due 
To  God  alone :  nor  more  th'  unconscious  sun 
Provoke  the  trembling  Indian's  fruitless  vow : 
But  may  one  mind,  one  faith,  one  hope,  one 
Unite  the  scattered  progeny  of  man !      [God 

John  Lettice, 


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3864.  PAUL,  Tision  of. 

Acts  ix  :  1-9. 
What  is  this  that  stops  my  way 
Like  a  wall,  unseen  by  day? 
Who  doth  bid  my  errand  stay 

Ere  I  come? 
What  o'erclouds  me  like  a  dream, 
Blotting  each  remembered  scheme 
With  an  unaccustomed  theme? 

"  Jesu  sum." 

What  strange  dissolution  rends 
From  the  comfort  of  my  friends. 
From  my  life's  determined  ends? 

Dark  and  dumb, 
What  doth  bind  my  fluent  tongue 
Like  an  instrument  unstrung, 
With  its  lesson  never  sung? 

"Jesu  sum." 

See !  this  sudden  shock  of  light 
Falls  like  palsy  on  my  sight, 
Till  I  view  no  path  aright 

In  my  gloom; 
All  my  faculties  are  dead, 
Every  sinew  bound  with  lead: 
What  this  shivering  trance  of  dread? 

"Jesu  sum." 

' '  Listen,  since  for  human  weal, 

All  thy  misdirected  zeal, 

Thee  to  warm,  and  thee  to  heal, 

Am  I  come: 
Thou  with  stones  My  saints  hast  slain, 
Torture  bound  with  scourge  and  chain; 
Know  thyself  the  martyr  pain ! 
'Jesu  sum.' 

"Thou  wert  Mine  without  thy  knowing; 
From  this  moment's  wonder-showing, 
Pay  the  debt  thy  life  is  owing 

Burthensome : 
On  the  blindness  of  thy  thought 
Dawns  the  inner  life  unsought. 
Teach,  as  thou  thyself  art  taught;       , 

'Jesu  sum.' " 

Julia  Ward  Howe. 

3865.  PENTECOST. 

Acts  ii  :  1-4. 
The  rolling  year  brings  back  the  time, 

With  blessed  joys  replete, 
When  on  the  waiting  twelve  came  down 

The  Holy  Paraclete. 

The  fire,  in  quivering  tongues  of  flame, 

Descending  sat  on  each, 
To  fill  with  fervency  of  love 

And  fluency  of  speech. 

To  every  race,  in  every  tongue. 
They  spoke  with  power  divine; 

Some  trembling  heard,  some  mocking  said 
That  they  were  drunk  with  wine. 


When  Pentecost  was  fully  come 
This  marvel  wrought,  they  see. 

That  thus  the  sacred  round  of  days 
Should  bring  our  jubilee. 

On  us,  O  God  most  merciful. 

With  bended  heads  we  pray 
That  Thou  wilt  of  Thy  Spirit  pour 

Abundantly,  to-day. 

Hilary,  tr.  iy  N.  B.  Smithera. 

3866.  PENTECOST. 

Acts  ii :  1-4. 
My  Saviour,  can  it  be 
That  I  should  gain  by  losing  Thee? 
The  watchful  mother  tarries  nigh 
Though  sleep  have  closed  her  infant's  eye; 
For  should  he  wake  and  find  her  gone. 
She  knows  she  could  not  bear  his  moan. 
But  I  am  weaker  than  a  child, 

And  Thou  art  more  than  mother  dear; 
Without  Thee,  heaven  were  but  a  wild: 

How  can  I  live  without  Thee  here? 

"  'Tis  good  for  you  that  I  should  go. 

You  lingering  yet  awhile  below :" 

'Tis  Thine  own  gracious  promise,  Lord! 

Thy  saints  have  proved  the  faithful  word, 

When  heaven's  bright  boundless  avenue 

Far  opened  on  their  eager  view. 

And  homeward  to  Thy  Father's  throne, 

Still  lessening,  brightening  on  their  sight, 
Thy  shadowing  car  went  soaring  on ; 

They  tracked  Thee  up  th'  abyss  of  light. 

Thou  bidd'st  rejoice;  they  dare  not  mourn, 
But  to  their  home  in  gladness  turn, 
Their  home  and  God's,  that  favored  place 
Where  still  He  shines  on  Abraham's  race, 
In  prayers  and  blessings  there  to  wait 
Like  suppliants  at  their  monarch's  gate 
Who,  bent  with  bounty  rare  to  aid 

The  splendors  of  his  crowning  day, 
Keeps  back  awhile  his  largess,  made 

More  welcome  for  that  brief  delay. 

In  doubt  they  wait,  but  not  unblest; 
They  doubt  not  of  their  Master's  rest,  * 
Nor  of  tlie  gracious  will  of  Heaven — 
Who  gave  His  Son,  sure  all  has  given — 
But  in  ecstatic  awe  they  muse 
What  course  the  genial  stream  may  choose, 
And  far  and  wide  their  fancies  rove, 

And  to  their  height  of  wonder  strain, 
What  secret  miracle  of  love 

Should  make  their  Saviour's  going  gain. 

The  days  of  hope  and  prayer  are  past. 
The  day  of  comfort  dawns  at  last. 
The  everlasting  gates  again 
Roll  back,  and  lo !  a  royal  train  : 
From  the  far  depths  of  light  once  more 
The  floods  of  glory  earthward  pour; 
They  part  like  shower-drops  in  mid-air. 

But  ne'er  so  soft  fell  noontide  shower, 
Nor  evening  rainbow  gleamed  so  fair 

To  weary  swains  in  parched  bower. 


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Swiftly  and  straight  each  tongue  of  flame 

Through  cloud  and  breeze  unwavering  came 

And  darted  to  its  place  of  rest 

Oa  some  meek  brow,  of  Jesus  blest. 

Nor  fades  it  yet,  that  living  gleam, 

And  still  those  lambent  lightnings  stream; 

Where'er  the  Lord  is,  there  are  they; 

In  every  heart  that  gives  them  room 
They  light  His  altar  every  day. 

Zeal  to  inflame  and  vice  consume. 

Soft  as  the  plumes  of  Jesus'  Dove 
They  nurse  the  soul  to  heavenly  love : 
The  struggling  spark  of  good  within 
Just  smothered  in  the  strife  of  sin, 
They  quicken  to  a  timely  glow. 
The  pure  flame  spreading  high  and  low. 
Said  I  that  prayer  and  hope  were  o'er? 

Nay,  blessed  Spirit !  but  by  Thee 
The  Church's  prayer  finds  wings  to  soar, 

The  Church's  hope  finds  eyes  to  see. 

Then,  fainting  soul,  arise  and  sing : 
Mount,  but  be  sober  on  the  wing; 
Mount  up,  for  heaven  is  won  by  prayer; 
Be  sober,  for  thou  art  not  there ; 
Till  Death  the  weary  spirit  free. 
Thy  God  hath  said,  'Tis  good  for  thee 
To  walk  by  faith  and  not  by  sight: 

Take  it  on  trust  a  little  while ; 
Soon  shalt  thou  read  the  mystery  right, 

In  the  full  sunshine  of  His  smile. 

Or  if  thou  still  more  knowledge  crave. 
Ask  thine  own  heart,  that  willing  slave 
To  all  that  works  thee  woe  or  harm ; 
Shouldst  thou  not  need  some  mighty  charm 
To  win  thee  to  thy  Saviour's  sight. 
Though  He  had  deigned  with  thee  to  bide? 
The  Spirit  must  stir  the  darkling  deep. 

The  Dove  must  settle  on  the  cross. 
Else  we  should  all  sin  on  or  sleep 

With  Christ  in  sight,  turning  our  gain  to 
loss.  John  Keble. 

38G7.  PENTECOST,  Wind  of. 
Acts  ii  :  2. 

Blow  on,  thou  mighty  Wind! 

The  cloven  tongues  descending,        [burn. 
Fanned  by  tliy  dewy  breath,  shall  blaze  and 

A  sacred  flame  unending; 

Soon  shall  the  fire  behold 
Vile  earth  transformed  to  fine  wrought  gold; 

A  gloom  of  shadowy  night 
That  flame  shall  kindle  into  light: 
Therefore,  thou  mighty  Wind,  blow  on. 

Blow  on,  thou  mighty  Wind, 

And  waft  to  realms  unbounded 
The  notes  of  faith  and  hope  and  tender  love 

The  gospel-trump  hath  sounded. 

Those  sweetly  piercing  tones, 
That  charm  all  woes  and  tears  and  groans, 

Through  earth  and  sea  and  sky 
Upon  thy  rushing  wings  shall  fly: 
Therefore,  thou  mighty  Wind,  blow  on. 


Blow  on,  thou  mighty  Wind ; 

For,  tempest-tossed  and  lonely, 
The  Church  upon  the  rolling  billows  rides, 

And  trusts  in  thy  breath  only; 

She  spreads  her  swelling  sails 
For  thee  to  fill  with  favoring  gales, 

Till  through  the  stormy  sea 
Thou  bring  her  home  where  she  would  be: 
Therefore,  thou  mighty  Wind,  blow  on. 

Blow  on,  thou  mighty  Wind, 

On  hearts  contrite  and  broken,         [words 
And  bring  in  quickening  power  the  gracious 

That  Jesus'  lips  have  spoken. 

Lo!  then,  from  death  and  sleep. 
The  listening  souls  to  life  shall  leap; 

Then  love  shall  reign  below, 
And  joy  the  whole  wide  world  o'erflow: 
Therefore,  thou  mighty  Wind,  blow  on. 
John  Henry  Hopkins,  Jr. 

3868.  PENTECOST,  Zechariali's  Vision  of. 
Zechariah  iv  •  1-7. 
I  slept,  and  dreamed ;  and  in  my  dream,  be- 
hold, 
I  saw  a  candlestick  made  all  of  gold. 
And  on  the  top  thereof  a  bowl,  all  bright, 
The  golden  reservoir  of  oil  for  light; 
And  from  the  bowl  seven  golden  lamps  are 

fed. 
Through  golden  pipes  the  rich  supply  is  shed. 
These  golden  lamps  mean  love  and  grace 

professed ; 
The  lamps  alight  are  love  and  grace  possessed ; 
The  pipes,  supplied,  supply  the  lamps  in  turn. 
The  lamps,  supplied,  with  holy  radiance  burn. 
Fed  by  the  oil  that  floweth  out  apace 
From  out  the  golden  bowl — the  oil  of  grace. 

Whence  is  that  golden  bowl  supplied  with 

oil? 
Is  it  by  human  efforts,  human  toil? 
By  some  precarious  hand,  mconstant  care. 
That  now  bestows   and  now  withholds  its 

share  ? 
FiHed  from  a  vial  that  itself  runs  dry, 
And  fails  to  keep  supplied  its  own  supply? 
Or  from  a  fountain  fickle  at  its  source. 
Or  some  impulsive  intermittent  force? 
Ah  no !  not  these  the  golden  bowl  can  fill, 
It  needs  a  fountain  flowing,  flowing  still; 
A  source  itself  perennially  supplied, 
A  spring,  receiving  always,  never  dried. 

Beside  the  candlestick  and  golden  bowl, 
(Material  emblem  of  the  life  and  soul). 
Two  olive-trees — two  living  trees — behold, 
With  fruit  in  ceaseless  season,  manifold; 
Upon  the  right  and  on  the  left  hand,  see, 
They  pour  the  precious  oil  unceasingly; 
Communing  ever  with  the  bowl  all  bright, 
The  golden  reservoir  of  oil  for  light. 
The  rich  supply  comes  welling  up,  unspent, 
As  from  a  fount  of  living  unction  sent; 
The  throbbing  pulses  of  the  living  trees 
Send  forth  their  costly  issues,  with  such  ease, 


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And  with  such  constancy,  that  nevermore 
Can  oil  be  lacking  in  that  reservoir; 
No  famine  of  tliis  oil  can  e'er  prevail, 
To  cause  the  widow's  scanty  cruse  to  fail ; 
Nor  blight  upon  these  olive-trees  is  found. 
Deep-rooted  are  they  in  the  olive-ground; 
And  through  the  golden  pipes  their  issues  roll 
Into  the  golden  candlestick  and  bowl. 

What  meaneth  this?     what  does  the  vision 

mean — 
This  wondrous  dream  and  vision  I  have  seen ; 
"  'Tis  not  might,''  the  angel  straight  replied, 
"Nor  yet  by  power  of   human  pomp  and 

pride ; 
But  only  by  My  Spirit,  saith  the  Lord, 
The  Spirit  of  My  grace,  on  each  outpoured." 

The  golden  candlestick  and  bowl 
Are  emblems  of  the  life  and  soul ; 
The  golden  pipes,  the  secret  ways. 
Are  emblems  of  the  means  of  grace; 
The  olive-trees,  with  oil  endowed, 
The  Spirit  of  the  living  God; 
From  this  full  Source  the  soul  supplied, 
The  oil  of  grace  is  multiplied  ; 
From  copious  fountain  of  God's  love. 
That  ever  flowing  source  above. 
The  streams  of  grace  unceasing  flow 
Into  the  golden  bowl  below, 
Communing  with  the  Spirit's  power, 
Partaking  of  the  gracious  shower; 
The  living,  rooted  olive-tree 
Is  grace  supplied  unceasingly; 
The  Spirit  of  the  living  Lord 
In  Pentecostal  strength  outpoured. 

Thus  is  the  Church  supplied  with  food, 
E'en  by  the  Spirit  of  our  God ; 
Thus,  too,  it  burns  with  radiance  bright, 
A  burning  and  a  shining  light. 
From  living  root,  the  living  spring. 
The  olive-trees  their  tribute  bring; 
Without  the  Spirit  thus  supplied. 
The  means  of  grace  are  channels  dried; 
Without  communion  with  the  root. 
There  is  no  bringing  forth  of  fruit ; 
No  oil  the  service  pipes  to  feed. 
The  lamps  are  cold  and  dark  and  dead : 
That  candlestick  will  God  remove, 
Unfed  by  springs  of  grace  and  love. 

Thus,  too,  the  Spirit  feeds  the  soul, 
As  those  two  olive-trees  the  bowl; 
Perennial  doth  the  olive  flow, 
From  root  in  God  to  man  below; 
Unfailing  is  the  rich  supply, 
The  golden  pipes  are  never  dry; 
The  means  of  grace  as  channels  prove 
Blest  conduits  of  Thy  grace  and  love; 
The  soul  sheds  forth  its  golden  light. 
The  pure  oil-olive  burning  bright — 
Oil-olive  from  the  olive-tree, 
Led  on  and  flowing  ceaselessly. 

O  Spirit  of  the  living  Lord, 

Be  Thou  unto  Thy  Church  outpoured! 


The  unction  from  Thy  sacred  breast 
Brings  life  and  light,  and  peace  and  rest; 
Bless,  Lord,  Thy  living  churches  bless, 
Diffuse  Thyself  in  means  of  grace. 
'Tis  thus  the  Church's  life  is  fed 
By  unction  of  the  Spirit  shed ; 
Communing  with  the  olive-tree, 
With  Thee,  O  Holy  Ghost,  with  Thee. 

0  Spirit,  to  my  waiting  heart 
Supply  this  oil,  Thyself  impart; 
From  root  and  fatness  of  the  tree. 
Rooted  and  grounded.  Lord,  in  Thee, 
The  means  of  grace,  with  grace  bedew, 
And  all  my  inmost  soul  renew ; 

Life  from  the  dead  Thy  grace  is  found. 
Replenishing  the  parched  ground; 
Communing  with  the  olive-tree. 
All  my  fresh  springs  are.  Lord,  in  Thee ; 
In  Pentecostal  blessing  given, 
The  Holy  Ghost  sent  down  from  heaven. 
Robert  Maguire. 

3869.  PETER,  Ckrist's  Look  at. 

Luke  xxii :  61. 
The  Saviour  looked  on  Peter.    Ay,  no  word, 
No  gesture  of  reproach !  the  heavens  serene, 
Though  heavy  with  armed  justice,  did  not 

lean 
Their  thunders  that  way  J      The  forsaken 

Lord 
Looked  only  on  the  traitor.     None  record 
What  that  look  was ;  none  guess ;  for  those 

who  have  seen 
Wronged  lovers  loving  through  a  death-pang 

keen. 
Or  pale-cheeked  martyrs  smiling  to  a  sword. 
Have  missed  Jehovah  at  the  judgment  call ! 
And  Peter,  from  the  height  of  blasphemy, 
"I  never  knew  this  Man,"  did  quail  and  fall 
As  knowing  straight  that  God,  and  turned 

free, 
And  went  out  speechless  from  the  face  of  all, 
And  filled  the  silence  weeping  bitterly. 

1  think  that  look  of  Christ  might  seem  to  say, 
Thou,  Peter !  art  thou  then  a  common  stone. 
Which  I  at  last  must  break  my  heart  upon, 
For  all  God's  charge  to  His  high  angels  may 
Guard  My  foot  better?     Did  I,  yesterday, 
Wash  thy  feet.  My  beloved,  that  they  should 

run 
Quick  to  deny  Me  'neath  the  morning  sun? 
And  do  thy  kisses  like  the  rest  betray? 
The  cock  crows  coldly.     Go,  and  manifest 
A  late  contrition,  but  no  bootless  fear ! 
For  when  thy  deadly  need  is  bitterest. 
Thou  shalt  not  be  denied ;  I  am  here. 
My  voice  to  God  and  angels  shall  attest — 
Because  I  know  this  man,  let  him  be  clear. 
Elkdbeth  Barrett  Browning. 

3870.  PETEE,  CMBt's  Question  to. 

John  xvi :  17. 
A  group  had  gathered  on  the  shore  that 
The  restless  waters  of  Tiberias.         [bounds 


390 


I>ETER. 


PETER. 


The  weary  fishermen,  who,  all  night  long, 
Had  cast  their  nets  in  vain,  now  saw  ama/ed 
The  wondrous  product  of  their  later  toil, 
And  half  in  terror  cried,  "  It  is  the  Lord  !" 
And  He,  mysterious  Man,  whom  late  they 
Expire  in  agony  upon  the  cross,  [saw 

Stood  calmly  in  their  midst  and  hushed  their 
fear. 

Impetuous  Peter,  bolder  than  the  rest, 
Had  met  his  Master  first,  and  sought  to  prove 
His  zealous  confidence  and  greater  love. 
Him  loving,  yet  reproving  for  his  warmth, 
The  Lord  addressed :  "  Thou  son  of  Jonas, 
And  answer  truly  if  thou  lovest  Me."  [hear, 
Thrice  fell  this  question  on  his  anxious  ear, 
"While  wonder  first,  and  then  dismay  and 

grief. 
Oppressed  him  as  his  answer  thus  he  made : 
"  Yea,  Lord,  Thou  knowest  that  I  love  Thee 

well." 

"  Then  feed  My  Iambs,"  the  holy  Shepherd 

said: 
"  If  Me  thou  love&t  more  than  all  beside, 
Then  feed  My  lambs !     If  thou  wilt  prove 

thy  zeal, 
And  thus  insure  thy  Master's  welcome  praise. 
Go  feed  My  lambs!     I  ask  no  arduous  toil. 
No  deed  of  high  emprise  thy  powers  shall 

task : 
I  only  bid  thee  feed  My  lambs !"     He  said. 
And  soon  for  heav'n  departed,  there  to  watch 
His  under-shepherds  while  they  guard  His 

flock. 

O  ye  whose  holy  privilege  it  is  [lambs ! 

To  serve  Him  thus,  see  that  ye  feed  His 
So  shall  ye  gain  the  evidence  ye  seek. 
That  your  commission  bears  His  sacred  seal , 
So  shall  ye  prove  your  love,  and  so  acquire 
The  rich  reward  on  which  your  hopes  are 
fixed,  Julian  Cramer. 

3871.  PETER,  Deliverance  of. 
Acts  xii  :  5. 
He  slept  between  two  soldiers,  bound  with 

chains. 
Waiting  the  hour  when  wily  Herod's  hand 
Should  point  his  martyr-doom.    Yet  still  he 

slept. 
Peaceful  as  the  young  babe.  And  lo !  a  light 
Gleamed  o'er  the  dungeon-darkness,  and  a 

voice 
Not  of  this  earth  poured  forth  the  high  com- 
"  Peter,  arise."  [mand, 

Then  the  investing  chains 
Melted  from  oS  his  limbs,  and  he  arose 
^And  robed  himself,  and  girt  his  sandals  on, 
And  followed  where  the  wondering  messen- 
ger^ 
Guided,  with  shining  track.     The  iron  gate. 
That  guarded  portal  of  the  city's  wall. 
As  if  it  knew  heaven's  high  ambassador, 
Turned  on  its  massy  hinge.     So   on  they 

passed. 
Free  and  unquestioned,  till  the  seraph's  wing 


Outspread  in  parting  flight.     With  snowy 

trace 
Awhile  it  hovered,  then,  like  radiant  star 
From  its  bright  orbit  loosed,  went  soaring  up, 
High  o'er  the  arch  of  night. 

Then  Peter  knew 
The  angel  of  the  Lord,  for  he  had  deemed 
Some  blessed  vision  held  his  tranced  sight 
In  strange  illusion. 

With  the  voice  of  praise 
His   joyous  steps  a  well-known    threshold 

sought. 
The    home    of    Mary.      Midnight    reigned 

around. 
And  heavy  sleep  hung  o'er  Jerusalem. 
Yet  here  they  slumbered  not.    A  sigh  arose 
Of  ardent  supplication  for  the  friend 
In  durance  and  in  chains.    But  can  ye  paint 
The  astonished  gaze  with  which  those  tear- 
ful eyes 
Did  fasten  on  his  features  as  he  stood 
Sudden  amid  the  group? 

High  Heaven  had  heard 
The  prayer  of  faith.     And  heard  it  not  the 

breath 
Of  gratitude  from  every  trembling  lip, 
Ascribing  glory  to  the  Lord  of  hosts, 
Whose  holy  angel  had  His  servant  freed 
From  the  high-handed  malice  of  the  Jews 
And  from  the  wrath  of  Herod? 

Ye  who  held 
The  key  of  prayer,  that  key  which  entereth 

heaven, 
How  long  will  ye  be  doubtful?  and  how  long 
Seek  from  brief  earth  the  help  she  cannot 

give. 
Choosing  her  broken  cisterns?     Say!   how 

long?  Lydia  II.  Sigourney. 

3872.  PETER,  Denial  by. 

Mark  xiv  :  66-73. 
We  look  with  scorn  on  Peter's  thrice-told  lie ! 
Boldly  we  say,  "Good  brother,  you  nor  I, 

So  near  the  sacred  Lord,  the  Christ  indeed, 
Had  dared  His  name  and  marvellous  grace 
deny." 

O  futile  boast !     O  haughty  lips,  be  dumb ! 
Unheralded  by  boisterous  trump  or  drum, 
How  oft  'mid  silent  eves,  and  midnight 
chimes, 
Vainly  to  us  our  pleading  Lord  hath  come. 

Knocked  at  our  hearts,  striven  to  enter  there ; 
But  we,  poor  slaves  of  mortal  sin  and  care, 
Sunk  in  deep  sloth,  or  bound  by  spiritual 

sleep, 
Heard  not    the   voice    divine,    the    tender 

prayer ! 

Ah!  well  for  us  if  some  late  spring-tide  hour 
Faith  still  may  bring,  with  blended  shine 

and  shower; 
If  through  warm  tears  a  late  remorse  may 

shed, 
Our  wakened  souls  put  forth  one  heavenly 

flower !  Paul  H.  Hayne. 


PETER. 


PETER. 


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3873.  PETER,  Denial  by. 

Matthew  xxvi  :  09-75. 
Night  on  the  chamber  lay, 
Dull  was  the  lamp's  red  ray, 
Fitful  its  stealthy  play 

On  the  garved  ceiling; 
And  without  speech  or  sound, 
Dim  curious  shadows  round 
Men  in  amazement  bound. 

Came  slowly  stealing. 

Back  from  the  staircase  head 
Echoed  a  quivering  tread, 
As  the  scared  traitor  sped 

Swift  toward  the  valley. 
Then  while  a  tide  of  woe 
Surged  through  the  breast  below, 
One  voice  in  melting  flow 

Rose  musically : 

"  Comes  My  full  glory  now. 
And  rovuid  My  Father's  brow, 
As  to  His  will  I  bow, 

That  glory  shineth; 
No  longer  here  I  stay. 
To  seek  Me  ye  will  stray, 
But  will  not  find  a  way 

Ere  life  declineth. 

"Leave  I  a  new  command: 
In  one  unbroken  band 
Firmly  together  stand. 

Brother  by  brother; 
Would  ye  all  men  should  know 
From  the  same  root  ye  grow, 
From  the  same  fountain  flow, 

Love  one  another." 

Peter,  with  anxious  brow, 
"Whither,  Lord,  goest  Thou?" 
"Thou  canst  not  follow  now," 

Said  the  loved  Master, 
"But  thou  shalt  come  to  Me;" 
Peter,  in  answer  free, 
"Nay,  but  I'd  go  with  Thee, 

Spite  of  disaster; 

"Go  with  Thee,  e'en  to  die, 

With  Thee  in  prison  lie, 

And  though  all  these  should  fly 

Yet  will  I  never!" 
Clearly  the  warm  words  rang 
As  to  the  lip  they  sprang. 
Born  of  that  bitter  pang 

With  which  hearts  sever. 

Dumbly  the  shadows  swayed, 
And  the  dim  lamp-light  played. 
In  ghostlier  twist  and  braid, 

From  floor  to  ceiling; 
Each  clumsy  mottled  fold 
Of  hangings  quaint  and  old. 
Now  gray  with  dust  and  mould, 

Wildly  revealing. 

Earnest  was  Peter's  vow, 
But  on  his  Master's  brow 
Solemnly  gathered  now 
Pity  and  sorrow ; 


In  its  strong  favor  true 
That  throbbing  heart  He  knew. 
But  a  quick  glance  He  threw 
On  the  stern  morrow. 

Mournfully  answered  He, 

"  Say'st  thou  wilt  die  for  Me? 

Ere  yet  the  night  shall  flee, 

Morn's  light  be  shown  to  thee, 
Ere  to  the  waking  sky 
Shrills  forth  the  watch-cock's  cry, 
Thrice  will  those  lips  deny 

That  thou  hast  known  Me." 

' '  Never !"     Quick  burst  the  word, 
Slowly  the  hangings  stirred; 
Young  muffled  Echo  heard. 

And  half  sighed  "Ever;" 
Broke  was  the  shadow's  rest, 
Heaved  every  listener's  breast: 
All  round  the  Master  pressed, 

High  rang  the  "Never." 

Midnight  lamps  streamed  with  light, 
Fagots  with  blaze  were  bright; 
Hushed  Heaven  marked  the  sight 

In  that  proud  palace; 
Traitor,  thy  work  was  done! 
There  stood  the  holy  One, 
God's  own  eternal  Son, 

Sport  for  base  malice. 

Gathered  the  false  lip  there; 
By  the  bold  villain's  glare 
And  the  proud  bigot's  stare 

Was  the  hall  bordered ; 
While  the  priests  chcied  round 
Him  with  the  mitre  crowned, 
And  sacred  ephod  bound, 

Jewelled  and  broidered. 

In  his  black  enmity 
Strutted  the  Pharisee, 
Pompous  phylactery 

On  wrist  and  forehead ; 
Sadducees  gathered  near 
Wearing  the  sceptic  sneer; 
Scribes  bandied  jest  and  jeer 

Round  heaven's  Adored. 

Back  from  the  flaming  wood. 

In  shaded  corner,  stood 

Young  John,  the  mild  and  good. 

For  boudoir  meeter; 
And  by  the  ruddy  blaze. 
With  frantic  mien  and  gaze, 
Lost  in  a  dread  amnze. 

Trembling,  sat  Peter. 

"  Judea's  King  art  Thou?" 
Caiaphas  questioned  now: 
"Christ,  to  whom  angels  bow, 

In  glory  seated?" 
"lam."     From  wall  to  wall. 
Throughout  that  palace-hall. 
Echo,  to  echo's  call, 

"I  am"  repeated.  • 


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PETER. 


I»ETER. 


"Me  ye'll  hereafter  see 
Throned  with  the  Deity, 
Glory  encircling  Me, 

God's  power  and  glory ; 
See  Me  in  clouds  descend, 
Time's  measured  reign  to  end, 
While  round  Me  angels  bend 

And  go  before  Me." 

Wild  rang  the  clattering  staff. 
High  rose  the  scornful  laugh, 
As  when  the  demons  quaff 

Soul's  blood  in  wassail; 
And  with  a  leering  head, 
Or  scowl  of  hate  instead. 
Swaying  in  mockery  dread, 

Did  the  crowd  jostle. 

Priests  the  rich  tunic  rent. 
Bigots  in  horror  bent. 
Ail  one  deep  cry  upsent — 

"  Hear  His  blaspheming! 
Guilty!  to  death  with  Him!" 
Waxed  Peter's  vision  dim, 
Sights  ghastly,  bloody,  grim, 

Around  him  swimming. 

"  Thou  too  hast  been  seen 
With  this  vile  Nazarene ;" 
"Thou  art  a  Galilean," 

Came  the  dread  sally; 
*'  Sure  of  His  band  art  thou: 
I  marked  thee  even  now 
Where  bends  the  olive  bough 

In  yonder  valley." 

Thrice  the  accusing  knell. 

Thrice  the  denial  fell. 

Then,  with  the  crowd's  mad  yell, 

Came  oaths  and  scorning; 
E'en  as  the  sounds  did  flow. 
One  silver  gleam,  and  lo ! 
Shrilled  high  the  clarion  crow. 

Ushering  morning. 

As  rose  the  warning  sound 
Slowly  the  Lord  turned  round, 
His  mild  eye  from  the  ground 

Raising  to  Peter ; 
Cowering,  the  bold  man  crept 
Where  darkest  shadows  slept. 
Covered  his  face,  and  wept 

Tears  large  and  bitter. 

Mrs.  Emily  Judson. 

3874.  PETER,  Denial  of. 

Luke  xxii .  55-62. 

Into  the  high-priest's  palace  Peter  comes, 
Not  boldly,  as  his  wont,  but  stealthily, 
As  he  doth  f eai*  at  every  step  some  foe. 
He  stands  and  warms  himself,  as  if  to  hide 
The  perturbations  of  his  soul,  now  sunk 
In  fear  and  dread  of  what  may  Christ  befall. 
A  pert  and  curious  maid  has  spied  him  out, 
And,  gazing  in  his  tell-tale  face,  exclaims, 
"And  thou  wast  also  with  the  Nazarene?" 
This  he  denies,  and  fain  would  have  her 
think 


He  knows  not  even  what  she  talks  about! 
But  his  unrestf  ul  soul  can  brook  no  more 
Her  curious,  doubting  gaze,   and  forth  he 

goes 
Into  the  outer  court,  to  hide  his  shame. 
Soon  comes  another  maid,  and  points  him 

out 
To  those  that  nearest  stand.     Again  denies 
False  Peter,  stronger  than  before.    And  now, 
When  sev'ral  say  he  is  betrayed  by  speech 
That  smacks  of  Galilean  land,  he  still 
With   strongest   oaths    declares   he   knows 

Christ  not. 
And  while  the  words  yet  blister  on  his  lips 
There  pierces  through  his  soul  the  cock's 

shrill  crow. 
And  lo !  the  Master's  face  in  pitying  guise 
And  sad  remonstrance  passes  him  before. 
All  base  denial  melts  beneath  that  look, 
And  out  he  rushes  where  his  tears  may  flow 
And  find  their  freest  vent;  where  he  may 
And  bitterly  repent  the  blasphemy      [panes 
And  sin  of  thrice  denying  his  dear  Lord. 
Peter,  methinks,  never  forgot  that  day. 
And  often  in  his  after  glorious  life, 
When  over-confident,  he'd  sudden  stop. 
And  hear  again  the  cock's  shrill  voice  re- 
sound, 
And  see  the  wondrous  pitying  gaze  of  Christ. 
Alexander  Macauley. 

3875.  PETER,  Go  TeU. 

Mark  xvi  :  7. 
But  wherefore  Peter?     He  whose  pri(Je 

Dreamed  on  the  monarch  sea  to  tread, 
Whose  traitor-tongue  with  oaths  denied 

His  Master  in  the  hour  of  dread, 
Wherefore  to  him  in  accents  sweet 

Such  words  of  heavenly  solace  bear. 
And  not  to  those  whose  firmer  feet 

Indignant  foiled  the  tempter's  snare? 

Hark !  from  a  risen  Saviour's  tomb 

The  guardian  seraph  makes  reply. 
And  sweet  amid  sepulchral  gloom 

Flows  forth  the  language  of  the  sky, 
To  teach  us  how  the  flame  of  love, 

With  silent  ministry  sublime, 
May  in  repentant  bosoms  move, 

And  neutralize  a  mass  of  crime. 

So,  when  some  erring  brother  mourns 

His  recreant  course  with  grief  severe. 
Haste,  and  with  tender  accent  breathe 

The  "Go,  tell  Peter,"  in  his  ear. 
For  angels  soothe  the  pangs  of  woe 

That  swell  when  contrite  tears  are  shed. 
And,  pure  as  light,  the  pearl  may  glow 

That  darkest  slept  in  ocean's  bed. 

LydiaH.  Sigoumey. 

3876.  PETER,  Legend  of  St. 

Matthew  xxvi  :  31-35. 
All   of    you   shall    soon    forsake   Me;    one 

already  hath  betrayed. 
So  the  Lord  addressed  His  loved  ones;  only 

one  an  answer  made. 


PETER. 


I»EXER. 


393 


Simon  Peter,  self-reliant,  yet  the  strongest 

in  the  faitlj, 
Answered — Master,  I  go  with  Thee,  both  to 

prison  and  to  death. 

Soon,  too  soon,  he  rued  that  answer!  Now, 
by  God's  great  mercy  blest, 

Clings  he  closer  to  the  Saviour  thrice  denied, 
yet  thrice  confessed. 

And  for  Him  who  knoweth  all  things,  knows 

he  loves  him,  will  he  keep 
Until   death    that   last   injunction,    Christ's 

command  to  feed  His  sheep. 

Toils  he  on  with  patient  labor  through  the 

work  and  wail  of  years. 
But  though  still  in  Christ  rejoicing,  sheds  he 

still  repentant  tears. 

Still  whene'er  the  bird  of  morning,  ere  the 

day  break,  sound  his  call, 
Up  St.  Peter  at  the  summons  rises,  kneels 

to  weep  his  fall. 

So,  though  holiest  aspirations  on  life's  work 

our  hearts  may  fix. 
Still  the  tears  of  deep  contrition  with  the 

noblest  aims  must  mix 

Now  at    length,    his   mission   ended,   in  a 

prison  he  must  lie, 
Where  the  foes  he  braved  have  thrown  him, 

captive  and  condemned  to  die. 

But  the  brave  and  faithful  servant,  eager  yet 

to  work  for  all. 
Cannot  rest  in  patient  waiting  'neath  that 

dreary  dungeon-wall. 

Stealthily  he  leaves  his  prison  in  the  silence 

of  the  night, 
Though  no  angel  now  attends  him  sent  from 

heaven  to  aid  his  flight : 

Yet  the  massive  gates  of  iron  yield  unto  his 

trembling  hands: 
Whatisthis?  Can  sight  deceive  him?  Christ, 

his  Lord,  before  him  stands.     • 

Joy  and  wonder  overwhelming,  heart  and 

head  before  Him  bow, 
Scarce    his    lips   can   form   the  question — 

Master,  whither  goest  thou? 

Falls  the  hope  that  erst  had  thrilled  him, 
Christ  with  him  might  there  abide : 

Peter,  I  to  Rome  am  wending ;  there  I  must 
be  crucified ! 

Then,    as   once   when   at  Emmaus,    in  the 

breaking  of  the  bread. 
He  before  His  two  disciples  spake  the  word 

and  vanished. 

So  e'en  now  He  spake  to  Simon,  spake  and 

vanished  at  the  word. 
Leaving  him  transfixed  in  wonder  at   the 

tidinsrs  he  had  heard. 


Ponders  he — Though  He  redeemed  us  by 
His  death  of  shame  and  pain. 

Though  subdued  is  death's  dominion,  must 
He  suffer  all  again? 

No !    'Twas  once  for  all  He  suffered,  by  His 

death  to  make  us  free ; 
But  His  followers  still  may  bear  Him:  He 

must  die  again  in  me. 

I  who  late  have  left  my  prison,  feared  to 

suffer  for  His  name, 
Have  I  thus  again  denied  Him?     Coward 

spirit!  blush  for  shame. 

Have  I  then  in  deed  belied  Him,  spurned  the 

holy  truth's  defence? 
Oh,    the   act   of    sinful   weakness!     Satan! 
Tempter!  get  thee  hence ! 

Now,  O  Lord,  would  I  confess  Thee  with  no 

self-confiding  breath ; 
Lord,  I  love  Thee :  take  me  with  Thee  both 

to  prison  and  to  death. 

Humbled,  yet  in  hope  exultant;  stricken, 
yet  of  fear  bereft, 

Turns  he  back  a  willing  captive  to  the  dun- 
geon he  had  left. 

With  the  iron  chain  they  bind  him,  bear 

him  prisoner  into  Home : 
Ah !  they  little  reck  they  lead  him  unto  his 

eternal  home. 

One  more  victim  stands  beside  him,  fellow- 
witness  to  the  faith, 

Who,  for  love  of  his  dear  Saviour,  will 
endure  the  pains  of  death. 

Saints  of  God  he  persecuted  till  he  heard 
his  master's  call. 

Then  with  holy  zeal  he  labored  more  abun- 
dantly than  all. 

Now  before  the  cross  St.  Peter  stands  con- 
fessing bold  and  free. 

Speaks  the  thought  that  seethes  within  him: 
Is  this  privilege  for  me  ? 

No,   myself  I  will  not  liken  to    the    Lord 

whom  once  I  spurned; 
Of  His  death  I  am  not  worthy;  downward 

let  my  head  be  turned. 

Thus  he  suffers;  yet  who  knoweth  what 
divine  support  is  nigh? 

Who  shall  say  what  golden  visions  float  be- 
fore that  closing  eye? 

Who  shall  guess  what  inward  rapture  stays 
that  short  and  gasping  breath. 

While  the  pallid  brow  is  moistened  with  the 
chilly  dews  of  death? 

Who  shall  doubt,  the  warfare  over,  on  his 

Master's  breast  he  lies; 
Face  to  face  doth  there  confess    Him  mid 

the  joys  of  paradise. 

Mary  Moultrie. 


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PETER. 


PETER. 


3877.  PETEK,  Sifting  of. 

Luke  xvii  :  31. 
In  St.  Luke's  Gosjiel  we  are  told 
How  Peter  in  the  days  of  old 

"Was  sifted ; 
And  now,  though  a^^es  intervene, 
Sin  is  the  same,  while  time  and  scene 
Are  shifted. 

Satan  desires  us,  great  and  small, 
As  wheat,  to  sift  us,  and  we  all 

Are  tempted ; 
Not  one,  however  rich  or  great, 
Is  by  his  station  or  estate 

Exempted. 

No  house  so  safely  guarded  is 
But  he,  by  some  device  of  bis, 

Can  enter; 
No  heart  hatli  armor  so  complete 
But  he  can  pierce  with  arrows  fleet 

Its  centre. 

For  all  at  last  the  cock  will  crow 
Who  hear  the  warning  voice,  but  go 

Unheeding; 
Till  thrice  and  more  they  have  denied 
The  Man  of  Sorrows,  crucified 

And  bleeding. 

One  look  of  that  pale  suffering  face 
Will  make  us  feel  the  deep  disgrace 

Of  weakness; 
We  shall  be  sifted  till  the  strength 
Of  self-conceit  be  changed  at  length 

To  meekness. 

Wounds  of  the  soul,  though  healed,  will  ache ; 
The  reddening  scars  remain,  and  make 

Confession; 
Lost  innocence  returns  no  more; 
We  are  not  what  we  were  before 

Transgression, 

But  noble  souls,  through  dust  and  heat, 
Kise  from  disaster  and  defeat 

The  stronger, 
And,  conscious  still  of  the  divine 
Within  them,  lie  on  earth  sui^ine 

No  longer. 

n.  W.  Longfellow. 

3878.  PETER,  Tears  of. 

Mark  xiv  :  73. 
O  strong  in  purpose,  frail  in  power. 

Where  now  the  pledge  so  lately  given? 
Coward  to  creatures  of  an  hour; 

Bold  to  the  challenged  bolts  of  heaven ! 

Shall  that  fierce  eye  e'er  pour  the  stream 
Of  heart-wrung  tears  before  its  God? 

Thus  did  the  rock  in  Horeb  seem 
One  moment  ere  it  felt  the  rod. 

But  Jesus  turns :  mysterious  drops 
Before  that  kindly  glance  flow  fast ; 

So  melt  the  snows  from  mountain-tops 
When  the  dark  wintry  hour  is  past. 


Wliat  might  it  be  that  glance  could  paint? 

Did  one  deep  touching  impress  blend 
The  more  than  sage,  the  more  than  saint, 

The  more  thau  sympathizing  friend? 

Was  it  that  lightning  thought  retraced 
Some  hallowed  hour  beneath  the  moon. 

Or  walk,  or  converse  high  that  graced 
The  temple's  columned  shade  at  noon? 

Say  did  that  face  to  memory's  eye 

With  gleams  of  Tabor's  glory  shine?  ^^ 

Or  did  the  dews  of  agony 

Still  rest  upon  that  brow  divine? 

I  know  not;  but  I  know  a  will 

That,  Lord !  might  frail  as  Peter's  be  I 

A  heart  that  had  denied  Thee  still, 
Even  now,  without  a  look  from  Thee ! 
Samuel  Miller  Waring, 

3870.  PETER,  The  Apostle. 

Thou  thrice-denied,  yet  thrice-beloved, 
Watch  by  Thine  own  forgiven  friend; 

In  sharpest  perils  faithful  proved, 
Let  his  soul  love  Thee  to  the  end. 

The  prayer  is  heard ;  else  why  so  deep 
His  slumber  on  the  eve  of  death? 

And  wherefore  smiles  he  in  his  sleep 
As  one  who  drew  celestial  breath? 

He  loves  and  is  beloved  again : 

Can  his  soul  choose  but  be  at  rest? 

Sorrow  hath  fled  away,  and  pain 
Dares  not  invade  the  guarded  nest. 

He  dearly  loves,  and  not  alone; 

For  his  winged  thoughts  are  soaring  high 
Where  never  yet  frail  heart  was  known 

To  breathe  iu  vain  affection's  sigh. 

He  loves  and  weeps;  but  more  than  tears 
Have  sealed  Thy  welcome  and  his  love; 

One  look  fives  in  him,  and  endears 
Crosses  and  wrongs  where'er  he  rove. 

That  gracious  chiding  look,  Thy  call 
To  win  him  to  himself  and  Thee, 

Sweetening  the  sorrow  of  his  fall, 
Which  else  were  rued  too  bitterly. 

Even  through  the  veil  of  sleep  it  shines, 
The  memory  of  that  kindly  glance; 

The  angel  watching  by  divines 

And  spares  a  while  his  blissful  trance. 

Or  haply  to  his  native  lake 

His  vision  wafts  him  back,  to  talk 

With  Jesus  ere  His  flight  He  take. 
As  in  that  solemn  evening  walk, 

When  to  the  bosom  of  His  friend. 

The  Shepherd,  He  whose  name  is  Good, 

Did  His  dear  lambs  and  sheep  commend. 
Both  bought  and  nourished  with  His  blood ; 


I'ET'IGR. 


PETICR. 


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Then  laid  on  him  the  inverted  tree, 

Which,  firm  embraced  with  lieart  and  arm, 

Might  cast  o'er  hope  and  memory. 
O'er  life  and  death,  its  awful  charm. 

With  brightening  heart  he  bears  it  on. 
His  passport  through  the  eternal  gate. 

To  his  sweet  home — so  nearly  won ; 
He  seems,  as  by  the  door  he  waits, 

The  unexpressive  notes  to  hear 
Of  angel  song  and  angel  motion. 

Rising  and  falling  on  the  ear 
Like  waves  in  joy's  unbounded  ocean. 

His  dream  is  changed :  the  tyrant's  voice 
Calls  to  that  last  of  glorious  deeds: 

But  as  he  rises  to  rejoice. 

Not  Herod,  but  an  angel,  leads. 

He  dreams  he  sees  a  lamp  flash  bright, 
Glancing  around  his  prison-room; 

But  'tis  a  gleam  of  heavenly  light 
That  fills  up  all  the  ample  gloom. 

The  flame  that  in  a  few  short  years 

Deep  through  the  chambers  of  the  dead 

Shall  pierce  and  dry  the  fount  of  tears. 
Is  waving  o'er  his  dungeon-bed. 

Touched  he  upstarts:  his  chains  unbind; 

Through  darksome  vault,  up  massy  stair. 
His  dizzy,  doubting  footsteps  wind 

To  freedom  and  cool  moonlight  air. 

Then  all  himself,  all  joy  and  calm. 
Though  for  awhile  his  hand  forego. 

Just  as  it  touched,  this  martyr's  palm, 
He  turns  him  to  his  task  below: 

The  pastoral  staff,  the  keys  of  heaven. 
To  wield  awhile  in  gray-haired  might. 

Then  from  his  cross  to  spring  forgiven, 
And  follow  Jesus  out  of  sight. 

John  Keble. 

3880.  PETER  WALKING  ON  THE  SEA. 
Matthew  xiv  :  28-31. 

Swift-rolling  clouds  the  face  of  heaven  per- 
vade, 

And  cast  o'er  night's  dark   brow  a  deeper 
shade; 

Whilst  still  in  sullen  calm  the  whirlwinds 
sleep, 

Presaging  murmurs  moan  along  the  deep ; 

Hushed  is  the  sea-bird's  cry,  the  billow's  roar, 

And  gloomy  silence  broods  along  the  shore. 

Now  bursts  the  storm,  the  clouds  are  rent  in 

twain, 
And  rise  at  once  the  terrors  of  the  main : 
The  forked  lightnings  flash  with  lurid  fire. 
To  quench  the  flaming  bolts  the  waves  aspire. 
The  rattling  thunder  rolls  along  the  sky. 
And  bursting  breakers  to  the  roar  reply ; 


Whilst  the  fierce  whirlwind  flies  with  direful 

sweep, 
And  rouses  all  the  monsters  of  the  deep; 
And  the  swift-pattering  hail  and  drenching 

shower 
On  yon  half-sinking  bark  their  fury  pour, 
Where  seem  alike  the  fervent  prayer 
Of  holiest  saints  or  ravings  of  despair. 

But  who  is  He ;  that  mild  yet  awful  Form 
That  rises  midst  the  horrors  of  the  storm? 
O'er  the  still-heaving  wave  He  calmly  treads. 
Whilst  back  the  billows  roll  their  shrinking 

heads. 
Around  His  brow  celestial  splendors  play, 
And  the  white  sparkling  foam  reflects  the  ray. 
Unmoved  by  wind,  His  flowing  locks  repose, 
Unbathed  His  foot,  unwet  His  garment  flows ; 
Onward  He  moves  majestic  o'er  the  wave. 
The  messenger  of  boundless  love,  to  save. 

Oh,  mighty  lesson !  see  obedience  tried ! 
At  His  command  now  Peter  climbs  the  side 
And  leaves  the  bark ;  such  is  the  force  of  love. 
Which  yields  e'en  life  its  fervent  zeal  to  prove ! 
But  when  around  he  sees  the  waves  aspire. 
Weak  nature's  fear  attempts  to  quench  the 

fire: 
"  Save  me !"     Now  steadfast  Faith  becomes 

his  guide. 
And  bears  liim  o'er  the  terrors  of  the  tide. 
And  gives  in  safety  to  his  Saviour's  breast 
The  man  with  faith  and  pure  obedience  blest ! 
Mrs.  Henry  Rolls. 

3881.  PETER'S  MOTHER-IN-LAW  HEALED. 

Matthew  viii  :  14-17. 
Capernaum,  Sabbath,  afternoon ; 
The  synagogue  seems  closed  too  soon. 
So  swiftly  sped  th'  unconscious  hour. 
Winged  by  such  words  of  love  and  power. 

To  Simon's  and  to  Andrew's  home 
Jesus,  with  James  and  John,  is  come, 
And  all  with  joyful  haste  prepare 
To  make  the  Saviour  welcome  there. 

Not  all :  the  fond  and  anxious  wife 
Bends  o'er  the  form  that  gave  her  life, 
Her  mother,  in  whose  wasting  frame 
A  mighty  fever  burns  like  flame. 

Sad  is  her  welcome,  but  her  heart 
Leaps  instant  with  prophetic  start, 
And  straight,  with  prayers  that  fill  her  eyes, 
She  tells  him  how  her  mother  dies. 

As  Jesus  takes  that  burning  hand, 
Lo,  fever  owns  His  kind  command ! 
The  brow  grows  cool,  tlie  pulse  beats  calm, 
Health  pours  through  every  vein  like  balm. 

She  rises,  languor  gone  and  pain, 
Joy  crowns  that  grateful  home  again, 
And  on  sweet  ministries  of  love 
Her  willing  feet  accustomed  move. 


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PHiVKA-OH. 


PIIA.IIISEE. 


And  lo,  as  Sabbath's  sun  goes  down, 
At  Peter's  door  the  thronging;  town 
Treml)les  while  dire  diseases  fly, 
And  demons  own  the  Lord  Most  High. 

O  Jesus,  when  we  give  up  all 
Like  Peter,  at  Thj'  sovereign  call. 
When  all  our  souls  on  Thee  depend, 
Faith  finds  physician,  food,  and  friend. 

And  all  the  woes  that  mortals  mourn. 
Of  all  their  bitterest  sharpness  shorn. 
Subdued  by  skill  no  schools  afford. 
Are  soothed  at  Jesus'  gentlest  word. 

Qeorge  Laming  Taylor. 

3882.  PHAEAOH,  Overthrow  of. 

Exodus  XV  :  20. 

Ye  daughters  and  soldiers  of  Israel,  look 
back! 

Where,  where  are  the  thousands  who  shad- 
owed your  track, 

The  chariots  that  shook  the  deep  earth  as 
they  rolled, 

The  banners  of  silk  and  the  helmets  of  gold? 

Where  are  they,  the  vultures  whose  beaks 

would  have  fed 
On  the  tide  of  your  hearts  ere  the  pulses  had 

fled? 
Give  glory  to  God,  who  in  mercy  arose. 
And  strewed  mid  the  waters  the  strength  of 

our  foes ! 

But  this  morn,  and  the  Israelites'  strength 
was  a  reed. 

That  shook  with  the  thunder  of  chariot  and 
steed : 

Where  now  are  the  swords  and  their  far- 
flashing  sweep? 

Their  lightnings  are  quenched  in  the  depths 
of  the  deep. 

3883.  PHAKAOH,  The  Pursmt  of. 

Exodus  xiv  :  5-31. 
There's  darkness  on  the  Erythrajan  deep. 
Where  the  green  waves  rush  with  foaming 

sweep. 
And  heavily  roll  o'er  Migdol's  shore, 
Whose  cliffs  prolong  the  lengthened  roar. 

Hark !  the  shrill  trumpet's  warlike  wail 
Comes  from  the  hills;  the  glare  of  mail 
Breaks  through  the  gloom ;  the  red  torch's 

flash. 
The  chariot's  din,  the  cymbal's  clash, 
The  horseman's  clang,  the  gleaming  spear, 
Proclaim  the  van  of  battle  near ! 

Where  now  is  thy  mysterious  power, 
Leader  of  Israel?     'Tis  the  hour 
Of  flight,  pursuit,  revenge,  and  fear: 
The  dreadful  host  of  Egypt's  near ! 

There's  no  escape !     The  sea's  dark  swell 
Before  thee  roars ;  behind,  the  yell 


And  shout  of  Mizraim's  bannered-line, 

With  targe,  and  lance,  and  brigandine, 

And  regal  car,  and  sworded  kiug, 

Encircled  with  a  fiery  ring 

Of  warriors  panting  for  the  fight. 

With  brands  unsheathed  that  shed  a  light, 

A  death-gleam,  o'er  the  splendid  throng. 

As  vauntingly  they  pass  along; 

While  their  deep  march  is  heard  from  far, 

And  clashing  shields  that  threaten  war! 

The  Hebrew  leader  stretched  his  rod  ; 
The  sea  obeyed  his  godlike  nod. 
And  flung  its  mountain  billows  back. 
Leaving  a  deep  and  oozy  track, 
A  pathway  through  the  foam-curled  tide, 
That  high  arose  on  either  side. 
Amid  the  gloom  of  that  strange  night, 
Like  walls  of  brass  and  towers  of  might! 
On  rushed  through  that  dim  ocean  vale. 
With  trembling  fear  and  wonder  pale. 
The  Hebrew  bands  in  long  array, 
When  burst  upon  their  darksome  way 
A  flood  of  rainbow-colored  light. 
Streaming  o'er  plume  and  helmet  bright, 
Banner  and  pennon,  shield  and  glave. 
O'er  chief  and  serf,  and  glittering  wave; 
For  now  the  cloud  that  led  them  towers. 
Their  hindmost  guard  from  hostile  powers, 
A  pyramid  of  dazzling  glory. 
The  mightiest  spell  in  eastern  story. 
Mid  the  upgushing  swell  of  light 
That  onward  through  the  starless  night 
Its  diamond-blazing  radiance  shed. 
Round  each  fear-hurried  pilgrim's  head 
Were  winged  splendors,  shapes  of  heaven, 
Clad  in  the  sky-wrought  pomps  of  even. 
While  thick  their  flashing  glories  shone 
More  brilliant  than  the  morning  sun! 
But  on  the  heathen  charioteer. 
The  prancing  steed,  the  halberdier. 
Their  pride  of  war,  grim  darkness  fell; 
The  wailing  horn,  the  threatening  yell. 
Died  into  silence;  and  then  came 
From  the  black  pillar  a  fitful  fiame, 
A  lurid  gleam,  then  deep  and  loud 
The  thunder-peal  broke  from  that  cloud; 
While  fiery  shapes  of  dreadful  mien 
Were  seen  its  gloomy  skirts  between. 

The  Hebrew  tribes  have  gained  the  strand, 
Their  leader  stretches  forth  his  hand; 
Down  fell  with  sudden  rush  and  roar 
The  mountain  billows  piled  on  high ! 
One  wild  fierce  death-shriek  rung  along  the 

shore. 
And  all  was  still !     Nor  voice  nor  cry 
Came  from  that  dark  and  desolate  wave. 
The  heathen  warrior's  unblest  grave ! 

J.  F.  Pennie. 

3884.  PHAEISEE  AND  PUBLICAN. 
Luke  xviii  :  9-14. 

Behold,  two  men  go  forth  to-day, 
Up  to  the  temple  shrine  to  pray. 


t>iiarise;e!. 


T'TIA.E.ISEE. 


39T 


Is  it  to  pray,  or  say  their  prayer, 
These  twain  are  found  resorting  there? 

One,  robed  in  broad  phylactery, 

Nor  bends  the  heart  nor  yet  the  knee, 

No  sense  of  sin,  no  weary  load; 

Boasting,  he  saith,  "I  thank  Thee,  God! 

I  am  no  wretched  slave  of  lust, 

Nor  yet  extortionate,  unjust ; 

I  fast,  and  earn  a  talked-of  fame; 

I  tithe,  and  gain  a  good  man's  name." 

Thus,  robed  in  broad  phylactery. 

Spake  the  proud,  boastful  Pharisee. 

Abashed,  ashamed,  the  other  man 
His  prayer  in  penitence  began. 
He  stood  far  off,  and,  sore  afraid, 
He  smote  upon  his  breast,  and  prayed. 
He  dared  not  lift  to  heaven  his  eye. 
But  from  his  bosom  heaved  a  sigh. 
"O  miserere!"  was  his  plea, 
"Have  mercy,  mercy,  Lord,  on  me!" 
Thus  did  he  pray,  that  other  man : 
This  was  the  lowly  Publican. 

These  twain  a  goodly  lesson  teach. 
As  learnt  from  acts  and  words  of  each : 
The  one,  by. prayer  a  blessing  brought; 
The  other,  condemnation  wrought. 
One  in  his  pride  of  spirit  stood. 
And  dared  to  boast  before  his  God. 
One  "  de  profundis"  humbly  cried, 
He  was  the  "  rather  justified" ! 

Robert  Maguire. 

3885.  PHAEISEE  AND  PUBLICAN. 

With  brow  upraised,  as  one  who  sees  his 

peers. 
From  some  tall  summit,  dwarf  to  lesser  size. 
Free  from  all  vulgar  awe  or  feeble  tears. 
Courting  all  eyes, 

To  gaze  upon  his  eyes,  alight  with  pride. 
Behold  the  Pharisee !  a  statelier  sort 
Of  man,  not  made  of  clay,  fit  to  abide 
In  temple  court, 

As  his  own  heart  assured  him.     Bound  to 

thanks 
For  duty  done  and  life  enjoyed,  to  God ; 
But  not  to  wail  o'er  sin,  like  meaner  ranks 
Of  common  clod. 

Proud  as  he  passed,  his  eye's  dilating  globe 
Fell  on  a  poor  wretch  crouching  in  the  aisle. 
And,  gathering  up  the  fringes  of  his  robe 
From,  cliance  defile 

He  to  the  altar  strode  with  lordly  scorn. 
And  spoke  his  thanks  to  self  and  God  again 
For  the  rare  privilege  of  not  being  bora 
"As  other  men." 

Blind  to  the  beauty  of  all  high  desire. 
Content  with  husks,  not  fruit,  he  eluag  to 
form. 


As  one  who  blows  white  ashes  of  the  fire, 
"I'm  warm." 


With  eyes  that  sought  the  ground,  and  inly 

burned 
With  that  dry  sorrow  which  is  keenest  pain; 
Longing  for  tears,  if  but  "the  clouds  re- 
After  the  rain ;"  [turned 

Crushed  by  the  one  large,  deadly  sense  of  sin, 
Fearing  to  look  toward  the  holy  place. 
Lest  he  should  find  nor  cleft  to  shelter  in, 
Nor  smile  of  grace — 

Came  the  poor  sinner  to  the  place  of  prayer; 

Not  with  the  voice  of  some  exulting  psalm, 

But  with  dim,  tremulous  hope,  which  scarcely 

Expect  its  balm.  [dare 

The  homeless,  flying  from  the  furious  blast, 
Heeds  not  the  passer-by,  although  a  king; 
So  filled  with  grief,  the  scorn  upon  him  cast 
Had  lost  its  sting. 

No  pomp  of  words  the  lab'ring  silence  broke ; 

Mutely  the  eye  besought,  the  lips  implored ; 

Then,  passionate,  the  heart  leaped  forth  and 

"  Have  mercy,  Lord !"       [spoke: 

And  could  no  more ;  for  then  a  storm  arose, 
Sweeping  through  all  the  chambers  of  the 

mind. 
As  when  through  northern  forests  shrieks 

and  blows 

The  wintry  wind. 

And  He,   the    Highest,   sat  in  heaven    and 

heard 
The  voice  of  both.   For  upward  to  His  throne 
There  rise  alike  the  ostentatious  word 
And  undertone, 

Spoken  in  murmurs.  Whether  vaunted  loud, 
Or  held,  like  some  shy  secret  in  the  mind. 
He  answers  each,  the  contrite  and  the  proud. 
After  their  kind. 

To  some,  like  Caiaphas  and  Herod,  naught; 
To  some,  the  smoke  and  whirlwind,  as  to 

Cain; 
To  some,  the  whisper,  which,  imbreathed  to 

thought. 

Can  soothe  its  pain. 

"  Who  ask  not  have  not."   Why  should  men 

repine 
That  He  is  jealous,  and  will  reign  alone? 
Nor  suffer  us  to  rear  an  idol- shrine 
Beside  His  own. 

Who  bows  to  self,  of  God  hath  small  regard. 
His  pride  he  worships,  let  his  pride  befriend; 
And  "seen  of  men,"  of  men  he  reaps  reward 
Until  the  end. 


398 


raiLip. 


FI-H^HIROTH. 


But  when  the  sinners  pour  their  anguished 

prayer, 
All  heaven  is  hushed  while  God  Himself  im- 
parts, 
And  "gathers  up  the  fragments"  to  repair 
Their  broken  hearts. 

W.  Morley  Punshon. 

3886.  PHILIP  AND  THE  EUNUCH. 

Acts  viii :  26-10;  Isaiah  liii  :  6-8. 
'Twas  silent  all  and  dead 

Beside  the  barren  sea, 
Where  Philip's  steps  were  led — 

Led  by  a  voice  from  Thee; 
He  rose  and  went,  nor  asked  Thee  why, 
Nor  stayed  to  heave  one  faithless  sigh; 

Upon  His  lonely  way 

The  high-born  traveller  came, 

Reading  a  mournful  lay 

Of  "One  who  bore  our  shame, 

Silent  Himself,  His  name  untold. 

And  yet  His  glories  were  of  old." 

To  muse  what  Heaven  might  mean 
His  wandering  brow  he  raised. 

And  met  an  eye  serene 

That  on  him  watchful  gazed; 

No  hermit  e'er  so  welcome  crossed 

A  child's  lone  path  in  woodland  lost. 

Now  wonder  turns  to  love; 

The  scrolls  of  sacred  lore 
No  darksome  mazes  prove ; 

The  desert  tires  no  more ; 
They  bathe  where  holy  waters  flow, 
Then  on  their  way  rejoicing  go. 

They  part  to  meet  in  heaven ; 

But  of  the  joy  they  share, 
Absolving  and  forgiving, 

The  sweet  remembrance  bear. 
Yes,  mark  him  well,  ye  cold  and  proud. 
Bewildered  in  a  heartless  crowd, 

Starting  and  turning  pale 

At  rumor's  angry  din. 
No  storm  can  now  assail 

The  charm  he  wears  within, 
Rejoicing  still,  and  doing  good. 
And  with  the  thought  of  God  imbued. 
John  Keble. 

3887.  PI-HAHIROTH. 


Ho !  bring  ye  forth  the  chariot,  make  bright 

the  sword  and  bow. 
In  evil  hour  of  mourning  we  let  the  captives 

go; 

The  craven  dogs  of  Goshen,  with  their  slave- 
leader  bold, 

Have  flown  like  birds,  with  flocks  and  herds, 
with  jewels  and  with  gold. 

"Who  is  this  God  so  mighty,  the  recreant 
vaunted  so? 

It  was  the  dread  Osiris  that  laid  our  first- 
born low; 


And  by  the  help  of  Ammon  this  hand  shall 

fetch  them  home. 
Or  whelm  them  with  their  prophet  beneath 

the  whirling  foam." 

Six  hundred  chosen  chariots,  with  captains 
every  one. 

Led  forth  the  van  of  battle  at  rising  of  the 
sun; 

And  lo !  in  standing  order,  from  each  Egyp- 
tian nome, 

From  ^thiop  land  and  Libyan  sand  the 
gathered  cohorts  come. 

From  Abyssinian  mountains  where,  hid  in 

mist  and  snow. 
Lie  that  great   river's   fountains  no  mortal 

man  may  know ; 
From  the  tall  tower  of  Sy^n6  and  that  green 

fairy  isle, 
From  No's  broad  streets  and  Zoan's  field,  and 

the  marshy  mouths  of  Nile. 

Through  the  high  gates  of  ]\Iemphis  poured 
that  long  cavalcade, 

While  pipe  and  drum  and  timbrel  gay  battle- 
music  made; 

Rich  trappings,  lofty  standards,  flung  back 
the  morning  ray — 

They  little  thought  such  evening  should 
close  so  bright  a  day. 

Ah!  gaze  ye  well  at  parting  on  pyramids 

and  towers ! 
Give  one  last  smile  to  the  lordly  Nile,  tall 

palms  and  lotus-flowers; 
And  bid  farewell — a  long  farewell — to  Miz- 

raim's  dark-eyed  daughters, 
Ye  shall  lie  to-night  where  the  coral-shell 

reddens  the  eastern  waters. 


"  Were  there  no  graves  in  Egypt?"  (I  heard 
a  people  cry ;) 

"Ye  have  brought  us  out  like  cattle  on  desert 
sands  to  die. 

Lo!  rocks  each  side  stand  frowning,  in 
front  the  pathless  main. 

And  behind  the  ranks  of  Pharaoh  come  roll- 
ing on  like  rain." 

"Fear  not,  ye  trembling  children !  your  God 

shall  fight  for  you; 
Who  brought  you  forth  from  bondage  shall 

surely  bring  you  through, 
Through  foe,  and  flood,  and  desert,  to  that 

far  pleasant  soil. 
The  land  of  milk  and  honey,  of  corn,  and 

wine,  and  oil. 

"To-day  is  come  salvation — your  strength 

is  to  be  still; 
With  signs  and  mighty  wonders  the  Lord 

shall  work  His  will ; 
The  waves  themselves  shall  wall  you,  this 

rod  their  crests  shall  sever. 
And  that  great  array  ye  dread  to-day  ye  shall 

see  no  more  forever." 


PI-H^HIROXH. 


I>IL^XE. 


390 


All  night  in  that  strange  journey  with  fear 

and  haste  they  fled, 
"While  after  them  with  wonder  the  foe  in 

fury  sped ; 
Through  coral  caves,  o'er  yawning  graves, 

where  lights  unearthly  showed. 
Marched  that   six   hundred  thousand,  and 

that  six  hundred  rode. 

For  those  red  waves  were  parted — so  strong 

the  east  wind  blew, 
And  left  and  right  a  watery  height  flashed 

in  the  lurid  hue, 
The  glow  of  that  strange  pillar  that  moved 

the  hosts  between, 
A  light  to  guide  on  Israel's  side — a  cloud  by 

Egypt  seen. 
And  the  Lord  looked  from  that  pillar  just 

ere  the  cast  was  gray, 
A  look  of  fire,  of  vengeful  ire  on  Pharaoh's 

proud  array; 
And  Egypt's  host  was  troubled,  and  heavily 

they  drave. 
For,  loosed  I  ween  by  hands  unseen,  their 

wheels  to  the  salt  mud  clave. 


Bright  rose  the  sunny  morning,  the  long 
dread  night  is  o'er. 

And  that  six  hundred  thousand  are  landed 
safe  ashore : 

They  turned  them  back,  all  fearful  that  fol- 
lowing host  to  see. 

But  far  and  wide  they  only  spied  the  red 
waves  rolling  free. 

And  lances  all  in  splinters,  and  banner-bear- 
ing staves, 

And  quivers  loose  and  bows  unstrung  that 
danced  upon  the  waves, 

And  dying  steeds  that  struggled  in  vain  to 
reach  the  coast, 

Were  all  they  saw,  in  'wildered  awe,  of  that 
o'erwhelmfed  host. 

For  with  the  morning  breezes  the  sea  in 
strength  returned, 

And  all  in  vain  for  Nile's  green  plain  those 
drowning  horsemen  yearned. 

Temple  and  tower  colossal — the  broad  pa- 
ternal stream, 

And  maids'  dark  eyes,  and  cloudless  skies, 

Flashed  o'er  them  like  a  dream. 

Down  in  the  mazy  chambers  of  those  tall 
tapering  tombs, 

Each  mighty  Pharaoh  lieth  in  grand  sepul- 
chral glooms; 

With  spices  and  fine  linen  embalmed  and 
swathed  well. 

While  sculptured  scrolls  and  picture-rolls 
their  deeds  of  glory  tell : 

But  the  order  fair  is  broken  of  that  old  an- 
cestral line. 

For  one  lies  deep  in  a  lonely  sleep  in  halls 
of  crystal  brine ; 


His  shroud  of  slime  and  seaweed,  his  grave 

the  wide  lied  river. 
And  the  silent  laugh  of  a  cenotaph  shall 

speak  his  shame  forever. 

Then  loud  from  Israel's  children  the  song  of 

praise  arose 
Unto  the  God  who  gave  them  to  triumph 

o'er  their  foes ; 
Who  ploughed  a  path  through  waters  His 

chosen  ones  to  free, 
And  'whelmed  the  horse  and  rider  beneath 

the  roaring  sea. 

Charles  Laicrence  Ford. 

3888.  PILATE. 

Matthew  xxvii :  24. 
Immortal  infamy  is  his 

Who  gave  the  Saviour  up 
To  bear  the  Jewish  scourge  and  scorn 

And  drink  the  Roman  cup. 
He  washed  his  hands  in  sight  of  men, 

And  slander  thought  to  kill; 
Yet  he  was  damned,  and  to  this  hour 

His  hands  are  spotted  still. 

There's  something  of  audacious  crime 

In  guilty  Judas  found. 
Though  viler  than  the  vilest  thing 

That  crawls  upon  the  ground; 
But  he  who  had  not  fortitude, 

In  trial's  lionest  hour. 
To  own  the  lioly  influence 

Of  conscience'  secret  power. 

And  whose  unfeeling,  coward  heart, 

Intent  on  selfish  case. 
Did  seek,  with  sophistry  and  art, 

Both  God  and  man  to  please — 
By  God  abhorred,  by  man  despised, 

And  shunned  by  fiends  below — 
Where  shall  the  wretch,  to  hide  himself, 

And  hide  his  meanness,  go? 

William  B.  Tampan, 

3889.  PILATE'S  WIFE,  Dream  of. 

Matthew  xxvii  :  19. 
Why  came  in  dreams  the  low-born  man 

Between  thee  and  thy  rest? 
For  vain  thy  whispered  message  ran. 

Though  justice  was  thy  quest. 

Did  some  young  ignorant  angel  dare — 

Not  knowing  what  must  be. 
Or  blind  with  agony  of  care — 

To  fly  for  help  to  thee? 

It  may  be.     Rather  I  believe 
Thou,  nobler  than  thy  spouse, 

The  rumored  grandeur  didst  receive. 
And  sit  with  pondering  brows. 

Until  thy  maidens'  gathered  tale 

With  possible  marvel  teems: 
Thou  sleepest,  and  the  Prisoner  pale 

lieturneth  in  thy  dreams. 


400 


T»IIL>^TE. 


3?IL.^^OXJ3S. 


Well  mightst  thou  suffer  things  not  few 

For  His  sake  all  the  night! 
In  pale  ecli])se  He  suffers  who 

Is  of  the  world  the  light. 

Precious  it  were  to  know  thy  dream 

Of  such  a  one  as  He ! 
Perhaps  of  Him  we,  waking,  deem 

As  poor  a  verity. 

George  Macdonald. 

3890.  PILATE'S  WIFE,  Dream  of. 
Matthew  xxvii  :  19. 

Oh,  touch  not  thou  that  holy  head! 

The  wife  of  Pilate  cried ; 
Full  is  my  heart  with  fear  and  dread, 

As  though  a  friend  had  died. 
Or  was  about  to  die,  instead 

Of  some  one  else  beside : 
Spare  then  that  just  One;  let  Him  go; 
The  whispering  spirits  tell  me  so. 

Mysterious  dream :  I  saw  a  fire 

All  boundless  in  its  blaze. 
Raging  in  red  omnivorous  ire. 

And  scorching  in  its  rays; 
It  licked  the  heavens  with  many  a  spire. 

Nor  could  I  bear  to  gaze : 
The  clouds  together  seemed  to  roll 
And  wither,  like  a  parchment  scroll. 

Hosts  upon  hosts  essayed  in  vain 

The  ruthless  flames  to  quell; 
Each  mountain,  city,  tower,  and  plain 

Subsided  in  the  hell: 
Ten  thousand  sounds  of  woe  and  pain 

Blended  into  a  yell, 
Such  as  hath  struck  no  mortal  ear 
But  mine  in  this  last  night  of  fear. 

The  rocks  were  rent;  the  welkin  rang; 

When  lo !  as  from  a  throne. 
While  souls  in  secret  sorrow  sang, 

A  Lamb  came  forth  alone. 
Its  look  was  love :  it  hushed  the  clang 

Of  earth's  tremendous  groan; 
Then  mounting  on  the  awful  pyre, 

Pierced  its  own  heart  and  quenched  the  fire. 

And  as  it  died  its  closing  eyes 

With  tears  most  piteous  ran ; 
Its  face  beneath  the  frowning  skies 

Waxed  wonderfully  wan ; 
Then  changed,  and  in  amazing  guise 

An  aspect  wore  of  man : 
A  man  divine  and  more  than  fair. 
Too  like  the  mystic  Prisoner  there. 

M.  Bridges. 

3891.  PILLAR,  The  Guiding. 
Exodus  xiii  :  21,  22. 

The  "Exodus"  was  only  the  beginning 
Of  countless  tender  mercies  by  the  way: 
God  went  before  the  people  He  had  chosen, 
With  fire  by  night,  and  with  a  cloud  by  day. 


He  took  it  not  away,  that  cloudy  pillar. 
Although  they  oft  provoked  Him  so  to  do : 
Ungrateful  though   they  were   for   all  His 

kindness, 
The  jDillar  led  them  all  their  journey  through. 

It  must  have  looked  so  cool  and  so  refreshing, 
That  cloudy  Pillar,  in  the  heat  of  day ! 
And  then  at  night,  its  shadow  no  more  needed, 
Became  a  fire  to  light  them  on  their  way. 

Just  what  they  needed !     Wonderfully  fitted 
To  meet  the  varying  wants  of  every  hour! 
But  oh,  how  little  did  they  prize  the  token 
Of  His  unerring  wisdom,  love,  and  power ! 

God's  leadings  often  crossed  their  inclina- 
tions: 
The  Pillar  went  too  fast  or  went  too  slow ; 
It  stayed  too  long  to  suit  their  restless  temper. 
Or,  when  they  wished  to  stay,it  bade  them  go  I 

It  kept  them  so  uncertain  of  the  future ! 
It  wrote  "  if  God  permit,"  on  every  plan; 
It  seemed  to  mock  the  wisdom  of  the  wisest, 
And  made  a  child  of  every  full-grown  man. 

To  bear  such  discipline  aright,  they  needed 
Far  more  humility  than  they  possessed; 
More  self-abandonment,  and  more  devotion, 
A  will  surrendered,  and  a  heart  at  rest. 

And   so   they  murmured!   murmured   very 

often ; 
Their  sullen  hearts  rebelled  against  the  light: 
And   had   not   God  been  strong,  and  very 

patient. 
They  never  would   have   found  their  way 

aright. 

Now  these  things  happened  to  them  for  en- 
samples; 

We  find  them  "written  for  our  learning," 
here: 

O  Israel !  Israel !     How  can  I  condemn  thee? 

Thy  condemnation  were  my  own,  I  fear! 

Yet,  God  of  Israel,  do  not  Thou  forsake  me! 
O  do  not  answer  any  wilful  prayer! 
But  lead  me  safely  to  the  land  of  Promise, 
To  heaven  itself,  and  I  will  praise  Thee  there  1 
Catharine  Ilankey. 

3892.  PLAGUE  OF  EGYPT,  The  Seventh. 
Exodus  xi  :  4-7. 

'Twas  morn:  the  rising  splendor  rolled 

On  marble  towers  and  roofs  of  gold; 

Hall,  court,  and  gallery  below 

Were  crowded  with  a  living  flow; 

Egyptian,  Arab,  Nubian  there. 

The  bearers  of  the  bow  and  spear, 

The  hoary  priest,  the  Chaldee  sage. 

The  slave,  the  gemmed  and  glittering  page — 

Helm,  turban,  and  tiara  shone, 

A  dazzling  ring,  round  Pharaoh's  throne. 


PLj^&XJE. 


PRAYER. 


401 


There  came  a  man — the  human  tide 
Shrank  backward  from  his  stately  stride : 
His  cheek  with  storm  and  time  was  tanned; 
A  shepherd's  staff  was  in  his  hand. 
A  shudder  of  instinctive  fear 
Told  the  dark  king  what  step  was  near; 
On  through  the  host  the  stranger  came, 
It  parted  round  his  form  like  flame. 

He  stooped  not  at  the  footstool  stone, 

He  clasped  not  sandal,  kissed  not  throne; 

Erect  he  stood  amid  the  ring, 

His  only  words,  "  Be  just,  O  king !" 

On  Pharaoh's  cheek  the  blood  flushed  high, 

A  fire  was  in  his  sullen  eye; 

Yet  on  the  chief  of  Israel 

No  arrow  of  his  thousands  fell : 

All  mute  and  moveless  as  the  grave. 

Stood  chilled  the  satrap  and  the  slave. 

"  Thou'rt   come,"    at  length   the   monarch 

spoke ; 
Haughty  and  high  the  words  outbroke : 
"  Is  Israel  weary  of  its  lair, 
The  forehead  peeled,  the  shoulder  bare? 
Take  back  the  answer  to  your  band : 
Go,  reap  the  wind;  go,  plough  the  sand; 
Go,  vilest  of  the  living  vile. 
To  build  the  never-ending  pile, 
Till,  darkest  of  the  nameless  dead, 
The  vulture  on  their  flesh  is  fed ! 
What  better  asks  the  howling  slave 
Than  the  base  life  our  bounty  gave?" 

Shouted  in  pride  the  turbaned  peers, 
Upclashed  to  heaven  the  golden  spears. 
"King!  thou  and  thine  are  doomed!     Be- 
hold!" 
The  prophet  spoke:  the  thunder  rolled! 
Along  the  pathway  of  the  sun 
Sailed  vapory  mountains,  wild  and  dun. 
"Yet  there  is  time,"  the  prophet  said: 
He  raised  his  staff,  the  storm  was  stayed. 
"  King !  be  the  word  of  freedom  given ; 
What  art  thou,  man,  to  war  with  Heaven?" 
There  came  no  word.     The  thunder  broke 
Like  a  huge  city's  final  smoke, 
Thick,  lurid,  stifling,  mixed  with  flame, 
Through  court  and  hall  the  vapors  came. 

Loose  as  the  stubble  in  the  field, 
Wide  flew  the  men  of  spear  and  shield; 
Scattered  like  foam  along  the  wave, 
Flew  the  proud  pageant,  prince,  and  slave ; 
Or,  in  the  chains  of  terror  bound, 
Lay,  corps-like,  on  the  smouldering  ground. 
"  Speak,  king!  the  wrath  is  but  begun  ! 
Still  dumb?      Then,  Heaven,  Thy  will  be 
done !" 

Echoed  from  earth  a  hollow  roar, 
Like  ocean  on  the  midnight  shore; 
A  sheet  of  lightning  o'er  them  wheeled, 
The  solid  ground  beneath  them  reeled; 
In  dust  sank  roof  and  battlement; 
Like  webs  the  giant  walls  were  rent; 


Red,  broad,  before  his  startled  gaze, 
The  mon.arch  saw  his  Egypt  blaze. 
Still  swelk  d  the  plague  :  the  flame  grew  pale, 
Burst  from  the  clouds  the  charge  of  hail; 
With  arrowy  keenness,  iron  weight, 
Down  poured  the  ministers  of  fate; 
Till  man  and  cattle,  crushed,  congealed, 
Covered  with  death  the  boundless  field. 

Still  swelled  the  plague :  uprose  the  blast, 
The  avenger,  fit  to  be  the  last ; 
On  ocean,  river,  forest,  vale. 
Thundered  at  once  the  mighty  gale. 
Before  the  whirlwind  flew  the  tree, 
Beneath  the  whirlwind  roared  the  sea; 
A  thousand  ships  were  on  the  wave : 
Where  arc  they?     Ask  that  foaming  gravel 
Down  go  the  hope,  the  pride  of  years ; 
Down  go  the  myriad  mariners; 
The  riches  of  earth's  richest  zone. 
Gone !  like  a  flash  of  lightning,  gone ! 

And  lo !  that  first  fierce  triumph  o'er, 
Swells  ocean  on  the  shrinking  shore; 
Still  onward,  onward,  dark  and  wide. 
Engulfs  the  land  the  furious  tide. 
Then  bowed  thy  spirit,  stubborn  king. 
Thou  serpent,  reft  of  fang  and  sting: 
Humbled  before  the  prophet's  knee. 
He  groaned,  "Be  injured  Israel  free!" 

To  heaven  the  sage  upraised  his  wand : 
Back  rolled  the  deluge  from  the  land; 
Back  to  its  caverns  sank  the  gale; 
Fled  from  the  noon  the  vapors  pale; 
Broad  burned  again  the  joyous  sun — 
The  hour  of  wrath  and  death  was  done. 

George  Croly. 

3893.  POUNDS,  The. 

Luke  xix  :  11-27. 
Departed  King !  what  wouldst  Thou  have 

me  do? 
How  shall  I  serve  Thee  ?     Whither  shall  I  go  ? 

My  child !  this  pound  I  cheerfully  supply ; 
Go  thou,  and,  till  My  coming,  "occupy!" 
Use  it,  increase  it  to  a  goodly  store. 
And  "  grace  for  grace,"  I  yet  will  grant  thee 

more ! 
If  thou  dost  hide  this  gift  and  use  it  not, 
Thy  day  is  done,  and  loss  shall  be  thy  lot! 
Who  hath,  shall   have;  his  neighbor's  and 

his  own ; 
He  that  hath  not  what  seemeth  his  is  gone  I 

Then  is  the  end :  the  Lord  of  all  doth  come 
To  slay  His  foes,  and  take  His  children  home. 
Robert  Maguire. 

3894.  PEAYEE,  Christ's  Unanswered. 

Luke  xxii :  42. 
No  moon  or  planets  ruled  the  hour 

When  Jesus,  wrapt  in  deeper  shade, 
And  pressed  by  an  infcrnnl  power, 

At  midnight,  in  the  garden,  prayed. 


402 


PRAYER. 


IPTllSOlSr. 


He  asked,  who  never  asked  in  vain — 
And  sighs  embalmed  the  heavy  air — 

That  hence  might  pass  the  cup  of  pain; 
Yet  His  was  an  unanswered  prayer. 

I  go  in  vision  where  He  lies, 

Forsaken  in  His  utmost  need; 
I  see  His  terrors,  hear  His  cries. 

For  whom  there's  none  to  intercede. 
The  night  dews  wet  His  burning  brow, 

The  moaning  breezes  lift  His  hair; 
Why  crowd  these  horrors  on  Him  now? 

And  wherefore  this  unanswered  prayer? 

It  may  not  pass — that  fearful  cup, 

Though  mortal  flesh  and  spirit  shrink ; 
Insulted  Law  has  filled  it  up. 

The  world  is  lost,  and  He  must  drink. 
No  pity  for  His  doom  is  shown, 

Who  comes,  unmeasured  wrath  to  bear; 
The  quick  cross  lightning  guards  the  throne, 

And  wards  oS  that  unanswered  prayer. 

Oh !  had  the  cup  but  passed  from  Him, 

And  Calvary  borne  a  stainless  tree. 
In  heaven  might  range  the  cherubim, 

But  where,  my  spirit,  wouldst  thou  be! 
To  break  the  cruel  yoke  of  sin. 

To  raise  from  rags  creation's  heir, 
The  rebel  to  repentance  win, 

Must  this  remain  unanswered  prayer. 

Unanswered  !  that  forever  more 

Should  contrite  cries  the  boon  obtain; 
That  he  who  knocks  at  mercy's  door 

In  truth,  might  never  knock  in  vain. 
Then  strengthened  be  thy  bold  intent. 

In  all  thy  need  to  Him  repair, 
And  He  will  teach  thee  to  present 

What  shall  not  be  unanswered  prayer! 
William  B.  Tafpan. 

3895.  PEATEE,  What  is  ? 
Luke  ix  :  1. 
And  what  is  prayer? 

'Tis  a  missive  sped  by  faith ; 
'Tis  a  thought,  a  sigh,  a  breath ; 
'Tis  the  soul's  repentant  cry 
In  the  ears  of  God  Most  High ; 
Messenger  sent  forth  for  food ; 
'Tis  the  speech  of  man  with  God ; 
'Tis  the  letter  of  our  love 
To  our  Father''s  home  above; 
Incense  rising  to  the  skies 
Morning,  evening,  sacrifice- 
Prayer  is  asking,  as  for  bread; 
Hunger,  seeking  to  be  fed. 
'Tis  the  waiting  at  the  door. 
Waiting  long,  and  asking  more. 
'Tis  the  widow's  oft  request. 
When  she  gives  the  judge  no  rest. 
'Tis  the  air  by  which  we  live; 
Exercise  on  which  we  thrive; 
Wrestling  of  the  soul  with  God; 
Bending  back  the  chastening  rod. 


Prayer  is  that  far  distant  view 
Vista  piercing  through  and  through; 
Through  the  clouds  and  through  the  sky, 
Through  yon  star-lit  canopy ; 
Bowstring  bending  more  and  more, 
As  the  tension  so  the  power. 
'Tis  the  arrow  on  the  string. 
Now  dispatched  and  taking  wing; 
Cleaving  air  and  yonder  sky. 
Speeding  far,  and  mounting  high. 

Sortie  of  the  soul  is  prayer. 
Breaking  through  this  dark  despair* 
Pinion  of  the  carrier  dove. 
Soaring  to  the  heaven  above; 
Out  of  siege  and  dire  distress, 
Bearing,  oh,  such  messages ! 
When  the  soul  besieged  by  sin. 
None  goes  out,  and  none  goes  in, 
All  the  foe  can  do  or  dare 
Cannot  check  the  power  of  prayer. 

Prayer — the  onward,  heavenward  road; 
'Tis  the  ladder  up  to  God ; 
'Tis  the  way  by  which  we  go 
Round  and  round  proud  Jericho; 
'Tis  the  sound  of  trumpet  blast. 
Bringing  down  the  walls  at  last; 
'Tis  the  telegraphic  cord, 
Holding  converse  with  the  Lord; 
'Tis  the  key  of  promise  given 
Turning  in  the  lock  of  heaven. 

Prayer — the  fragrance  of  a  flower 

After  the  refreshing  shower; 

'Tis  the  dew  that  soars  again, 

Mist  ascending  after  rain ; 

'Tis  the  life  blood  of  the  tree, 

Oft  it  bleeds  in  agony. 

Oh,  the  agony  of  prayer! 

How  it  wrings  the  soul  with  care; 

One  of  God's  true  witnesses. 

This  true  sign :  "Behold,  he  prays!" 

Robert  Maguire. 

380<>.  PEISON,  Peter's  Deliverance  from. 
Acts  xii :  3-19. 
'Tis  here  my  nature's  state  I  see ! 
Fast  bound  in  sin  and  misery, 

In  chains  of  hellish  night. 
Ready  to  render  up  my  breath, 
I  slept,  condemned  to  endless  death, 

Nor  missed  that  heavenly  light. 

Th'  infernal  jailer  stood  before. 

With  guards  that  watched  the  prison  door; 

Yet  unawakened  I, 
And  linked  to  Satan's  soldier's  lay, 
(The  next  was  execution  day !) 

Nor  dreamed  of  death  so  nigh. 

'Twas  then  the  heavenly  messenger 
Did  in  my  dungeon's  gloom  appear; 

The  light  of  grace  unknown — 
Of  grace  which  free  salvation  brought — 
Came  xmexpected  and  unsought, 

And  in  my  nature  shone. 


r»]RODIGA.L. 


FHOTUGJ^Tj. 


403 


Alarmed  by  mercy's  sudden  stroke, 
My  careless  sleeping  conscience  woke; 

And  lifting  up  mine  eyes 
I  saw  the  glory  from  above, 
I  heard  the  voice  of  pardoning  love, 

Which  bade  my  spirit  rise. 

My  sins  fell  oflf,  my  will  was  free, 
I  rose  restored  to  liberty ; 

A  messenger  of  peace — 
I  put  the  gospel  sandals  on, 
And  clothed  with  Christ,  prepared  to  run 

And  spread  Ilis  righteousness. 

I  followed  my  immortal  Guide, 
Who  saved  me  by  His  blood  applied, 

Who  did  my  sins  redeem. 
And  turned  my  soul's  captivity: 
Yet  still  I  asked  how  can  it  be? 

And  thought  it  all  a  dream. 

Darkness  was  light,  and  rugged  plain, 
Before  that  heaven-descended  man 

Whose  footsteps  I  pursued : 
I  passed  the  first  and  second  ward, 
And  opening  of  its  own  accord 

The  iron  gate  I  viewed. 

Jesus  hath  made  me  free  indeed, 
Into  the  sacred  city  led  ; 

And  now  He  tells  my  heart 
He  will  not  leave  me  here  alone : 
Who  freely  loves  and  saves  His  own. 

He  never  will  depart. 

Saviour,  Thou  dost  my  soul  restore : 
My  body  too  Tliy  gracious  power 

Shall  ransom  from  the  grave. 
Out  of  this  worldly  prison  bring. 
And  show  me  that  my  Lord  and  King 

Can  to  the  utmost  save. 

Under  the  conduct  of  Thy  grace, 
I  follow,  in  the  holiest  place, 

Jerusalem  above. 
The  church  of  the  first-born  to  meet. 
And  praise,  around  Thy  dazzling  seat. 

My  God's  eternal  love. 

J.  and  C.  Wesley. 

3897.  PRODIGAL,  Amotion  of  the. 

Luke  XV  :  11-24. 
Afiiictions,  though  they  seem  severe. 

In  mercy  oft  are  sent ; 
They  stopped  the  prodigal's  career, 

And  forced  him  to  repent. 

Although  he  no  relentings  felt, 
Till  he  had  spent  his  store ; 

His  stubborn  heart  began  to  melt 
When  famine  pinched  him  sore. 

"What  have  I  gained  by  sin  (he  said). 
But  hunger,  shame,  and  fear; 

My  father's  house  abounds  with  bread. 
While  I  am  starving  here. 


"  I'll  go  and  tell  him  all  I've  done, 

And  fall  before  his  face; 
Unworthy  to  be  called  his  son, 

I'll  seek  a  servant's  place." 

His  father  saw  him  coming  back, 
He  saw,  and  ran,  and  smiled; 

And  threw  his  arms  around  the  neck 
Of  his  rebellious  child. 

"Father,  I've  sinned;  but  oh,  forgive!" 
"I've  heard  enough,"  he  said; 

"Rejoice  my  house,  my  son's  alive. 
For  whom  I  mourned  as  dead. 

"Now  let  the  fatted  calf  be  slain, 
And  spread  the  news  around : 

My  son  was  dead,  but  lives  again; 
Was  lost,  but  now  is  found." 

'Tis  thtis  the  Lord  His  love  reveals, 

To  call  poor  sinners  home; 
More  than  a  father's  love  He  feels. 

And  welcomes  all  that  come. 

John  Newton. 

3898.  PRODIGAL,  Call  to  the. 
O  prodigal !  come,  I  am  waiting. 

Am  waiting  and  watching  for  thee; 
Come,  share  in  my  love  and  my  blessing, 
Till  hunger  forever  shall  flee. 

0  prodigal!  wasting  thy  substance 
And  starving  while  ])lenty  is  near, 

Why  stay  from  the  arms  of  the  father — 
Thy  father  to  whom  thou  art  dear? 

Thy  heart  of  its  sin  is  repenting. 
Thy  coming  afar  I  behold; 

1  hasten  to  give  thee  my  blessing, 
My  prodigal  child  to  enfold. 

O  prodigal!  dead  and  yet  living, 
Wherever  on  earth  thou  may'st  be, 

Whatever  thy  sins  and  thy  errors, 
God  still  holds  a  blessing  for  thee. 

Caroline  Dana  Howe. 

3899.  PRODIGAL,  Grace  for  the. 
O  blessed  grief,  that  brings  relief 

To  prodigals  afar! 
The  Father  there  has  honored  prayer, 
And  takes  us  as  we  are. 

From  want  and  waste  we  gladly  haste, 

The  heavenly  hills  we  see; 
We're  saved  and  blest,  we're  home  at  rest, 

With  joy,  dear  Lord,  in  Thee. 

The  home  long  sought,  the  best  robe  bought, 

The  festal  fatling  slain, 
The  shoes,  the  ring,  the  hearts  that  sing — 

Oh  hear  the  joyful  strain! 

From  wanderings  vain,  at  home  again, 

The  lost,  the  dead,  restored ! 
From  his  dear  heart  no  more  to  part, 

Nor  from  his  regal  board ! 


404 


FTlOlDTG^J^Iu. 


I>ROr)IGAL. 


0  wondrous  grace,  that  makes  a  place 
For  all  who  cease  to  roam! 

With  joyful  song,  and  festive  throng, 
The  Father  takes  us  home. 

M.  R.  Wathinson. 

3900.  PRODIGAL,  Parable  of  the. 

"Give  me  my  portion,  let  me  live  my  life. 
And  take  my  pastime ;"  thus  I  spoke,  and  He 
Gave  me  free  choice  to  go  or  stay.    Ah  me  ! 
My  passions  tore  and  rent  me  with  their  strife. 

And  so  I  gathered  all  my  gifts,  and  came 
To  this  far  land;  by  the  broad  flowery  way 

1  wandered,  like  a  sheep  that  goes  astray. 
With  my  wild  heart  for  pleasure  all  aflame. 

For  what  with  climbing  the  strait  track  o' 

the  hill. 
And  drawing  water  from  the  wells,  and  work 
In  the  vineyard,  tears  within  mine  eyes  would 

lurk 
For  freedom.     I  refused  to  do  His  will. 

I  was  His  son.  His  heir,  and  not  His  slave, 
Therefore  I  left  His  service.  Youth  was  mine. 
And  ruddy  health;  and  gold,  and  purple  fine 
I  brought,  and  wantoned  in  yon  city  brave. 

I  lived  for  mine  own  self,  for  wine  and  love ; 
Tlie  delicate  maidens  praised  my  gay  attire, 
The  proud  curl  of  my  lips,  the  flashing  fire 
Of  my  bold  eyes,  that  turned  no  more  above 

Unto  the  holy  hills,  where  lies  my  home. 
I  have  spent  all;  and  lifted  up  the  veil 
From  Pleasure's  face,  and  found  it  dull  and 

stale 
And  ghastly,  and  as  restless  as  sea-foam. 

Then  there  arose  the  famine,  and  in  want, 
I  joined  myself  to  this  hard  master  mine. 
Who  sent  me  to  his  fields  to  feed  his  swine; 
I  fain  would  eat  their  husks,  but  they  are 
scant. 

I  serve  a  cruel  master.     Oh  once  more 
For  the  true  freedom  of  the  pleasant  land! 
The  tender  guiding  of  my  Father's  hand ! 
His  voice  to  chide  and  bless  as  heretofore ! 

From  the  cleft  rock  the  living  water  flows; 
The  sheep  are  safely  folded :  there  the  vine 
Spreads  fortli  its  sheltering  branches;  there 

the  mine 
Of  purest  gold ;  and  there  the  lily  and  rose. 

Would  not  the  faithful  watch-dogs  welcome 

me. 
If  I  return  with  all  my  weight  of  cares? 
And  will  my  father's  love  be  less  than  theirs? 
Let  me  not  think  it;  that  can  never  be. 

How  many  of  His  hirM  servants  have 
Enough  bread,  and  to  spare,  while  here  I  die 
Of  hunger !     I  will  rise,  and  go  and  cry. 
And  to  be  made  his  hired  servant  crave. 


I  do  repent  for  all  that  I  have  done; 

I  have  sinned.  Father,  against  heaven  and 

Thee; 
Thy  service  is  most  perfect  liberty ; 
I  am  not  worthy  to  be  called  Thy  son! 

It  was  hard  work  to  rise,  and  harder  still 
To  trace  back  every  step  I  had  gone  wrong; 
But  the  sweet  melody  of  Zion's  song 
Cheered  the  drear  road,  and  nerved  the  fal- 
tering will. 

So  I  pressed  forward,  and  each  day  I  thought 
I  loathed  myself  the  more,  who  went  and  sold 
My  birthright  for  the  thrills  of  sense,  my  gold 
For  tinsel,  with  my  blessing  curses  bought. 

There  was  a  Lamb  that  lovedrae,and  He  came 
Bounding  to  meet  me ;  and,  though  far  away, 
My  Father  saw  me,  and  ran  to  where  I  lay, 
Fell  on  my  neck,  and  kissed  away  my  shame. 

I  said,  "I  have  sinned,  Father,  against  Thee, 
I  do  repent  for  all  that  I  have  done, 
I  am  not  worthy  to  be  called  Thy  son; 
Thy  service  is  the  one  true  liberty." 

"Bring  the  best  robe,  the  robe  of  righteous- 
ness," 
He  cried;  "  the  ring  of  reconciliation, 
And  kill  the  fatted  calf;  with  exultation 
Let  symphony  and  dance  our  joy  express. 

"Put  shoes  upon  his  feet,  that  he  may  strive 
To  tell  my  love  to  others,  and  the  sound 
Of  the  good  news  may  through  the  world 

rebound ; 
For  this  my  son  was  dead,  and  is  alive; 

"Was  lost,  and  he  is  found."     So  I  forgave 
My  l)rother's  sneer.     We  feasted :  to  fulfil 
The  faintest  utterance  of  my  Father's  will 
I  labor,  and  am  His  son,  and  not  His  slave. 

He  washed  me  clean  in  sweet  oblivion's  river, 
And  in  the  mystic  fountain  of  the  Lamb. 
I  will  abide,  where,  by  His  grace  I  am, 
Within  His  house  forever  and  forever. 

Charles  Coldwell. 

3901.  PRODIGAL,  Parable  of  the. 

Far  from  a  father's  hearth  and  home, " 

Far  in  a  foreign  desert  land, 
The  prodigal  doth  vainly  roam. 

And  all  his  substance  madly  spend. 

In  riot,  wantonness,  and  wine. 
He  wastes  his  fortune  and  his  all ; 

And  feeds  on  husks  with  sordid  swine; 
Oh  what  a  deep,  degrading  fall ! 

A  mighty  famine  far  and  wide. 

And  all  his  means  and  substance  gone; 

He  smote  upon  his  breast,  and  cried: 
Unclean,  unworthy,  and  undone  1 


He  thought  of  home,  where  once  he  dwelt, 

Of  all  its  plentiful  supply ; 
And,  in  the  bitterness  he  felt, 

Cried  with  exceeding  bitter  cry : 

"I  die  of  want;  and  all  I  crave 
Is,  though  a  son,  but  some  small  share 

Of  what  the  hired  servants  have; 

They  have  enough,  and  some  to  spare !" 

He  felt  what  sorrow  sin  had  wrought, 
And  all  the  havoc  it  had  made; 

In  solemn  realizing  thought. 

He  "came  unto  himself,"  and  said: 

I  will  arise,  said  he,  and  go 

Unto  my  father,  ever  good ; 
My  father  will  not  say  me,  no ; 

I'll  seek  my  father's  fatherhood  I 

I  will  arise,  said  he,  and  say : 

My  father,  I  am  lost,  undone ; 
Have  sinned  in  sight  of  heaven  and  thee. 

Nor  worthy  to  be  called  thy  son. 

From  want  and  famine  and  distress, 
He  seeks  again  his  once-loved  home ; 

Fleeing  the  dreary  wilderness. 
Far  off  his  father  sees  him  come. 

He's  come !  he's  come !  the  father  said ; 

Bring  forth  the  robe,  the  signet  ring; 
My  son  now  liveth  who  was  dead ; 

Rejoice  with  me;  rejoice  and  sing! 

'Tis  welcome  to  that  home  of  bliss ; 

'Tis  music  and  the  tabret's  sound 
The  robe,  the  ring,  the  father's  kiss; 

"My  son  was  lost,  but  now  is  found!" 
Mobert  Maguire. 

3902.  PEODIGAL,  Eeturn  of  the. 
"Return,  return,  the  way  is  long  and  dreary ; 
Return,  return,  O  wand'rer,  sad  and  weary; 

Why  so  with  sin  beguiled? 
Thy  Father's  heart  is  breaking. 
With  this  cruel  long  forsaking ; 

Come  back,  come  back,  my  child !" 

"  Gladly  I  would,  for  with  hunger  I  am  per- 
ishing, 
The  meinories  of  home  still  fondly  I  am  cher- 
ishing; 
I'm  weary  in  the  wild ; 
No  Sabbath  bells  now  ringing, 
No  loving  voices  bringing 

Peace  to  this  heart  defiled !" 


PRODIGj^H.. 


405 


Return,  return,  why  any  longer  linger? 
There  are  sandals  for  your  feet,  and  a  ring 
to  deck  your  finger; 

Your  Father  reconciled, 
With  pity  will  behold  you, 
In  His  arms  He  will  enfold  you ; 

"Come  back,  come  back,  my  child!" 


"I  come,  I  come,  my  heart  with  joy  is  beat- 
ing; 
Icome,Icome,  as  I  hear  Thee  thus  entreating 

With  accents  fond  and  mild; 
I  thought  myself  forsaken. 
But  to-morrow  I'll  awaken — 

Waken,  once  more.  Thy  child !" 

"Oh,  joyful  sight !  at  last  he  is  appearing; 
Light  up  the  festal  hall,   the  wanderer  is 
nearing; 
Go,  let  the  board  be  piled ; 
Let  fatted  calf  be  killed  for  him, 
And  golden  goblets  tilled  for  him; 
I've  found,  I've  found  my  child !" 

J.  R.  Macduff. 

3903.  PEODIGAL,  Return  of  the. 

Almighty  Father,  Lord  of  all. 
Unworthy  as  Thy  sons  to  call, 
As  servants  at  Thy  feet  we  fall. 

By  all  the  love  which  Thou  hast  shown 
For  wanderers  from  fold  and  throne, 
Have  mercy  while  our  sin  we  own. 

As  hired  servants,  can  it  be 

That  we  must  serve  who  once  were  free? 

Oh  bring  us  to  ourselves  and  Thee. 

While  still  a  great  way  off,  we  yearn 
Those  tender  words  of  love  to  learn, 
Which  greet  the  prodigal's  return. 

The  ring  shall  on  our  hand  be  placed, 
With  love's  best  robe  shall  we  be  graced — - 
We  who  our  own  had  so  debased. 

Ah  !  hateful  now  the  wretched  past. 
By  turns  with  swine  and  harlots  cast; 
We  rioted,  then  starved  at  last. 

Thy  welcome,  Lord,  will  purge  away 
The  sting  of  each  rebellious  day. 
And  love  will  pardon  all,  for  aye. 

Rejoicing  Thou  wilt  give  for  pain. 

For  sight,  a  part  in  heaven's  glad  strain, 

When  all  the  lost  are  found  again. 

W.  C.  Dix. 

3904.  PRODIGAL,  Return  of  the. 

Away  in  Eastern  land,  a  day  of  peace, 
Serene  with  beauty,  hastens  to  its  close ; 
And  while  the  blessed    light   yet  strongly 

lingers, 
A  father's  watchful  eyes  have  caught  the 

likeness, 
Yet  vague  and  indistinct,  of  his  lost  son, 
Coming  in  dire  distress,  in  want  and  woe. 
He  runs  to  meet  the  prodigal,  and  falls 
Upon  his  neck,  nor  heeding  dirt  nor  filth, 
And  kisses  him  again,  and  yet  again, 
Until  the  wanderer's  soul  dissolves  in  tears. 
No  word  of  harsh  complaint  the  fat  her  speaks. 
But  still  renewedly  exclaims  in  voice 


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pRODia-Ai:.. 


I>ROr>IGJ-A.IL.. 


Of  most  exquisite  tenderness  and  love : 

"  Welcome,  my  son!  a  thousand  welcomes 

back 
To  this  thy  home,  which  ever  was  and  shall  be 
While  I  live.     For  know  my  house  seemed 

ever 
Bare  and  comfortless  without  thee ;  but  now 
Thou'rt  come  again,  it  is  transformed  to  what 

It  was  so  many  weary  years  ago, 
When,  in  the  hot  impatience  of  thy  youth. 
Thou   didst    demand    thy   portion    of    our 

goods." 
Such  cheering  words  to  him  the  father  speaks, 
And  straightway  leads  him  to  his  long-lost 

home, 
Whose  very  doors  obey  the  magic  of 
His  presence,  and  of  themselves  wide  open 

stand. 
Such  feasting  and  rejoicing  as  were  there 
I  ween  this  world  has  scarcely  seen  eclipsed 
The  elder  brother,  stung  with  hate  at  first, 
At  length  joins  in  the  revelry,  and  all 
Is  gay  with  choral  song  and  merry  dance. 
Tlie  fatted  calf  is  slain,  and  Envy  gnaws 
Its  lips  in  mute  despair  to  see  such  mirth 
Unmixed  with  base  alloy,  but  full  and  free 
As  is  the  mighty  ocean,  fathomless 
As  water  whose  depths  only  can  be  guessed ! 
And  oh,  what  waves  of  bliss  come  o'er  the 

soul, 
To  know  that  all  the  joy  herein  expressed 
But  faintly  shadows  forth  the  joy  in  heaven 
Over  one  sinner  who  returns  to  God ! 

Alexander  Macauley. 

3905.  PEODI&AL,  Eeturn  of  the. 

The  prodigal,  with  streaming  eyes. 

From  folly  just  awake. 
Reviews  his  wanderings  with  surprise ; 

His  heart  begins  to  break. 

"  I  starve, "he  cries,  "nor  can  I  bear 

The  famine  in  this  land. 
While  servants  of  my  Father  share 

The  bounty  of  His  hand. 

"With  deep  repentance  I'll  return. 

And  seek  my  Father's  face ; 
Unworthy  to  be  called  a  son, 

I'll  ask  a  servant's  place." 

Far  off  the  Father  saw  him  move. 

In  ])ensive  silence  mourn. 
And  quickly  ran,  with  arms  of  love, 

To  welcome  his  return. 

Through  all  the  courts  the  tidings  flew, 

And  spread  the  joy  around ; 
The  angels  tuned  their  harps  anew, 

The  long-lost  son  is  found ! 

Lydia  H.  Sigoumey. 

3906.  PRODIGAL,  Thanksgiving  of  the. 

Thee,  O  my  God  and  King, 
My  Father,  Thee  I  sing ! 


Hear  well-pleased  the  joyous  sound. 
Praise  from  heaven  and  earth  receive ; 

Lost,  I  now  in  Christ  am  found ; 
Dead,  by  faith  ia  Christ  I  live. 

Father,  behold  Thy  son ; 
In  Christ  I  am  Thy  own. 
Stranger  long  to  Thee  and  rest, 

See  the  prodigal  is  come ! 
Open  wide  Thine  arms  and  breast, 
Take  the  weary  wanderer  home. 

Thine  eye  observed  from  far, 
Thy  pity  looked  me  near : 
Me  Thy  bowels  yearned  to  see, 

Me  Thy  mercy  ran  to  find. 
Empty,  poor,  and  void  of  Thee, 
Hungry,  sick,  and  faint  and  blind. 

Thou  on  my  neck  didst  fall, 
Thy  kiss  forgave  me  all : 
Still  the  gracious  words  I  hear, 

Words  that  made  the  Saviour  mine: 
"Haste,  for  him  the  robe  prepare; 
His  be  righteousness  divine !" 

Thee  then,  my  God  and  King, 
My  Father,  Thee  I  sing ! 
Hear  well-pleased  the  joyous  sound. 

Praise  from  earth  and  heaven  receive; 
Lost,  I  now  in  Christ  am  found, 
Dead,  by  faith  in  Christ  I  live. 

J.  and  C.  Wesley. 

3907.  PRODIGAL,  The  Repenting. 
Luke  XV  :  13-24. 

Behold  the  wretch,  whose  lust  and  wine 

Have  wasted  his  estate; 
He  begs  a  share  amongst  the  swine. 

To  taste  tht  husks  they  eat ! 

"  I  die  with  hunger  here,"  he  cries; 

"I  starve  in  foreign  lands; 
My  Father's  house  has  large  supplies. 

And  bounteous  are  His  hands. 

"I'll  go,  and  with  a  mournful  tongue 

Fall  down  before  His  face ; 
Father,  I've  done  Thy  justice  wrong, 

Nor  can  deserve  Thy  grace." 

He  said,  and  hastened  to  his  home, 

To  seek  his  Father's  love: 
The  Father  saw  the  rebel  come, 

And  all  His  bowels  move. 

He  ran,  and  fell  upon  his  neck, 
Embraced  and  kissed  His  son : 

The  rebel's  heart  with  sorrow  brake, 
For  follies  he  had  done. 

"  Take  off  his  clothes  of  shame  and  sin" 
(The  Father  gives  command), 

"  Dress  him  in  garments  white  and  clean. 
With  rings  adorn  his  hand. 


PE,Or>I&^L. 


R^CHCEIL.. 


407 


"  A  day  of  feasting  I  ordiiin ; 

Let  mirtli  and  joy  abound; 
My  son  was  dead,  and  lives  again, 

Was  lost,  and  now  is  found." 

Isaac  Watts. 

390S.  PEODIGAL,  Voice  to  the. 

Oh,  when  wilt  thou  return 

To  thy  spirit's  early  loves? 
To  the  freshness  of  the  morn. 

To  the  stillness  of  the  groves? 

The  summer-birds  are  calling. 
Thy  household  porch  around, 

And  the  merry  waters  falling 

With  sweet  laughter  in  their  sound. 

And  a  thousand  bright-veined  flowers. 
From  their  banks  of  moss  and  fern. 

Breathe  of  the  sunny  hours; 
But  when  wilt  thou  return? 

Oh  !  thou  hast  wandered  lorg 
From  thy  home  without  a  guide, 

And  thy  native  woodland  song 
In  thine  altered  heart  hath  died. 

Thou  hast  flung  the  wealth  away, 
And  the  glory  of  thy  spring; 

And  to  thee  tiie  leaves'  light  play 
Is  a  long-forgotten  thing. 

But  when  wilt  thou  return  ? 

Sweet  dews  may  freshen  soon. 
The  flower,  within  whose  urn 

Too  fiercely  gazed  the  noon. 

Still  at  thy  father's  board 
There  is  kept  a  place  for  thee, 

And,  by  thy  smile  restored, 
Joy  round  the  hearth  shall  be. 

Still  hath  thy  mother's  eye, 
Thy  coming  step  to  greet, 

A  look  of  days  gone  by. 
Tender  and  gravely  sweet. 

Still,  when  the  prayer  is  said, 
For  thee  kind  bosoms  yearn, 

For  thee  fond  tears  are  shed ; 
Oh!  when  wilt  thou  return? 

Felicia  D.  Hemans. 

3909.  PROPHET,  The  Disobedient. 
1  Kings  xiii:  14-20. 

Prophet  of  God,  arise  and  take 

With  thee  the  words  of  wrath  divine. 

The  scourge  of  heaven,  to  shake 
O'er  you  apostate  shrine. 

Where  angels  down  the  lucid  stair 
Come  hovering  to  our  sainted  sires. 

Now,  in  the  twilight,  glare 
The  heathen's  wizard  fires. 


Go,  with  thy  voice  the  altar  rend. 
Scatter  the  ashes,  be  the  arm. 

That  idols  would  befriend. 

Shrunk  at  thy  withering  charm! 

Then  turn  thee,  for  thy  time  is  short, 
But  trace  not  o'er  the  former  way, 

Lest  idol  pleasures  court 
Thy  heedless  soul  astray. 

Thou  know'st  how  hard  to  hurry  by, 
^here  on  the  lonely  woodland  road 

Beneath  the  moonlit  sky 
The  festal  warblings  flowed ; 

Where  maidens  to  the  queen  of  heaven 
Wove  the  gay  dance  round  oats  or  palm. 

Or  breathed  their  vows  at  even 
In  hymns  as  soft  as  balm. 

Or  thee  perchance  a  darker  spell 

Enthralls :  the  smooth  stones  of  the  flood, 

By  mountain  grot  or  fell, 
Pollute  with  infants'  blood ; 

The  giant  altar  on  the  rock, 

The  cavern  whence  the  timbrel's  call 
Affrights  tiie  wandering  flock: 

Thou  long'st  to  search  them  all. 

Trust  not  the  dangerous  path  again; 

Oh,  forward  step  and  lingering  will! 
Oh,  loved  and  warned  in  vain  I 

And  wilt  thou  perish  still? 

Thy  message  given  ;  thy  home  in  sight, 
To  the  forbidden  feast  return? 

Yield  to  the  false  delight 
Thy  better  soul  could  spurn. 

Alas,  my  brother !  round  thy  tomb 
In  sorrow  kneeling,  and  in  fear, 

We  read  the  pastor's  doom 
Who  speaks  and  will  not  hear. 

The  gray-haired  saint  may  fail  at  last, 
The  surest  guide  a  wanderer  prove; 

Death  only  binds  us  fast 
To  the  bright  shore  of  love. 

J.  Keble. 

3910.  EACHEL,  Death  of. 

Genesis  xlviii  :  7, 
And  Rachel  lies  in  Ephrath's  land. 

Beneath  her  lonely  oak  of  weeping; 
With  mouldering  heart  and  withering  hand. 

The  sleep  of  death  forever  sleeping. 

The  Spring  comes  smiling  down  the  vale. 
The  lilies  and  the  roses  bringing; 

But  Rachel  never  more  shall  hail 

The  flowers  that  in  the  world  are  springing. 

The  Summer  gives  his  radiant  day, 

And  Jewish  dames  the  dance  are  treading; 

But  Rachel  on  her  couch  of  clay 
Sleeps  all  unheeded  and  unheeding. 


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R^CHEJL,. 


RA-CHEIL.. 


The  Autumn's  ripening  sunbeam  shines, 
Ap(I  reapers  to  the  tield  are  calling; 

But  liiichel's  voice  no  longer  joins 
The  choral  song  at  twilight's  falling. 

The  Winter  sends  his  drenching  shower 
And  sweejJS  his  howlingbhiist  around  her; 

But  earthly  storms  possess  no  power 

To  break  the  slumber  that  hath  bound  her. 

Thus  round  and  round  the  seasons  go, 
For  j')y  and  grief  no  more  betide  her; 

For  Rachel's  bosom  could  not  know,      [her. 
Though  friends  were  housed  iu  death  beside 

Yet  time  shall  come,  as  prophets  say, 

Whose  dreams  with  glorious  things   are 
blended, 

When  seasons,  on  their  changeful  way, 
Shall  wend  not  as  they  long  have  wended. 

Yes,  time  shall  come  when  flowers  that  bloom 
Shall  meet  no  storm  their  bloom  to  wither ; 

When  friends  rejoicing  from  the  tomb 
Have  gone  to  heavenly  climes  together. 
WUlia7n  Knox. 

3911.  EAOHEL,  Grief  of. 

Jeremiah  xxxi  ;  15. 
On  Ramah's  heights  a  voice  is  heard, 

The  voice  of  one  that  weeps  alone ; 
A  mother's  woes  that  voice  has  stirred, 

A  mother's  heart  is  iu  that  moan. 

For  her  lost  children  Rachel  weeps. 

And  who  this  mother's  tears  shall  stay? 

On  Ramah's  hill  her  watch  she  keeps, 
A  lonely  mourner  night  and  day. 

In  Ramah  Rachel  weepeth  still, 

Refusing  to  be  comforted; 
Her  sons  tlie  prey  of  every  ill, 

Lost,  slain,  or  into  exile  led. 

In  every  clime  her  children  roam. 

In  every  realm  their  ashes  lie ; 
Without  a  city  or  a  home. 

They  weep,  they  wander,  and  they  die. 

Thus  saith  the  Lord,  "  Refrain  thy  voice 
From  weeping,  and  thine  eyes  from  tears; 

Thy  mother's  heart  shall  yet  rejoice, 
And  sing  through  everlasting  years. 

"Thy  wandering  sons  shall  yet  return, 
Thy  lost  ones  shall  be  found  again; 

O  tender  mother,  cease  to  mourn ; 
Rachel,  thine  eyes  from  tears  refrain. 

"  Once  more  thou  yet  shalt  clasp  thine  own. 
With  them  thou  shalt  rejoice  and  sing; 

Thy  grief  a  winter  past  and  gone, 
Thy  joy  an  everlasting  spring!" 

Ilor alius  Bonar. 


3912.  EACHEL,  The  Mourning  of. 

Matthew  ii :  18. 
"  Oh  !  whither,  whither  shall  I  fly. 
My  beautiful,  my  best-beloved? 
I  hear  the  tread  of  warriors  nigh, 
Men  of  stern  mood  and  tearless  eye, 
E'en  by  a  mother's  prayer  unmoved. 
Soon  willtliey  stand  beside  thee; 
Where  shall  thy  mother  hide  thee? 

"  Cleave,  cleave,  thou  solid  earth!  and  yield 

A  shelter  in  thy  central  cave ; 

Heaven !  be  thy  red  right  arm  revealed. 

Avert  the  tyrant's  wrath,  and  shield 

My  last,  my  sole  one  from  the  grave; 

The  foe,  the  foe  are  near  him; 

Oh !  whither  can  I  bear  him? 

"  A  curse  upon  thee,  ruthless  king! 
A  mother's  with  a  nation's  prayer 
Mount  on  the  tempest's  rapid  wing. 
And  to  the  Eternal  Presence  bring 
The  frantic  accents  of  despair  ! 
Now  is  the  avenger  nigh  thee; 
Let  not  his  sword  pass  by  thee ! 

"  Again,  again,  my  babe,  again 

I  clasp  thee  to  this  bleeding  heart.     • 

They  come !  and  are  thy  people  slain. 

And  dost  Thou  still,  O  God !  restrain 

The  avenger  ardent  to  depart? 

Or  have  the  lightnings  passed  them 

Which  Thou  hadst  sent  to  blast  them? 

"  They  come!  they  come!     Hold,  hold  thine 

hand. 
Thou  canst  not  shed  an  infant's  blood ; 
Sheathe,  murderer,  sheathe  thy  reeking  hand : 
Thou  wilt  not?     Is  the  fiend's  command 
Fulfilled  by  his  own  demon  brood? 
Oh,  if  ye  will  not  spare  him, 
Strike  first  at  her  that  bare  him !" 

There's  blood  upon  that  mother's  brow, 
Blood  of  her  child  by  ruffians  shed. 
A  voice  is  beard  in  Ramah  now, 
A  voice  of  wailing  long  and  low: 
'Tis  Rachel  weeping  for  her  dead. 
The  mother  broken-hearted 
Calls  on  her  babe  departed  I 

'Twere  vain  to  bid  her  weep  no  more; 
Only  the  dreamless  grave  shall  bring 
The  rest  she  cannot  feel  before. 
But  when  thy  reign  of  blood  is  o'er, 
What  doom  is  thine,  detested  king? 
Guards,  sceptres,  left  behind  thee, 
The  mother's  curse  shall  find  thee ! 

Thomas  Dale. 

3913.  RACHEL,  Tomb  of. 

Genesis  xxxv  :  19,  20. 
What  mouldering  pile  near  Ephrath  stands 

alone. 
With  dome-shaped  top  and  base  of  massy 

stone? 
Rude  is  the  chamber  where  her  bones  repose. 
Yet  here,  'tis  said,  fair  Rachel's  pillar  rose. 


TlAJIlVLldlN'r. 


Rj^lIISTBOTV. 


409 


Ah!  sad  her  fate  in  nature's  pangs  to  die; 
To  sorrowing  friends  I  hear  her  parting  sigh ; 
I  see  her  husband's  woe,  his  streaming  tear, 
His  last  fond  kiss  before  he  laid  her  here. 
His  anguished  brow,  where  smiles  no  more 

would  be. 
For  ne'er  was  wife,  poor  Rachel !  loved  like 

thee.  Nicholas  Michell. 

3914.  RAIMENT,  The  White. 

Revelations  iii  :  5. 
The  babe,  the  bride,  the  quiet  dead, 

Clad  in  peculiar  raiment  all, 
Yet  each  puts  on  the  spotless  white 

Of  cradle,  shroud,  and  bridal  hall. 

The  babe,  the  bride,  the  quiet  dead, 
Each,  entering  on  an  untried  home, 

Wears  the  one  badge,  the  one  fair  hue, 
Of  birth,  of  wedding,  and  of  tomb. 

Of  death  and  life,  of  mirth  and  grief, 

We  take  it  as  the  symbol  true : 
It  suits  the  smile,  it  suits  the  sigh, 

That  raiment  of  the  stainless  hue. 

Not  the  rich  rainbow's  varied  bloom, 

That  diapason  of  the  light. 
Not  the  soft  sunset's  silken  glow, 

Or  flush  of  gorgeous  chrysolite ; 

But  purity  of  perfect  light, 

Its  native,  undivided  ray, 
All  that  is  best  of  moon  and  sun, 

The  purest  of  the  dawn  of  day. 

O  cradle  of  our  youngest  age, 

Adorned  with  white,  how  fair  art  thou  ! 
O  robe  of  infancy,  how  bright. 

Like  light  upon  the  moorland  snow  ! 

O  bridal  hall  and  bridal  robe, 

How  silver-bright  your  jewelled  gleam, 
Like  sunrise  on  the  gentle  face 

Of  some  translucent  mountain  stream ! 

O  shroud  of  death,  so  soft  and  pure, 
Like  starlight  upon  marble  fair ! 

Ah !  surely  it  is  life,  not  death, 
That  in  still  beauty  sleepeth  there. 

Mine  be  a  robe  more  spotless  still. 
With  lustre  bright  that  cannot  fade, 

Purer  and  whiter  than  the  robe 
Of  babe  or  bride  or  quiet  death. 

Mine  be  the  raiment  given  of  God. 

Wrought  of  fine  linen,  clean  and  white. 
Fit  for  the  eye  of  God  to  see, 

Meet  for  His  home  of  holy  light. 

Horatius  Bonar. 

3915.  EAINBOW,  Significance  of  the. 
Genesis  ix  :  12,  13;  Revelation  iv  :  3. 

When  eyes  that  watched  the  flood  rise  and 

decline 
First  saw  the  bow  of  beauteous  color  braided, 


Which  spanned  a  threatening  cloud,  then 

slowly  faded. 
Each  heart  relied  on  that  assuring  sign. 
So  when  in  Christ  the  dazzling  light  divine 
Spreads  out  its  heavenly   splendors   softly 

shaded 
In  clouds  of  flesh, our  trembling  faith  is  aided 
On  God's  sure  truth  and  mercy  to  recline. 
To  see  Him  once  to  holy  John  was  given, 
*'  Clothed  in  a  cloud,  a  rainbow  round  His 

head," 
Earth's   green  memorial    wearing    still    in 

heaven ; 
And  when  God  looks  upon  that  blessed  token 
Encircling  "  Himwholiveth,  and  was  dead," 
He  keeps  His  covenant  of  peace  unbroken. 

B.  Wilton. 

3916.  RAINBOW,  The. 

Still  in  the  dark  and  threat'ning  cloud 
That  bow  is  brightly  placed  above ; 

Nor  should  despondency  enshroud 
The  token  of  eternal  love. 

More  bright,  more  beauteous  are  its  beams, 
Contrasted  with  surrounding  gloom ; 

Thus  heavenly  mercy  ever  seems 
Most  lovely  in  impending  doom. 

A  cloudless  heaven,  to  joy's  glad  gaze, 
May  be  with  richer  glory  fraught; 

While  sorrov/'s  eye  its  arch  surveys 
Without  one  fond  congenial  thought. 

But  when  dark  clouds  obscure  the  sky, 
That  bow  of  promise  still  is  fair. 

Cheering  the  mourner's  heavenward  eye, 
Teaching  his  heart  that  God  is  there. 

Bernard  Barton, 

391 7.  RAINBOW,  Tenth  of  the. 

Still  young  and  fine  !  but  what  is  still  in  view 
We  slight  as  old  and  soiled,  though  fresh 

and  new. 
How  bright  wert  thou  when  Shem's  admir- 
ing eye 
Thy  burnished,  flaming  arch  did  first  descry ! 
When  Terah,  Nahor,  Haran,  Abram,  Lot, 
The  youthful  world's  gray  fathers  in  one  knot. 
Did  with  intentive  looks  watch  every  hour 
For  thy  new  light,    and  trembled  at  each 

shower! 
When  thou  dost  shine,  darkness  looks  white 

and  fair. 
Storms  turn  to  music,  clouds  to  smile  and  air; 
Rain  gently  spends  his  honey-drops  and  pours 
Balm  on  the  cleft  earth,  milk  on  grass  and 

flowers. 
Bright  pledge  of  peace  and  sunshine!  the 

sure  tie 
Of  thy  Lord's  hand,  the  object  of  His  eye ! 
When  I  behold  thee,  though  my  light  be  dim, 
Distant  and  low,  I  can  in  thine  see  Him 
Who  looks  upon  thee    from    His  glorious 

throne. 
And  minds  the  covenant  'twixt  all  and  One. 


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RAIVEAH. 


REAPERS. 


0  foul,  deceitful  men !  my  God  doth  keep 
His  promise  still, but  we  break  ours  and  sleep. 
Water,  though  both  heaven's  windows  and 

the  deep 
Full  forty  days  o'er  the  drown'd  world  did 

weep. 
Could  not  reform  us;  and  blood  in  despite, 
Yea,  God's  own  blood,  we  tread  upon  and 

slight. 
Then  peaceful,  signal  bow,  but  in  a  cloud 
Still  lodged,   where  all  thy  unseen  arrows 

1  will  on  thee  as  on  a  comet  look —  [shroud, 
A  comet,  the  sad  world's  ill-boding  book; 
Thy  light  as  luctual  and  stained  with  woes 
I'll  judge,  where  penal  flames  sit  mixed  and 

close. 
But  though  some  think  thou  shin'st  but  to 

restrain 
Bold  storms,  and  simply  dost  attend  on  rain, 
Yet  I  know  well,  and  so  our  sins  require. 
Thou  dost  but  court  cold  rain  till  rain  turns 

fire.  Henry  Vaughan. 

3918.  EAMAH,  The  Voice  of. 

Matthew  ii  :  18. 
Heard  ye,  from  Ramah's  ruined  walls, 

That  voice  of  bitter  weeping! 
Is  it  the  moan  of  fettered  slave, 

His  watch  of  sorrow  keeping? 
Heard  ye,  from  Ramah's  wasted  plains, 

That  cry  of  lamentation  ! 
Is  it  the  wail  of  Israel's  sons 

For  Salem's  devastation? 

Ah,  no !  a  sorer  ill  than  chains 

That  bitter  wail  is  waking. 
And  deeper  woe  than  Salem's  fall 

That  tortured  heart  is  breaking: 
'Tis  Rachel,  of  her  sons  bereft, 

Who  lifts  that  voice  of  weeping; 
And  childless  are  the  eyes  that  there 

Their  watch  of  grief  are  keeping. 

Oh !  who  shall  tell  what  fearful  pangs 

That  mother's  heart  are  rending. 
As  o'er  her  infant's  little  grave 

Her  wasted  form  is  bending; 
From  many  an  eye  that  weeps  to-day 

Delight  may  beam  to-morrow ; 
But  she — her  precious  babe  is  not ! 

And  what  remains  but  sorrow  ? 

Bereavfed  one !     I  may  not  chide 

Thy  tears  and  bitter  sobbing ; 
Weep  on  I  'twill  cool  that  burning  brow. 

And  still  that  bosom's  throbbing; 
But  be  not  thine  such  grief  as  theirs 

To  whom  no  hope  is  given: 
Snatched  from  the  world,  its  sins  and  snares, 

Thy  infant  rests  in  heaven. 

George  Washington  Doane. 

3919.  REAPERS,  OaU  for. 

Matthew  ix  :  36-38. 
Ho !  reapers  of  life's  harvest, 
Why  stand  with  rusted  blade 


Until  the  night  draws  round  thee 

And  day  begins  to  fade? 
Why  stand  ye  idle,  waiting 

For  reapers  more  to  come? 
The  golden  morn  is  passing, 

Why  sit  ye  idle,  dumb? 

Thrust  in  your  sharpened  sickle, 

And  gather  in  the  grain ; 
The  night  is  fast  approaching. 

And  soon  will  come  again. 
The  Master  calls  for  reapers, 

And  shall  He  call  in  vain  ? 
Shall  sheaves  lie  there  ungathered. 

And  waste  upon  the  plain? 

Come  down  from  hill  and  mountain 

la  morning's  ruddy  glow, 
Nor  wait  until  the  dial 

Points  to  the  noon  below ; 
And  come  with  stronger  sinew. 

Nor  faint  in  heat  or  cold, 
And  pause  not  till  the  evening 

Draws  round  its  wealth  of  gold. 

/.  B,  Woodbury. 

3920.  REAPERS,  Need  of. 
The  Master  hath  need  of  the  reapers. 

And,  mourner.  He  calleth  to  thee: 
Come  out  of  the  valley  of  sorrow, 

Look  up  to  the  hill-tops,  and  see 
How  the  fields  of  the  harvest  are  whitening. 

How  golden  and  full  is  the  grain: 
Oh!  what  are  thy  wants  to  the  summons? 

And  what  are  thy  griefs  and  thy  pain? 

The  Master  hath  need  of  the  reapers, 

And,  idler,  He  calleth  to  thee; 
Come  out  of  the  mansions  of  pleasure, 

From  the  halls  where  the  careless  may  be. 
Soon  the  shadows  of  eve  will  be  falling, 

With  the  mists,  and  the  dews,  and  the 
Oh !  what  are  thy  rests  and  thy  follies  [rain: 

To  the  world  and  the  rusts  of  the  grain? 

The  Master  hath  need  of  the  reapers. 

And,  worker,  He  calleth  to  thee; 
Oh !  wliat  are  the  dreams  of  ambition 

To  the  joys  that  hereafter  shall  be? 
There  are  tokens  of  storms  that  are  coming. 

And  summer  is  fast  on  the  wane ; 
Then  alas  for  the  hopes  of  the  harvest! 

Then  alas  for  the  beautiful  grain ! 

The  Master  hath  need  of  the  reapers, 

And  He  calleth  to  thee  and  to  me; 
Oh !  haste,  while  the  winds  of  the  morning 

Are  blowing  so  freshly  and  free; 
Let  the  sound  of  the  scythe  and  the  sickle 

Re-echo  o'er  hill-top  and  plain, 
And  gather  the  sheaves  in  the  garner. 

For  golden  and  ripe  is  the  grain. 

By  the  wounds  of  that  blessed  One  calling, 
Our  Maker,  Redeemer,  and  God ; 

By  the  deeds  of  these  reapers  now  falling, 
Of  those  who  sleep  under  the  sod ; 


REAPIERS. 


RED  SE^. 


411 


Who,  counting  their  lives  as  but  nothing, 
Pressed  on  la  the  ranks  of  the  host; 

Who  toiled  in  the  field  of  the  Master, 
And,  dying,  fell  dead  at  their  post. 

Oh !  think  of  the  crowns  they  are  wearing. 
Resplendent  with  jewels  of  light; 

Oh  !  think  of  the  palms  they  are  bearing, 
As  they  walk  with  the  angels  in  white; 

Of  the  beautiful  songs  they  are  singing. 
Of  the  shouts  that  will  thrill  you  above. 

By  these,  and  the  joys  that  are  given, 

While  toiling  and  weeping  below, 
Of  pointing  one  sinner  to  heaven, 

Oh !  list  to  the  summons,  and  go         [ing, 
To  the  fields  where  the  harvests  are  whiten- 

For  the  summer  is  fast  on  the  wane. 
And  gather  the  sheaves  in  the  garner, 

For  golden  and  ripe  is  the  grain. 

Mrs.  ArchlisJwp  TJwmson. 

3921.  EEAPERS,  Song  of  tie. 
Revelation  xiv  :  15. 

Oh!  where  are  the  reapers  that  garner  in 
The  sheaves  of  the  good  from  the  fields  of 

sin? 
With  sickles  of  truth  must  the  work  be  done, 
And   no   one   may  rest  till    the    "harvest- 
home." 

Where  are  the  reapers?     Oh !  who  will  come 
And  share    in   the   glory  of  the  "harvest- 
home?" 
Oh !  who  will  help  us  to  garner  in 
The  sheaves  of  good  from  the  fields  of  sin? 

Go  out  in  the  by-ways  and  search  them  all ; 
The  wheat  may  be  there,  though  the  weeds 

are  tall ; 
Then  search  in  the  highway,  and  pass  none 

by, 

But  gather  from  all  for  the  home  on  high. 

The  fields  all  are  ripening,  and  far  and  wide 
The  world  now  is  waiting  the  harvest-tide ; 
But  reapers  are  few,  and  the  work  is  great, 
And  much  will  be  lost  should  the  harvest 
wait. 

So  come  with  your  sickles,  ye  sons  of  men, 
And  gather  together  the  golden  grain ; 
Toil  on  till  the  Lord  of  the  harvest  come. 
Then  share  ye  His  joy  in  the  ' '  harvest-home. " 

8922.  EEBEOOA  PAETING  WITH  JACOB. 
Genesis  xxvii :  44. 

My  youngest  born,  my  pride  of  heart,  thou 
must,  thou  must  away ; 

Thy  brother's  wrathful  hand  is  raised,  and 
here  thou  canst  not  stay. 

Oh,  I  have  deeply  sinned  for  thee !  the  chas- 
tisement be  mine, 

And  I  will  bear  it  all,  my  son :  the  blessing 
shall  be  thine. 


What  matter  though  my  childless  years  in 

grief  and  pain  pass  on? 
Thou  wilt  be  safe   from  danger's  hour,  my 

own,  my  darling  son ; 
And,  like  the  fountain  sending  forth  a  sweet 

and  murmuring  sound, 
Thy  pleasant  voice  will  come  to  me  from 

some  far-distant  ground. 

Go,  bear  thy  mother's  blessing  back  to  those 

from  whom  she  came; 
My  kinsmen's  Jiearts  will  leap  with  joy  to 

hear  Rebecca's  name. 
Say  to  them,  Haran's  shaded  well  and  flocks 

that  near  it  stray 
Come  to  me  in  my  midnight  dreams  as  fresh 

as  yesterday. 

Speed  on,  and  when  thy  nimble  feet  have 

brought  thee  to  the  place. 
And  when  thou  stand'st  an  exiled  one  before 

my  brother's  face, 
Tell  him  thou  bear'st  thy  mother's  soul,  and 

therefore  will  not  twine 
Around  the  savage  olive-tree,  a  strong  and 

noble  vine. 

Ask  if  of  all  my  kinsman's  house  no  maiden 

bright  there  be 
Of  lofty  soul,  with  heart  to  seek  thy  father's 

God  with  thee; 
Andif  therebe,  oh!  say  to  her,  "Rebecca  left 

her  all; 
The  Father  of  the  faithful  spake,  and  she 

obeyed  the  call. " 

The  angel  of  the  covenant  protect  thee,  pre- 
cious child! 

Defend  thee  from  the  covert  snare,  direct 
thee  in  the  wild! 

Oh  !  I  shall  weep  in  darkness  oft,  to  think  thy 
houseless  head 

Must  pillow  on  the  stony  ground  or  seek  the 
foxes'  bed. 

But  glory,  breaking  on  the  gloom,  my  grief 
to  joy  shall  turn; 

Proud  mother  of  a  favored  race,  ah !  where- 
fore shouldst  thou  mourn? 

Go  then,  fulfil  Jehovah's  word,  the  blessing 
is  for  thee, 

And  joy,  and  pride,  and  thankfulness,  be- 
loved son,  for  me !      Emily  Taylor. 

3923.  RED  SEA,  Forward  Throngh  the. 
"Forward  let  the  people  go," 
Israel's  God  will  have  it  so; 
Though  the  path  be  through  the  sea, 
Israel,  what  is  that  to  thee? 
He  who  bids  thee  pass  the  waters 
Will  be  with  His  sons  and  daughters. 

Deep  and  wide  the  sea  appears : 
Israel  wonders,  Israel  fears ; 
Yet  the  word  is  "Forward"  still: 
Israel  I  'tis  the  Master's  will ; 
Though  no  way  thou  canst  discover, 
Not  one  plank  to  float  thee  over. 


412 


RED  SEt^. 


RED    SEA. 


Israel,  art  thou  sorely  tried? 
Art  thou  pressed  on  every  side? 
Does  it  seem  as  if  no  power 
Could  relieve  thee  in  this  hour? 
Wherefore  art  thou  thus  disheartened? 
Is  the  arm  that  saves  thee  shortened? 

Stand  thou  still  this  day,  and  see 
Wonders  v^rought,  and  wrought  for  thee ; 
Safe  thyself  on  yonder  shore, 
Thou  shalt  see  thy  foes  no  more. 
Thine  to  see  the  Saviour's  glory, 
Thine  to  tell  the  wondrous  story. 

3924.  EED  SEA,  Passage  of  the. 
Exodus  xiv. 

With  heat  o'ercome  and  with  the  length  of 

way. 
On  Ethan's  beach  the  bands  of  Israel  lay. 
'Twas  silence  all,  the  sparkling  sands  along; 
Save  where  the  locust  trilled  her  feeble  song. 
Or  blended  soft  in  drowsy  cadence  fell 
The  wave's  low  whisper  or  the  camel's  bell. 
'Twas  silence  all !  the  flocks  for  shelter  fly 
Where,  waving  light,  the  acacia  shadows  lie ; 
Or  where,  from   far,  the  flattering  vapors 

make 
The  noontide  semblance  of  a  misty  lake : 
While  the  mute  swain,  in  careless    safety 

spread, 
With  arms  enfolded,  and  dejected  head. 
Dreams  o'er  his  wondrous  call,  his  lineage 

high. 
And,  late  revealed,  his  children's  destiny. 
For,  not  in  vain,  in  thraldom's  darkest  hour. 
Had  sped  from  Amram's  sons  the  word  of 

power; 
Nor  failed  the  dreadful  wand,  whose  godlike 

sway 
Could  lure  the  locust  from  her  airy  way ; 
With  reptile  war  assail  their  proud  abodes, 
And  mar  the  giant  pomp  of  Egypt's  gods. 
O  helpless  gods!    who    naught    availed  to 

shield 
From  fiery  rain  your  Zoan's  favored  field ! 
O  helpless  gods  !  who  saw  the  curdled  blood 
Taint  the  pure  lotus  of  your  ancient  flood, 
And  fourfold  night  the  wondering  earth  en- 
chain, 
While  Memnon's  orient  harp  was  heard  in 

vain ! 
Such  musings  held  the  tribes,  till  now  the 

west 
With  milder  influence  on  their  temples  prest? 
And  that  portentous  cloud  which,  all  the  day, 
Hung  its  dark  curtain  o'er  their  weary  way 
(A  cloud  by  day,  a  friendly  flame  by  night), 
Rolled  back  its  misty  veil,  and  kindled  into 

light ! 
Soft  fell  the  eve ;  but,  ere  the  day  was  done, 
Tall  waving  banners  streaked  the  level  sun ; 
And  wide  and  dark,  along  the  horizon  red. 
In  sandy  surge  the  rising  desert  spread. 
"Mark,  Israel,  mark  !"  On  that  strange  sight 

intent. 
In  breathless  terror,  every  eye  was  bent ; 


And  busy  faction's  fast-increasing  hum. 

And  female  voices  shriek,  "They  come,  they 
come !" 

They  come,  they  come !  in  scintillating  show 

O'er  the  dark  mass  the  brazen  lances  glow ; 

And  sandy  clouds  in  countless  shapes  com- 
bine, 

As  deepens  or  extends  the  long  tumultuous 
line; 

And  fancy's  keener  glance  even  now  may 
trace 

The  threatening  aspects  of  each  mingled 
race: 

For  many  a  coal-black  tribe  and  cany  spear, 

The  hireling  guards  of  Mizruim's  throne, 
were  there. 

From  distant  Cush  they  trooped,  a  warrior 
train, 

Siwah's  green  isle  and  Sennaar's  marly  plain ; 

On  either  wing  their  fiery  coursers  check 

The  parched  and  sinewy  sons  of  Amalek ; 

While  close  behind,  inured  to  feast  on  blood, 

Decked  in  Behemoth's  spoils,  the  tall  Shan- 
gal  la  strode. 

'Mid  blazing  helms  and  bucklers  rough  with 
gold 

Saw  ye  how  swift  the  scythfed  chariots  rolled? 

Lo!  these  are  they  whom,  lords  of  Afric's 
fates. 

Old  Thebes  hath  poured  through  all  her 
hundred  gates. 

Mother  of  armies !  How  the  emeralds  glowed, 

Where,  flushed  with  power  and  vengeance, 
Pharaoh  rode ! 

And  stoled  in  white,  those  brazen  wheels 
before, 

Osiris'  ark  his  swarthy  wizards  bore ; 

And  still  responsive  to  the  trumpet's  cry 

The  priestly  sistrum  murmured,  Victory ! 

Why  swell  these  shouts  that  rend  the  desert's 
gloom? 

Whom  come  ye  forth  to  combat?  warriors, 
whom? 

These  flocks  and  herds,  this  faint  and  weary 
train. 

Red  from  the  scourge  and  recent  from  the 
chain? 

God  of  the  poor,  the  poor  and  friendless  save ! 

Giver  and  Lord  of  freedom,  help  the  slave  I 

North,  south,  and  west  the  sandy  whirl- 
winds fly, 

The  circling  horns  of  Egypt's  chivalry. 

On  earth's  last  margin  throng  the  weeping 
train ; 

Their  cloudy  guide  moves  on:  "And  must 
we  swim  the  main?" 

'Mid  the  light  spray  their  snorting  camels 
stood. 

Nor  bathed  a  fetlock  in  the  nauseous  flood. 

He  comes,  their  leader  comes!  the  man  of 
God 

O'er  the  wide  waters  lifts  his  mighty  rod, 

And  onward  treads.  The  circling  waves  re- 
treat. 

In  hoarse,  deep  murmurs,  from  His  holy  feet ; 

And  the  chased  surges,  inly  roaring,  show 


RED  SEA. 


RED  SEA. 


413 


The  hard  wet  saud  and  coral  hills  below. 
With  limbs  that  falter,  and  with   hearts 

that  swell, 
Down,  down  they  pass — a  steep  and  slippery 

dell. 
Around  them  rise,  in  pristine  chaos  hurled, 
The  ancient  rocks,  the  secrets  of  the  world ; 
And  flowers  that  blush  beneath  the  ocean 

green, 
And  caves,  the  sea-calves'  low-roofed  haunt, 

are  seen. 
Down,  safely  down  the  narrow  pass  they 

tread ; 
'Hie  beetling  waters  storm  above  their  head. 
While  far  behind  retires  the  sinking  day, 
I  nd  fades  on  Edom's  hills  its  latest  ray. 

Yet  not  from  Israel  fled  the  friendly  light. 
Or  dark  to  them,  or  cheerless  came  the  night. 
Still  in  their  van,  along  that  dreadful  road, 
Blazed  broad  and  fierce  the  brandished  torch 

of  God. 
Its  meteor  glare  a  tenfold  lustre  gave 
On  the  long  mirror  of  the  rosy  wave. 
While  its  blest  beams  a  sunlike  heat  supply. 
Warm  every  cheek,  and  dance  in  every  eye — 
To  them  alone;  for  Mizraim's  wizard  train 
Invoke  for  light  their  monster-gods  in  vain : 
Clouds  heaped  on  clouds  their  struggling 

sight  confine, 
And  tenfold  darkness  broods   above  their 

line. 
Yet  on  they  fare,  by  reckless  vengeance  led, 
And  range  unconscious  through  the  ocean's 

bed; 
Till  midway  now,  that  strange  and  fiery  form 
Showed  his  dread  visage  lightening  through 

the  storm; 
With  withering  splendor  blasted  all  their 

might, 
And  brake  their  chariot-wheels,  and  marred 

their  coursers'  flight. 
"Fly,  Mizraim,  fly!"      The  ravenous  floods 

they  see, 
And  fiercer  than  the  floods,  the  Deity. 
"Fly,  Mizraim,  fly!"     From  Edom's  coral 

strand 
Again  the  prophet    stretched  his  dreadful 

wand; 
With  one  wild  crash  the  thundering  waters 

sweep. 
And  all  is  waves,  a  dark  and  lonely  deep, 
Yet  o'er  those  lonely  waves  such  murmurs 

past. 
As  mortal  wailing  swelled  the  nightly  blast. 
And  strange  and  sad  the  whispering  breezes 

bore 
The  groans  of  Egypt  to  Arabia's  shore. 
Oh,  welcome  came  the  morn,  where  Israel 

stood 
In  trustless  wonder  by  the  avenging  flood ! 
Oh,  welcome  came  the  cheerful  morn,  to  show 
The  drifted  wreck  of  Zoan's  pride  below ; 
The  mangled  limbs  of  men,  the  broken  car, 
A  few  sad  relics  of  a  nation's  war — 
Alas,  how  few !     Then,  soft  as  Elim's  well. 
The  precious  tears  of  new-born  freedom  fell. 


And  he,  whose  hardened  heart  alike  had 

borne 
The  house  of  bondage  and  the  oppressor's 

scorn. 
The  stubborn  slave,  by  hope's  new  beams 

subdued. 
In  faltering  accents  sobbed  his  gratitude, 
Till,  kindling  into  warmer  zeal,  around 
The  virgin  timbrel  waked  its  silver  sound; 
And  in  fierce  joy,  no  more  by  doubt  sup- 

presst. 
The  struggling  spirit  throbbed  in  Miriam's 

breast. 
She,  with  bare  arms,  and  fixing  on  the  sky 
The  dark  transparence  of  her  lucid  eye. 
Poured  on  the  winds  of  heaven  her  wild 

sweet  harmony. 
"Where  now,"  she  sang,  "the  tall  Egyptian 

spear? 
On's    sunlike    shield,   and    Zoan's   chariot, 

where? 
Above   their  ranks    the    whelming   waters 

spread. 
Shout,  Israel,  for  the  Lord  hath  triumphed!" 
And  every  pause  between  as  Miriam  sang, 
From  tribe  to  tribe  the  martial  thunder  rang, 
And  loud  and  far  their  stormy  chorus  spread, 
"Shout,  Israel,  for  the  Lord  hath  trium- 
phed !"'  Reginald  Heber. 

3925.  RED  SEA,  Passage  of  the. 
On  the  sand  and  sea-weed  lying, 
Israel  poured  her  doleful  sighing; 
While  before  the  deep  sea  flowed, 
And  behind  fierce  Egypt  rode, 
To  their  fathers'  God  they  prayed, 
To  the  Lord  of  hosts  for  aid. 

On  the  margin  of  the  flood 

With  lifted  rod  the  prophet  stood ; 

And  the  summoned  east  wind  blew, 

A.nd  aside  it  sternly  threw 

The  gathered  waves,  that  took  their  stand, 

Like  crystal  rocks,  on  either  hand, 

Or  walls  of  sea-green  marble  piled 

Round  some  irregular  city  wild. 

Then  the  light  of  morning  lay 
On  the  wonder-paved  way, 
Where  the  treasures  of  the  deep 
In  their  caves  of  coral  sleep. 
The  profound  abysses,  where 
Was  never  sound  from  upper  air, 
Rang  with  Israel's  chanted  words: 
King  of  kings,  and  Lord  of  lords! 

Then,  with  bow  and  banner  glancing, 

On  exulting  Egypt  came. 
With  her  chosen  horsemen  prancing. 

And  her  cars  on  wheels  of  flame, 
In  a  rich  and  boastful  ring 
All  around  her  furious  king. 

But  the  Lord  from  out  His  cloud — 
The  Lord  looked  down  upon  the  proud, 
As  the  host  drave  heavily 
Down  the  deep  bosom  of  the  sea. 


414 


RED  SE^. 


RED  SE-A.. 


With  a  quick  and  sudden  swell 

Prone  the  liquid  ramparts  fell ; 

Over  horse  and  over  car, 

Over  every  man  of  war, 

Over  Pharaoh's  crown  of  gold. 

The  loud  thundering  billows  rolled 

As  the  level  waters  spread ; 

Down  they  sank,  they  sank  like  lead, 

Down  without  a  cry  or  groan. 

And  the  morning  sun,  that  shone 

On  myriads  of  bright-armed  men, 

Its  meridian  radiance  then 

Cast  oa  a  wide  sea,  heaving  as  of  yore, 

Against  a  silent,  solitary  shore. 

Then  did  Israel's  maidens  sing. 
Then  did  Israel's  timbrels  ring. 
To  Him,  the  King  of  kings,  that  in  the  sea 
The  Lord  of  lords  had  trium|jhed  gloriously ! 
Henry  II.  Milman. 

3926.  EED  SEA,  Passage  of  the. 
In  doubt,  in  weariness,  in  woe, 

The  host  of  Israel  flee; 
Behind  them  rode  the  raging  foe. 
Before  them  was  the  sea. 

The  angry  waters  at  their  feet. 
All  dark  and  dread,  rolled  on ; 

And  where  the  sky  and  desert  meet, 
Spears  flashed  against  the  sun. 

But  still  along  the  eastern  sky 

The  fiery  pillar  shone, 
And  o'er  the  waves  that  rolled  so  high 

It  bade  them  still  come  on. 

Then  Moses  turned  the  sea  toward. 
And  raised  his  hand  on  high; 

The  angry  waters  know  their  lord: 
They  know  him,  and  they  fly. 

Where  never  gleamed  the  red  sunlight. 
Where  foot  of  man  ne'er  trod, 

Down,  down  they  go,  and  left  and  right 
The  wall  of  waters  stood. 

Full  soon  along  that  vale  of  fear, 
With  cymbals,  horns,  and  drums. 

With  many  a  steed  and  many  a  spear 
The  maddening  monarch  comes. 

A  moment — far  as  eye  could  reach, 
The  thronging  myriads  tread ; 

The  next — tlie  waste  and  silent  deep 
Was  rolling  o'er  their  head? 

3927.  BED  SEA,  Passage  of  the. 

On  land's  remotest  verge  the  bondmen  stood. 
And  gazed,  dismayed,  upon  the  boundless 

flood. 
Black,  threat'ning  mountains  walled  the  arid 

shore; 
The  sea  swept  on,  unbridged  and  vast  before ; 
And  far  and  hoarse  along  the  desert  strand 
The  long,  loud  billows  beat  the  bending  sand. 


Now  mingling  deep  with  ocean's  ceaseless 

sound, 
A  muffled  murmur  steals  along  the  ground. 
Swelling  like  muffled  thunder  far  behind, 
Waxing  and  sinking  with  the  changing  wind. 
But  anxious  ears  have  caught  the  creeping 

jar, 
That  leads  the  land-breeze  with  the  tread  of 

war. 
And  million  hearts  beat  quick  in  deadly  fear. 
As  rolls  the  laboring  discord  yet  more  near. 

In  that  dread  hour  a  thousand  memories  roam 
Back  o'er  the  way  that  led  them  from  their 

home — 
That  home  of  bondage,  shame,  oppression, 

pain, 
Sorrow,  and  sin ;  and  quailing  ones  would  fain 
Fly  from  the  present  to  the  past  again. 
Was  it  that  when  we  sorrow  most,  the  heart 
Makes  e'en  its  tortures  of  its  life  a  part? 
Was  it  that  age,  and  infancy,  and  love 
Bring  e'en  to  slave-hood  radiance  from  above? 
Oh !  ring  not  shrill  along  their  ears  the  while 
The  shrieks  of  infants  from  the  waves  of 

Nile? 
Yet,  O  Death,  Death !  from  thee,  from  thee 

we  fly ; 
And  oft  we  loathe  to  live,  but  dare  not,  dare 

not  die! 
But  while  such  thoughts,  and  darker,  through 

their  souls. 
The  rising  uproar  near  and  nearer  rolls, 
Till,   through  the  eddying  dust-clouds,  on 

their  sight 
Bursts  a  long  line  of  plumes  and  helmets 

bright. 
And  sunset  flames  on  banner,  lance,  and  spear. 
Where  Egypt's  chariots  flash  in  full  career  1 

One  wild,  amazed,  and  agonizing  cry 
Instant  from  Israel's  armies  smites  the  sky! 
On  God,  in  terror,  million  voices  call; 
On  Moses  million  imprecations  fall: 
Were  there  no  graves  in  Egypt  that  we  flee 
To  perish  in  the  wilderness  with  thee? 
Did  we  not  bid  thee  leave  us  there  alone. 
To  serve  th'  Egyptians  till  our  days  were 

done? 
Why  hast  thou  thus  our  hearts  and  hopes 

beguiled, 
And  led  us  forth  to  slaughter  in  the  wild? 
"  Fear  not,"  cried  he  whose  Heaven-assisted 

hand 
Had  filled  with  woe  and  wonder  Pharaoh's 

land; 
"Stand  still,  and    see   salvation   from   the 

Lord 
Revealed  from  heaven  to  prove  His  change- 
less word ; 
For  these  your  foes,  whom  now  your  eyes 

deplore. 
Henceforth  shall  vex  your  vision  nevermore !" 

Still,  as  they  trembling  gazed  on  foe  and  flood, 
Fell  from  the  skies  the  awful  voice  of  God: 


RED  SEA. 


RED  SEA. 


415 


"Wherefore  this  cry  of  faithless  fear  to  Me? 
Bid  Israel  forward  !  stretch  above  the  sea 
Thy  hand,  and  lift  thy  rod  to  cleave  itsflovr, 
And    lead    My  chosen  through  its    depths 

below; 
And  Egypt's  king  shall  know  that  lam  God, 
What  time  I  whelm  him  with  the  gulfing 

flood !" 
So  spake  Jehovah ;  swift  His  angel  turns, 
And  o'er  their  rear  the  fiery  pillar  burns: 
On  Egypt  frowning  black  with  gloomiest 

night: 
On  Israel  scattering  soft,  serenest  light ! 
Lo !  by  its  ray,  at  beck  of  Moses'  rod, 
The  sea  sinks  down,  as  at  the  feet  of  God ! 
The  cast  wind  ploughs  its  billows  like  a  share. 
Furrowing  the  brine  till  ocean's  bed  is  bare, 
Flinging  the  foamy  ridges  long  and  high, 
On  right  and  left,  until  they  wash  the  sky; 
And  emerald  ranges,  wreathed   with  rain- 
bows, stand 
Guarding  a  valley  scooped  by  God's  right 
hand! 

Down,  down  the  gorge,  far-sloping  from  the 

shore. 
The  trembling  millions  now  obedient  pour. 
Dry-shod  and  safe  along  the  yawning  caves, 
'Twixt  mountain  walls   of  piled   and   solid 

waves. 
Awed  by  such  wonders,  reverently  they  move 
'Neath  watery  bastions,  looming  dim  above; 
While    bright    behind   them,    blackness    to 

their  foes. 
The  guardian  Presence  like  a  meteor  glows, 
Cheers  all  the  wasteful  deep  with  dusty  rays. 
But  lights  their  path  with  bright,  benignant 

blaze! 

But  as  they  march  adown  the  dread  profound. 
Their  foiled   pursuers   catch    the  lessening 

sound. 
And  instant  arm,  with  Heaven-sent  fury  blind, 
And  rush,  impetuous,  down  the  deep  behind ! 
There  is  a  point,  a  limit,  in  all  sins, 
Where    reason   ends,    and    madness,    stark, 

begins; 
Where    Heaven    withdraws   all  judgment, 

shame,  or  fear. 
And  retribution  then  is  swift  and  near.; 
Theimi)ious  wretch  to  whom,  in  vain,  are  lent 
All  days  of  mercy,  and  all  warnings  sent, 
Whose  soul,  insensate,  mocks  where  demons 

quail, 
And  scorns  repentance  till  forbearance  fail, 
Sees,  when  too  late,  the  bok  of  vengeance 

gleam. 
And  drops,  a  blackened  rui-n,  from  his  dream. 

The  nation  that  can  crush  a  weaker  race, 
Or  hunt  the  human-kind  like  beasts^of  chase, 
Be  it  by  armies,  hounds,  or  laws  more  fell, 
Hangs  toppling  on  the  crumbling  verge  of 

hell! 
And  though  she  lift  her  haughty  head  alone. 
Confronting  Heaven  with  brow  of  slave-hewn 

stone, 


Impatient  thunders,  big  with  fearful  trust, 
Tremble  to  leap  and  dash  her  into  dust; 
And  though  Heaven's  judgments  linger,  and 

seem  slow, 
Not  lighter  falls  the  long- suspended  blow 
That  hurls,  at  last,  the  blasted  tyrant  low! 

O  Egypt!  Art  thou  enough  chastised? 
Is  not  thy  pride  by  all  the  past  advised? 
Rush  not  vague  terrors   on   thy   shrinking 

sight 
From  out  the  pall  that  doubles  nature's  night? 
Runs  not  along  thy  soul  that  wail  untold 
That  rose  when  morning  found  thy  first-born 

cold? 
Seems  not  the  burdening  pressure  of  the  air 
To  stir  with  whisperings  bidding  thee  for- 

'bearf 

On,  on  they  pour,  by  fiends  exulting  driven, 
Smit  with  portentous  hardihood  from  heaven. 
Throned  in  his  burnished  car  the  monarch 

rides, 
Defiant  gazing  on  the  quivering  tides 
That,    with  restraint   impatient,    creep  and 

move. 
And  curl,  and  hiss,  and  murmur,  far  above ! 
On,  on  they  pour!    Till  now,  in  middle  sea, 
The  long  black  valley,  open  far  and  free. 
Stretches  before,  behind,  beyond  their  sight, 
Where  sky  and  ocean  blend  in  circling  night. 

But  as  they  rave  along  the  hideous  gloom, 

Lo!  Light  appalling  flashes  on  their  doom! 

Forth  from  the  cloud  in  blinding  blaze  it 
streams. 

Malignant  influence  rides  on  all  its  beams! 

Perplexed,  dismayed,  all  hearts  with  bodings 
quake; 

All  arms,  relaxed,  in  nerveless  terror  shake ! 

The  steed  grows  restive  with  brute  instinct's 
dread. 

Startles,  and  snorts,  and  flings  his  lofty  head  ! 

The  trembling  driver  scarce  his  stand  main- 
tains. 

Plies  the  -v-ain  thong,  and  grasps  the  useless 
reins ! 

And  swift  avenging  angels  o'er  them  crowd. 

While  Israel's  God  looks  lightening  from  the 
cloud ! 

But  still  the  maniac  king  pursues  liis  prey, 
Scorns  every  omen,  mocks  at  all  delay. 
Till  hands  unseen,  innumerous,  deftly  steal 
The  pins  that  fasten  many  a  rapid  wheel! 
Erring  they  roll,  confused  at  Heaven's  com- 
mand. 
And  many  a  laboring  axle  ploughs  the  sand  I 

With  pale  recoil,  at  last,  appalled,  they  cry, 
"From  face  of  Israel  let  us  turn  and  fly! 
God  fights  for  them  against  Egyptian's  host! 
Turn  we,  and  fly !     Fly !  fly !  or  all  is  lost !" 
They  wheel,  they  fly  !  Then  from  the  cloudy 

gloom 
Breaks  instant  forth  the  fiery  storm  of  doom ! 


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RESXJRTlECTIOlSr. 


Dread  thunders  crash !  The  bellowing  heav- 
ens descend  ! 

Lightning  and  rain  in  blinding  wrath  con- 
tend! 

Blackness  and  whirlwind  sky  and  ocean 
blind ! 

And  eddying  tides  resistless  turn,  and  sweep 

And  whirl  and  foam  along  the  rising  deep ! 

Ah,  vain  repentance,  or  of  man  or  state, 
That  never  comes  until  it  comes  too  late ! 
Even  as  they  wheel,  lo !  Israel's  ransomed  host. 
With  dawn  safe  climbing  free  Arabia's  coast ! 
Too  late,  too  late,  through  middle  seas  they 

fly; 

The  hour  of  vengeance  flushes  all  the  sky ! 

O  maid  of  Egypt !  vainly  dost  thou  wait 
Thy  hero-lover  at  his  palace  gate! 
Vainly,  with  love's  fond  studiousness  prepare 
To  crown  him  victor,  and  to  deck  his  car ! 
Vainly  do  waiting  hearts  of  pride  and  love 
Through  all  the  land,  at  every  footfall  move ! 
Their  last,  their  utterest  desolation  flies. 
Shadowy  and  swift,  along  the  ominous  skies ! 

Ten  direful  plagues  throughout  the   world 

proclaim 
Jehovali's    wrath    at    slavery's    wrong   and 

shame : 
One  final  stroke,  stupendous  and  sublime. 
Shall  peal   the  re-enslaver's   doom  through 

time; 
For  when  God's  right  hand  rends  the  bond- 
man's chain. 
Woe,    woe  to   him   who   wields    the   links 

again — 
Who  rashly  braves  the  Omnipotent  decree ! 
He  wars  with  God  who  wars  with  liberty  ! 
Once  more  wide  sounds  the  awful  voice  of 

God ; 
Once  more  wide  waves  the  sea-compelling 

rod. 
And,  at  its  beck,  the  pent,  recoiling  tide 
In  deluge  mountains  bursts  on  either  side ! 
Vainly,  in  frantic  terror,  from  its  flow. 
Shoreward  they  rage,  tumultuous,  far  below ! 
Before,  behind,  with  instantaneous  pour, 
The  ocean  plunges  and  the  surges  roar! 
Vainly  at  once  to  thousand  gods  they  cry. 
To  prop  the  seas  that,  stooping,  hide  the  sky  I 

With  shock  tremendous  yields  each  green 

arched  wall. 
Immense  and  swift  the  whelming  ranges  fall, 
And  ruin  runs  with  level  lapse  o'er  all! 
One  moment,  struggling  in  the  surge  for  life. 
See  some  strong  swimmer  stem  the  seething 

strife ! 
One  moment  Pharaoli's  golden  armor  shines 
'Mid    cataracts     booming     like    exploding 

mines ! 
One  moment,  madly  plunging  in  their  toib, 
His  war-steeds   flounder  where  the  tumult 

boils; 
And   one    long,   mingled,    stifled,  strangled 

scream 


Comes  like  the  gasp-shriek  of  a  nightmare 

dream ; 
And  Pharaoh,  deified,  and  prince,  and  slave, 
Together    sink   beneath    th'    all-whelming 

wave; 
And  meeting  billows  skip,  and  clap  their 

hands. 
And  laugh  wild  requiem  o'er  proud  Egypt's 

bands. 
That  slumber  low  along  the  weltering  sands. 
George  Lansing  Taylor. 

3928.  BED  SEA,  Song  at  the. 

Exodus  XV  :  1. 
Sing  to  Jehovah,  who  gloriously  triumphs, 
The  God  of  our  fathers,  the  God  of  the  free  1 
For  Jah  is  our  strength,  our  song  and  sal- 
vation ! 
The  horse  and  his  rider  are  drowned  in  the 
sea! 

The  Lord  is  a  warrior,  His  name  is  Jehovah ! 
Thy  right    hand,    O    Lord!    is  exalted   in 

might ! 
Thou  dashest  in  pieces  the  foes  of  Thy  people ! 
Thy  wrath  hath  consumed  them  and  swept 

them  to  night ! 

The  chariots  of  Pharaoh,  his  captains  and 
princes. 

The  hosts  of  oppression,  the  legions  of  wrong, 

The  blast  of  Thy  nostrils  with  floods  over- 
whelms them. 

And  Israel  shouts  in  her  thunders  of  song ! 

What  God  of  the  nations  is  like  to  Jehovah? 

Glorious  in  holiness,  fearful  in  praise! 

All  jieoples  shall  fear  Him,  all  ages  adore 

Him! 
He  reigns  in  His  glory,  through  infinite  days ! 
George  Lansing  Taylor. 

3929.  RESUREEOTION,  Christ's. 
Matthew  xxviii  :  2;  Mark  xvi  :  x. 

Cold  is  the  midnight  air; 

Judea's  vine-clad  heights  in  silence  lie. 

And  dark  yon  rugged  cliffs  their  shadows 

fling 
Across  the  olive  glens,  in  softness  veiled, 
Beneath  the  silver  beams  of  the  pale  moon. 

Jerusalem,  too,  in  solemn  silence  lies. 
Though  thronged  throughout  her  halls  with 

num'rous  guests. 
Now  met  as  in  the  holier  days  gone  by 
To  keep  the  paschal  festival. 

But  hark !  there  is  a  sound !   What  footstep 

dares 
Intrude  on  spot  so  sacred?     Who  disturb 
The  quiet  of  the  grave?  a  grave  that  could 
AUme  afford  repose  to  Him  whose  life 
Had  been  one  lasting  tempest  of  rebuke. 
And  scorn  and  bitterness  and  blackest  hate, 
A  mystery  of  abandonment  and  woe! 
Who  dares  approach?  unless  some  priceless 

friend, 


RESTJRREeTION^. 


RESTJRHECTIOlSr. 


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Whose  agopy  and  love  scorns  all  restraint, 
And  at  the  noon  of  night  seeks  the  lone  tomb, 
To  raise  the  linen  shroud,  and  gaze,  and  weep 
On.  the  pale  mangled  corpse,  now  cold  and 

mute 
As  the  cold  rook  on  which  His  head  doth  rest. 
Is  it  the  noiseless  step — the  smothered  sigh 
Of  holy  friendship,  seeking  e'en  in  death 
To  hold  communion  with  the  loved  and  lost ! 
No;  'tis  the  martial  clank  of  steel-clad  men, 
The  measured  tread  of  Roman  sentinels. 
Who  sullen  pace  the  private  garden-paths, 
And  watch  the  tomb  of  Jesus.     Wherefore 

thus 
Do  hoary  warriors  stand  in  consultation? 
And  why  are  signs  of  dread  so  visible 
On  those  stern  countenances,  long  inured 
To  buffet  with  life's  storm,  and  smile  in  scorn 
At  what  the  gods  might  doom  in  duty's  path? 
Does  Death  not  hold  secure  enough  his  prey, 
That  these  becomes  his  allies? 

Make  all  secure ! 
Let  rocks  be  sealed,  and  men  of  war  be  placed 
At  every  avenue,  with  lance  and  sword, 
To  guard  the  still  domain.    Let  the  keen  eye 
Of  the  young  soldier  fix  its  fiery  glance 
On  the  mysterious  shrine;  while  near  him 
The  laurelled  veteran,  with  scrutiny  [stands 
Intense  as  the  red  lightning.     And  let  hell 
Spread  her  embattled  hosts — the  viewless 

ranks 
Of  principalities  and  powers  and  thrones. 
Be  ready  for  the  charge,  and  all  combine 
To  keep  imprisoned  in  that  dark  above, 
The  murdered  corpse  of  the  jioor  Nazarene ! 

O  earth  and  heaven !     What  dread  convul- 
sion shakes 
The  adamantine  pillars  that  have  reared 
Their  dark  volcanic  heaps  against  the  sky, 
So  many  ages !     See,  the  rocks  are  rent. 
And    opening   wide    disclose    their    secret 

depths, 
In  all  the  frightful  grandeur  of  their  form ! 
What  mighty  thunderings  wake  this  peace- 
ful dawn. 
With  voice  more  dreadful  than  the  deafening 

roll 
Of  Caesar's  conquering  chariots!  And  ye  men. 
Ye  men  of  blood  and  valor,  who  have  stood 
Unblanched  on  battle-fields,  and  heard  un- 
moved 
The  tumult  of  ten  thousand  dying  groans. 
Why  stand  ye  thus  with  terror-stricken  brow, 
And  rolling  eye,  and  lip  as  ashy  white 
As  that  of  some  weak,  helpless  woman ! 
And  why  beneath  the  corselet  heaves  so  wild 
Stout  hearts  that  never  quaked  for  man  or 

fiend? 
The  white-robed  messengers  of  heaven's  high 

King 
Are  hovering  o'er  your  heads ;  while  near  you 

now. 
Within  that  sepulchre,  is  going  on 

A  mystery 

No  human  hand  may  feel  the  first  warm  throb 


That  stirs  beneath  the  shroud.     No  eye  may 

view 
The  mantling  bloom  of  reawakened  life 
Spread  o'er  that  pallid  countenance — 
But  now  He  lives,  Mitchell. 

3930.  RESURRECTION,  Christ's. 
Matthew  xxviii  :  1-10. 
Our  Lord  His  dissolution  had  commenced, 
And  Deity  His  soul  reinfluenced ; 
Infernal  malice  now  had  reached  its  height, 
And  God  had  to  the  land  restored  the  light, 
Whenthe  chief  priests  the  Governor  bespeak, 
That  some  the  malefactors'  legs  should  break. 
By  Pilate's  order,  with  a  pond'rous  stroke 
The  two  thieves'  bones  were  by  the  soldiers 

broke. 
To  hasten  death,  lost  hanging  on  a  tree 
Upon  the  feast,  it  might  polluted  be. 
But  seeing  Jesus  dead  they  passed  Him  by : 
God  watched  Him  with  a  jirovidential  eye. 
That  all  the  prophecy  fulfilled  might  own — 
Messias  should  not  have  a  broken  bone; 
One  thrust  his  spear  into  His- tender  side. 
And  from  His  pericardium  streaming  eyed 
Both  blood  and  water,  and  from  thence  we 

know 
From  His  heart-love  rites  sacramental  flow; 
The    wound   was  mortal,    and   the  spiteful 

Jews  [abuse ; 

With  a  feigned  death  could  not  the  world 
The  wound  predicted  in  the  Sacred  Book, 
They  on  Messias,  whom  they  pierced,  shall 

look. 

The  pious  Joseph  then  to  Pilate  goes. 
Begs  he  of  Jesus'  body  might  dispose: 
Pilate  consents,  and  in  the  marble  womb 
Ora  hard  rock,  where  was  a  new-cut  tomb 
For  liis  own  burial  in  his  garden  made. 
Our  Lord  took  rest,  where  never  man  was 

laid. 
Lest,  when  He  rose,  it  might  suggested  be, 
Some  other  there  entombed  arose,  not  He; 
Or  that  He  rose  not  by  His  Power  Divine, 
But  contact   of  some   saint's   or   proj^het's 

shrine. 
Good  Nicodemus,  to  adorn  his  hearse. 
Brought  odors  o'er  His  body  to  disperse : 
All  was  enwrapped  in  a  fine  linen  fold. 
And  a  huge  stone  upon  the  entrance  rolled. 

Meanwhile  His  separate  soul  to  Hades  flew, 
The  receptacles  of  the  dead  to  view, 
O'er  ghastly  death  His  triumph  to  proclaim, 
And  make  all  Topliet  tremble  at  His  name. 
A  bright  angelic  squadron  on  the  wing 
Attended  on  their  death-subduing  King. 
With  a  bright  cross  of  rays  transvei-sed  made, 
And  His  inscription  at  the  head  displayed, 
In  great  resplendent  characters,  like  those 
which  God's  celestial  Book  of  Life  compose, 
Our  Lord  began  His  awful,  radiant  march, 
Descending  first  to  the  infernal  arch. 
Damned  ghosts  at  His  dread  sight  began  to 
quake, 


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Flouncing  for  shelter  in  the  burning  lake; 
He  their  malicious  tyranny  restrained, 
And  orders  gave  they  should  be  all  rechained. 
The  prison  next  where  souls  polluted  dwell, 
Infested  daily  by  near  neighboring  hell. 
Where  they  too  late  impenitent  bewail. 
Reserved  for  judgment  in  that  dolorous  jail, 
He   enters;  with   strange  terror  each  was 

dashed, 
And  with  fresh  stings  of  guilty  conscience 

lashed. 
Thence  He  to  paradise  ascends  direct, 
Where  holy  souls  with  languor  Him  expect ; 
There  saints  are  in  the  interim  at  rest. 
Till,  judgment  passed,  they  are  completely 

blessed ; 
There  each  good  soul  remains  in  widowed 

state. 
In  longings  till  remarried  to  its  mate ; 
Thither  our  Lord  the  thief  benignly  brought, 
Who  to  the  saints  the  crucifixion  taught. 
The  holy  souls  their  gracious  Lord  revered, 
And  He  with  sweet  supports  their  languors 

cheered, 
Advanced  their  joys  to   a  more  rapturous 

height, 
And  placed  them  nearer  to  the  blissful  sight. 
Some  He  for  present  resurrection  chose. 
His  train  at  His  own  rising  to  compose. 
Whose  tombs  then  ojoen  by  the  earthquake 

Ordained  a  while  to  reassume  their  clay. 
The  third  day's  dawn  gave  Him  His  rising 

call. 
He  poured  out  heavenly  favors  on  them  all. 
Down  then  He  tlew  with  His  selected  train. 
That  He  and  they  might  glad  reunion  gain. 

The  envious  Jews  once  more  to  Pilate  came. 
His  jealousy  thus  striving  to  inflame : 
"We  oft  have  heard  that  great  deceiver  say 
That  He  would  reinspire  His  buried  clay ; 
A  guard  we  for  the  sepulchre  implore. 
Which   day  and  night  may  strictly  watch 

the  door. 
Lest  His  admirers  some  new  fraud  impose. 
And  then  afl5rm  He  from  Ilis  grave  arose." 
At  their  request  straight  Pilate  guards  as- 
signed, 
And  watchful  duty  to  them  all  enjoined : 
The  Jews,  lest  votaries  should  His  body  steal. 
See  the  watch  set,  and  stone  sepulchral  seal; 
Wisdom  divine  Judaic  malice  steered, 
And  they,  the  truth  they  strove  to  smother, 
cleared, 

Bless'd  Jesus'  flesh  and  spirit  reunite; 

He  rose  from  death  by  His  own  boundless 

might; 
His  blood  recircling  made  His  pulses  beat; 
AH  vital  channels  felt  rekindled  heat. 
The  seventh  day's  Jewish  Sabbath  breathed 

its  last. 
And  into  desuetude  eternal  passed;  [begun, 
The  first  day's  hallowed  gleams  were  then 
Illumined  by  God's  co-eternal  Son ; 


When  a  new  earthquake  gave  the  awful  sign 
Of  God  incarnate  rising  from  His  shrine. 

In  the  first,  earth  and  air  at  every  pore 
Transpiring  thunders  globe  terraqueous  tore ; 
The  frighted  sea  its  channel  then  forsook, 
Foundations  of  the  globe  terrestrial  shook; 
The  pillars  on  which  arched  heavens  rely 
Were  on  their  several  bases  screwed  awry. 
But  in  the  second,  by  propitious  force. 
All  things  recovered  their  conatural  course : 
Back  to  their  magazine  the  waters  rolled; 
Fixed  were  foundations  which  the  earth  up- 
hold; 
The   pillars  screwed   aright  which  heaven 

sustained ; 
The  world,  with  Jesus,  resurrection  gained. 
His  foes  alone  had  of  the  omen  dread. 
And  feared  His  glorious  rising  from  the  dead ; 
The  guard  who  watched  the  tomb,  in  horrid 

fright. 
To  the  chief  priests  took  instantaneous  flight ; 
They  told  the  wondrous  truth,  while  envious 

Jews 
(Convinced,  but  not  converted  at  the  news), 
Bribed  high  the  soldiers,  charging  them  to 

say. 
His  votaries  stole  Him,  while  they   slept, 

away : 
And  if  the  Governor  should  doubt  the  tale, 
They  would  for  their  impunity  prevail. 
The  soldiers  took  the  bribe,  and  could  not 

hold. 
But  all  abroad  both  truth  and  fiction  told. 

Explosions  which    the   second   earthquake 

gave, 
By  Heaven  directed,  opened  Jesus'  grave; 
They  raised  the  stone  erect,  while  Jesus  rose, 
Which  straight  fell  down  the  sepulchre  to 

close. 
Till  from  high  heaven  a  mighty  angel  flown, 
Rolled  quite  away  the  monumental  stone, 
That  saints  who  thither  came  their  tears  to 

shed 
Might  see  plain  marks  of  rising  from  the 

dead. 
The  tender  sex  got  of  the  men  the  starts. 
They  first  the  tribute  paid  of  thankful  hearts; 
They,  ere  the  sun  could  gain  the  morning 

point. 
Haste  Jesus  with  rich  odors  to  anoint. 
The   guard  was  fled,  the   stone   away   was 

rolled. 
And  on  the  stone  an  angel  they  behold, 
His  face  like  unafl[iicting  lightning  bright, 
His  vesture  than   the  new-fall'n  snow  more 

white; 
The  guard  he  struck  into  amazing  fears, 
But  the  soft  votaries  he  benignly  cheers; 
"  'Tis  Jesus  whom  ye  seek ;  be  not  afraid ; 
Come,  see  the  empty  tomb  where  He  was  laid. 
The  living  'mongst  the  dead  j^e  seek  in  vain ; 
He  oft  foretold  that  He  should  rise  again; 
'Tis  now  fulfilled ;  haste  to  His  votaries  make, 
That  they  may  of  the  happy  news  partake." 


RESXJRRECTIO^Sr. 


RESXJRRECTION. 


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Two  other  angels,  each  iu  radiant  vest, 
The  same  propitious  wonder  co-attest. 
The  news,  too  good  in  haste  to  be  believed, 
Was  with  suspicions  at  the  first  received : 
Loved  John  and  Peter  gave  them  greatest 

heed; 
Both  ran  to  reach  the  sepulchre  with  speed; 
With  Magdalen  they  both  the  tomb  survey. 
Minutely  all  the  circumstances  weigh; 
The  grave  they  enter,  linen  shroud  they  view, 
And  the  impression  which  His  body  drew; 
The  napkin  wliich  around  His  head  was  tied, 
Wrapt  up,  they  in  another  place  descried: 
They  both  believe,  yet  doubts  were  inter- 
mixed, 
Till  fresh  illuminations  faith  refixed. 
They  both  departing,  Magdalen  remained ; 
Showers  from  her  eyes  into  the  tomb  she 

rained ; 
At  head  and  feet  where  Jesus  lay  she  saw 
Two  radiant  angels  sit  with  humble  awe : 
"Why  weepest  thou?"  they  mildly  her  be- 

spejik. 
**Ah  me!"  she   said,  "I  here  loved  Jesus 

segk. 
But  they  have  moved  Him  from  His  burial- 
place. 
And  I,  alas!  their  motions  cannot  trace." 
Our  Lord  with  that  to  her  glad  view  appears. 
And  changed  afflicting  into  joyful  tears. 
Jesus  on  love  and  tears  sets  value  high, 
And  first  with  His  dear  sight  blessed  Mary's 

eye. 
To  His  great  Father  in  the  garden  shade, 
Jesus  first-fruits  of  resurrection  paid. 
In  hymns  divine  and  eucharistic  joys. 
And  next  a  glorious  angel  He  employs, 
To  carry  to  His  mother  the  glad  news,  [fuse. 
Which  ( 'er  her  soul  high  rapture  should  dif- 
The  saints  departed  who  with  Jesus  rose, 
To  Saleni  came  the  wonder  to  disclose. 
Jews  them  beheld  with  a  surprise  profound. 
Who  rose  when  no  last  trump  was  heard  to 

sound, 
Known  by  their  bodies ;  they  with  saints  con- 
versed, 
Each  heart   they   with    the   love   of  Jesus 

pierced. 
To  female  saints  Himself  He  early  showed. 
Whose  tears,  like  Mary's,  had  His  tomb  o'er- 

flowed ; 
To  James,  to  Peter,  to  the  saints  who  talked 
Of  Jesus  as  they  to  Emmaus  walked ; 
To  His  disciples  in  assembly  joined  ; 
When  Thomas  stayed  by  accident  behind; 
/Peace  to  you  all  was  His  benign  salute.  "~\ 
vTheir  want  of  faith  to  chide  and  to  confute", 
He  showed  His  wounded  hands,  and  feet, 

and  side, 
That  by  their  sense  His  body  might  be  tried. 
He  food  demanded,  and  before  them  eat. 
Beyond  all  doubt  conviction  to  complete; 
"  Peace  to  you,"  Jesus  said,  "I  now  decree. 
To  send  you,  as  My  Father  first  sent  Me." 
Then  breathing,  adds,  "The  Holy  Ghost  re- 
ceive. 


To  tender  you,  when  I  My  votaries  leave. 
Heaven   will  the   bins,   you  here    absolve, 

remit. 
And  no  bold  sinners,whom  you  bind,  acquit." 
When  Thomas  present  was,  He  them  reviews, 
His  solemn  benedictions  He  renews;  [nails 
His  hands  into  the  wounds  of  spear  and 
Whilst  Thomas  thrusts,  past  doubting   he 

bewails : 
"My  Lord,  my  God!"  he  passionately  cried, 
The  same  now  risen,  Who  was  crucified. 
Our  Lord  made  visit  to  His  friends  again. 
As  on  Tiberias'  sea  they  fished  in  vain. 
A  wondrous  draught  made  risen  Jesus  known, 
By  whom  a  greater  miracle  was  shown ; 
For  as  to  land  the  miglity  shoal  they  drew, 
A  fire-broiled  fish,  and  loaves,  they  had  in 

view; 
Our  Lord  with  them  at  the  same  table  fed, 
Or  by  the  angels,  or  creation  spread. 
For  Peter's  trine  denial,  there  a  trine 
Profession,  He  required  of  love  divine; 
Bade  him  His  lambs  and  sheep  with  zeal  to 

feed. 
Predicting,  he  by  martyrdom  should  bleed; 
To  heavenly  solitude  He  then  withdrew, 
Where  augels  to  congratulate  Him  flew. 

Weak,  conquered  Death,  on  Jesus  I  rely. 
And  all  your  whole  artillery  defy; 
You  of  dire  terrors  are  no  longer  king. 
By  Jesus  disenvenomed  is  your  sting; 
Our  Jesus'  rising  has  unbarred  the  grave, 
From  yourjnsulting  horrors  saints  to  save; 
Your  force,  which  you  by  sin  accursed  gained. 
Is  now  by  HjsiiU-gracioiis  might  restrained; 
YoiT  may  the  body  for  a  time  surprise. 
But  from  its  fall  it  shall  to  glory  rise. 
May  I,  Lord,  by  repentance  sin  bewail — 
Sin,  which  armed  death,  o'er  sinners  to  pre- 
And  early  rising  from  a  life  impure,     [vail; 
My  rising  to  eternal  bliss  secure ! 

All  praise  to  Jesus!  Who  from  death  arose, 
And  triumphed  over  our  infernal  foes. 
Glory  to  Jesus!  o'er  the  mountain  rolls. 
Who  rising,  opens  heaven  to  faithful  souls, 

Thomas  Ken. 

3931.  RESURRECTION,  Paul  PreacMng  the. 
Acts  xvii :  32. 
Upborne  on  towering  fancy's  eagle  wing, 
Methinks  imagination's  piercing  eye 
Darts  through  the  veil  of  ages,  and  beholds 
Imperial  Athens ;  views  her  sumptuous  domes, 
Her  gorgeous  palaces,  and  splendid  fanes. 
Inscribed  to  all  the  various  deities 
Thatcrowd  the  pagan  heaven.    Amid  the  rest 
An  altar  sacred  to  the  God  Unknown 
Attracts  my  gaze;  I  see  a  list'ning  throng 
With  eager  haste  pves>  round  a  reverend  form. 
Whose  lifted  hands  and  contemplative  mien 
Express  the  anxious  feelings  of  a  mind 
Big  with  momentous  cares.    'Tis  he !  'tis  he  I 
Methinks  T  hpar  the  apostle  of  my  God 
From  blind  idolatry  to  purer  faith 


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RICH. 


RICH. 


Call  the  deluded  city ;  naught  avails 
The  rude  abuse  of  jeering  ignorance, 
Nor  all  the  scoflfs  that  malice  can  invent ; 
To  duty  firm,  their  mockery  he  derides, 
And,  with  intrepid  tone,  divinely  brave, 
Proclaims  the  blessed  Jesus,  tells  His  power, 
His  gracious  mercy  and  unbounded  love 
To  sinful  man ;  tells  how  the  Saviour  fell. 
Awhile  a  victim  to  insulting  death, 
'Till,  bursting  from  the  prison  of  the  grave. 
He  rose  to  glory,  and  to  earth  declared 
These  joyful  tidings,  this  important  truth — 

' '  There  is  another  and  a  better  world. " 

I 

Who  shall  describe  the  senate's  wild  amaze, 
"When  the  great  orator  announced  that  day. 
That  solemn  day,  when  from  the  yawning 

earth 
The  dead  shall  rise,  and  ocean's  deep  abyss 
Pour  forth  its  buried  millions?    When,  'mid 

choirs 
Of  angels  throned,  the  righteous  God  shall  sit 
To  judge  the  gathered  nations.  Vice  appalled, 
With  trembling  steps  retired,  and  guilty  fear 
Shook  every  frame,   when  holy  Paul  pro- 
nounced 
The  awful  truth ;  dark  superstition's  fiend 
Convulsive  writhed  within  his  mighty  grasp. 
And  persecution's  dagger,  half  unsheathed. 
Back  to  its  scabbard  slunk ;  celestial  grace 
Around  him  beamed;  sublime  the  apostle 

stood. 
In  heaven's  impenetrable  armor  clothed. 
Alone,  unhurt  before  a  host  of  foes. 
So,  'mid  the  billows  of  the  boundless  main, 
Some  rock's  vast  fabric  rears  its  lofty  form. 
And  o'er  the  angry  surge  that  roars  below 
Indignant  frowns ;  in  vain  the  tempest  howls, 
The  blast  rude  sweeping  o'er  the  troubled 

deep 
Assaults  in  vain :  unmoved  the  giant  views 
All  nature's  war,  as  'gainst  his  flinty  sides 
Wave  after  wave  expends  its  little  rage. 
And  breaks  in  harmless  murmurs  at  his  feet. 
William  Bolland. 

3932.  RICH  MAN  AND  LAZAEUS. 
Lukexvi:  19-31. 

Two  men — one  rich,  the  other  poor; 
The  poor  lay  at  the  rich  man's  door, 
The  rich  amid  his  goodly  store: 

So  was  it  here. 
Of  these  two  men,  the  Scriptures  say: 
In  purple  robes  the  rich  man  lay ; 
His  fare  was  sumptuous  every  day. 

And  everywhere. 

Attendants  on  the  rich  man  wait, 
The  courtiers  of  his  pomp  and  state ; 
The  lazar  waiting  at  his  gate 

All  friendless  lay. 
The  poor  man  at  the  rich  man's  doors 
Sought  but  the  fragments  of  his  stores; 
The  dogs  were  kind,  and  licked  his  sores. 

From  day  to  day. 


We  are  not  told  the  rich  man's  name, 

But  only  of  his  earthly  claim, 

His  wealth,  and  his  unworthy  fame, 

And  sumptuous  fare. 
The  poor  man's  name  is  in  all  lands; 
Writ  in  the  Book  of  Life  it  stands; 
Upon  His  forehead  and  His  hands — 

'Tis  graven  there  1 

They  lived,  they  died — we  all  must  die; 
The  rich  in  gorgeous  pomp  did  lie; 
Beneath  some  gilded  canopy 

He  slept  his  sleep. 
The  beggar  on  his  bed,  forlorn, 
His  body  wearied,  wasted,  worn, 
His  soul  by  angel  hands  is  borne 

For  God  to  keep. 

Bright  angels  bear  light  souls  away 
To  realms  of  light  and  endless  day; 
The  stony  heart  to  heavy  clay, 

Too  great  a  load. 
Thus,  he  who  craved  the  crumbs  that  fell. 
Awoke  in  heaven's  high  festival; 
The  other  oped  his  eyes  in  hell, 

Far,  far  from  God. 

Between  those  worlds  vast  spaces  are ; 
But  as  the  gates  are  left  ajar. 
They  see  each  other  from  afar, 

From  thence  to  there. 
And  there  behold  the  poor  man's  bliss, 
More  joy  in  that  world  than  in  this; 
The  fulness  of  that  joy  was  his, 

God's  love  to  share. 

Safe  harbor,  and  the  voyage  o'er; 
Fair  haven  of  the  peaceful  shore; 
Soft  "bosom,"  never  troubled  more, 

All  peace  and  rest; 
Where  pains  of  earth  are  past  and  gone; 
Hunger  and  thirst  no  more  are  known; 
The  toil  and  weary  travel  done. 

Forever  blest. 

The  rich  man  saw,  through  yonder  gate. 
The  poor  man's  joy  and  blissful  state; 
And  from  his  own  dread,  awful  fate, 

Cried,  "Father,  hear!" 
'Mid  burning  thirsts  and  wailing  sighs, 
And  from  the  death  that  never  dies, 
The  rich  man's  voice  from  Hades  cries 

In  pain  and  fear. 

He  that  the  very  crumbs  denied — 
"Give  but  one  cooling  drop!"  now  cried. 
But  no;  the  gulf  is  deep  and  wide 

'Twixt  us  and  you; 
And  none  can  help  another  thus. 
For  none  can  pass  from  thence  to  us. 
'Tis  vain  to  call  for  Lazarus 

To  help  thee  now ! 

Nor  can  he  to  thy  brethren  go. 
Nor  to  thy  father's  house  below 
The  way  of  life  and  truth  to  show; 
His  work  is  o'er. 


Ria-HT. 


TiTGTirr. 


421 


Nor,  when  the  guilty  sinner  dies, 

Can  he  from  endless  death  arise : 

As  the  tree  falleth,  there  it  lies, 

For  evermore ! 

No  dead  one  from  the  narrow  grave. 
Nor  angel  from  above,  could  save; 
Who  Moses  and  the  prophets  have, 

Must  read  with  fear. 
Would'st  thou  maintain  a  living  creed 
To  comfort  thee  when  dying,  dead? 
In  Moses  and  the  prophets  read : 

It  is  all  there,       Robert  Maguire. 

3933.  EldHT  MUST  WIN. 

Oh  it  is  hard  to  work  for  God, 

To  rise  and  take  His  part 
Upon  this  battlefield  of  earth, 

And  not  sometimes  lose  heart ! 

He  hides  Himself  so  wondrously. 
As  though  there  were  no  God; 

He  is  least  seen  when  all  the  powers 
Of  ill  are  most  abroad. 

Or  He  deserts  us  at  the  hour 

The  fight  is  all  but  lost ; 
And  seems  to  leave  us  to  ourselves 

Just  when  we  need  Him  most. 

Yes,  there  is  less  to  try  our  faith, 

In  our  mysterious  creed, 
Than  in  the  godless  look  of  earth. 

In  these  our  hours  of  need. 

HI  masters  good ;  good  seems  to  change 

To  ill  with  greatest  ease; 
And,  worst  of  all,  the  good  with  good 

Is  at  cross  purposes. 

It  is  not  so,  but  so  it  looks; 

And  we  lose  courage  then ; 
And  doubts  will  come  if  God  hath  kept 

His  promises  to  men. 

Ah !  God  is  other  than  we  think ; 

His  ways  are  far  above. 
Far  beyond  reason's  height,  and  reached 

Only  by  childlike  love. 

The  look,  the  fashion  of  God's  ways 

Love's  lifelong  study  are; 
She  can  be  bold,  and  guess,  and  act. 

When  reason  would  not  dare. 

She  has  a  prudence  of  her  own; 

Her  step  is  firm  and  free ; 
Yet  there  is  cautious  science  too 

In  her  simplicity- 
Workmen  of  God !  oh  lose  not  heart. 

But  learn  what  God  is  like; 
And  in  the  darkest  battlefield 

Thou  shalt  know  where  to  strike! 


Thrice  blest  is  he  to  whom  is  given 

The  instinct  that  can  tell 
That  God  is  on  the  field  when  He 

Is  most  invisible. 

Blest  too  is  he  who  can  divine 

Where  real  right  doth  lie, 
And  dares  to  take  the  side  that  seems 

Wrong  to  man's  blindfold  eye. 

Then  learn  to  scorn  the  praise  of  men. 
And  learn  to  lose  with  God ; 

For  Jesus  won  the  world  through  shame. 
And  beckons  thee  His  road. 

God's  glory  is  a  wondrous  thing, 
Most  strange  in  all  its  ways. 

And,  of  all  things  on  earth,  least  like 
What  men  agree  to  praise. 

As  He  can  endless  glory  weave 
From  what  men  reckon  shame, 

In  His  own  world  He  is  content 
To  play  a  losing  game. 

Muse  on  His  justice,  downcast  soul! 

Muse  and  take  better  heart; 
Back  with  thine  angel  to  the  field, 

And  bravely  do  thy  part. 

God's  justice  is  a  bed,  where  we 
Our  anxious  hearts  may  lay, 

And,  weary  with  ourselves,  may  sleep 
Our  discontent  away. 

For  right  is  right,  since  God  is  God;  ; 

And  right  tlie  day  must  win; 
To  doubt  would  be  disloyalty. 

To  falter  would  be  sin. 

F.  W.  Faher. 

3934.  RIGHT,  Trust  in  God  and  do  the. 

Courage,  brother !  do  not  stumble, 
Though  thy  path  is  dark  as  night; 

There's  a  star  to  guide  the  humble : 
"  Trust  in  God  and  do  the  right." 

Let  the  road  be  long  and  dreary. 

And  its  ending  out  of  sight, 
Foot  it  bravely,  strong  or  weary, 

"  Trust  in  God  and  do  the  right." 

Perish  "policy"  and  cunning. 
Perish  all  that  fears  the  light. 

Whether  losing,  whether  winning, 
"  Trust  in  God  and  do  the  right." 

Trust  no  party,  church,  or  faction, 
Trust  no  "  leaders"  in  the  fight; 

But  in  every  word  and  action 

"  Trust  in  God  and  do  the  right." 

Trust  no  lovely  forms  of  passion ; 

Fiends  can  look  like  angels  bright; 
Trust  no  custom,  school,  or  fashion; 

"  Trust  in  God  and  do  the  right." 


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TllZFJ^H. 


"RIZFJ^H. 


Some  will  hate  thee,  some  will  love  thee, 
Some  will  flatter,  some  will  slight; 

Cease  from  man,  and  look  above  thee; 
"Trust  in  God  and  do  the  right." 

Simple  rule  and  safest  guiding. 
Inward  peace  and  inward  light, 

Star  upon  our  path  abiding, 

"  Trust  in  God  and  do  the  right." 

Norman  MacLeod. 

3935.  EIZPAH. 

2  Samuel  xxi  :  8-10. 

Oh  moments  to  others,  but  ages  to  me, 

I  have  sat  with  the  brow  of  the  dead  at  my 

knee; 
In  the  purple  of  night,  at  the  flushing  of  noon, 
I  have  bent  o'er  the  cherished,  that  left  me — 

how  soon ! 
And  I  looked  on  the  dimness  that  froze  on 

the  eye, 
So  bright  in  its  burning,  its  glances  so  high ! 
And  I  watched  the  consumer,  as  over  he  crept. 
And  feasted  where  beauty  and  manhood  still 

slept. 

I  loved  the  dark  eye,  though  its  kindling 
was  dead, 

And  the  pride  of  that  lip,  though  its  blush- 
ing was  shed. 

O  sons  of  the  kingly  !  how  lovely  in  death  ! 

Though  your  frown,  when  ye  died,  flitted 
not  with  your  breath ; 

As  ye  lay  in  your  strength,  so  unmoving  and 
chill. 

There  was  daring,  calm  daring,  that  death 
could  not  kill; 

So  mighty  to  conquer,  and  never  to  fly, 

And  life  in  its  fulness,  oh,  how  did  ye  die ! 

The  eagle  at  dawning  stooped  down  in  his 

pride, 
"With  the  blood-drops  of  princes  his  pinions 

were  dyed; 
But  he  looked  on  that  eye,  and  he  shrouded 

his  own : 
In  your  sternness  of  sleeping  he  left  you  alone. 
The  leopard  at  evening  leaped  onward  in  play, 
And  he  plunged  where  I  knelt,  as  he  scented 

his  prey; 
But  he  knew  the  strong  arm  he  had  met  in 

his  mood. 
And  he  crept  to  his  lair,  like  a  fawn  of  the 

wood. 

Oh,   yon  moon,  with   her   cold    light   has 

maddened  my  brain ! 
In  the  wildness  of  midnight  they  waken  again : 
In  their  softness  and  wrath,  in  their  sadness 

and  glee. 
With  their  fierce  scowl  in  battle,  their  bright 

smile  to  me; 
The  frown  when  they  struck  'mid  the  carnage 

begun, 


The  smile  as  we  met  when  the  conflict  was 

done; 
And  there  is  not  in  Judah  a  mother  so  blest 
As  I  with  my  dead,  in  their  desolate  rest. 
Bryan  Fitch  Hansom. 

3936.  EIZPAH. 

2  Samuel  xxi :  9,  10. 

Hear  what  the  desolate  Rizpali  said. 

As  on  Gibeah's  rocks  she  watched  the  dead. 

The  sons  of  Michal  before  her  lay. 

And  her  own  fair  children,  dearer  than  they: 

By  a  death  of  shame  they  all  had  died. 

And  were  stretched  on  the  bare  rock,  side 

by  side. 
And  Rizpali,  once  the  loveliest  of  all 
That  bloomed  and  smiled  in  the  court  of  Saul, 
All  wasted  with  watching  and  famine  now, 
And  scorched  by  the  sun  her  haggard  brow, 
Sat,  mournfully  guarding  their  corpses  there, 
And  murmured  a  strange  and  solemn  air; 
The  low,  heart-broken,  and  wailing  strain 
Of  a  mother  that  mourns  her  children  slain. 

' '  I  have  made  the  crags  my  home,  and  spread 
On  their  desert  backs  my  sackcloth  bed; 
I  have  eaten  the  bitter  herb  of  the  rocks. 
And  drunk  the  midnight  dew  in  my  locks; 
I  have  wept  till  I  could  not  weep,  and  the  pain 
Of  my  burning  eyeballs  went  to  my  brain. 
Seven  blackened  corpses  before  me  lie. 
In  the  blaze  of  the  sun  and  the  winds  of  the 

sky. 
Ihave  watched  them  through  the  burningday. 
And  driven  the  vulture  and  raven  away ; 
And  the  cormorant  wheeled  in  circles  round, 
Yet  feared  to  alight  on  the  guarded  ground. 
And,  when  the  shadows  of  twilight  came, 
I  have  seen  the  hyena's  eyes  of  flame, 
And  heard  at  my  side  his  stealthy  tread. 
But  aye  at  my  shout  the  savage  fled : 
And  I  threw  the  lighted  brand,  to  fright 
The  jackal  and  wolf  that  yelled  in  the  night. 

"Ye  were  foully  murdered,  my  hapless  sons, 
By  the  hands  of  wicked  and  cruel  ones; 
Ye  fell,  in  your  fresh  and  blooming  prime, 
All  innocent,  for  your  father's  crime. 
He  sinned,  but  he  paid  the  price  of  his  guilt 
When  his  blood  by  a  nameless  hand  was  spilt ; 
When  he  strove  with  the  heathen  host  in  vain. 
And  fell  with  the  flower  of  his  people  slain, 
And  the  sceptre  his  children's  hands  should 

sway 
From  his  injured  lineage  passed  away. 

"  But  I  hoped  that  the  cottage  roof  would  be 
A  safe  retreat  for  my  sons  and  me; 
And  that  while  they  ripened  to  manhood  fast. 
They  should  wean  my  thoughts  from  the 

woes  of  the  past. 
And  my  bosom  swelled  with  a  mother's  pride, 
As  they  stood  in  their  beauty  and  strength 

by  my  side. 
Tall  like  their  sire,  with  the  princely  grace 
Of  his  stately  form,  and  the  bloom  of  his  face. 


RIZP^H. 


RIZP^H. 


423 


"  Oh,  what  an  hour  for  a  mother's  heart, 
When  the  pitiless  ruffians  tore  us  apart ! 
When  I  clasped  their  knees  and  wept  and 

prayed, 
And  struggled  and  shrieked  to  Heaven  for  aid, 
And  clung  to  my  sons  with  desperate  strength, 
Till  the  murderers  loosed  my  hold  at  length, 
And  bore  me  breathless  and  faint  aside. 
In  their  iron  arms,  while  my  children  died. 
They  died,  and  the  mother  that  gave  them 

birth 
Is  forbid  to  cover  their  bones  with  earth. 

"The  barley-harvest  was  nodding  white. 
When  my  children  died  on  the  rocky  height, 
And  the  reapers  were  singing  on  hill  and 

plain, 
When  I  came  to  my  task  of  sorrow  and  pain. 
But  now  the  season  of  rain  is  nigh, 
The  sun  is  dim  in  the  thickening  sky. 
And  the  clouds  in  sullen  darkness  rest 
Where  he  hides  his  light  at  the  doors  of  the 

west. 

I  hear  the  howl  of  the  wind  that  brings 
The  long  drear  storm  on  its  heavy  wings; 
But  the  howling  wind  and  the  driving  rain 
Will  beat  on  my  houseless  head  in  vain : 
I  shall  stay,  from  my  murdered  sons  to  scare 
The  beasts  of  the  desert  and  fowls  of  air." 
William  Cullen  Bryant. 

3937.  KIZPAH. 

Lo !  the  day-star's  golden  car 
Brings  the  morning  from  afar, 
Lighting  up  Mount  Gibeah. 

I  must  raise  my  eyes  and  see 
In  the  sighing  cypress  tree, 
Faces  dead,  but  dear  to  me. 

Sons  of  Rizpah,  children  mine  1 

Sons  of  Saul,  a  kingly  line! 

Drunken  now  with  Death's  pale  wine ! 

I  am  Rizpah  and  accursed ! 
Vultures  hunger,  jackals  thirst 
For  the  babes  I  fondly  nursed! 

0  my  darlings !     Mine  no  more ! 
Never  mother  wept  before 
With  a  soul  so  sick  and  sore ! 

From  your  cold  but  comely  clay 

1  will  once  more  drive  away 
The  avenging  birds  of  prey. 

Since  the  barley  fields  were  ripe, 
In  the  darkness,  in  the  light, 
I  have  waged  a  weary  fight. 

Winds  at  twilight,  as  they  blow. 
Move  your  dead  limbs  to  and  fro. 
Mock  me,  while  I  watch  below ; 

For  I  fancy  you  alive, 

From  my  half-sleep  rise  and  strive. 

Back  the  birds  and  dreams  to  drive ! 


In  despair,  aloud  I  cry, 
"  Speak,  Armoni !     It  is  I, 
Rizpah !"     You  make  no  reply. 

Then  I  turn  me  to  the  other: 
"Hear,  Mephibosheth,  thy  mother!" 
Art  thou  voiceless  as  thy  brother? 

Long  ago  death's  frigid  stare 
Left  your  features  fond  and  fair; 
And  I  knew  whose  touch  was  there. 

Death  is  cruel,  but  Decay 
Is  my  helper;  none  can  stay 
What  her  hands  would  hide  away. 

Spite  of  gibbet,  gyve,  or  chain, 
Soon  upon  the  flowery  plain 
You  will  lie,  my  twain,  my  slain. 

Then  by  hands  you  loved  the  best 
Shall  the  soft,  sweet  soil  be  pressed 
On  your  bones,  and  we  will  rest! 

Simeon  Tucher  Clark. 

3938.  RIZPAH. 

She  sat  beneath  the  midnight  sky. 

Amid  her  grief  alone ; 
The  soft  winds  swept  in  silence  by, 

Or  breathed  an  answering  moan. 
She  wept  not,  for  the  source  was  dry 

Whence  bitter  tears  are  shed; 
But  gazed  with  calm  and  steadfast  eye 

Upon  the  silent  dead : 

The  dead  whose  forms  before  her  lay, 

Wrapped  in  that  deep  repose 
That  will  not  pass  with  night  away, 

Nor  sudden  wakening  knows: 
On  whom  the  mourner  called  in  vain 

With  words  of  tenderness. 
Whose  pale  lips  trembled  not  again 

To  soothe  her  deep  distress. 

Well  might  she  gaze,  in  mute  despair, 

Upon  that  scene  of  woe; 
For  every  treasured  hope  was  there. 

Besides  tiiose  sleepers  low. 
Too  soon,  too  sudden  torn  away, 

The  lone  and  childless  left, 
Where  shall  her  sad  heart  find  a  stay, 

Of  every  hope  bereft? 

Sadly  looked  down  the  dark-blue  sky, 

Though  bright  with  many  a  star; 
She  heeded  not  each  glittering  eye 

That  watched  her  from  afar. 
She  would  have  poured  her  bitter  grief 

Upon  the  midnight  air; 
But  w'ords  were  all  too  few  and  brief 

To  paint  her  wild  despair. 

Then  gayly  came  the  crimson  dawn, 
Clothed  in  its  robe  of  light; 

But  what  to  her  was  rosy  morn, 
Who  dwelt  in  endless  night? 


424 


JRIZI*^!!. 


ROBES. 


The  midnight's  veil  could  never  hide 

That  depth  of  bitter  woe; 
The  gorgeous  sun,  arrayed  in  pride, 

But  mocked  the  grief  below. 

Slowly  the  golden  sunbeams  crept 

Along  their  wide  domain, 
And  rested  on  the  forms  that  slept 

Where  love  still  watched  in  vain. 
The  sunshine  of  her  life's  glad  day 

Was  gone,  no  more  to  rise; 
Hid  'neath  the  heavy  lids  that  lay 

Above  the  darkened  eyes. 

Gay  voices,  breathing  tones  of  mirth, 

Came  floating  on  the  breeze; 
The  mingled  choristers  of  earth, 

The  sound  of  waving  trees. 
These  fell  unheeded  on  her  ear; 

To  her  all  music  died, 
When,  bending  o'er  these  slumb'rers  dear, 

She  called  and  none  replied. 

Still  through  each  long  and  weary  day 

Her  vigil  sad  she  kept; 
Beneath  the  noontide's  scorching  ray, 

Or  when  the  night  dews  wept. 
Wiih  love  that  changed  or  faltered  not, 

Slie  kept  her  place  unmoved; 
On  earth  that  single  lonely  spot 

Held  all  her  best  beloved. 

And  oh  !  what  piercing  tones  of  woe 

Awoke  the  silence  there, 
Or  died  away  in  murmurs  low 

Upon  the  troubled  air! 
What  storm  of  grief  and  passion  thrilled 

Her  heart  so  long  opprest ! 
What  brooding  waves  of  sorrow  filled 

The  mourner's  haunted  breast ! 

They  bore  the  silent  dead  away 

From  that  drear  scene  of  gloom. 
And  laid  them  with  their  kindred  clay 

Within  the  sheltering  tomb. 
And  where — where  broke  the  faithful  heart 

Whose  task  was  now  fulfilled? 
Whence  did  that  spirit,  w^rung,  depart? 

When  was  that  deep  grief  stilled? 

We  know  not;  but  the  love  profound 

That  lived  when  life  was  o'er, 
That  human  speech  can  never  sound, 

Or  human  thought  explore, 
Must  surely  in  some  realm  above 

Have  found  its  fitting  home. 
Where  death  can  never  sunder  love, 

Or  grief  and  parting  come. 

A  sad  and  weary  lot  was  thine, 

O  watcher  by  the  dead  ! 
To  gaze  upon  the  soul's  loved  shrine. 

When  life's  fair  hues  had  fled. 
But  oh !  'tis  sad  from  day  to  day 

To  mark  the  love  of  years, 
Long  prized  and  cherished,  fade  away 

Amidst  unheeded  tears : 


The  love  that  we  had  called  our  own, 

The  joy  of  vanished  hours, 
Die,  like  an  echo's  scarce-heard  tone. 

Or  hues  of  withered  flowers ; 
And  leave  but  sorrow  in  the  place 

Whence  love  and  hope  have  fled: 
The  soul  that  seeks  their  early  trace 

Must  gaze  upon  the  dead ! 

P.  J.  Owens. 

3939.  EIZPAH. 

With  staff  in  hand,  stern  Rizpah  dauntless 

stands 
To  guard  the  bodies  of  her  sons,  who,  slain 
For  sacrifice,  now  hang  upon  the  plain 
In  ghastly  form,  a  terror  to  all  lands. 
Mute,  prayerful,  watchful,  asif  mighty  bands 
Of  robbers  girt  her  like  a  giant  chain, 
She  backward  drives  the  birds  and  beasts 

again,  • 
By  wondrous  power  and  might  of  eyes  and 

hands. 
Rizpah!  thy  name  comes  blazoned  through 

long  years 
For  showing  all  the  strength  and  fearlessness 
A  mother  can  bestow  upon  her  own. 
To  guard  from  f ou  I  disgrace.  Yet  not  the  less 
Methinkse'en  in  this  time  and  temperate  zone 
Would  every  mother  shield  her  sons  from 

stress 
Of  evil,  'till  soul  and  body's  strength  were 

gone. 

Alexander  Macauley. 

3940.  EOBES,  Bridal. 

Bride  of  the  Lamb,  thyself  prepare 

To  meet  the  spouse  divine ; 
Put  on  thy  robe  with  virgin  care, 

And  bright  with  jewels  shine. 

Arrayed  in  linen  white  and  clean, 
The  saints'  pure  righteousness, 

Come  forth  as  sun  or  moon  serene, 
And  show  thy  beauteous  dress. 

No  blemish  in  thy  garb  must  be. 

Nor  spot  on  all  thy  vest, 
Fair  emblems  of  the  purity 

Grace  wrought  within  thy  breast. 

Whate'er  th#u  once  couldst  call  thine  own 

Must  all  be  laid  aside; 
In  what  He  hath  conferred  alone 

Will  Jesus  own  His  bride. 

What  scarlet  was,  white  snow  behold; 

What  crimson,  native  wool ; 
For  every  sheep  in  Jesus'  fold 

Is  washed  in  Calvary's  pool. 

Faith,  hope,  and  love  unite  to  gem 

Emmanuel's  chosen  bride; 
But  in  the  New  Jerusalem 

Love  only  shall  abide. 

J.  M.  Hare, 


ROCK. 


RULER. 


425 


3941.  BOOK  AND  SAND. 

Matthew  vii ;  24-37. 

Happy  he  whose  willing  ears 

Catch  the  words  of  life  with  joy; 

He  who  treasures  what  he  hears, 
Makes  its  practice  his  employ. 

On  the  rock  his  house  he  rears ; 

Vaia  the  floods  that  'round  him  roar; 
Built  on  Christ,  no  storms  he  fears; 

God  liis  trust  for  evermore. 

Woe  to  him  who  hears  in  vain — 

Hears,  but  does  not,  Christ's  commands; 

Shuns  the  cross  this  world  to  gain, 
Builds  his  house  upon  the  sands ! 

Soon  the  gathering  storm  shall  dash, 
Waves  shall  beat,  and  tempests  roar ; 

Then,  with  awful,  endless  crash, 
Sinks  that  house,  to  rise  no  more ! 

Help  me.  Lord,  to  hear  and  do 
All  Thy  words  of  life  and  love; 

Christ  my  rock,  my  house  in  view, 
Built  for  endless  years  above. 

George  Lansing  Taylar. 

3942.  BOOK,  Streams  from  the. 

Numbers  XX  :  11. 

What  wonder's  this,  that  there  should  spring 
Streams  from  a  rock  to  quench  a  people's 

thirst? 
What  man  alive  did  e'er  see  such  a  thing, 
That  waters  out  of  stones  should  burst? 
Yet  rather  than  with  drouth  should  Israel  die, 
God  by  a  miracle  will  them  supply. 

What  wonder's  this,  that  from  Christ's  side 
Water  and  blood  should  run  to  cleanse  our 

sin? 
This  is  that  fountain  which  was  opened  wide 
To  purge  all  our  uncleanness  in ; 
But  this  the  greater  wonder  is  by  far, 
As  substances  beyond  the  shadows  are. 

Christ  is  that  spiritual  Rock  from  whence 
Two  sacraments  derived  are  to  us : 
Being  the  objects  of  our  faith  and  sense. 
Both  receive  comfort  from  them  thus; 
Rather  than  we  should  faint,  our  Rock  turns 

Vine, 
And  stays  our  thirst  with  water  and  with 

wine. 

But  here's  another  rock,  my  heart 
Harder  than  adamant;  yet  by  and  by, 
If  by  a  greater  Moses  struck,  'twill  part, 
And  stream  forth  tears  abundantly,     [blow. 
Strike  then  this  rock,  my  God !  double  the 
That  for  my  sins  my  eyes  with  tears  mav 
flow! 

My  sins  that  pierced  Thy  hands.  Thy  feet. 
Thy  head,  Thy  heart,  and  every  part  of  Thee, 


And  on  the  cross  made  life  and  death  to 
Death  to  Thyself,  and  life  to  me;      [meet — 
Thy  very  fall  does  save;  O  happy  strife! 
That  struck  God  dead,  but  raised  man  to 
life.  Thomas  Washbourne. 

3943.  ROSE  OF  SHAEON  AND  LILT  OF  THE 
VALLEY. 

Canticles  ii  :  1. 

A  wilderness  of  barren  sand, 

With  scorching  sun-glare,  hot  and  red. 
Where  whitened  bones  of  men  long  dead, 

A  level,  broad,  deserted  land. 

Storms  swept  across  it,  and  the  sky 
Deepened  its  red  to  blackest  gloom; 
It  seemed  a  buried  nation's  tomb. 

So  desolate  below,  on  high. 

Years  passed,  years  slowly  passed  again : 
A  long  pale  line  of  eastern  light 
Broke  at  the  murkiest  hour  of  night, 

To  herald  sounds  of  summer  rain. 

Then  on  that  lone  and  sandy  flat 

A  Lily  grows,  with  milk-white  bloom, 
The  wilderness  no  more  a  tomb — 

The  desert  beautiful  for  that. 

And  soon  another  flower  expands, 
The  Rose  of  Sharon  for  the  dew, 
A  silver  morning  light  so  new; 

Transplanted  then  to  other  lands: 

But  leaving  many  a  blessing  there, 
Odors  of  beauty  and  of  grace. 
Leaves  for  the  healing  of  the  race. 

Rich  gifts  forgotten,  new  and  rare. 

A  barren  wilderness  no  more; 
Athwart,  away  to  yonder  fold 
Beyond  those  seas  of  green  and  gold, 

A  peaceful,  bright,  and  sunny  shore. 

Frederick  Oeorge  Lee. 

3944.  RULER,  Faith  of  the. 
Matthew  ix  :  18,  19. 

Death  cometh  to  the  chamber  of  the  sick: 
The  ruler's  daughter,  like  the  peasant's  child. 
Turns  pale  as  marble.     Hark !  that  hollow 

moan. 
Which  none  may  soothe,  and  then  the  last 

faint  breath 
Subsiding  with  a  shudder. 

Deep  the  wail 
That  speaks  an  idol  fallen  from  the  shrine 
Of  a  fond  parent's  heart.    A  withered  flower 
Is  there,  O  mother!  where  thy  proudest  hope 
Solaced  itself  with  garlands,  and  beheld 
New  buddings  every  morn. 

Father,  'tis  o'er! 
That  voice  is  silent  which  had  been  thy  harp. 
Quickening  thy  footsteps  nightly  toward  thy 

home. 
Mingling,  perchance,  an  echo  all  too  deep 


426 


RXJLICR. 


RXJLER. 


Even  with  thy  temple  worship, 
Should  deal  with  God  alone. 

What  stranger-step 
Breaketh  the  trance  of  grief !  Whose  radiant 

brow 
In  meekness  and  in  majesty  doth  bend 
Beside  the  bed  of  death? 

"  She  doth  but  sleep; 
The  damsel  is  not  dead." 

A  smothered  hiss, 
Contemptuous,   rises   from   that  wondering 

band, 
Who  beat  the  breast,  and  raise  the  license 

wail 
Of  Judah's  mourning. 

Look  upon  the  dead ! 
Heaves  not  the  winding-sheet?   Those  trem- 
bling lids, 
What  peers  beneath  their  fringes,  like  the 

tint 
Of  dewy  violet?    The  blanched  lips  dispart, 
And  what  a  quivering  long-drawn  sigh  re- 
stores 
Their  rose-leaf  beauty.     Lo !  that  clay-cold 

hand 
Doth  clasp  the  Master's,  and,  with  sudden 

spring, 
That  shrouded  sleeper,  like  a  timid  fawn. 
Hides  in  her  mother's  bosom.  Faith's  strong 

root 
Was  in  the  parent's  spirit,  and  its  fruit 
How  beautiful ! 

O  mother!  who  doth  gaze 
Upon  thy  daughter,  in  that  deeper  sleep. 
Which  threats  the  soul's  salvation,  breathe 

her  name 
To  thy  Redeemer's  ear,  both  when  she  smiles 
In  all  her  glowing  beauty  on  the  morn. 
Or  when  at  night  her  clustering  tresses  sweep 
Her  downy  pillow,  in  the  trance  of  dreams, 
Or  when  at  pleasure's  beckoning  she  goes 
Or  to  the  meshes  of  an  early  love         [forth. 
Yields  her  young  heart,  be  eloquent  for  her, 
Take  no  denial,  till  the  gracious  hand. 
Which  raised  the  ruler's  dead,  give  life  to 

her. 
That  better  life,  whose  power  surmounts  the 
tomb.  Mrs.  L.  H.  Sigourney. 

3945.  EULEE'S  ^DAUGHTER. 

Luke  viil  :  41-58. 

My  child !  my  child  !  methinks  I  see  her  now. 
Streamed  o'er  her  couch  the  long,  rich,  wavy 

hair. 
Dark  as  the  pencilled  arches  of  that  brow, 
So  noble,  so  expansive,  and  so  fair. 

And  the  soft,  silken  lashes  silently 
In  death's  deep  slumber  rested  on  the  cheek, 
And  fringed  the  lid  of  the  large,  lustrous  eye 
That  once  the  language  of  the  soul  could 
speak. 

But  now  the  glory  was  departed.     All 
That  was  most  lovely  seemed  forever  fled : 


'Twas  useless  on  the  well-loved  name  to  call ; 
There  came  no  voice,  nor  answer,  from  the 
dead! 

How  grated  then  upon  mine  ear  the  sound 
Of  noisy  weeping,  and  the  clamorous  wail 
Of  many  minstrels,  as  they  crowded  round 
When  thou  wert  lying  motionless  and  pale ! 

Then  Jesus  spoke.  And  sweetly  to  mine  ear, 
At  that  sad  moment,  came  His  voice  alone; 
Nor  rose  the  sigh,  nor  fell  the  gathering  tear,  / 
While  hung  our  souls  upon  each  soothing 
tone. 

"She  is  not  dead,  but  sleepeth!"    All  the 

sobbing 
Of  noisy  grief  was  in  a  moment  still : 
That  Voice  hath  power  to  calm  the  heart's 

wild  throbbing. 
The  darkened  soul  with  light  and  peace  to 

fill. 

And  He  bent  down  and  took  her  by  the 
hand. 

And  with  that  touch  the  life  and  vigor  came, 

And  coursed  the  crimson  tide,  at  His  com- 
mand. 

Through  all  its  wond'rous  channels  in  her 
frame. 

Few  words  He  spake:  "Maiden,  I  bid  thee 
rise!'' 

And  she  forthwith  obeyed  the  voice.  Re- 
stored 

On  earth  to  us  again,  she  raised  her  eyes, 

And  first  they  oi^ened  on  her  gracious  Lord. 

And  when  the  change  and  chance  of  mortal 

life, 
And  all  its  lights  and  shadows,  shall  have 

passed, 
Where  only  there  is  rest  from  sin  and  strife. 
Oh  may  we  meet  before  Thy  throne  at  last ! 

3946.  EULEE'S  DAUGHTER. 

Matthew  ix  :  18,  19,  23-25. 

"Dead  is  thy  daughter ;  trouble  not  the  Mas- 
ter!'' 

Thus  in  the  ruler's  ear  his  servants  spake, 

While  tremblingly  he  urged  the  Saviour 
faster 

Up  the  green  slope  from  that  white-margined 
lake. 

The  soft  wave  weltered,  and  the  breeze  came 
Out  of  the  oleander  thickets  red ;  [sighing 
He  only  heard  a  breath  that  gasped  in  dying. 
Or  "Trouble  not  the  Master;  she  is  dead." 

Trouble  Him  not.  Ah  !  are  these  words  be- 
The  desolation  of  that  awful  day,  [seeming 
When   love's  vain   fancies,  hope's   delusive 

dreaming. 
Are  over,  and  the  life  has  fled  for  aye  ? 


RUTH. 


RUTH. 


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We  need  Him  most  when  the  dear  eyes  are 

closing, 
When  on  tlie  cheek  the  shadow  lieth  strong, 
When  the  soft  lines  are  set  in  that  reposing 
That  never  mother  cradled  with  a  song. 

Then  most  we  need  the  gentle  human  feeling 
That  throbs  with  all  our  sorrows  and  our 

fears. 
And  that  great  love  divine  its  light  revealing 
In   short  bright  flashes  through  a  mist  of 

tears. 

Then  most  we  need  the  voice  that  while  it 

weepeth 
Yet  hath  a  solemn  undertone  that  saith, 
"Weep  not:  thy  darling  is  not  dead,  but 

sleepeth ; 
Only  believe,  for  I  have  conquered  death." 

Then  most  we  need  the  thoughts  of  resur- 
rection, 

Not  the  life  here,  'mid  pain,  and  sin,  and 
woe, 

But  even  in  the  fulness  of  perfection 

To  walk  with  Him  in  robes  as  white  as  snow. 

When  in  our  nursery  garden  falls  a  blossom. 
And  as  we  kiss  the  hand  and  fold  the  feet 
We  cannot  see  the  Lamb  in  Abraham's  bosom, 
Nor  hear  the  footfall  in  the  golden  street. 

When  all  is  silent — neither  moan  nor  cheer- 
ing, 
The  hush  of  hope,  the  end  of  all  our  cares — 
All  but  that  harp  above,  beyond  our  hearing, 
Then  most  we  need  to  trouble  Him  with 
prayers. 

Did  He  not  enter  in  when  that  cold  sleeper 
Lay  still,  with  pulseless  heart  and  leaden 

eyes, 
Put    calmly   forth    each    loud   tumultuous 

weeper. 
And  take  her  by  the  hand  and  bid  her  rise? 

Come  to  us.  Saviour !  in  our  lone  dejection. 

Speak  calmly  to  our  wild  and  passionate 
grief ; 

Bring  us  the  hopes  and  thoughts  of  resur- 
rection. 

Bring  us  the  comfort  of  a  true  belief. 

Come  1  with  that  human  voice  that  breaks  in 

weeping; 
Come!  with  that  awful  tenderness  divine; 
Come!  tell  us  that  they  are  not  dead  but 

sleeping. 
But  gone  before  to  Thee,  for  they  are  Thine. 
Cecil  Frances  Alexander. 

3947.  KUTH. 

Ruth  ii,  iil. 
In  the  land  of  Bethlehem  Judah, 
Let  us  linger,  let  us  wander! 
Ephrath's  sorrow,  Rachel's  pillar, 
Lieth  in  the  valley  yonder ; 


And  the  yellow  barley  harvest 
Floods  it  with  a  golden  glory. 
Let  us  back  into  the  old  time, 
Dreaming  of  her  tender  story. 
Of  her  true  heart's  strong  devotion, 
From  beyond  the  Dead  Sea  water, 
From  the  heathen  land  of  Moab — 
Mahlon's  wife  and  Mara's  daughter. 

On  the  terebinth  and  fig-tree 

Suns  of  olden  time  are  shining, 

And  the  dark  leaf  of  the  olive 

Scarcely  shows  its  silver  lining; 

For  still  noon  is  on  the  thicket, 

Where  the  blue-necked  pigeons  listen 

To  their  own  reproachful  music. 

And  the  red  pomegranates  glisten; 

As  a  queen  a  golden  circlet. 

As  a  maid  might  wear  a  blossom. 

So  the  valley  wears  the  cornfields 

Heaving  on  her  fertile  bosom ; 

And  the  wild  gray  hills  stand  o'er  them. 

All  their  terraced  vineyards  swelling 

Like  the  green  waves  of  a  forest. 

Up  to  David's  mountain  dwelling. 

Lo !  the  princely-hearted  Boaz 

Moves  among  his  reapers  slowly; 

And  the  widowed  child  of  Moab 

Bends  behind  the  gleaners  lowly, 

Gathering,  gleaning,  as  she  goeth 

Down  the  slopes  and  up  the  hollows, 

While  the  love  of  old  Naomi 

Like  a  guardian  angel  follows. 

And  he  speaketh  words  of  kindness. 

Words  of  kindness,  calm  and  stately; 

Till  he  breaks  the  springs  of  gladness 

That  lay  cold  and  frozen  lately; 

And  the  love-flowers  that  had  faded 

Deep  within  her  bosom  lonely, 

Slowly  open  as  he  questions, 

Soon  for  him  to  blossom  only. 

When  that  spring  shall  fill  with  music, 

Like  an  overflowing  river, 

All  his  homestead ;  and  those  flowers 

Bloom  beside  his  hearth  forever. 

Mother  of  a  line  of  ])rinces, 

Wrought  into  that  race's  story, 

Whom  the  Godhead  brc'aking  earthward 

Marked  with  an  unearthly  glory ! 

Still  he  walks  among  the  reapers. 

And  the  day  is  nearly  over. 

And  the  lonely  mountain  partridge 

Seeks  afar  liis  scanty  cover: 

And  the  flocks  of  wild  blue  pigeons, 

That  had  gleaned  behind  the  gleaner, 

Find  their  shelter  in  the  thicket; 

And  the  cloudless  sky  grows  sheener 

With  a  sudden  flush  of  crimson, 

Steeping  in  a  fiery  lustre 

Every  sheaf-top  in  the  valley. 

On  the  hill  side  every  cluster. 

Slowly,  slowly  fade,  fair  picture, 
Yellow  lights  and  purple  shadows, 
On  the  valley,  on  the  mountain, 


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RUTH. 


RXITH. 


And  sweet  Ruth  among  the  meadows ! 
Stay  awhile,  true  heart,  and  teach  us, 
Pausing  in  thy  matron  beauty, 
Care  of  elders,  love  of  kindred. 
All  unselfish  thought  and  duty. 
Linger,  Boaz,  uoble-minded ! 
Teach  us,  haughty  and  unsparing, 
Tender  care  for  lowlier  station. 
Kindly  speech,  and  courteous  bearing. 
Still  each  softest  loveliest  color 
Shrine  the  form  beloved  and  loving, 
Heroine  of  our  heart's  first  poem. 
Through  our  childhood's  dreamland  mov- 
When  the  great  old  Bible  opened,       [ing, 
And  a  pleasant  pastoral  measure, 
As  our  mothers  read  the  story, 
Filled  our  infant  hearts  with  pleasure. 
Dublin  University  Magazine. 

3948.  EUTH. 

She  stood  breast  high  amid  the  corn. 
Clasped  by  the  golden  light  of  morn, 
Like  the  sweetheart  of  the  sun, 
Who  many  a  glowing  kiss  had  won. 

On  her  cheek  an  autumn  flush 
Deeply  ripened;  such  a  blush 
In  the  midst  of  brown  was  born, 
Like  red  poppies  grown  with  corn. 

Round  her  eyes  her  tresses  fell, 
Which  were  blackest  none  could  tell ; 
But  long  lashes  veiled  a  light 
That  had  else  been  all  too  bright. 

And  her  hat,  with  shady  brim. 
Made  her  tressy  forehead  dim ; 
Thus  slie  stood  amid  the  stocks, 
Praising  God  with  sweetest  looks. 

Sure,  I  said,  Heaven  did  not  mean 
Where  I  reap  thou  shouldst  but  glean; 
Lay  thy  sheaf  adown  and  come. 
Share  my  harvest  and  my  home. 

Thomas  Hood. 

3949.  EUTH. 

The  plume-like  waving  of  the  auburn  corn. 
By  soft  winds  to  a  dreamy  motion  fanned. 
Still  brings  me  back  thine  image,  oh!  forlorn 
Yet  not  forsaken  Ruth  !     I  see  thee  stand 
Lone  'midst  the  gladness  of  the  harvest-band. 
Lone  as  a  wood-bird  on  the  ocean's  foam 
Fallen  in  its  weariness.     Thy  fatherland 
Smiles  far  away;  yet  to  thy  sense  of  home. 
That  finest,  purest,  which  can  recognize 
Home  in  affection's  glance,  forever  true 
Beats  thy  calm  heart ;  and  if  thy  gentle  eyes 
Gleam  tremulous  through  tears,  'tis  not  to  rue 
Those  words  immortal  in  their  deep  love's 

tone, 
"  Thy  people  and  thy  God  shall  be  mine  own. " 
Scotch  Sunday -School  Magazine. 


3950.  EUTH  AND  NAOMI. 

"  Entreat  me  not  to  leave  thee,  but  convert 
me  to  the  truth ;" 

So  spake  in  sorrow  and  in  tears  the  gently- 
chiding  Ruth ; 

"Entreat  me  not  to  leave  thee,  nor  unclasp 
thy  loosening  hand ; 

I'll  follow  thee,  my  mother,  to  the  far  Ju- 
dean  land." 

But,  turning  still  in  grief  away  from  her 
young  pleading  face. 

And  sadly  putting  back  the  arms  so  fondly 
that  embrace — 

' '  My  daughter, "  thus  Naomi  said,  in  meas- 
ured tones  and  deep, 

"We  have  our  Sabbath  in  that  land,  and 
holy  days  to  keep. 

And  there's  a  bound  we  cannot  pass  upon 
that  day,  you  know." 

But  Ruth  said,  "Only  where  thou  goest, 
mother,  will  I  go." 

Still  spake  Naomi :  ' '  Turn  again ;  thy  home 
is  not  with  me; 

For  Judah's  children  must  not  with  the  out- 
cast Gentile  be." 

Ruth  answered,  "  In  that  stranger-land  with 
thee,  oh !  let  me  stay. 

And  where  thou  lodgest  I  will  lodge — I  can- 
not go  away." 

And  then  again  Naomi:  "We  have  precepts 
to  observe. 

And  from  our  fathers'  worship  are  com- 
manded not  to  swerve." 

Ruth  answered  with  religious  zeal ;  "I  bow 
to  Judah's  Lord ; 

Thy  people  shall  my  people  be,  thy  God 
shall  be  my  God." 

And  now  the  mother's  love  burst  forth,  and 

rose  in  accents  wild  : 
"Turn  back,   beloved,   oh!  turn  back;  for 

think  you,  Ruth,  my  child, 
Your  fainting  heart  could  ever  bear  the  woes 

I  number  now? 
They  must  not  dim  those  gentle  eyes,  nor 

darken* o'er  that  brow; 
For  though  thy  mother  yields  to  them,  yet, 

dearest  daughter  mine, 
It  were  not  meet  that  they  should  fall  on 

such  a  head  as  thine." 

Then  Ruth,  with  sudden  brightness  in  her 

mild  and  loving  eye, 
"However  hard  thy  death  may  be,  thus  only 

will  I  die." 
But    yet   once    more   Naomi   spoke,    "My 

daughter,  for  the  dead 
We  have  a  house  of  burial ;"  but  Ruth,  still 

answering,  said, 
"And  there  will  I  be  buried;  and  the  Lord 

deal  thus  by  me, 
If  aught,  my  mother,  on  the  earth,  but  death 

part  thee  and  me." 

Mrs.  E.  R,  J.  Cleaveland. 


RUTH. 


S^LOIVIE. 


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3951.  RUTH,  Devotion  of. 

Entreat  me  not  to  leave  thee, 

My  heart  goes  with  thee  now; 
Why  turn  my  footsteps  homeward? 

No  friend  so  dear  as  thou ! 
Thy  heart  has  borne  my  sorrow, 

And  I  have  wept  for  thine; 
And  now  how  can  I  leave  thee? 

Oh !  let  thy  lot  be  mine. 

I'll  follow  where  thou  leadest; 

My  love  will  cling  to  thee; 
And  where  thy  head  is  pillowed. 

My  nightly  rest  shall  be : 
Thy  birthplace  and  thy  kindred 

I'll  cherish  like  my  own; 
Thy  God  shall  be  my  refuge, 

I'll  worship  at  His  throne. 

Where  death's  cold  hand  shall  find  thee, 

There  let  my  eyelids  close, 
And,  in  the  grave  beside  thee, 

This  mortal  frame  repose : 
Oh,  do  not  now  entreat  me; 

No  friend  so  dear  as  thou; 
My  heart  would  break  in  anguish 

If  I  should  leave  thee  now, 

Fanny  J.  Crosby. 

3952.  EUTH,  Resolution  of. 

Farewell?     Oh  no !  it  may  not  be ; 

My  firm  resolve  is  heard  on  high: 
I  will  hot  breathe  farewell  to  thee. 

Save  only  iu  my  dying  sigh. 
I  know  not  that  I  now  could  bear 

Forever  from  thy  side  to  part, 
And  live  without  a  friend  to  share 

The  treasured  sadness  of  my  heart. 

I  did  not  love,  in  former  years. 

To  leave  thee  solitary :  now, 
When  sorrow  dims  thine  eyes  with  tears, 

And  shades  the  beauty  of  thy  brow, 
I'll  share  the  trial  and  the  pain ; 

And  strong  the  furnace  fires  must  be 
To  melt  away  the  willing  chain 

That  binds  a  daughter's  heart  to  thee. 

I  will  not  boast  a  martyr's  might, 

To  leave  my  home  without  a  sigh — 
The  dwelling  of  my  past  delight. 

The  shelter  where  I  hope  to  die. 
In  such  a  duty,  such  an  hour, 

The  weak  aie  strong,  the  timid  brave; 
For  Love  puts  on  an  angel's  power, 

And  Faith  grows  mightier  than  the  grave. 

But  where  thou  goest  I  will  go; 

With  thine  my  earthly  lot  is  cast; 
In  pain  and  pleasure,  joy  and  woe, 

Will  I  attend  thee  to  the  last. 
That  hour  shall  find  me  by  thy  side ; 

And  where  thy  grave  is  mine  shall  be; 
Death  can  but  for  a  time  divide 

My  firm  and  faithful  heart  from  thee. 


3953.  SALOME. 

Mark  vi  :  25. 

Once  on  a  charger  there  was  laid, 
And  brought  before  a  royal  maid, 
As  price  of  attitude  and  grace, 
A  guiltless  head,  a  holy  face. 

It  was  on  Herod's  natal  day 
Who  o'er  Judea's  land  held  sway. 
He  married  his  own  brother's  wife, 
Wicked  Herodias.     She  the  life 
Of  John  the  Baptist  long  had  sought, 
Because  he  openly  had  taught 
That  she  a  life  unlawful  led. 
Having  her  husband's  brother  wed. 

This  was  he,  that  saintly  John, 
Who  in  the  wilderness  alone 
Abiding,  did  for  clothing  wear 
A  garment  made  of  camel's  hair; 
Honey  and  locusts  were  his  food, 
And  he  was  most  severely  good. 
He  preached  penitence  and  tears, 
And  waking  first  the  sinner's  fears. 
Prepared  a  path,  made  smooth  a  way, 
For  his  diviner  Master's  day. 

Herod  kept  in  princely  state 

His  birthday.     On  his  throne  he  sate, 

After  the  feast,  beholding  her 

Who  danced  with  grace  peculiar; 

Fair  Salome,  who  did  excel 

All  in  that  land  for  dancing  well. 

The  feastful  monarch's  heart  was  fired. 

And  whatsoe'er  thing  she  desired, 

Though  half  his  kingdom  it  should  be, 

He  in  his  pleasure  swore  that  he 

Would  give  the  graceful  Salome. 

The  damsel  was  Herodias'  daughter; 

She  to  the  queen  hastes,  and  besought  her 

To  teach  her  what  great  gift  to  name. 

Instructed  by  Herodias,  came 

The  damsel  back;  to  Herod  said: 

"Give  me  John  the  Baptist's  head; 

And  in  a  charger  let  it  be 

Hither  straightway  brought  to  me." 

Herod  her  suit  would  fain  deny, 

But  for  his  oath's  sake  must  comply. 

When  painters  would  by  art  express 
Beauty  in  unloveliness. 
Thee,  Herodias'  daughter,  thee. 
They  fittest  subject  take  to  be. 
They  give  thy  form  and  features  grace; 
But  ever  in  thy  beauteous  face 
They  show  a  steadfast,  cruel  gaze, 
An  eye  unpitying;  and  amaze 
In  all  beholders  deep  they  mark, 
That  thou  betrayest  not  one  spark 
Of  feeling  for  the  ruthless  deed. 
That  did  thy  praiseful  dance  succeed ! 
For  on  the  head  they  make  you  look,     , 
As  if  a  sullen  joy  you  took, 
A  cruel  trium])h,  wicked  pride, 
That  for  your  sport  a  saint  had  died. 
Charles  Lamb 


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SAJ^UkHlJ^. 


BAJMiAJRT'rJLlSr. 


3954.  SAMAEIA,  The  Woman  of. 
John  iv  :  4-42. 

0  woman  of  olden  Samaria !  tell 

What  the  stranger  of  Galilee  said  at  the  well, 
When  he  paused  and  sat  down  all  alone  by 

the  way, 
With  His  holy  lips  parched  like  the  summer- 
dried  clay. 

' '  I  will  tell  you  the  words  of  the  sage  that  I 

saw, 
When  I  went  to  the  well  the  bright  waters 

to  draw. 
Where  the  stones  are  all  mossy  and  green  at 

the  side. 
And  the  life-cheering  drops  so  delightfully 

glide. 

"Alone  with  my  jar,  ere  the  blaze  of  high 

noon. 
With  a  carolling  voice,  and  my  feet  all  un- 

shoon, 

1  leisurely  sought  for  a  draught  of  that  wave. 
Which  the  wisdom  of  Jacob  our  forefathers 

gave. 

"At  the  verge  of  the  fountain  I  stood,  and 

behold ! 
In  silence  there  sate,  with  his  garments  in  fold, 
A  Hebrew  apparelled  in  seamless  attire. 
Whose  presence  did  reverence  deeply  inspire. 

* '  He  asked  for  a  drink  from  the  pitcher  I 

bore. 
Of  that  cool  well  of  Jacob,  delicious  and  pure ; 
And  I  gave  it  unready,  yet  gave  it  at  last. 
When  the  spell  of  his  spirit  had  over  me 

passed. 

"  He  told  then  of  waters  that  flowed  for  the 

soul. 
From  the  rivers  of  life  that  unceasingly  roll, 
Gushing  freely  for  all  that  would  seek  them 

in  awe. 
With  faith  in  the  might  of  the  Lord  and  His 

Law. 

"  He  said  that  salvation  was  born  of  the  Jews, 
With  a  blessed  Messiah  to  love  and  to  choose, 
Whose  feet  with  the  brightness  of  virtue  were 

shod. 
While  righteousness  rose  in  the  path  that  he 

trod, 

"He  said  in  these  mountains  our  worship 

should  cease. 
And  Jerusalem's  glory  forget  to  increase; 
That  God  was  a  Spirit  to  love  and  adore. 
Whom  in  spirit  and  truth  we  must  seek  and 

implore. 

"And,  with  countenance  looking  celestially 

calm. 
Whence  holiness  beamed  with  a  soul-given 

charm, 
He  said  that  Himself  was  Messiah,  foretold 
By  the  patriarchs,  seers,  and  the  prophets  of 

old  I 


"Ohl  beautiful  sight,  on  those  features  to 

gaze. 
As  the  holy  announcement  came  forth,  like 

the  blaze 
Of  the  horizon  lights,  to  the  zenith  unfurled, 
For  the  wonder  and  love  of  the  sky-viewing 

world ! 

"  He  told  me  of  things  that  I  deemed  were 

unknown. 
Save  unto  myself,  and  my  chosen  alone ; 
And  all  that  I  knew  He  perused  in  my  soul, 
As  it  bowed  to  His  will,  and  confessed  His 

control. 

"  *  A  prophet !  a  prophet ! '  I  uttered, amazed ; 
Our    God    for  His  people  a   prophet    hath 

raised ! 
An  angel  hath  come  from  the  light  of  Hia 

throne, 
The  Messiah  at  last  to  the  world  to  make 

known. 

"  O'erawed  by  His  words,  from  His  presence 

I  turned, 
With  my  heart  full  of  thought,  as  it  fluttered 

and  burned 
With  the  weight  of  the  marvels  I  heard  and 

I  saw. 
By  that  fountain  whose  waters  I  wandered  to 

draw. 

' '  Thus — thus  have  I  told  what  so  lately  befell 

My  wondering  soul  at  the  patriarch's  well; 

Where  the  waters,  though  sweet,  as  the  way- 
farer sips. 

Yet  sweeter  the  words  of  that  bright  Stran- 
ger's lips!" 

Thank  thee, oh !  thank  thee,  Samarian  friend ! 

For  the  God-light  that  did  to  thy  vision  de- 
scend. 

For  the  words  that  thy  spirit  remembered 
and  told. 

And  the  sacred  delight  they  forever  unfold ! 
Thomas  G.  Spear. 

3955.  SAMAKITAN,  The  Good. 
Luke  X  :  30-37. 

See  there  a  Jew  from  th'  hallowed  town 

To  Jericho  is  going  down, 

Unguarded  as  he  goes  that  way. 

To  bloody  thieves  becomes  a  prey! 

They  rob,  strip,  wound,  and  bruise  him  sore ; 

There  he  lies  weltering  in  his  gore. 

A  priest  and  Levite  see  his  state, 

But,  fearing  like  disastrous  fate. 

Left  him  half  dead,  and  gasping  lie, 

And  pass  in  haste  their  brother  by; 

But,  a  Samaritan,  a  name 

To  Jews  most  hateful  and  infame, 

When  he  sees  where  the  Jew  was  cast. 

Who,  bleeding,  seemed  to  breathe  his  last, 

Soft  pity  pierces  deep  his  breast; 

He  there  draws  near  his  foe  distressed, 


S^I^EARITj^lIS'. 


SJL^MLAJRTTJ^lSr. 


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With  wine  and  oil,  wliich  by  his  care 
For  his  own  health  provided  were; 
He  tries  the  helpless  to  relieve, 
And  in  the  hopeless,  life  retrieve; 
His  sores  he  searches  with  kind  hand, 
Cleanses  with  wine  from  dirt  and  sand, 
Pours  oil  to  ease  and  heal  each  wound, 
Which  there  is  with  soft  swathing  bound; 
To  save  the  Jew  he  freely  chose 
Himself  to  danger  to  expose; 
There  on  the  envious,  naked  Jew, 
He  his  own  upper  garment  threw; 
On  his  own  beast  the  wretch  he  lays, 
And  to  a  distant  inn  conveys. 
To  walk  afoot  to  tend  him  deigns. 
And  with  kind  arms  his  bulk  sustains; 
There  of  the  inn  defrays  the  scores. 
Charged  them  to  tend  his  painful  sores; 
There  promises  the  rest  to  pay 
Soon  as  he  should  return  that  way. 

This  parable  by  Jesus  was  designed 
By  picture  to  inform  and  please  the  mind. 
To  copy  the  Philanthropy  Divine, 
Who  on  the  worst  of  sinners  deigns  to  shine ; 
Each  saint  the  story  to  himself  applies ; 
By  Jesus  taught,  go,  and  do  thou  likewise. 

Biishop  Ken. 

3956.  SAMAEITAN,  The  (Jood. 

A  traveller  fell  among  the  thieves; 
He  was  crushed  like  autumn  leaves; 
He  was  l)eaten  like  the  sheaves 
Upon  tlie  threshing-floor. 

There,  upon  the  public  way, 
In  the  shadowless  heat  of  day. 
Bleeding,  stripped,  and  bound  he  lay, 
And  seemed  to  breathe  no  more. 

Void  of  hope  was  he,  when  lo ! 
On  his  way  to  Jericho, 
Came  a  priest,  serene  and  slow, 
His  journey  just  begun. 

Many  a  silver  bell  and  gem 
Glittered  on  his  harness  hem; 
Behind  him  gleamed  Jerusalem, 
In  the  unclouded  sun. 

Broad  were  his  phylacteries, 
And  his  calm  and  holy  eyes 
Looked  above  earth's  vanities, 
And  gazed  upon  tlie  sky. 

He  the  suffering  one  descried. 
But,  with  saintly  looks  of  pride, 
Passed  by  on  the  other  side, 
And  left  him  there  to  die. 

Then  approached  with  reverend  pace 
One  of  the  elected  race. 
The  chosen  ministers  of  grace, 
Who  bore  the  ark  of  God. 

He  a  Levite  and  a  high 
Exemplar  of  humanity. 


Likewise  passed  the  sufferer  by, 
Even  as  the  dust  he  trod. 

Then  came  a  Samaritan, 
A  despised,  rejected  man. 
Outlawed  by  the  Jewish  ban 
As  one  in  bonds  to  sin. 

He  beheld  the  poor  man's  need, 
Bound  his  wounds,  and  with  all  speed 
Set  him  on  his  own  good  steed, 
And  brought  him  to  the  inn. 

When  our  Judge  shall  reappear 
Thinkest  thou  this  man  will  hear, 
"Wherefore  didst  thou  interfere 
With  what  concerned  not  thee?" 

No!  the  words  of  Christ  will  run, 
"Whatsoever  thou  hast  done 
To  this  poor  and  suffering  ofae. 
That  hast  thou  done  to  Me !" 

3957.  SAMAEITAN,  The  Good. 

Woe  is  me !  what  tongue  can  tell 

My  sad  afflicted  state. 
Who  my  anguish  can  reveal, 

Or  all  my  woes  relate? 
Fallen  among  thieves  I  am. 

And  they  have  robbed  me  of  my  God, 
Turned  my  glory  into  shame. 

And  left  me  in  my  blood. 

O  Thou  good  Samaritan  I 

In  Thee  is  all  my  hope; 
Only  Thou  canst  succor  man 

And  raise  the  fallen  up: 
Hearken  to  my  dying  cry; 

My  wounds  compassionately  see; 
Me  a  sinner,  pa>5S  not  by. 

Who  gasp  for  help  from  Thee. 

Still  Thou  journeyest  where  I  am, 

Still  Thy  compassions  prove; 
Pity  is  with  Thee  the  same. 

And  all  Thy  heart  is  love; 
Stoop  to  a  poor  sinner,  stoop. 

And  let  Thy  healing  grace  abound, 
Heal  my  bruises,  and  bind  up 

My  spirit's  every  wound. 

Saviour  of  my  soul,  draw  nigh. 

In  mercy  liaste  to  me. 
At  the  point  of  death  I  lie, 

And  cannot  come  to  Thee; 
Now  Thy  kind  relief  afford. 

The  wine  and  oil  of  grace  pour  in; 
Good  Physician,  speak  the  word. 

And  heal  my  soul  of  sin. 

Pity  to  my  dying  cries 

Hath  drawn  Thee  from  above, 

Hovering  over  me,  with  eyes 
Of  tenderness  and  love; 

Now,  even  now,  I  see  Thy  face; 
The  balm  of  Gilead  I  receive ; 


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SA.]visoisr. 


Thou  hast  saved  me  by  Thy  grace, 
And  bade  the  sinner  live. 

Surely  now  the  bitterness 

Of  second  death  is  past; 
O  my  Life,  my  Righteousness! 

On  Thee  my  soul  is  cast! 
Thou  hast  brought  me  to  Thine  inn, 

And  I  am  of  Thy  promise  sure; 
Thou  shalt  cleanse  me  from  all  sin, 

And  all  my  sickness  cure. 

J.  and  C.  Wesley. 

3958.  SAMSON,  Antitype  of. 

Judges  xvi  :  30. 
Samson  the  theatre  o'erthrew. 
And  thousands  at  his  death  he  slew; 
But  lo !  our  Samson  from  the  skies, 
A  more  triumphant  conqueror  dies, 
A  nobler  victory  obtains, 
And  heaven  for  all  His  Israel  gains. 

He  by  the  pangs  of  death  oppressed, 
With  outstretched  hands  the  pillars  seized ; 
Compassed  with  foes  He  bowed  His  head, 
For  mercy,  not  for  vengeance  prayed; 
And  groaned  His  last  expiring  groan. 
And  pulled  th'  infernal  kingdom  down. 

The  author  dire  of  sin  and  death 
He  slew  by  yielding  up  His  breath ; 
The  powers  of  darkness  He  destroyed. 
And  made  their  liellisli  boastings  void : 
Died  with  the  Philistines,  but  rose 
Triumphant  o'er  His  slaughtered  foes. 
J.  and  C.  Wesley. 

3959.  SAMSON,  Death  of. 

Judges  xvi :  S5-30. 
See!  he  comes  with  fettered  tread; 
Bursting  heart  and  drooping  head; 
Flowing  tresses,  quickly  grown, 
O'er  his  shoulders  wildly  thrown; 
Arms  with  superhuman  power. 
Nerved  for  that  momentous  hour. 

Shouts  of  savage  joy  arise, 
While  with  fixed  and  wondering  eyes 
On  this  peerless  man  they  gaze, 
All  absorbed  in  strange  amaze. 
But  they  know  not;  God  is  there, 
Hearing,  owning,  answering  prayer. 

One  vast  effort,  and  'tis  done. 
Prayer  is  answered,  victory  won ; 
Samson  wears  the  martyr's  crown, 
Dagon's  temple  tumbles  down; 
Priests  and  people,  lords  and  all, 
Buried  in  that  mighty  fall. 

So  in  after  ages  died 
Christ,  for  sinners  crucified; 
So  the  Prince  of  martyrs  fell. 
So  He  crushed  the  powers  of  hell; 
So  His  people's  peace  obtained. 
So  the  crown  of  glory  gained. 

J.  S.  Hawey. 


3960.  SAMSON,  Death  of. 
The  building  was  a  spacious  theatre, 
Half  round  on  two  main  pillars  vaulted  high, 
With  seats  where  all  the  lords  and  each  degree 
Of  sort,  might  sit  in  order  to  behold ; 
The  other  side  was  open,  where  the  throng 
On  banks  and   scaSolds   under   sky  might 

stand. 
The  feast  and  noon  grew  high,  and  sacrifice 
Had   filled   their   hearts   with   mirth,   high. 

cheer,  wine, 
When  to  their  sports  they  turned.     Imme- 
diately 
Was  Samson  as  a  public  servant  brought, 
In  their  state  livery  clad ;  before  him  pipes 
And  timbrels,  on   each    side   went    armed 

guards, 
Both  horse  and  foot,  before  him  and  behind 
Archers,  and  slingers,cataphracts  and  spears. 
At  sight  of  him  the  people  with  a  shout 
Rifted   the   air,  clamoring  their   god  with 

praise. 
Who  had  made  their  dreadful  enemy  their 

thrall. 
He,  patient  but  undaunted  where  they  led 

him. 
Came  to  the  place,  and  what  was  set  before 

him 
Which  without  help  of  eye  might  be  assayed 
To  Ifeave,  pull,  draw,  or  break,  he  still  per- 
formed 
All  with  incredible,  stupendous  force: 
None  daring  to  appear  antagonist. 
At  length  for  intermission  sake  they  led  him 
Between  the  pillars;  he  his  guide  requested 
(For  so  from  such  as  nearer  stood  we  heard) 
As  over-tired  to  let  him  lean  awhile       [lars, 
With  both  his  arms  on  those  two  massy  pil- 
That  to  the  arched  roof  gave  main  support. 
He  unsusiDicious  led  him ;  which  when  Sam- 
son 
Felt  in  his  arms,  with  head  awhile  inclined, 
And  eyes  fast  fixed  he  stood,  as  one  who 

prayed, 
Or  some  great  matter  in  his  mind  revolved: 
At  last  with  head  erect  thus  cried  aloud : 
"Hitherto,  lords,  what  your  commands  im- 
posed 
I  have  performed,  as  reason  was,  obeying. 
Not  without  wonder  or  delight  beheld: 
Now  of  my  own  accord  such  other  trial 
I  mean   to   show  you  of  my  strength,  yet 

greater 
As  with  amaze  shall  strike  all  who  behold." 
This   uttered,  straining  all   his   nerves,  he 

bowed. 
As  with  the  force  of  winds  and  waters  pent. 
When  mountains  tremble,  those  two  massy 

pillars 
With  horrible  convulsion  to  and  fro, 
He  tugged,  he  shook,  till  down  they  came 

and  drew 
The  whole  roof  after  them,  with  burst  of 

thunder 
Upon  the  heads  of  all  who  sat  beneath — 


s^M:soisr. 


s^Misoisr. 


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Lords,     ladies,    captains,     counsellors,     or 

priests, 
Their  choice  nobility  and  flower,  not  only 
Of  this,  but  each  Philistian  city  round. 
Met  from  all  parts  to  solemnize  this  feast. 
Samson  with  these  inmixed,  inevitably 
Pulled  down  the  same  destruction  on  him- 
self ; 
The  vulgar  only  scaped  who  stood  without. 

John  Milton. 

3961.  SAMSON,  Death  of. 

Where  is  my  strength,  my  faith,  my  God, 
My  confidence  of  boasting  now? 

Borne  down  by  sin's  revolting  load. 
Beneath  its  iron  yoke  I  bow. 

Again  indignantly  I  groan. 

My  strength,  my  faith,  my  God  is  gone. 

Departed  is  the  Lord  from  me, 

Weak  as  another  man  I  am ; 
Spoiled  of  my  power  and  liberty, 

Ibear  my  punishment  and  shame; 
The  world  their  feeble  foe  despise. 
Their  god  hath  put  out  both  mine  eyes. 

Into  their  hands  by  sin  betrayed 
(The  sin  I  cherish  in  my  breast). 

Low  in  the  deepest  dungeon  laid, 
Fettered  in  brass,  by  guilt  opjjrest, 

A  slave  to  Satan  I  remain, 

And  bite,  but  cannot  burst,  my  chain. 

Now  to  their  idol's  temple  brought, 
A  sport  I  am  to  fiends  and  men ; 

They  set  my  helplessness  at  naught, 
They  triumph  in  my  toil  and  pain; 

Th'  uncircumcised  lift  up  their  voice, 

And  Dagon's  worshippers  rejoice. 

Remember  me,  O  Lord,  my  God ! 

If  ever  I  could  call  Thee  mine; 
Though  now  I  perish  in  my  blood. 

And  all  my  hopes  of  heaven  resign, 
Yet  listen  to  my  latest  call, 
Nor  suffer  me  alone  to  fall. 

Oh,  cast  not  out  my  dying  prayer ! 

Strengthen  me  with  Thy  Spirit's  might 
This  only  once:  I  pray  Thee,  hear; 

Avenge  me  for  my  loss  of  sight ; 
Avenge  it  on  mine  enemies. 
For  they  have  put  out  both  mine  eyes. 

Blind  as  I  am,  with  both  my  hands 
The  pillars  let  me  feel,  and  seize, 

On  which  the  house  of  Dagon  stands — 
The  pillars  of  self-righteousness: 

'Tis  done;  with  all  my  might  I  bow: 

Help  me,  O  God !  and  help  me  now. 

Now  let  the  ponderous  ruin  fall. 

And  crush  the  world,  and  Satan's  head ; 

Oh,  let  it  now  o'erwhelm  us  all : 
Since  I  must  sink  among  the  dead, 


Since  I  can  neither  fight  nor  fly, 
Let  me  with  the  Philistines  die! 

J.  and  C.  Wesley. 

3962.  SAMSON  IMPRISONED. 

This,  this  is  he ;  softly  awhile ! 

Let  us  not  break  in  upon  him : 

O  change  beyond  report,  thought,  or  belief! 

See  how  he  lies  at  random,  carelessly  diffused, 

With  languished  head  unpropped. 

As  one  past  hope,  abandoned. 

And  by  himself  given  over ; 

In  slavish  habit,  ill-fitted  weeds 

O'erworn  and  soiled ; 

Or  do  my  eyes  misrepresent?    Can  this  be  he, 

That  heroic,  that  renowned, 

Irresistible  Samson?  whom  unarmed 

No  strength  of   man  or  fiercest  wild  beast 

could  withstand; 
Who  tore  the  lion,  as  the  lion  tears  the  kid, 
Ran  on  imbattled  armies  clad  in  iron, 
And  weaponless  himself 
Made  arms  ridiculous,  useless  the  forgery 
Of  brazen  shield  and  spear,  the  hammered 

cuirass 
Chalybean  tempered  steel,  and  frock  of  mail 
Adamantean  proof; 
But  safest  he  who  stood  aloof. 
When  insupportably  his  foot  advanced. 
In  scorn  of  their  proud  arms  and  warlike  tools, 
Spurned  them  to  death  by  troops.   The  bold 

Ascalonite 
Fled  from  his  lion  ram]i,  old  warriors  turned 
Their  plated  backs  under  his  heel,  [the  dust, 
Or  grov'ling  soiled  their  crested  helmets  in 
Then  with  what  trivial  weapon  came  to  hand, 
The  jaw  of  a  dead  ass,  his  sword  of  bone, 
A  thousand  foreskins  fell,  the  flower  of  Pales- 
In  Ramath-lechi  fcmous  to  this  day.  [tine, 
Then  by  main  force  pulled  up,  and  on  his 

shoulders  bore 
The  gates  of  Azza,  post,  and  massy  bar. 
Up  to  the  hill  by  Hebron,  scat  of  giants  old, 
No  journey  of  a  Sabbath-day.  and  loaded  so ; 
Like  whom  tlie  Gentiles  feign  to  bear  up 
Which  shall  I  first  bewail,  [heaven. 

Thy  bondage  or  lost  sight. 
Prison  within  prison 
Inseparably  dark? 

Thou  art  become  (O  worst  imprisonment !) 
The  dungeon  of  thyself;  thy  soul 
(Which  men  enjoying  sight  oft  without  cause 
Imprisoned  now  indeed  [complain) 

In  real  darkness  of  the  body  dwells. 
Shut  up  from  outward  light 
T'  incorp'rate  with  gloomy  night; 
For  inward  light,  alas  I 
Puts  forth  no  visual  beam. 
O  mirror  of  our  fickle  state, 
Since  man  on  earth  unparalleled ! 
The  rarer  thy  example  stands, 
By  ho w  much  from  the  top  of  wondrous  glory, 
Strongest  of  mortal  men, 
To  lowest  pitch  of  abject  fortune  thou  art 
For  him  I  reckon  not  in  high  estate  [fallen: 


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S^MITJEL. 


Whom  long  descent  of  birth 
Or  the  sphere  of  fortune  raises ; 
But  thee  whose  strength,  while  virtue  was 
Might  have  subdued  the  earth,      [her  mate. 
Universally  crowned  with  highest  praises. 
Milton,  from  "Samson  Agonistes." 

3963.  SAMSON,  Lament  of. 
Oh  wherefore  was  my  birth  from  heaven  f  ore- 
Twice  by  an  angel,  who  at  last  insight  [told 
Of  both  my  parents  all  in  flames  ascended 
From  o2  the  altar,  where  an  offering  burned, 
As  in  a  fiery  column  charioting 
His  godlike  presence,  and  from  some  great  act 
Or  benefit  revealed  to  Abraham's  race? 
Why  was  my  breeding  ordered  and  prescribed 
As  of  a  person  separate  to  God, 
Designed  for  great  exploits;  if  I  must  die 
Betrayed, captived,  and  both  my  eyes  put  out. 
Made  of  my  enemies  the  scorn  and  gaze; 
To  grind  in  brazen  fetters  under  task 
With  this  heaven-gifted  strength?  O  glorious 

strength 
Put  to  the  labor  of  a  beast,  debased 
Lower  than  bond-slave !   Promise  was  that  I 
Should  Israel  from  Philistian  yoke  deliver: 
Ask  for  this  great  deliverer  now,  and  find  him 
Eyeless  in  Gaza  at  the  mill  with  slaves, 
Himself  in  bonds  under  Philistian  yoke; 
Yet  stay,  let  me  not  rashly  call  in  doubt 
Divine  prediction ;  wliat  if  all  foretold  [fault, 
Had  been  fulfilled  but  through  mine  own  de- 
Whom  have  1  to  complain  of  but  myself?  [nie. 
Who  this  high  gift  of  strength  committed  to 
In  what  part  lodged,  how  easily  bereft  me, 
Under  the  seal  of  silence  could  not  keep. 
But  weakly  to  a  woman  must  reveal  it, 
O'ercome  with  importunity  and  tears. 
Oh,  impotence  of  mind,  in  body  strong! 
But  what  is  strength  without  a  double  share 
Of  wisdom,  vast,  unwieldy,  burdensome, 
Proudly  secure,  yet  liable  to  fall 
By  weakest  subtleties,  not  made  to  rule, 
But  to  subserve  where  wisdom  bears  com- 
mand ! 
God,  when  He  gave  me  strength,  to  show 

withal 
How  slight  the  gift  was,  hung  it  in  my  hair. 
But  peace:  I  must  not  quarrel  with  the  will 
Of  highest  dispensation,  which  herein 
Haply  had  ends  above  my  reach  to^know: 
Suffices  that  to  me  strength  is  my  bane. 
And  proves  the  source  of  all  my  miseries. 

John  Milton. 

3964.  SAMSON,  Eiddle  of. 

Judges  xiv  :  5-14. 

Through  Timnath's  vineyards  as  alone  he 
strayed. 
Roused  from  its  secret  lair,  a  lion  roared. 
With  his  bare  hands,  and  help  from  Heaven 
implored. 
Lifeless  the  tawny  monster  soon  he  laid. 
Passing  once  more  he  sought  the  same  green 
shade, 


When  lo !  a  swarm  of  bees  had  strangely 

stored 
In  the  bleached  skeleton  their  fragrant 
hoard. 
And  there  a  dainty  feast  for  him  had  made. 
Thus  in  our  path,  when  threatening  danger 
rises. 
Let  us  trust  God,  and  it  will  disappear: 
His  providence  assumes  alarming  guises 

To  make  us  fly  to  Him,  unseen,  but  near: 
While  Love  prepares  a  thousand  sweet  sur- 
prises 
God's  ways  to  our  weak  hearts  the  more  t' 
endear.  R.  Wilton. 

3965.  SAMUEL. 

Thou  chosen  judge  of  Israel's  race, 

Grown  gray  in  holy  toil. 
Whose  lips  are  truth's  own  dwelling-place, 

Whose  hands  no  bribe  can  soil ; 
And  is  it  thus  the  tribes  of  God 
Spurn  thy  meek  rule  and  gifted  rod? 

Yet  where  are  Dathan's  cursM  crew? 

And  where  Abiram's  seed? 
Must  heaven  its  flres  of  wrath  renew? 

Must  earth  repeat  her  deed. 
And  from  the  nations  sweep  away 
Who  scorn  the  prophet's  gentle  sway? 

But  no;  the  flames  of  holy  zeal 

Sad  pity's  tears  assuage; 
Over  his  kindling  eyes  there  steal 

Tears  for  God's  heritage, 
While  for  the  rebel  tribes  flows  forth 
The  prayer  that  stems  Jehovah's  wrath. 

Lxjra  Apostolica. 

3966.  SAMUEL,  Call  of. 

1  Samuel  iii :  4-10. 

In  Israel's  fane  by  silent  night 
The  lamp  of  God  was  burning  bright; 
And  tliere,  by  viewless  angels  kept, 
Samuel,  the  child,  securely  slept. 

A  voice  unknown  the  stillness  l>roke: 
"  Samuel !"  it  called,  and  thrice  it  spoke; 
He  rose,  he  a^;ked,  whence  came  the  word? 
From  Eli? — no;  it  was  the  Lord. 

Thus  early  called  to  serve  his  God, 
In  ])aths  of  righteousness  he  trod; 
Prophetic  visions  fired  his  breast. 
And  all  the  chosen  tribes  were  blest. 

Speak,  Lord,  and  from  our  earliest  days 
Incline  our  hearts  to  love  Thy  ways; 
Thy  wakening  voice  hath  reached  our  ear; 
Speak,  Lord,  to  us;  Thy  servants  hear. 

And  ye  who  know  the  Saviour's  love, 
And  richly  all  His  mercies  prove, 
Your  timely,  friendly  aid  afford. 
That  we  may  early  serve  the  Lord. 

James  Cawood. 


SAIVEXTEIL.. 


S75>.ivrTJEi:,. 


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3967.  SAMUEL,  Death  of. 

1  Samuel  xxv  ;  1. 

Rest,  prophet,  rest! 
Thou  hast  fulfilled  thy  mission ! 

Samuel  died. 
Loud  was  the  lamentation :  tears  unfeigned 
At  Ramah,  o'er  his  tomb  long  time  deplored 
Him,  last  of  those  who  righteous  ruled  the 

land, 
Ere  man  sat  throned  in  Israel.     All  deplored 
The  Nazarene,  to  whose  unmingled  cup 
The  grape  ne'er  lent  its  flavor.     Tears  un- 
Wept  him,  a  holy  vessel,  set  apart    [feigned 
An  offering  from  the  birth :  yea,  dedicate 
Ere  yet  the  womb  conceived.  All  spake  of  him 
Who,  yet  a  child,  in  peaceful  slumber  laid 
Fast  by  the  altar  of  Jehovah,  thrice 
Rose  at  celestial  communing,  in  days      [eye 
When  the  Lord's  word  was  precious,  and  no 
Saw  open  vision.     At  his  voice  the  brood 
Of  Baalim  and  Ashtaroth,  abashed, 
Fled  with  their  priests  from  Israel.  At  his  call, 
On  Ebenezcr's  plain,  celestial  fire 
Consumed    the    foe.     Who,  sole,  the   king 

withstood? 
The  prophet,  sole.     Whose  arm,  before  him, 

slew 
The  Amalekite?  the  prophet,  serving  God. 
Rest,  venerable  seer!  brow,  hoar  with  age, 
Rest  in  the  peace  and  sabbath  of  the  tomb: 
Till,  from  the  bonds  of  death,  God  call  thee 

forth 
A  spirit  unfleshed,  once  more  to  rise  on  earth. 
And  pour  Heaven's  judgment  on   the   im- 

righteous  king.  Sothehy. 

3968.  SAMUEL,  Ministry  of. 

1  Samuel  ii  :  18. 

Upon  his  knees,  with  reverent  air, 
The  youthful  prophet  bends; 

While,  from  his  parting  lips,  the  prayer 
To  Israel's  God  ascends; , 

His  father's  God,  he  loves  to  claim 

An  interest  in  the  hallowed  name. 

He  prays  that  all  his  people's  guilt 
May  be,  through  grace,  forgiven; 

And  that  the  blood  on  altar  spilt 
May  make  their  peace  with  heaven, 

Through  One  who,  from  all  else  concealed, 

Is  to  his  mental  eye  revealed. 

Yes,  in  the  vista  dark  and  dim 

Of  slow  revolving  years, 
In  human  guise,  a  child  like  him, 

The  Son  of  God  appears ; 
And  dies  on  earth  a  death  of  pain, 
A  sinless  Lamb  for  sinners  slain. 

'Tis  this  which  bids  that  youthful  cheek 

With  joy  celestial  glow ; 
'Tis  this  which  makes  each  feature  speak 

Of  more  than  mortals  know ; 
And  to  the  pictured  semblance  gives 
The  air  of  one  that  breathes  and  lives. 


Pray  on,  fair  boy;  and  at  the  sight 
Of  that  sweet  form  of  thine, 

May  our  devotion  wax  more  bright, 
Our  fervor  more  divine ; 

And  each,  in  spirit  pure  and  mild. 

Become,  like  thee,  a  little  child  ! 

Dr.  Huie. 

3969.  SAMUEL,  Obedience  of. 

Speak,  for  Thy  servant  heareth; 

Alone  in  my  lonely  bed. 
Before  I  laid  me  down  to  rest 

My  nightly  prayer  was  said ; 
And  naught  my  spirit  feareth 

In  darkness  or  by  day  : 
Speak,  for  Thy  servant  heareth, 

And  heareth  to  obey. 

I've  stood  before  Thine  altar, 

A  child  before  Thy  might; 
Ko  breath  within  Thy  temple  stirred 

The  dim  and  cloudy  light. 
And  still  I  knew  that  Thou  wert  there 

Teaching  my  heart  to  say : 
"  Speak,  for  Thy  servant  heareth, 

And  heareth  to  obey." 

0  God  !  my  flesh  may  tremble 
When  Thou  speakest  to  my  soul; 

But  it  cannot  shun  Thy  presence  blest, 
Or  shrink  from  Thy  control. 

A  joy  my  spirit  cheereth 
That  cannot  pass  away; 

Speak,  fur  Thy  servant  heareth, 
And  heareth  to  obey. 

Thou  biddest  me  to  utter 

Words  til  at  I  scarce  may  speak; 
And  mighty  things  are  laid  me, 

A  helpless  one  and  weak; 
Darkly  thy  truth  declareth 

Its  purpose  and  its  way: 
Speak,  for  Tliy  servant  heareth, 

And  heareth  to  obey. 

And  shouldst  Thou  be  a  stranger 

To  that  which  Thou  hast  made? 
Oh  !  ever  be  about  my  path, 

And  hover  near  my  bed. 
Lead  me  in  every  step  I  take, 

Teach  me  each  word  I  say : 
Speak,  for  Thy  servant  heareth, 

And  heareth  to  obey. 

How  hath  Thy  glory  lighted 

My  lonely  place  of  rest; 
How  sacred  now  shall  be  to  me 

The  spot  which  Thou  hast  blest! 
If  aught  of  evil  should  draw  nigh 

To  bring  me  shame  and  fear. 
My  steadfast  soul  shall  make  reply, 

"Depart,  for  God  is  near!" 

1  bless  Thee  that  Thou  speakest 

Thus  to  an  humble  child; 

The  God  of  Jacob  calls  to  me 

In  gentle  tones  and  mild; 


436 


S^XISiniED. 


S^UL. 


Thine  enemies  before  Tliy  face 

Are  scattered  in  dismay : 
Speak,  Lord,  Thy  servant  heareth, 

And  heareth  to  obey. 

I've  stood  before  Thee  all  my  days; 

Have  ministered  to  Thee ; 
But  in  the  hour  of  darkness  first 

Thou  speakest  unto  me. 
And  now  the  night  appeareth 

More  beautiful  than  day: 
Speak,  Lord,  Thy  servant  heareth, 

And  heareth  to  obey. 

Julia  Ward  Howe. 

3970.  SATISFIED, 

Psalm  xvii  :  15. 
Not  here !  not  here !    Not  where  the  spark- 
ling waters 
Fade  into  mocking  sands  as  we  draw  near; 
Where  in  the  wilderness  each  footstep  falters : 
"I  shall  be  satisfied ;"  but  oh  !  not  here ! 

Not  here  where  all  the  dreams  of  bliss  de- 
ceive us, 

Where  the  worn  spirit  never  gains  its  goal ; 

Where,  haunted  ever  by  the  thought  that 
grieves  us. 

Across  us  floods  of  bitter  memory  roll. 

There  is  aland  where  every  pulse  is  thrilling 
With   rapture   earth's  sojourners    may   not 

know, 
Where  heaven's   repose  the  weary  heart  is 

stilling, 
And  peacefully  life's  time-tossed   currents 

flow. 

Far  out  of  sight,  while  yet  the  flesh  infolds 

us. 
Lies  the  fair  country  where  our  hearts  abide. 
And  of   its  bliss  is  naught  more  wondrous 

told  us 
Than  these  few  words,  "  I  shall  be  satisfied." 

Satisfied !     Satisfied !      The  sjiirit's  yearning 
For    sweet    companionship    with     kindred 

minds; 
The  silent  love  that  here  meets  no  returning; 
The  inspiration  which  no  language  finds : 

Shall  they  be  satisfied?    The  soul's  vague 

longing. 
The  aching  void  which  nothing  earthly  fills? 
Oh!  what  desires  upon  my  soul  are  thronging 
As  I  look  upward  to  the  heavenly  hills ! 

Thither  my  weak  and  weary  steps  are  tend- 
ing; 

Saviour  and  Lord !  with  thy  frail  child  abide ! 

Guide  me  toward  home,  where,  all  my  wan- 
dering ending, 

I  then  shall  see  Thee,  and  "shall  be  satisfied." 

3971.  SATISFIED. 

When  I  in  Thy  likeness,  O  Lord,  shall  awake. 
And  shine  a  pure  image  of  thee, 


Then  I  shall  be  satisfied  when  I  can  break 
These  fetters  of  flesh  and  be  free. 

I  know  I  must  suflier  the  darkness  of  night 
To  welcome  the  coming  of  dawn. 

I  know  this   stained  tablet  must  first  be 
washed  white 
To  let  Thy  bright  features  be  drawn. 

Then  I  shall  be  satisfied  when  I  can  cast 

The  shadows  of  nature  all  by, 
When  this  cold,  dreary  world  from  my  vis- 

To  let  this  soul  open  her  eye ;   [ion  is  past, 
I  gladly  shall  feel  the  blessed  morn  drawing 

When  time's  dreary  fancy  shall  fade,  [near, 
If  then  in  Thy  likeness  I  may  but  appear, 

And  rise  with  Thy  beauty  arrayed. 

To  see  Thee  in  glory,  O  Lord,  as  Thou  art, 

From  this  mortal  and  perishing  clay 
The  spirit  immortal  in  peace  would  depart, 

And  joyous  mount  up  her  bright  way; 
When  on  Thine  own  image  in  me  Thou  hast 
smiled, 

Within  Thy  blest  mansions,  and  when 
The  arms  of  my  Father  encircle  His  child. 

Oh !  I  shall  be  satisfied  then. 

George  C.  Wells. 

3972.  SAUL,  Effects  of  Music  upon. 
1  Samuel  xvi :  23. 

The  king  of  Israel  sat  in  state 

Within  his  palace  fair, 
Where  falling  fountains,  pure  and  cool, 

Assuaged  the  summer  air : 

But  shrouded  was  the  son  of  lOsh, 

Mid  all  his  royal  grace; 
The  tempest  of  a  troubled  soul 

Swept  flashing  o'er  his  face. 

In  vain  were  pomp,  or  legal  power, 

Or  courtier's  flattering  tone; 
For  pride  and  haired  basely  sat 

Upon  his  bosom's  throne. 

He  called  upon  his  minstrel-boy. 

With  hair  as  bright  as  gold, 
Reclining  in  a  deep  recess, 

Where  drooped  the  curtain's  fold. 

Upon  his  minstrel -boy  he  called, 
And  forth  the  stripling  came. 

Bright  beauty  on  his  ruddy  brow. 
Like  morn's  enkindling  flame. 

"Give  music,"  said  the  moody  king. 

Nor  raised  his  gloomy  eye; 
"  Thou  son  of  Jesse,  bring  the  harp, 

And  wake  its  melody." 

He  thought  upon  his  father's  flock, 
Which  long,  in  pastures  green, 

He  led,  while  flowed,  with  silver  sound, 
Clear  rivulets  between. 

He  thought  of  Bethlehem's  starlit  skies, 
Beneath  whose  liquid  rays 


SAUI.. 


SAXJX.. 


437 


He  gazed  upon  the  glorious  arch 
And  sang  its  Maker's  praise. 

Then  boldly  o'er  the  sacred  harp 
He  poured  in  thrilling  strain 

The  prompting  of  a  joyous  heart 
That  knew  no  care  nor  pain. 

The  monarch,  leaning  on  his  hand, 
Drank  long  the  wondrous  lay; 

And  clouds  were  lifted  from  his  brow, 
As  when  the  sunbeams  play. 

The  purple  o'er  his  heaving  breast 
That  throbbed  so  wild  grew  still. 

And  Saul's  clear  eye  glanced  out,  as  when 
He  did  Jehovah's  will. 

O  ye  who  feel  the  poison-fumes 

Of  earth's  fermenting  care 
Steal  o'er  the  sky  of  hope,  and  dim 

What  heaven  created  fair, 

Ask  music  from  a  guileless  heart, 
High  tones,  with  sweetness  fraught. 

And  by  that  amulet  divine 
Subdue  the  sinful  thought. 

Mrs.  L.  H.  Sigoumey. 

3973.  SAUL,  Farewell  of. 

Warriors  and  chiefs!  should  the  shaft  or  the 

sword 
Pierce  me  in  leading  the  host  of  the  Lord, 
Heed  not  the  corse,  though  a  king's,  in  your 

path ; 
Bury  your  steel  in  the  bosoms  of  Gath ! 

Thou  who  art  bearing  my  buckler  and  bow, 
Should  the  soldiers  of  Saul  look  away  from 

the  foe. 
Stretch  me  that  moment  in  blood  at  thy  feet ! 
Mine  be  the  doom  which  they  dared  not  to 

meet. 

Farewell  to  others,  but  never  we  part, 
Heir  to  my  royalty,  son  of  my  heart ! 
Bright  is  the  diadem,  boundless  the  sway. 
Or  kingly  the  death,  which  awaits  us  to-day ! 

Lord  Byron. 

3974.  SAUL  AlsTO  JONATHAN,  Deatt  of. 

2  Samuel  i  :  17-27. 

Ah,  Israel !  on  thy  places  high 

Thy  beauty  bendeth  low; 
Thy  mighty  sons  dishonored  lie. 

While  vaunts  thy  haughty  foe ! 
Let  none  the  tidings  send  to  Oath, 

Or  Ashkelon  convey. 
Lest  joy  o'er  Judah's  darkened  path 

Should  prompt  their  daughters'  layl 

Gilboa !  on  thy  fated  hill 

May  never  dew  be  found ; 
Nor  gentle  rain  from  heaven  distil, 

Nor  offerings  spread  the  ground; 


For  there  the  "brave  have  bowed  the  head, 

And  there,  to  fear  resigned. 
The  Lord's  anointed  vilely  fled 

And  left  his  shield  behind. 

Oft  Jonathan,  with  bow  of  might, 

Had  marred  the  hero's  plume ; 
Nor  empty  did  the  falchion  bright 

Of  Saul  its  sheath  resume : 
Their  lives  were  lovely,  and  'twas  meet 

That  death  should  join  their  names; 
The  eagle's  swiftness  graced  their  feet, 

The  lion's  strength  their  frames. 

Weep,  maids  of  Israel,  weep  for  Saul, 

Your  splendid  robes  who  won  ; 
And  mourn  your  king's,  your  father's  fall, 

Who  put  your  jewels  on; 
How,  midst  the  battle's  carnage  red. 

Are  all  the  mighty  slain! 
O  Jonathan !  thy  blood  was  shed 

Where  once  thou  thought'st  to  reign! 

My  Jonathan,  my  brother,  sore 

Am  I  distressed  for  thee! 
Than  love  of  youthful  maiden  more 

Has  been  thy  love  to  me. 
How  are  thy  mighty  fallen  low 

On  slaughter's  crimsoned  field ! 
While  Israel  mourns  her  broken  bow, 

Her  broken  spear  and  shield. 

Dr.  Huie. 

3975.  SAUL  AND  JONATHAN,  Lament  for. 

In  the  high  ])laces  of  thy  land 

Is  Israel's  beauty  slain, 
Unstrung  the  bow,  unnerved  the  hand, 

The  spear  and  shield  are  vain; 
Low  as  the  dust,  cold  as  the  stone, 
How  are  the  mighty  overthrown ! 

Publish  it  not  in  Ashkelon, 

Oh  !  tell  it  not  in  Gath, 
How  there  each  high  and  mighty  one 

Was  scattered  in  Heaven's  wrath; 
Lest  over  us,  with  harp  and  voice. 
The  daughters  of  the  foe  rejoice  ! 

Hills  of  Gilboa !  you  no  more 

May  -dews  and  rains  make  gay. 
For  there  the  shield  the  mighty  bore 

Was  vilely  castaway; 
The  shield  of  Saul,  the  crowned,  the  famed, 
Like  his,  the  slave  who  died  unnamed ! 

Once  from  the  battle's  bloody  van. 

And  from  the  mighty  slain, 
Thy  sounding  bow,  O  Jonathan, 

Returned  not  back  in  vain ; 
On  hill  and  plain  the  sword  of  Saul 
Streamed  with  the  richest  blood  of  all. 

Pleasant  and  beautiful  in  life 

Were  they,  and  side  by  side 
Death  on  the  narrow  field  of  strife 

Their  hearts  did  not  divide ; 


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S^XJL. 


SAVIOUR. 


Swifter  than  eagles  seek  the  prey, 
And  stronger  than  the  lions  they. 

Weep,    daughters!    weep    for    Saul,   whose 
Decked  you  with  spoils  from  far !  [throne 

How  are  the  mighty  overthrown 
Amid  the  shock  of  war ! 

For  thee  my  sorrows  most  o'erflow, 

O  Jonathan  I  my  brother  thou ! 

For  very  pleasant  hast  thou  been 

To  me ;  and  far  above 
Measure  and  bound  thy  love  was  seen, 

And  more  than  woman's  love. 
How  are  the  arms  of  battle  strown  ! 
How  are  the  mighty  overthrown  ! 

H.  W.  J. 

3976.    SAUL    AND    JONATHAN,  Lament    of 
David  over, 
1  Samuel  i  :  17-27. 

Thy  beauty,  Israel,  is  fled, 

Sunk  to  the  dead ; 
How  are  the  valiant  fallen !  the  slain 

Thy  mountains  stain. 
Oh !  let  it  not  in  Gath  be  known. 
Nor  in  the  streets  of  Ashkelon. 

Lest  that  sad  story  should  excite 

Their  dire  delight  1 
Lest  in  the  torrent  of  our  woe 

Their  pleasure  flow  •, 
Lest  their  triumphant  daughters  ring 
Their  cymbals,  and  their  paeans  sing. 

Yon  hills  of  Gilboa  !  never  may 

You  offerings  pay ; 
No  morning  dew,  nor  fruitful  showers, 

Clothe  you  with  flowers : 
Saul  and  his  arms  there  made  a  spoil, 
As  if  untouched  with  sacred  oil. 

The  bow  of  noble  Jonathan 

Great  battles  won ; 
His  arrows  on  the  naighty  fed, 

With  slaughter  red. 
Saul  never  raised  his  arm  in  vain. 
His  sword  still  glutted  with  the  slain. 

How  lovely !  oh,  how  pleasant !  when 

They  lived  with  men ! 
Than  eagles  swifter,  stronger  far 

Than  lions  are; 
Whom  love  in  life  so  strongly  tied, 
The  stroke  of  death  could  not  divide. 

Sad  Israel's  daughters,  weep  for  Saul ; 

Lament  his  fall, 
Who  fed  you  with  the  earth's  increase, 

And  crowned  with  peace ; 
With  robes  of  Tyrian  purple  decked, 
And  gems  which  sparkling  light  reflect. 

How  are  thy  worthies  by  the  sword 

Of  war  devoured ! 
O  Jonathan !  the  better  part 

Of  my  torn  heart  1 


The  savage  rocks  have  drunk  thy  blood: 
My  brother!  oh,  how  kind!  how  good! 

Thy  love  was  great ;  oh,  never  more 

To  man  man  bore  ! 
No  woman  when  most  passionate 

Loved  at  that  rate  ! 
How  are  the  mighty  fallen  in  fight ! 
They  and  their  glory  set  in  night ! 

George  Sandys. 

3977.  SAVED,  Abel  the  First. 

Righteous  Abel !  first  to  tread 
The  dark  valley  to  the  dead ; 
First  to  pass  the  mystic  gate. 
By  a  brother's  vengeful  hate ; 
First  of  martyrs,  first  of  souls 
Crossing  o'er  the  untried  shoals 
Where  life's  sea  eternal  rolls. 

First  of  all  the  sons  of  earth 
Welcomed  to  a  heavenly  birth; 
First  of  mortals  to  behold 
Jasper  walls  and  streets  of  gold; 
First  of  all  the  mighty  throng 
That  to  Christ  the  Lord  belong, 
First  to  sing  redemption's  song. 

Through  the  gateway  as  he  trod. 
Safe  within  the  realm  of  God, 
O'er  him  heaven's  all-glorious  skies, 
Round  him  angels'  eager  eyes. 
Wondering  whence  this  stranger  fair, 
Whence  the  robe  they  saw  him  wear, 
Brighter  both  than  any  there. 

Wondering  still,  they  list  the  strain 
Abel  sings  and  sings  again, 
Sings  so  sweet,  so  strange,  so  new, 
Hosts  from  farthest  bounds  it  drew: 
Ne'er  on  all  the  heavenly  shore 
Strain  like  that  they  heard  before. 
Thrilled  to  hear  it  o'er  and  o'er. 

Ah !  redemption's  song  on  high 
Wakes  the  wonder  of  the  sky, 
Still  increasing  since  the  hour 
Abel  first  disclosed  his  power. 
Vast  the  throng  its  music  share. 
Vaster  yet  as  ages  wear, 
Countless  when  all  gathered  there. 

S.  D.  Phelpt. 

3978.  SAVIOUE,  Hymn  to  the. 

Oh!  Thou  didst  die  for  me,  thou  Son  of 
God! 

By  Thee  the   throbbing  flesh  of  man  was 
worn; 

Thy  naked  feet  the  thorns  of  sorrow  trod. 

And  tempests  beat  Thy  houseless  head  for- 
lorn. 
Thou,  that  wert  wont  to  stand 
Alone  on  God's  right  hand, 

Before  the  ages  were,  the   Eternal,  eldest 
born. 


S^VIOXJR. 


SCAPEGOA-X. 


43:j 


"Thy  birthright  in  the  world  was  pain  and 

grief, 
Thy  love's  return  ingratitude  and  hate; 
The  limbs  Thou  healedst  brought  Thee  no 

relief, 
The  eyes  Thou  openedst  calmly  viewed  Thy 
fate; 
Thou  that  wert  wont  to  dwell 
In  peace,  tongue  cannot  tell. 
No  heart  conceive  the  bliss  of  Thy  celestial 
state. 

They  dragged  Thee  to  the  Roman's  solemn 

hall, 
Where  the  proud  judge  in  purple  splendor 

sate; 
Thou  stood'st  a  meek  and  patient  criminal. 
Thy  doom  of  death  from  human  lips  to  wait; 
Whose  throne  shall  be  the  world 
In  final  ruin  hurled. 
With  all  mankind  to  hear  their  everlasting 
fate. 

Thou  wert  alone  in  that  fierce  multitude, 
When  "  Crucify  Him !"   yelled  the   general 

shout; 
No  hand  to  guard  Thee  'mid  those  insults 

rude, 
Nor  lips  to  bless  Thee  in  that  frantic  rout; 
Whose  lightest  whispered  word 
The  Serapliim  had  heard, 
And  adamantine  arms  from  all  the  heavens 

broke  out. 

They  bound  Thy  temples  with  the  twisted 
thorn. 

Thy  bruised  feet  went  languid  on  with  pain ; 

The  blood  from  all  Thy  flesh  with  scourges 
torn. 

Deepened  Thy  robe  of   mockery's  crimson 
grain ; 
Whose  native  vesture  bright 
Was  the  unapproached  light. 

The  sandal  of  whose  feet  the  rapid  hurri- 
cane. 

They  smote  Thy  cheek  with  many  a  ruth- 
less palm, 

With  the  cold  spear  Thy  shuddering  side 
they  pierced; 

The  draught  of  bitterest  gall  was   all  the 
balm 

They  gave  t'  enhance  Thy  unslaked,  burn- 
ing thirst; 
Thou,  at  whose  words  of  peace 
Did  pain  and  anguish  cease. 

And  the  long-buried  dead  their  bonds   of 
slumber  burst. 

Lowbowpd  Thy  head  convulsed,  and  drooped 

in  death. 
Thy  voice  sent  forth  a  sad  and  wailing  cry ; 
Slow  struggled  from  Thy  breast  the  parting 

breath, 
And  every  limb  was  wrung  with  agony. 


Thai  head,  whose  veilless  blaze 
Filled  angels  with  amaze, 
When  at  that  voice  sprang  forth  the  rolling 
suns  on  high. 

And  Thou  wert  laid  within  the  narrow  tomb, 
Thy  clay-cold  limbs  with  shrouding  grave- 
clothes  bound; 
The  sealed  stone  confirmed  Thy  mortal  doom, 
Lone  watchmen  walked  Thy  desert  burial- 
ground. 
Whom  heaven  could  not  contain, 
Nor  th'  immeasurable  plain 
Of  vast  infinity  enclose  our  circle  round. 

For  us,  for  us.  Thou  didst  endure  the  pain, 
And  Thy  meek  spirit  bowed  itself  to  shame, 
To  wash  our  souls  from  sin's  infecting  stain, 
T'   avert   the   Father's  wrathful  vengeance 
flame; 
Thou,  that  couldst  nothing  win 
By  saving  worlds  from  sin. 
Nor  aught  of  glory  add  to  Thy  all-glorious 
name.  H.  H.  Milman. 

3979.  SCAPEGOAT,  The. 
Leviticus  xvl. 

Away  to  the  desert,  thou  doomed  of  God! 
Away  to  a  land  in  its  terrors  untrod ! 
Speed  on  in  the  might  of  thine  agony  sore. 
For  thou  bear'st  what  no  creature  of  earth 
ever  bore. 

Away !  for  the  crimes  of  a  nation  are  shed 
In  their  blackness  of  darkness,  at  once  on 

thy  head ; 
And  the  bolts  of  God's  vengeance  pursue  thee 

to  smite 
The  sins  of  a  host  in  thy  wilderness  flight. 

Away!  for  thy  heart  is  enlarged  to  know 
The  idolater's  fear  and  the  murderer's  woe ; 
And  thy  nature  is  strengthened,  concentred 

to  bear 
All  the  pangs  of  the  lost  in  their  haunting 

despair. 

Methinks  at  thy  coming  the  desert  grows 

dark. 
Thy  hoofs  sear  the  sward  like  the  lightning 

spark ; 
And  the  fountain, that  gushed  in  its  freshness 

so  free, 
Shrinks  back  from  the  lips  of  a  victim  like 

thee. 

Speed  on !  thou  art  safe  from  man's  arrows 

of  pride; 
From  thee  shall  the  hunter  turn  wildly  aside ; 
And  the  chasers  alone  to  thy  wilderness  bed, 
Be  the  purple  Simoom,  or  the  sand-column 

red. 

But  no!  lovely  creature,  a  gentler  fate 
May  yet  ou  the  track  of  thy  sorrows  await; 


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SEA. 


SEAL. 


And  He  who  has  wrapped  thee  in  terrors  and 

wrath 
With  His  goodness,  ere  long,  may  revisit  thy 

path. 

From  thy  heart  shall  the  gloom  of  man's  sin- 
fulness flee, 

And  the  rocks  of  the  wild  goats  thy  dwelling- 
place  be, 

And  the  richdropping  fruits  of  the  wilder- 
ness vine, 

And  the  date  and  the  fig  be  thy  fellows  and 
thine. 

For  oh !  thou  frail  creature  of  aspect  forlorn, 

A  glorious  charge  has  thy  feebleness  borne ! 

Thou  hast  suffered  and  sighed  in  that  con- 
test of  woe 

That  the  Son  of  the  Highest  shall  tremble  to 
know. 

'Tis  past!  in  far  ages  this  symbol  was  shown, 
Of  Him  who  should  trample  the  wine-press 

alone; 
'Tis  past !    in  far   ages   the   Promised   was 

slain — 
Alas  for  the  soul  that  has  heard  it  in  vain ! 
Willia7)i  Ilowitt. 


3980.  SEA,  Ships  at. 

God  hath  so  many  ships  upon  the  sea  ! 
His  are  the  merchantmen  that  carry  treasure. 
The  men-of-war,  all  bannered  gallantly. 
The  little  fisher-boats  and  barks  of  pleasure; 
On  all  this  sea  of  time  there  is  not  one 
That  sailed  without  the  glorious  name  there- 
on. 
The  winds  go  up  and  down  upon  the  sea. 
And    some    they   lightly   clasp,    entreating 

kindly. 
And  waft  them  to  the  jDort  where  they  would 

be; 
And  other  ships  they  buffet,  long  and  blindly. 
The  cloud  comes  down  on  the  great  sinking 

deep. 
And  on  the  shore  the  watchers  stand  and 
weep. 

And  God  hath  many  wrecks  within  the  sea ; 
Oh,  it  is  deep !     I  look  in  fear  and  wonder ; 
The  wisdom  throned  above  is  dark  to  me, 
Yet  it  is  sweet  to  think  His  care  is  under; 
That  yet  the  sunken  treasure  may  be  drawn 
Into  His  storehouse  when  the  sea  is  gone. 

So  I  that  sail  in  peril  on  the  sea. 

With  my  beloved,  whom  yet  the  waves  may 

cover. 
Say:  "God  hath  more  than  angel's  care  for 

me, 
And  larger  share  than  I  in  friend  and  lover." 
Why  weep  ye  so,  ye  watchers  on  the  land? 
This  deep  is  but  the  hollow  of  His  hand. 

Carl  Spencer. 


3981.  SEA,  Wamng  on  the. 

Mark  vi :  45-50. 

Hath  the  Master  bidden 

Thee  the  deep  to  try, 
Though  o'ercast  and  hidden 

Lowers  the  evening  sky? 
Venture  forth  obeying, 
On  the  mountain  praying, 
Jesus  signals,  saying; 

Fear  not,  it  is  I. 

Does  the  tempest,  raging 
Round  thee  fierce  and  high, 

Ruin  seem  presaging? 
Courage,  help  is  nigh ! 

On  the  billows  nearing, 

Lo !  thy  Lord,  appearing, 

Speaks  in  accents  cheering: 
Fear  not,  it  is  I. 

Does  He,  on  the  surges. 

Seem  as  passing  by? 
Silent  thus  He  urges 

Thee  for  aid  to  cry; 
Let  not  awe  oppress  thee, 
Lo !  He  comes  to  bless  thee, 
Hear  Him  now  address  thee : 

Fear  not,  it  is  I. 

'Mid  the  darkness  dreary, 

Forced  the  oar  to  ply, 
Dost  thou,  worn  and  weary, 

Often  heave  a  sigh? 
Jesus  hears  thy  sighing, 
He,  thy  need  supplying, 
Answers  to  thy  crying: 

Fear  not,  it  is  I. 

Does  thy  pathway  only, 

To  thy  longing  eye, 
Strewn  with  thorns  and  lonely 

On  before  thee  lie? 
Lo !  unseen  to  guide  thee, 
Jesus  walks  beside  thee ; 
Hear  Him  gently  chide  thee : 

Fear  not,  it  is  I. 

What  though,  reft  and  cheerless. 

All  thy  comforts  fly ; 
Trust  thy  Lord  and,  fearless, 

Dread  and  doubt  defy; 
Onward  press  enduring; 
Strength  from  Him  securing. 
Who  still  speaks  assuring: 

Fear  not,  it  is  I. 

Oliver  Crane. 

3982.  SEAL,  The  Sixth. 

Revelations  vi  :  12. 

The  hour  is  come !     The  mighty  sun 

Darts  downward,  like  a  blood-red  shield. 

Earth,  has  thy  final  day  begun? 
Earth,  has  thy  solid  centre  reeled? 

Why  bursts  the  ocean  on  its  shore? 

Howls  tempest,  tenfold  thunders  roar! 


SE^Xi. 


SEIsTlSr^ClIERIB. 


441 


Like  foam  along  the  surges  borne ; 

Like  leaves,  when  gusts  of  autumn  rise; 
From  heaven's  eternal  vine  are  torn 

The  stars,  the  clusters  of  the  skies. 
The  moon,  like  barks  by  tempests  driven, 
Wanders     her    wild,    blind     way    through 
heaven. 

No  chance  has  bid  you  rush,  ye  winds ! 

No  chance  has  bid  those  thunders  roll ! 
Whose  are  those  earthquakes?  His  who  binds 

The  fetter  on  the  struggling  soul. 
Ye  lightnings !  yours  is  not  the  blaze ; 
A.  mightier  withers,  smites,  and  slays  ! 

The  thunder  peals  for  overthrow ; 

The  ripening  of  a  world  of  crime. 
Thou  crimsoned  mass  of  wrong  and  woe. 

Now  comes  the  great,  consummate  time, 
When  thou  shalt  blaze  from  pole  to  pole — 
Ashes  and  dust — a  burning  scroll. 

Six  thousand  wild  and  weary  years 
By  truth  the  sackcloth  has  been  worn; 

The  prize  of  virtue  chains  and  tears, 
And  faith  a  stain,  and  zeal  a  scorn ! 

And  gold  and  gems  have  paid  the  blow 

That  laid  their  glorious  beauty  low. 

Earth's  scourges,  Heaven's  avenging  ire — 
War,  famine,  pestilence,  the  chain. 

All  fruitless ;  scorned  the  prophet's  tire. 
The  dungeon,  nay,  the  grave,  in  vain ! 

The  sole  inheritance  of  time, 

The  hardened  heart,  the  deeper  crime. 

Still,  man  makes  fellow-man  a  slave ; 

Still  raves  the  livid  infidel ; 
Still  burthens  earth  that  more  than  grave, 

Dungeon  of  soul,  the  convent  cell; 
Still  idols  are  the  gods  of  Rome. 
But  vengeance  wakes !  the  hour  is  come ! 

Who  rides  upon  the  whirlwind ! 

Who  rushes,  slaying  and  to  slay ! 
His  angels,  Woe  and  Death,  behind. 

Calling  the  vultures  to  their  prey  I 
I  hear  the  desert  lion  roar, 
Snuffing  afar  the  feast  of  gore ! 

Whose  lifted  sceptre  smites  earth's  thrones; 

Whose  glance  eclipses  star  and  sun? 
God!  shall  we  worship  "stocks  and  stones"? 

Come  in  Thy  might!  "Thy  will  be  done!" 
And  standing  upon  tea  and  shore. 
Proclaim  that  "  Time  shall  be  no  more." 

Ye  men  of  blasphemy  and  blood, 
The  sword  is  out,  your  reign  is  o'er; 

Fierce  caterers  of  the  vulture's  food. 

Ye  now  shall  gorge  them  with  your  gore. 

Pay  pang  for  pang,  and  groan  for  groan; 

Tortures  that  tear,  but  not  atone ! 

And  ye,  the  most  undone  of  all, 

Who  dragged  the  martyr  to  the  pyre ! 

Call  to  the  depths  of  ocean — call. 

To  quench  within  your  breasts  the  fire. 


Worse  than  the  earthquake  or  the  storm — 
The  sting  of  soul,  th'  undying  worm ! 

Aye,  now  ye  know  what  'tis  to  die ! 

Howl  to  the  mountains  and  the  caves; 
Aye,  fix  on  Heaven  the  frenzied  eye; 

Plunge  terror-stricken  in  your  graves! 
Ye  doomed !  the  time  is  past  for  prayer; 
Your  heart  has  but  one  word — despair! 

Wail  to  the  skies,  thou  guilty  globe ! 

Wail,  all  thy  warriors,  all  thy  kings! 
When  ruin  wraps  thee  like  a  robe. 

When  flame  from  all  thy  mountains  springs, 
And  ocean  feels  its  burning  breath, 
All  death — an  universe  of  death ! 

George  Croly. 

3983.  SENNACHERIB,  Destruction  of. 

3  Kings  xix  :  35. 

The  angel  of  death  o'er  the  armed  hosts  is 

flying. 
The  fire  from  his  wing  their  heart's-blood  is 

drying; 
From  the  slumber  of  life  into  death  they  have 

passed. 
And  his  is  the  march  like  a  rustling  blast, 
Their  prowess  and  strength  defying. 

Swifter  far  than  the  flash  'mid  the  tempest's 

roar 
He  delivered  the  terrible  message  he  bore ; 
And  myriads  lay  breathless  and  rotting  ere 

day 
Lit  the  stranger  to  mark  the  Assyrian  array, 
Like  grass  upon  Galilee's  shore. 

There  is  silence  of  horror  all  over  the  plain; 
There  are  few  that  arise  from  that  couch  of 

the  slain ; 
And  they  wander  in  fear  'mid  the  festering 

dead, 
And  they  shout,  but  no  comrade  lifts  up  his 

head ; 
They  shout,  and  they  shout  in  vain. 

There  the  steed  and  his  rider,  the  chief  of 

the  sword, 
Are  melted  away  by  the  breath  of  the  Lord ; 
And  the  purple  Sennacherib  is  wailing  his 

power. 
For  whose  bosom  of  pride,  in  prosperity's 

hour, 
The  wine-cup  of  wrath  is  poured. 

There  are  none  that  the  burial  rites  prepare 
For  the  thousands  that  cover  the  green  earth 

there ; 
The  living  are  fled  to  their  far  country, 
The  unsepulchred  dead  are  the  vultures'  prey. 
And  wolves  the  carnival  share. 

3984.  SENNACHERIB  IN  HADES. 

Isaiah  xiv  :  9-13. 

Hell  from  beneath  is  moved  to  meet  thee 
At  thy  coming,  mighty  monarch! 
Sleeping  dead  for  thee  it  stirreth: 


442 


SH^DR^CH. 


SHELVES. 


All  the  chief  ones  of  the  nations. 

All  they  speak,  and  say  unto  theey 

Art  thou  also  weak  as  we  are? 

Art  thou  like  to  one  among  us? 

All  thy  pomp  is  brought  to  nothing, 

And  the  music  of  thy  viols; 

Noisome  worms,  spread  underneath  thee, 

Give  the  lie  to  all  thy  glory. 

Lucifer!  how  art  thou  fallen 

To  the  ground,  thou  son  of  morning ! 

How  the  nations  didst  thou  weaken ! 

For  within  thine  heart  thou  boastedst, 

"I  will  climb  to  lofty  heaven. 

Above  the  stars  of  God  exalted 

O'er  the  height  of  clouds  ascending, 

And  be  equal  with  the  Highest !" 

Yet  thou  shalt  be  brought  to  Hades, 

Down  to  dwell  in  pit  of  darkness; 

They  that  see  thee  sliall  look  on  thee. 

And  shall  say  as  they  consider: 

"  Is  this  he  who  made  earth  tremble? 

Is  this  he  who  shook  the  kingdoms? 

Made  the  world  a  howling  desert, 

And  destroyed  its  mighty  cities, 

Opening  not  his  captives'  prison?" 

All  the  monarchs  of  the  nations. 

Each  one  lieth  in  his  glory. 

Each  one  claims  his  house  of  silence. 

But  like  branch  cut  off  and  worthless, 

Thou  shalt  have  no  grave  to  keep  thee; 

Like  a  carcass  trodden  under, 

Never  joined  with  them  in  burial ; 

For  thou  hast  destroyed  the  nations ! 

J.  E.  Macduff. 


3985.  SHADEACH,  MESHEOH,  ABEDNE&O. 
Daniel  iii  :  13. 

God  of  Israel's  faithful  three 

Who  braved  a  tyrant's  ire. 
Nobly  scorned  to  bow  the  knee, 

And  walk  unhurt  in  fire; 
Breathe  their  faith  into  my  breast, 

Arm  me  in  this  fiery  hour; 
Stand,  O  Sou  of  man,  confest 

In  all  Thy  saving  power  ! 

Lo !  on  dangers,  deaths,  and  snares 

I  every  moment  tread, 
Hell  without  a  veil  appears, 

And  flames  around  my  head : 
Sin  increases  more  and  more ; 

Sin  in  all  its  strength  returns ; 
Seven  times  hotter  than  before, 

The  fiery  furnace  burns. 

But  while  Thou,  my  Lord,  art  nigh, 

My  soul  disdains  to  fear; 
Sin  and  Satan  1  defy. 

Still  impotently  near; 
Earth  and  hell  their  wars  may  wage; 

Calm  I  mark  their  vain  design, 
Smile  to  see  them  idly  rage 

Against  a  child  of  Thine. 

/.  and  C.  Wet 


3986.  SHAEON,  The  Eose  ot 

There  was  a  vale  where  roses  bloomed, 
And  all  the  live-long  year  perfumed; 
And  they  were  roses  passing  fair, 
Most  meet  for  beauty's  brow  to  wear; 
So  sweet,  that  not  a  nightingale 
But  loved  amid  those  flowers  to  wail; 
And  all  confessed  such  heavenly  dyes 
Could  only  bloom  in  paradise : 
O  canst  thou  tell  within  that  vale 
Why  roses  scent  no  more  the  gale. 

For  sunbeams  there  are  still  most  bright, 
And  softest  dews  of  heaven  delight; 
And  hoary  Carmel's  rugged  crown 
Still  rolls  its  genial  currents  down; 
And  teeming  round  its  fertile  soil, 
Implores  the  busy  hand  of  toil. 
While  generous  nature  yearns  to  bless 
Each  thoughtful  care  with  large  success : 
Then,  tell  me,  why  within  that  vale 
Those  roses  scent  no  more  the  gale? 

O  Sharon !  spot  so  famed  of  yore, 
Are  all  thy  vaunted  charms  no  more? 
And  must  our  footsteps  only  press 
Through  a  wide  howling  wilderness? 
Alas !  thy  very  eciioes  lone 
Seem  now  to  sigh  in  piteous  tone 
As  if  they  grieved  a  stranger's  eye 
Should  e'er  such  shame  and  woe  descry: 
Then,  tell  me,  why  within  thy  vale 
Blooms  there  no  rose  to  scent  the  gale. 

Sharon  !  shall  flowers  no  more  again 
Spring  from  thy  ancient  fruitful  plain? 
And  must  yon  glittering  sun  illume 
Naught  but  a  drear  and  voiceless  tomb? 
No,  brighter  hours  are  yet  in  store. 
When  sin's  dark  reign  of  grief  is  o'er:     ' 
Oh,  then  shall  shine  such  glorious  hues 
As  ne'er  was  kissed  by  Israel's  dews. 
And  roses  deck  thy  happy  vale 
As  never  bowed  to  mortal  gale. 

E.  D.  Jackson. 

3987.  SHEAVES,  Ungarnered. 

Almost  ripe  was  the  harvest, 

With  its  wealth  of  waving  grain; 
And  I  looked  for  tlie  reapers  busy. 

Scattered  up  and  down  the  plain. 
Oh !  I  watched  till  the  fields  were  whitened, 

But  no  one  came  to  glean ; 
And  I  saw  how  the  reajjers,  listless, 

Just  leaned  on  their  sickles  keen. 

And  I  called :   "  O  reapers,  hasten. 

There's  a  chill  breath  over  the  plain; 
Ye  must  gather  the  harvest  quickly, 

And  bind  up  the  ripened  grain  !" 
But  the  reapers  made  answer :  "  We're  ready 

To  join  in  the  harvest  home ; 
And  we  wait  with  our  sickles,  sharpened, 

Till  the  Master-reaper  come. " 


SHEBA. 


SHEPHKRID. 


443 


Oh !  where  was  the  Master-reaper, 

That  He  tarried  when  fields  grew  ripe? 
And  why  were  the  reapers  all  listless 

When  their  sickles  were  glancing  so  bright? 
From  places  made  fragrant  with  blossoms, 

All  over  the  fruit-strewn  lands, 
They  were  bringing  the  choicest  of  treasures 

For  the  Master-reaper's  hands. 

Then  I  cried :  "  O  Master- reaper, 

They  are  standing  all  idle  here, 
Though  the  fields  are  ready  for  reaping, 

And  the  shadows  of  night  are  near! 
Oh !  truly  great  is  the  harvest, 

There's  enough  for  each  one  to  do; 
The  sickles  are  sharpened  for  labor, 

And  the  reapers  are  waiting  for  you !" 

But  He  only  called  to  them  gayly : 

"  Go,  reapers,  all  over  the  plain, 
And  sing  the  glad  song  of  the  harvest 

As  ye  gather  the  rich,  ripe  grain!" 
But  never  a  sweep  of  a  sickle 

Broke  the  stillness  that  grew  forlorn — 
Oh,  I  knew  there  would  be  no  reaping 

When  He  came  not  to  beckon  them  on ! 

And  now,  when  the  Lord  of  the  harvest 

Is  calling  all  over  His  lands, 
When  the  laborers,  eager  and  joyous, 

Are  hastening  with  well-filled  hands;  ' 
I  know  as  they  pass  before  Him, 

How  he  looks  on  His  own,  and  grieves 
For  the  wasted  fields — for  the  many 

Who  are  bringing  no  garnered  sheaves. 
Victoria  A.  Smith. 

3988.  SHEBA,  Queen  of. 

1  Kings  X  :  1-9. 

From  Sheba  a  distant  report, 

Of  Solomon's  glory  and  fame, 
Invited  the  queen  to  his  court. 

But  all  was  outdone  when  she  came; 
She  cried,  with  a  pleasing  surprise. 

When  first  she  before  him  appeared, 
"  How  much  what  I  see  with  my  eyes 

Surpasses  the  rumor  I  heard !" 

When  once  to  Jerusalem  come, 

The  treasure  and  train  she  had  brought, 
The  wealth  she  possessed  at  home. 

No  longer  had  place  in  her  thought; 
His  house,  his  attendants,  his  throne, 

All  struck  her  with  wonder  and  awe ; 
The  glory  of  Solomon  shone 

In  every  object  she  saw. 

But  Solomon  most  she  admired, 

Whose  spirit  conducted  the  whole ; 
His  wisdom,  which  God  had  inspired, 

His  bounty  and  greatness  of  soul; 
Of  all  the  hard  questions  she  put, 

A  ready  solution  he  showed ; 
Exceeded  her  wish  and  her  suit. 

And  more  than  she  asked  him  bestowed. 


Thus  I,  when  the  gospel  proclaimed 

The  Saviour's  great  name  in  my  ears, 
The  wisdom  for  which  He  is  famed. 

The  love  which  to  sinners  He  bears; 
I  longed,  and  I  was  not  denied. 

That  I  in  His  presence  might  bow; 
I  saw,  and  transported  I  cried, 

"A  greater  than  Solomon  Thou!" 

My  conscience  no  comfort  could  find. 

By  doubt  and  hard  questions  opposed ; 
But  He  restored  peace  to  my  mind, 

And  answered  each  doubt  I  proposed. 
Beholding  me  poor  and  distressed. 

His  bounty  supplied  all  my  wants; 
My  pray'r  could  have  never  expressed 

So  much  as  this  Solomon  grants. 

I  heard,  and  was  slow  to  believe, 

But  now  with  my  eyes  I  behold 
Much  more  than  my  heart  could  conceive, 

Or  language  could  ever  have  told: 
How  happy  Thy  servants  must  be, 

Who  always  before  Thee  appear! 
Vouchsafe,  Lord,  this  blessing  to  me, 

I  find  it  is  good  to  be  here. 

John  Newton, 

3989.  SHEPHERD,  Gooc'. 
John  X  :  14. 

The  snow  was  drifting  o'er  the  hills, 

Fierce  was  the  wind  and  loud. 
While  the  Good  Shepherd  forward  pressed, 

His  head  in  sorrow  bowed ; 
"  O  Shepherd,  rest,  nor  farther  go; 

The  tempest  hath  begun." 
"I  cannot  stay,  I  must  away 

To  seek  My  little  one !" 

A  thorn-wreath  bound  the  gentle  brow 

That  beamed  with  pity  sweet, 
And  marks  of  wounds  were  in  His  hands, 

And  scars  upon  His  feet. 
Again  I  said  :   "  O  Shepherd,  rest; 

The  tempest  hath  begun." 
He  murmured  :   ' '  Nay,  I  must  away 

To  seek  My  little  one !" 

"  I  saw  Thy  flock  at  peace  within 
Thine  old  well-guarded  fold; 

0  Shepherd,  pause,  for  wild  the  gale 
That  rages  o'er  the  world !" 

"No;  one  poor  lamb  hath  gone  astray, 
And  soon  may  be  undone ; 

1  cannot  stay,  I  must  away 
To  seek  My  little  one !" 

"  But,  since  Thy  flock  are  all  secure, 

Why  to  the  height  repair? 
If  thou  hast  ninety-nine  at  home, 

Why  for  a  truant  care?" 
"Dearer  to  Me  than  all  the  rest 

Is  that  poor  struggling  son  I 
I  cannot  stay,  I  must  away 

To  seek  My  little  one !" 


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siiEi>ii:ERr>. 


SHXJN-J^MilTE. 


"Good  Shepherd,  tell  me,  if  his  need 

Should  bring  the  wanderer  home, 
Wilt  Thou  not  punish  him  with  stripes, 

Lest  he  again  should  roam?" 
"No;  I  would  clasp  him  to  My  heart, 

As  mother  clasps  her  son ; 
I  cannot  stay,  I  must  away 

To  seek  My  little  one !" 

Even  so,  I  thought,  our  gracious  Lord 

Hath  in  His  heart  divine 
A  wealth  of  love  for  all  His  saints — 

For  all  the  ninety-nine ! 
But  most  He  loves  and  most  He  seeks 

The  soul  by  sin  undone; 
And  still  He  sighs:   "I  must  away 

To  seek  My  little  one !"         W.  H.  D.  A. 

3990.  SHEPHERD,  Voice  of  the, 

' '  Come  unto  Me, "  with  loving  voice  at  morn 

I  heard  the  Shepherd  call; 
But  narrow  seemed  the  fold,  and  fair  the  fields 

Beyond  the  frowning  wall. 

Again,  at  midday,  came  the  gentle  voice, 

But  far  my  feet  had  strayed, 
And,  weary  with  the  heat,  I  only  longed 

To  find  the  forest  shade. 

Once  more  it  came,  but  cool  the  shadows  lay 

Across  the  glassy  wold. 
And  resting  tliere,  content  with  present  ease, 

I  scorned  the  sheltering  fold. 

Soon  fell  the  night,  with  neither  silver  star 

Nor  song  of  happy  bird, 
And  through  the  gloom  no  nriore,  with  plead- 
ings sweet. 

The  Shepherd's  voice  I  heard. 

Affrighted  then,  I  turned,  and  blindly  sought 

To  cross  the  pathless  lea. 
Till  faint  with  fear,  in  sorest  need,  I  cried : 

"O  Shepherd,  come  to  me!" 

No  answering  voice  the  sullen  silence  cleft, 

But,  lo !  beside  me  stood 
One  who,  with  sorrowing  brow,  had  followed 
close, 

Unseen  through  wold  and  wood. 

Then  all  the  night  grew  light,  and  soft  and 
The  stars  shone  overhead,  [sweet 

While  homeward  by  the  Shepherd's  tender 
The  wandering  sheep  was  led.  [hand 

Mary  B.  Sleight. 

3991.  SHUNAMITE,  The. 

2  Kings  iv  :  18-34. 

I  dwell  among  mine  own,  and  I  am  blest. 
My  husband, household, dear  familiar  friends ; 
I  dwell  among  my  people,  and  at  rest. 
Thankful  to  God  for  all  His  goodness  sends; 
I  have  enough,  nay,  more, "  she  meekly  cried ; 
**I  dwell  among  mine  own,  and  I  am  satis- 
fied." 


Was  there  no  boon  a  monarch  could  bestow, 
Naught   that  a  prophet  might  demand  on 

earth. 
Nothing  to  cause  that  cup  to  overflow, 
So  filled  with  brimming  blessings  from  her 

birth? 
"I  dwell  among  mine  own,"  she  only  said, 
"  In  this  my  happy  home,  and  need  no  hu- 
man aid." 

Riches  were  hers,  but  she  was  blessed  with 

more 
Than  those  in  earthly  treasure  affluent; 
Of  garners  teeming  with  their  ripened  store, 
A  sweet  and  graceful  spirit  of  content. 
This  was  the  great  inheritance  which  Heaven 
To  the  rich  Shunamite  had  largely  given. 

One  blessing  long  desired,  but  still  denied, 
Was  wanting  to  that  house  of  peace  and  joy : 
She  had  no  son.   The  blessing  was  supplied; 
The  mother  smiled  upon  her  infant  boy. 
But  He  whose  love  the  long-sought  blessing 

sent, 
Now  taught  a  higher  lesson  than  content. 

The  blessing  was  recalled.     The  shades  of 

death 
Closed  the  fair  eyelids  of  the  lovely  child. 
The  mother  felt  that  with  his  parting  breath 
Earth  of  its  sweetest  blossom  was  despoiled ; 
But  checked  the  strong  temptation  to  rebel, 
And  said,  in  meek  submission,  "  It  is  well !" 

O  hard,  sweet  lesson!  taught,  my  God,  by 

Thee, 
Deeply  to  suffer,  and  bieathe  no  complaint, 
In  resignation  to  Thy  wise  decree, 
With  the  true  wisdom  of  this  gentle  saint. 
How  blest  the  lot  when  in  one  heart  unite 
Faith  and  content,  as  in  the  Shunamite ! 

And  I  am  blest,  though  poor;  I  also  dwell, 
All  loving,  loved  by  all,  "among  mine  own;" 
And  I  have  learned  to  answer,  "  It  is  well," 
Under  the  deepest  sorrow  I  have  known. 
Blest  with  true  riches,  in  content  of  mind. 
And  the  best  happiness,  a  will  resigned. 
a  B.  Taylor. 

3992.  SHUNAMITE,  The. 

It  was  a  sultry  day  of  summer-time. 

The  sun  poured  down  upon  the  ripened  grain 

With    quivering  heat,  and  the    suspended 

leaves 
Hung  motionless.     The  cattle  on  the  hills 
Stood  still,  and  the  divided  fiock  were  all 
Laying  their  nostrils  to  the  cool  roots. 
And  the  sky  looked  like  silver,  and  it  seemed 
As  if  the  air  had  fainted,  and  the  pulse 
Of  nature  had  run  down,  and  ceased  to  beat. 

"Haste  thee,  my  child!"  the  Syrian  mother 

said ; 
' '  Thy  father  is  athirst ;"  and,  from  the  depths 
Of  the  cool  well  under  the  leaning  tree, 
She  drew  refreshing  water,  and  with  thoughts 


si£XJ]sr^]yiiTE. 


sia-HT. 


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Of  God's  sweet  goodness  stirring  at  her  heart, 
She  blessed  )ier  beautiful  boy,  and  to  his  way 
Committed  liim.    And  he  went  lightly  on, 
With  his  soft  hands  pressed  closely  to  the 

cool 
Stone  vessel,  and  his  little  naked  feet 
Lifted  with  watchful  care ;  and  o'er  the  hills, 
And  through  the  light-gi-een  hollows  where 

the  lambs 
Go  for  the  tender  grass,  he  kept  his  way, 
Wiling  its  distance  with  his  simple  thoughts. 
Till,  in  the  wilderness  of  sheaves,  with  brows 
Throbbing  with  heat, he  set  his  burden  down. 

Childhood  is  restless  ever,  and  the  boy 
Stayed  not  within  the  shadow  of  the  tree, 
But  with  a  joyous  industry  went  forth 
Into  the  reapers'  places,  and  bound  up 
His  tiny  sheaves,  and  plaited  cunningly    . 
The  pliant  withs  out  of  the  shining  straw, 
Cheering  their  labor  on,  till  they  forgot 
The  heat  and  weariness  of  their  stooping  toil 
la  the  beguiling  of  his  playful  mirth. 
Presently  he  was  silent,  and  his  eye 
Closed  as  with  dizzy  pain,  and  with  his  hand 
Pressed  hard  upon  his  forehead, andhisbreast 
Heaving  with  the  suppression  of  a  cry. 
He  uttered  a  faint  murmur,  and  fell  back 
Upon  the  loosened  sheaf,  insensible. 
They  bore  him  to  his  mother,  and  he  lay 
Upon  her  knees  till  noon — and  then  he  died ! 
She  had  watched  every  breath,  and  kept  her 

hand 
Soft  on  his  forehead,  and  gazed  in  upon 
The  dreamy  languor  of  his  listless  eye; 
And  she  had  laid  back  all  his  sunny  curls. 
And  kissed  his  delicate  lip,  and  lifted  him 
Into  her  bosom,  till  her  heart  grew  strong — 
His  beauty  was  so  unlike  death  !     She  leaned 
Over  him  now,  that  she  might  catch  the  low 
Sweet  music  of  his  breath,  that  she  had  learned 
To  love  when  he  was  slumbering  at  her  side 
In  his  unconscious  infancy. 

"So  still! 
'Tis  a  soft  sleep!     How  beautiful  he  lies. 
With  his  fair  forehead,  and  the  rosy  veins 
Playing  so  freshly  in  his  sunny  cheek  ! 
How  could  they  say  that  he  would  die,  O 

God? 
I  could  not  lose  him.     I  have  treasured  all 
His  childhood  in  my  heart,  and  even  now. 
As  he  has  slept,  my  memory  has  been  there. 
Counting    like    treasures    all   his   winning 
His  unforgotten  sweetness :  [ways — 

"Yet  so  still! 
How  like  this  breathless  slumber  is  to  death ! 
I  could  believe  that  in  that  bosom  now 
There  were  no  pulse,  it  beats  so  languidly! 
I  cannot  see  it  stir;  but  his  red  lip! 
Death  would  not  be  so  very  beautiful! 
And  that  half  smile — would  death  have  left 

that  there? 
And  should  I  not  have  felt  that  he  would  die? 
And  have  I  not  wept  over  hira?  and  prayed 
Morning  and  night  for  him?  and  could  he 

die? 


No ;  God  will  keep  him !  He  will  be  my  pride 
Many  long  years  to  come;  and  his  fair  hair 
Will  darken  like  his  father's,  and  his  eye 
Be  of  a  deeper  blue  when  he  is  grown; 
And  he  will  be  so  tall,  and  I  shall  look 
With  such  a  pride  upon  him?     He  to  die!" 
And  the  fond  mother  lifted  his  soft  curls, 
And  smiled,  as  if  'twere  mockery  to  think 
That  such  fair  things  could  perish. 

Suddenly 
Her  hand  shrunk  from  him,  and  the  color  fled 
From  her  fixed  lip,  and  her  supporting  knees 
Were  shook  beneath  her  child.     Her  hand 

had  touched 
His  forehead,  as  she  dallied  with  his  hair. 
And  it  was  cold — like  clay !    Slow,  very  slow, 
Came  the  misgiving  that  her  child  was  dead. 
She  sat  a  moment,  and  her  eyes  were  closed 
In  a  dumb  prayer  for  strength,  and  then  she 

took 
His  little  hand  and  pressed  it  earnestly; 
And  put  her  lip  to  his;  and  looked  again 
Fearfully  on  him ;  and  then,  bending  low, 
She  Avhispered  in  his  ear:  "My  son!   my 

son !" 
And  as  the  echo  died,  and  not  a  sound 
Broke  on  the  stillness,  and  he  lay  there  still, 
Motionless  on  her  knee,  the  truth  would  come, 
And  with  a  sharp,  quick  cry,  as  if  her  heart 
Were  crushed,  she  lifted  him  and  held  him 

close 
Into  her  bosom,  with  a  mother's  thought. 
As  if  death  had  no  power  to  touch  him  there ! 


The  man  of  God  came  forth,  and  led  the  child 
Unto  his  mother,  and  went  on  his  way. 
And  he  was  there,  her  beautiful,  her  own. 
Living  and  smiling  on  her,  with  his  arms 
Folded  about  her  neck,  and  his  warm  breath 
Breathing  upon  her  lips,  and  in  her  ear 
The  music  of  his  gentle  voice  once  more! 

JV:  P.  Willis. 


3093.  SIGHT  REGAINED. 

By  the  wayside  sat  a  blind  man. 
Melancholy,  sad. 

While  the  beasts  and  birds  about  him 
Seemed  so  glad 

As  they  sported  in  the  sunlight. 

While  to  him  the  world  was  midnight- 
Sightless,  lightless. 
There  he  sat, 

Musing,  musing,  only  that. 

How  he  longed  to  know  the  daylight 

Bathing  field  and  flower, 
Gilding  cloudlets,  arching  rainbows. 

Full  of  mystic  power  ! 
See  the  forms  his  touch  revealed ! 
But,  alas!  his  eyes  were  sealed; 

Thinking,  sighing, 

Lone,  all  day 
Sat  the  blind  man  by  the  way. 


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SIGHT. 


SILO-A.iyC. 


See !  he's  startled  from  his  musings 

By  some  distant  sound, 
And  he  listens,  breathless,  bending 

To  the  ground ; 
While  a  zephyr  floating  by 
Whispers,  "Blind  man,  help  is  nigh." 

Nearer,  clearer. 

Murmurs  rare 
Mingle  strangely  in  the  air. 

Soon  a  thousand  feet  are  treading 

Past  the  very  spot 
Where  the  blind  man  has  bemoaned 

His  bitter  lot. 
Busy  voices  glide  along, 
Joy  anon  breaks  forth  in  song, 

While  one  voice 

More  rich  and  clear 
Falls  like  music  on  his  ear. 

Rising  and  erectly  standing, 

Eagerly  he  speaks. 
While  a  glow  of  fervor  kindles 

On  his  cheeks. 
"Tell  me,  tell !  what  means  this  throng? 
Why  this  joy,  these  words,  this  song?" 

Kindly,  promptly, 

Comes  reply, 
"Jesus  of  Naz'reth  passeth  by." 

As  through  clouds  tlie  sunlight  breaking 

Brightens  earth  and  sky, 
So  a  radiance  of  gladness 

From  on  high 
Seemed  to  lighten  up  liis  face. 
When  he  heard  that  mighty  grace 

Was  even  nigh, 

To  touch  his  eye. 
And  end  the  burden  of  his  sigh. 

Christ  is  near;  but  He  is  ])assing — 

And  will  not  He  see 
Him  whose  eager  looks  are  pleading? 

Will  not  He 
iPause  to  touch  and  bless  those  eyes 
With  miraculous  surprise? 

Still  on  he  moves 

Amid  the  throng; 
t'ootsteps,  voices,  glide  along. 

Soon  the  hesitating  blind  man 

Will  be  left  alone; 
Left  to  find  his  new-born  hope 

Forever  gone. 
Will  he  let  that  moment  fly? 
Will  he  not  break  forth  and  cry? 

Ah,  yes,  he  must; 

Or  soon,  too  late, 
tlopeless  blindness  is  his  fate. 

Suddenly  an  outcry  startles 

All  the  passing  throng; 
Loud  and  full  of  supplication. 

Loud  and  long: 
"Jesus!  Son  of  David!  hear 
One  who  knows  that  Thou  art  near; 


Mercy!  mercy 
Have  on  me  I 
Touch  these  eyes,  that  I  may  see  1" 

"Why  this  outcry?"  ask  the  people. 

"  Hold,  Bartimeus! 
Silence,  silence,  man !  why  need  you 

Clamor  thus?" 
But  he  did  not  cease  his  prayer, 
Louder  still  it  rent  the  air 

As  he  pleaded 

With  his  might, 
' '  Son  of  David,  give  me  sight !" 

Not  the  volume  of  his  pleading. 

Nor  the  uttered  word. 
But  the  spirit  of  entreaty 

Jesus  heard. 
For  His  onward  steps  were  stayed, 
Quick  He  called  for  him  who  prayed; 

Eager  he 

The  Lord  to  find, 
Staff  and  mantle  left  behind. 

In  the  blessed  Master's  presence 

Now  the  blind  man  stands, 
Waiting  for  the  revelations 

Of  command. 
But,  instead.  He  touched  his  eyes, 
Forth  the  wondrous  virtue  flies: 

Lo,  he  sees ! 

His  night  is  o'er! 
Bartimeus  is  blind  no  more. 

De  Los  Lull. 

3994.  SILOAM. 

Ye  who  Shiloah's  gentle  stream  despise, 
That  softly  flows  from  Zion's  holy  hill. 
Who  slight  those  living  waters  that  arise 
In  God's  own  holy  mount,  and,  calm  and  still, 
Pour  on  with  tranquil  windings  and  glad 

sound. 
Diffusing  ])eaceandsweet  refreshment  round, 
'Mid  those   green   pastures    and    luxuriant 

meads 
Where  His  thrice  happy  flock  the  heav'nly 

Shepherd  leads. 

Ye  who  desert  these  peaceful  streams,  and 

love 
The  turbid  floods  that  hoarse  and  furious  roll. 
Whose  restless  spirits  still  will  seek  to  rove 
'Mid  scenes  congenial  to  th'  unquiet  soul. 
Prepare  to  see  these  rushing  waters  swell. 
And  sweep  the  fields  where  ye  have  loved  to 

dwell ! 
Prepare  to  see  your  treasure  swept  away, 
Prepare  to  be  o'erwhelmed;  or  turn  while 

yet  you  may. 

Ye  who  despise  the  still  small  voice  of  God, 
Whose  deep,  calm  whisper  calls  you  to  return, 
Prepare  to  feel  His  dread  avenging  rod. 
Prepare  to  see  His  kindling  anger  burn  1 
Ye  who  Lcglect  the  Gospel's  voice  of  i)eace. 


SILOA.M:. 


SIJMCEON'. 


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Know  that  these  calls  of  mercy  soon  shall 

cease ; 
And  ye,  whose  trust  is  in  the  Law,  shall  hear 
The   Law's  dread  thunders  burst  on  your 

despairing  ear.         James  G.  Small. 

3995.  SILOAM,  The  Pool  of. 

Wend  o'er  the  waste  where  now  no  floweret 

springs, 
But  bloomed  of  yore  the   ' '  garden  of  the 

kings;" 
Ye  reach  an  opening  pierced  in  Ophel's  side, 
"While  high  beyond  the  huge  mosque  lifts  its 

pride — 
'Tis  cool  Siloam's  fount ;  when  palms  grew 

round. 
Here   Jewish   minstrels   woke   their  harps' 

sweet  sound, 
And  Hebrew  sages,  on  these  rocks  reclined. 
Taught  listening  crowds,  and  scattered  pearls 

of  mind; 
This  rugged  path  the  blessed  apostles  trod ; 
Beneath  yon  arch  once  stood  their  King, 

their  God; 
And  here  the  wretch  whose  eyes  were  sealed 

in  night. 
At  Mercy's  word  received  the  gift  of  sight. 
Now,  on  these  steps  worn  smooth  by  count- 
less feet, 
Young  Arab  maids  at  eve  are  wont  to  meet, 
Their  fair  heads  bearing  pitchers,  and  their 

handa 
"Wreathing  the  well's  dark  sides  with  flowery 

bands. 
Thou  blessed  fount!  whose   crystal  waters 

still 
Bubble  unchanged  beneath  that  holy  hill — 
Fire,  war,  and  ruin,  wasting  on  each  side. 
Have  left  untouched  thy  pure  and  sparkling 
A  living  coolness  in  that  cell  below,     [tide. 
Health  in  thy  dew,  and  music  in  thy  flow. 
Sure  angels,  while  deserting  Salem's  towers, 
And  Zion's    Mount,  and   David's   perished 

bowers. 
Might    hither    come,   and    sorrowing  vigil 

keep. 
Glide  through  the  shade,  above  those  waters 

weep. 
And  fold  their  wings,  resolving  ne'er  to  flee. 
The  lingering  guardians,  hallowed  fount !  of 

thee.  Nicholas  Michell. 

3996.  SILOAM,  Village  of. 

Poor  village!  rich  in  name  alone, 
Memorial  of  the  Sent  of  God, 

The  Father's  everlasting  Son, 
"Whose  holy  feet  these  slopes  have  trod. 

Above  thee  towers  gray  Olivet, 
Beneath  dark  Hinnom's  vale  I  see, 

Before  thee  Salem's  wall  and  gate, 
And  at  thy  side  Gethsemane. 

Siloam !  know  the  Sent  of  God, 
And  leara  the  meaning  of  thy  name ; 


Oh  give  the  Sent  One  an  abode, 
Know  who  He  is  and  whence  He  came! 

So  shall  He  come  and  bless  thee  now. 
So  shall  He  end  thy  gloomy  night; 

So  shall  He  make  thy  joy  o'erflow. 
And  fill  thee  with  His  glorious  light. 

Rude  village  of  the  rock  and  tomb ! 

Daily  before  thy  heedless  eyes, 
Memorial  of  the  sinner's  doom, 

The  ruins  of  old  Zion  rise. 

And  daily,  on  Moriah's  slope. 

In  yon  sad  wall,  each  massive  stone 

Like  tomb- words  on  the  grave  of  hope. 
Tells  of  the  glory  past  and  gone. 

Across  the  vale  yon  ruined  pool 
Speaks  of  the  eye-restoring  might 

Of  Him  whose  mercy,  ever  full. 

Yearns  still  to  bless  thee  with  His  light. 
Hor alius  Bonar. 

3997.  SILVER,  The  Lost  Piece  of. 

Luke  XV  :  8. 

Holy  Lord  Jesus,  Thou  wilt  search  till  Thou 
find 

This  lost  piece  of  silver,  this  treasure  en- 
shrined 

In  casket  or  bosom,  once  of  such  store, 

Now  Ijing  under  the  dust  of  Thy  floor. 

Gentle  Lord  Jesus,  Thou  wilt  move  through 

tlie  room. 
So  empty,  so  desolate,  and  light  up  its  gloom: 
The  lost  piece  of  silver,  that  no  man  can  see, 
Merciful  Jesus!  is  beheld  clear  by  Thee. 

Defaced  and  degraded,  trampled  in  the  dust, 
Its   superscription   Thou  knbwest  still,  we 

trust ; 
And  Thou  wilt  uplift  it  and  make  it  reshine. 
For  it  was  silver — pure  silver  of  Thine. 

Loving  Lord  Jesus,  Thou  wilt  come  through 

the  dark, 
"When  men  are  all  sleeping  and  no  eye  can 

mark. 
Though  "  clean  forgotten,  like  a  dead  man 

out  of  mind," 
This  lost  piece  of  silver  Thou  wilt  search  for 

and  find.       D.  Maria  Mulock  Craik, 

3998.  SIMEON  AND  THE  INFANT  OHEIST. 

Luke  ii  :  22-33. 

"Within  the  temple  at  the  hour 

Of  prayer,  led  by  the  Spirit's  power, 

Behold  a  patriarch  appears. 

Bowed  down  with  age,  and  weight  of  years. 

He  was  a  man  devout  and  just. 

And  all  his  hope  and  all  his  trust 

Was  in  the  promise  of  his  Lord, 

The  promise  of  His  faithful  Word ; 

For  this  he  waited — waited  on, 

This  patriarchal  Simeon : 


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SISERj!^. 


His  was  a  lengthened  ray  of  hope ; 

Far-reaching  lay  the  distant  scope ; 

The  ' '  consolation"  which  he  sought, 

God  to  its  great  fulfilment  brought — 

The  birth  of  Jesus,  God's  dear  Son, 

The  advent  of  the  Promised  One. 

For  this  he  lived,  nor  yet  to  die, 

Until  to  his  expectant  eye, 

Long  on  the  watch,  the  Christ  should  be 

Revealed  for  him  at  last  to  see. 

And  in  the  temple  courts  that  day, 

Upon  a  virgin's  bosom  lay 

A  Babe,  around  whose  infant  head 

A  halo  of  bright  glory  shed — 

A  light  that  was  revealed  to  none 

But  to  the  aged  Simeon, 

Before  whose  eyes  it  shone  so  bright — 

That  golden  aureole  of  light — 

And  by  the  sacred  toiien  showed 

The  witness  of  Incarnate  God. 

Deep  promptings  filled  the  old  man's  breast, 
His  hopes  and  fears  are  now  at  rest. 
This  is  the  promised  Christ,  the  King; 
Awake,  my  soul,  arise  and  sing! 
And  there,  the  aisles  and  courts  among. 
He  uttered  forth  this  dying  song —   . 

"Nunc  Dimittis." 
O  lettest  now  Thy  servant.  Lord, 
Depart  according  to  Thy  word ; 
Give  Thou  the  waiting  soul  release, 
And  bid  me  now  dejjart  in  peace. 

In  peace,  for  waiting  days  are  o'er. 
The  anxious  soul  need  wait  no  more. 
Mine  eyes,  long  looking  out  for  Thee, 
Do  now  Thy  full  salvation  see. 

Salvation  now  for  all  prepared. 
Before  all  nations  hath  appeared ; 
On  those  who  lay  in  darksome  night, 
On  them  hath  shone  the  wished-for  light. 

A  Light,  wherever  nian  hath  trod, 
To  light  the  Gentiles  to  their  God; 
For  Israel's  glory — ne'er  to  cease : 
Lord,  let  me  now  depart  in  peace ! 

Robert  Maguire. 

3999.  SIMON,  the  Cyrenian. 
Matthew  xxvii ;  32. 

Along  the  dusty  thoroughfare  of  life. 
Upon  his  daily  errands  walking  free,   [pain. 
Came   a  brave,  honest   man,  untouched  by 
Unchilled  by  sight  or  thought  of  misery. 

But  lo !  a  crowd :  he  stops ;  with  curious  eye 
A  fainting  form  all  pressed  to  earth  he  sees ; 
The  hard,  rough  burden  of  the  bitter  cross 
Hath  bowed  the  drooping  head  and  feeble 
knees. 

"Ho!  lay  the  cross  upon  yon  stranger  there, 
For  he  hatli  breadth  of  chest  and   strength 

of  limb." 
Straight  it  is  done,  and  heavy  laden  thus, 
With  Jesus'  cross  he  turns  and  follows  Him. 


Unmurmuring,  patient,  cheerful,  pitiful, 
Prompt  with  the  holy  sufferer  to  endure, 
Forsaking  all  to  follow  the  dear  Lord, 
Thus  did  he  make  his  glorious  calling  sure. 

O  soul,  whoe'er  thou  art,  walking  life's  way, 
As  yet  from  touch  of  deadly  sorrow  free. 
Learn  from  this  story  to  forecast  the  day 
When  Jesus  and  His  cross  shall  come  to  thee. 

O,  in  that  fearful,  that  decisive  hour 
Rebel  not,  shrink  not,  seek  not  thence  to  flee ; 
But,  humbly  bending,  take  thy  heavy  load, 
And  bear  it  after  Jesus  patiently.  i 

His  cross  is  thine.     If  thou  and  He  be  one. 
Some  portion  of  His  pain  must  still  be  thine; 
Thus   only  mayst  thou  share  His  glorious 

crown. 
And  reign  with  Him  in  majesty  divine. 

Master  in  sorrow!  I  accept  my  share 
In  the  great  anguish  of  life's  mystery. 
No  more  alone,  I  sink  beneath  my  load, 
But  bear  my  cross,  O  Jesus,  after  Thee, 

Harriet  Beecher  Stowe. 

4000.  SISERA, 

Judges  V  :  28-30. 

Why  tarries  Sisera?     His  mother  stands 
At  the  high  window,  where  her  eye  com- 
mands 
The  hill  and  vale  afar,  while  waning  day 
Shows  not  her  son  in  all  the  winding  way. 

Forth  from  the  lattice  goes  her  earnest  cry, 
"  Where  art  thou,  Sisera?  My  son,  O  why. 
While  o'er  the  world  this  solemn  twilight 

steals. 
Why  tarry  thus  thy  burning  chariot  wheels? 

"  When  wilt  thou  come  triumphant  from  the 

plain, 
Witli  Israel's  spoils  and  captives  in  thy  train : 
Thy  parent's  pride,  a  shouting  kingdom's 

boast. 
Thou  valiant  leader  of  a  dauntless  host?     / 

"  How  went  the  battle?  None  will  come  and 

tell 
Where  the  dart  entered  or  the  javelin  fell; 
What  shield  was  shivered,  which  the  trusty 

sword 
That  met  its  aim,  or  whose  the  blood  that 

poured. 

"If  that  I  gave  thee  from  my  own  rich  veins 
Enpurpled  earth's  cold  sod,  what  hope  re- 
mains? 
Thy  nation's  glory  must  with  thee  depart. 
And  one  dread  swell  will  burst  thy  mother's 
heart! 

"But  why  thy  joyful  coming  thus  delay? 
Is  it  to  share  the  spoil  and  take  the  prey? 
Dim  grows  the  distance  to  ray  weary  eye; 
Nor  hoof,  nor  wheel,  nor  foot  of  man  come 
nigh!" 


SISERA.. 


SMilTIIsTG^. 


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Why,  hapless  mother,  does  he  not  return? 
Go  to  the  Kenite's  distant  place  and  learn ! 
Fly  to  the  tent  on  Zaanaim's  plain; 
Ask  Heber's  wife  for  him  thou  call'st  in  vain  I 

Enter  her  tent  and  slowly  raise  the  veil ; 
Lift  that  spread  mantle;  see  the  fatal  nail! 
Behold  thy  son,  as  now  he  lieth  low; 
Inglorious  chief!  and  by  a  woman's  blow ! 

Is  this  the  brow  that  thou  hast  hoped  to  see 
Twined  with  the  laurel,  high  in  victory? 
The  blood  thou  gav'st  him  in  a  form  so  fair 
Is  thick  around  it,  on  the  matted  hair! 

Pierced  through  the  temples!  pillowed  on 

the  ground ! 
Is   this   the   head  that   glory  should    have 

crowned? 
"Was  the  fair  captive's  needle-work  to  deck. 
With  many  colors,  this  poor  severed  neck? 

Oh !  'tis  a  fearful  thing  to  be  a  rod 
Used  on  a  people  by  the  hand  of  God, 
To  bring  His  children  back  when  they  of- 
fend; 
To  chasten  them ;  then  have  the  scourges  end ! 

To  Tabor's  mount  the  bands  of  Barak  drew, 
In  arms  but  feeble;  in  tlieir  numbers  few; 
While  Jabin's  hosts,  with  Sisera  their  head. 
By  Kishon's  stream  the  valley  overspread. 

With  strong  war-chariots  they  took  the  field; 
With  prancing  horses,  gleaming  spear  and 

shield. 
Thick  as  the  grass  they  overran  the  plain. 
Like  that,  when  mown,  to  strow  it  with  the 

slain. 

When  to  the  onset,  like  a  stream  that  gushed 
Forth  from  the  mount,  the  men  of  Israel 

rushed, 
The  Lord  of  hosts  was  with  them  in  the  fight. 
And  death  or  dread  seized  every  Canaanite. 

The  ancient  river  felt  its  heavy  tide 

Swell  with  the  blood  that  flowed  upon  its 

side. 
Horses  and  horsemen  weltered  in  the  waves 
That    bore   down  thousands  into    restless 

graves. 

Then  Sisera,  unchiefed,  with  none  to  head 
Leaped  from  his  chariot  and  fled. 
His  steps  the  fugitive  in  terror  bent 
To  ask  of  Jael  refuge  in  her  tent. 

She  gave  him  milk,  and  in  a  •■'  lordly  dish" 
She  brought  him  food ;  she  granted  him  his 

wish 
Here  to  be  screened  from  Barak ;  but  his  sleep 
She  fastened  on  him !  it  is  long  and  deep ! 

O  Sisera !  it  was  a  fearful  thing 
To  be  a  minion  of  an  evil  king; 
Against  an  injured  people  to  contend. 
Who  had  the  God  of  armies  for  their  friend. 
Mis3  H.  F.  Gould. 


4001.  SISEEA,  Death  of. 

Judges  iv  :  17-22. 
Above  all  women  praised  be  Jael, 

Heroine  Kenite,  Heber's  wife ; 
Blessed  be  she  above  all  women, 

For  her  bearing  in  the  strife. 
When  within  the  curtained  harem 

Water  she  was  asked  to  give, 
Curdled  milk  in  lordly  vessel 

Gave  she  to  the  fugitive. 

Sisera,  the  warrior-chieftain, 

Lay  in  slumber  deep  and  sound ; 
With  her  hand  the  wooden  tent-peg 

Wrenched  she  from  the  yielding  ground. 
With  the  blow  of  workman's  hammer 

She  the  prostrate  victim  slew, 
And  with  this  inglorious  weapon 

Clave  his  temples  through  and  through. 

At  her  feet  he  bowed,  he  lay; 

At  her  feet  he  bowed,  he  fell: 
Fell,  the  hero  of  the  fray. 

Deemed  so  late  invincible! 

The  mother  of  Sisera, 

Proud-hearted  queen, 
Went  to  the  lattice 

A  chieftain  in  mien : 
From  the  window  she  cried, 

"  Why  tarries  his  car? 
What  hinders  his  bringing 
The  trophies  of  war? 
Impatient  we  look  for  the  wreath  on  His  brow ; 
Why  tarry  the  wheels  of  His  chariot  now?'' 

The  princesses  answer, 

She  also  replies, 
"  They  only  thus  tarry 

To  portion  the  prize  : 
One  damsel — two  damsels — • 

Each  hero  will  share. 
And  bright  divers  colors 

Shall  Sisera  wear ; 
Rich  garments,  embroidered 

And  varied  in  hue, 
The  ornaments  stripped 

From  the  foemen  he  slew." 

So  perish  Thine  enemies,  Lord,   I  implore 
Thee! 
Perish  all  those  to  Thy  glory  defiant: 
But  let  Thine  own  people,  who  love  and 
adore  Thee, 
Be  like  to  the  sun  going  forth  as  a  giant. 
J.  R.  Macduff. 

4002.  SMITING  THE  BOOK  US  KADESH. 
Numbers  xx  r  1-13. 
Water!  no  water!  rock  and  sand. 
Aweary,  parched,  and  burning  land; 
The  springs  all  sunk,  the  torrents  dry, 
The  clouds  all  perished  from  the  sky ! 

Zin  seemed  on  fire,  and  Kadesh  lay 
Blasted  beneath  the  torrid  ray; 
No  shadowy  palms,  nor  herb,  nor  grass; 
Earth,  glowing  iron ;  sky,  blazing  brass  I 


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SIVEITING-. 


SMiOKITsTG^    FLA-X. 


The  goat-skins,  all  their  moisture  spent, 
Hung  shrunk  and  crackling  in  each  tent; 
And  ghastly  bands  of  frantic  men 
Searched  vainly  every  grot  and  glen. 

Then  hoarse  and  deep  along  the  plain 
Gathered  a  sound  of  wrath  and  pain, 
And  loud  the  angry  murmur  burst 
From  millions  mad  with  torturing  thirst: 

"Is  this  the  land  our  seers  foretold, 
"Whose  streams  in  milk  and  honey  rolled? 
Whose  woods  and  groves  drip  balm  and  oil? 
Whose  harvests  load  the  heaven-drenched 
soil? 

"Why  have  ye  here  God's  people  brought, 
Us  and  our  herds  to  slay  for  naught; 
Where  never  fruits  nor  vines  were  found. 
And  fountless  deserts  blaze  around? 

"Would  God  that  when  His  instant  ire 
Wrapped  Korah's  host  in  sheeted  fire. 
We,  too,  had  shared  that  pangless  doom. 
Or  filled  with  them  the  earthquake  tomb!" 

So  raved  the  ingrates  God  had  fed 

With  one  long  miracle  of  bread ! 

In  prostrate  agony  of  woe 

God's  seer  held  back  Heaven's  righteous  blow. 

Then  flashed  God's  glory,  pealed  His  word. 
While  awe-struck  thousands  trembling  heard 
Jehovah's  mandate,  echoing  wide. 
Till  listening  caves  and  crags  replied: 

"  Take  thou  the  rod !  the  nation  call ! 
Command  yon  cliff  before  them  all ! 
And  springs  shall  rise  and  streams  shall  burst. 
Till  man  and  nature  slake  their  V.iirst." 

Now,  forth  before  th'  expectant  throng. 
Erring,  yet  in  God's  mercy  strong, 
Lifting  toward  heaven  the  mystic  rod, 
Stands  he  who  erst  dread  Sinai  trod. 

He  smites.     The  stern  dark  rock  rebounds 
The  blow,  and  all  the  vale  resounds; 
But  all  its  secret  springs  unknown 
Leap,  startled,  in  their  veins  of  stone ! 

Again  the  prophet's  arm  descends ; 
The  conscious  granite  groans  and  rends. 
And  lo!  a  fountain,  silver  fair, 
Mounts  flashing  through  the  burning  air ! 

Wide  through  the  camp  glad  voices  cry, 
And  "Water!"  "  Water!"  fills  the  sky; 
While  rapturous  thousands  mingling  rush 
Where  glittering  rivulets  foam  and  gush. 

With  brazen  helm  the  warrior  dips 

The  spouting  nectar  to  his  lips; 

The  old  man,  trembling,  bowed  with  years. 

Thanks  God,  and  drinks  with  reverent  tears. 


The  youth,  half  eager,  half  afraid, 
Hands  his  full  pitcher  to  the  maid ; 
The  mother,  in  her  thirst  half  wild, 
First  satisfies  her  youngest  child. 

The  bullock  snuffs  the  freshening  gale, 
Bellows,  and  bounds  along  the  vale; 
And  cow  and  goat,  and  lamb  and  hound, 
Quaff  the  cool  rills  that  gurgle  'round. 

The  war-steed  neighs,  and  champs  his  chain, 
Then  charges  thundering  down  the  jilain; 
The  patient  camel  breaks  his  fast, 
And  drinks,  the  longest,  and  the  last. 

O  Thou,  the  Rock  of  Truth  and  Grace, 
Once  cleft  to  save  a  dying  race  ! 
Thy  streams  of  mercy,  full  and  free, 
Still  flow  for  all  mankind  and  me. 

Oh  may  we,  like  Thy  flock  of  old. 
Drink  deep  from  all  Thy  springs  untold; 
Nor  e'er,  like  Israel,  doubt  the  plan 
Of  God's  unfailing  love  for  man. 

Nor  e'er,  like  him  God  honored  most, 
Forget  in  whom  is  all  our  boast; 
And  once,  impatient,  rash,  and  vain. 
Lose  Canaan  here — and  lieaven  scarce  gain. 
George  Lansing  Taylor. 

4003.  SMOKING  FLAX  and  Bruised  Eeed,  The. 
Matthew  xii  :  20. 
When  evening  choirs  the  praises  hymned 

In  Zion's  courts  of  old, 
The   high-priest   walked    his   rounds,    and 

The  shining  lamps  of  gold;  [trimmed 

And  if,  ])erchance,  some  flame  burned  low, 

With  fresh  oil  vainly  drenched. 
He  cleansed  it  from  its  socket,  so 

The  smoking  flax  was  quenched. 

But  Thou  who  walkest.  Priest  Most  High! 

Thy  golden  lamps  among. 
What  things  are  weak,  and  near  to  die, 

Thou  makest  fresh  and  strong. 
Thou  breathest  on  the  trembling  spark. 

That  else  must  soon  expire. 
And  swift  it  shoots  up  through  the  dark, 

A  brilliant  spear  of  fire  ! 

The  shepherd,  that  to  stream  and  sha,de 

Withdrew  his  flock  at  noon, 
On  reedy  stop  soft  music  made, 

In  many  a  pastoral  tune ; 
And  if,  perchance,  the  reed  were  crushed, 

It  could  no  more  be  used ; 
Its  mellow  music  marred  and  hushed; 

He  brake  it,  when  so  bruised. 

But  Thou,  Good  Shepherd,  who  dost  feed 

Thy  flock  in  pasture  green, 
Thou  dost  not  break  the  bruised  reed 

That  sorely  crushed  hath  been. 


sor)0]M. 


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The  heart  that  dumb  in  anguish  lies, 

Or  yields  but  notes  of  woe, 
Thou  dost  retune  to  harmonies 

More  rich  than  angels  know ! 

Lord,  once  my  love  was  all  ablaze, 

But  now  it  burns  so  dim; 
My  life  was  praise,  but  now  my  days 

Make  a  poor  broken  hymn. 
Yet  ne'er  by  Thee  am  I  forgot. 

But  helped  in  deepest  need, 
The  smoking  flax  Tliou  quenchest  not. 

Nor  break'st  the  bruis&d  reed. 

W.  B.  Robertson. 

4004.  SODOM. 

The  wind  blows  chill  across  those  gloomy 
waves: 

Oh !  how  unlike  the  green  and  dancing  main ! 

The  surge  is  foul  as  if  it  rolled  o'er  graves : 

Stranger,  here  lie  the  cities  of  tlie  plain. 

Yes,  on  that  plain,  by  wild  waves  covered 
now, 

Rose  palace  once,  and  sparkling  pinnacle; 

On  pomp  and  spectacle  beamed  morning's 
glow. 

On  pomp  and  festival  the  twilight  fell. 

Lovely  and  splendid  all;  but  Sodom's  soul 

Was  stained  with  blood,  and  pride,  and 
perjury; 

Long  warned,  long  spared,  till  her  whole 
heart  was  foul, 

And  fiery  vengeance  on  its  clouds  came  nigh. 

And  still  she  mocked  and  danced,  and  taunt- 
ing spoke 

Her  sportive  blasphemies  against  the  Throne : 

It  came!  the  thunder  oa  her  slumber  broke; 

God  spake  the  word  of  wrath !  her  dream 
was  done. 

Yet,  in  her  final  night,  amid  her  stood 

Immortal  messenger,  and  pausing  Heaven 

Pleaded  with  man :  but  she  was  quite  imbued ; 

Her  last  hour  waned ;  she  scorned  to  be 
forgiven ! 

'Twas  done !  Down  poured  at  once  the  sul- 
phurous shower, 

Down  stooped  in  flame  the  heaven's  red 
canopy. 

Oh  for  the  arm  of  God  in  that  fierce  hour! 

'Twas  vain,  nor  help  of  God  or  man  was  nigh. 

They  rush,  they  bound,  they  howl,  the  men 
of  sin ; 

Still  stooped  the  cloud,  still  burst  the  thicker 
blaze ; 

The  earthquake  heaved !  then  sank  the  hide- 
ous din ! 

Yon  wave  of  darkness  o'er  their  ashes  strays. 

Oeorge  Croly. 

4005.  SODOM,  Doom  of. 
Genesis  xviii  :  33  to  xix  :  28. 

The  morning  sun  arose.     And  while  afar 
O'er  fane  and  hill  and  up  the  mountain's 

height 
Streamed  the  swift  radiance  of  his  fiery  car. 
What  eye  was  raised  to  greet  his  cheering 

light? 


What  grateful  heart,  inspired  with  new  de- 
light, _ 
Broke  forth  in  songs  of  early  praise?    None, 

none. 
On  the  tumultuous  host  of  yesternight 
A  slumbering  silence  lay.    Yet  there  was  one 
Who  from  their  sin  and  shame  still  stood 

apart. 
And  in  the  abode  of  crime  kept  an  untainted 
heart. 

The  holy  man  went  forth  to  greet  the  day. 
Yet  o'er  his  soul  came  awe  and  silent  fear, 
Such  as  the  heart  may  feel,  but  cannot  say 
What  secret  danger  it  betokens  near. 
He  knelt  upon  the  earth  and  to  the  ear 
Of  Him  whose  saving  j)resence  still  is  nigh 
In  storm  and  calm,  forever  prompt  to  hear 
His  humble  creatures'  supplicating  cry, 
The  patriarch  addressed  his  ardent  prayer. 
Trusting  in  Abraham's  God,  and   safe  be- 
neath His  care. 

That    humble    prayer    found    audience    in 

heaven. 
And  moved  the  pity  of  Eternal  Love; 
The   attendant   angels    hear    the    mandate 

given, 
And  swiftly  leaving  their  bright  seats  above, 
On  mercy's  errand  down  to  earth  they  move. 
And  first  to  Mamre's  plain  they  take  their 

way. 
Where  righteous  Abraham  intercedes,  who 

strove. 
As  man  with  man,  the  Almighty's  wrath  to 

stay ; 
Then  hastily  the  fated  city  seek, 
And  to  the  faithful  few  their  fearful  message 

speak: 

"IIa<^te  thee,  delay  not, 
Thou  favored  of  God; 
Haste  thee,  and  stay  not 
His  uplifted  rod. 

"  Lo!  it  dcscendeth 
On  city  and  plain; 
The  arm  that  contendeth 
Is  lifted  in  vain. 

"  The  strong  in  his  power. 
The  youth  in  his  bloom, 
The  storm  shall  devour, 
The  fires  consume. 

"  On  the  palace'  proud  dome, 
On  the  false  idol  fane, 
That  tempest  shall  come 
With  its  fiery  rain. 

"  It  shall  come,  and  the  song 
Shall  be  hushed  in  the  hall; 
For  the  weak  and  the  strong 
Together  shall  fall. 


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soiLiOJdioisr.] 


"  To  Justice  is  given 
His  terrible  sword; 
'Tis  the  vengeance  of  Heaven, 
The  wrath  of  the  Lord. 

"  Then  haste  thee!  delay  not, 
Thou  favored  of  God ; 
Oh !  haste  thee,  and  stay  not 
His  uplifted  rod." 

Then  rose  the  ancient  patriarch,  and  passed 
Forth  from  the  city,  filled  with  awe  and  fear. 
And  now  the  heavens,  though  with  no  clouds 

o'ercast, 
A  wild  and  terrible  aspect  seem  to  wear ; 
And  ever  and  anon  a  lurid  glare 
Streams  with  a  meteor-light  athwart  the  sky ; 
And,  borne  upon  the  hot  and  burdened  air. 
From  unseen  spirits  comes  a  fearful  cry 
Of  desolation,  telling  but  too  late  [fate. 

To  the  blaspheming  host  their  well-deserved 

O  Sodom !  thy  hour  has  come ! 
It  has  come,  for  the  cup 

Of  thy  sin  runneth  o'er; 
And  thy  cry  shall  go  up 
To  Jehovah  no  more, 
For  sealed  is  thy  terrible  doom. 

O  Sodom !  thy  beauty  and  pride 
To  ashes  shall  turn 

In  a  tempest  of  flame ; 
And  thy  towers  shall  burn. 
And  thy  temples  of  shame 
Be  swept  with  the  fiery  tide ! 

Angels  of  mercy,  depart ! 
Oh !  seek  not  to  save 

The  accursed  of  God. 
Let  them  sink  to  their  grave 
In  the  fiery  flood, 
Who  madly  have  chosen  their  part. 

Angela  of  death  draw  near ;; 
And,  behold !  from  their  home 

In  the  storm-driven  cloud, 
"With  the  thunders  they  come. 
And  a  flaming  shroud 
In  their  vengeful  hands  they  bear. 

Lo,  the  downrushing  of  the  gathered  storm ! 
Upon  the  mountain's  woody  height  far  round 
Th'  horizon's  verge,  with  the  red  lightning 

warm. 
The  stately  cedars  burn  ;  the  solid  ground 
And  rock-built  summits  tremble  with  the 

sound 
Of  bursting  thunders ;  and  the  darkened  skies 
Responsive  to  the  quaking  earth  resound, 
AVhile  onward  still  the  rushing  tempest  flies. 
Then  on  the  city  falls  the  liquid  fire, 
Kindling  each   temple,  dom:e,  and  heaven- 
ascending  spire. 

O  Sodom !  now  extend  the  arm  of  power. 
And  stay  the  coming  of  thy  awful  doom ; 


Or,  if  thou  art  grown  weak  in  this  dread  hour. 
Call  then  upon  thy  boasted  gods,  in  whom 
Thy  children  trust.    Alas !  the  fires  consume 
Temple  and  image ;  in  the  costly  fane 
The  idol's  priest  sinks  to  his  fiery  tomb, 
O'ertaken  in  his  idolatry;  in  vain 
A  thousand  supplicating  voices  rise — 
On  sweeps  the  raging  storm,  nor  heeds  their 
feeble  cries. 

And  as  they  gaze  upon  the  burning  sky 
That  has  no  ray  of  hope  for  their  despair. 
Some  fiercely  curse  the  name  of  God  and  die ; 
And  some,  in  the  last  agony  of  fear, 
Send  up  the  unavailing  prayer; 
On  every  side  are  heard  the  shrieks  of  death, 
Till  stifled  in  the  hot  and  sulphurous  air. 
That  scorches  and  consumes,  is  every  breath ; 
And  drowned  amid  the  wildly-rushing  gale 
Are  man's  despairing  groans  and  childhood's 
feeble  wail. 

"Woe  to  thee,  Sodom !  thou  that  in  thy  pride 
Didst  vainly  dream  of  everlasting  fame. 
And,  glorying  in  thy  power,  dar'dst  deride 
Heaven's  vengeance,  and   blaspheme   Jeho- 
vah's name ; 
All,  save  the  record  of  thy  sin  and  shame. 
Is  blotted  from  the  earth.    Thy  funeral  i3yre 
"Was  kindled  by  the  all-consuming  flame 
Of  thy  own  deadly  guilt  and  fierce  desire; 
And  thou  art  sunk  beneath  the  stormy  flood 
That  o'er  thee  ever  rolls,  cursed  with  the 
curse  of  God.  Oeorge  W.  Nind, 

4000.  SOLOMON  AND  THE  LILT. 

Luke  xii  :  2". 
"When  the  great  Hebrew  king   did  almost 

strain 
The  wondrous  treasures  of  his  wealth  and 

brain 
His  royal  southern  guest  to  entertain; 
Though  she  on  silver  floors  did  tread. 
With  bright  Assyrian  carpets  on  them  spread. 
To  hide  the  metal's  poverty; 
Though  she  looked  up  to  roofs  of  gold, 
And  naught  around  her  could  behold 
But  silk  and  rich  embroidery. 
And  Babylonish  tapestry. 
And  wealthy  Hiram's  princely  dye; 
Though  Ophir's  starry  stones  met  everywhere 

her  eye; 
Though  she  herself  and  her  gay  host  were 

dressed 
"With  all  the  shining  glories  of  the  east; 
When  lavish  art  her  costly  work  had  done. 
The  honor  and  the  prize  of  bravery 
"Was  by  the  garden  from  the  pakce  won; 
And  every  rose  and  lily  there  did  stand 
Better  attired  by  nature's  hand. 
Where  does  the  wisdom  and  the  power  divine 
In  a  more  bright  and  sweet  reflection  shine? 
"Where  do  we  finer  strokes  and  colors  see 
Of  the  Creator's  real  poetry. 
Than  when  we  with  attention  look 
Upon  the  third  day's  volume  of  the  book? 


solom:on. 


SFICES. 


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But  we  despise  these  His  inferior  ways, 
Though  no  less  full  of  miracle  and  praise : 
Upon  the  flowers  of  heaven  we  gaze; 
The  stars  of  earth  no  wonder  in  us  raise. 

A.  Cowley. 

4007.  SOLOMON,  Antitype  of. 

2  Chronicles  ix  :  G. 
Drawn  by  Thy  messenger's  report, 

I  hearken,  Lord,  to  Thee : 
But  oh !  their  word  how  faint,  how  short 

Of  what  I  hear  and  sec ! 
True  Son  of  David,  I  confess 

Thou  far  exceed'st  the  fame : 
Not  angel-tongues  could  half  express 

The  wonders  of  Thy  name! 

What  wisdom  from  Thy  lips  distils, 

So  full  of  glorious  grace ! 
The  glory  all  Thy  household  fills 

Reflected  from  Thy  face ; 
Thy  charms  the  seraphs'  thought  transcend, 

And  dazzle  all  above: 
For  only  saints  can  comprehend 

The  mystery  of  Thy  love. 

J.  and  0.  Wesley. 

4008.  SOLOMON,  Glory  of. 

Matthew  vi  :  29. 
Seated  upon  a  throne,  superb  and  high, 
Of  ivory,  with  finest  gold  inlaid, 
Crowned  with  a  blaze  of  jewels,  and  arrayed 
In  robes  magnificent  of  Tyrian  dye, 
The  king  "in  all  his  glory"  strikes  the  eye 
With  wonder,  from  amidst  luxurious  shade 
Of  purple  canopy,  and  proud  parade 
Of  couchant  lions  keeping  watch  hard  by. 
But  all  that  royal  pomp  the  palm  must  yield 
In  texture  rare  and  beauty  of  array 
To  roses  wild  and  lilies  of  the  field. 
Which  bloom  and  perish  in  a  single  day. 
Lord,  if  the  flowers  are  decked  in  robes  so 

fair. 
What  clothing  shall  Thy  saints  in  glory  wear? 

B.  Wilton. 

4009.  SOLOMON,  Intercession  of. 

1  Kings  viii  :  2%  23. 
Lo,  the  pious  monarch  stands 

And  lifts  his  heart  and  eyes, 
Spreads  to  heaven  his  praying  hands, 

To  Him  who  fills  the  skies! 
Never  king  appeared  so  great, 

Himself  not  half  so  glorious  shone, 
Clad  in  all  his  robes  of  state, 

And  on  his  ivory  throne. 

See,  through  him,  the  heavenly  King 

Who  for  his  subjects  prays, 
Israel's  Intercessor !     Sing 

And  magnify  his  grace ; 
Praise  our  Lord,  who  ever  lives 

To  save  and  bless  His  saints  forgiven. 
Till  He  to  Himself  receives 

And  blesses  us  in  heaven, 

C.  Wesley. 


4010.  SOWER,  Tte. 

"Such  as  I  have  I  sow,  it  is  not  much," 

Said  one  who  loved  the  Master  of  the  field ; 
Only  a  quiet  word,  a  gentle  touch 

Upon  the  hidden  harp-strings,  which  may 
yield 
No  quick  response ;  I  tremble,  yet  I  speak 
For  Him  who  knows  the  heart  so  loving,  yet 
so  weak. 

And  so  the  words  were  speaken,  soft  and 
low. 
Or  traced  with  timid  pen;  yet  oft  they  fell 
On  soil  prepared,  which  she  would  never 
know, 
Until  the  tender  blade  sprang  up  to  tell 
That  not  in  vain  her  labor  had  been  spent ; 
Then  with  new  faith  and  hope  more  bravely 
on  she  went. 

Frances  Ridley  Havergal. 

4011.  SPICES,  Unused, 

Lulce  xxiv  :  1. 
What  said  those  women  as  they  bore 

Their  fragrant  gifts  away? 
The  spices  that  they  needed  not 

That  resurrectiou^ay? 

Did  Mary  say  within  her  heart, 
Our  work  hath  been  in  vain? 

Or,  counting  o'er  the  spices  bought, 
Of  so  much  waste  complain? 

Not  so,  for  though  the  risen  Lord 

Their  spices  did  not  need. 
Not  unrewarded  was  the  love 

That  planned  the  reverent  deed. 

For  though  unused  their  fragrant  store,    - 

Yet  well  might  they  rejoice. 
Since  they  the  first  who  saw  the  Lord, 

The  first  who  heard  His  voice. 

Sweet  story,  hast  thou  not  some  truth 

For  my  impatient  heart? 
Some  lesson  that  shall  stay  with  me 

Its  comfort  to  impart? 

Have  I  not  gathered  in  the  past. 

In  days  that  are  no  more. 
Of  spices  sweet  and  ointment  rare, 

What  seemed  a  precious  store? 

A  little  knowledge  I  had  gained, 

A  little  strength  and  skill, 
I  thouglit  to  use  them  for  my  lord. 

If  such  should  be  His  will. 

Alas !  my  store  unused  hath  been. 

The  strength  I  prized  hath  gone; 
My  weary  hands  have  lost  their  skill, 

And  yet  my  life  goes  on. 

In  all  the  busy  work  of  life 

I  have  but  scanty  share. 
And  scanty  is  the  seiwice  done 

For  Him  whose  n|ime  I  bear. 


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ST^R. 


So  many  hopes  and  plans  have  died 

In  weariness  and  pain, 
My  heart  cries  out  in  sore  distress : 

"Was  all  my  work  in  vain?" 

Be  still,  sad  heart,  thy  hopes  and  plans 

Are  known  to  One  divine; 
He  knoweth  all  thou  wouldst  have  done 

Had  greater  strength  been  thine. 

My  unused  spices !     Dearest  Lord, 
They  were  prepared  for  Thee, 

Yet  if  for  them  Thou  hast  no  need. 
Let  love  my  offering  be. 

M.  H.  Howland. 

4012.  SPIES,  Report  of  the. 
Numbers  xiii  :  27. 

Ho  ye !  ho  ye !    We  return  from  the  land ! 
Cried  the  spies  as  they  trudged  through  the 

desert  sand ; 
We  have  spied  it  out  from  the  north  to  the 

south — 
From   Lebanon's   heights   to   the    Jordan's 

mouth;  4 

Its  soil  that  with  milk  and  honey  flows ; 
Its  plain  that  with  roses  of  Sharon  glows ; 
Its  deep-flowing  river  and  trickling  rills, 
That  wind  around  'mong  the  vine-clad  hills ; 
And  the  great  sea  rimmed  with  its  sandy 

strand ; 
Ho  ye !     Let  us  go  to  the  beautiful  land ! 

The  cedars  of  Lebanon  lift  in  their  pride 

Their  evergreen  plumes  on  the  mountain  side ; 

And  the  mighty  winds  through  their  forests 
roar 

Like  the  booming  of  surges  along  the  shore ; 

And  Hermon's  crown,  scarred  by  thunder- 
clap, 

Crests  the  soaring  range  with  its  snowy  cap ; 

And  feeds  the  springs  in  its  rock-ribbed  hills, 

Whose  flowing  the  lake  and  river  fills; 

And  its  feet  in  the  waters  of  Galilee  dips 

That  woo  the  beach  with  their  rippling  lips. 

Acroiss  the  land  'neath  the  fells  and  dells 
The  breast  of  the  rich  Esdraelon  swells 
In  rounded  slopes,  kissed  by  summer  heat. 
That  teem  with  the  stalks  of  growing  wheat ; 
And  the  plain  outspreading  rolls  and  heaves 
With  lipening  wealth  of  yellow  sheaves; 
Like  a  cincture  of  gold  engirdling  the  land 
From  Jordan's  flood  to  the  bright  sea-strand, 
O'er  its  bosom  convulsed  as  in  laughter  loud, 
Till  it  shakes  and  shouts  as  with  joy  of  God ! 

And  southward  the  hills  of  beauty  shine 
Clad  with  clustered  grapes  of  the  tendrilled 

vine; 
With  groves  and  orchards  of  great-branched 

trees 
That  dance  and  sing  to  the  play  of  the  breeze ; 
Whereon  pomegranates  of  blood-red  dyes 
Catch  the  ruby  tints  ^f  the  morning  skies ; 


And  the  mellow  fig  the  rich  sunshine  sips 
Till  its  flesh  doth  melt  on  the  eater's  lips; 
We   plucked   from    Eshcol    this   clustering 

shoot. 
These    apples  and   figs — here  is  the  land's 

fruit ! 

And  many  things  which  we  cannot  tell 

Hath  this  goodly  land  unspeakable ! 

For  who  could  bring  back  the  bloom  of  its 

flowers. 
Or  the  glory  sublime  that  on  Lebanon  towers, 
Or  the  sweetness  and  freedom  of  mountain 

air. 
Or  the  spirit  of  life  in  all  things  there ! 
Or  the  wide  expanse  of  the  great  blue  sea 
Like  the  stretches  of  boundless  eternity. 
Let  our  silence  speak !     For  who  can  tell 
The  charm  of  this  land  unspeakable  ! 

Let  us  go  to  the  land  of  these  fruits  divine, 
Whose  clusters  of  grapes  on  the  viae-  branches 

shine; 
Where  the  apples  blood-red  mid  the  verdure 

glow. 
And  the  fig-trees  loaded  with  fruitage  bend 

low; 
And  the  beauties  and  glories,  which  cannot 

be  told, 
Seem  to  robe  the  whole  as  with  cloth  of  gold  ! 
And  from  bending  skies  look  down  the  bright 

eyes 
Of  God  as  on  gardens  of  paradise  ! 
Ho  ye !     One  and  all !     Hear  the  wondrous 

story ! 
Ho  ye !     Let  us  go  to  these  hills  of  glory ! 

Let  us  go !  Let  us  go  to  this  land  of  heaven. 
Whose  foretaste  in  these  first  fruits  is  given ! 
Let  us  conquer  the  giants  that  dreadful  stand 
To  bar  our  way  to  this  promised  land  ! 
Let  us  go  with  faith  in  our  mighty  Lord, 
In  His  arm  of  strength  and  His  conquering 

sword ; 
In  the  name  of  the  word  which  our  God  hath 

spoken. 
In   the  name  of   His  oath  that  cannot  be 

broken. 
In  the  promise  of   Him  who    His   purpose 

fulfils, 
Let  us  go  to  possess  these  eternal  hills ! 

Homer  N.  Dunning. 

40 13.  STAE  IN  THE  EAST.  * 

Matthew  ii. 

The  burning  East  hath  caught  a  sign, 

Upon  the  brow  of  night, 
And  starts  the  sage  to  see  it  shine 

O'er  all  the  morning's  light — 
A  stranger  with  liis  steps  of  fire, 

Upon  the  starry  way, 
And  wings  that  tarnish  not,  nor  tire, 

Amid  the  blaze  of  day. 
But  keeping  still  his  flashing  eye 
Unshut,  amid  the  sun-bright  sky ! 


ST^R. 


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He  is  uot  of  tlie  stars  who  sang 

At  that  primeval  birth, 
When  all  their  lyres  with  music  rang 

To  hail  the  young  bright  earth ; 
When  swelled  the  world's  high  anthem  out, 

And  pealed  the  spheres  abroad, 
And  one  wide  psean  met  the  shout, 

From  all  the  "  sons  of  God  " ! 
He  fought  not  with  the  starry  train 
That  fought  on  Kishon's  ancient  plain  I 

It  prophesieth  in  the  skies: 

O  where  hath  it  been  hid, 
For  ages,  'mid  the  myriad  eyes 

That  watch  the  pyramid? 
The  Persian,  with  his  starry  wit, 

He  cannot  speak  its  name ; 
And  who  shall  read  the  story  writ 

Upon  its  brow  of  flame? 
It  hath  no  page  in  Grecian  art, 
Nor  sign  on  Zoroaster's  chart ! 

It  spreadeth  forth  its  glittering  wing 

And  beckoneth  to  the  west, 
And  circleth  like  a  living  thing 

In  haste,  that  may  not  rest: 
The  sage  hath  watched  its  course  afar. 

And  pondered  it  apart, 
Till,  lo  !  the  story  of  that  star 

Beams  in  upon  his  heart, 
And  brightly  rises  on  his  soul 
The  legend  of  its  burning  scroll ! 

'Tis  he — 'tis  he — the  light  of  whom 

Those  ancient  prophets  told, 
The  star  that  should  from  Jacob  come. 

To  shine  on  Judah's  fold  1 
The  East  shall  offer  odors  sweet, 

To  meet  its  rising  smiles, 
And  kings  bring  presents  to  His  feet, 

From  Tarshish  and  the  isles. 
And  Sheba,  from  the  desert  far. 
Be  summoned  by  that  herald  star. 

Along  the  wild,  like  ships  at  sea, 

The  pilgrim-camel  rides. 
And  through  the  heavens  silently 

That  glorious  banner  glides: 
The  desert-fiend,  in  breathless  haste, 

Stalks  faint  and  far  away, 
And  like  a  garden  blooms  the  waste, 

Beneath  the  holy  ray. 
Where  they  who  weary  not  nor  rest 
Are  traveling,  star-led,  to  the  west. 

But  onward,  onward  gliding  still, 

Afar  and  yet  afar, 
By  day  and  night,  o'er  plain  and  hill, 

Looks  out  yon  golden  star! 
O,  never  herald's  presence  yet, 

With  such  a  glory  shone; 
And  sure  such  guide  must  bring  the  feet 

Unto  a  gorgeous  throne. 
And  who  shall  meet  His  awful  eye, 
Whose  burning  couriers  walk  the  sky? 


Yon  herald  halteth  suddenly! 

And  with  their  fragrant  freight 
The  stately  camels  stoop  the  knee 

Before — a  stable-gate  I 
O,  He  whose  name  was  first  on  high 

Is  lowliest  in  his  birth; 
And  He  whose  star  is  in  the  sky. 

Hath  but  a  crib  on  earth; 
And  they,  the  wise,  have  trod  the  wild 
To  bow  before — a  little  child ! 

So,  guided  by  that  eastern  ray, 

Tlie  lowly  and  the  poor 
May  gather  precious  truths  to-day 

Beside  that  stable-door — 
That  not  unto  the  highest  here 

The  highest  place  is  given ; 
And  they  who  serve  below  may  wear 

The  starry  crown  in  heaven; 
And  shining  things  still  keep  the  road 
That  leads  the  Christian  to  his  God ! 

Thomas  K.  Hervey. 

4014.  STAE,  The  Guiding. 
Matthew  ii  :  9. 

Far  in  the  desert  East  it  shone, 
A  guiding-star,  and  only  one; 
The  otiier  planets  left  the  sky, 
Trembling  as  if  rebuked  on  high. 
The  moon  forsook  her  silvery  height. 
Abashed  before  that  holier  light: 
The  storm-clouds  that  on  ether  lay 
Melted  V)efore  its  glorious  ray; 
Till  half  the  lieaven  shone  pure  and  clear. 
Like  some  diviner  atmosphere  * 

Than  ours,  where  heavy  vapors  rise 
From  the  vile  earth,  to  dim  the  skies; 
Meet  herald  of  that  promised  day. 
When  souls  shall  burst  the  bond  of  clay. 
And,  purified  from  earth-stains,  come, 
Radiant  to  its  eternal  home. 
On  rolled  the  star,  nor  paused  to  shed 
Its  glory  o'er  the  mountain's  head, 
Whereon  the  morning's  sunshine  fell. 
Where  eve's  last  oimson  loved  to  dwell. 
The  gilded  roof,  the  stately  fane. 
The  garden,  nor  the  corn-hid  plain, 
The  camp  where  red  watch-fires  were  keeping 
Guard  o'er  a  thousand  soldiers  sleeping. 
But  temple,  palace,  city  pabt, 
That  star  paused  in  the  sky  at  last. 
It  paused  where,  roused  from  slumbers  mild, 
Lay  'mid  the  kine  a  new-born  child. 

Are  there  no  clarions  upon  earth, 
To  tell  mankind  their  monarch's  birth? 
Are  there  no  banners  to  unfold. 
Heavy  with  purple  and  with  gold? 
Are  there  no  flowers  to  strew  the  grouml. 
Nor  arches  with  the  ])alm-branch  bound? 
Nor  fires  to  kindle  on  the  hill? 
No!  man  is  mute — the  world  is  still. 
Ill  would  all  earthly  pomp  agree 
With  this  hour's  mild  solemnity; 
The  tidings  which  that  infant  brings 
Are  not  for  conquerors  nor  for  kings; 


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STEPHEN. 


Nor  for  the  sceptre  nor  the  brand, 
For  crowned  head,  nor  red  right  hand. 
But  to  the  contrite  and  the  meek. 
The  sinful,  sorrowful,  and  weak : 
Or  those  who,  with  a  hope  sublime, 
Are  waiting  for  the  Lord's  good  time. 
Only  for  those  the  angels  sing, 
"All  glory  to  our  new-born  King, 
And  peace  and  good-will  unto  men, 
Hosanna  to  our  God!     Amen." 

L.  E.  Landon. 

4015.  STAR,  The  Signal. 
From  the  far  East  we  come ; 

In  these  soft  heavens  above 
We  mark  the  messenger  of  God, 

The  ensign  of  His  love. 
No  thunder  spoke ;  we  heard 

No  voice  from  plain  or  height ; 
He  kindled  in  these  tranquil  skies 

A  gem  of  silent  light. 

Men  of  the  morning-land 

Are  we,  and  to  the  West 
We  turn,  that  we  may  follow  where 

Our  signal-star  shall  rest. 
Children  of  sunrise,  wc 

A  brighter  sunrise  hail, 
Before  the  splendor  of  whose  rays 

This  sun  of  ours  grows  pale. 

We  come  to  seek  the  King; 

For  we  have  seen  His  star 
Moving  before  us  in  that  blue, 

And  beckoning  us  afar. 
A  gleam  of  glory  bright. 

An  angel  sent  from  God, 
It  led  us  out,  it  led  us  on, 

Along  the  shining  road. 

Show  us  the  King  we  seek. 

Show  us  the  new-born  King, 
That,  kneeling  at  His  cradle,  we 

To  Him  these  gifts  may  bring. 
Him  King  of  heaven  we  call. 

Him  King  of  earth  we  own ; 
And  hail  the  day  when  He  shall  wear 

Of  heaven  and  earth  the  crown. 

Iloratius  Bonar. 

4016.  STARS,  Song  of  the. 

Job  xxsviii :  7. 
When  the  radiant  morn  of  creation  broke. 
And  the  world  in  the  smile  of  God  awoke, 
And  the  empty  realms  of  darkness  and  death 
Were  moved  through  their  depths  by  His 

mighty  breath. 
And  orbs  of  beauty,  and  spheres  of  flame, 
From  the  void  abyss,  by  myriads  came. 
In  the  joy  of  youth,  as  they  darted  away, 
Through  the  widening  wastes  of  space  to  play, 
Their  silver  voices  in  chorus  rung; 
And  this  was  the  song  the  bright  ones  sung : 

"Away,  away!  through  the  wide,  wide  sky, 
The  fair  blue  fields  that  before  us  lie. 
Each  sun,  with  tlie  world  that  around  us  roll. 
Each  planet,  poised  on.  her  turning  pole, 


With  her  isles  of  green,  and  her  clouds  of 

white, 
And  her  waters  that  lie  like  fluid  light. 

"  For  the  Source  of  glory  uncovers  his  face, 
And    the    brightness    o'eriiows    unbounded 

space ; 
And  we  drink,  as  we  go,  the  luminous  tides 
In  our  ruddy  air  and  our  blooming  sides. 
Lo  !  yonder  the  living  splendors  play : 
Away  on  our  joyous  path,  away ! 

"Look,  look,  through  our  glittering  ranks 
In  the  infinite  azure,  star  after  star,  [afar. 
How  they  brighten  and  bloom  as  they  swiftly 

pass! 
How  the  verdure  runs  o'er  each  rolling  mass ! 
And  the  path  of  the  gentle  winds  is  seen 
Where  the  small  waves  dance  and  the  young 

woods  lean. 

'  'And  see  where  the  brighter  day-beams  pour. 
How  the  rainbows  hang  in  the  sunny  shower^ 
And  the  morn  and  the  eve,  with  their  pomp 

of  hues. 
Shift  o'er  the  bright  planets,  and  shed  their 

dews ; 
And,    'twixt  them   both,    o'er  the  teeming 

ground. 
With  her  shadowy  cone,the  night  goes  round ! 

"Away,  away!  in  our  blossoming  bowers. 
In  the  soft  air  wrapping  these  spheres  of 

ours, 
In  the  seas  and  fountains  that  shine  with 

morn. 
See,  love  is  brooding,  and  life  is  born, 
And  breathing  myriads  are  breaking  from 

night, 
To  rejoice,  like  us,  in  motion  and  light. 

"Glide   on  in    your  beauty,    ye    youthful 

spheres. 
To  weave  the  dance  that  measures  the  years. 
Glide  on,  in  the  glory  and  gladness  sent 
To  the  farthest  wall  of  the  firmament — 
The  boundless  visible  smile  of  Him, 
To  the  veil  of  whose  brow  our  lamps  are  dim," 
W.  C.  Bryant. 

4017.  STEPHEN,  Death  of. 

Acts  vii  :  55. 
With  awful  dread  his  murderers  shook, 

As,  radiant  and  serene, 
The  lustre  of  his  dying  look 

Was  like  an  angel's  seen; 
Or  Moses'  face  of  paly  light. 

When  down  the  mount  he  trod. 
All  glowing  from  the  glorious  sight 

And  presence  of  his  God. 

To  us,  with  all  his  constancy. 

Be  his  rapt  vision  given, 
To  look  above  by  faith,  and  see 

Revealments  bright  of  heaven ; 


STEFHEN". 


STODSTE. 


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And  power  to  speak  our  triumphs  out, 

As  our  last  hour  draws  near, 
While  neither  clouds  of  fear  nor  doubt 

Before  our  view  appear, 

William  Croswell. 

4018.  STEPHEN'S  MARTYRDOM. 
Acts  vii  :  55-60. 

Yesterday,  with  joy  elated, 
Earth  the  advent  celebrated 

Of  David's  Son  and  Lord ; 
Yesterday  their  homage  bringing, 
Angel  choirs,  hosannahs  singing. 

Their  new-crowned  King  adored. 

Lo !  to-day,  where  zealous  Stephen, 
Full  of  faith  and  power  from  heaven, 

And  full  of  holy  grace, 
Now  disputing,  now  insulting, 
Stands  triumphing  and  exulting 

O'er  Israel's  faithless  race. 

Round  him  howling,  red  eyes  flashing, 
Ravening  wolves  their  teeth  are  gnashing. 

And  thirsting  for  his  blood ; 
Lying  tongues  against  him  setting, 
Venomed  fangs  with  malice  whetting, 

Behold  the  viper's  brood. 

Manful  wrestler,  nothing  bending. 
Steadfast  for  the  prize  contending. 

Good  Stephen,  hold  thy  ground ; 
Perjured  witnesses  refuting. 
Rage,  with  reason,  still  confuting, 

Hell's  synagogue  confound. 

Christ,  thy  witness,  is  in  heaven, 
Witness  true  and  faithful,  Stephen, 

Who  on  thy  fight  looks  down; 
Mindful  of  the  name  thou  bearest, 
Bravely  show  thou  nothing  fearest, 

Thus  striving  for  thy  crown. 

Fadeless  crown  of  bliss  securing, 
Little  while  the  pain  enduring. 

Victory  ends  thy  strife ; 
Glory  transient  grief  is  bringing. 
Dawn  of  day  through  death  is  springing. 

The  dawn  of  endless  life. 

Holy  Spirit,  him  imbuing, 
Heavenly  vision  him  enduing, 

He  penetrates  the  skies; 
God's  supernal  glory  viewing, 
Strength  for  victory  renewing. 

He  pants  to  win  the  prize. 

Lo!  at  God's  right  hand  contending, 
Jesus  stands,  His  aid  extending. 

There,  Stephen,  fix  thine  eye; 
See,  the  heavens  are  unsealing, 
Christ,  Himself  to  thee  revealing. 

Attends  thy  dying  cry. 

Loudly  to  his  Saviour  crying, 
Gladly  Christ  tlius  glorifying. 
He  calmly  yields  bis  breath; 


While  his  foes  the  stones  are  heaping. 
Zealot  Saul  their  clothes  is  keeping, 
Consenting  to  his  death. 

Humbly  kneeling,  naught  gainsaying. 
Naught  against  his  slayers  laying. 
Meekly  to  his  Father  praying 

Their  crime  to  disregard ; 
Thus  in  Christ  he  sweetly  sleepeth. 
Who  the  law  of  Christ  thus  keepeth, 
And,  to  Christ  thus  faithful,  reapeth 

The  martyr's  first  reward, 
Admn  of  St.  Victor,  Tr.  ly  N.  B.  Smithers. 

4019.  STEPHEN'S  MARTYRDOM. 

Happy  saint,  so  quickly  driven 

From  the  flesh  by  violent  pain, 
Here  enjoy  the  sight  of  heaven. 

Here  behold  the  Son  of  Man ; 
Jesus  waiting 

To  receive  thy  soul  again, 

Lo,  He  stands  with  arms  extended 
(Risen  from  His  dazzling  throne), 

Sees  His  servant's  warfare  ended. 
Sends  His  flaming  chariot  down; 

Smiles  triumphant. 
Reaches  out  the  palm  and  crown! 

Every  confessor  and  servant 

Who  of  Jesus  testifies, 
Faithful  unto  death  and  fervent, 

Shall  obtain  the  victor's  prize ; 
See  his  Saviour 

Grasp  him  through  the  opening  skies. 

If  Thou  call  even  us  to  inherit 

Joys  for  martyred  saints  prepared. 

Thou  wilt  fill  us  with  Thy  Spirit, 
Pledge  of  that  supreme  reward; 

Sinking,  dying. 
We  shall  view  our  heavenly  Lord. 

Thou  wilt  set  Thyself  before  us. 

Standing  in  the  holiest  place, 
God  omnipotently  glorious. 

We  shall  on  Thy  brightness  gaze, 
Gaze  triumphant 

On  Thy  beatific  face. 

Jesus,  to  our  supplication 

In  that  final  hour  attend, 
To  the  God  of  our  salvation 
While  our  spirits  we  commend ; 

Then  receive  us. 
Crowned  with  bliss  which  ne'er  shall  end! 
/.  a}id  C.  Wesley. 

4020.  STONE  PROM  THE  MOUNTAIN. 
Daniel  ii  :  35. 
Jesus,  fix  Thy  kingdom  here ! 

Thy  kingdom  is  the  stone 
Sent  from  heaven  in  man  to  appear, 

And  stand  on  earth  alone. 
Let  it  now  the  image  smite, 

Break  the  iron  and  the  clay. 
Conquer  (not  by  power  or  might) 

And  force  the  world  to  obey. 


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smpi>ER. 


SXJFPER. 


By  this  stone  to  powder  ground 

The  kingdoms  all  shall  be ; 
Then  their  place  no  more  is  found, 

When  earth  submits  to  Thee. 
Let  Thy  kingdom  now  prevail, 

All  opposing  power  disperse, 
To  a  boundless  mountain  swell, 

And  fill  the  universe. 

J.  and  C.  We 


4021.  SUPPEE,  The  Great. 
Luke  xiv  :  16-24. 
Come,  sinners,  to  the  gospel  feast, 
Let  every  soul  be  Jesus'  guest; 
You  need  not  one  be  left  behind. 
For  God  hath  bidden  all  mankind. 

Sent  by  my  Lord,  on  you  I  call. 

The  invitation  is  to  all : 

Come,  all  the  world;  come,  sinner,  thou; 

All  things  in  Christ  are  ready  now. 

Jesus  to  you  Ilis  fulness  brings, 
A  feast  of  marrow  and  fat  things: 
All,  all  in  Christ  is  freely  given. 
Pardon,  and  holiness,  and  heaven. 

Do  not  begin  to  make  excuse, 
Ah !  do  not  you  His  grace  refuse ; 
Your  worldly  cares  and  pleasures  leave, 
And  take  what  Jesus  hath  to  give. 

Your  grounds  forsake,  your  oxen  quit, 
Your  every  earthly  thought  forget, 
Seek  not  the  comforts  of  this  life, 
Nor  sell  your  Saviour  for  a  wife. 

"Have  me  excused,"  why  will  ye  say? 
"Why  will  ye  for  damnation  pray? 
Have  you  excused,  from  joy  and  peace ! 
Have  you  excused,  from  happiness : 

Excused  from  coming  to  a  feast! 
Excused  from  being  Jesus'  guest ! 
From  knowing  now  your  sins  forgiven. 
From  tasting  here  the  joys  of  heaven  ! 

Excused,  alas!  why  should  you  be 
From  health,  and  life,  and  liberty, 
From  entering  into  glorious  rest, 
From  leaning  on  your  Saviour's  breast ! 

Yet  must  1,  Lord,  to  Thee  complain, 
The  world  hath  made  Thy  offers  vain ; 
Too  busy,  or  too  happy  they, 
They  will  not,  Lord,  Thy  call  obey. 

Go,  then,  my  angry  Master  said, 
Since  these  on  all  My  mercies  tread, 
Invite  the  rich  and  great  no  more, 
But  preach  My  gospel  to  the  poor. 

Confer  not  thou  with  flesh  and  blood, 
Go  quickly  forth,  invite  the  crowd. 
Search  every  lane,  and  every  street, 
And  bring  in  all  the  souls  you  meet. 


Come,  then,  ye  souls  by  sin  opprest, 
Ye  restless  wanderers  after  rest. 
Ye  poor  and  maimed,  and  halt,  and  blind, 
In  Christ  a  hearty  welcome  find. 

Sinners  my  gracious  Lord  receives, 
Harlots,  and  publicans,  and  thieves; 
Drunkards,  and  all  ye  hellish  crew, 
I  have  a  message  now  to  you. 

Come  and  partake  the  gospel  feast, 
Be  saved  from  sin,  in  Jusus  rest: 

0  taste  the  goodness  of  our  God, 

And  eat  his  flesh,  and  drink  His  blood. 

'Tis  done :  my  all-redeeming  Lord, 

1  have  gone  forth  and  preached  the  "Word, 
The  sinners  to  Thy  feast  are  come, 

And  yet,  O  Saviour,  there  is  room. 

Go,  then,  my  Lord  again  enjoined, 
And  other  wandering  sinners  find; 
Go  to  the  hedges  and  highways. 
And  offer  all  My  pardoning  grace. 

The  worst  unto  My  supper  press, 
Monsters  of  daring  wickedness; 
Tell  them  My  grace  for  all  is  free, 
They  cannot  be  too  bad  for  Me. 

Tell  them  their  sins  are  all  forgiven,- 
Tell  every  creature  under  heaven 
I  died  to  save  them  from  all  sin. 
And  force  the  vagrants  to  come  in. 

Ye  vagrant  souls,  on  you  I  call, 

(O  tliat  My  voice  could  reach  you  all!) 

Ye  all  are  freely  justified. 

Ye  all  may  live,  for  Christ  hath  died. 

My  message  as  from  God  receive. 
Ye  all  may  come  to  Christ  and  live: 
O  let  Ilis  love  your  hearts  constrain, 
Nor  suffer  Him  to  die  in  vain. 

His  love  is  mighty  to  compel. 
His  conquering  love  consent  to  feel: 
Yield  to  His  love's  resistless  power. 
And  fight  against  your  God  no  more  ! 

See  Him  set  forth  before  your  eyes, 
Behold  the  bleeding  sacrifice ! 
His  offered  love  make  haste  t'  embrace. 
And  freely  now  be  saved  by  grace. 

Ye  who  believe  His  record  true 
Shall  sup  with  Him,  and  He  with  you: 
Come  to  the  feast,  be  saved  from  sin, 
For  Jesus  waits  to  take  you  in. 

This  is  the  time,  no  more  delay, 
This  is  the  acceptable  day, 
Come  in,  this  moment,  at  His  call, 
And  live  for  Him  who  died  for  all. 

/.  and  C.  Wesley. 


SXJFI'ER. 


SUFFER. 


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4022.  SUPPER,  The  Last. 

Matthew  xvii  :  26-29. 

It  was  an  evening  in  the  Holy  Land, 

"When  Jesus  gathered  His  disciples  dear ; 
The  Jews'  passover-feast  was  nigh  at  hand, 
And  they  were  met  their  Master's  words 
to  hear. 
By  His  own  hand  the  faithful  few  were  fed, 
They  drank  the  cup  He  gave  them  in  that 
hour, 
Nor  saw  the  clouds  that  gathered  round  His 
head. 
Nor  dreamed  for  them  He'd  bow  to  Caesar's 
power. 

Though  on  the  hills  around  Jerusalem 

He  oft  had  wandered  with  the  chosen  few, 
And  taught  the  holy  prophecies  to  them 
Who  ne'er  before  their  deepest  meaning 
knew. 
They  dreamed  not  of  His  death,  but  would 
have  crowned 
The  Meek   and   Lowly   as   a   conquering 
King: 
How  could  they  bear  to  have  their  Master 
bound ! 
How   know   he   must   o'ercome    through 
suffering ! 

Upon   Ilia  breast   His    best-loved   follower 
leaned, 
While  round  him  there  Christ's  arms  in 
love  were  thrown : 
How  from   sucii   holy  joy   could  John  be 
weaned ! 
How  walk  the  paths  of  earth  again  alone! 
Yet  ere  the  morning  must  that  Master  sigh 
Beneath  the  shades  df  fair  Gethsemane, 
And  while  angelic  ministers  are  nigh, 

Must  bear,  O  sinner,  sorrow's  weight  for 
thee! 

The  supper  o'er,  and  Judas  far  away, 

His  cheering  words  of  love  our   Saviour 
spake, 
Then  prayed  for  all  who  near  His  cross  should 
stay, 

Then  bade  the  echoes  with  a  hymn  awake ; 
Thus  prayer  and  music  blended  in  that  hour 

With  pathos,  melody,  and  love  divine. 
Twin  influences  that  o'er  the  soul  have  power 

A  holy  wreath  around  the  heart  to  twine. 

O  Saviour  blest !  whene'er  I  bend  the  knee. 
Or  sing  the  songs  of  Zion  to  Thy  ])raise, 
I'll  think,  in  love  and  faith,  how  Thou  for  me 
Once  trod,   in  holy  grief,  earth's  weary 
ways; 
And  oh !  as  I  shall  at  Thy  table  bow, 

And  taste  the  bread  and  wine  with  grateful 
heart, 
How  oft  my  tears  must  fall  that  such  as  Thou 
Must  die  to  win  me  to  the  l^etter  part ! 
Phehe  A,  Hanaford. 


4r023.  SUPPER,  The  Last. 
Luke  xxii :  19. 
Behold  that  countenance,  where  grief  and 

love 
Blend  with  ineffable  benignity, 
And  deep,  unuttered  majesty  divine. 
Whose  is  that  eye  which  seems  to  read  the 

heart, 
And  yet  to  have  shed  the  tear  of  mortal  woe? 
Redeemer!  is  it  Thine?     And  is  this  feast 
Thy  last  on  earth?    Why  do  the  chosen  few, 
Admitted  to  Thy  parting  banquet,  stand 
As  men  transfixed  with  horror? 

Ah !  I  hear 
The  appalling  answer,  from  those  lips  divine, 
"  One  of  you  shall  betray  me." 

One  of  these? 
Who  by  Thy  hand  was  nurtured,  heard  Thy 

prayers, 
Received  Thy  teachings,  as  the  thirsty  plant 
Turns  to  the  rain  of  summer?    One  of  these ! 
Therefore,  with  deep  and  deadly  paleness 

droops 
The  loved  disciple,  as  if  life's  warm  spring 
Chilled  to  the  ice  of  death  at  such  strange 

shock 
Of  unimagined  guilt.     See,  his  whole  soul 
Concentrated  in  his  eye,  the  man  who  walked 
The  waves  with  Jesus,  all  impetuous  prompts 
The  horror-struck  inquiry — "Is it  I? 
Lord!  is  it  I?"  while  earnest  pressing  near, 
His  brother's  lips,  in  ardent  echo,  seem 
Doubling  the  fearful  thought.     With  brow 

upraised, 
Andrew  absolves  his  soul  of  charge  so  foul ; 
And  springing  eager  from  the  table's  foot, 
Bartholomew  bends  forward,  full  of  hope 
That  by  his  car  the  Master's  awful  words 
Had  been   misconstrued.      To    the  side  of 

Christ, 
James,  in  the  warmth  of  cherished  friend- 
ship, clings, 
Yet  trembles  as  tlie  traitor's  image  steals 
Into  his  throbbing  heart;  while  he    whose 

hand 
In   sceptic   doubt  was   soon  to   probe    the 

wounds 
Of  him  he  loved,  points  upward  to  invoke 
The  avenging  God.     Philip,   with   startled 

gaze, 
Stands  in  his  crystal  singleness  of  soul. 
Attesting  innocence — while  Matthew's  voice, 
Repeating  fervently  the  Master's  words, 
Rouses  to  agony  the  listening  group. 
Who,  half  incredulous,  with  terror  seem 
To  shudder  at  his  accents. 

All  the  twelve 
With  strong  emotion  strive,  save  one  false 

breast 
By  Mammon  seared,  which,  brooding  o'er  its 

gain, 
Weighs  thirty  pieces    with    the    Saviour's 

blood. 
Son  of  perdition  ! — dost  thou  freely  breathe 
In  such  pure  atmosphere? — And  canst  thou 

hide, 


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SYCHJ^R. 


SYCHA.R. 


'Neath  the  cold  calmness  of  that  settled 

brow, 
The  burden  of  a  deed  whose  very  name 
Thus  strikes  thy  brethren  pale  ? 

But  can  it  be 
That  the  strange  power  of  this  soul-harrow- 
ing scene 
Is   the   slight   pencil's  witchery? — I  would 

speak 
Of  him  who  poured  such  bold  conception 

forth 
O'er  the  dead  canvas.     But  I  dare  not  muse 
Now  of  a  mortal's  praise.     Subdued  I  stand 
In   Thy   sole,   sorrowing   presence,    Son   of 

God— 
I  feel  the  breathing  of  those  holy  men 
From  whom  Thy  gospel,  as  on  angel's  wing. 
Went  out  through  all  the  earth.     I  see  how 

deep 
Sin  in  the  soul  may  lurk,  and  fain  would 

kneel 
Low  at  Thy  blessed  feet,  and  trembling  ask, 
"Lord!  is  it  I?" 

For  who  may  tell  what  dregs 
Do  slumber  in  his  breast?    Thou,  who  didst 

taste 
Of  man's  infirmities,  yet  bar  his  sins 
From  Thine  unspotted  soul,  forsake  us  not 
In  our  temptations;  but  so  guide  out  feet. 
That  our  Last  Supper  in  this  world  may  lead 
To  that  immortal  banquet  by  Thy  side, 
Where-  there  is  no  betrayer. 

Mrs.  L.  H.  Sigourney. 

4024.  STCHAE. 

John  iv :  5-30. 

Sweet  was  the  hour,  O  Lord,  to  Thee, 

At  Sychar's  lonely  well. 
When  a  poor  outcast  heard  Thee  there 

Thy  great  salvation  tell. 

Thither  she  came ;  but  O,  her  heart, 

All  filled  with  earthly  care. 
Dreamed  not  of  Thee,  nor  thought  to  find 

The  hope  of  Israel  there. 

Lord !  'twas  Thy  power  unseen  that  drew 

The  stray  one  to  that  place, 
In  solitude  to  learn  from  Thee 

The  secrets  of  Thy  grace. 

There  Jacob's  erring  daughter  found 
Those  streams  unknown  before. 

The  water-brooks  of  life  that  make 
The  weary  thirst  no  more. 

And,  Lord,  to  us,  as  vile  as  she, 

Thy  gracious  lips  have  told 
That  mystery  of  love  revealed 

At  Jacob's  well  of  old. 

In  spirit,  Lord,  we've  sat  with  Thee 

Beside  the  springing  well 
Of  life  and  peace,  and  heard  Thee  there 

Its  healing  virtues  tell. 


Dead  to  the  world,  we  dream  no  more 

Of  earthly  pleasures  now; 
Our  deep,  divine,  unfailing  spring 

Of  grace  and  glory,  Thou,         Denny. 

4025.  STCHAR. 
God  speaketh  wondrously  to  men — His  ways 

Suit  not  our  thought, 
Confounding  all  our  wisdom — what  we  raise 

Smiting  to  nought. 

His  works  are  great — the  laws  His  hand  that 
guide 
Who  search,  may  trace; 
His  word  is  greater — clouds  and  darkness 
hide 
His  rules  of  grace. 

God's  ways  are  not  as  ours ;  we  strive  and 
cry 

With  hurrying  feet. 
Lifting  our  voice  to  every  passer-by 

Loud  in  the  street. 

But  He  who  made  the  ear,  and  knows  who 
yearned 

His  voice  to  heed, 
Seeks  out  unlikeliest  haunts,and  undiscerned 

Lets  fall  the  seed. 

His  common  truth  as  sunlight,  air,  or  dew, 

Wide  He  imparts; 
But  clioicer  utterance  keeps  for  chosen  few, 

Or  single  hearts: 

Speaking  to   high    and   low — the  prophet 
crowned, 

Saint  in  his  cell, 
A  child  in  dreams,  a  simple  woman  found 

Beside  a  well. 

And  I  have  longed  (how  oft  I)  in  musings 
tender 

Such  truth  so  taught 
In  humble  rhymes,  but  as  I  can,  to  render, 

Not  as  I  ought. 

Sweet  tale  of  Christ!  methinks,   of  all  the 
stories 

That  hold  expressed 
In  human  light  the  shadow  of  His  glories, 

I  love  thee  best. 

Thy  quiet  noon,  thy  path  of  mercy  planned, 

Are  but  a  part, 
A  holier  corner  of  a  holy  land 

Hid  in  my  heart. 

Thy  fields   to   harvest  white,   or  in  green 
prime, 

My  feet  ne'er  trod. 
Yet  oft  in  pilgrimage  of  thought  I  climb 

The  hills  of  God; 

And,  while  I  gnze,  I  see  Him  yet  once  more 

By  Joseph's  ground. 
Hungered  and  lone,  but  not  as  heretofore 

With  angels  round. 


SYCH^AJR. 


SYCH^R. 


461 


I  see  Him,  not  in  grandeur  pacing  slowly 

The  waters  wide, 
But,  wearied  with  His  journey,  sitting  lowly 

By  the  roadside. 

I  hear  Him,  not  amidst  the  fire  and  thunder 

Speaking  His  law, 
But  passing  common  courtesies,  to  her  won- 
der 

Who  came  to  draw. 

And  we  may  wonder  yet,  who  find  Him  first 

Asking  our  loves. 
With  heaven  no  commerce  sharing,  till  His 
thirst 

Some  kindness  moves. 

When  shall  Thy  Church,  Lord  Christ,  in  ful- 
ness taste 

That  living  water? 
Our  slower  feet  rebuke  by  eager  haste 

Samaria's  daughter. 

We  quaflf,  but  think  some  stolen  stream  is 
sweet, 

And  thirst  again ; 
Pull  many  a  mile  we  walk,  with  weary  feet 

Toiling  in  vain. 

For  oft  we  take  the  gift,  but  lose  the  Giver 

Out  of  our  thouglit, 
As  one  who  counts,  in  praising  of  the  river, 

Its  source  as  nought — 

As  one  who,  holding  in  his  hand  some  token 

Of  absent  friend, 
Prizes  for  grace  or  use,  not  love  unbroken. 

Its  truer  end. 

And  thus  we  lie  to  times  and  places  bound, 

Our  faith  enslave ; 
Except  the  holy  vestments  wrap  us  round, 

Christ  cannot  save. 

Back  to-  the  mount  with  fire  and  blackness 
burning 
Our  steps  we  trace,. 
The  dear-bought  lesson  of  the  Cross  unlearn- 
ing, 
Pallen  from  grace. 

O  loveliest  of  all  valleys !  not  for-  singing 

Of  thousand  birds. 
Not  for  the  ©range  flower  its  fragrance  fling- 
ing 

O'er  flocks  and  herds- 
After  their  manner  feeding  i  not  for  store 

Of  figs,^  oil-olive,  honey,  corn  and  wine; 
But  for  the  echoes  sounding  evermore 

Of  words;  divine. 

Deep  was  that  well ;  but  deeper  far  the  foun- 
tain 

Unsealed  there  r 
"Not  at  Jerusalem  nor  in  this  mountaini 

Rises  the  jirayer 


"Purer  or  sweeter  than  from  hill  or  valley 

In  every  clime; 
From  grove  or  shrine,  from  field  or  mart  or 
alley 

Peals  the  same  chime. 

' '  With  not  unequal  favor,  where  in  truth 

And  spirit  bend 
High,  low,  bond,  free,  Jew,  Gentile,  age  or 
youth. 

Waiting  the  end, 

' '  'Till  earth  is    all   one   temple,  man   one 
priest. 
And  life  one  prayer." 
What  wonder  if,  by  Heaven's  own  voice  re- 
leased 
From  earthlier  care, 

She  left  her  curse  behind,  no  more  desiring 

Those  nether  springs. 
Heart-smitten,  God-confronted,  late  aspiring 

To  higher  things? 

And  bless&d  above  women  shall  she  be 

Who  asked  no  sign. 
Yet  heard  what  scribes  heard  never,  "I  am 
He," 

From  lips  divine. 

And  thou  who  read'st  this  tale,  to  thee  is 
spoken 

One  truth  yet  more; 
Deem  not  of  other  world  from  this  off-brokeu 

As  sea  from  shore ; 

See  God  with  man  in  kindly  converse  sit. 

As  friend  with  friend ; 
Hear   heavenly    notes  with  nature's  music 
knit. 

Reaching  one  end. 

Eternity  itself  is  nought  but  time ; 

Death  cannot  sever 
One  life  in  two;  the  present  passing  chime 

Is  that  For  Ever. 

The  very  stars  are  ours ;  those  seas  of  gloom 

In  wide  expansion 
Are  but  dark  stairs  that  lead  from  room  to 
room 

In  the  same  mansion. 

The  universe  is  one — yon  round  of  blue 

Hath  nowhere  ending: 
The  world  we  cannot  see  with  that  we  view 

Is  alway  blending : 

Above,  the  rush  of  angel's  wing:  below, 

The  children  playing: 
Around,  each  common,  homeliest  thing  we 
know. 

Each  trivial  saying. 

And  yet,  beside,  the  miracle  of  prayer; 

The  sudden  vanishing  of  friends ; 
God's  voice  and  hand  and  footstep  every- 

In  what  transcends  [where 


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SYCH^'^k.R. 


SYRIA.N'S. 


Our  highest   thought — the  subtle   maze  of 
life ; 

The  mystery  of  the  flower  and  tree ; 
The  order  struggling  slowly  out  of  strife ; 

All  that  we  see. 

Look  round — thou  viewest  the  living  crowds, 
the  light, 
The  earth,  the  sky ; 
All  more  than  these,  perforce,  with  spell- 
bound sight 
Thou  passest  by ; 

But  if  thine  eyes,  as  at  some  prophet's  prayer. 

Sudden  were  free, 
What  sights  upon  the  many-peopled  air 

Thou  then  shouldst  see ! 

And  death  may  be  that  dark  and  unknown 
thing, 

Such  calm  and  simple  change, 
In  the  same  world,  at  home,  as  birds  on  wing, 

Freely  to  range, 

Discerning  all  to  eye  and  ear  before 

Quite  hid  or  dimly  shown ; 
Heaven  at  our  side ;  and,  'midst  the  nations' 
roar, 
Christ  on  His  throne. 

Charles  Lawrence  Ford. 

4026.  STCHAK,  Oluist  at. 
Upon  the  well  by  Sycliar's  gate, 
At  burning  noon,  the  Saviour  sate, 
Athirst  and  hungry  from  tlie  way 

•  His  feet  hud  trod  since  early  day. 
The  twelve  had  gone  to  seek  for  food. 
And  left  Hun  in  His  solitude. 

They  come,  and  spread  before  Him  there. 
With  faithful  liaste,  the  pilgrim  fare. 
And  gently  bid  Him,  "Master,  eat!" 
But  God  had  sent  Him  better  meat. 
And  there  is  on  His  lowly  brow 
Nor  weariness  nor  faintness  now. 

For  while  they  sought  the  market-place, 
His  words  had  won  a  soul  to  grace, 
And  when  lie  set  that  sinner  free 
From  bonds  of  guilt  and  infamy, 
His  heart  grew  strong  with  joy  divine, 
More  than  the  strength  of  bread  and  wine. 

So,  Christian,  when  thy  faith  grows  faint 
Amidst  the  toils  tliat  throng  the  saint, 
Ask  God,  that  thou  mayst  peace  impart 
Unto  some  other  human  heart; 
And  thou  thy  Master's  joy  shall  share, 
E'en  while  His  cross  thy  shoulders  bear. 
George  W.  Bethune. 

4027.  STNAGOGUE,  The. 

I  saw  them  in  their  synagogue, 

As  in  their  ancient  day. 
And  never  from  my  memory 

The  scene  will  fade  away, 


For  dazzling  on  my  vision,  still 

The  latticed  galleries  shine 
With  Israel's  loveliest  daughters, 

In  their  beauty  half  divine. 

It  is  the  holy  Sabbath  eve : 

The  solitary  light 
Sheds,  mingled  with  the  hues  of  day, 

A  lustre  nothing  bright ; 
On  swarthy  brow  and  piercing  glance 

It  falls  with  saddening  tinge. 
And  dimly  gilds  the  Pharisee's  ^ 

Phylacteries  and  fringe. 

The  two-leaved  doors  slide  slow  apart 

Before  the  eastern  screen, 
As  rise  the  Hebrew  harmonies. 

With  chanted  prayers  between. 
And  'mid  the  tissued  veils  disclosed. 

Of  many  a  gorgeous  dye. 
Enveloped  in  their  jewelled  scarfs, 

The  sacred  records  lie. 

Robed  in  his  sacerdotal  vest, 

A  silvery-headed  man. 
With  voice  of  solemn  cadence,  o'er 

The  backward  letters  ran; 
And  often  yet  methinks  I  see 

The  glow  and  power  that  sate 
Upon  his  face,  as  forth  he  spread 

The  roll  immaculate. 

And  fervently  that  hour  I  prayed 

That  from  the  mighty  scroll 
Its  light  in  bnrning  characters 

Might  break  on  every  soul : 
That  on  their  hardened  hearts  the  veil 

Might  be  no  longer  dark, 
But  be  forever  rent  in  twain 

Like  that  before  the  ark. 

For  yet  the  tenfold  film  shall  fall, 

O  Judah,  from  thy  sight, 
And  every  eye  be  purged  to  read 

Thy  testimonies  right. 
When  thou,  with  all  >Iessiah's  signs 

In  Christ  distinctly  seen, 
Shall,  by  Jehovah's  nameless  name. 

Invoke  the  Nazarene. 

William  Croswell. 

4028.  SYRIANS,  Eotit  of  the. 
3  Kings  vii  :  6. 
Where  had  thy  war-host,  oh  Israel !  fled. 
When    ye   crouched  at   the    sound   of   the 

Syrians'  tread? 
Nor  raised  was  the  banner,  nor  grappled  the 

sword, 
Yet  the  Syrian  shrunk  at  the  voice  of  the 
Lord. 

It  came  when  at  midnight  was  closed  every 
eye;  [the  sky! 

Hark!    startling  and  fearful  it  burst  from 

And  chariot  and  horsemen,  with  crash  and 
with  clang, 

All  trackless  and  wild  o'er  the  slumbercrs 
rang  I 


SYE.O-FHCElS'ICI.i^LlSr. 


T^UOR. 


463 


The  f ocman  leaped  up ;  fly,  oh  fly  from  the 

strife ! 
Leave  purple  and  silver,  and  rush  for  your 

life! 
Througli  thy  forests,  Manasseh,  they  swept 

like  the  wind, 
And   the   anger   of   Heaven   rolled   fiercely 

behind ! 

Rise,  daughters  of  Judah;  no  wail  for  the 

slain 
Shall  mingle  a  sigh  with  your  harp's  merry 

strain ; 
And  gather   young  garlands,   and   bind  on 

your  brow, 
The  red  drop  rest  not  on  their  loveliness  now. 

Yet  no  chieftain  shall  laugh  in  the  pride  of 

his  might, 
To  the  King  of  the  kingly,  the  sword  of  the 

fight; 
Be  the  gush  of  your  heart  as  his  altar-seat 

poured, 
And  wreathe  a  green  leaf  round  the  shrine  of 
the  Lord.  Mary  E.  Brooks. 

« 
4029.  STEO-PHCENICIAN  WOMAN. 
Mark  vii  :  30. 
" Grant,  Lord,  her  prayer,  and  let  her  go; 

She  crieth  after  us." 
Nay,  to  the  dogs  ye  cast  it  so; 
Serve  not  a  woman  thus. 

Their  pride,  by  condescension  fed, 

He  speaks  with  truer  tongue : 
"It  is  not  meet  the  children's  bread 

Should  to  the  dogs  be  flung." 

The  words,  because  they  were  so  sore, 

His  tender  voice  did  rue; 
His  face  a  gentle  sadness  wore, 

And  showed  He  suffered  too. 

He  makes  her  share  the  hurt  of  good, 
Takes  what  she  would  have  lent. 

That  these  proud  men  their  evil  mood 
May  see,  and  so  repent ; 

And  that  the  hidden  faith  in  her 

May  burst  in  soaring  flame. 
From  childhood  deeper,  holier, 

If  birthright  not  the  same. 

"  Truth,  Lord;  and  yet  the  dogs  that  crawl 

Under  the  table,  eat 
The  crumbs  the  little  ones  let  fall — 

And  that  is  not  unmeet." 

HI  names,  of  proud  religion  born. 
She'll  wear  the  worst  that  comes; 

Will  clothe  her,  patient,  in  their  scorn, 
To  share  the  healing  crumbs. 

The  cry  rebuff  could  not  abate 

"Was  not  like  water  spilt: 
"  O  woman,  but  thy  faith  is  great! 

Be  it  even  as  thou  wilt." 


Oh  happy  she  who  will  not  tire, 

But,  baffled,  prayeth  still! 
What  if  He  grant  her  heart's  desire 

In  fulness  of  her  will ! 

Oeorge  Macdonald. 

4030.  TABERAH,  The  Burning  at. 

Deuteronomy  i;c  :  23. 
The  fire  of  heaven  breaks  forth. 

When  haughty  reason  pries  too  near, 
Weighing  th'  eternal  mandate's  worth 
In  philosophic  scales  of  earth,  [fear. 

Selecting  these  for  scorn,  and  those  for  holy 

Nor  burns  it  only  then : 

The  poor  that  are  not  poor  in  heart — 
Who  say,  "The  bread  of  Christian  men, 
We  loathe  it,  o'er  and  o'er  again" — 

The  murmurers  in  the  camp,  must  feel  the 
blazing  dart. 

Far  from  the  Lord's  tent  door, 

And  therefore  bold  to  sin,  are  they:  [lore?" 
"What  should  we  know  of  faith's  high 
Oh !  plead  not  so — there's  wrath  in  store. 

And,  tempered  to  our  crimes,  the  lightnings 
find  their  way.  John  Keble. 

4031.  TABOR,  CALVARY,  OLIVET. 
Dear  Saviour,  when  Thy  chosen  three 
Ascended  Tabor's  mount  with  Thee, 

And  when  Thy  glory  threw 
Around  Thy  form  resplendent  rays, 
It  circled  Thee  with  heavenly  blaze, 

Dazzling  to  mortal  view. 

Then  did  Thy  great  apostle  pray 
On  Tabor's  radiant  mount  to  stay, 

And  fix  his  dwelling  there; 
Held  by  Thy  glory's  ])oteut  spell. 
There  he  proclaimed  it  good  to  dwell, 

Tliat  tranquil  bliss  to  share. 

Little  did  that  apostle  know 
What  toils  awaited  him  below. 

Ere  bliss  should  crown  his  head: 
Ah,  little  did  Thy  favorite  think 
So  deeply  of  Thy  cup  to  drink; 

He  knew  not  what  he  said. 

When  Thou  didst  vanish  from  their  sight, 
From  Olivet's  majestic  height. 

To  mount  Thy  glorious  throne ; 
Thy  chosen  ones  gazed  fondly  there, 
And  watched  Thee  till  the  bright  cloud's  glare 

Left  them  iu  grief  alone. 

They,  as  they  gazed  from  Olivet, 
Their  charge  too  quickly  could  forget — 

They  loved  to  linger  there; 
Till  angels  warned  them  to  retire. 
For  Him,  who  would  return  in  fire. 

With  fervor  to  prepare. 

From  Calvary  Thy  followers  fled : 
Where  Thy  redeeming  blood  was  shed 


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TJ^lDlSTOTl. 


TALENT. 


None  of  Thy  twelve  were  found 
Save  Thy  beloved  John,  who  stood 
Faithful  beneath  the  saving  wood 

When  numbers  scoffed  around. 

With  him  oh  let  my  station  be ; 

Dear  Saviour,  let  me  mourn  with  Thee, 

Thy  cross  to  me  is  sweet : 
Oh,  be  Thy  sorrowing  path  my  way; 
Lord,  it  is  good  for  me  to  stay 

And  press  Thy  sacred  feet. 

F.  C.  Husenleth. 

4032.  TADMOR  OF  THE  "WILDEENESS. 
1  Kings  ix  :  18. 
Beneath  the  arch  of  eastern  skies, 

On  Syria's  barren  wild, 
Where  oft  the  scowling  sand-storm  flies, 

And  hides  the  desert  child. 
How  beautiful  to  catch  the  sight 
Of  Tadmor's  mountain  purple  height ! 

And  while  the  flush  of  evening  glows 

Upon  the  western  sky. 
Unequalled  by  the  blusliing  rose 

Where  Sharon's  zephyrs  sigh, 
How  sweet  to  hear  the  camel-train 
Come  tinkling  home  across  the  plain! 

Gigantic  loom  the  "  desert  ships," 

As  steadily  they  come; 
While  joyfully  the  Kabyl  skips 

Along  his  houseless  home. 
And  shakes  his  spear  with  childlike  glee. 
And  cries,  "  The  boundless  waste  for  me!" 

The  boundless  waste,  the  fruitless  sea, 
Where  scorching  rays  are  cast. 

The  steed  that  with  the  wind  can  flee, 
When  danger  gathers  fast. 

The  scanty  tent,  the  brackish  spring, 

And  night,  that  comes  with  jewelled  wing: 

The  solitude  where  footprints  die. 

And  prowling  lions  tread. 
Where  caravans  of  wealth  sweep  by. 

In  watchfulness  and  dread: 
And  sink  to  sleep  and  wake  to  know 
That  Ishmael  is  still  their  foe. 

And  now,  behold,  from  towering  hill, 

The  howling  city  stand, 
In  silver  moonlight  sleeping  still. 

So  beautiful  and  grand; 
No  sadder  sight  has  earth  than  this: 
'Tis  Tadmor  of  the  wildnerness. 

Half  buried  in  the  flowerlcss  sand 

Whirled  by  the  eddying  blast. 
Behold  her  marble  columns  stand. 

Huge  relics  of  the  past ; 
And  o'er  lier  gates  of  solid  stone 
The  sculptured  eagle  fronts  the  sun. 

Palmyra!  thou  wert  great  indeed. 
When  through  thy  portals  passed 

The  Persian  on  his  weary  steed, 
And  found  a  rest  at  last 


From  Samiel's  breath,  and  war's  alarms. 
Beneath  thy  tall  and  waving  palms. 

Zenobia,  mistress  of  the  East, 

In  glory  rested  here; 
'NeatTi  yonder  porch  she  held  her  feast, 

While  satraps  bowed  in  fear; 
And  oft  the  silver  strain  came  up, 
While  Bacchus  filled  her  golden  cup. 

And  here  she  oped  her  portals  wide, 

And  called  the  wise  around; 
And  hither,  in  her  days  of  pride. 

The  sage  a  refuge  found ; 
And  Arab  chief  and  Rabbin  hung 
On  gray-haired  wisdom's  silver  tongue. 

When  Rome's  fierce  thousands  hither  came, 

O'er  yonder  sands  she  fled. 
And  here  returned  in  grief  and  shame, 

A  sovereign  captive  led ; 
While  loud  her  people's  wail  arose 
Above  the  shouts  of  conquering  foes. 

And  when  the  gleaming  cohorts  flung- 

Their  banners  o'er  thj  head, 
And  cymbals  clashed  and  clarions  rung. 

Before  Aurelian's  tread. 
Then  died  thy  race,  and  sank  thy  towers, 
And  desert  lightnings  seared  thy  flowers. 
Jesse  JSrsJcine  Dow. 

4033.  TALENT,  One. 

Matthew  xxv  :  18. 

In  a  napkin  smooth  and  white. 
Hidden  from  all  mortal  sight. 
My  one  talent  lies  to-night. 

Mine  to  hoard,  or  mine  to  use ; 
Mine  to  keep,  or  mine  to  lose; 
May  I  not  do  what  I  choose? 

Ah!  the  gift  was  only  lent. 
With  the  Giver's  known  intent 
That  it  should  be  wisely  spent. 

And  I  know  He  will  demand 
Every  farthing  at  my  hand. 
When  I  in  His  presence  stand. 

What  will  be  my  grief  and  shame. 
When  I  hear  my  humble  name. 
And  cannot  repay  His  claim ! 

One  poor  talent — nothing  more ! 
All  the  years  that  have  gone  o'er 
Have  not  added  to  the  store. 

Some  wilt  double  what  they  hold, 

Others  add  to  it  tenfold, 

And  pay  back  the  shining  gold. 

Would  that  I  had  toiled  like  them! 
All  my  sloth  I  now  condemn; 
Guilty  fears  my  soul  o'erwhelm. 


TALENTS. 


T^RES. 


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Lord,  oh  teach  me  what  to  do ! 
Make  me  faithful,  make  me  true, 
And  the  sacred  trust  renew. 

Help  me  ere  too  late  it  be, 
Something  yet  to  do  for  Thee, 
Tliou  wlio  hast  done  all  for  me. 

4034.  TALENTS,  Responsibility  for. 

Matthew  xxv  :  14,  18. 
Thou  that  in  life's  crowded  city  art  arrived, 

thou  knowest  not  how. 
By  what  patli,  or  on  wliat  errand — list  and 

learn  thine  errand  now. 

From  the  palace  to  the  city  on  the  business 

of  thy  King 
Thou  wert  sent  at  early  morning,  to  return 

at  evening. 

Dreamer  waken,  loiterer  hasten;  what  thy 

task  is,  understand ; 
Thou  art  here  to  purchase  substance,  and  the 

price  is  in  thy  hand. 

Has  the  tumult  of  the  market  all  thy  sense 

confused  and  drowned? 
Do  its  glittering  wares  entice   thee,  or  its 

shouts  and  cries  confound? 

Oh !  beware  lest  thy  Lord's  business  be  for- 
gotten, while  thy  gaze 

Is  on  every  show  and  pageant  which  the 
giddy  square  displays. 

Barter  not  His  gold  for  pebbles ;  do  not  trade 

in  vanities; 
Pearls  there  are  of  price  and  jewels  for  the 

purchase  of  the  wise. 

And  know  this— at  thy  returning  thou  wilt 

surely  find  the  King 
With  an  open  book  before  Him,  waiting  to 

make  reckoning. 

Then  large  honors  will  the  faithful  earnest 

service  of  one  day 
Reap  of   Him,  but  one  day's  folly  largest 

penalties  will  pay. 

Richard  C.  Trench. 

4035.  TALENTS,  The. 

Matthew  xxv  :  14-30. 

There  is  a  kingdom  far  away, 

And  thither  Christ  has  gone, 
And  there  abides  until  that  day 

When  to  His  throne  and  crown 
All  sceptres  bow,  and  nations  fall, 
And  Christ  is  King  and  Lord  of  all. 

Meanwhile  His  gifts  He  hath  bestowed, 

And  talents  He  hath  given. 
To  yield  their  increase  up  to  God, 

And  bring  forth  fruit  for  heaven. 
To  each  as  each  had  power  to  bear — 
five,  two,  or  one — and  left  them  there. 


The  gift  received,  the  use  begun, 

Is  as  the  fruitful  field. 
Which,    ploughed,    prepared,    and    thickly 

Its  hundredfold  doth  yield:  [sown, 

"Well  done!"  shall  be  the  welcome  word, 
Joy  to  the  servant  and  his  Lord. 

The  talent  buried  and  not  used 

Shall  ne'er  increase  its  store; 
While  that  which  is  most  wide  diffused. 

And  gains  the  most,  has  more. 
Thus  " grace  for  grace"  shall  we  receive; 
The  more  we  spend,  the  more  He'll  give. 

Pray  for  the  talent-bearers,  pray; 

And  with  their  Master  plead — 
They  need  such  help  upon  their  way. 

Pray  for  the  talented. 
Whether  the  five,  the  two,  the  one, 
That  fruit  be  borne  and  duty  done. 

My  talent,  Lord,  whate'er  it  be, 

May  I  with  zeal  employ. 
And  one  day  yield  it  back  to  Thee 

Increased  with  fruits  of  joy! 
To  Thee  may  all  my  talents  tend. 
Their  author  Thou,  and  Thou  their  end ! 

Talents  are  seeds  by  Heaven's  good  gift  be- 
stowed. 
To  render  back  their  increase  unto  God; 
Talents  are  deeds  to  do,  or  duties  done, 
Whate'er  their  number  be — five,  two,  or  one. 
As  is  their  use,  so  is  their  worth, 

As  is  the  impulse  given. 
They  wither  here  upon  the  earth, 
Or  ripen  here  for  heaven. 

Mobert  Maguire. 

4036.  TARES,  Parable  of  the. 

Matthew  xiii  :  24-30,  36-43. 

The  seed  of  right,  the  seed  of  wrong. 

Are  sown  beneath  the  sod ; 
And  these  to  diverse  hands  belong, 

To  Satan  and  to  God. 
One  field,  one  soil  is  this  below. 
In  which  these  diverse  seeds  to  sow. 
From  which  eternal  issues  flow. 

It  is  God's  kingdom  in  the  earth. 

His  kingdom  in  the  soul ; 
The  good  seed  is  the  harvest's  birth. 

While  seasons  onward  roll. 
The  field  the  world;  the  seed-time  now; 
The  sower  goes  his  seed  to  sow; 
The  good  seed  sown,  it  now  doth  grow. 

The  seed  thus  planted,  and  all  done, 
Men  slept,  and  rose,  and  wrought ; 

It  is  pure  wheat,  and  wheat  alone: 
This  was  their  careless  thought. 

But  while  men  slept,  a  secret  foe 

Did  come  in  darksome  night,  and  lo! 

Another  seed  did  gently  sow. 


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TE]Mi»Esa:. 


The  tares  amid  the  seed  broadcast, 
And  hid  beneath  the  ground, 

Amid  the  golden  sheaves  at  last 
In  large  abundance  found. 

To-day  together  they  may  grow ; 

To-morrow,  severed,  they  shall  go 

To  everlasting  weal  or  woe. 

Bobert  Maguire. 

4037.  TEACHER,  The  Divine. 
John  iii :  2. 

The  moon  had  cleared  the  eastern  hill, 
And  full  o'er  David's  city  shone. 

When  all  within  its  walls  were  still : 
All,  did  I  say?     No,  there  was  one 

Of  stately  port,  and  noble  birth. 

Called  "great"  among  the  sons  of  earth. 

He,  with  a  quick  and  timid  step, 

As  though  some  tlireateningfoe  was  nigh. 

Came  to  the  spot  wiiere  Jesus  slept. 
With  anxious  heart  and  earnest  eye; 

And  this  the  salutation  given : 

"Thou  art  the  Teacher  sent  from  heaven !" 

"Thou  art  a  Teacher  from  on  high : 
None  else  such  mighty  works  could  do; 

Diseases  at  Tliy  bidding  fly; 

Wonders  like  these  we  never  knew; 

The  sick  restored,  the  dead  arise, 

Satan  himself  before  Thee  flies." 

Thus  did  the  Jewish  ruler  hail 
Him  who  indeed  was  sent  by  God, 

Jehovah's  counsel  to  reveal. 

And  rescue  sinners  by  His  blood. 

How  did  our  blessed  Saviour  teach? 

Where  and  to  whom  did  Jesus  preach? 

Sometimes  within  that  splendid  pile. 
The  boast  of  Judah's  favored  land, 

Admiring  multitudes  the  while 

Beheld  Him,  with  supreme  command. 

As  He  its  Lord  and  Master  were. 

Turn  out  the  bold  intruders  there. 

Sometimes  He  stood  upon  the  shore, 
As  crowds  collected  on  the  strand; 

And  taught  amidst  the  billows'  roar, 

Who  could  the  winds  and  waves  command : 

There  mighty  works  the  Saviour  wrought, 

There  to  His  feet  the  sick  were  brought. 

Then  would  He  mount  a  vessel's  side. 
And  teach  upon  the  deep  blue  sea; 

Whose  eye  could  through  its  caverns  glide : 
Lord  of  the  ocean's  depths  is  He. 

Silver,  and  gold,  and  pearl,  and  gem. 

Are  known,  and  ordered  forth  by  Him. 

Sometimes  from  ofif  the  mountain's  brow. 
When  He  the  night  had  spent  in  prayer: 

His  people  reap  that  harvest  now. 

The  seeds  of  which  were  scattered  there ; 

When  with  his  Father  He  would  plead 

For  all  their  wants  in  time  of  need. 


Is  not  the  Saviour  teaching  still? 

The  wheels  of  Providence  He  turns; 
All  is  subservient  to  His  will, 

'Tis  He  prevents,  and  He  confirms. 
What  comfort  to  His  saints  to  know 
That  He  controls  their  every  foe ! 

Does  He  not  by  His  Spirit  teach 

All  whom  His  heavenly  Father  gave? 

That  "small  still  voice"  their  hearts  must 
reach, 
He  must  conduct  whom  Christ  will  save. 

Our  Lord  ascended  up  on  high, 

And  captive  led  captivity.  Hophins. 

4038.  TEMPEST  STILLED. 
Matthew  viii :  23-87. 

Darkness,  and  silence,  and  the  sea; 
Sublime,  serene,  mysterious  three ! 
Above,  beneath,  within,  around. 
How  calm,  how  holy,  how  profound! 

Gennesarct  slumbers  like  a  child 
Wearied  o'er  many  a  flowery  wild, 
And  all  his  gambolling  rip])los  rest 
On  earth's  benignant,  boundless  breast. 

And  Christ  had  sent  the  crowds  away 
That  thronged  Him  all  that  wondrous  day; 
And,  as  tlie  last  dim  daylight  died. 
They  launched  upon  the  dusky  tide. 

But  as,  with  lengthened  strokes  and  strong, 
Tiie  well-rowed  thallop  shoots  along. 
Soothed  by  the  measured,  si umb'rous  sound, 
The  Saviour  sinks  in  sleep  profound. 

Where  'round  the  stern  the  eddies  curl 
With  many  a  soft  and  whispering  whirl. 
Stretched  on  a  rower's  mat  He  lies, 
While  darkness  shrouds  the  shadowy  skies. 

And  now  the  fair  and  favoring  gale 
Invites  to  spread  th'  assisting  sail, 
And  soon  the  little  fleet,  on  wings, 
Before  the  freshening  breezes  springs. 

But  lo !  along  the  inky  west 
The  lightning  rims  a  storm-cloud's  breast. 
And  thunder,  faint  at  first,  and  far. 
Rolls  on  the  ear  with  deepening  jar! 

And  now  the  fitfid  gusts  that  meet 
Slacken,  then  strain,  the  rattling  sheet; 
'Tis  furled ;  the  wind,  with  ominous  moan, 
Exjnres  in  silence,  like  a  groan. 

The  hardy  fishermen  with  dread 
Glance  at  the  sky,  now  flame,  now  lead, 
And  each  grips  fast  his  trusty  oar. 
And  leans  to  catch  the  rising  roar. 

It  comes !     The  uproar,  wild  and  hoarse, 
Proclaims  the  hot  Levanter's  course. 
As,  like  a  panther  from  his  lair. 
It  leaps  upon  the  quivering  air  I 


TEIMFEST. 


tem:jpest. 


467 


The  thunder  bursts  with  bellowing  bound ! 
Blackness  and  blaze  the  skies  confound  ! 
The  winds  like  demons  scream  and  rave! 
The  sheeted  foam  blends  wave  with  wave ! 

Instant  the  slumbering  surges  rise, 
And  watery  steeps  assail  the  skies! 
The  shallop,  like  an  egg-shell  driven, 
Now  sinks  to  hell,  now  shoots  to  heaven! 

Through  many  a  night  that  stalwart  crew 
Had  mocked  the  murkiest  blast  that  blew, 
Following  their  rude  profession's  call; 
No  night  like  this  among  them  all. 

For  hell  has  burst  her  inmost  cage, 
And  all  her  fiends  around  them  rage, 
Burning  to  whelm  with  endless  loss 
The  race  now  ransomed  by  the  cross. 

But  while  the  hovering  hosts  of  hell 
On  blast  and  billow  'round  them  yell, 
And  mingle  sands,  and  seas  and  skies, 
The  trembling  band  to  Jesus  flics. 

"  Master!  we  perish!     Save  us!     Save!" 
He  rose,  in  aspect  grand,  but  grave, 
While  'I'ound  His  awe-inspiring  form 
Burst  all  the  blackness  of  the  storm. 

"Silence!    Be  hushed!"  The  thunder  heard. 
The  tempest  trembled  at  His  word ; 
The  winds  shrank  cowering  to  their  caves. 
And  ocean  slept,  with  all  his  waves. 

A  mighty  calm  !  so  soft,  so  still ! 
Strange  fears  His  wondering  followers  fill: 
"  What  man  is  this?     What  being,  pray? 
Whose  word  e'en  winds  and  waves  obey?" 

O  Saviour!  storm-controlling  Lord! 
Well  may  our  songs  Thy  praise  record; 
Well  may  we  join  ethereal  powers, 
And  hail  Thee  nature's  God,  and  ours ! 

When  storms  of  sin  our  souls  assail, 
Or  sorrows  like  a  sea  prevail, 
Thy  voice  shall  quell  the  rising  sin, 
And  soothe  the  waves  of  woe  within. 

And  when  the  gathering  hosts  of  hell 
Muster  in  legions  fierce  and  fell. 
With  Christ  on  board  we'll  fear  no  ill; 
For  He  can  bid  them  "  Peace,  be  still." 
George  Lansing  Taylor. 

4039.  TEMPEST,  Stilling  the. 
Mark  iv  :  35-41. 

A  storm  was  out  upon  the  sea. 

The  waves  were  rolling  high; 
And  winds  of  dreadful  might  were  felt 
Fiercely  careering  by; 
No  pleasant  star  was  seen, 
No  distant  watch-fire's  glow; 
But  night  was  black,  and  creaked  the  ship 
In  the  lake's  roughened  flow. 


So  bright  had  been  the  day  of  love, 

So  kind  the  words  of  grace 
That  fell  from  the  Redeemer's  lips, 
They  dreamed  not  of  distress-. 
At  His  divine  command. 
Out  on  the  rippling  sea 
The  meek  disciples  launched  their  bark, 
And  threw  their  canvas  free. 

The  Man  of  Sorrows,  pressed  with  toil, 

Had  sunk  to  balmy  rest; 
And  not  a  thought  of  wind  and  storm 
Was  in  that  holy  breast; 
He  knew  not  of  the  grief. 
That  drove  to  wild  despair 
His  dear  disciples,  while  they  feared, 
Because  their  Lord  was  there. 

But  hark !  they  cry !  they  cry ! 

In  accents  of  distress, 
"]\[aster!  we  perish  !  wake!" 
In  tones  of  bitterness; 
"  Carest  Thou  not  that  we  should  sink 
Here  in  the  swelling  main? 
Shall  we  not  bring  Thee,  Master,  safe 
Back  to  the  shore  again !" 

He  woke  in  calmness  at  their  call, 

Roused  from  His  deep  repose; 

Beheld  the  dashings  of  the  sea, 

And  how  the  billows  rose; 

He  heard  the  roaring  wind, 

He  felt  the  rapid  blast. 

And  siw  His  trembling  friends, 

Whose  counige  failed  them  fast. 

Above  the  bowlings  of  the  storm, 

A  gi'ntle  voice  was  heard. 
Mild  as  the  softest  zephyr's  strain, 
His  own  Almighty  word — 
"Peace,  ye  rebellious  waves — 
Ye  stormy  v.inds,  be  still!" 
The  sea  and  winds  obey 

The  great  Creator's  will. 

The  blest  disciples  know 
It  was  no  mortal  power 
That  could  avail  to  quell 
The  tumult  of  that  hour; 
Wonder  came  o'er  their  reeking  brows. 
And  doubts  their  bosoms  thrill — 
"What  man  is  this,  who  speaks  the  word, 
And  winds  and  waves  are  still?" 

4040.  TEMPEST,  gtilling  the. 
Luke  viii  :  22-25. 

All  day  the  Saviour  sat  beside  the  sea, 
And  taught  the  multitudes  that  gathered 
there, 

Till  evening  came  and  spread  o'er  Galilee 
The  wing  of  darkness  on  the  silent  air. 

He  bade  the  throng  depart  and  seek  their  rest. 
While  he  retired  upon  the  frngile  bark; 

And  floating  o'er  the  water's  glassy  breast. 
He  sought  repose  while  night  reigned  lone 
and  dark. 


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TEIVLPEST. 


TEIMPEST. 


"All's  well,"  the  sailor  cried,  as  o'er  the  sea 
The  evening   zephyr    floated    sweet   and 
mild; 

And  on  the  ship  sped  joyously  and  free, 
As  light  and  buoyant  as  a  happy  child. 

And  Jesus  slept!  O  blessed,  hallowed  sleep, 
To  soothe  the  burden  of  His  royal  heart; 

And  loving  angels  gathered  there  to  keep 
Sweet  watch,  and  bid  the  weariness  depart. 

But  hark !  a  fearful  sound  breaks  on  the  ship ; 

A  tempest  sweeps  full  armed  across  the  sea ; 
And  pale  and  trembling  is  the  sailor's  lip, 

As  rise  the  billows  wild  on  Galilee. 

The  sails  are  torn,  the  masts  sway  to  and  fro, 
The  cordage  shrieks  amid    the   howling 
storm. 

The  waters  burst  and  fill  the  hold  below. 
And  awful  fear  convulses  every  form. 

He  sleeps,  in  peace  the  weary  Saviour  sleeps. 
For  storm  and  calm  are  both  alike  to  Him ; 

Alike  the  mountains  firm  or  surging  deeps. 
The  light  of  day  or  shadows  damp  and  dim. 

Now  deeper  thunders  roll   and  lightnings 
flash. 
And  torrents  flood  the  trembling  vessel's 
deck ; 
While  one  wild  billow  sweeps  with  awful 
crash, 
And  threatens  all  the  ship  an  instant  wreck. 

They  wake  the  Master  now,  and  cry, ' '  O  save, 
We  perish,  Lord!  we  perish,  hear,  O  hear! 

Let  not  the  billows  be  our  lonely  grave: 
O  shelter  us,  O  save  us  in  our  fear." 

Then  He  arose,  and  spake  unto  the  sea, 
"Peace!  be  thou  still;  and  cease,  O  wind." 

The  storm  recoils,  his  legions  turn  and  flee. 
And  leave  the  waters  calm  and  still  behind. 

Again  the  starslookdown  with  golden  gleam, 
And  Jesus'  name  was  praised  upon  the  sea ; 

And  soft  and  lovely  as  an  angel's  dream. 
We  love  this  nightly  tale  of  Galilee. 

Dwight  Williams. 

4041.  TEMPEST,  Stilling  the. 
A  mighty  storm  is  on  Gennesaret; 
The  sailors'  beards  with  spray  and  tears  are 

wet. 
As  swiftly  through   the   night   and    water 

sweeps 
A    boat,    in    which    The-Christ-of-Sinners 

sleeps. 

In  sore  distress  the  sinful  sailors  pray: 
' '  O  save  us,  Lord !  The  fearful  tempest  stay !" 
While  one  upon  the  other  looks  and  weeps. 
Calm  as  a  child  The-Christ-of- Sinners  sleeps. 

In  deeper  woe  the  Galileans  cry : 

"Save,  Lord,  we  perish !    Save  us  or  we  die !" 


Across  the  Dreamer's   face   a  sweet  smile 

creeps. 
Amid  the  din  The-Christ-of-Sinners  sleeps. 

Quick  peals  of  thunder,  shouts  of  deep  de- 
spair 
Fly  fast  as  raindrops  through  the  flaming  air ! 
The  foam- capped  billows  pile  in  snowy  heaps ! 
The-Christ-of-Sinners  still  in  silence  sleeps. 

All  hope  of  human  help  the  sailors  yield; 
They  watch  and  wait  a  God  to  be  revealed ; 
The  prayer  of  faith   the   promised  harvest 

reaps — 
The-Christ-of-Sinners 


sleeps ! 


slumbers     not,    nor 


"  O  ye  of  little  faith !"  aloud  He  cries; 

"  Have  ye  not  learned  who  rules  the  sea  and 

skies?" 
Be  still,  wild  winds !  Peace,  rolling,  troubled 

deep! 
And  at  His  voice  the  tempest  sinks  to  sleep. 

O  sinless  soul !  despite  the  storms  of  life, 
Sleep  on  securely,  Jesus  rules  the  tide; 

Defy  all  danger,  stem  the  waves  of  strife ! 
For  they  are  saved  who  in  the  ship  abide! 
Simeon  Tucker  ClavTc. 

4042.  TEMPEST,  StilUng  the. 

Behind  the  hills  of  Naphtali 

The  sun  went  slowly  down, 
Leaving  on  mountain,  tower,  and  tree 

A  tinge  of  golden  brown. 

The  cooling  breath  of  evening  woke 

The  waves  of  Galilee, 
Till  on  the  shore  the  waters  broke 

In  softest  melody. 

"Now   launch    the   bark,"   the    Saviour 
The  chosen  Twelve  stood  by —    [cried — 

"And  let  us  cross  to  yonder  side. 
Where  the  hills  are  steep  and  high." 

She  gently  o'er  the  water  creeps, 
With  swelling  sail  outspread ; 

And  the  wearied  Saviour  soundly  sleeps, 
A  pillow  'neath  His  head. 

On  downy  bed  the  world  seeks  rest; 

Sleep  flies  the  guilty  eye; 
But  He  Avho  leans  on  the  Father's  breast 

May  sleep  when  storms  are  nigh. 

But  soon  the  lowering  sky  grew  dark 

O'er  Bashan's  rocky  brow; 
The  storm  rushed  down  upon  the  bark, 

And  waves  dashed  o'er  the  prow. 

The  pale  disciples  trembling  spake, 
While  yawned  the  watery  grave, 

"We  perish,  Master!     Master,  wake! 
Carest  Thou  not  to  save?" 


TEMIPEST. 


TEMLPEST. 


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Calmly  He  rose  with  sovereign  will, 
And  hushed  the  storm  to  rest;     [still!" 

"Ye  waves,"  He  whispered,  "peace]  be 
They  calmed  like  a  pardoned  breast. 

So  have  I  seen  a  fearful  storm 

O'er  wakened  sinner  roll, 
Till  Jesus'  voice  and  Jesus'  form 

Said,  "Peace,  thou  weary  soul!" 

And  now  He  bends  His  gentle  eye 
His  wondering  followers  o'er: 

"Why  raise  this  unbelieving  cry? 
I  said.  To  yonder  shore." 

When  first  the  Saviour  wakened  me, 
And  showed  me  why  He  died. 

He  pointed  o'er  life's  narrow  sea, 
And  said,  "To  yonder  side." 

"I  am  the  ark  where  Noah  dwelt, 

And  heard  the  deluge  roar; 
No  soul  can  perish  that  has  felt 

My  rest. — To  yonder  shore." 

Peaceful  and  calm  the  tide  of  life 
When  first  I  sailed  with  Thee ; 

My  sins  forgiven,  no  inward  strife, 
My  breast  a  glassy  sea. 

But  soon  the  storm  of  passion  raves; 

My  soul  is  tempest  tost; 
Corruptions  rise  like  angry  waves: 

' '  Help,  Master !     I  am  lost !" 

"Peace,  peace  1  be  still,  thou  raging  breast ! 

My  fulness  is  for  thee." 
The  Saviour  speaks,  and  all  is  rest. 

Like  the  waves  of  Galilee. 

And  now  I  feel  this  holy  eye 

Upbraids  my  heart  of  pride: 
"Why  raise  this  unbelieving  cry? 

I  said.  To  yonder  side." 

Robert  Murray  Mc  Cheyne. 

4043.  TEMPEST,  Stilling  the. 

Loud  was  the  wind,  and  wild  the  tide; 

The  sliip  lier  course  delayed : 
The  Lord  came  to  their  help  and  cried, 

"'TisI;  be  not  afraid." 

Who  walks  the  waves  in  wondrous  guise, 

By  nature's  laws  unstayed? 
"  'Tis  I,"  a  well-known  voice  replies; 

"'TisI;  be  not  afraid!" 

He  mounts  the  deck ;  -down  lulls  the  sea; 

The  tempest  is  allayed; 
The  prostrate  crew  adore ;  and  He 

Exclaims,    ' '  Be  not  afraid !" 

Thus,  when  the  storm  of  life  is  high, 

Come,  Saviour,  to  my  aid  ! 
Come,  when  no  other  help  is  nigh, 

And  say,  "  Be  not  afraid." 


Speak,  and  my  griefs  no  more  are  heard ; 

Speak,  and  my  fears  are  laid; 
Speak,  and  my  soul  shall  bless  the  word, 

"'Tis  I;  be  not  afraid !" 

When  on  the  bed  of  death  I  lie. 
And  stretch  my  hands  for  aid, 

Stand  thou  before  my  glazing  eye, 
And  say,  "  Be  not  afraid !" 

Before  Thy  judgment-seat  above, 
Wiien  nature  sinks  dismayed. 

Oh,  cheer  me  with  a  word  of  love, 
"  'Tis  I;  be  not  afraid." 

Worlds  may  around  to  wreck  be  driven, 
If  then  I  hear  it  said,  [heaven, 

By   Him   who   rules   through   earth  and 
"'TisI;  be  not  afraid!" 

Henry  Fraiicis  Lyte. 

4044.  TEMPEST,  Stilling  the. 

Matthew  xiv  :  24. 
Fear  was  within  the  tossing  bark, 

When  stormy  winds  grew  loud; 
And  waves  came  rolling  high  and  dark, 

And  the  tall  mast  was  bowed. 

And  men  stood  breathless  in  their  dread. 

And  baflicd  in  their  skill; 
But  One  was  there,  who  rose  and  said 

To  the  wild  sea,  "  Be  still !"' 

And  the  wind  ceased — it  ceased !  that  word 
Passed  through  the  gloomy  sky: 

The  troubled  billows  knew  their  Lord, 
And  sank  beneath  His  eye. 

And  slumber  settled  on  the  deep, 

And  silence  on  the  blast. 
As  when  the  righteous  fall  asleep 

When  death's  fierce  throes  are  past. 

Thou  that  didst  rule  the  angry  hour. 
And  tame  the  tempest's  mood, 

Oh,  send  Thy  Spirit  forth  in  power, 
O'er  our  dark  souls  to  brood ! 

Thou  that  didst  bow  the  billows'  pride 

Thy  mandates  to  fulfil. 
Oh,  speak  to  passion's  raging  tide — 

Speak  and  say,  "Peace:  be  still!" 

Felicia  D.  Hemans. 

4045.  TEMPEST,  Stilling  the. 

The  strong  winds  burst  on  Judah's  sea, 

Far  pealed  the  raging  billow. 
The  fires  of  heaven  flashed  wrathfully. 

When  Jesus  ])ressed  Ilis  pillow; 
The  light  frail  bark  was  fiercely  tossed; 

From  surge  to  dark  surge  leaping, 
For  sails  were  torn  and  oars  were  lost. 

Yet  Jesus  still  lay  sleeping. 

When  o'er  that  bark  the  loud  waves  roared, 
And  blasts  went  howling  round  her. 

Those  Hebrews  roused  their  wearied  Lord, 
"Lord!  help  us,  or  we  founder !" 


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TEMllPLE. 


tic:m:pi^ei. 


He  said,  "Ye  waters,  Peace:  be  still!" 
The  chafed  waves  sank  reposing. 

As  wild  herds  rest  on  field  and  hill. 
When  clear,  calm  days  are  closing. 

And  turning  to  the  startled  men. 

Who  watched  the  surge  subsiding, 
He  spake  in  mournful  accents  then, 

These  words  of  righteous  chiding : 
"  O  ye,  who  thus  fear  wreck  and  death, 

As  if  by  Heaven  forsaken. 
How  is  it  that  ye  have  no  faith. 

Or  faith  so  quickly  shaken?" 

Then — then  those  doubters  saw  with  dread 

Tlie  wondrous  scene  before  them; 
Their  limbs  waxed  faint,  their  boldness  fled. 

Strange  awe  stole  creeping  o'er  them : 
"This,  this,"  they  said,  "is  Judah's  Lord, 

For  powers  divine  array  Him; 
Behold !  He  does  but  speak  the  word 

And  winds  and  waves  obey  Him !" 

/.  Oilborne  Lyons. 

4046.  TEMPLE,  Builders  of  tlie. 

Acts  vii  :  47. 
David,  the  man  of  war. 

The  alien  hosts  overthrows; 
Type  of  that  mighty  Conqueror, 

Who  trod  down  all  His  foes, 
Who  in  His  mortal  days. 

By  having  all  subdued, 
Heaped  exhaustless  stores  of  grace 

To  build  the  house  of  God. 

David's  immortal  Son, 

Magnificent  in  power, 
Sublime  on  His  celestial  throne 

He  reigns  for  evermore : 
The  real  Prince  of  peace, 

The  Solomon  from  on  high. 
He  rears  the  house  of  holiness, 

And  bids  it  reach  the  sky. 

Before  His  Father's  face. 

Our  Advocate  with  God, 
Favor  He  finds  for  us,  and  grace 

Through  His  prevailing  blood ; 
His  meritorious  death, 

Which  now  He  pleads  above. 
Doth  peace  to  all  His  church  bequeath 

And  pure  confirming  love. 

Who  laid  the  ground  alone, 

The  temple  of  the  Lord, 
He  by  His  Spirit  carries  on. 

And  by  His  hallowing  word. 
And  when  the  Finisher 

Of  faith  Himself  reveals, 
The  rising  church  He  perfects  here, 

The  house  with  glory  fills. 

/.  and  C.  Wesley. 

4047.  TEMPLE,  Christ  in  the. 
He  sought  Moriah's  walls. 

That  heaved  to  heaven  in  pride ; 
The  temple,  like  whose  glorious  halls  ' 
The  world  had  naught  beside. 


He  entered — 'twas  His  own ; 

Of  nations  called  the  house  of  prayer; 
But  money-changers  filled  His  throne, 

And  traffic's  foot  was  there. 

Woke,  at  His  watchful  nod, 

Thunders  for  the  offence? 
No — witli  a  word  the  Son  of  God 

Cast  the  defilers  thence : 

The  merchant  from  his  courts. 

The  doves,  the  changers,  and  their  gold; 
And  silenced  the  confused  reports 

Of  men  that  bought  and  sold. 

Thus  near  the  Saviour  drew 

The  temple  of  the  Holy  Ghost — 

My  heart,  that  sheltered,  still  untrue, 
Folly's  tumultuous  host. 

The  Master's  once  it  was, 

But  others  had  possession  found ; 

And  where  He  should  have  given  laws, 
His  enemy  was  crowned. 

With  a  reproving  frown. 

To  see  His  altar  dimmed  by  sin: 

The  gates  of  beauty  broken  down, 
The  world  come  trooping  in. 

He,  with  a  scourge  of  cords. 

Drove  every  idol  thence. 
'Twas  sharp,  jet  kind ;  my  gracious  Lord's 

This  temple  has  been  since. 

William  B.  Tappan. 

4048.  TEMPLE,  Cleansing  the. 
Messiah  saw  within 

The  holy  court 
Of  His  own  temple,  grievous  sin, 
TraflSc  and  mummery  and  sport. 

The  money  changers  sat. 

Watching  for  gain, 
Stout  oxen,  sheep,  lambs,  sleek  and  fat, 

That  should  in  sacrifice  be  slain. 

He  drove  out  beast  and  men 

Forth  to  the  day; 
And  to  the  fair  dove-sellers  then 

Said  gently,  "Take  these  things  away." 

How  couid  a  corded  whip 

Expel  those  thence, 
Wielded  by  one — and  not  a  lip 

Move,  nor  an  arm  in  fierce  defence? 

'Twas  not  the  feeble  rod 

That  made  the  rout : 
They  saw  His  eye;  they  knew  the  God; 

The  present  God,  then  flashing  out! 
William  B.  Tappan. 

4049.  TEMPLE,  Dedication  of  the. 

2  Chronicles  v  :  13, 14. 
Each  pillar  of  the  temple  rang. 

The  trumpets  sounded  loud  and  keen, 
And  every  minstrel  blithely  sang. 

With  harps  and  cymbals  oft  between. 


TEIVIFI^E. 


Tii;]M:PTj^Tio:is'. 


471 


And  while  those  minstrels  sang  and  prayed, 

The  mystic  cloud  of  glory  fell, 
That  shadowy  light,  that  splendid  shade, 

In  which  Jehovah  pleased  to  dwell. 

It  slowly  fell  and  hovered  o'er 

The  outspread  forms  of  cherubim  •, 
The  priests  could  bear  the  sight  no  more, 

Their  eyes  with  splendor  dim : 
The  king  cast  oS  his  crown  of  pride. 

And  bent  him  to  the  ground, 
And  priest  and  warrior  side  by  side 

Knelt  humbly  all  around. 

Deep  awe  fell  down  on  every  soul. 

Since  God  was  present  there, 
And  not  the  slightest  breathing  stole 

Upon  the  stilly  air; 
Till  he,  their  prince,  with  earth  bent-eyes, 

And  head  uncrowned  and  bare. 
And  hands  stretched  forth  in  reverend  guise. 

To  heaven  preferred  his  prayer. 

That  prayer  arose  from  off  the  ground 

Upon  the  perfumed  breath 
Which  steaming  censers  poured  around 

In  many  a  volumed  wreath. 
That  prayer  was  heard,  and  heavenly  fire 

Upon  the  altar  played, 
And  burnt  the  sacrificial  pyre 

Beneath  the  victim  laid. 

And  thrice  resplendent  from  above 

The  cloud  of  glory  beamed. 
And  with  unmingled  awe  and  love 

Each  beating  bosom  teemed. 
They  bowed  them  on  the  spacious  floor, 

With  heaven -averted  eye. 
And  blessed  His  name  who  deigned  to  pour 

His  presence  from  on  high.      II.  Bogers. 

4050.  TEMPLE,  Erection  of  the. 

1  Kings  vi  :  7. 
Then  towered  the  palace,  then  in  awful  state 
The  temple  reared  its  everlasting  gate; 
No  workman's  steel,  no  pond'rous  axes  rung; 
Like   some   tall   palm   the   noiseless   fabric 

sprung. 
Majestic  silence !     Then  the  harp  awoke. 
The  cymbal  clanged,  the  deep-voiced  trumpet 

spoke ; 
And  Salem  spread  her  suppliant  arm  abroad, 
Viewed  the  descending  flame,  and  blessed 

the  present  God.  Bishop  Ileber. 

4051.  TEMPLE,  Lessons  from  the. 

Ephesians  ii :  21. 
Bright  as  a  vision,  silent  as  a  thought. 

Slowly  ascending  cloud-like  to  the  skies, 
Drawn  heavenwards  by  soft  warblings  faintly 
caught 

From  lips  angelic,  see  yon  temple  rise — 
God's  glorious  house  of  prayer  and  sacrifice — 

Gold,  marble,  cedar  curiously  wrought. 
The  fair  creation  of  that  monarch  wise 

Whose  mind  capacious  was  divinely  taught. 


A  grander  temple  now,  unseen,  is  growing. 
The  bright  and  undecaying  home  of  grace. 
Its  living  stones  from  every  country  flowing. 
And  from  all  time.     Oh !  when  that  temple 
holy 
Appears  in  perfect  beauty,  may  a  place 
Be  found  for  me  and  for  my  service  lov/ly. 

E.  Wilton. 

4052.  TEMPLE,  The  Living. 

1  Corinthians  iii  :  16. 
The  temple  once  which  brightly  shone 

On  proud  Moriah's  rocky  brow — 
Not  there  doth  God  erect  His  throne. 

And  build  his  place  of  beauty  now. 

The  sunbeam  of  the  orient  day 

Saw  nought  on  earth  more  bright  and  fair; 
But  desolation  swept  away. 

And  left  no  form  of  glory  there. 

But  God,  who  reared  that  chiselled  stone, 
Now  builds  upon  a  higher  plan, 

And  rears  the  columns  of  His  throne. 
His  temple  in  the  heart  of  man. 

O  man,  O  woman  !  know  it  well — 

Nor  seek  elsewhere  Ilis  place  to  find — 

That  God  doth  in  the  temple  dwell. 
The  temple  of  the  holy  mind. 

Thomas  C.  TJpham. 

4053.  TEMPTATION  OF  CHEIST,  The. 

Matthew  iv  :  1-11. 
Blest  Spirit,  who  the  woman's  offspring  led 
Into  the  wild,  to  bruise  the  serpent's  head, 
Help  me  in  sacred  numbers  to  recite 
His  glorious   conquest,   and   the  tempter's 
flight. 

Soon   as  great  God,  amidst  clear  Jordan's 

wave, 
To  His  loved  Son  His  attestation  gave, 
The  Holy  Spirit  His  retreat  inspired, 
And  Josus  to  the  wilderness  retired, 
There  to  encounter  the  full  power  of  hell, 
And  teach  mankind  temptations  to  repel; 
Cursed   Satan  then,  alarmed  with   spiteful 

fear. 
Flew  swiftly  to  the  Luciferian  sphere, 
With  the  arch-rebel  mischief  to  invent. 
Who  instantly  applauded  his  intent; 
And  Lucifer,  at  Satan's  dire  request. 
The    fall'n    archangels,  who  whole   realms 

infest. 
Called  from  their  several  stations  to  his  aid, 
And  three  mock  thunders  were  the  signal 

made. 
In  a  short  time,  when  the  abaddons  came, 
Satan  thus  strove  their  fury  to  inflame : 

"  Great  Lucifer,  and  brave  abaddons  all. 
Advanced  to  govern  kingdoms  since  our  fall, 
You  the  man  Jesus  know,  that  hateful  name, 
Who  dares  a  war  against  hell's  powers  pro. 
claim; 


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TElVCPT-A-TIOlsr. 


TJEDXCPT^TIOlSr. 


Man  I  must  style  Ilim,  for  He  seems  no  more, 
Both  lie  and  Adam  seem  of  equal  ore ; 
If  man,  He  to  temptation  open  lies: 
I  Him,  as  well  as  Adam,  may  surprise ; 
Yet  something  more  than  Adam,  I  suspect, 
When  on  some  ill  abodiugs  I  reflect; 
Dark  prophecies  predict  our  falling  state. 
The  wonders  at  His  birth  some  dread  create. 
His   baptism,    and   the    bright   appearance 

there. 
Affright  our  realm  with  a  tremendous  glare. 
Yet  to  sit  still  would  be  eternal  shame, 
And  we  too  late  our  cowardice  may  blame ; 
Lend  me  your  help:  I'll  to  confound  Him 

try: 
I'll  with  this  Son  of  God  for  conquest  vie; 
You  must  in  the  encounter  me  attend, 
Thougli  I  shall  jnore   on   wile   than   force 

depend. 
I  saw  Him  in  the  waste  alone  abide. 
And  we  can  muster  thousands  on  our  side. 
Come  all  well  armed,  and  keep  me  in  your 
In  ambuscade,  till  I  call  you,  lie.  [eye; 

There  is  a  mount,  wliich  you  remember  well, 
Which  none  of  Jury's  hills  in  height  excel : 
If  by  smooth  guile  the  wretch  I  cannot  court. 
This  Son  of  God  I  thither  will  transport; 
You  must  all  subterraneous  fires  foment, 
Of  all  effluviums  quicken  the  ascent; 
The  'exhalations    which    earth's    moisture 

drain. 
All  vapors  streaming  from  the  spacious  main. 
And  spirits  which  from  subtler  bodies  rise 
In  that  horizon  artfully  comprise; 
From  various  tinctures  various  colors  mix. 
Such  as  may  in  the  clouds  surrounding  fix; 
Each,  dipping  in  the  paint  his  tapered  spear. 
Must  drop  his  proper  kingdom  on  the  sphere, 
And  all  its  glories  to  the  life  describe, 
That  at  one  view  the  eye  may  all  imbibe — 
Thrones,  sceptres.crowns,  gems.robes,  wealth, 

power  immense. 
Lascivious    beauties,   all    that  charms    the 

sense ; 
I'll  offer  all.  His  constancy  to  shake: 
If  He's  a  mortal  man  the  bait  will  take; 
If  take,  we  shall  on  God  revenge  our  doom. 
And  boldly  may  on  nobler  aims  presume. 
I'll  watch  the  lucky  moment  for  assault. 
This  Son  of  God  to  Satan  shall  revolt." 
"With  that  each  flew  to  his  appointed  post, 
While  he  patrolled  along  the  sandy  coast. 

While  God  Incarnate  in  the  desert  stayed, 
The  fiercest  beasts   their  homage  to  Him 

paid — 
Beasts  more  humane  than  the  obdurate  Jew, 
They  with  less  savage  fury  men  jiursue; 
There  He  His  hours  in  contemplation  spent, 
Gave  His  unbounded  spirit  boundless  vent. 
The  fiend,  whose  malice  could  endure  no 

rest. 
Strives  thoughts  impatient,  impious  to  sug- 
gest; 
Putting  liis  hellish  malice  on  the  rack. 
Twice  twenty  days  he  plied  the  fierce  attack. 


That  he  at  last  might  overwhelm  His  strength 
By  number,  importunity,  and  length; 
But  Jesus  fixed  on  Heaven  His  steady  mind, 
And  no  suggestion  there  could  entrance  find. 
The  Father  with  pleased  eyes  His  son  beheld, 
Saw  Satan  by  the  woman's  seed  repelled; 
Till,  after  forty  days'  continued  fast, 
He  to  keen  hunger  condescends  at  last. 

The  watchful  tempter  soon  the  hunger  knew, 
And  up  to  air  in  twice  three  minutes  flew. 
Where  he  of  brightest  lightning  wove  a  vest, 
And  his  foul  spirit  in  feigned  glory  drest; 
Mock  thunderbolt    in   his   right    hand  he 

grasped, 
His  left  a  flaming,  dazzling  sceptre  clasped; 
A  crown  of  meteor-stars  adorned  his  head, 
All  calculated  for  exciting  dread  ; 
Then  on  the  stream  of  a  tempestuous  wind 
He  flew  to  act  the  malice  he  designed ; 
His  voyage  at  the  locust-tree  he  closed. 
Where  Jesus  in  the  barren  wild  reposed; 
"Son  of  that  God,"  said  he,    "above  en- 
throned. 
While  I  sole  god  am  of  this  region  owned, 
Upon  the  mountain  I  to  Iiloses  spoke. 
The  sphere  was  then  filled  all  with  fire  and 

smoke ; 
But  I  to  you  descend  in  kindly  flame. 
Your  welcome  to  my  cmj)ire  to  proclaim; 
Your  hunger  some  mortality  betrays. 
Which  yet  your  jjower  can  ease  unnumbered 

ways ; 
Command  these  stones  to  turn  to  bread :  that 

sign 
Will  witness  your  original  Divine."        [fed, 
"Man  best,"  said  Jesus,  "by  God's  Word  is 
And  lives  not  merely  by  his  daily  bread." 

Then  to  the  temple  battlement,  through  air, 
The  fiend  wafts  Jesus,  Jesus  to  ensnare ; 
"God, "said  he,  "charge  upon  His  angels 

lays 
To  keep  your  feet  unhurt  in  stony  ways : 
Cast  yourself  down — the  angels  in  their  arms 
Will   catch  you  falling,  and    secure   from 

harm." 
"  The  sacred  writings,"  Jesus  said, "  declare 
To  tempt  the  Lord  thy  God  thou  shalt  not 

dare." 

Thence  Jesus  to  the  mountain  he  conveys. 
And  all  his  confluence  of  cliarms  displays; 
All  that  could  ravish.,  temjit,  delight  man- 
kind. 
Was  there  in  lively  images  combined,      [be, 
"You,"  said  the  fiend,  "the  lord  of  all  shall 
If  you  but  prostrate  fall  and  worship  me ; 
For  all  this  lower  universe  is  mine, 
I  to  bestow  it  have  the  right  divine. 
Let  me  cease  to  be  god  if  I  delay 
To  give  you  over  all  despotic  sway."  [plied; 
"Get  thee  behind  Me,   Satan,"  Christ   re- 
"Thou  by  God's  Word  ait  as  His  creature 

tied ; 
The  Lord  thy  God  to  worship,  Him  to  own. 
And  i)ay  obeisance  to  His  sovereign  throne." 


TEiyrT'TA.Tioi^r. 


THEBES. 


473 


The    fiend,   who  heard    himself    by  Jesus 

named, 
Confounded  was,  but  could  not  be  ashamed ; 
And  raving  at  discovery  of  his  cheats, 
As  towards  his  ambuscade  he  retreats. 
He  Michael  met,  with  the  angelic  bands. 
Who  lay  encamped  upon  the  desert  sands. 
All  armed,  at  call  their  Lord  to  have  relieved. 
Had  they  not  His  victorious  might  perceived. 
Bright   Michael,   lest  proud    Satan   should 

escape, 
Seized  the  fiend  fiying,  tore  his  glittering 

shape ; 
Satan  assumed  his  horrid  form  again. 
And  Michael  bound  him  with  a  double  chain, 
Sent  him  to  the  abaddons'  ambuscade. 
His  feeble  spite  to  punish  and  upbraid. 
The  radiant  host  put  them  in  dreadful  fright. 
They  felt  their  strength  in  the  angelic  fight; 
All  were  just  taking  wing,  when  Satan  came 
la  chains,  and  stripped  of  his  prestigeous 

flame ; 
All  vowed  of  pains  he  should  have  Tophet's 

store. 
And,  what  would  grieve  him  most,  should 

tempt  no  more. 

Brave  Michael  and  his  host  to  Jesus  haste. 
And  brightened  with  their  wings  the  dismal 

waste. 
Soon  as  they  Jesus  saw,  they  Him  surround. 
And  fell  in  low  prostrations  on  the  ground; 
The  seraphs  sang  a  new  triumphant  song. 
And   to   their   harps   sang  all   the  radiant 

throng; 
With  loud  hosannahs  they  each  stanza  closed. 
And  to  obey  His  orders  stood  disposed; 
Our  Lord  their  zeal  approved  with  gracious 

eye. 
And  sent  them  to  resume  their  bliss  on  high. 

Though  Jesus  in  the  wild  had  nought  to  eat, 
To  do  His  Father's  pleasure  was  his  meat. 
And  a  return  He  to  the  world  designed. 
To  perfect  the  redemption  of  mankind ; 
There  He  vouchsafed  His  mortal  food  to 

take. 
And  suffer  human  frailty  for  man's  sake. 
Blessed  Jesus  to  the  lonely  waste  retired. 
Ere  to  His  charge  prophetic  He  aspired ; 
And  saints,  ere  they  on  public  posts  attend. 
Choice  hours  in  prayer,  retreat,  and  fasting 

spend. 
Writ  sacred  for  His  magazine  He  chose, 
Hell  better  to  unmask  and  to  oppose ; 
He  of  God's  presence  taught  a  constant  awe. 
From  Satan  with  abhorrence  to  withdraw, 
That  he  with  zeal  refitted,  alway  flies. 
Can    conquer    none   who    this   vain  world 

despise ; 
That  all  in  aid  Divine  should  acquiesce, 
Distrusting  neither  succor  nor  success; 
For  daily  food  take  no  unlicensed  way. 
Best  feasted  when  they  best  God's  will  obey. 
By  no  rash  acts  God's  promise  to  abuse. 
And   by  presumptuous   pride   the   blessing 

lose; 


That  fiercest  fights  show  virtues  most  sub- 
lime, 

Like  Jesus  to  be  tempted  is  no  crime ; 

That  when  cursed  Satan  seems  to  be  sub- 
dued. 

Souls  his  return  by  watching  must  preclude ; 

That  angels  ever  take  a  lover's  part, 

And  help  him  to  repel  each  fiery  dart ; 

That  Jesus  Satan  of  his  force  bereft. 

And  conquest  easy  to  His  votaries  left. 

All  glory  to  God's  Son,  whose  humble  might 
Taught  feeble  man  victoriously  to  fight ; 
Glory  to  Jesus  all  the  choir  repeats. 
Who  the  full  force  and  fraud  of  hell  defeats. 

Bishop  Ken. 

4054.  TEMPTATION  OF  CHRIST,  The. 
When  man  was  foiled  in  paradise,  he  fell 
From  that  fair  spot,  thenceforward  to  con- 
The  barren  and  the  thorny  wilderness    [fess 
Was  the  one  place  where  he  had  right  to 

dwell : 
And  therefore  in  the  wilderness  as  well 
Our  second  Head  did  that  dread  strife  decide. 
And  those  closed  gates  again  set  open  wide, 
Victorious  o'er  the  wiles  and   strength  of 

hell. 
Thou  wentest  to  the  proof,  O  fearless  Lord, 
Even  to  the  desert,  as  Thy  battle-field, 
A  champion  going  of  His  free  accord; 
We  had  no  fears,  for,  unlike  him  of  old 
Who  lost  that   battle   for  us,   Thou  didst 

wield 
Arms  of  unearthly  temper,  heavenly  mould. 
liichard  G.  Trench. 

4055.  THEBES. 

Thebes,  hearing  still  the  Memnon's  mystic 

tones. 
Where  Egypt's  earliest  monarchs  reared  their 

thrones, 
Favored  of  Jove!  the  hundred-gated  queen, 
Though    fallen,    grand;    though    desolate, 

serene ; 
The  blood  with  awe  runs  coldly  through  our 

veins 
As  we  approach  her  far-spread,  vast  remains. 
Forests  of  pillars  crown  old  Nilus'  side, 
Obelisks  to  heaven  high  lift  their  sculptured 

pride; 
Rows  of  dark  sphinxes,  sweeping  far  away, 
Lead  to  proud  fanes,  and  tombs  august  as 

they. 
Colossal  chiefs  in  granite  sit  around, 
As  wrapped  in  thought,  or  sunk  in  grief 

profound. 
Titans  or  gods  sure  built  these  walls  that 

stand 
Defying  years,  and  ruin's  wasting  hand. 
So  vast,  sublime  the  view,  we  almost  deem 
We   rove,  spell-bound,  through   some  fan- 
tastic dream. 
Sweep  through  the  halls  that  Typhon  rears 

below. 
And  see,  in  yon  dark  Nile,  hell's  rivers  flow. 


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THIEF. 


E'en  as  we  walk  these  fanes  and  ruined  ways, 
In  musings  lost,  yet  dazzled  while  we  gaze, 
The  mighty  columns  ranged  in  long  array, 
The  statues  fresh  as  chiselled  yesterday. 
We  scarce  can  think  two   thousand   years 

have  flown 
Since  in  proud  Thebes  a  Pharaoh's  grandeur 

shone, 
But   in   yon   marble  court  or  sphinx-lined 

street 
Some  moving  pageant  half  expect  to  meet. 
See  great  Sesostris,  come  from  distant  war, 
Kings  linked  in  chains  to  drag  his  ivory  car; 
Or  view  that  bright  procession  sweeping  on. 
To  meet  at  Memphis  far-famed  Solomon, 
When,  borne  by  Love,  he  crossed  the  Syrian 

wild. 
To  wed  the  royal  Pharaoh's  blooming  child. 

Here  let  me  sit  in  Karnak's  gorgeous  hall, 
rirm  as  when  reared  each  massy  pictured 

wall: 
Yielding  to  meditation's  calm  control, 
How   shrinks,   in   conscious   littleness,   the 

soul! 
And  as  thought  leaps  the  gulf  that  yawns 

between 
Past  days  and  now,  what  is  and  what  hath 

been. 
How  brief,  how  petty  human  life  appears ! 
A  cloud  that  fleeteth  as  it  rains  its  tears; 
A  puny  wave  on  Time's  vast  ocean-shore, 
That  frets  and  foams,  then  melts  to  swell  no 

more. 
These  ancient  piles  a  higher  moral  teach 
Than  sage  can  write  or  orator  can  preach : 
The  heart  grows  humbler  in  a  scene  like  this, 
Yet  soars  above  low  schemes  of   transient 

bliss; 
And  while  it  sighs  that  man  should  waste 

his  hours 
Rearing   such    mighty   fanes    to   unknown 

powers, 
Looks  inward  at  the  creed  itself  maintains. 
If  born  of  heaven,  or  free  from  error's  stains. 

But  musing  thus,  by  wandering  dreams  be- 
guiled. 

We  half  forget  the  fabrics  round  us  piled — 

Fabrics  that  breathe  from  every  sculptured 
stone 

Awe  and  a  solemn  grandeur  all  their  own. 

Dim  vistas  stretch,  white  columns  yonder 
rise. 

And  obelisks  point,  like  flame,  into  the  skies. 

There  frown  huge  kings  in  stone — such 
frown  they  wore 

When  on  their  thrones  three  thousand  years 
before ; 

And  one,  the  mightiest,  Isis'  arms  entwine, 

Immortal  deemed,  and  like  herself  divine. 

Oh  wondrous  art!  yon  granite  roof  behold! 

Fair  still  the  colors,  glittering  still  the  gold ; 

In  azure  skies,  moons,  clustering  stars, 
appear —  [here ! 

Alas!   the  cunning  hand  that  traced  them 


But  pass  we  altars  and  rich  glorious  things, 
Gigantic  pillars,  echoing  halls  of  kings; 
What  see  we  traced  in  outline?  shadowy, 

dim. 
The  very  breathing  face  and  sinewy  limb— 
'Tis  Thothmes,  he  who  bade  the  Hebrew 

groan. 
When  hailstones  fell  and  thunders  shook  his 

throne. 
He  to  whom  Moses  spoke,  the  king  who  sped 
On  wings  of  wrath  when  trembling  Israel 

fled. 
Raised  his  bright  sword,  and  drove  his  bick- 
ering car. 
Comet-like  breathing  terror  from  afar. 
Pursued  his  foe  ad  own  the  Red  Sea  coast, 
Then  sank  engulfed  with  all  his  fiery  host. 
Nicholas  Michell. 

4056.  THIEF,  Penitent. 

Luke  xxiii  :  43. 
A  monument  of  mercy's  power, 

Rescued  by  Jesus  on  the  tree. 
Saved  at  the  last  tremendous  hoiir, 

One  soul,  and  only  one,  we  see, 
With  brokeness  of  heart  sincere 
That  all  may  hope,  that  all  may  fear. 

He  but  to  be  remembered  wants, 

The  time  and  all  things  else  he  leaves. 

More  than  he  asks  the  Saviour  grants, 
A  kingdom  promises  and  gives — 

"I  will  My  majesty  display, 

And  thou  shalt  reign  with  Me  to-day." 
/.  and  C.  Wesley. 

4057.  THIEF,  Prayer  of  the  Dying. 

In  that  last  hour  of  agony. 
When  He  was  lifted  up  to  die 
Who  did  our  griefs  and  sorrows  bear, 
A  plaintive  voice  came  through  the  air. 
Where  darkening  rose  the  crosses  three — 
"When  in  Thy  kingdom.  Lord,  remember 
me!" 

So  I,  O  pitying  Christ,  am  fain. 

Out  of  my  loneliness  and  pain, 

Or  where  they  still  the  cross  prepare, 

And  hatred  curses,  and  despair. 

To  lift  my  sorrowing  eyes  to  Thee, 

And  cry,  "  O  Lord,  at  last,  remember  me!" 

'Tis  not  the  monumental  stone 

Can  make  me  great,  or  loved,  or  known; 

This  boon  no  graven  lines  can  give. 

Ever  in  memory  to  live : 

'Twill  be  as  though  I  had  not  been, 

And  I  shall  lie  forgotten  and  unseen. 

Away!  delusive  hope,  away! 
Man  is  the  creature  of  a  day: 
What  can  he,  in  his  highest  pride 
Of  thought,  achieve  that  may  abide? 
He  dies — his  works  shall  perish  too — 
Oblivion  buries  all  that  he  can  do. 


THIEVES. 


THOMI^S. 


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Eternal  seem  the  stars  of  night, 
While  manhood  pales  its  little  light ; 
The  hills  of  solemn  solitudes, 
The  restless,  thunder-sounding  floods 
Endure  the  same;  but  not  to  me 
Remains  an  earthly  immortality. 

But,  O  my  God !  it  shall  be  well 

If  I  in  Thy  remembrance  dwell : 

Whetlier  the  sea  shall  lull  my  rest, 

Or  earth  enfold  me  in  her  breast, 

Whate'er  my  fate,  howe'er  my  lot, 

'Tis  well  if  Thou  forget  Thy  creature  not. 

I  ask  no  fame  but  this:  that  I 

In  God's  remembrance  may  not  die; 

But  with  His  righteous  children  be 

Before  His  mind  perpetually; 

Then  I  can  earthly  fame  forego. 

And  every  hope  of  memory  here  below. 

Arthur  J.  Lockhart. 

4058.  THIEVES,  The  Two. 

Matthew  xxvii :  38. 
The  thieves  on  either  hand  on  crosses  hung, 
And  one  reviled  Him  with  a  hell-fired  tongue : 
"If  Thou    art  Christ,  Thyself  and  us  now 

free, 
And  save  us  from  this  painful,  murdering 

tree." 
The  other  made  a  pious,  grave  reply : 
"Howdarest  thou  with  words  reproachful 

die? 
We  of  our  crimes  the  just  chastisement  bear ; 
Pilate  was  forced  Him  guiltless  to  declare ; 
Of  God's  tremendous  bur  hast  thou  no  fear, 
At  which  we  in  few  minutes  must  appear?" 
With  that,  he,  deeply  sighing  for  sins  past. 
Soft,  penitential  eyes  on  Jesus  cast ; 
"Ah,   Lord,    remember    me,"    he    humbly 

cried, 
"  When  Thou  art  in  Thy  kingdom  glorified  !" 
At  the  first  triumph  which  His  cross  had 

made, 
Jesus,  amidst  His  pains,  was  pleased,  and 

said: 
"  Die  with  this  consolation,  thou  shalt  be 
This  very  day  in  Paradise  with  Me." 
One  act  intense  may  in  God's  mild  repute 
For  a  whole  age  of  penances  commute. 

Bishop  Ken. 

4059.  THOMAS. 

John  XX :  24-29. 

Looking  backward,  backward  across  the 
flood  of  years 

To  where  the  glorious  company  of  early  saints 
appears. 

I  see,  with  piercing  vision  and  eager,  out- 
stretched hands. 

Questioning,  reasoning,  arguing,  Thomas  the 
Doubter  stands. 

"  The  Lord  hath  risen,  hath  stood  among  us 
here. 

Hath  conquered  death  that  we  no  more  may 
grieve." 


"Unless  I  see  him,  touch  the  wound  of 

spear. 
And  view  the   nail  prints,  I  will  not  be- 
lieve!" 
"  The  holy  women  heard  the  angels  tell 
How  He   hath   burst  the   bondage   of   the 

tomb. 
Hast  thou  not  heard  thy  brethren  speak,  as 

well. 
Of  that  strange  meeting  in  the  Upper  Room? 
And   when    toward  Emmaus    they   slowly 

walked. 
The  risen  Saviour  joined  them  on  the  way. 
How  burned  their  hearts  within  them   as 

they  talked !" 
Poor,  doubting  Thomas  sadly  utters :  "  Nay, 
Unless  mine  eyes  shall  see  the  bloody  stain, 
Unless  I  see  the  print  the  sword  did  leave. 
Unless  my  fingers  press  the  wounded  side. 
And  touch   the  thorn-marks,  I  cannot  be- 
lieve!" 

Lo !  as  he  speaks  a  gracious  Presence  stands 

Within  their  midst,  and  meekly  bows  His 
head. 

All  torn  with  thorns,  and  shows  those  ten- 
der hands 

And  pierced  side,  which  for  our  sins  had 
bled. 

"Come  hither,  Thomas,  thrust  thy  doubt- 
ing hand 

Into  the  side  once  wounded  for  thy  sake ; 

View  the  sad  brow  pressed  by  the  thorny 
band. 

And  let  the  sight  thy  faithless  heart-strings 
break." 

Ah,  the  loved  voice,  the  well-known,  tender 

smile ! 
Thomas    the   Doubter    bends  the    adoring 

knee. 
"My  Lord,  my  God,  forgive  Thy  stubborn 

child ; 
Grant   me  the    blessing  of   sweet  faith  in 

Thee !" 
Lord,   have   I   not,  like   Thomas,    doubted 

Thee? 
Doubted  Thy  power.    Thy  goodness,    and 

Thy  love ; 
Doubted  that  Thou  from  sin  could  set  me 

free; 
Doubted  the  voice  that  called  me  from  above? 
Melt  my  hard  heart  and  break  my  stubborn 

will; 
Wean  me  from  thoughts  that  trouble  and 

deceive; 
Oh,  let  mine  be  the  blessing  promised  still 
To  those  who,  having  seen  not,  yet  believe ! 

E.  A. 

4060.  THOMAS. 

John  XX  :  29. 
Blessed  are  they  who,  needing  no  loud  sign 
Of  reason,  or  felt  proof,  or  voice  divine. 
Believing,  love ;  and,  loving,  ask  not  sight  I 
They  on  the  bosom  of  the  Infinite 


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THOMi^S. 


a?iM:E. 


Have  been,  and  there  in  faith  forever  lie ; 
Believe  because  they  love,  and  ask  not  why : 
But  on  His  bosom  lie  they  all  day  long, 
And  drink  His  words,  and  are  refreshed  and 

strong; 
Through  all  Thy  works.  Thee,  Lord,  at  every 

turn, 
Through  all  Thy  word,  Thee  and  Thy  cross 

discern ; 
Shrine  within   shrine,   and   hall   encircling 

hall, 
Pass  unto  Thee— to  Thee,  the  All  in  All. 
Thine  too  are  they  of  ruder  sense,  who  deem 
Such  thoughts  but  fancies  of  the  mystic's 

dream ; 
Then,  to  their  questioning  and  ruder  sense, 
In  palpable  and  solemn  evidence 
Thy  presence  breaks,  in  providential  change 
Defying  thought,  or  visitation  strange: 
They  see  and  feel  Thy  hands  and  pierced 

side, 
Worship,   and    their   adoring  heads  would 

hide. 
Such  dwell  in  Thy  blest  courts,  and  see  Thy 

face. 
But  not  most  near  Thine  altar  have  their 

place.  Isaac  Williams.* 

4061.  THOMAS,  UnbeUeving. 
John  XX  :  S7,  58. 
There  was  a  seal  upon  the  stone, 

A  guard  around  the  tomb : 
The  spurned  and  trembling  band  alone 

Bewail  their  Master's  doom. 
They  deemed  the  barriers  of  the  grave 
Had  closed  o'er  Him  who  came  to  save; 

And  thouglits  of  grief  and  gloom 
Were  darkening,  while  depressed,  dismayed. 
Silent  they  wept,  or  weeping  prayed. 

He  died;  for  justice  claimed  her  due, 

Ere  guilt  could  be  forgiven: 
But  soon  the  gates  asunder  flew, 

The  iron  bands  were  riven ; 
Broken  the  seal ;  the  guards  dispersed, 
Upon  their  sight  in  glory  burst 

The  lisen  Lord  of  Heaven ! 
Yet  one,  the  heaviest  in  despair. 
In  grief  tlie  wildest,  was  not  there. 

Returning,  on  each  altered  brow 

With  mute  surprise  he  gazed. 
For  each  was  lit  with  transport  now, 

Each  eye  to  heaven  upraised. 
Burst  forth  from  each  th'  ecstatic  word — 
"Hail,  brother,  we  have  seen  the  Lord!" 

Bewildered  and  amazed 
He  stood ;  then  bitter  words  and  brief 
Betrayed  the  heart  of  unbelief. 

Days  passed,  and  still  the  frequent  groan 

Convulsed  his  laboring  breast; 
When  round  him  light  celestial  shone. 

And  Jesus  stood  confessed. 
'*  Reach,  doubter  1  reach  thy  hand,"  he  said; 


"Explore  the  wound  the  spear  hath  made, 

The  front  by  nails  impressed: 
No  longer  for  the  living  grieve, 
And  be  not  faithless,  but  believe." 

Oh !  if  the  iris  of  the  skies 

Transcends  the  painter's  art. 
How  could  he  trace  to  human  eyes 

The  rainbow  of  the  heart; 
When  love,  joy,  fear,  repentance,  shame, 
Hope,  faith,  in  swift  succession  came. 

Each  claiming  there  a  part; 
Each  mingling  in  the  tears  that  flowed. 
The  words  that  breathed — "  My  Lord  !  My 
God !"  Thomas  Dale. 

4062.  TIME,  Wrecks  of. 

Rolling  on,  with  march  sublime, 
Lo !  I  hear  the  wheels  of  time ; 
Twelve  o'clock,  I  heard  the  bell ! 
'Tis  the  last  year's  funeral-knell ! 

Seasons  change,  and,  as  they  pass. 
Cry  aloud,  "Ail  flesh  is  grass!" 
Human  pomp  but  blooms  an  hour; 
Man  is  an  ephemeral  flower ! 

Where  are  now  the  mighty  dead? 
Names  of  golden  ages  fled ! 
Lights  of  Egypt,  Greece,  and  Rome, 
Sleep  in  the  oblivious  tomb ! 

All  the  pale-horsed  king  obey: 
Ancient  fathers,  "Where  are  they?" 
Prophets,  who  events  foreshow, 
Do  they  live  forever? — No! 

All  the  post-diluvian  throng, 
Sons  of  history  and  song. 
Heroes,  artists,  poets,  sages, 
Sink  into  the  gulf  of  ages! 

Mighty  cities,  empires,  states; 
Babylon,  with  brazen  gates; 
Thebes,  and  the  Assyrian's  glory, 
Flourish  but  in  ancient  story ! 

Stately  temples,  shrines  of  gold. 
Perish  like  a  story  told ! 
Time,  unfaithful  to  his  trust. 
Writes  their  record  in  the  dust  I 

City  of  the  deseit  wide ! 
Where  is  now  Palmyra's  pride? 
All  thy  mighty  colonnades 
Desolating  time  pervades ! 

Ruins  upon  ruins  rise. 
When  I  backward  glance  mine  eyes; 
Only  shades  of  wliat  has  been 
Flit  across  the  dreary  scene. 

Midst  this  mighty  wreck  of  things. 
What  are  heroes,  warriors,  kings? 
What  is  man?     Alas!  I  sigh, 
What  a  bubble.  Lord,  am  I ! 


tishbitit:. 


TOJiTGTJES. 


477 


Every  moment  brings  me  near 
Vast  eternity's  frontier ; 
And  the  next  may  land  me  there ; 
Up,  my  soul,  this  hour  prepare ! 

Minutes  roll,  and  pulses  beat ; 
Teach  me,  sacred  Paraclete, 
While  the  flight  of  time  I  sing, 
Round  the  bleeding  Cross  to  cling ! 

Oh  how  short  man's  woe  or  bliss, 

Life  is  a  parenthesis 

Two  eternities  between. 

One  to  come,  and  one  has  been. 

From  the  birth-hour  of  this  ball, 
To  the  final  end  of  all. 
Time  is  but  a  few  short  pages 
In  the  tome  of  endless  ages. 

Tor  should  thousand  ages  run, 
Measured  by  yon  flaming  sun, 
Still  they  are  but  as  a  mite 
In  duration  infinite ! 

Joshua  Marsden. 

4063.  TISHBITE,  Elijah,  the. 
Tishbite  sage,  inspired  of  Heaven ! 
Burning  light  to  Israel  given. 
Clad  with  zeal  and  might  of  grace. 
Grandest  prophet  of  his  race ! 

True,  sublime  in  earnest  life, 
Strong  and  brave  in  fearful  strife, 
Boldly  speaks  the  will  of  God, 
Wields  the  stern  reformer's  rod. 

Glorious  triumphs  sought  and  won. 
Deeds  immortal  nobly  done. 
Rounding  out  his  work-day  well, 
Till  is  touched  its  vesper-bell. 

Oh,  to  him  how  bright  the  end ! 
Opening  skies  a  chariot  send, 
Drawn  by  steeds  of  flaming  light, 
Wondrous  to  the  prophet's  sight. 

Angel  hands  now  place  him  there. 
Whirlwinds  lift  him  high  in  air. 
Stars  his  soaring  passage  wait, 
Heaven  shouts  welcome  at  its  gate. 

Not  for  us  the  car  of  light, 
Through  the  shadow  is  our  flight ; 
Led  by  Faith's  illuming  ray, 
Need  we  fear  to  launch  away? 

S.  D.  PJielps. 

4064.  TONGUES,  The  Gift  of. 

Acts  ii  :  3,  4. 

God's   wondrous  power,  on  that  great  day 

revealed, 
When  from  on  high  the  Sacred  Influence  fell. 
Knowledge  and  light  surpassing  human  lore. 
Diffusing  in  its  course,  vent'rous  I  sing. 
Oh  for  one  transient  gleam  from  that  pure 

fount 


Of  life  celestial,  whose  all  pow'rful  rays 
Instant  dispelled  the  mists  of  ignorance. 
Informed  the  mind,  and  urged,  the  willing 

tongue ! 
Oh  for  one  spark  of  that  transcendent  fire 
Which  shed  its  rapid  influence  through  the 

soul. 
Kindling  at  once  in  the  astonished  mind 
The  sacred  flame  of  Heaven-directed  zeal, 
In  strains  poured  forth  of  wisdom  Heaven 

taught. 
Which  in  conception  to  perfection  sprang. 
Mocking  the  tedious  steps  of  human  wit ! 
Too  vain  that  wish  .—But  thou,  O  Spirit  pure! 
Who  deign'st  to  guide  the  wayward  heart  of 

man, 
When  conscious  weakness  claims   Thy  aid 

benign. 
Thou  from  whose  eyes  the  palpable  obscure 
Naught  hides,  who  ever  mark'st  my  inmost 

soul. 
And  check'st  with  care  paternal  every  ill, 
Suggesting  kindly,  pure  and  holy  thoughts. 
Frame  Thou  my  mind;  dispose  my  humble 

heart 
To  feel  Thy  goodness  and  adore  Thy  might ; 
Grant  me,  with  faith  to  read  Thy  wond'rous 

works, 
To  hear  with  joy,  to  tell  with  gratitude-, 
Grant  me,  at  huml)le  distance,  to  revere 
Those  acts  of  power  I  know  not  how  to  scan ; 
Grant  me,  with  scorn  to  view  the  sceptic's 

pride, 
Who  dares  to  tread  the   dark,  meand'ring 

maze. 
And  strive  with  mortal  ken  (how  short !  how 

dim!) 
To  trace  the  steps  of  dread  Omnipotence; 
Grant  me,  with  humble  yet  exulting  mind. 
In  all  Thy  wond'rous  works  to  mark  the  end. 
Nor  rashly  strive  to  compreliend  the  means; 
To  view,  with  rev'rent  awe,  the  mighty  cause, 
And  feel  with  gratitude  the  blest  effect; 
Grant  me,  in  this  meek,  sober  frame  of  mind. 
To  view  Thy  goodness,   and    3   sing  Thy 

praise; 
So  shall  my  lays, though  rude, attention  claim, 
Nor  useless  sink  in  cold  oblivion's  wave; 
Warm  from   the   heart  they  bear  intrinsic 

worth. 
And  conscience  shall  bear  witness  to  their 

truth. 

'Twas  on  that  day,  that  memorable  day. 
When  erst  the  prophet  of  the  favored  seed 
From  Israel  sprung.high-honored  Moses  held, 
With   trembling   awe,    converse   with   God 

Himself; 
'Twas  on  that  day,  when  round  the  sacred 

mount 
The  rapid  lightnings  shot  their  vivid  glance, 
Flashing  a  larger  and  a  larger  curve, 
Whilst  the  dread  thunder  mutt'ring  from 

afar. 
With  sullen  miirmur  deep'ning  in  its  course, 
Burst  rattling  all  around  in  discord  wild, 


478 


TONGXJES. 


TO^CGTJES. 


When,  'midst  the  horror  of  the  awful  scene, 
The  holy  prophet  learned  tliose  high  behests 
By  which  to  lead  his  sacred  flock,  and  show 
Types  of  a  purer  plan  in  days  to  come; 
On  that  same  day,  the  still  more  sacred  flock 
Of  Christ,  who  only  mourn  His  recent  loss, 
Stol'n  from  the  clamors  of  the  impious  crowd, 
In  thought  pursued  His  steps  to  heav'n,  and 

cheered 
Each  other's  griefs  with  thoughts  of  bliss  to 

come. 

Not  hopeless  did  they  grieve;  for  o'er  the 

soul 
His  last  bequest  has  shed  a  gleam  of  joy; 
"A   comforter   to   come"   restrained   their 

tears, 
A  steadfast  faith  suppressed  the  rising  sigh. 
And  expectation  raised  their  downcast  eyes. 
Nor  vain  their  hoj^e ;  for  now  with  sudden 

burst 
A  rushing  noise  through  all  that  sacred  band, 
Silence  profound  and  flxed  attention  claimed, 
A  chilling  terror  crept  through  every  heart, 
Mute  was  each  tongue,  and  jjale  was  ev'ry 

face: 
The  rough  roar  ceased ;  when,  borne  on  fiery 

wings. 
The  dazzling  emanation  from  above 
In  brightest  vision  round  each  sacred  head 
Diffused  its  vivid  beams;  mysterious  light! 
That  rushed  impetuous  through  th'  awaking 

mind. 
Whilst  new  ideas  filled  the  passive  soul. 
Fast  crowding  in  with  sweetest  violence. 
'Twas  then  amazed  they  caught  the  glorious 

flame, 
Spontaneous     flowed     their     all-persuasive 

words. 
Warm   from   the    heart,    and    to    the    heart 

addressed. 
Deep  sunk  their  force  in  ev'ry  captived  ear. 

Oh  see  the  crowd,  pressing  with  eager  steps 
To  catch  the  flowing  periods  as  they  fall! 
See  how,with  w'ond'ring rapture,  they  devour 
The  pleasing  accents  of  their  native  tongue ! 
See  how,  with  eyes  uplifted,  they  advance. 
With  outstretched  hands  and  smiles  of  social 

love. 
To  greet  the  partners  of  their  native  soil ! 
Oh  catch  the  varying  transports  in  their  looks, 
In  awful  wonder  see  each  passion  lost, 
When  ev'ry  nation  urged  an  equal  claim. 
Fond  men,  forbear;  and  know  the  voice  of 

truth. 
By  weak  restraints  of  language  unconfined. 
Flows,  independent,  fromthat  radiant  shrine 
From  whence  the  dayspring  draws  her  glit- 

t'ring  store 
To  shine  on  all  with  undistinguished  ray. 
And  scatter  dazzling  light  on  ev'ry  clime. 

Thou  speak'st,  immortal  Truth !  beneath  each 

pole 
The  trembling  earth  acknowledges  thy  voice ; 


Pride  catches  quick  the  mortifying  sound, 
Fur,  far  aloof  flies  ev'ry  golden  dream. 
And  all  is  blindfold  error  and  distress. 
Oh!  'twas  that  potent  voice,  whose  magic 

pow'r 
Burst  tiirough  the  organs  of  the  sacred  band, 
What  time,  O  Salem!   'midst  thy  hallowed 

walls 
The   mingled    crowd   from  many  a  distant 

realm, 
In  fixed  attention  hung  upon  their  words. 
Which,    with    conviction    fraught,    flowed 

unrestrained, 
Though,  skilled  alone  in  virtue's  sacred  lore, 
They    never  had   emjiloyed   life's   jirecious 

hours 
In  learning's  paths;  without  proud  science 

wise. 

By  weakest  ministers  th'  Almighty  thus 
Makes  known  His  sacred  will,  and  shows  His 

pow'r: 
By   Him  inspired  they  speak  with  urgent 

tongue 
Authoritative,  whilst  th'  illumined  breast 
Heaves  with   imwonted   strength;    high   as 

their  theme 
Their  great  conceptions  rise  in  rapt'rous  flow, 
As  quick  the  ready  organs  catch  the  thought, 
And,  in  such  strains  as  science  could  not 

teach. 
Bear  it,  in  all  its  radiance,  to  the  heart; 
The  list'ning  throng  there  feel  its  blessed 

effect. 
And  deep  conviction  glows  in  every  breast. 

See  ev'ry  crime  which  stains  the  human  mind 
At  their  strong  bidding  takes  its  rapid  flight : 
Delusion's  dreams  no  more  infect  the  soul. 
High-boasting  pride,  fierce  wrath,  impetuous 

lust. 
And  avarice  swelling  with  hydropic  thirst. 
Fade,  like  unwholesome  dews  before  the  sun : 
They  fade  to  rise  no  more;  for  see,  a  band 
Of  radiant  virtues  seize  their  late  abode, 
And  stamp  the  mansion   with  the  seal    of 

truth. 
There   heavenly   Knowledge  shines  in  glit- 

t'ring  pride. 
And   Patience  sits,  with   meek   submissive 

smile 
Disarming  stern  Oppression ;  Justice  there 
Erects  her  rigid  test  of  right  and  wrong; 
And  there,  with  God's  own  armor  all-begirt, 
Stands  Fortitude  erect  in  Christian  t-trength  ; 
There  Temp'rance  stands  with  ever-watchful 

eye, 
To  curb  the  passions  with  a  steady  rein; 
And  Candor  there  her  golden  rule  displays, 
To  act  by  others  as  thy  heart  must  wish 
They,  in  like  circumstance,   should  act  by 
But  chiefly  there,  in  ever-fixed  seat,      [thee: 
Sits  heav'n-born  Charity ;  her  eagle  eye 
Thrown  o'er  the  wide  expanse  of  Nature's 

works. 
Where,  nobly  scorning  ev'ry  meaner  tie, 


TOlSrGXJES. 


TR^isrsii^i&Tm^Tioisr. 


479 


She  deems  all  human  ills  her  own,  and  sighs 
If  aught  of  mis'ry  dwell  beneath  the  sun. 
With  such  bright  guests  the  Christian  mind 

is  stored, 
Pledges  of  truest  knowledge,  joy,  and  peace : 
These  to  make  known  became  the  sacred  task 
By  Heav'n  imposed  upon  the  chosen  band ; 
Thrice  happy  they  to  such  high  office  called, 
The  blessed  ministers  of  God's  high  will! 
For  them  the  fulness  of  His  might  is  shown, 
O'erleaping  the  strong  bounds   of   nature's 

laws; 
Grim  Death  for  them    contracts  his  hasty 

stride. 
And  checks  his  dart  even  in  the  act  to  strike ; 
His  horrid  messengers,  Disease  and  Pain, 
Loose  their  remorseless  grasp  unwillingly. 
And  leave  their  prey  to  ease  and  thankful- 
ness ; 
For  them  bright  Wisdom  opens  all  her  stores. 
Her  golden  treasures  spreading  to  their  view, 
Whilst  Inspiration's  all-enliv'ning  lifjht 
Hangs  hov'ring  o'er  their  heads  in  glitt'ring 

blaze; 
Warmed  by  the  ray  they  pour  the  sacred 
In  eloquence  seraphic ;  truths  divine,  [strain 
Forever  registered  in  Heav'n's  high  page. 
Flow  from  their  lips,  and  glow  within  their 

breasts ; 
Amazed  they  feel  the  sacred  ecstasy. 
With  heav'nly  rapture  thrill  in  ev'ry  nerve; 
Whilst  in  their  flowing  words,  with  wisdom 

fraught 
Celestial,  shines  the  heav'nly  Spirit  pure. 
This  is  no  fancied  power,  no  idle  dream, 
No  flatt'ring  scheme  by  heated  fancy  formed ; 
Thegenuine  influence  tills  each  raptured  soul. 
And  beams  in  ev'ry  eye  conspicuous. 

Par  other  flame  the  vain  enthusiast  feels, 

When,  reason  by  delusive  fancy  led 

In  sad  captivity,  the  thoughts  confused 

Rush  on  his  mind  in  dark  and  doubtful  sense. 

Consider  well,  what  are  the  genuine  marks 

Of  heavenly  inspiration.     It  was  not 

In  wild  ecstatic  rants  and  dubious  phrase. 

In  doctrines  intricate  and  terms  perplexed, 

The  simple  messengers  of  Jesus  spake. 

Oh  search  and  see,  were  not  their  doctrines 

pure. 
And  in  such  plain  and  modest  phrase  ex- 
pressed 
As  best  befits  instruction's  wholesome  plan? 
Mighty  to  save,  they  sought  no  other  pow'r, 
No  meed,  but  that  which  conscious  Virtue 

feels 
When  she  conducts  some  hapless  wand'rer 

back 
To  paths,  without  her  aid,  forever  lost. 
If  such  your  heav'nly  aim,  your  lives  unblamed 
Will  give, like  theirs, an  earnest  of  your  truth ; 
If  daily  trained  to  ev'ry  virtuous  act. 
You  tread  the  stops  the  blessed  Jesus  trod. 
Through  the  strait  ])ath,  the  way  of  holiness. 
Then  may  ye  l^^ad  your  flocks  to  His  abode; 
But,  oh  beware!  think  not  the  heav'nly  guest 


Can  fix  his  residence  with  aught  impure; 
Think  not  the  heart  which  pride  or  int'rcst 

guides 
Can  ever  be  the  seat  of  heavenly  grace ; 
If  yet  the  Holy  Spirit  deigns  to  dwell 
In  earthly  domes,  'tis  not  in  those  defiled 
With  pride,  with  fraud,  with  rapine,  or  with 

lust ; 
'Midst  the  rough  foliage  of  the  thorny  brake 
The  clust'ring  grape  not  blushes,  and  the  fig 
Decks  not  the  prickly  thistle's  barren  stalk; 
Ev'n  thus   shall  all  be   measured  by  their 

fruits ; 
So  spake  the  living  Oracle  of  Truth : 
Oh  never,  never  lose  this  sacred  guide, 
By  every  blast  of  doctrine  borne  away, 
But  gazing  ever  on  the  gospel  light, 
That  endless  source  of  evidence  and  truth, 
Prove  ev'ry  doctrine  by  that  golden  rule. 
And  "  try  the  spirits  if  they  be  of  God." 
Charles  Jenner. 

4065.  TOUCHING  CHRIST,  Miracle  by. 

Luke  viii  :  43-48. 

Near  Him  she  stole,  rank  after  rank; 

She  feared  approach  too  loud; 
She  touched  His  garment's  hem,  and  shrank 

Back  in  the  sheltering  crowd. 

A  shamefaced  gladness  thrills  her  frame: 
Her  twelve  years'  fainting  prayer 

Is  heard  at  la'^t;  she  is  the  fcame 
As  other  women  there. 

She  hears  His  voice ;  He  looks  about. 

Ah  !  is  it  kind  or  good 
To  drag  her  secret  sorrow  out 

Before  that  multitude? 

The  eyes  of  men  she  dares  not  meet: 
On  her  they  straight  must  fall; 

Forward  she  sped,  and  at  His  feet 
Fell  down,  and  told  Him  all. 

His  presence  makes  a  holy  jjlace; 

No  alien  eyes  are  there ; 
Her  shrinking  shame  finds  godlike  grace 

The  covert  of  its  care. 

"  Daughter,"  He  said,  "be  of  good  cheer; 

Thy  faith  hath  made  thee  whole." 
With  plenteous  love,  not  healing  mere. 

He  would  content  her  soul. 

George  Macdonald. 

4066.  TRANSFiaUEATION,  The. 

O  brightest  of  days  in  His  sorrowful  story. 
When  tiiere  came  such  a  voice  from  the  ex- 
cellent glory, 
"  My  beloved  !  my  Son  !" 
A  foretaste  of  triumph  ;  a  banner  outflying. 
Emblazed  with  a  crown,  ere  by  sharpness  of 
dying 
The  battle  was  won. 


480 


TRAlNrSFIG-XIR^TIOlSr. 


TR^lSrSFlO-XIR^^TIOIN". 


O   sweetest   of  hours!    when   in    luminous 
vision 

Their  senses  Avere  steeped  in  that  splendor 
Elysian, 
The  thrice-bless6d  Three ! 

"Who,  heavy  with  sleep,  on  the  rough  moun- 
tain heather 

Sank  in  weakness  of  earth,  but  were  strength- 
ened together 
Heaven's  brightness  to  see. 

Transfigured  before  them,  the  dead  and  the 

living, 
His  glory  primeval,  inherent,  outgiving. 

He  grew  to  a  God ! 
While  the  holy  departed,  as  angels  attendant. 
On  either  side  one,  in  like  glory  resplendent. 

Stood  there  on  the  sod. 

Can  this  be  the  Man  who,  with  scorning  and 
scourging. 

Shall  pass  through  the  street,  wliile  the  mul- 
titude, surging, 
"Away  with  Him!"  cry? 

Shall  mount  the  sad  hill  with  His  mocking 
pursuers. 

Where,  on   either   side  one,  He,  with  bold 
evil-doers 
Is  lifted  to  die? 

Be  it  far  from  Thee,  Lord !   In  Thy  glory  and 
terror 

Redeem  Thy  lost  sheep  from  their  darkness 
and  error, 
From  thraldom  and  foe; 

Thy  standard  uprear,   till,   as  floods   over- 
flowing. 

The  tribes  of  the   Lord,  in  a  mighty  o'er- 
throwing, 
To  victory  go. 

O  foolish  and  blind!  slow  of  heart  in  dis- 
cerning 

That  He  whom  ye  serve,  all  earth's  vanities 
spurning. 
Must  conquer  through  loss: 

Not  so  those  bright  strangers,  who,   lowly 
conversing, 

Listen  long  to  their  Lord,  the  Great  Prophet, 
rehearsing 
His  tale  of  the  Cross. 

Far  other  their  end — he,  the  ancient  Law- 
giver, 

Laid  to  sleep  by  the  Lord — or  Who,  parting 
the  river. 
Ascended  in  fire; 

But  their  dawn  in  His  light,  ever  brighter 
outpouring, 

Must  fade — as  e'en  now,   to  their  Paradise 
soaring, 
They  meekly  retire. 

Still  in  rapturous  awe  would  His  chosen  ones 

linger, 
But,  lo !  one  bright  touch  from  that  glorified 

finger 


Unlooses  the  spell ; 
Heaven   fades,  and   their  thoughts  all  too 

swiftly  are  gliding 
Back  to  life's  common  cares,  as  the  ocean 
subsiding 
With  tremulous  swell. 

Like  a  single  bright  star,  for  one  moment 

outshining. 
Then  hidden,  for  mists   all   the   firmament 
lining, 
That  vision  was  given ;      [overshading, 
But  the  light  of  that  Cloud  still  their  souls 
And   the   sound   of  that  Voice  from  their 
hearts  never  fading. 
Was  their  beacon  to  heaven. 

Charles  Lawrence  Ford. 

4067.  TKANSPIGURATION,  The. 

Upward  they  trod 
The  lonely  mount  to  talk  with  God. 
One  led;  he  wore  a  perfect  form, 
With  tender  beaming  smile  and  warm; 
And  there  were  three  that  followed  Him 
Up  through  the  shadows  wild  and  dim. 
Tiiey  came  to  pray,  and  there  apart, 
And  far  from  worldly  pomp  and  art, 

They  bov^red  the  knee. 
The  Saviour,  and  His  faithful  three. 

In  solitude 
The  soul  best  feels  the  reverent  mood; 
Thus,  it  is  blessed  to  recede. 
And  find  God's  hiding  in  our  need, 
To  mount  above  the  world's  concern, 
And  feel  the  inner  glory  burn. 
Of  love's  celestial  fire.     How  sweet 
The  silence  of  this  lone  retreat; 

Fit  place  for  prayer 
Which  hallowed  all  the  mountain  air. 

O  voice  of  love. 
Did  e'er  such  words  pathetic  move 
The  Spirit  listening  to  all  tones 
That  rise  from  His  dear  pleading  ones? 
Sweet  voice  of  Jesus,  never  prayer 
Arose  more  tender  on  the  air; 
It  melted,  charmed  the  listening  three, 
Till  on  the  wings  of  ecstasy 

They  rose  away. 
And  stood  before  the  gates  of  day. 

The  mountain  fades. 
The  daylight  dwindles  into  shades; 
The  gates  of  light  swing  open  wide; 
And  lo!  a  more  than  sun-bright  tide 
Bursts  from  the  azure  on  their  sight! 
And  Jesus  stands  enthroned  in  light! 
His  native  beauty  this,  when  He 
Stood  in  his  kingly  dignity. 

In  his  own  clime. 
Long,  long  before  the  birth  of  time. 

Were  they  not  four? 
Whence  those  bright  forms  unseen  before? 
Ah,  there  he  stands,  last  seen  of  old 
On  Nebo's  mountain,  lone  and  cold, 


TR^lSrSIT'IGHJR^TIOlSr. 


TREE. 


481 


Whither  he  went,  his  eye  not  dim, 
To  wing  his  way  with  seraphim 
To  his  celestial  Canaan  far; 
Not  his  to  cross  the  Jordan  bar; 

A  crown  of  light 
He  wears,  than  Egypt's  crown  more  bright. 

And  he,  the  same      ^ 
Who  took  the  chariot  of  flame, 
And  sped  away  in  raptured  flight, 
Till  angels  saw  him  strange  alight 
Upon  the  royal  steps  of  gold 
Of  his  dear  throne,  who  heard  of  old 
His  prayer,  when  Baal's  hosts  were  bowed 
On  Carmel's  height  mid  clamor  loud ; 

Elijah,  hail! 
Thy  prayer  was  mighty  to  prevail. 

Why  come  they  now. 
And  wait  upon  the  mountain's  brow? 
Dear  Son  of  God,  they  come  to  Thee, 
To  talk  of  all  Tliine  agony; 
The  shadow  of  Thy  cross  is  seen 
Along  the  fields  of  fadeless  green. 
And  angel  eyes  are  tearful  there 
Before  they  liear  Thy  last  sweet  prayer — 

"  Father,  forgive; 
And  let  my  persecutors  live." 

Again  the  three 
Look  forth  and  only  Jesus  see; 
But  even  till  their  latest  hour 
The  vision  lingers  with  its  power; 
Those  gates  ajar  have  left  a  gleam 
That  brighter  makes  our  earthly  dream; 
The  silver  cloud  on  Tabor's  height 
Still  drops  its  music  with  its  light; 

Nor  shall  it  cease 
Till  earth  with  heaven  is  all  at  peace. 

Dwight  Williams. 

4068.  TEANSPIGURATION,  The. 
Matthew  xvii  :  1,2. 
Hail !  King  of  Glory,  clad  in  robes  of  light, 
Outshining  all  we  here  call  bright! 
Hail,  light's  divinest  galaxy ! 
Hail,  express  image  of  a  Deity  !  [view. 

Could  now  Thy  faithful  spouse  Thy  beauties 
How  would  her  wounds  all  bleed  anew! 
Lovely  Thou  art  all  o'er  and  bright, 
Thou  Israel's  glory,  and  Thou  Gentile's  light. 

But  whence   this  brightness,  whence    this 

sudden  day? 
Who  did  Thee  thus  with  light  array? 
Did  Thy  divinity  dispense 
To  its  consort  a  more  liberal  influence? 
Or  did  some  curious  angel's  chymic  art 
The  spirits  of  purest  light  impart. 
Drawn  from  the  native  spring  of  day, 
And  wrought  into  an  organized  ray? 

Howe'er  'twas  done,  'tis  glorious  and  divine; 
Thou  dost  with  radiant  wonders  shine: 
The  sun  and  his  bright  company 
Are  all  gross  meteors,  if  compared  to  Thee : 


Thou  art   the  fountain  whence  their  light 

does  flow. 
But  to  Thy  will  Thine  own  dost  owe; 
For  (as  at  first)  Thou  didst  but  say, 
"Let  there  be  light,"  and  straight  sprang 

forth  this  wondrous  day. 

Let  now  the  Eastern  princes  come  and  bring 
Their  tributary  offering. 
There  needs  no  star  to  guide  their  flight; 
They'll  find  Thee  now,  great  King,  by  Thine 

own  light. 
And  Thou,  my  soul,  adore,  love,  and  admire, 
And  follow  this  bright  guide  of  fire. 
Do  Thou  Thy  hymns  and  praises  bring, 
Whilst  angels,  with  veiled  faces,   anthems 

sing.  John  Norris. 

4069.  TREE  OF  LIPE,  The. 
There  is  a  spot,  of  men  believed  to  be 
Earth's   centre,    and  the    place   of  Adam's 

grave. 
And  here  a  slip  that  from  a  barren  tree 
Was  cut,  fruit  sweet  and  salutary  gave — 
Yet  not  unto  the  tillers  of  the  land ; 
That  blessed  fruit  was  culled  by  other  hand. 

The  shape  and  fashion  of  the  tree  attend : 
From  undivided  stem  at  first  it  sprung; 
Thence  in  two  arms  its  branches  did  outsend, 
Like  sail-yards  whence  the  flowing  sheet  is 

hung. 
Or  as  a  yoke  that  in  the  furrow  stands. 
When  the  tired  steers  are  loosened  from  their 

bands. 

Three   days  the  slip  from  which  this  tree 

should  spring 
Appeared  as  dead ;  then  suddenly  it  bore. 
While   earth    and  heaven  stood  awed  and 

wondering — 
Harvest  of  vital  fruit ;  the  fortieth  more 
Beheld  it  touch  heaven's  summit  with  its 

height. 
And  shroud  its  sacred  head  in  clouds  of  light. 

Yet  the  same  while  it  did  put  forth  below 
Branches   twice  six,  these,  too,   with  fruit 

endued. 
Which  stretching  to  all  quarters  might  be- 
Upon  all  nations  medicine  and  food,     [stow 
Which  mortal  men  might  eat,  and  eating  be 
Sharers  henceforth  of  immortality. 

But  when  another  fifty  days  were  gone, 
A  breath  divine,  a  mighty  storm  of  heaven, 
On  all  the  branches  swiftly  lighted  down. 
To  which  a  rich  nectareous  taste  was  given. 
And  all  the  heavy  leaves  that  on  them  grew 
Distilled  henceforth  a  sweet  and  heavenly 
dew. 

Beneath  that  tree's  great  shadow  on  the  plain 
A  fountain  bui)bled  up,  whose  lymph  serene 
Nothing  of  earthly  mixture  might  disdain; 
Fountain  so  pure  not  anywhere  was  seen 


482 


TRUIVLFET. 


TrtXJMiPET. 


In  all  the  world,  nor  on  -whose  marge  the 

earth 
Put  flowers  of  such  unfading  beauty  forth. 

And  thither  did  all  people  young  and  old, 
Matrons  and  virgins,  rich  and  poor,  a  crowd 
Stream  ever,  who,  when  as  they  did  behold 
Those  branches  with  their  golden  burden 

bowed. 
Stretched    forth    their    hands,    and    eager 

glances  threw 
Toward  the  fruit  distilling  that  sweet  dew. 

But  touch  they  might  not  these,  much  less 

allay 
Their  hunger,  howsoe'er  they  might  desire, 
Till  the  foul  tokens  of  their  former  way 
They  had  washed  ofiE,  the  dust  and  sordid 

mire. 
And  cleansed  their  bodies  in  that  holy  wave. 
Able  from  every  spot  and  stain  to  save. 

But  when  within  their  mouths  they  had  re- 
ceived 
Of  that  immortal  fruit  the  gust  divine. 
Straight  of  all  sickness  were  their  souls  re- 
lieved. 
The  weak  grew  strong,  and  tasks  they  did 

decline 
As  overgreat  for  them  they  shunned  no  more, 
And  things  they  deemed  they  could  not  bear 
they  bore. 

But  woe,  alas!  some  daring  to  draw  near 
That  sacred  stream,  did  presently  retire, 
Drew  wholly  back  again,  and  did  not  fear 
To  stain  themselves  iuall  their  former  mire. 
That  fruit  rejecting  from  their  mouths  again. 
Not  any  more  their  medicine,  but  their  bane. 

Oh,  blessed  they,  who  not  withdrawing  so, 
First  in  that  fountain  make  them  pure  and 

fair, 
And  who  from  thence  unto  the  branches  go, 
With  power  upon  the  fruitage  hanging  there : 
Thence  by  the  branches  of  the  lofty  tree 
Ascend  to  heaven — the  tree  of  life,  oh  see! 
From  the  Lati?i,  tr.  iy  ArcJibiahop  Trench. 

40  7  O.  TRUMPET,  The  Fifth. 
Revelation  ix  :  1-11. 
I  heard  a  trumpet  sound. 

Earth  shook,  the  heavens  were  dim, 
I  saw  a  falling  star. 

Like  the  moon's  eclipsing  Iknb. 

And  a  blood-stained  haze 

Rushed  round  its  blaze; 

But  that  star  still  shone 

On  a  kingless  throne. 

I  saw  from  the  abyss 

Shoot  up  a  thousand  fires; 
I  saw  a  locust-cloud 

Rise  on  their  sulphurous  spires. 

In  his  noontide,  the  sun 

Sank,  sickening  and  dun; 

And  the  smoke  wrapped  the  globe, 

Like  a  funeral  robe. 


Then,  that  hell-born  locust-host 
Rolled  onward  like  a  flood; 

Yet  the  harvest  field  was  safe, 
And  safe  the  leafy  wood. 
Of  that  plague-cloud  wan, 
The  prey  alone  was  man ; 
And  the  bond  and  the  free 
To  the  locusts  bent  the  knee. 

There  was  torment  in  the  land. 

The  famine  and  the  chain, 
And  thousands  writhed  and  groaned, 

And  gnawed  their  tongues  with  paia. 

And  the  lovely  and  brave 

Were  plunged  in  the  grave ; 

And  in  that  agony 

Thousands  prayed  to  die ! 

Upon  the  field  of  battle, 

In  exile  far  and  lone. 
Men  perished  for  the  temple, 

Men  perished  for  the  throne, 

Still  the  locust-cloud 

Was  a  living  shroud ; 

And  the  locust  sting 

Slew  the  serf  and  the  king. 

I  saw  an  idol  temple ! 

But  there  no  idol  shone, 
No  golden  censer  burned 

To  gods  of  wood  or  stone. 

To  a  mortal  bowed 

The  shouting  crowd, 

And  the  nation's  cry 

Was  blasphemy. 

I  saw  a  mighty  grave! 

But  no  holy  sign  was  there, 
Bu*-  the  corpse  of  king  and  slave 

Was  flung  in  without  a  prayer, 

And  a  pillar  stood, 

Inscribed  in  blood. 

In  that  tainted  gloom, 

"The  eternal  tomb." 

Then,  the  trumpet  rang  again. 
And  the  locusts  swept  the  earth; 

But  'twas  now  as  if  her  womb 
Had  teemed  with  Iniman  birth. 
They  wore  the  helms  of  kings, 
And  the  rushing  of  their  wings 
Was  like  rushing  chariot-wheels, 
Or  the  tramp  of  chargers'  heels. 

Above  them  blazed  the  banner- 
That  fiendish,  fallen  star; 

Above  them  winged  the  eagle. 
Scenting  his  prey  afar. 
And  the  clang  of  their  mail 
Rang  loud  on  the  gale; 
And  crown  and  tiar 
Led  their  legions  to  war. 

Their  chieftain  was  a  king — 

A  kin^of  fearful  name! 
'Tis  shouted  in  the  central  cavea 

Of  misery  and  flame. 


TXJB.A.IL.. 


TYRE. 


483 


Abaddon,  the  lord 

Of  the  sceptre  and  sword, 

Resistless  by  man. 

But  his  star  shall  be  wan ! 

Then  the  storm  of  battle  raged, 

And  the  earth  was  drenched  with  blood ; 
And  the  warrior  and  his  steed 

Were  the  wolf  and  vulture's  food. 

And  the  world  stood  at  gaze 

At  that  battle's  red  blaze, 

Like  men  on  the  shore 

Of  an  ocean  of  gore. 

Once  more  the  trumpet  swelled, 

But  'twas  glorious  now  and  grand; 
And  a  shout  of  triumph  pealed 

From  the  ocean  and  the  land. 

For  on  fiery  wings 

Came  the  spirits  of  kings, 

With  banners  unfurled, 

To  rescue  the  world !        George  Croly. 

4071.  TUBAL  CAIN". 

Genesis  iv  :  22. 
Old  Tubal  Cain  was  a  man  of  might. 

In  the  days  when  earth  was  young ; 
By  the  fierce  red  light  of  his  furnace  laright 

The  strokes  of  liis  hammer  rung: 
And  he  lifted  high  his  brawny  hand 

On  the  iron  glowing  clear, 
Till  the  sparks  rushed  out  in  scarlet  showers. 

As  he  fashioned  the  sword  and  the  spear. 
And  he  sang:   "  Hurrah  for  my  handiwork  ! 

Hurrah  for  the  spear  and  the  sword ! 
Hurrah  for  the  hand  that  shall  wield  them 
well, 

For  he  shall  be  king  and  lord." 

To  Tubal  Cain  came  many  a  one. 

As  he  wrought  by  his  roaring  fire, 
And  each  one  prayed  for  a  strong  steel  blade 

As  the  crown  of  his  desire: 
And  he  made  them  weapons  sharp  and  strong. 

Till  they  shouted  loud  for  glee. 
And  gave  him  gifts  of  pearl  and  gold, 

And  spoils  of  the  forest  free. 
And  they  sang:  "  Hurrah  for  Tubal  Cain, 

Who  hath  given  us  strength  anew ! 
Hurrah  for  the  smith,  hurrah  for  the  fire. 

And  hurrah  for  the  metal  true !" 

But  a  sudden  change  came  o'er  his  heart. 

Ere  the  setting  of  the  sun. 
And  Tubal  Cain  was  filled  with  jiain 

For  the  evil  he  had  done; 
He  saw  that  men,  with  rage  and  hate. 

Made  war  upon  their  kind, 
That  the  land  was  red  with  the  blood  they 
shed. 

In  their  lust  for  carnage  blind. 
And  he  said  :   "Alas !  that  ever  I  made. 

Or  that  skill  of  mine  should  plan. 
The  spear  and  the  sword  for  men  whose  joy 

Is  to  slay  their  fellow-man !" 


And  for  many  a  day  old  Tubal  Cain 

Sat  brooding  o'er  his  woe ; 
And  his  hand  forbore  to  smite  the  ore, 

And  his  furnace  smouldered  low. 
But  he  rose  at  last  with  a  cheerful  face. 

And  a  bright  courageous  eye. 
And  bared  his  strong  right  arm  for  work, 

While  the  quick  flames  mounted  high. 
And  he  sang:  "  Hurrah  for  my  handiwork  !" 

And  the  red  sparks  lit  the  air; 
"Not  alone  for  the  blade  was  the  bright 
steel  made," 

And  he  fashioned  the  first  ploughshare. 

And  men,  taught  wisdom  from  tlie  jjast, 

la  friendship  joined  their  hands. 
Hung  the  sword  in  the  hall,  tlie  spear  on  the 
wall, 

And  ploughed  the  willing  lands; 
And  sang:  "  Hurrah  for  Tubal  Cain! 

Our  stanch  good  friend  is  he; 
And  for  the  ploughshare  and  the  plough 

To  him  our  praise  shall  be. 
But  while  oppression  lifts  its  head. 

Or  a  tyrant  would  be  lord, 
Though  we  may  thank  him  for  the  plough, 

We'll  not  forget  the  sword  !" 

Charles  Mackay. 

4072.  TYRE. 

High  on  the  stately  wall 

The  spear  of  Arvad  iiung; 
Through  corridor  and  hall 

Gemaddin's  war-note  rung. 
Where  are  they  no'.??  the  note  is  o'er; 
Yes!  for  a  thousand  years  and  more, 
Five  fathoms  deep  beneath  the  sea 
Those  hiills  have  lain  all  silently; 
Nought  listing  save  the  mermaid's  song, 
While  rude  sea-monsters  roam  the  corridors 
along. 

Far  from  the  wandering  East 

Tubal  and  Javan  came. 
And  Araby  the  Blest, 

And  Kedar,  mighty  name — 
Now  on  that  shore,  a  lonely  guest, 
Some  dripping  fisherman  may  rest. 
Watching  on  lock  or  naked  stone 
His  dark  net  spread  before  the  sun. 
Unconscious  of  the  dooming  lay 
That  broods  o'er  that  dull  spot,  and  there 
shall  brood  for  aye. 

Lyra  Apostolica. 

4073.  TYRE. 

And  this  is  Tyre,  the  mighty  mart  of  old. 
City  of  merchants!   conquering  kings  with 

gold ! 
Through  whose  long  streets,  that  knew  no 

dull  repose. 
Like  stormy  waves,  the  voice  of  Commerce 

rose. 
While  palaces,  each  worthy  ocean's  queen, 
O'erlooked  in  dazzling  pride  the  busy  scene. 
Here  Af  ric  brought  her  ivory  and  rich  plumes, 
Opliir  her  gems,  Arabia  her  peif umes ; 


484 


tyrh:. 


TYRE. 


The  adventurous  Tyrian  sent  his  daring  sail 
Wliere'er  might  roll  the  waves  or  sweep  the 
;  gale ; 


Strange  that  to  power  no  state  or  people 

grew, 
From  age  to  age  their  glory  to  renew ; 
B>it  like  the  sun  they  gain  meridian  height, 
Blaze   their  appointed    time,   then   sink  in 

night; 

And  so  Tyre  fell — her  riches  could  not  save; 
The  city  of  the  proud  is  now  a  grave, 
Swejjt,  like  her  daughter  Carthage,  by  the 

wings 
Of  ages,  from  the  list  of  living  things. 
And  so  Tyre  fell — where  rose   her  granite 

towers, 
And  shone  her  palaced  streets  and  jewelled 

bowers, 
The  goatherd  heedless  roves,  nor  asks  her 

name, 
Nor  recks  her  glories  past  and  ancient  fame. 
He  sees  bowed  arch,  an  aqueduct,  and  well, 
But  who  their  builders  were  he  cannot  tell. 
The  wave,  imsympathizing,  beats  the  strand, 
Moss  clothes  black  fragments  buried  deep  in 

sand, 
And  sea-birds,  stooping  in  their  ocean  flight, 
Pass  with  wild  shrieks  the  vanished  city's 

site.  Nielwlas  Michell. 

4074.  TYRE. 

So  did  thy  ships  to  earth's  wide  bounds  pro- 
ceed, 
O  Tyre !  and  thou  wert  rich  and  beautiful 
In  that  thy  day  of  glory.     Carthage  rose, 
Thy  daughter,  and  the  rival  of  thy  fame, 
Upon  the  sands  of  Lybia;  princes  were 
Thy  merchants;  on  thy  golden  throne  thy 

state 
Shone,  like  the  orient  sun.     Dark  Lebanon 
AVaved  all  his  jDines  for  thee;  for  thee  the 

oaks 
Of  Bashan  towered  in  strength:  thy  galleys 

cut. 
Glittering,  the  sunny  surge ;  thy  mariners. 
On  ivory  benches,  furled  the  embroidered 

sails 
That  looms  of  Egypt  wove,  or  to  the  oars 
That,  measuring  dipped,   their   choral  sea- 
songs  sung; 
The  multitude  of  isles  did  shout  for  thee, 
And  cast  their  emeralds  at   thy  feet,   and 

said, 
"Queen  of  the  Waters,  who  is  like  to  thee!" 
So  wert  thou  glorious  on  the  seas,  and  saidst, 
"I  am  a  god,  and  there  is  none  like  me." 
But  the  dread  voice  prophetic  is  gone  forth: 
*  'Howl,  for  the  whirlwind  of  the  desert  comes  I 
Howl  ye  again,  for  Tyre,  her  multitude 
Of  sins  and  dark  abominations  cry 
Against  her,"  saith  the  Lord;  "in  the  mid 

seas 
Her  beauty  shall  be  broken ;  I  will  bring 


Her  pride  to  ashes;  she  shall  be  no  more ;     ■ 
The  distant  isles  shall  tremble  at  the  sound 
When  thou  dost  fall ;  the  princes  of  the  sea 
Shall  from  their  thrones  come  down,  and 

cast  away 
Their  gorgeous  robes;    for  thee  they  shall 

take  up 
A  bitter  lamentation,  and  shall  say, 
'  How  art  thou  fallen,  renowned  city!  thou 
Who  wert  enthroned  glorious  on  the  seas, 
To  rise  no  more ! '  "      William  Lisle  Bowles. 

4075.  TTEE. 

The  wild  and  windy  morning  is  lit  with 
lurid  fire; 

The  thundering  surf  of  ocean  beats  on  the 
rocks  of  Tyre — 

Beats  on  the  fallen  columns  and  round  the 
headland  roars, 

And  hurls  its  foamy  volume  along  the  hol- 
low shores, 

And  calls  with  hungry  clamor,  that  speaks 
its  long  desire: 

' '  Where  are  the  ships  of  Tarshish,  the 
mighty  ships  of  Tyre?" 

Within  her  cunning  harbor,   choked  with 

invading  sand. 
No  galleys  bring  their  freightage,  the  spoils 

of  every  land ; 
And  like  a  prostrate  forest,  when  autumn 

gales  have  blown, 
Her  colonnades  of  granite  lie  shattered  and 

o'erthrown; 
And  from   the   reef  the  pharos   no  longer 

flings  its  fire. 
To  beacon  home  from  Tarshish  the  lordly 

ships  of  Tyre. 

Where  is  thy  rod  of  empire,  once  mighty  on 
the  waves — 

Thou  that  thyself  exaltedst,  till  kings  be- 
came tliy  slaves^ 

Thou  that  didst  speak  to  nations,  and  saw 
thy  will  obeyed — 

Whose  favor  made  them  joyful,  whose  anger 
sore  afraid — 

Who  laid'st  thy  deep  foundations,  and 
thought  them  strong  and  sure. 

And  boasted  midst  the  waters,  "  Shall  I  not 
aye  endure?" 

Where  is  the  wealth  of  ages  that  heaped  thy 

princely  mart? 
The  pomp  of  purple  trappings;  the  gems  of 

Syrian  art; 
The  silken  goats  of  Kedar;  Sabsea's  spicy 

store ; 
The  tributes  of  the  islands  thy  squadrons 

homeward  bore. 
When  in  thy  gates  triumphant  they  entered 

from  the  sea 
With  sound   of  horn  and  sackbut,  of  harp 

and  psaltery? 


TYRIS. 


TYRE. 


485 


Howl,  howl,  ye  ships  of  Tarshish !  the  glory 

is  laid  waste: 
There  is  no  habitation;   the  mansions    are 

defaced. 
No  mariners  of  Sidou  unfurl  your  mighty 

sails; 
No  workmen  fell  the  fir-trees  that  grow  in 

Shenir's  vales, 
And  Bashan's  oaks  that  boasted  a  thousand 

years  of  sun, 
Or  hew  the  masts  of  cedar  on  frosty  Lebanon. 

Rise,  thou  forgotten  harlot !  take  up  thy 
harp  and  sing : 

Call  the  rebellious  islands  to  own  their  an- 
cient king: 

Bare  to  the  spray  thy  bosom,  and,  with  thy 
hair  unbound, 

Sit  on  the  piles  of  ruin,  thou  throneless  and 
discrowned !    . 

There  mix  thy  voice  of  wailing  with  the 
thunders  of  the  sea. 

And  sing  thy  songs  of  sorrow,  that  thou  re- 
membered be ! 

Though   silent   and   forgotten,   yet   Nature 

still  laments 
The  pomp   and   power   departed,   the   lost 

magnificence : 
The  hills  were  proud  to  see  thee,  and  they 

are  sadder  now; 
The  sea  was  proud  to  bear  thee,  and  wears 

a  troubled  brow. 
And  evermore  the  surges  chant  forth  their 

vain  desire : 
"Where   are   the    ships    of    Tarshish,    the 

mighty  ships  of  Tyre?" 

Bayard  Taylor. 

4076.  TYRE,  Burden  of. 

In  thought,  I  saw  the  palace  domes  of  Tyre ; 

The  gorgeous  treasures  of  her  merchandise; 

All  her  proud  people,  in  their  brave  attire, 

Thronging  her  streets  for  sport  or  sacrifice. 

I  saw  her  precious  stones  and  spiceries ; 

The  singing  girl  with  flower-wreath  instru- 
ment ; 

And  slaves  whose  beauty  asked  a  monarch's 
price. 

Forth  from  all  lands  all  nations  to  her  went, 

And  kings  to  her  on  embassy  were  sent. 

I  saw,  with  gilded  prow  and  silken  sail. 

Her  ships,  that  of  the  sea  had  government. 

0  gallant  ships,  'gainst  you  what  might  pre- 

vail? 
She  stood  upon  her  rock,  and,  in  her  pride. 
Of  strength   and    beauty,    waste   and  woe 

defied. 

1  looked  again :  I  saw  a  lonely  shore, 
A  rock  amid  the  waters,  and  a  waste 

Of  trackless  sand ;  I  heard  the  black  seas  roar, 
And  winds  that  rose  and  fell  with   gusty 

haste.   - 
There  was  one  scathed  tree,  by  storm  de- 
faced, 


Round  which  the   sea-birds   wheeled  with 

screaming  cry. 
Ere  long  came  on  a  traveller,  slowly  paced ; 
Now  east,  then  west,  he  turned,  with  curious 

eye, 
Like  one  perplexed  with  an  uncertainty. 
Awhile  he  looked  upon  the  sea,  and  then 
Upon  a  book,  as  if  it  might  supply 
The  thing  he  lacked.     lie  read,  and  gazed 

again ; 
Yet  as  if  unbelief  so  on  him  wrought, 
He  might  not  deem  that  shore  the  shore  he 

sought. 

Again  I  saw  him  come ;  'twas  eventide ; 
The  sun  shone  on  the  rock  amid  the  sea; 
The  winds  were  hushed ;  the  quiet  billows 

sighed 
With  a  low  swell ;  the  birds  winged  silently 
Their  evening  flight  around  the  scathed  tree ; 
The  fisher  safely  put  into  the  bay. 
And  pushed  his  boat  ashore ;  then  gathered  he 
His  nets,  and,  hastening  up  the  rocky  way. 
Spread  them  to  catch  the  sun's  warm  even- 
ing ray. 
I  saw  that  stranger's  eye  gaze  on  the  scene: 
"And  this  was  Tyre!"  said  he;   "how  has 
Within  her  palaces  a  despot  been !       [decay 
Ruin  and  silence  in  her  courts  are  met, 
And  on  her  city  rock  the  fisher  spreads  his 
net. "  Mary  Hoicitt. 

4077.   TTEE,  Prophecy  against. 
Ezekiel  xxvi  :  2. 
'Twas  morning.     On  thy  ramparts,  Tyre, 

Spread  to  the  sun  the  standard's  fold. 
And  marched  to  sounds  of  trump  and  lyre, 

Thy  mitred  priesthood,  purple-stoled  ; 
And  chieftains  mailed,  with  haughty  vane, 
Poured  to  Astarte's  blood-stained  fane. 

And  crowding  on  thy  glorious  bay, 
Far  as  the  dazzled  eye  could  gaze, 

Where  Tyre's  imperial  galleys  lay. 
Rose  choral  hymns,  and  altars'  blaze. 

And  surges,  bright  as  molten  ore, 

Wafted  the  incense  to  the  shore. 

Yet  in  the  pageant  clanked  the  chain, 
And  mingled  there  the  captive's  groan; 

And  piled  upon  the  ponderous  wain. 
The  golden  spoils  of  Judah  shone ; 

And  sharper  than  the  sword  or  spear, 

Struck  to  the  heart  the  Tyrian's  sneer. 

Yet  all,  at  once,  are  hushed  as  death, 
Recoils  at  once  the  living  wave; 

No  footstep  falls,  is  breathed  no  breath. 
As,  like  a  comer  frcnn  the  grave, 

Ezekiel's  lip  and  eye  of  fire 

Peals  Heaven's  high  wrath  on  guilty  Tyre. 

"Hail !  queen  of  glory,  slave  of  shame. 
Hail !  head  of  gold,  which  curses  crown, 

Panther,  thy  ravening  shall  be  tame, 

The  bow  is  drawn  that  strikes  thee  down. 

Eagle,  thy  wing  shall  lose  its  plume; 

Serpent,  thy  haunt  shall  be  the  tomb. 


486 


TYRE. 


TYRE. 


"Thy  sword  has  smote  Jerusalem, 
And  for  that  smiting  thou  shalt  die;  • 

Thy  strength  be  dust,  thy  wealth  a  dream, 
Thy  power  like  summer  clouds  pass  by ; 

Thy  name,  among  forgotten  things — 

Now  war  thee  with  the  King  of  kings. 

"  The  captive's  hopeless  agony. 

The  blood  that  clamors  from  the  ground, 
The  altar's  curse,  the  dungeon's  cry, 

At  last,  at  last  one  throne  have  found. 
Tyrant,  ihy  turban  shall  be  bowed. 
That  throne  is  on  the  thunder-cloud. 

"  Ride  on,  in  taunt  and  triumph  ride. 
Thy  heart  shall  be  the  vulture's  meal. 

Now  follows  thee  a  giant  stride, 
A  giant  hand  shall  grasp  thy  wheel, 

Thy  sceptre  shall  be  weak  as  air, 

Thy  throne  shall  be  a  bloody  lair. 

"The  plague  shall  wither  up  thy  heart, 
The  famine  waste  thee  to  the  bone ; 

Through  the  rent  skin  the  nerve  shall  start, 
Thy  veins  a  flame,  thy  voice  a  groan. 

Pangs  utterless  thy  soul  shall  fill. 

Yet  comes  the  vengeance,  sterner  still. 

"  It  comes — I  know  the  distant  roar, 
The  rushing  of  the  routed  field. 

Hark  to  the  storm,  whose  rain  is  gore : 
The  flood,  whose  surge  is  spear  and  shield ; 

I  see  thee  in  the  worse  than  grave, 

I  see  thee,  Asshur's  trembling  slave. 

"Yet  thou  shalt  live.     The  feud  within 
Through  weary  years  thy  strength  shall 

Corruption  fill  thy  cup  of  sin,  [drain. 

And  falsehood  forge  and  fix  the  chain ; 

And  treason  in  the  dark  shall  slay, 

And  thus  thy  strength  shall  melt  away. 

"'  Strike,  strike,  thou  Man  of  Macedon ! 

Rush  on  her  ramparts,  smite  her  walls. 
Now  sets  in  gore  her  lingering  sun ; 

Her  palaces  thy  chargers'  stalls, 
Her  wealth  the  harvest  of  thy  spear. 
Now,  Tyre,  thou'rt  of  the  things  that  were ! 

"The  earth  shall  see  a  thousand  kings, 
Yet  thou  shalt  still  be  desolate. 

A  sand,  where  vultures  rest  their  wings. 
Where  the  sea-eagle  meets  its  mate; 

A  rock,  by  time  and  tempest  riven, 

Abhorred  by  man,  accursed  by  Heaven  !" 

George  Croly. 

4078.  TYKE,  Prophecy  against. 
A  thousand  harps  their  echoes  gave 

Along  the  evening  surge  of  gold ; 
A  thousand  galleys  stemmed  the  wave 

Beneath  the  Tyrian  banners  fold; 
And  gallant  shout,  and  joyous  song. 
Rose  from  the  city's  myriad  throng. 

Yet  all  at  once  were  hushed  'as  death — 
Prince,  warrior,  minstrel,  lord,  and  slave ; 


No  foot-fall  rang,  was  breathed  no  breath, 

As,  like  a  comer  from  the  grave, 
Ezekiel's  lip  and  eye  of  fire 
Flashed  Heaven's  high  wrath  on  guilty  Tyre. 

"Hail,  queen  of  glory  I  queen  of  shame ! 

Thou    crowned   with    conquest's  richest 
Whose  arrow  was  a  shaft  of  flame,     [crown ! 

Whose  trumpet  but  for  blood  was  blown — 
Woe  to  thy  banner  and  thy  plume. 
Thy  throne  is  past,  behold  thy  tomb ! 

"Thy  sword  hath  smote  Jerusalem, 
And  for  that  smiting  shalt  thou  die ; 

Thy  power  be  dust,  thy  wealth  a  dream, 
Thy  name  like  summer  clouds  pass  by; 

Thy  kingdom  to  itself  make  wings — 

Now  war  thee  with  the  King  of  kings! 

"  Sheba  and  Rama  were  thy  slaves ;    , 

Dedan  thy  fiery  charioteer; 
Tarshish  and  Ophir's  golden  caves 

Brought  tribute  to  thy  giant  spear; 
The  Syrian  emerald  wreathed  thy  brow. 
E'en  Judah  knelt — What  art  thou  now? 

"The  captive's  hopeless  agony, 

The  blood  that  clamors  from  the  ground, 
The  broken  altar's  midnight  cry. 

At  last,  at  last,  one  throne  have  found; 
Tyrant !  thy  turban  shall  be  bowed ; 
That  throne  is  on  the  thunder-cloud ! 

"Ride  on  thy  rushing  chariots,  ride, 
And  rouse  thy  trumpets'  haughty  peal; 

Yet  o'er  thee  sweeps  a  giant  stride, 
A  giant  grasp  shall  crush  thy  wheel; 

Thy  helm  and  shield  are  weak  as  air. 

Thy  bed  shall  be  a  bloody  lair. 

"The  plague  shall  wither  up  thy  heart, 
The  famine  waste  thee  to  the  bone; 

Through  the  rent  skin  the  nerve  shall  start; 
The  world  thy  face  of  woe  shall  shun; 

Pangs  utterless  thy  veins  shall  fill. 

Yet  comes  the  vengeance  sterner  still. 

"It  comes — I  hear  the  distant  roar, 
The  whirlwind  trampling  of  the  field; 

Hark  to  the  storm  whose  rain  is  gore ! 

The  flood  whose  surge  is  spear  and  shield ! 

And  whose  the  banner,  like  a  sun 

Blazing  above?     Hail,  Babylon! 

"Yet  worse  than  war — the  feud  within. 
The  civil  strife,  thy  strength  shall  drain, 

Corruption  fill  thy  cup  of  sin, 

And  falsehood  forge  and  fix  the  chain. 

And  treason  in  the  dark  shall  slay ; 

And  thus  thy  strength  shall  melt  away. 

"  Then  comes  the  battle  of  despair. 
And  Asshur's  sons  shall  climb  thy  walls, 

And  Persia's  furious  torches  glare 

Through  ivory  gates  and  gilded  halls ; 

And  thou  be  but  a  mightier  tomb. 

Sealed,  marked,  undone — the  child  of  doom  I 


TYRE. 


TJZZIA.II. 


487 


"The earth  shall  see  a  thousand  kings, 
Yet  thou  shalt  still  be  desolate — 

A  sand  where  vultures  rest  their  wings, 
Where  the  sea-dragon  meets  its  mate; 

A  rock  by  time  and  tempest  riven, 

Abhorred  by  man,  accursed  of  Heaven." 

4079.  TTEE,  THE  UNITED  STATES. 

Tyre  of  farther  West !  be  thou  too  warned, 
Whose  eagle  wings  thine  own  green  world 

o'erspread, 
Touching  two  oceans:  wherefore  hast  thou 

scorned 
Thy  father's  God,  O  proud  and  full  of  bread? 

Why  lies  the  cross  unhonored  on  thy  ground, 
While  in  mid-air  thy  stars  and  arrows  flaunt? 
That  sheaf  of  darts,  will  it  not  fall  unbound, 
Except,  disrobed  of  thy  vain  earthly  vaunt, 
Thou  bring  it  to  be  blessed  where  saints  and 
angels  haunt? 

The  holy  seed,  by  Heaven's  peculiar  grace. 
Is  rooted  here  and  there  in  thy  dark  woods; 
But  many  a  rank  weed  round  it  grows  apace. 
And  Mammon   builds  beside    thy   mighty 

floods, 
O'ertopping  Nature,  braving  Nature's  God. 
O  while  thou  hast  yet  room,  fair  fruitful  land. 
Ere  war  and  want  have  stained  thy  virgin  sod, 
Mark  thee  a  place  on  high,  a  glorious  stand, 
Whence  Truth  her  sign  may  make  o'er  for- 
est, lake,  and  strand. 

Eastward,  this  hour,  perchance  thou  turn'st 

thine  ear, 
Listening  if  haply  with  the  surging  sea 
Blend  sounds  of  ruin  from  a  land  once  dear 
To  thee  and  Heaven.    O  trying  hour  for  thee ! 

Tyre  mocked  when  Salem  fell — where  now  is 

Tyre? 
Heaven  was  against  her.     Nations  thick  as 

waves 
Burst  o'er  her  walls,  to  ocean  doomed  and  fire ; 
And  now  the  tideless  water  idly  leaves 
Her  towers,  and  lone  sands  heap  her  crowned 

merchants'  graves.  John  Keble. 

4080.  UZZAH  AOT)  OBED-EDOM. 

The  ark  of  God  has  hidden  strength; 

Who  reverence  or  profane, 
They,  or  their  seed,  shall  find  at  length 

The  penalty  or  gain. 

While  as  a  sojourner  it  sought 

Of  old  its  destined  place, 
A  blessing  on  t\\e  home  it  brought 

Of  one  who  did  it  grace. 

But  there  was  one,  outstripping  all 

The  holy-vestured  band, 
Who  laid  on  it,  to  save  its  fall, 

A  rude  corrective  hand. 


Read,  who  the  church  would  cleanse,  and 
How  stern  the  warning  runs —      [mark 

There  are  two  ways  to  aid  her  ark, 
As  patrons  and  as  sons. 

J.  H.  Newman. 

4081.  UZZAH,  The  Pate  of. 

2  Samuel  vi  :  7. 
Behold  your  due  in  Uzzah  dead 

For  touching  an  external  sign. 
You  that  the  priestly  right  invade, 

And  minister  in  things  divine ! 
Will  ignorance  your  bodies  save? 
Inquire  of  Uzzah  in  his  grave. 

"  But  lo !  unless  our  hands  sustain. 
The  tottering  ark  will  strike  the  ground." 

God  cannot  need  the  help  of  man : 
A  thousand  ways  with  God  are  found 

His  church  in  danger  to  defend. 

And  bear  her  up,  till  time  shall  end. 

J.  and,  C.  Wesley. 

4082.  UZZIAH. 

2  Clironicles  xxvi  :  9, 10, 16. 

The  star  of  Judah's  king  rode  high  in  plen- 
itude of  power, 

And  lauded  was  his  sceptre's  sway  in  palace 
and  in  bower; 

Fresh  fountains  in  the  desert  waste  were  at 
his  bidding  sprung. 

And  clustering  vines  o'er  Carmel's  Lrcast  a 
broader  mantle  flung. 

He  hied  him  to  the  battle-field  in  all  his 
young  renown, 

And  wild  Arabia's  swathyhost  like  blighted 
grass  fell  down. 

Yet  when  within  his  lifted  heart  the  seeds  of 
pride  grew  strong, 

And  unacknowledged  blessing^  led  to  arro- 
gance and  wrong, 

E'en  to  the  temple's  holy  place  withimjDious 
steps  he  hied. 

And  with  a  kindling  censer  stood  fast  by  the 
altar's  side; 

But-  he  whose  high  and  priestly  brow  the 
anointing  oil  had  blest 

Stood  forth  majestic  to  rebuke  the  sacrile- 
gious guest. 

"'Tisnot  for  thee,"  he  sternly  said,  "  to  tread 

this  liallowed  nave, 
And  take  that  honor  to  thyself  which  God 

to  Aaron  gave ; 
'Tis  not  for  thee,   thou  mighty  king,  o'er 

Judah's  realm  ordained, 
To  trample  on  Jehovah's  law,  by  whom  thy 

fathers  reigned. 
Go  hence."    And  from  his  awful  eye  there 

seemed  such* ire  to  flame 
As  mingled  with  the  thunder-blast  when  God 

to  Sinai  came. 

Then  loud  the  reckless  monarch  stormed,  and 

with  a  daring  liand 
He  swung  the  sacred  censer  high  above  the 

trembling  band ; 


488 


"VI^  DOLOROSA.. 


"VIN-EYu^RlD. 


But  where  the  burning  sign  of  wrath  did  in 
his  forehead  flame, 

Behold !  the  avenging  doom  of  heaven,  the 
livid  plague-spot  came; 

And  low  his  princely  head  declined,  in  bit- 
terness of  woe, 

"While  from  the  temple  gate  he  sped — a  leper, 
white  as  snow  I 

Mrs.  L.  II.  Sigourney. 


4083. 


VIA  DOLOROSA, 
John  xix  :  17 


I  see  my  Lord,  the  pure,  the  meek,  the  lowly. 
Along  the  mournful  way  in  sadness  tread ; 

The  thorns  are  on  His  brow,  and  He,the  holy, 
Bearing  His  cross,  to  Calvary  is  led. 

Silent  He  moveth  on,  all  uncomplaining. 

Though  wearily  His  grief  and  burden  press ; 
And  foes— nor  shame  nor  pity  now  restrain- 
ing— 
"With  scoff   and   jeering   mock  His  deep 
distress. 

'Tis  helPs  dark  hour;  yet  calm  Himself  re- 
signing. 
E'en  as  a  lamb  that  goeth  to  be  slain, 
The  Avine-press  lone  He  treadeth  unrepining, 
And  falling  blood-drops  all  His  raiment 
stain. 

In  mortal  weakness  'neath  His  burden  sinking, 
The  Son  of  God  accepts  a  mortal's  aid ! 

Then  passes  on  to  Golgotha  unshrinking, 
Where  love's  divinest  sacrifice  is  made. 

Dear  Lord !  what  though  my  path  be  set  with 
sorrow. 
And  oft  beneath  some  heavy  cross  I  groan  ? 
My  soul  weighed  down  shall  strength  and 
courage  borrow. 
At  thoughts  of  sharper  grief  which  Thou 
hast  known. 

And  I, in  tears,  will  yet  look  up  with  gladness, 

And  hope  when  troubles   most   my  soul 

would  drown ; 

The  mournful  way  which  Thou  didst  tread 

with  sadness 

"Was  but  Thy  way  to  glory  and  Thy  crown. 

Ray  Palmer. 
4084.  VINE,  The  True. 

Numbers  xiii ;  23. 
"When  Israel  lay  in  Kadesh  where  Paran's 

wilds  expand. 
Into  the  north  twelve  mighty  men  were  sent 

to  spy  the  land; 
Each  tribe  gave  in  its  kingliest  before  the 

hosts  of  light 
Rose  up  all  in  Jehovah's  name  to  spoil  the 
Amorite. 

Down  in  the  fertile  valley  where  Eshcol's 

waters  roll 
They  felled  the  lordly  cedar-tree  and  wrought 

it  to  a  pole, 


And  then  they  turned  them  south  again  and 
bare  to  Israel's  line 

The  first-fruits  of  the  gift  of  God,  the  first- 
ripe  of  the  vine. 

And  what  to  us  (the  world  exclaims)  that 

vine  branch  borne  of  two? 
Oh  fools  and  blinded!  is  it  not  a  figure  of 

the  True? 
It  is  the  sum  of  all  things;  yea,  that  deed  of 

prescience  done 
Sjieaks  of  two  dispensations   and   the  gift 

that  made  them  one. 

They  who  were  grace-expectant,  they  who 

lived  and  died  in  grace — 
They  who  saw  Christ  far  off,  and  they  who 

see,  though  veiled.  His  face — 
Those  went  before ;  these  follow :  they  are 

all  one  brotherhood, 
And  in  the  midst  the  True  Vine  hangs  upon 

the  holy  wood.     Lyra  Eucharutica. 

4085.  VINEYAED,  The  Eented. 
Mark  xii  :  1-9. 
God  let  His  vineyard  out  to  man,, 
His  rent  of  glory  to  obtain. 
Told  him  his  soul  was  not  his  own, 
But  made  to  serve  his  Lord  alone; 
He  bade  him  feed,  increase,  improve 
His  grain  of  faith,  his  seed  of  love. 
And  stocked  him  with  sufficient  grace 
To  bear  the  fruits  of  righteousness. 

Though  long  He  seemed  as  distant  far, 
His  vineyard  still  engrossed  His  care; 
His  servant  in  due  time  He  sent 
To  gather  in  the  gracious  rent ; 
His  messenger  was  good  desires, 
With  which  He  freely  all  inspires. 
And  stirs  us  up  to  use  the  power 
To  serve,  and  worship,  and  adore. 

Conscience  when  we  refuse  to  hear, 
And  quite  throw  off  our  gracious  fear, 
The  serious  thought  resist,  repel, 
Our  heart  against  conviction  steel, 
'Tis  then  the  messenger  we  slight, 
Entreat  the  Sender  with  despite, 
By  violence  force  Him  to  depart. 
And  chase  His  spirit  from  our  heart. 

Scripture,  a  second  servant,  came 
The  vineyard's  fruit  for  God  to  claim; 
We  its  authority  deny, 
And  will  not  with  the  word  comply ; 
The  word  which  doth  His  mind  declare, 
We  mangle,  mutilate,  and  tear. 
Abuse  with  haughty  rage  and  scorn. 
Nor  make  our  Lord  the  least  return. 

The  Lord,  whose  mercies  never  end. 
More  messengers  vouchsafed  to  send; 
By  teachers  His  demands  made  known, 
By  seers  and  saints  required  His  own; 


VIRGIN-S. 


VlRGf^iisrs. 


489 


They  called  on  man  his  rent  to  pay, 
They  urged,  "Repent,  believe,  obey, 
Restore  whate'er  His  grace  bestowed, 
And  live  to  glorify  your  God." 

But  man,  averse  in  heart  and  mind. 

Cast  all  his  Maker's  words  behind, 

In  every  age  th'  ungrateful  race 

Hath  spurned  the  ministers  of  grace, 

Hated  whoe'er  the  message  brought, 

Their  ruin  and  destruction  souglit; 

Truth  and  its  witnesses  abhorred, 

And  stoned  and  killed  them  with  the  sword. 

That  all  might  savingly  believe. 
And  glory  to  Jehovah  give. 
He  sent  at  last  His  favorite  Son 
To  take  possession  of  His  own; 
To  every  soul  He  sends  Him  still, 
That  every  soul  may  serve  His  will. 
Their  faith  by  meek  obedience  prove. 
With  fear  rejoice,  with  reverence  love. 

Murdered  on  earth  by  Jews  He  was. 
When  once  they  nailed  Him  to  the  cross; 
But  we  renew  His  deadly  pains 
Who  glorious  and  triumphant  reigns. 
Against  His  life  contriving  still. 
By  twice  ten  thousand  ways  we  kill. 
By  twice  ten  thousand  sins  we  slay, 
And  crucify  Him  every  day. 

Ah,  wretched  man  when  God  requires 
His  soul,  who  in  his  sins  expires! 
His  soul,  alas,  is  his  no  more, 
Consigned  to  the  tormentor's  power. 
Losing  his  soul,  he  loses  all. 
Yet  cannot  into  nothing  fall. 
But  hopelessly  his  doom  bemoans. 
And  pours  in  hell  eternal  groans. 

/.  and  G.  Wesley. 
4086.  VIRGINS,  The  Foolish. 
Matthew  xxv  :  3. 
"Behold,  the  Bridegroom  comes!" 

The  midnight  cry  is  heard : 
*'  Arise  and  join  the  train. 

Go  forth  to  meet  your  Lord;" 
They  wake.  He  is  at  hand, 
But  they  are  unprepared. 

Their  lamps  are  by  their  side. 

But  all  unfilled  the  urn; 
"Oh,  give  us  of  your  oil," 

They  cry  to  each  in  turn ; 
"  The  flame  is  dying  down. 

Our  lamps  refuse  to  burn." 

"  It  cannot,  cannot  be! 

Enough  but  for  our  own ; 
We  cannot  help  you  now. 

For  each  must  stand  alone ; 
The  past  is  now  the  past, 

And  may  not  be  undone. 

*'  Go  ye  to  them  that  sell !" 
But  while  they  went  to  buy. 


The  Bridegroom  came ;  they  saw 

The  bridal  train  sweep  by, 
They  saw  the  wise  go  in : 

In  vain,  in  vain  their  cry ! 

The  door,  alas !  is  shut. 
They  hear  the  festal  strain, 

They  see  the  virgin  throng. 
To  join  it  they  would  fain. 

The  wise  have  all  gone  in : 

They  knock,  but  knock  in  vain! 

"  I  know  you  not,"  is  all 
The  welcome  that  they  hear: 

"I  know  you  not ;"  oh  1  words 
Of  trembling  and  of  fear. 

"  Ye  cannot  join  these  songs. 
Nor  in  these  halls  appear !"  • 

Horatius  Bonar. 

4087.  VIRGINS,  The  Foolish. 

"The  midnight   comes  and  my  lamp  un- 
filled!" 
(Black  and  stormy  the  night  wanes  on.) 
"  Sisters,  help !  ere  my  hope  be  killed; 
Give,  of  your  store,  th.at  my  lamp  be  filled." 
(The  Bridegroom  into  the  House  hath  gone.) 

"  Sisters,  help !"   They  have  closed  the  door; 
(Black  and  stormy  the  night  wanes  on.) 
Naught  they  gave  of  their  brimming  store. 
Each  one  watching  the  lamp  she  bore. 
(The  Bridegroom  into  the  House  hath  gone.) 

"I  will  knock,  though  the  door  be  closed." 
(Black  and  stormy  the  night  wanes  on.) 
"Lord,  thy  handmaid  waits.     Unclose! 
Around  me  night  like  a  river  flows." 
(The  Bridegroom  into  the  House  hath  gone.) 

"Who  knocks  so  late  from  the  darkened 

East?" 
(Black  and  stormy  the  night  wanes  on.) 
"  Depart !     I  know  nor  greater  nor  least 
Who  brings  no  light  to  the  marriage  feast." 
(The  Bridegroom  into  the  House  hath  gone.) 

"Depart!  too  late!"     Oh  words  of  doom! 
(Black  and  stormy  the  night  wanes  on.) 
Watch  well  thy  lamp,  that  it  light  the  gloom 
And  show  the  way  to  the  festal  room. 
(The  Bridegroom  into  the  House  hath  gone.) 
Marie  B.  Williams. 

4088.  VIRGINS,  The  Ten. 

Matthew  xxv  :  1-13. 
Ten  virgins,  clothed  in  white. 

The  Bridegroom  went  to  meet; 
Their  lamps  were  burning  bright 

To  guide  His  welcome  feet. 

Five  of  the  band  were  wise — 
Their  lamps  with  oil  filled  high; 

The  rest  this  care  despise. 
And  take  their  vessels  dry. 


490 


■viROiisrs. 


■VJTEIGTNS. 


Long  time  the  Lord  abode ; 

Down  came  the  shades  of  night ; 
The  weary  virgins  nod, 

And  then  they  sleep  outright. 

At  midnight  came  the  cry 

Upon  their  startled  ear, 
"  Behold  the  Bridegroom  nigh, 

To  light  His  steps  appear." 

They  trim  their  lamps ;  in  vain 

The  foolish  virgins  toil : 
"  Our  lamps  are  out:  oh  deign 

To  give  us  of  your  oil !" 

"Not  so,"  the  wise  ones  cry, 

"  No  oil  have  we  to  spare; 
But  swiftly  run  and  buy. 

That  you  the  joy  may  share." 

They  went  to  buy,  when  lo ! 

The  Bridegroom  comes  in  state; 
Within  those  ready  go. 

And  shut  the  golden  gate. 

The  foolish  virgins  now 
Before  the  gateway  crowd; 

With  terror  on  their  brow 
They  knock  and  cry  aloud : 

"Lord,  open  to  our  call ! 

Hast  Thou  our  names  forgot?" 
Sadly  the  accents  fall — 

"Depart,  I  know  you  not." 

Robert  Murray  McCheyne. 

4089.  VIEGniS,  The  Ten. 

The  Bridegroom  cometh  to  His  bride ; 

The  church  awaits  her  King ; 
Come,  take  your  lamps,  with  oil  supplied ; 

Oil  in  your  vessels  bring! 

The  waiting  church  waits  on  until 

The  light  of  day  hath  set ; 
Her  Lord  delays  His  coming  still, 

The  Bridegroom  tarries  yet. 

And  while  He  tarries  on  the  way, 

The  waiting  church  beneath, 
Impatient  of  the  long  delay. 

Slumbered  and  slept  in  death. 

The  virgins  slept ;  and,  side  by  side, 

The  lantern  of  the  wise 
Burns  brightly  on,  witli  oil  supplied; 

That  of  the  foolish  dies. 

And  while  they  sleep,  the  midnight  cry 

Fills  all  the  silent  air — 
' '  Behold  the  Bridegroom  draweth  nigh ! 
\      Arise !  your  lamps  prepare !" 

The  wise  awake  and  trim  their  light. 

Which  still  with  oil  is  fed; 
The  foolish  wake,  and  all  is  night — 

Their  lamps  gone  out  and  dead. 


The  lamp,  the  light,  the  oil  of  grace---') 

There  all  the  wisdom  lies; 
It  lights  the  dark  and  awful  place, 

This  wisdom  of  the  wise. 

The  lamp  that  had  no  burning  flame, 

Dead,  cold,  and  uuctionless. 
Was  to  the  five  unwise  their  shame — 

It  was  their  foolishness. 

"  Give  of  your  oil,  our  lamp  is  shed; 

Give,  for  our  light  is  gone. " 
This  to  the  wise  the  foolish  said : 

This  when  the  day  was  done. 

"  Nay,  not  enough  is  our  supply 

With  you  our  oil  to  share ; 
Go  ye  to  them  that  sell  and  buy, 

For  those  who  sell  can  spare." 

This  none  can  buy  and  none  can  sell : 

It  has  no  market  price ; 
Its  cost  is  more  than  tongue  can  tell. 

This  priceless  gift  of  grace. 

They  went,  but  soon  returned  the  same, 

More  foolish  than  before ; 
For  as  they  went  the  Bridegroom  came. 

And  closed  the  festal  door. 

Lord,  let  our  lamps  be  burning  bright; 

Oil  in  our  vessels  bring; 
Thy  grace  the  oil,  our  faith  the  light. 

And  Thou  our  bridal  King. 

liobert  Maguire, 

4090.  VIEGINS,  The  Wise. 
Matthew  xxv  :  4. 

Rejoice,  all  ye  believers. 

And  let  your  lights  appear! 
The  evening  is  advancing. 

And  darker  night  is  near: 
The  Bridegroom  is  arising. 

And  soon  will  lie  draw  nigh. 
Up!  pray  and  watch  and  wrestle: 

At  midnight  comes  the  cry. 

See  that  your  lamps  are  burning. 

Replenish  them  with  oil; 
Look  now  for  your  salvation, 

The  end  of  earthly  toil. 
The  watchers  on  the  mountain 

Proclaim  the  Bridegroom  near; 
Go  meet  Him  as  He  cometh, 

With  hallelujahs  clear! 

Ye  wise  and  holy  virgins, 

Now  raise  your  voices  higher. 
Until,  in  songs  of  triumph. 

They  meet  the  angel-choir. 
The  marriage-feast'is  waiting, 

The  gates  wide  open  stand; 
Up!  up!  ye  heirs  of  glory: 

The  Bridegroom  is  at  hand ! 
L.  Laurenti;  tr.  hy  Jane  BortTiwick. 


TV^RIP^RE. 


"WATERS. 


491 


4091.  WARFARE,  Christian. 
Soldier,  go,  but  not  to  claim 

Mouldering  spoils  of  earth-born  treasure, 
Not  to  build  a  vaunting  name. 

Not  to  dwell  in  tents  of  pleasure; 
Dream  not  that  tlie  way  is  smooth, 

Hope  not  that  the  thorns  are  roses, 
Turn  no  wistful  eyes  of  youth 

Where  the  sunny  beam  reposes; 
Thou  hast  sterner  work  to  do, 
Hosts  to  cut  tliy  passage  through; 
Close  behind  thee  gulfs  are  burning — 
Forward !  there  is  no  returning. 

Soldier,  rest :  but  not  for  thee 

Spreads  the  world  her  downy  pillow; 
On  the  rock  thy  couch  must  be, 

While  around  thee  chafes  the  billow; 
Thine  must  be  a  watchful  sleep, 

Wearier  than  another's  waking; 
Such  a  charge  as  thou  dost  keep 

Brooks  no  moment  of  forsaking: 
Sleep  as  on  the  battle-field : 
Girded,  grasping  sword  and  shield ; 
Those  thou  canst  not  name  nor  number, 
Steal  upon  thy  broken  slumber. 

Soldier,  rise !  the  war  is  done ! 

Lo!  the  hosts  of  hell  are  flying! 
'Twas  thy  Lord  the  battle  won : 

Jesu3  vanquished  them  by  dying. 
Pass  the  stream — before  thee  lies 

All  the  conquered  laud  of  glory; 
Hark !  what  songs  of  rapture  rise, 

These  proclaim  the  victor's  story. 
Soldier,  lay  thy  weapons  down. 
Quit  the  sword  and  take  the  crown. 
Triumph !  all  thy  foes  are  banished, 
Death  is  slain  and  earth  has  vanished. 

Charlotte  Elizabeth. 

4092.  WATER  MADE  WINE. 
John  ii  :  1-11. 
Marriage !  sweet  marriage !  Cana's  chimes 
Ring  out  their  glad  and  golden  rhymes. 
And  tenderest  music  swells  and  falls 
Symphonious  through  the  sounding  halls. 

The  guests,  a  chosen,  happy  throngs 
Greeting  and  smiling,  pour  along; 
The  bridegroom  proud,  the  bride  so  fair, 
And  Jesus  and  PI  is  band,  are  there. 

Sweet  moment !  when,  with  mutual  vows. 
Souls  twin  in  heaven  on  earth  espouse ; 
Mix  like  two  streams  that  far  have  run, 
Blend  like  two  burning  beams  in  one. 

Sound  forth,  oh  psalm  I  ring  out,  oil  lyre ! 
Tune,  singing  girls,  your  voices  higher! 
Flow, vine-blood,  from  love's  trysting  bower ! 
Let  rapture  crown  the  heavenly  hour  I 

But  lo !  the  generous  wine  is  flown ! 
The  frugal,  liome-pressed  store  is  gone; 
Confusion  pains  the  bridegroom's  breast, 
And  wonder  seizes  every  guest. 


'  Then  Mary,  to  her  Son  divine, 
Thus  meekly  said,  "They  have  no  wine;" 
And  all  the  voiceless  faith  of  years 
Rose  on  her  thought,  through  doubts  and 
fears. 

"  Mother,  mine  hour  is  not  yet  come." 
She  answered  not:  her  heart  was  dumb; 
But  whispered,  as  she  turned  away, 
"Servants,  whate'er  He  saith,  obey." 

Then  came  the  impulse,  and  the  word 
"  Fill  up  the  vases!"  straight  they  heard. 
And  soon  the  dimpling  bubbles  swim, 
And  sparkle  round  each  marble  rim. 

Once  more  the  mandate,  "Draw  and  bear 
To  him  who  rules  the  banquet  there !" 
When  lo !  a  wonder !  at  that  sign 
The  water  pours  in  purpling  wine ! 

The  awe-struck  servants  trembling  haste ; 

Ruler  and  guests  admiring  taste; 

The  bridegroom    hears,   with    brightening 

brow, 
"The  good  wine  thou  hast  kept  till  now!" 

O  Thou  who  first,  to  crown  man's  joy. 
Thy  power  o'er  nature  didst  employ. 
Here  let  us  read  Thy  will  expressed, 
That  man  in  all  right  works  be  blessed. 

And  oh,  like  her  whose  heart  alone 
Trusted  and  proved  Thy  power  unknown. 
May  we  in  all  things  trust  Thee  still, 
Obey  and  wait  Thine  utmost  will. 

George  Lansing  Taylor. 

4093.  WATERS,  Living. 
In  some  wild  Eastern  legend  the  story  has 

been  told 
Of  a  fair  and  wondrous  fountain  that  flowed 

in  times  of  old; 
Cold   and  crystalline    its  waters,   brightly 

glancing  in  the  ray 
Of  the  summer  moon  at  midnight,  or  the  sun 

at  height  of  day. 

And  a  good  angel,  resting  there,  once  in  a 

favored  hour 
Infused  into  the  limpid    depths  a  strange 

mysterious  power; 
A  hidden  principle  of  life,  to  rise  and  gush 

again 
Where  but  some  drops  were  scattered  on  the 

dry  and  barren  plain. 

So  the  traveller  might  journey,  not  now  iu 

fear  and  haste. 
Far  through  the  mountain  desert,  far  o'er 

the  sandy  waste, 
If  but  he  sought  this  fountain  first,  and  from 

its  wondrous  store 
The  secret  of  unfailing  springs  alone  with 

him  he  bore. 


492 


-WJ^iriPj^:RT:srG. 


"WELL. 


Wild  and  fanciful  the  legend :  yet  may  not 

meanings  high, 
Visions  of  better  things  to  come,  within  its 

shadow  lie? 
Type  of  a  better  fountain,  to  mortals  now 

unsealed. 
The  full  and  free  salvation  in  Christ  our  Lord 

revealed? 

Beneath  the  Cross  those  waters  rise,  and  he 

who  finds  them  there, 
All  through  the  wilderness  of  life  the  living 

stream  may  bear ; 
And   blessings    follow  in    his  steps,  until, 

where'er  he  goes. 
The  moral  wastes  begin  to  bud  and  blossom 

as  the  rose. 

4094.  WATFAEING  MAN  OF  GRIEF,  The. 
A  poor  wayfaring  man  of  grief 

Hath  often  crossed  me  on  my  way. 
Who  sued  so  humbly  for  relief 

That  I  could  never  answer  nay: 
I  had  not  power  to  ask  his  name, 
Whither  he  went,  or  whence  he  came, 
Yet  there  was  something  in  his  eye 
That  won  my  love,  I  knew  not  why. 

Once  when  my  scanty  meal  was  spread 
He  entered — not  a  word  he  spake — 
Just  perishing  for  want  of  broad  ; 
•  I  gave  him  all:  he  blessed  it,  brake, 
And  ate,  but  gave  me  part  again. 
Mine  was  an  angel's  portion  then, 
For  while  I  fed  with  eager  haste 
The  crust  was  manna  to  my  taste. 

I  spied  him  where  a  fountain  burst 

Clear  from  a  rock :  his  strength  was  gone ; 

The  heedless  waters  mocked  his  thirst, 
Ho  heard  it,  saw  it  hurrying  on ; 

I  ran  and  raised  the  sufferer  up. 

Thrice  from  the  stream  lie  drained  my  cup, 

Dipt,  and  returned  it  running  o'er: 

I  drank,  and  never  thirsted  more. 

'Twas  night,  the  floods  were  out,  it  blew 

A  winter  hurricane  aloof; 
I  heard  his  voice  abroad,  and  flew 

To  bid  him  welcome  to  my  roof; 
I  warmed,  I  clothed,  I  cheered  my  guest, 
Laid  him  on  my  own  couch  to  rest, 
Then  made  the  earth  my  bed,  and  seemed 
In  Eden's  garden  while  I  dreamed. 

Stript,  wounded,  beaten  nigh  to  death, 

I  found  liim  by  the  highway-side; 
I  roused  his  pulse,  brought  back  liis  breath. 

Revived  his  spirit,  and  supplied 
Wine,  oil,  refreshment;  he  was  healed: 
I  had  myself  a  wound  concealed. 
But  from  that  hour  forgot  the  smart, 
And  peace  bound  up  my  broken  heart. 

In  pris'n  I  saw  him  next,  condemned 
To  meet  a  traitor's  doom  at  morn; 

The  tide  of  lying  tongues  I  stemmed, 
And  honored  him  midst  shame  and  scorn. 


My  friendship's  utmost  zeal  to  try, 
He  asked  if  I  for  him  would  die ; 
The  flesh  was  weak,  my  blood  ran  chill, 
But  the  free  spirit  cried,  "I  will!" 

Then  in  a  moment  to  my  view 

The  stranger  darted  from  disguise; 

The  tokens  in  His  hands  I  knew — 
My  Saviour  stood  before  mine  eyes! 

He  spake — and  my  poor  name  He  named — . 

"Of  Me  thou  hast  not  been  ashamed; 

These  deeds  shall  thy  memorial  be; 

Fear  not,  thou  didst  them  unto  Me." 

James  Montgomery. 

4095.  WEEPERS,  Tte  Aged. 

Ezra  iii  :  12,  13. 

They  wept,  those  aged  patriots  wept ; 

The  fame  of  vanquished  years. 
And  burning  thoughts  which  long  had  slept, 

Now  melted  them  to  tears. 
They  well  remembered  Salem's  state, 
Ere  Babel  laid  it  desolate. 

They  saw  the  second  temple  rise, 

But  far  less  fair  and  bright ; 
And  e'en  their  age-enfrozen  eyes 

Dropt  sorrow  at  the  sight. 
They  thought  of  many  a  vanished  scene, 
Of  what  they  were,  and  what  had  been. 

Captivity  hath  been  their  lot 

For  many  a  lonely  day; 
Yet  Salem  cannot  be  forgot, 

Or  memory  pass  away ; 
And  memory  told  the  tale  too  well. 
For  which  their  bitter  tear-drops  fell. 

H.  Rogers. 

4096.  WELL,  Woman  at  the. 

John  iv  :  5-29. 

In  the  hot  noon,  for  water  cool, 
She  strayed  in  listless  mood; 

When  back  she  ran,  her  pitcher  full 
Forgot,  behind  her  stood. 

Like  one  who  followed  straying  sheep, 

A  weary  man  she  saw, 
Who  sat  upon  the  well  so  deep, 

And  nothing  had  to  draw. 

*'  Give  Me  to  drink,"  He  said.     Her  hand 

Was  ready  with  reply; 
From  out  the  old  well  of  the  land 

She  drew  Him  plenteously. 

He  spake  as  never  man  before ; 

She  stands  with  open  ears: 
He  spake  of  holy  days  in  store, 

Laid  bare  the  vanished  years. 

She  cannot  still  her  throbbing  heart; 

She  hurries  to  the  town, 
And  cries  aloud  in  street  and  mart, 

"The  Lord  is  here :  come  down." 


^v^mni^T. 


"WHILE. 


493 


Her  life  before  was  strange  and  sad, 

Its  tale  a  dreary  sound ; 
Ah!  let  it  go — or  good  or  bad, 

She  has  the  Master  found. 

OeorgeMacdonald. 

4097.  WHEAT  AND  TARES. 

Matthew  xiii  :  37-43. 
This  is  the  field,  the  world  below, 
In  which  the  sowers  came  to  sow, 
Jesus  the  wheat,  Satan  the  tares, 
For  so  the  word  of  truth  declares ; 
And  soon  the  reaping  time  will  come, 
And  angels  shout  the  harvest  home. 

Most  awful  truth !  and  is  it  so? 
Must  all  the  world  that  harvest  know? 
Is  every  man  or  wheat  or  tare? 
Then  for  that  harvest  O  prepare ! 
For  soon  the  reaping  time  will  come, 
•     And  angels  shout  the  harvest  home. 

To  love  my  sins,  a  saint  to  appear, 
To  grow  with  wheat,  yet  be  a  tare. 
May  serve  me  while  I  live  below. 
Where  tares  and  wheat  together  grow: 
But  soon  the  reaping  time  will  come. 
And  angels  shout  the  harvest  home. 

But  all  who  truly  righteous  be. 
Their  Father's  kingdom  then  shall  see; 
And  shine  like  suns  forever  there: 
He  that  hath  ears  now  let  him  hear. 
For  soon  the  reaping  time  will  come. 
And  angels  shout  the  harvest  home. 

4098.  WHEAT  AND  TAEES. 

Matthew  xiii  :  37-13. 
Tho'  in  the  outward  church  below, 
The  wheat  and  tares  together  grow, 
Jesus  ere  long  will  weed  the  crop, 
And  pluck  the  tares  in  anger  up. 

"Will  it  relieve  their  horrors  there. 

To  recollect  their  stations  here? 

How  much  thy  heard,  how  much  they  knew, 

How  long  amongst  the  wheat  they  grew? 

Oh !  this  will  aggravate  their  case ! 
They  perished  under  means  of  grace: 
To  them  the  word  of  life  and  faith 
Became  an  instrument  of  death. 

We  seem  alike  when  thus  we  meet, 
Strangers  might  think  we  all  are  wheat; 
But  to  the  Lord's  all-searching  eyes 
Each  heart  appears  without  disguise. 

The  tares  are  spared  for  various  ends. 
Some  for  the  sake  of  praying  friends; 
Others  the  Lord,  against  their  will. 
Employs  his  counsels  to  fulfil. 

But  tho'  they  grow  so  tall  and  strong ; 
His  plan  will  not  require  them  long; 
In  harvest,  when  He  saves  his  own. 
The  tares  shall  into  hell  be  thrown. 

John  Newton. 


4099.  WHEAT  AND  TARES. 

Matthew  xiii  :  »4-30. 
Lord,  'tis  not  in  Thy  church  alone 
That  tares  among  good  corn  are  sown; 
Satan  our  hearts  does  discompose. 
His  tares  there  sows. 

Soon  as  the  amiable  Dove 
Sheds  in  our  hearts  celestial  love ; 
And  our  cleared  heaven  erected  eyes 
This  world  despise ; 

Soon  as  our  powers  begin  to  feel 
The  suavities  of  heavenly  zeal. 
And  stand  propending  to  obey 
Love's  gentle  sway : 

Satan  his  force  and  wiles  collects. 
Loose  thoughts  into  our  souls  injects. 
Which  our  imaginations  lure 
To  loves  impure. 

Thy  word,  Lord,  in  this  life  declares 
That  corn  will  mingled  be  with  tares. 
Thou  separation  dost  delay 
Till  judgment  day. 

My  God,  let  neither  tares  nor  weeds 
Choke  in  my  soul  Thy  heavenly  seeds, 
Keep,  Lord,  what  Thou  Thyself  dost  sow 
From  the  cursed  foe. 

From  the  cursed  foe,  for  in  my  heart 
'Tis  he  would  fain  usurp  a  part, 
But  I  to  Thee  my  heart  resign, 
Keep  what  is  Thine. 

My  love  shall  Satan's  spite  oppose. 
And  if  in  me  his  tares  he  sows. 
May  he  at  judgment  bear  the  blame: 
I  them  disclaim. 

Tares  in  the  hearts  of  saints  remain, 
Foils  to  the  true  and  beauteous  grain. 
For  love  tliey  trials  are  designed 
In  souls  refined. 

Our  birth  propension  sensual  sows 
To  wilful  sin,  which  cherished  grows; 
AVe  all  our  life  must  God  invoke 
That  growth  to  choke.  Bishop  Ken. 

4100.  WHILE,  A  Little. 

John  xvi  :  18. 
What  is  this  that  He  saith? 

"It  is  but  a  little  while," 
And  trouble  and  pain  and  death 

Shall  vanish  before  His  smile. 

"  A  little  while,"  and  the  load 
Shall  drop  at  the  pilgrim's  feet. 

Where  the  steep  and  thorny  road 
Doth  merge  in  the  golden  street. 

But  what  is  this  that  He  saith? 

"A  little  while,"  and  the  day 
Of  the  servant  that  laboreth 

Shall  be  done  forever  and  aye. 


494 


^WllDO^W. 


^vil.de:rn"ess. 


Oh,  the  truth  that  is  yet  untold ! 

Oh,  the  songs  that  are  yet  unsung! 
Oh,  the  sufferings  manifold. 

And  the  sorrows  that  have  no  tongue ! 

Oh,  the  helpless  hands  held  out, 
And  the  wayward  feet  that  stray 

In  the  desolate  paths  of  doubt 
And  the  sinner's  downward  way ! 

For  a  silence  soon  will  fall 

On  the  lips  that  burn  for  speech, 

And  the  needy  and  the  poor  that  call 
Will  be  forever  out  of  reach. 

"  For  the  work  that  ye  must  do 

Before  the  coming  of  death 
There  remaineth,  O  faithful  few, 

But  a  little  while,"  He  saith. 

Washington  Gladden. 

4101.  WrOOWS  SON,  Eaising  the. 

He  that  was   dead  rose   up  and  spoke — he 

spoke! 
Was  it  of  that  majestic  world  unknown? 
Those  words  which   first   the   bier's  dread 

silence  broke. 
Came  they  with  revelation  in  each  tone? 
Were  the  far  cities  of  the  nations  gone, 
The  solemn  halls  of  consciousness  or  sleep, 
For  man  uncurtained  by  that  spirit  lone. 
Back  from  their  portal  summoned  o'er  the 

deep? 
Be  hushed,  my  soul  !  the  veil  of  darkness  lay 
Still  drawn;  thy  Lord  called  back  the  voice 

departed, 
To  spread  His  truth,  to  comfort  His  weak- 
hearted, 
Not  to  reveal  the  mysteries  of  its  way. 
Oh,  take  that  lesson  home  in  silent  faith. 
Put  on   submissive    strength    to  meet,   not 
question,  death ! 

Felicia  D.  Hemans. 

4102.  WIDOW'S  SON  EEVIVIFIED. 

Luke  vii :  11-16. 
'Twixt  hoary  Tabor's  cloud-wrapt  crown, 

And  fair  Esdraelon's  flowery  plain, 
Of  old  there  stood  an  ancient  town, 

Where  still  it  stands,  the  humble  Nain. 

And  here  a  widow  dwelt  of  yore, 

A  widow  with  her  only  son ; 
His  sire  had  died  long  years  before, 

But  left  this  child,  this  only  one. 

And  through  the  dark  and  withered  years 
The  mother  watched  her  brightening  boy; 

And  learned  to  dry  her  wasting  tears 
In  hope  of  him,  her  trust  and  joy. 

But  when  on  manhood's  verge  he  stood, 
Fired  with  its  first  prophetic  power, 

Death  chilled  his  free  and  bounding  blood. 
And  felled  and  froze  him  in  an  hour. 


Dead — dead — his  mother's  heart  stood  still, 
Scarce   quivering  'neath    the    shattering 
stroke; 

Her  love,  her  pain,  prayers,  toil,  and  skill 
All  come  to  this !     Her  heart  was  broke. 

Tliey  bore  him  forth,  a  numerous  throng, 
To  rest  by  him  whose  name  he  wore; 

Whose  form,  so  like  his  own,  so  long 
Had  slept  to  wake  on  earth  no  more. 

O  God,  is  thus  Thy  goodness  shown? 

How  dark  the  mystery,  how  profound ! 
Oh  might  her  heart  with  these  lie  down. 

And  sleep  till  nature's  knell  shall  sound  !- 

But  as,  with  solemn  steps,  and  slow, 
They  move,  her  heart  dissolves  in  tears, 

Melts,  breaks  before  the  Lord ;  when  lo ! 
A  journeying  multitude  appears. 

They  pass  the  gate,  the  Lord  draws  near; 

He  sees  her  tears  submissive  How ; 
His  heart  is  touched,  he  stops  the  bier, 

And  speaks,  in  tenderest  tones,  and  low: 

"  Weep  not ;"  then  turning  to  the  dead : 
"  Young  man,  I  say  to  thee,  arise  !" 

He  breathes!  he  moves!  he  lifts  his  head! 
He  speaks !  he  lives  before  their  eyes ! 

"Woman,  behold  thy  son."  What  awe, 
What  rapture  in  lier  bosom  strove. 

As,  through  her  blinding  tears,  she  saw. 
And  flew  to  clasp  her  boy  in  love ! 

xlnd  great  fear  fell  on  all  that  hour; 

And  God  was  glorified,  Avhose  hand 
Had  raised  a  seer  of  wondrous  power, 

And  visited  once  more  His  land. 

O  hearts  that  break  with  utmost  woe. 
And  deem,  perchance,  God's  ways  severe, 

Melt  while  ye  mourn,  and  ye  shall  know 
That  He  who  smites  is  always  near. 

And  O  Thou  pitying  Christ  and  Lord, 
When  loved  ones  here  go  back  to  dust, 

Help  us  to  lean  upon  Thy  word 

Till  earth  gives  back  'to  heaven  her  trust. 
George  Lansing  Taylor. 

4103.  WILDERNESS,  The  Church  in  the. 

Exodus  xiii  :  23. 
Entered  on  the  vast  wilderness, 

Jesus,  Thy  helpless  people  see. 
With  comfort  and  protection  bless 

Thy  gospel-church,  redeemed  by  Thee. 
A  cloud  by  day,  a  fire  by  night. 
Defend  us  with  Thy  guardian  light. 

Take  not  Thy  sacred  signs  away. 
The  tokens  of  Thy  guardian  power; 

Preserved  by  night,  refreshed  by  day, 
Baptized  in  many  a  gracious  shower, 

Cover  us  with  Thy  cloudy  shrine, 

And  in  Thy  fiery  column  shine. 


TVIND. 


"WTIN-EFRESS. 


495 


To  all  believers  visible, 

Who  in  Thy  pardoning  love  confide, 
With  us  Thou  promisest  to  dwell, 

And  to  that  pleasant  country  guide. 
Where  Israel  finds,  of  Thee  possessed, 
The  land  of  everlasting  rest. 

J.  and  C.  Wedey. 

4104.  WIND,  Mystery  of  the. 

John  iii  :  8. 
Strangers  to  nature's  mystery. 
We  hear  its  sound,  but  cannot  see 

The  vague  impetuous  whid: 
The  Spirit's  course  we  cannot  trace, 
The  secret  motions  of  that  grace 

Whose  sure  effects  we  find. 

The  ways  of  God  are  dark  to  man. 
In  vain  we  would  describe,  explain, 

Delineate,  or  define : 
The  manner  still  remains  unknown, 
The  sure  reality  we  own, 

And  feel  that  birth  Divine. 

Just  as  He  li^ts  the  Spirit  blows. 

But  whence  lie  comes  and  whither  goes. 

No  mortal  comprehends; 
How  He  begins  His  power  t'  exert, 
By  what  degrees  renews  the  heart, 

Or  when  His  progress  ends. 

The  soul  in  which  His  work  is  done, 

Alike  to  worldly  minds  unknown. 

To  all  that  know  not  God  ; 
The  spiritual  regenerate  man 
Others  discern,  but  never  can 

Himself  be  understood. 

His  life  a  daily  death  they  see, 
A  riddle  of  absurdity, 

And  quite  unlike  their  own ; 
While  saved  from  low  terrestrial  views. 
He  things  invisible  pursues. 

And  pants  for  God  alone. 

The  heavenly  principle  within. 
The  spring  of  all  his  acts,  unseen 

And  unsuspected  lies! 
His  end  they  cannot  understand 
Who  seeks  some  undiscovered  land, 

A  kingdom  in  the  skies. 

/.  and  C.  Wesley. 

4105.  "WINE,  Turning  Water  into. 

John  ii  :  1-11. 
The  Lord  of  life  among  them  rests. 

They  quail  tlie  merry  wine; 
They  do  not  know,  those  wedding  guests. 

The  present  power  Divine. 

Believe  on  such  a  group  He  smiled. 
Though  He  might  sigh  the  while; 

Believe  not  sweet-souled  Mary's  child 
Was  born  without  a  smile. 

He  saw  the  pitchers  high  upturned, 

The  last  red  drops  to  pour; 
His  mother's  cheek  with  triumph  burned, 

And  expectation  wore. 


He  knew  the  prayer  her  bosom  housed ; 

He  read  it  in  her  eyes; 
Her  hopes  in  Him  sad  thoughts  have  roused, 

Before  her  words  arise. 

"  They  have  no  wine,"  her  shy  lips  said, 

With  prayer  but  half  begun ; 
Her  eyes  went  on,  "Lift  up  Thy  head, 

Show  what  Thou  art,  my  son!" 

A  vision  rose  before  His  eyes. 

The  cross,  the  waiting  tomb. 
The  people's  rage,  the  darkened  skies, 

His  unavoided  doom. 

"  Ah,  woman-heart !  what  end  is  set 

Common  to  thee  and  Me? 
My  hour  of  honor  is  not  yet, 

'Twill  come  too  soon  for  thee." 

The  word  was  dark,  the  tone  was  kind; 

His  heart  the  mother  knew; 
And  still  his  eyes  more  sweetly  shined. 

His  voice  more  gentle  grew. 

Another,  on  the  word  intent. 

Had  heard  refusal  there; 
His  mother  heard  a  full  consent, 

A  sweetly  answered  prayer. 

"  Whate'er  He  saith  unto  you,  do." 

Fast  flowed  the  grajics  divine ; 
Though  then,  as  now,  not  many  knew 

Who  made  the  water  wine. 

George  Ifacdonald. 

4106.  WINEPRESS,  Christ  Treading  the. 
Isaiah  Ixiii :  3. 
The  winepress,  the  winepress! 

The  voice  is  from  God; 
The  floor  of  llis  fury 

Is  now  to  be  trod; 
The  sins  of  all  nations 

Are  full  to  o'erfiowing; 
And  the  blast  of  His  anger 

From  heaven  is  blowing. 

The  thunder,  the  thunder! 

A  firmament  burns: 
All  nature  in  wonder 

To  trembling  turns; 
Forked  flashes  of  lightning 

Illumine  the  skies, 
As  the  universe  brightening 

In  agony  dies. 

The  angels,  the  angels ! 

They  ride  on  the  storm, 
And  their  Maker's  commandments 

Prepare  to  ])eiform ; 
To  punish  the  guilty, 

To  utter  the  ban, 
And  empty  their  vials 

Of  vengeance  on  man. 

The  victim,  the  victim! 

Behold  He  is  here; 
He  looks  on  the  tempest, 

Its  clouds  disappear: 


496 


^\^iisr&s. 


Zj^CCHEXJS. 


In  the  red  robe  of  scourging 

Triumphant  He  stands, 
And  blots  out  the  sentence 

With  blood  on  His  hands. 
Roll  backward,  roll  backward! 

Thou  ocean  of  ire ; 
Ye  bolts  of  bright  vengeance, 

In  silence  expire : 

One  drop  of  this  purple 

Which  Jesus  has  spilt 
Has  ransomed  His  people, 

And  j)aid  for  their  guilt, 

M.  Bridges. 

4107.  "WINGS,  Longing  for. 

Psalms  Iv  :  6. 
Oh  for  a  wing — a  plumed  wing. 

Plucked  from  the  bird  of  Jove, 
To  bear  my  upward  wandering 

To  realms  of  perfect  love ! 

Too  long  through  dubious  wilds  I've  strayed, 

Too  long  in  error's  night, 
Too  long  in  sandy  deserts  stayed, 

Now  upward  be  my  flight. 

I'm  weary  with  earth's  sorrowing, 

With  dreary  doubts  I'm  worn, 
Oh  for  a  wing — a  plumed  wing, 

Fire  tipt — and  upward  borne. 

Torn  from  the  raven  of  the  cloud 

With  lightning  in  its  sweep, 
That  wing  upon  the  tempest  loud 

Its  upward  path  would  keep. 

Nearer  my  Saviour's  upper  throne. 

Nearer  the  gates  of  light. 
That  wing  shall  bear  me  up  alone 

In  my  ecstatic  flight. 

John  Newland  Maffitt. 

4108.  WISE  MEN,  Song  of  the. 

Matthew  ii :  10. 
Son  of  the  Highest!  we  worship  Thee, 
Though  clotlied  in  the  robe  of  humanity; 
Though  mean  Thine  attire,  and  low  Thine 

abode, 
We  own  Thy  presence,  incarnate  God ! 

We  have  left  the  land  of  our  sires  afar, 
'Neath  the  blessed  beams  of  Thine  own  birth- 
Our  spicy  groves,  and  balmy  bowers,    [star. 
Perfumed  by  the  sweets  of  Amra  flowers; 
Our  seas  of  pearl,  and  ]ia]my  isles, 
And  our  crystal  lake,  which  in  beauty  smiles. 
Our  silver  streams,  and  our  cloudless  skies, 
And  the  radiant  forms,  and  the  starry  eyes 
That  lit  up  our  earthly  paradise  I 

We  have  turned  us  away  from  the  fragrant 

East, 
For  the  desert  sand  and  the  arid  waste, 
We  have  forded  the  torrent,  and  passed  the 
And  the  chilly  mountain  solitudes,    [floods, 


And  the  tiger's  lair,  and  the  lion's  den, 
And  the  wilder  haunts  of  savage  men, 
Till  Thine  advent  star  its  glories  shed 
On  the  humble  roof,  and  the  lowly  bed. 
That  shelters,  Lord,  Thy  blessed  head! 

Son  of  the  Highest !  we  worship  Thee, 
Though  Thy  glories  are  veiled  in  humanity! 
Though  mean  Thine  attire,  and  low  Thine 

abode. 
We  hail  Thine  advent,  eternal  God ! 

David  Vedd&r. 

4109.  WORTHIES,  Clirist  with  the. 

Daniel  iii :  25. 

Never  was  a  stranger  story  by  the  pen  of 
prophet  told. 

In  that  grandest  of  all  histories,  the  Won- 
der-Book of  old, 

Than  the  story  of  the  Hebrews,  in  the  fiery 
furnace's  glow. 

When  a  spirit  walked  with  Shadrack,  Me- 
schak,  and  Abednego. 

Much  I  marvel  how  the  monarch  called  that 
fourth  one  by  His  name. 

When  as  yet  so  many  years  must  pass  before 
Messiah  came 

As  the  Lord  of  light  and  glory,  with  the 
sons  of  men  to  talk, 

And  with  carpenters  and  fishermen  by  Gali- 
lee to  walk. 

0  Thou  crucified  find  risen,  when  eternity 

began 
Thou  wert  counselling  the  Godhead  for  the 

happiness  of  man ; 
From  the  rolling  world's  creation  has  Thy 

precious  blood  been  shed. 
And  a  thorny  crown  been  plaited  for  a  more 

than  kingly  head ! 

In  the  furnace  of  affliction  though  my  soul 
be  sorely  tried, 

1  shall  never  be  quite  overcome  with  Jesus 

by  my  side ; 

For  may  not  a  sinful  soul  to-day  as  well  the 
Master  know 

As  the  wicked  King  of  Babylon  three  thou- 
sand years  ago? 

Simeon  Tucker  ClarTc. 

4110.  ZACCHEUS. 

Luke  xix  :  1-6. 
Zaccheus  climbed  the  tree, 
And  thought  himself  unknown; 
But  how  surprised  was  he. 
When  JeFus  called  him  down! 
The  Lord  beheld  him,  though  concealed, 
And  by  a  word  His  power  revealed. 

Wonder  and  joy  at  once 

Were  painted  in  his  face; 

"Does  He  my  name  pronounce, 

And  does  He  know  my  case? 
Will  Jesus  deign  with  ine  to  dine? 
Lord,  I,  with  all  I  have,  am  thine." 


Z^CCHEXJS. 


za.ci3:j^:rtj^s. 


497 


Thus  were  the  gospels  preached, 
And  sinners  come  to  hear: 
The  hearts  of  some  are  reached 
Before  they  are  aware. 
The  word  directly  speaks  to  them, 
And  seems  to  point  them  out  by  name. 

'Tis  curiosity 

Oft  brings  them  in  the  way, 

Only  the  man  to  see, 

And  hear  what  he  can  say. 
But  how  the  sinner  starts  to  find 
The  preacher  knows  his  inmost  mind. 

His  long-forgotten  faults 
Are  brought  again  in  view. 
And  all  his  secret  thoughts 
Revealed  in  public  too; 
Though  compassed  with  a  crowd  about, 
The  searching  word  has  found  him  out. 

While  thus  distressing  pain 
And  sorrow  fills  his  heart, 
He  hears  a  voice  again, 
That  bids  his  fears  depart. 
Then,  like  Zaccheus,  he  is  blest, 
And  Jesus  deigns  to  be  his  guest, 

John  Newton. 
4111.  ZAOOHEUS. 
He  sought  the  Saviour's  face  to  see, 
Ard  climbed  the  sycamore,  that  he, 
Secure  above  the  crowding  mass, 
Might  mai'k  the  wondrous  Prophet  pass. 

Stinted  in  soul,  dishonest,  mean, 
A  publican ;  worse  than  unclean 
"Was  he ;  the  people's  common  hate. 
Beyond  the  heathen  in  the  gate. 

Yet  he  must  needs  that  face  behold, 
Of  more,  said  Fame,  than  human  mould ; 
And  hark  I  a  thousand  voices'  hum 
Heralds  his  coming !  see  him  come — 

The  theme  of  David's  chorded  lyre. 
Of  whom  spake  seers  in  words  of  fire ; 
Whom  everlasting  years  saw  shine — 
My  hope,  to-day,  O  saint,  and  thine  I 

He  comes,  in  meek  and  lowly  guise. 
Though  shouts  of  welcome  shake  the  skies. 
He  comes!  and  kingly  crowns  are  dim 
To  light  unseen  that  circles  Him. 

In  auburn  locks,  his  parted  hair 
Lies  on  a  brow  surpassing  fair; 
His  beauteous  eyes  are  upward  cast, 
Scanning  his  home,  when  trial's  past. 

Zaccheus  saw  the  Man,  the  God, 
Yet  knew  not  He  who  toiling  trod 
With  weary  feet  the  dusty  way 
Was  One  whom  eager  worlds  obey. 

He  met  that  upward  glance  with  fear; 
Ah,  publican !  He  sees  thee  here. 
And  to  the  rabble's  rage  will  give 
The  wretch  they  deem  not  fit  to  live. 


He  sees ! — but  those  mild  eyes  reveal 
Thoughts  of  a  heart  that  knows  to  feel; 
He  hears ! — but  music's  self  is  flung 
Forth  ia  the  accents  of  that  tongue. 

"Make  haste,  Zaccheus,  from  the  tree; 
To-day  I  must  abide  with  thee." 
Abide  iciththeel — his  heart  was  broke 
For  sin,  and  healed,  as  Jesus  spoke. 

Fruits  for  repentance,  straight  in  thought 
Conceived,     sprang     up,     and    ripe    were 

brought ; 
He  stood  redeemed — a  man  new-made 
By  quickening  living  grace,  and  said : 

"  Behold,  O  Lord !  the  half  of  all 
My  own  the  poor's  henceforth  I  call; 
If  others'  goods  by  fraud  I  hold, 
I  now  restore  the  law's  fourfold." 

William  B.  Tappan. 

4112.  ZACHARIAS,  The  Song  of. 
Lukei:  63. 
Born  was  the  promised  son, 
Ordained  the  great  Messiah  to  forerun ! 

The  important  tablet  brought; 

Lo !  by  the  father  wrote, 
While  admiration  fills  the  attending  throng, 

"  His  name  is  John !" 
Instant  the  power  who  sealed  unloosed  hia 
tongue. 

When,  grateful,  he  repays 

The  gift  with  hallowed  lays; 

And  thus,  with  rapture  filled. 

Prophetic  praises  sung ! — 
Blessed  be  Israel's  faithful  Lord ! 
Behold  fulfilled  His  solemn  word ! 
He  comes.  He  comes,  the  King  of  kings, 
Redemption  on  His  healing  wings! 
He  comes  salvation's  mighty  horn, 
From  David's  race,  divinely  born. 
He  comes,  by  sacred  seers  foretold, 
From  ancient  times  and  years  of  old  I 
He  comes,  from  every  foe  to  save. 
From  sin,  and  Satan,  and  the  grave! 
The  promise  to  our  fathers  made, 
Si)  long  desired,  so  long  delayed; 
The  covenant  He  deigned  to  make. 
The  oath  Himself  vouchsafed  to  speak, 
To  Abraham,  His  selected  friend. 
Now  to  their  wished  completion  tend!  . 

From  each  fear  and  foe  set  free, 

Ransomed  into  liberty. 

He  will  grant  us  to  approve 

All  we  do  with  filial  love; 

Grant  us  hence  to  serve  and  praise, 

Holy,  righteous,  all  our  days! 
And  thou,  my  son,  thou  too  shalt  be 
The  Prophet  of  the  Deity ! 

Thou,  the  day-spring's  harbinger, 

Shalt  His  royal  way  prepare; 

Thou  the  joyful  news  proclaim 

Of  salvation  through  His  name; 

Thou  shalt  pardon  preach,  bestowed 

Through  the  tender  of  love  of  God  I 


498 


Z  A-RSI^H^  m. 


zj^TiBn?T3:Am3:. 


Which  on  our  benighted  sphere 
Raised  this  orient  Morning  Star, 
Living  light  on  them  to  shed 
Who  darkling  sit,  as  'midst  the  dead; 
Light,  tliat  our  feet  may  joyful  trace 
The  shining  paths  of  perfect  grace. 

William  Dodd. 

4113.  ZAEEPHATH,  The  Widow  of. 
1  Kings  xvii  :  9-24. 

There  fell  no  rain  on  Israel.     The  sad  trees, 
Reft  of  their  coronals,  and  the  crisp  vines, 
And  flowers  whose  dewless  bosoms  soiight 

the  dust. 
Mourned  the  long  drought.     The  miserable 

herds 
Pined  on,  and  perished  mid  the  scorching 

fields. 
And  near  the  vanished  fountains  ■where  they 

used 
Freely  to    slake  their  thirst,   the  moaning 

flocks 
Laid  their  parched  mouths,  and  died. 

A  holy  man. 
Who  saw  high  visions  of  unuttered  things, 
Dwelt  in  deep-musing  solitude  apart 
Upon  the  banks  of  Cherith.     Dark- winged 

birds, 
Intractable  and  fierce,  were  strangely  moved 
To  shun  the  hoarse   cries    of   their   callow 

brood. 
And  night  and  morning  lay  their  gathered 

spoils 
Down  at  his  feet.     So  of  the  brook  he  drank. 
Till  pitiless  suns  exhaled  that  slender  rill 
Which,  singing,  used  to  glide  to  Jordan's 

breast. 
Then,  warned  of  God,  he  rose  and  went  his 

way 
TJnto  the  coast  of  Zidon.     Near  the  gates 
Of  Zarephath  he  marked  a  lowly  cell 
Where  a  pale,  drooping  widow,  in  the  depth 
Of  desolate  and  hopeless  poverty, 
Prepared  the  last  scant  morsel  for  her  son. 
That  he  might  eat  and  die. 

The  man  of  God, 
Entering, requested  food.  Whether  that  germ 
Of  self-denying  fortitude,  which  stirs 
Sometimes  in  woman's  soul,  and  nerves  it 

strong 
For  life's  severe  and  unapplauded  tasks. 
Sprang  up  at  his  appeal,  or  whether  lie 
Who  ruled  the  ravens  wrought  within  her 

heart, 
I  cannot  say,  but  to  the  stranger's  hand 
She  gave  the  bread.     Then,  round  the  fam- 
ished boy 
Clasping  her  widowed  arms,   she  strained 

him  close 
To  her  wan  bosom,  while  his  hollow  eye 
Wondering  and  wishfully  regarded  her 
With  ill-subdued  reproach. 

A  blessing  fell 
From  the  majestic  guest,  and  every  morn 
The  empty  store  which  she  had  wept  at  eve, 
Mysteriously  replenished,  woke  the  joy 


That  ancient  Israel  felt  when  round  their 

camp 
The  manna  lay  like  dew.     Thus  many  days 
They  fed,  and  the  poor  famine-stricken  boy 
Looked  up  with  a  clear  eye,  while  vigorous 

health 
Flushed  with  unwonted   crimson  his  pure 

cheek. 
And  bade  the  fair  flesh  o'er  his  wasted  limbs 
Come  like  a  garment.  The  lone  widow  mused 
On  her  changed  lot,  yet  to  Jehovah's  name 
Gave  not  the  praise,  but  when  the  silent  moon 
Moved  forth,  all  radiant,  on   her   star-girt 

throne, 
Uttered  a  heathen's  gratitude,  and  hailed 
In  the  deep  chorus  of  Zidonian  song 
"  Astarte,  queen  of  heaven  !" 

But  then  there  came 
A  day  of  woe.     That  gentle  boy,  in  whom 
His  mother  lived,  for  whom  alone  she  deemed 
Time's  weary  heritage  a  blessing,  died. 
Wildly  the  tides  of  passionate  grief  broke 

forth. 
And  on  the  prophet  of  the  Lord  her  lip 
Called  with  indignant  frenzy.     So  he  came. 
And  from  her  bosom  took  the  breathless  clay. 
And  bore  it  to  his  chamber.     There  he  knelt 
In  supplication  that  the  dead  might  live. 
He  rose,  and  looked  upon  the  child.     His 

cheek 
Of  marble  meekly  on  the  pillow  lay,     [curls 
While  round  his  polished  forehead  the  bright 
Clustered  redundantly.     So  sweetly  slept 
Beauty  and  innocence  in  death's  embrace. 
It  seemed  a  mournful  tiling  to  waken  them. 
Another  prayer  arose — and  he,  whose  faith 
Had  power  o'er  nature's  elements,  to  seal 
The  dripping  cloud,  to  wield  the  lightning's 

dart. 
And  soon,  from  death  escaping,  was  to  soar 
On  car  of  flame  up  to  the  throne  of  God, 
Long,  long,  with  laboring  breast  and  lifted 
Solicited  in  anguish.     On  the  dead       [eyts. 
Once   more    the   prophet   gazed.     A   rigor 

seemed 
To  settle  on  those  features,  and  the  hand. 
In  its  immovable  coldness,  told  how  firm 
Was  the  dire  grasp  of  the  insatiate  grave. 
The  awful  seer  laid  down  his  humble  lip 
Low  to  the  earth,  and  his  whole  being  seemed 
With  concentrated  agony  to  pour 
Forth  in  one  agonizing,  voiceless  strife 
Of  intercession.     Who  shall  dare  to  set 
Limits  to  prayer,  if  it  hath  entered  heaven, 
And  won  a  spirit  down  to  its  dense  robe 
Of  earth  again? 

Look !  look  upon  the  boy  1 
There  was  a  trembling  of  the  parted  lip, 
A  sob,  a  shiver,  from  the  half-sealed  eye 
A  flash  like  morning,  and  the  soul  came  back 
To  its  frail  tenement. 

The  prophet  raised 
The  renovated  child,  and  on  that  breast 
Which  gave  the  life-stream  of  its  infancy 
Laid  the  fair  head  once  more. 

If  ye  would  know 


ZEIiKDEE. 


ZION". 


499 


Aught  of  that  wilder'ng  trance  of  ecstasy, 
Go  ask  a  mother's  heart,  but  question  not 
So  poor  a  thing  as  language.     Yet  the  soul 
Of  her  of  Zarephath  in  that  blest  hour 
Believed,  and  with  the  kindling  glow  of  faith 
Turned  from  vain  idols  to  the  living  God. 
Lydia  Huntley  Sigourney. 

4114.  ZEBEDEE'S  CHILDREN,  Mother  of. 

Matthew  xx  :  20-23. 
She  knelt,  she  bore  a  bold  request, 

Though  shy  to  speak  it  out; 
Ambition,  even  in  mother's  breast, 

Before  Him  stood  in  doubt. 

"  What  is  it?"     "These,  my  sons,  allow 

To  sit  on  Thy  right  hand 
And  on  Thy  left,  O  Lord,  when  Thou 

Art  ruler  in  the  land." 

"Ye  know  not  what  ye  ask."     There  lay 

A  baptism  and  a  cup, 
They  understood  not  in  the  way 

By  which  lie  must  go  up. 

She  would  have  had  them  lifted  high 
Above  their  fellow-men; 

Sharing  their  pride  with  mother  eye- 
Had  been  blest  mother  then. 

But  would  she  praise  for  granted  quest. 
Counting  her  prayer  well  heard, 

If  of  the  three  on  Calvary's  crest    • 
They  shared  the  first  and  third? 

She  knoweth  neither  way  nor  end ; 

There  comes  a  dark  despair 
When  she  will  doubt  if  this  great  Friend 

Can  answer  any  prayer. 

Yet  higher  than  her  love  can  dare 

His  love  her  sons  will  set: 
They  shall  His  cup  and  baptism  share, 

And  share  His  kingdom  yet. 

They,  entering  at  His  palace  door, 

Shall  shun  the  lofty  seat; 
Shall  gird  themselves,  and  water  pour. 

And  wash  each  other's  feet. 

For  in  Thy  kingdom,  lowly  Lord, 

Who  sit  with  Thee  on  high 
Are  those  who,  tenderest  help  afford 

In  most  humility. 

Oeorge  Macdonald. 

4115.  ZERUBB ABEL  AND  THE  MOUNTAIN, 

Zeehariah  iv  :  7. 
O  great  mountain,  who  art  thou. 

Immense,  immovable? 
High  as  heaven  aspires  thy  brow, 

Thy  foot  sinks  deep  as  hell ! 
Thee,  alas !  I  long  have  known. 

Long  have  felt  thee  fixed  within ; 
Still  beneath  thy  weight  I  groan ; 

Thou  art  indwelling  sin. 


Thou  art  darkness  in  my  mind, 

Perverseness  in  my  will, 
Love  inordinate  and  blind. 

That  always  cleaves  to  ill ; 
Every  passion's  wild  excess, 

Anger,  lust,  and  pride,  thou  art; 
Thou  art  sin  and  sinfulness, 

And  unbelief  of  heart. 

Not  by  human  might  or  power 

Canst  thou  be  moved  from  hence ; 
But  thou  shalt  flow  down  before 

Divine  omnipotence ; 
My  Zerubbabel  is  near; 

I  have  not  believed  in  vain; 
Thou,  when  Jesus  doth  appear. 

Shall  sink  it  to  a  plain. 

/.  and  C.  Wesley, 

4116.  ZION,  Eeast  of. 

Holy  Zion's  feast  is  spread ; 
Lo !  to-day  the  church  is  wed. 
Robe  of  grace  beseems  her  well. 
Sweet  and  loud  the  organs,  swell. 
Drops  like  dew  God's  gracious  ruth, 
Drops' like  rain  His  heavenly  truth. 
Lo !  the  Bridegroom,  Mary's  son. 
Healing  grace  for  earth  has  won. 
Bringing,  as  the  bridal  dower. 
All  the  Spirit's  sevenfold  power. 
The  life-giving  feast  is  spread. 
He,  the  Lamb,  once. offered. 
While  the  Sire,  the  Heavenly  King, 
Bids  His  own  with  welcoming; 
Abel  spotless  raiment  wearing; 
Noah  God's  just  wrath  declaring,  , 

Blessing  once  again  the  feast 
Sits  Melchisodee.the  priest. 
Abraham  brings  his  tried  sincerity, 
Isaac  hope,  and  Jacob  charity ; 
Moses  comes,  with  glory  rayed, 
Joshua  who  the  sun's  course  stayed. 
Youthful  David  smites  the  foe; 
Royal  David's  sweet  Psalms  flow. 
Joined  the  Law  and  Prophets  stand 
By  the  Gospel's  golden  band. 
O'er  earth  and  heaven  His  blessings  fall, 
His  fulness,  who  is  All  in  all. 

From  the  Latin,  tr.  ly  P.  Onslow. 

4117.  ZION,  Hoping  for. 

O  Zion  on  the  sacred  hills, 

Fair  mystery  of  mysteries ! 
The  noon  of  God  her  presence  fills. 

The  city  of  our  solemnities, 

O  shall  I  up  her  pathways  wend. 

And  hear  afar  the  rapt  strange  hymn, 

Where  shooting  rainbow-lights  ascend 
Above  the  chanting  seraphim? 

Her  golden  gates  all  ills  outbar ; 

The  shining  river  through  her  fleets 
In  palmy  shade;  and  angels  are 

The  common  people  of  her  streets. 


500 


ZIOIT. 


ZO^R. 


I  know  not  how,  if  unaware 

I  met  the  Christ  'neath  some  fair  tree, 
To  hear  Him  speak  my  soul  could  bear, 

Nor  die  of  joy  and  no  more  be. 

But  since  thou  knowest,  who  dost  afiord 

This  boon  above  all  other  grace, 
I  trust,  even  I,  to  see  the  Lord, 

And  bear  the  beauty  of  His  face. 

Holy  Songs. 
4118.  ZION,  Restoration  of. 
But  who  shall  see  tlie  glorious  day 

When,  throned  on  Zion's  brow. 
The  Lord  shall  rend  that  veil  away 

Which  hides  the  nations  now? 
When  earth  no  more  beneath  the  fear 

Of  His  rebuke  shall  lie; 
When  pain  shall  cease,  and  every  tear 

Be  wiped  from  every  eye. 

Then,  Judah,  thou  no  more  shalt  mourn 

Beneath  the  heathen's  chain ; 
Thy  days  of  splendor  shall  return. 

And  all  be  new  again. 
The  fount  of  life  shall  then  be  quafied 

In  peace  by  all  who  come; 
And  every  wind  that  blows  shall  waft 

Some  long-lost  exile  home. 

Thomas  Moore. 

4119.  ZION,  The  Heavenly. 
To  Zion  beckoning  friends  invite. 

In  David's  city  wait, 
Whose  builder  is  the  Source  of  light, 

The  precious  Cross  her  gate. 

With  living  stones  her  walls  are  gay, 

Her  guard  the  joyous  King, 
Within  her  courts  is  endless  day 

And  smiles  eternal  spring. 

There  love  unbroken  peace  maintains, 
And  bloom  unfading  flowers, 

While  ceaseless  glide  seraphic  strains 
Along  the  gladsome  hours. 

There  naught  corrupts,  nor  aught  is  vile, 

Nor  ever  ills  befall, 
Naught  enters  there  that  can  defile, 

But  Christ  is  All  in  all. 

Hildehert,  tr.  hy  N.  B.  Smithera. 

4120.  ZOAE,  Lot  in. 

Genesis  xix  :  17-22. 
"Angel  of  wrath  I  why  linger  in  mid-air, 
While  the  devoted  city's  cry 
Louder  and  louder  swells?  and  canst  thou 
Thy  full-charged  vial  standing  by?"    [spare. 
Thus,  with   stern  voice,  unsparing  Justice 

pleads. 
He  hears  her  not — with  softened  gaze 
His  eye  is  following  where  sweet  Mercy  leads, 
Until  she  give  the  sign,  his  fury  stays. 


Guided  by  her,  along  the  mountain  road, 
Far  through  the  twilight  of  the  morn, 
With  hurrying  footsteps  from  the  accursed 

abode 
He  sees  the  holy  household  borne  • 
Angel,  or  more,  on  either  hand  are  nigh, 
To  speed  them  o'er  the  tempting  plain, 
Lingering  in  heart,  and  w^th  frail  sidelong 

eye, 
Seeking  how  near  they  may  unharmed  re- 
main. 

Ah !  wherefore  gleam  those  upland  slopes  so 

fair? 
And  why,  through  every  woodland  arch. 
Swells  yon  bright  vale,  as  Eden  rich  and  rare, 
Where  Jordan  winds  his  stately  march? 
"If  all  must  be  forsaken,  ruined  all, 
If  God  has  planted  but  to  burn. 
Surely  not  yet  th'  avenging  shower  will  fall, 
Though  to  my  home  for  one  last  look  I  turn." 

Thus  while  they  waver,  surely  long  ago 
They  had  provoked  the  withering  blast, 
But  that  the  merciful  avengers  know 
Their  frailty  well,  and  hold  them  fast. 
"Haste,  for  thy  life  escape,  nor  look  behind." 
Ever  in  thrilling  sounds  like  these 
They  check  the  wandering  eye,  severely  kind, 
Nor  let  the  sinner  lose  his  soul  at  ease. 

And  when,  o'erwearied  with  the  steep  ascent, 
We  for  a  nearer  refuge  crave. 
One  little  spot  of  ground  in  mercy  lent, 
One  hour  of  home  before  the  grave. 
Oft  in  His  pity  o'er  His  children  weak 
His  hand  withdraws  the  penal  fire. 
And  where  we  fondly  cling  forbears  to  wreak 
Full  vengeance,  till  our  hearts  are  weaned 
entire. 

Thus,  by  the  merits  of  one  righteous  man, 
The  church,  our  Zoar,  shall  abide. 
Till  she  abuse,  so  sore,  her  lengthened  span, 
Even  if  Mercy's  self  her  face  must  hide. 
Then  onward  yet  a  step,  thou  hard-won  soul ; 
Though  in  the  church  thou  know  thy  place, 
The  Mountain  farther  lies — there  seek  thy 

goal, 
There  breathe  at  large,  o'erpast  thy  danger- 
ous race. 

Sweet  is  the  smile  of  home ;  the  mutual  look 
When  hearts  are  of  each  other  sure;  [nook. 
Sweet  all  the  joys  that  crowd  the  household 
The  haunt  of  all  aflfections  pure ; 
Yet  in  the  world  ev'n  these  abide,  and  we 
Above  the  word  our  calling  boast;  [free; 
Once  gain  the  mountain-top,  and  thou  art 
Till  then,  who  rest,  presume;  who  turn  to 
look,  are  lost.  John  Keble. 


INDEXES 


INDEX  OF  PIEST  LINES  AND  AUTHOES. 


SECOND   POETRY. 


AUTHOR. 

Abashed  be  all  the  boast  of  age   Bp.  Heber  3272 

A  believer  free  from  care  Ne^vton  3556 

Abide  with  us, the  evening  shadesWaJf es  3394 

Above  all  women  praised  be  Jael  Macduff  4001 

Above  the  towers  of  Bethlehem  Toivnsend  3186 

According  to  Thy  gracious  word  Montgomery  3714 

Across  the  plains  of  Europe  Bonar  3505 

Adam  all  day  'mid  odorous  Wilton  3094 

Adam,  where  art  thou  ?  JRagg  3093 

A  father  is  praying  Dayia  3558 

Afflictions,  though  they  seem       Newton  3897 

A  group  had  gathered  on  the        Cramer  3870 

Ah,  Israel  I  on  thy  places  high      Huie  3974 

A  holiday  in  heaven !  glad  jubilee  D.  Williams  3126 

A  hymn  of  glory  let  us  sing  Tr.  J.  M.  Neale  3127 

"A  journeying  to  Emmaus!"        Clark  3396 

Alas!  how  changed  from  bowers  Wilton  3093 

A  leper  once  to  Jesus  came  3693 

A  leprous  soul  that  feels  J.  <&  C.  Wesley  3694 

A  little  sparrow  twittered  near    Poulssou  3190 

All  day,  all  night,  I  can  hear  the  3699 

All  day  the  Saviour  sat  beside  the  D  Williams  4040 
All  night  long  on  hot  Gilboa's        C.  F.Alexander  3467 

All  of  you  shall  forsake  me  Moultrie  3876 

Almighty  Father,  Lord  of  all        Dix  3903 

"Almost  persuaded"  now  to         Bliss  3108 

Almost  ripe  was  the  harvest  V.  A.  Smith  3987 

Alone  and  friendless ;  doomed  to  Hatton  3485 

Alone  on  Jordan's  plain  3695 

A  lonely  woman's  feeble  hand      Tomlins  3554 

Along  the  dusty  thoroughfare      Stowe  3999 

A  maiden,  clothed  in  purple  Ratoes  3203 

A  man's  nearest  kin  Tupper  2827 

"  Amen,  E'en  so.  Lord  Jesus"        /.  Williams  3627 

Amid  the  wilderness,  alone  Owens  3482 

Amid  the  wrecks  of  empire  Chapman  3537 

A  mighty  storm  is  on  Gennesaret  Clark  4041 

Among  the  tribes,  the  weary        Gates  3410 

A  monurq^nt  of  mercy's  power    J.  tfc  C.  Wesley  4056 

An  altar  rude  of  turf  Wilton  3076 

And  all  the  days  of  Methuselah    Sigourney  3764 

And  didst  thou,  patriarch,  tread  3765 

"  And  is  there  in  God's  world"      Keble  3409 

And  Rachel  lies  in  Eprath's  land  Knox  3910 

And  this  is  Tyre,  the  mighty  mart  Michell  4073 

And  this  was  plucked  by  Tappan  3462 

And  thou  hast  walked  about,  how  Smith  3808 

And  what  is  prayer  Magnire  3895 

And  where  stands  Ephesus  Michell  3403 

An  empire  with  its  chieftain         The  Classic  3517 

Angel  of  wrath !  why  linger  Keble  4120 

A  nightingale  that  all  Coicper  2831 

A  poor  wayfaring  man  of  Montgomery  4094 

Are  thy  pyramids  still  smiling      Bonar  3356 

Are  we  sowing  seeds  2799 

Arise,  ye  men  of  war  J.  <&  C.  Wesley  3778 

Around  Bethesda's  healing  wave  iJarton.  3178 

Art  thou  that  Daniel  of  the  Milman  3166 

A  sinner  blind  and  poor  J.  <&  C.  Wesley  3157 

A  sister  in  anguish  lamented         Patterson  3688 

As  Jesus  went  into  Jericho  town  Macdonald  3156 

As  on  some  queenly  forehead       Punshon  3584 

A  sound  on  the  rampart  Croly  3730 

A  star  shines  forth  in  heaven        Tr.fromE.Syrus'il05 

A  still  dark  joy  I  a  sudden  Macdonald  3096 

A  storm  was  out  upon  the  sea  4039 
As,  un watched,  the  midnight         Tr.  by  Smithers  3667 

At  Elim,  with  its  whispering  grove  Wilton  3387 

A  thousand  harps  their  echoes  4078 

A  thousand  lords  before  Mackenzie  3170 

At  length  the  worst  is  o'er  Keble  3240 

At  night  upon  the  silent  plain       Hun  t  3079 

Atnoon  satMidian's  priest  within  Tyt7h'o»is  3803 

A  traveller  fell  among  the  thieves  3956 


AUTHOR. 

At  the  bar  of  Pilate,  bound  J.  M.  William.s  3293 

A  vineyard  planted,  and  to  man  Maguire  3515 

A  voice  amid  the  desert  Sigourney  3710 

Awake,  arise,  thy  light  is  come    T.  Moore  3531 

Awake  I  Behold !  within  the  Michell  3595 

Away  from  the  city  and  gay  Dunning  3377 

Away  in  Eastern  land  a  day  Macauley  3904 

"  Away,  or  ere  the  Lord  break"    Keble  3814 

Away  to  the  desert,  thou  doomed  W.  Howitt  3979 

A  weary  waste  of  blank  and         Arnold  3483 

A  widow,  poor,  forlorn,  oppressed^.  <&  C.  Wesley  3664 

A  wilderness  of  barren  sand         Lee  3943 

A  world  of  sinners  once  was  Montgomery  3324 

A  wreath  of  glory  circles  still  His  3233 

Bare  ridge  that  f  rownest  on  3087 

Barabbas,  in  his  prison  cell  Butterworth  3152 

Beautiful  are  the  children's  Hoivitt  2840 

Before  the  summer  comes  the      Maguire  3633 

Behind  the  hills  of  Naphtali  McCheyne  4042 

Behold  a  favorite  of  the  skies       J.  <&  C.  Wesley  3682 

Behold,  I  knock !  'Tis  piercing  3245 

Behold  that  countenance  Sigourney  4023 

Behold  the  Bridegroom  Bonar  4086 

Behold  1  the  mountain  of  the  Lord  Logan  3763 

Behold  the  wretch,  whose  lust       Watts  3907 

Behold,  two  men  go  forth  to-day  Maguire  3884 

Behold  your  due  in  Uzzah  dead   J.  d~  C.  Wesley  4081 

Behold  your  King !  How  like         Bonar  3623 

Beneath  the  arch  of  eastern  sky  Dow  4032 

Beneath  the  desert's  rim  went      Preston  3203 

Beneath  the  stately  pyramids       Burns  3726 

Beside  the  River  of  Tears  Bryant  2846 

Better  where  awful  Oriental  2775 

Beyond  the  barren  mountain        Kiitermaster  3408 

Beyond  yon  straggling  Goldsmith  2838 

Birds  have  their  quiet  nest  Monsell  3247 

Blessed  are  they  who  needing  no  Williams  4060 
Blessed  cross,  hail,  holy  rood         Tr.  by  Smithers  3286 

Blessed  night,  when  first  Bonar  3238 

Blest  land  of  Judea !  thrice  Whittier  3842 

Blest  Spirit,  who  the  woman's      Bp.  Ken  4053 

Blind  Bartimeus  at  the  gate  Longfellow  3154 

Blood  is  the  price  of  heaven  Faber  3196 

Blow  on,  thou  mighty  Wind  Hopkins  3867 

Born  was  the  promised  son  Dodd  4112 

Bowman  in  the  ranks  of  battle     Crane  3113 

Bride  of  the  Lamb,  thyself  Hare  3940 

Bright  as  a  vision,  silent  as  Wilton  4051 

Bright  shadows  of  Vaughan  2822 

Bright  stream !  whose  wavelets    Michell  3417 

Bring  forth  the  vessels !  borrow   Tappan  3834 

Burdened  with  our  griefs  J.  d:  C.  Wesley  3525 

But  grant  man  happy  Young  2815 

But  louder  yet  the  heavens  Keble  3144 

But  near  where  Jordan  Michell  3234 

But  now  famed  Memphis'  ancient  Michell  3762 

But  now  in  beauty  and  in  light     Michell  3446 

But  on  before  me  swept  the  W.  Alexander  3137 

But  the  just  like  palms  shall         Sandys  3691 

But  wherefore  Peter?  He  whose  Sigourney  3875 

But  who  shall  see  the  glorious      T.Moore  4118 

By  Jericho's  doomed  towers  7.  Williams  3653 

By  Judah's  vales  and  olive  Edmeston  3385 

By  Marah's  stream  of  bitterness  Doane  3734 
By  Nebo's  lonely  mountain           C.  F.  Alexa7iderZ7%i 

By  night  amid  the  desert  Freiligrath  3330 

By  robe  or  plume  or  equipage       Wilton  3111 

By  the  wayside  sat  a  blind  man   De  Los  Lull  3993 

Calm  is  it  in  the  dim  cathedral      C.  F.  Alexander  ^l^ 

Calm  on  the  listening  ear  Sears  3239 

Calmly  resting  from  thy  toil         Bonar  3174 

Capernaum,  Sabbath  afternoon    G.  L.  Taylor  3881 


INDEX  OF  FIRST  LINES  AND  AUTHORS. 


503 


AUTHOR. 

Capernaum's  honored  town  G.  L.  Taylor 

Child  of  a  mighty  race  H.  W.  J. 

Child  of  the  latter  days !  thy 

Christ,  our  Passover,  is  slain  J.  <&  C.  Wesley 

Christ,  whose  first  appearance      Tr.  by  R.  Massie 

Christian,  did  no  one,  thinkest      L.Eucharistica 

Christian  soldiers,  wake 

City  of  celestial  health  Bonar 

City  of  God  1  Jerusalem  Croly 

Clad  in  a  hairy  robe  of  coarsest  R.  P. 

Close  his  eyes,  his  work  Boker 

Cold  is  the  midnight  air  Mitchell 

Cold  is  the  wind,  the  scene  Bridges 

Come  I  let  us  wander  by  the  silent  Baker 

Come,  let  us  with  speed  to  J.  <&  C.  Wesley 

"Come  near  to  me,  I  pray  you"   Hankey 


Come  out  of  Egypt,  O  name  Tajjpan 

Come,  read  to  me  Longfellow 

Come,  sinners,  to  the  gospel  J.  <&  C.  Wesley 

Come,  sleep,  O  sleep  Sidney 

Come,  son  of  Israel,  scorned  Mrs.  Sigoumey 

"Come  unto  me"  with  loving  Sleight 

Commit  thou  all  Gerhardt 
Consider  the  lilies  so  gracefully 

Consider  whatever  be  Tujiper 

Count  each  affliction  De  Vere 
Courage,  brother,  do  not  stumble  Macleod 
Crowds  gathered  to  the  Saviour's  Jftt(/MtVe 

Cut  it  down,  cut  it  down  Bliss 

Dark  Endor !  canst  thou  now  Michell 
Dark  hills  of  Moab !  flinging  down  Bonar 

Dark  is  the  night  S.  T.  Clark 

Dark  spirit  1  blasting  in  thy  fall  Ford 

Dark  was  the  night,  the  wind  McCheyne 

Darkness  and  silence,  and  the  G.  L.  Taylor 

Daughters  of  Israel,  come  Nitingale 

David  and  his  three  captains  Lamb 

David  awoke  Willis 

David  the  king  is  mad  Tr.from  Span. 

David,  the  man  of  war  J.  <&  V.  Wesley 

Dead  is  thy  daughter;  trouble  Alexander 

Dead  Petra  in  her  hill-tomb  Whittier 

Dear  beauteous  saint !  more  Taughan 

Dear  Friend,  whose  presence  Clarke 

Dear  Saviour,  when  Thy  chosen  Husenbeih 

Death  cometh  to  the  chamber  Sigoumey 
"Death!"  loud  and  fiercely  cried 

Deep  in  his  meditative  bower  Neivman 

Deep  thought,  that  from  a  seed  Maguire 

Departed  King !  what  wouldst  Maguire 

Descend,  O  sinner,  to  thy  woe  Bonar 

Dives  put  on  his  purple  robes  Hoivitt 

Down  from  the  sioises  of  Olivet  D.  Williams 
Draw  near,  ye  weary,  bowed  and 

Drawn  by  Thy  messengers  J.  <t  C.  Wesley 

Drops  from  the  ocean  Browne 

Each  holy  rite  performed  the  Lettice 

Each  pillar  of  the  temple  rang  Rogers 
Each  single  soul  is  as  a  separate  Clark 

Elijah's  example  declares  Newton 

Elisha,  struck  with  grief  Neivton 

Emerging  from  the  whirlwind  Hoyle 

Entered  in  the  vast  wilderness  J.  <&  C.  Wesley 

Entered  the  holy  place  Wes.  Hymns 

Enthroned  upon  the  mountains  L.  Messianica 

Entreat  me  not  to  leave  thee  Crosby 
Ere  Moses  could  the  prison-doors  Wilton 

Esdraelon's  plain  still  boasts  Michell 

Even  thus  amid  thy  pride  Milman 

Faint  on  Rephaim's  sultry  side  Lyte 

Fair  gardens,  shining  streams  T.  Moore 

Fair  lilies  of  Jerusalem  Strickland 

Faithful  teacher,  mighty  Paul  Tr,  by  Smithers 
Fallen  is  stately  Babj'lon 

Fallen  is  thy  throne,  O  Israel  T.  Moore 

Fallen  on  Zion's  battlefield  Maffitt 
Fame,  if  not  double-faced,  is 

Far  back  in  the  past  McCarty 

Far  from  a  father's  hearth  and  Maguire 

Far  in  the  desert  East  it  shone  Landon 

Far  in  the  Eastern  wild,  begirt  Michell 
Farewell?  Oh  no!  it  may  not  be 

Father,  into  Thy  loving  hands  J.  E.  Saxby 

Father  of  nations !  what  high  Williams 

Father '.  Thy  Son  beholds  the  Tappan 
Father,  to  that  first-bom  of  Thine  J.  dt  C.  Wesley 
Fear  was  within  the  tossing  bark  Hemans 

Few  ruins  now  those  willowy  Michell 

Fled !  and  from  whom  Sigoumey 


3671 
3809 
3195 
3-261 
3366 
2777 
3494 
3S89 
3381 
2778 
3929 
3660 
3508 
3182 
3649 
3355 
2782 
4021 
2770 
3567 
3990 
2852 
3702 
2817 
2786 
3934 
3852 
a430 

3398 
3775 
3634 
3720 
3800 
4038 
8772 
3095 
3309 
3085 
4046 
3946 
3364 
3755 
3216 
4031 
3944 
3445 
3635 
3810 
3893 
2757 
3338 
3457 
3620 
4007 
2803 

3863 
4049 
3528 
3373 
3383 
3724 
4103 
3249 
3805 
3950 
3791 
3411 
3100 

3312 
3641 
3703 
3857 
3140 
3529 
8766 
3323 
3183 
8901 
4014 
3135 
8952 
3197 
3830 
3617 
3542 
4044 
3645 
3242 


Flow  on,  for  Zion,  flow  my  tears 
Flowers  1  when  the  Saviour's 
Fond  heart,  when  learnest  thou 
Footsore  and  weary,  and  with 
Footsore  and  weary,  Mary 
For  eighteen  years,  she  patient 
For  him  a  waking  bloodhound 
For  the  fount  of  life  eternal 
Forth  at  the  hour  of  prayer 
Forth  from  the  city,  with  the  load 
Forth  through  the  solemn  street 
Forward  let  the  people  go 
Four  lamps  were  burning  o'er 
Freshly  the  cool  breath  of  the 
Friend  at  midnight ! — that  still 
Friendly  the  teacher 
From  Abraham's  breast,  'mid 
From  conquest  Jephtha  came 
From  forth  the  Tetrarch's 
From  Olivet's  sequestered  seats 
From  Olivet  the  surging 
From  Sheba  a  distant  report 
Fi-om  that  mount  where 
From  the  far  East  we  come 
From  the  last  hill  that  looks 

Get  ye  up  from  the  wrath 

Gethsemane,  thine  olive  grove 

Give  me  my  portion,  let  me  live 

"  Give  us  this  day  our  daily" 

Go,  bring  me,  said  the 

Go  not  away,  thou  weary  soul 

"  Go  preach  my  gospel,"  saith 

Go  to  the  lands  afar 

Go  wash  in  Jordan's  limpid       ' 

Go  where  a  foot  hath  never  trod 

God  calling  yet !  shall  I 

God  hath  so  many  ships  upon 

God  let  His  vineyard  out  to 

God  of  Daniel,  hear  my  prayer 

God  of  Israel's  faithful  tliree 

God  speaketh  wondrously 

God's  ways  are  not  as  our 

God's  wondrous  power  on  that 

Grant,  Lord,  her  prayer,  and  let 

Great  King 

Greece !  hear  that  joyful  sound 

Hail,  King  of  Glory,  clad  in  robes 
Hail  to  the  hills  where  desolation 
"  Half  dead !"  Such  life  is  not 
Happy,  forever  happy  I 
Happy  he  whose  willing  ears 
Happy  Mary !  Oh  how  sweet 
Happy  saint,  so  quickly  driven 
Happy  the  souls  that  first 
Hark  1  hark  I  with  harps 
Hark !  the  bells  of  Christmas 
Harkl  the  judgment  trump 
Hark !  the  prophet  lays 
Hark  through  the  lonely  waste 
Hast  thou  not  seen  at  break 
Hast  thou,  then,  been  hired  to 
Hath  the  Master  bidden 
Hear,  after  Jacob  parted  from 
Hear  what  the  desolate  Riziiah 
Heard  ye,  from  Ramah's  ruined 
Hearest  thou  that  solemn 
Heaven  is  not  reached  at  a  single 
Heaven's  favorite  down  a 
He  came  not  with  his  heavenly 
He  climbed  the  mountain,  and 
He  cometh !  He  cometh 
He  cometh  not,  although  we 
He  fled !  Ah !  whither 
He  hath  at  last  his  heart's  desire 
He  is  coming  and  the  tidings 
He  is  gone — we  heard  Him  say 
He  journeyed  on  to  Galilee 
He  laid  him  down  in  Gaza 
He  lays  his  mantle  by 
He  lifts  the  hands  stretched 
He  must  grow  greater,  I  grow 
He  sat  upon  the  ass's  foal 
He  slept  between  two  soldiers 
He  sought  Moriah's  walls 
He  sought  the  Saviour's  face 
He  stood  before  the  Sanhedrim 
He  that  was  dead  rose  up 
He  walked  with  God,  by  faith 
Hell  from  beneath  is  moved 
Here  it  found  me 


AUTHOR, 

Croly 

8603 

Hemans 

3701 

Trench 

8080 

Macauley 

3552 

Catholic  World  3251 

Macdonald 

3199 

G.  Fletcher 

3659 

Tr.by  Littledale^b'i 

Fatter  son 

3679 

Macdonald 

3817 

Punshon 

3816 

3923 

Brainard 

3580 

Willis 

3559 

Maguire 

3442 

Longfellow 

2a41 

Williams 

3760 

Chrahame 

3774 

Macauley 

8630 

Cunningham 

3262 

Maguire 

3618 

Neioton 

8988 

G.  L.  Taylor 

3227 

Bonar 

4015 

Byron 

8593 

Mliittier 

2776 

Crane 

3460 

Coldwell 

3900 

D.  Williams 

8201 

Hunter 

2797 

Keble 

3709 

Watts 

8120 

8335 

3813 

Montgomery 

3795 

Tersteegen 

2755 

Spencer 

3980 

J.  &  C.  Wesley 

4085 

J.  (&  C.  Wesley 

3299 

J.  <&  C.  Wesley 

3985 

Ford 

4025 

2813 

Jenner 

4064 

Macdonald 

4029 

8503 

Lynch 

3130 

Norris 

4068 

Michell 

8843 

Hankey 

3824 

J.  <&  C.  Wesley 

8073 

G.  L.  Taylor 

3941 

Children's  Hour  S7U 

J.  &  C.  Wesley 

4019 

J.  <&  C.  Wesley 

3280 

Chapin 

8117 

G.  L.  Taylor 

3275 

Percival 

3666 

Bickersteth 

3345 

Mant 

3629 

Mrs.  Alexander  3399 

3677 

Crane 

3981 

Clarke 

3548 

Bryant 

3936 

Doane 

8918 

Pierpont 

3862 

Holland 

3492 

Wilton 

3648 

Doane 

8105 

Montgomery 

3787 

Greenwood 

3509 

Punshon 

3685 

Bird 

3208 

J.  di  C.Wesley 

3563 

Bonar 

8098 

Stanley 

3125 

Tappan 
Littledale 

8550 

3258 

Wilton 

8307 

J.  dr  C.  Wesley 

3616 

Bonar 

3254 

Willis 

3587 

Sigoumey 

3871 

Tappan 

4047 

Tappan 
John  Hay 

4111 

3193 

He' nans 

4101 

Wilton 

3401 

Macduff 

8984 

Cooke 

3209 

I 


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INDEX  OF  FIRST  LINES  AND  AUTHORS. 


AUTHOR. 

Here  much  and  little,  shift  and    Macdonald 
Herod  heard  him,  and  Bickersteth 

High  on  the  stately  wall  L.  Apostolica 

High  on  the  sumniit  of  a  Maliock 

His  unexhausted  love  Cowper 

Ho !  bring  ye  forth  the  chariot     Fo7-d 
Ho  reapers  of  life's  harvest  Woodbury 

Ho  ye !  ho  ye  1  We  return  from     Dunning 
Holy  be  this,  as  was  the  place       Tappan 
Holy  Lord  Jesus,  Thou  wilt  Craik 

Holy  Zion's  feast  is  spread  Ti:  by  Onslow 

Home  of  the  Christ-child  Noel 

Hosanna  to  the  Prince  of  light      Watts 
How  bright  does  the  sunlight  fall 
How  changed  our  fate  H.  More 

How  good  a  God  have  we  J.  Taylor 

How  hurtful  was  the  choice  Newton 

"  How  long  endure  this  priestly"  Keble 
How  long  o'er  the  lake  hung  the  C.  East 
How  long,  O  Lord  of  grace  Newman 

How  pleasant  to  me  thy  deep       McCheyne 
How  shall  we  learn  to  Goethe 

How  trembled  prostrate  Babylon  H.  W.  J. 
How  wondrous  are  the  ways  Maguire 
Hushed  is  the  voice  of  Judah's 

I  call  the  world's  Redeemer  mine  J.  <&  C.  Wesley 

I  cannot  choose,  I  should  have      Mason 

I  cannot  look  above  and  see  Croswell 

I  dwell  among  mine  ovra  Taylor 

If  a  liar  accuseth  thee  Tupper 

If  but  one  Christian  soul  appear  J.  dt  C.  Wesley 

If  e'er  I  fall  beneath  Thy  rod        Newman 

If  for  a  world 

If  I  might  guess,  then  guess  X 

If  the  Lord  our  leader  be 

If  thou  wilt  indeed  and  truly 

I  have  a  wondrous  house  to  "build  Mackay 

I  hear  the  tinkling  camel's  bell      Upham 

I  heard  a  trumpet  sound 

I  looked  on  the  dead,  and 

Immortal  infamy  is  his 

Imperial  Persia,  bowed  to 

In  a  garden  man  was  placed 

la  a  napkin  smooth  and  white 

la  anxious  haste  at  God's  Blenkinsopp 

In  Babylon  they  sat  and  wept       Montgomery 

In  Bethlehem  He  first  arose  Tr.Frothingh''mS\81 

In  cloud  by  day,  in  fire  by  night    Wolcott  3282 

In  doubt,  in  weariness,  in  woe  3926 


3774 
3631 
4072 
3184 
2851 
3887 
3919 
4012 
3173 
3997 
4116 
3243 
3129 
3358 
3298 
3520 
3719 
3676 
3436 
3404 
3448 
2801 
3139 
3155 
3522 


3740 
3283 
3991 
2763 
3833 
3311 
2789 
3339 
3544 


C.  Wesley 

Macdonald 

Newton 

Tr.byWorsley  3287 
'    "  3511 

3549 
4070 
3698 
3888 
3300 
3451 
4033 
3855 
3625 


Croly 

Tappan 
Wilton 
Montgomery 


In  Elah's  vale,  at  summer  eve       Nicholas 

In  His  fields  the  Master  walketh  Mrs.  Craik 

In  Israel's  fame  by  silent  night    Cawood 

In  Judah's  halls  the  harp  is  Lon.  Keepsake 

In  our  museum  galleries  to-day   Rossetti 

In  some  wild  Eastern  legend  the 

In  St.  Luke's  Gospel  we  are  told  Longfellojn 

In  summer  stmset  stood  G.  L.  Taylor 

In  that  last  hour  of  agony  Lockhart 

In  the  high  places  of  the  land       H.  W.  J. 

In  the  hot  noon,  for  water  Macdonald 

In  the  horror  of  great  darkness    C.  P. 

In  the  land  of  Bethlehem  Judah 

In  the  presence  of  approaching    Snow 


In  the  tangled  dim  old  garden 

In  this  emblem  see 

In  thought,  I  saw  the  palace 

In  vision  wrapt,  by  Hinnom's 

Injured,  hopeless,  faint,  and 

Into  some  wave,  which  heedless  I.  Williams 


3363 
3490 
3966 
3799 
3826 
4093 
3877 
3728 
4057 
3975 
4096 
3317 
3947 
3376 

Chicago  Unify   3205 

J.  <&  C.  Wesley     3161 

Howitt 

H.E. 

Mrs.  Tighe 


Into  the  high-priest's  palace  Macauley 

I  read  how  Israel,  after  Ufe's  TV.  Alcrander 

I  read  upon  that  book  Jean  Ingelow 

I  saw  again  the  spirits  on  a  day  Clough 

I  saw  them  in  their  sj-nagogue  Croswell  < 

I  see  my  Lord,  the  pure  Palmer 

I  see  Thee,  Saviour,  as  Thou  Truman 

I  slept,  and  dreamed ;  and  in  my  Maguire 

I  stood  upon  the  open  casement  Read 

I  think  Him  David  s  Son  J.  <&  C.  Wesley 

Is  it  so  far  from  thee  Longfellow 

Is  this  thy  tomb,  amid  fiigourney 

Israel  passed  the  Arabian  bay  Watts 

Israel,  thou  wert  once  a  Vine  Croly 

[srael  was  a  lioness  Croly 

It  is  a  work  of  prevention 

"  It  is  finished '."  All  is  done  Barton 

It  is  the  same  infrequent  Hawthorne 

[t  is  the  secret  Scott 

It  may  be  your  lot 

It  must  be ;  and  yet  it  moves  Milman 

tt  was  a  day  of  darkness  and  H.  S. 


4076 
3346 
3481 
3647 
3874 
3540 
3547 
3175 

r4027 
4083 
3608 
3868 
2798 
3271 
3084 
3086 
3680 
3537 
3705 
2850 

.  3131 
3215 
2826 
2837 
3599 
3804 


AUTHOR. 

It  was  a  green  spot  in  the  Willis  3236 

It  was  a  lonely  desert  spot  D.  Williams  3207 

It  was  a  sultry  day  of  summer      N.  P.  Willis  3992 

It  was  an  evening  in  the  holy       Hanaford  4022 

It  was  the  calm  and  silent  Domett  3277 

It  was  the  sunset  hour  Huntingdon  3228 

I've  passed  my  zenith  Holmes  2802 

I've  reached  the  land  of  com  and  3187 

Jairus  heard,  and  doubt  and  fear  DaZe  S562 

Jerusalem  1  Jerusalem!  Behold  3G55 

Jerusalem  1  Jerusalem !  Chief  in  H.  W.  J.  3588 

Jerusalem,  Jerusalem,  enthroned  Heber  3598 

Jerusalem,  Jerusalem,  how  glad  Pierpont  3592 

Jerusalem !  Jerusalem !  If  any      Vere  3597 

Jerusalem!  Jerusalem!  the  Hale  3606 

Jerusalem!  Jerusalem!  Thou       Ragg  3594 

Jerusalem,  my  Home  Hopkins  3596 

Jerusalem,  the  Golden  Massey  3600 

Jerusalem's  daughters,  for  Me      Maginn  3270 

Jesu,  take  my  sins  away  J.  <&  C.  Wesley  3176 

Jesus,  back  from  Gadara  came    O.  L.  Taylor  3560 

Jesus,  fix  Thy  kingdom  here         J.  &  C.  Wesley  4020 

Jesus,  in  Thee  our  eyes  Watts  3607 

Jesus,  the  Father's  darling  Son    J.  &  C.  Wesley  3650 

Jesus  was  there  but  yesterday      Willis  3683 

Joy  holds  her  court  in  great  Hughes  8167 

Judea's  holy  men,  in  desert  Howitt  3371 

Kindled  from  heaven,  the  mystic  A.  Smith  3431 

King  of  kings,  Jehovah  J.  <&  C.  Wesley  3673 

King  of  the  dead  I  how  long  shall  Croly  3533 

Kneeling  on  the  earth.  He  prays  Bonar  325'2 

Knocking,  knocking,  who  is  Stoxve  3246 

Knowest  thou  the  Young  2793 


Lament,  lament;  look,  look  Quarles 

Land  of  the  simny  East,  where  Matlock 

Latest  born  of  Jesse's  race  J.  H.  Newman 

Led  by  his  God,  on  Pisgah's  McCartee 
Lend  me  the  key  which  opes  the  /.  Williams 

Let  not  the  sceptic's  ignoi-ance  Rolland 
Lift  your  glad  voices  in  triumph  Ware 

Light  of  the  Kosmos  G.  L.  Taylor 

Like  an  arrow  from  the  quiver  Anderson 

Like  an  arrow  through  the  air  Aird 

"  Little  chamber"  built  "upon"  Wilton 

Little  store  of  wealth  have  I  Dorr 

Lo !  in  longing  hope  I  stand  C.  Wesley 
Lo!  in  the  moonless  night 

Lo  the  daj--star's  golden  car  Clark 

Lo  the  pious  monarch  stands  C.  Wesley 

Long  hath  the  crescent's  Tappan 

Long-suffering  God,  Thou  Maguire 
Look  at  His  train,  the  dead  are 

Looking  backward,  backward  E.  A. 

Lord !  it  is  good  for  us  to  be  Stanley 

Lord,  regard  my  earnest  cry  J.  &  C.  Wesley 

Lord,  'tia  not  in  Thy  children  Bishop  Ken 

Loud  was  the  wind,  and  wild  Lyte 

Lured  by  the  grateful  scent  J.  <&  C.  Wesley 

Macbeth  does  murder  sleep  Shakespeare 
Make  friends  with  him!  He  is  of  Hxmt 

Man  in  society  Cowper 

Many  a  perilous  age  hath  B.  W  Proctor 
Many  glories  mingle 

Many  the  guileless  years  Newman 

Marriage !  sweet  marriage  G.  L.  Taylor 

Martha's  faith  in  active  life  J.  i&  C.  Wesley 

Mary  of  Magdala,  when  the  Holy  Songs 

"  Mary !" — that  voice  is  ever  in  Brodrick 

Mary  to  her  Saviour's  tomb  Nexvton 
Mary,  to  thee  the  heart  was  given  Macdonald 

Meet  is  the  hour  thy  dreary  site  Michell 

Messiah  saw  within  Tappan 

Methinks  we  do  as  E.  B.  Brouming 
Midnight  came  slowly  sweeping  Tr.  by  Leland 

Monarchs  are  feasting  in  their  Longfellow 

Moonlight  upon  this  sacred  Bonar 

Morn  breaketh  in  the  east  Willis 

Morn  is  come,  the  purple  mom  Croly 

Morning  of  the  Sabbath  day  Montgomery 

Moses,  the  meek  man  of  God  J.  (&  C.  Wesley 
Moses,  the  patriot  fierce,  became  A'cwman 

Mother,  I  bring  thy  gift  Hooper 

Mount  of  horrors  I  Calvary  Greenwood 

Mourn,  for  the  land  is  desolate  Maliock 

Musicians  think  our  Davies 
My  child !  my  child  !  methinks 

My  feet  are  treading  on  the  Neal 
My  God,  while  journeying  to 


3091 
3844 
3303 
3789 
3419 
3769 
3256 
3266 
3644 
3119 
3390 
3499 
3220 
3244 
3937 
4009 
3850 
3427 
3585 
4059 
3500 
3223 
4099 
4043 
3347 

2769 
3777 
2774 
3143 
2808 
3523 
4093 
3739 
3748 
3748 
3749 
3753 
3828 
4048 
278S 
3168 
3264 
3633 
3083 
3413 
3255 
3779 
3796 
3502 
3211 
3122 
2793 
3945 
3639 
3218 


INDEX  OF  FIRST  LINES  AND  AUTHORS. 


505 


AUTHOR. 

My  little  span  of  Bickersteth 

My  Saviour,  can  it  be  that  I  Keble 

My  Saviour,  what  Thou  didst  Tr.  Winkworth 

My  sons,  and  ye  the  children  of  Clough 

My  youngest-born,  my  pride  Taylor 

Near  Him  she  stole,  rank  after     Macdonald 
Never  was  a  stranger  story  S.  T.  Clark 

Next  Heliopolis,  city  of  the  sun   Ellis 
Night,  gentle  night !  sweet  season  M.  J.  J. 
Night  hung  on  Ualem's  towers      Hemans 
Night  on  the  chamber  lay  Judson 

Night  reigned  o'er  Egypt's  plains  Dickinson 
Night,  throned  on  sombrous  Hirst 

Night  was  resting  on  the  people  Dix 
"No  longer  let  that  tree  remain" 
No,  Lord,  it  cannot  shortened  be  J.  <£■  C.  Wesley 
No  moon  or  planets  ruled  the        Tappan 
No, no;  a  lonelier,  lovelier  path    Pierpont 
No  radiant  pearl  Darwin 

No  smooth-tongued  orator  J.  d:  C.  We 

No  storehouse  nor  barn  Freeman 

Nor  Pharisaic  school,  nor  WiUiams 

Not  as  the  straws  upon  the  Maguire 

Not  content  with  Akenside 

Not  eat?  not  taste?  not  touch       Qiiarles 
Not  far,  not  far  from  Cong regat' list 

Not  here  1  not  here !  Not  where 
Not  upborne  on  glittering  wheels 
Nothing  but  leaves  Akerman 

Now  in  frail  bark  Angela 

"  Now  say,  my  queen,"  the  Jetvish  Expos. 

Now  upon  Syria's  land  of  roses    T.  Moore 

O  blessed  grief,  that  brings  relief  Watkinson 

O  blessed  Jesus!  when  I  see  Thee  Bethune 

O  brightest  of  days  in  his  sorrow  Ford 

O  chief  of  cities,  Bethlehem  Tr.  by  Smithers 

O  Christ,  I  often  think  of  Thee      Vpham 

O  cross,  O  cross  of  shame  Pierpont 

O  day  most  calm  Herbert 

O,  eyes  that  are  weary 

O  for  a  lodge  in  some  Cowper 

O,  for  a  soul  sleep,  long  Craik 

O  for  a  vision  and  a  voice  Hankey 

O  for  that  day,  that  day  of  bliss  Jackson 

O  gleaner,  who  homeward,  as  if   Crane 

O  great  mountain,  who  art  J.  <&  C.  Wesley 

O  holy  cross,  on  thee  to  hang       Keble 

O  holy  Daniel !  prophet,  father    H.  More 

O  Israel  1  thy  hills  are  resounding  Vedder 

O  Jesus :  once  on  Galilee  Tappan 

O  land  of  men  of  other  days         Upham 

O  lift  ye  the  banner  on  high  G.  Woods 

O  Lord  our  God !  how  wonderful  Jewsbury 

O  plodding  life  1  crowded  so  f uU 

O  precious  alabaster  Maguire 

O  prodigal  I  come,  I  am  waiting  Howe 

O  purest  semblance  of  the  Newman 

O  sleep !  gentle  sleep  Shakespeare 

O  soul  of  Jesus,  sick  to  death       Faber 

O  strong  in  purpose,  frail  in  Waring 

O  thou,  most  glorious  of  th'  Tr.  from  the  Gr. 

O  woman  of  Samaria !  tell  Spear 

O  ye,  assembled  Babylon  Milnian 

O  Zion  on  the  sacred  hills  Holy  Songs 

O'er  the  dark  wave  of  Galilee       Bussell 

O'erwhelmed  in  depths  of  woe     Lyi-a  Catholica 

Of  all  the  burials  time  has  Tappan 

Of  all  the  thoughts  of  God  E.  B.  Browning 

Offering  up  his  soul  in  prayer       J.  <&  C.  Wesley 

Of  him  the  sacred  record  saith     Montgomei-y 

Of  old  at  midnight's  starry  Lockhart 

Oh  close  the  book,  and  seal  Punshon 

O  fly !  'tis  dire  suspicions  Akenside 

Oh  for  a  wing— a  plumed  Maffitt 

Oh  for  the  faith  in  Jesu's  name    J.  a:  C.  Wesley 

Oh  it  is  hard  to  work  for  God       Faber 

Oh  let  me  not  forget  1  'Twas  Vpham 

Oh  let  me  suffer  Vpham 

Oh  let  my  prayer  unceasing  Maguire 

Oh  moments  to  others,  but  ages  Ransom 

Oh  not  to  Israel's  haughty  sons    Madan 

Oh,  proud  was  thy  battle-cry        Brooks 

Oh  that,  ere  death  shall  close       I.  Williams 

Oh !  there  were  banners  proudly  Jackson 

Oh !  Thou  didst  die  for  me  Milman 

Oh  touch  not  thou  that  holy  head  Bridges 

Oh,  when  wilt  thou  return  Hentans 

Oh !  where  are  the  reapers  that 

Oh  wherefore  was  my  birth  from  Milton 

Oh  whither,  whither  shall  I  fly     Dale 


3866 
3158 
3538 
3922 

4065 
4109 
3840 
3359 
3591 
3873 
3791 
3437 
3514 
3429 
3487 
3894 
3846 
S828 
3426 
3189 
3758 
3504 
2835 
3418 
3672 
3970 
3589 
2918 
2814 
3776 
3689 

3899 
3425 
4666 
3406 
3449 
3284 
2821 
3612 
2764 
2766 
3725 
3772 
3470 
4115 
3115 
3297 
3468 
3450 
3507 
3147 
3303 
3613 
3321 
3898 
3646 
2765 
3107 
3878 
3668 
3954 
3165 
4117 
3253 
3291 
3784 
2767 
3741 
3151 
3101 
3213 
28iM 
4107 
3443 
39.33 
3463 
2818 
3518 
39:35 
3456 
3776 
3114 
3465 
3978 
3890 
3908 
3921 
3963 
3912 


Oh !  who  shall  dare  in  this  frail 
Old  Tubal  Cain  was  a  man 
Oldest  of  cities!  linked  with 
On  Carmel's  brow  the  wreathy 
On  Gilead's  hills  a  voice 
On  Horeb's  brow  the  Tishbite 
On  Jordan's  banks  the  Arab's 
On  Jordan  s  stormy  banks 
On  Jordan's  verdant  borders 
On  land's  remotest  verge 
On  Ramah  s  heights  a  voice  is 
On  the  lone  bosom  of  a  lake 
On  the  rushing,  mighty  river 
On  the  sand  and  sea- weed  lying 
Once  a  woman  silent  stood 
Once  on  a  charger  there  was 
Once  slow  and  sad  the  evening 
Once  the  angel  started  back 
One  day  in  tlje  desert 
One  glory  kindles  night's 
One  mom  I  tracked  him 
One  of  that  chosen  three 
One  temple,  one  table,  and 
Only  an  armor-bearer,  proudly 
Only  a  tomb,  no  more 
Onward  it  speeds,  the  awful  hour 
Our  country  is  a  whole 
Our  Lord  His  dissolution  had 
Our  Lord  is  risen  from  the  dead 
Our  time  is  fixed 
Our  weakness  in  this  emblem  we 
Our  years  of  life,  our  years 
Over  a  river  deep  and  wide 
Over  each  tower  a  mineret 

Palace  and  temple  I  descry 
Pale,  weary  watcher  by 
Passover  week:  strange  stillness 
Pause  here,  and  with  i-everential 
Peace  has  unveiled 
Pilate  then,  Jesus'  spotless  life 
Pleasant  wei-e  many 
Poor  village,  rich  in  name  alone 
Pour  forth  the  oil,  pour  boldly 
Prayer  an  answer  will  obtain 
Praying !  and  to  be  married 
Prepare !  your  festal  rites 
Prophet  of  God,  arise  and  take 

Ready  for  battle's  grim  array 
Rejoice,  all  ye  believers 
Rejoice,  rejoice,  behevers 
Remove  yon  skull 
Repair  to  Pilate's  hall 
Rest,  prophet,  rest 
Return,  return,  the  way  is  long 
Returning  from  a  stranger 
Rich  valleys  spread  and  fertile 
Ride  on !  ride  on  in  majesty 
Righteous  Abel !  first  to  tread 
Ringing  out  on  the  air 
Rise  from  thy  sleep 
Rise,  glorious  Conqueror,  rise 
Rise,  my  soul,  thy  God  directs 
Rise,  O  Lord !  in  all  Thy  glory 
Rolling  on,  with  march  sublime 

Sabbath's  soft  silence  sweetly       G.  L.  Taylor 
Sad,  purple  well!  whose  bubbling  Vauglian 


AUTHOR. 

Keble 

3735 

Mackay 

4071 

3.555 

Hogg 

3198 

Michell 

3569 

Skeen 

3378 

Lord  Byron 

3500 

Stennett 

3219 

Frieligrath 

3821 

a.  L.  Taylor 

3927 

Bonar 

39U 

McDuff 

3454 

Croly 

3163 

Milman 

3925 

Kewton 

3322 

Lamb 

395:1 

3512 

WiUiams 

3854 

Vpliarn 

3:^33 

I.  WiUiams 

3656 

Montgomery 

3088 

L  Williams 

3565 

Bonar 

3424 

Bliss 

36:J7 

Bonar 

3081 

Dale 

3200 

H.  More 

2810 

Ken 

39;w 

C.  Wesley 

3128 

Blair 

2820 

J.  <&  C.  Wesley 

3488 

G.  L.  Taylor 

8700 

Luckenbuck 

3415 

Black 

3609 

D.  Williams 

3786 

Barton 

3177 

G.  L.  Taylor 

8519 

Hoyle 

3800 

Guyon 

2823 

Bishop  Ken 
Pollok 

3259 

2780 

Bonar 

3990 

Trench 

3835 

Newton 

3221 

Vaughan 

3526 

H  More 

3315 

Keble 

3909 

King 

3306 

Tr.byBorthwick  4090 

3104 

Byron 

£790 

Rowlands 

3214 

Sotheby 

3907 

Macduff 

3902 

Clmr.  Elizabeth  3624 

Maguire 

3441 

Milman 

3582 

Phelps 

8977 

D.  WiUiams 

3241 

Pollio 

3113 

Brydges 

3234 

Bridges 
Marsden 


Safe  across  the  waters  Bonar 

Safe  home !  safe  home  in  port  Tr.  by  Neale 
Said  Enoch:  "On  this  spot"  Montgomery 
Said  the  com  to  the  lilies  E.  A.  Braddoch 

Samson  the  theatre  o'erthrew      J.  e&  C.  Wesley 
Sandalled  with  green  luxuriance  Barr 
Satan,  who  in  false  Judas  Bishopi  Ken 

'Scaped  Gennesaret's  humble        G.  L.  Taylor 
Seated  upon  a  throne  superb         Wilton 
Secure  in  his  prophetic  strength  Newman 
See  and  believe !  it  cannot  be       J.  &  C.  Wesley 
See !  he  comes  with  fettered  tread  Hawey 
See  here  an  apostolic  priest  J.  &  C  Wesley 

See  Israel's  conquering  captain     Wilton 
See  that  den  H.  More 

See  the  Conqueror  mounts  in        C.  Wordsworth 
See  the  true  Elijah  flies  J.  &  C.  Wesley 

See  there  a  Jew  from  th'  hallowed  Ken 
Self-love  no  grace  Giiyon 

Seller  of  purple !  listener  to  the  Tappan 
Serene  in  the  moonlight  the  pure  Osgood 
Servant  of  God,  thy  fight  is  Breed 

She  brought  her  box  of  alabaster  Moore 


3360 

3665 
4062 

3327 
3074 
3331 
3195 
3210 
3704 
3958 
.S708 
3661 
3:^29 
4008 
3859 
3770 
3959 
3149 
3653 
3296 
.3235 
3:^68 
3955 
2788 
3723 
3501 
3369 
3750 


506 


INDEX  OF  FIRST  LINES  AND  AUTHORS. 


AUTHOR. 

She  knelt,  she  bore  a  bold  request  Macdonald 
She  sat  beneath  the  midnight       Owens 
She  sits  beneath  her  with'ring 
She  sitteth  at  the  Master's  feet     Macdonald 
She  sitteth  idly  at  the  Master's     Lonqfellow 
She  stood  before  her  father's        Willis 
She  stood  breast-high  amid  the    Hood 
She  turned  her  from  the  empty    Tappan 
Sin  is  composed  of  naught  Reach 

Sin  is  the  living  worm  Bunyan 

Since  all  that  is  not  heaven  Keble 

Since  our  country,  our  God,  O  Tny  Lord  Byron 
Sing  to  Jeliovah,  who  gloriously  O.  L.  Taylor 
Sing,  trembling  Muse,  how  Neivton 

Sit  down  and  take  thy  fill  of  joy  Keble 
Slow  glides  the  Nile;  amid  the     Grahame 
Slow  moves  our  skiff  o'er  atill       Michell 
Slowly  along  the  rugged  Bickersteth 

So  did  thy  sliips  to  earth's  wide   Bowles 
So  language  in  the  mouths  Cowper 

So  Moses,  servant  of  the  Lord       McCrae 
So  prayed  the  Psalmist  to  be  free  Malcolm 
Sold  by  them  that  should  have     C  F.  Alexaiider 
Soldier,  go,  but  not  to  claim 
Some  lambs  are  missed 
Son  of  Jesse  1  let  me  go 
Son  of  sorrow,  doomed  by  fate 
Son  of  the  Highest !  we  worship   Vedder 
Soon  as  they  at  Mount  Calvary    Bishop  Ken 
Sorrow  is  solid  joy  C.  Wesley 

Sorrow  weeps  Bonar 

Sound  the  loud  timbrel  o'er  Moore 

Speak,  for  thy  servant  heareth     Houe 
Speech  is  the  golden  harvest 
Speechless  sorrow  sat  with 
Speed  thy  light  course 
Standing  by  a  purpose  true 
Star-gemmed  floor  of  the  land 
Stately  on  Shinar's  ancient  plain  Bunshon 
Stern,  awful  was  thy  mercy  I.  Williams 

Stern  remembrances  of  error       Kynaston 
Still  echoed  through  the  dark       Dale 
Still  in  the  dark  and  thi'eatening  Barton 
Still  young  and  fine,  but  what       Vaughan 
Strange  scene  of  glory  Norris 

Strangers  to  nature's  mystery 
Such  as  I  have  I  sow,  it  is  not 
Suffering  curbs  our 
Suffering  is  the  work 
Suitable  grace  to  him  is 
Sunlight  upon  Judea's  hills 
Surely  the  Lord  was  in  this  place 
Sweet  cup  of  sorrow 
Sweet  dove  1  the  softest,  steadiest  Keble 
Sweet  was  the  hour,  O  Lord  Denny 

Sweet  was  the  journey  to  the  sky  Watts 
Sweeter,  O  Lord  1  than  rest  to       Denny 
Swift-rolling  clouds  the  face  of     Rolls 
■  Swords  of  fire  aroimd  us  play       Edmeston 


Char.  Elizabeth 


Sigoumey 
L.  Apostolica 


Tupper 
Kimball 
H.  W.  J. 
Bliss 


J.  <&  C.  Wesley 
F.  R.  Haveryal 
Hartman 

J.  (&  C.  Wesley 
'\Miittier 

Bonar 


4114 
3938 
3657 
3743 
3172 
3571 
3948 
3752 
2754 
2753 
8134 
3570 
3928 
3212 
3564 
3801 
3447 
3395 
4074 
2834 
8790 
3343 
3651 
4091 
2839 
3160 
3294 
4108 
3388 
2787 
2842 
3771 
3969 
2833 
3250 
3342 
3301 
3849 
31:3:3 
S365 
8372 
3663 
3910 
3917 
3354 
4104 
4010 
2819 
2810 
3384 
3390 
3851 
2784 
3326 
4024 
3788 
8551 
3880 
3116 


Take  not  his  name 
■  Ten  cleansed,  and  only  one 
Ten  thousand  times  ten 
Ten  virgins,  clothed  in  white 
Tenfold  vengeance  wakens  now 
Thank  God,  bless  God 
That  mysterious  thing 
The  Advent  morn  shines  cold 
The  air  is  filled  with  shouts 
The  ancient  of  cities  1  the  lady  of 
The  angel  choir  His 
The  angel  of  death  o'er  the 
The  ark  of  God  has  hidden 
The  babe,  the  bride,  the  quiet 
The  banners  of  Israel  waved 
The  beast  that  meets  him 
Tlie  bed  was  earth,  the  raised 
The  better  portion  didst  thou 
The  blue  j^ilgean's  countless 
Tlie  board  is  spread  with 
The  boat  that  bore  the  Master 
The  boats  are  out,  and  the  storm 
The  boy  was  sad,  yet  fair 
The  Bridegroom  cometh 
The  bud  is  in  the 
The  building  was  a  spacious 
The  burning  East  hath  caught 
The  cheerful  sunbeams  hastened 
The  church  has  waited  long 
The  circle  formed  we  sit 
The  cloud  is  on  the  monarch's 
The  coming  man 


Herbert 

Keble 

Presbyterian 

McCheyne 

W.  G. 

Browning 

Sigoumey 

C.  G.  Russetti 

Croly 

Hervey 


2825 
3696 
3075 
4088 
3533 
2843 
2795 
3102 
3586 
3779 
2830 
8983 
4080 
8914 
3471 
3773 
3541 
3077 
3856 

C.  F.  Alexander  3715 
3561 


Newman 

Bonar 

Tathuni 

J.  dt  C.  Wesley 

Quarles 

Newman 


Proctor 

Willis 

Muguire 

H.  Smith 

Milton 

Hervey 

Larcom 

Bonar 

Cowper 


3439 
8248 
4089 
2807 
3960 
4013 
3389 
3099 
2832 


Mrs.  Alexander  3314 
Bungay  2848 


The  cross  is  ever  good 
The  cruel  king  of  Egypt 
The  day  of  God's  great  battle 
The  day  of  the  Lord  is  at  hand 
The  day  rose  clear  on  Gibeon 


AUTHOR. 

L.  Messianica 

Burch 

G.  L.  Taylor 

Kingsley 

Van  Schaick 


The  door  is  shut  1  Jet  none  intrude  Hankey 

The  dove  let  loose  in  eastern  T.  Moore 

The  errand  upon  earth  Willis 

The  "  Exodus"  was  only  the  Hankey 

The  few  fond  words  of  Enoch  D.  Williams 

"The  field  the  world"  Maguire 

The  fire  of  heaven  breaks  forth  Keble 
The  flowers  live  by 

The  gloom  of  The  Classic 

The  grave,  that  never  loosed  Sigoumey 

The  Grecian  kings  of  Syria  G.  L.  Taylor 

The  harp  the  monarch  minstrel  Lord  Byron 


The  hint  malevolent 

The  historic  Muse  from  age 

"  The  Host  of  God !"  From 

The  hour  is  come !  The  mighty 

The  Householder  in  Canaan's 

The  kine  unguided  went 

The  king  holds  out  the  golden 

The  king  of  Israel  sat  in  state 

The  king  was  on  his  throne 

The  kingdom  of  our  Lord 

The  limpid  waters  of  the  sacred  A.  F.  P. 

Tlie  live-long  night  we've  toiled   Keble 

The  Lord  of  life  among  them       Macdonald 

The  madman  in  a  tomb  had 

The  magi,  skilled  in  astrologic 

The  many-colored  domes 

The  marriage-feast  is  ready 

The  Master  lias  come  over 

The  Master  hath  need  of  the 

The  midday  sun,  with  fiercest 

The  midnight  comes 

The  mighty  God,  who  rules  the 

The  mighty  Jordan's  flood 

The  moon  had  cleared  the 

The  morning  broke.    Light  stole  Willis 

The  morning  saw  a  cavalcade       D.  Williams 

The  morning  sun  arose.    And       Nind 

The  morning's  sun  rose  bright 

The  mountain  is  a  blaze  of  light  Croly 

The  mountain  lifts  its  form  Lockhart 

The  mountains  hide  the  svm  Clark 

The  multitudes,  miraculously       Barton 

The  night  is  come  Browne 

The  night  is  far  spent.  Kynaston 

The  nuptial  robe,  which  all  must  L.  Eucharistica 

The  oar  is  dipping  in  the  waves    Upham 

The  pine,  the  vine,  the  cedar         Hemans 

The  plume-like  waving  of  the        Cleaveland 

The  poet  came  to  the  land  Bayard  Taylor 

The  poor  afflicted  saints  J.  &  C.  Wesley 

The  prodigal  with  streaming        Sigourney 

The  rich  man  sat  in  his  father's  Macdonald 


H.  More 

Keble 

P.P. 

Croly 

J.  di  C.  Wesley 

Newton 

Hankey 

Sigoui-ney 

Byron 

Maguire 


Heber 

Clark 

R.  Southey 

Moultrie 

Gill 

Thomson 

Keble 

M.  B.  Williams 

More 

Small 

Hopkins 


The  rolling  j-ear  brings  back 
The  rose  was  rich  in  bloom 
The  .sands  of  time  are  sinking 
The  Saviour  looked  on  Peter 
The  seed  of  right,  the  seed  of 
The  sepulchre  was  open  wide 
The  sky  is  a  drinking-cup 
The  snovy  was  drifting  o'er  the 
The  Son  of  God  in  doing  good 
The  son  of  Herod  sate  in  regal 
The  soul,  how  passion 
The  soul  in  meditation  here 
The  soul  on  earth 
The  star  of  Judah's  king 


Tr.  by  Smithers 

Mrs.  Hemans 

Rutherford 

E.  B.  Browning 

Maguire 

Berguer 

Stoddard 

W.  H.  D.  A. 

Keble 

Sigourney 

Young 

Gould 

IL  More 

Sigourney 


The  stars  are  out  in  their  eternal  Wm.  Alexander 

The  stones  they  raise  Tr.  by  Bowring 

The  strong  winds  burst  on  Lyons 

The  sti-uggle  has  been  long  Crane 

The  sun  of  the  morning  looked     Knox 

The  sun  shone  bright  o'er  Pun.'ihon 

The  sun  was  sinking  on  the  Croly 

The  sun  went  down  with  Muller 

The  sunset  is  calm  on  the  Percival 

The  tears  we  shed  Upham 

The  temple  once  which  brightly  Upham, 

The  thieves  on  either  hand  on      Ken 

The  thirty  pieces  down  he  flung  London 

The  Tishbite  dread,  Elijah,  stood  G.  L.  Taylor 

The  tomb  is  empty;  wouldst        Bonar 

The  tree  that  yields  our  care         Gould 

The  twelve  holy  men  are  Keble 

The  type  in  Moses  we  confess       J.  d>  C.  Wesley 

The  voice  of  God  was  mighty       Dale 


3385 
3793 
3123 
3316 
3654 
3393 
3341 
32:30 
3891 
3400 
3344 
4030 
2844 
3325 
3681 
S498 
3310 
2760 
3206 
3510 
3982 
3513 
3767 
3413 
3972 
3171 
3736 
3232 
3438 
4105 
3444 
3378 
8143 
3737 
3339 
3930 
3861 
4087 
3833 
3643 
4037 
3484 
335^ 
4005 
3083 
3367 
3367 
3458 
3368 
2708 
3675 
3452 
3362 
3836 
3949 
3:348 
3:340 
3905 
3337 
3865 
3489 
3493 
3869 
40:36 
3686 
2758 
3989 
3318 
3110 
2794 
3838 
2790 
4082 
3733 
3292 
4045 
3553 
S169 
8827 
3543 
8839 
3191 
27&3 
4052 
4058 
8663 
3370 
3357 
3162 
3121 
3781 
3373 


INDEX  OF  FIRST  LINES  AND  AUTHORS. 


507 


Byron 

Croly 

Pierpont 

Bridges 

Pollio 

Tr.  by  Cox 

Maguire 

Pope 

Keble 

Michell 

J.  <&  C.  Wesley 


Littledale 

Alontgumery 

Michell 


Trench 
Clephane 
Pennie 
Swain 

Browne 


AUTHOR. 

The  voice  of  the  sluggard  Watts 

The  watcher  stood  on  Carmers    Dunning 

"  The  widow's  mite !"  Who  ever  Tappan 

The  wild  and  windy  morning        B.  Taylor 

The  wild  gazelle  on  Judah's 

The  wind  olows  chill  across 

The  winds  are  hushed;  the 

The  wine-press,  the  wine-press 

The  wolf  is  in  thy  kingly  hall 

The  wondering  sages  trace 

The  word  is  not,  what  Chi'ist 

The  world  with  calumny 

The  world's  a  room  of  sickness 

Thebes,  hearing  still  the 

Thee,  O  my  God  and  King 

Then  came  from  a  mighty  angel  Atherstone 

Then  came  the  word,  "Elijah"     O.  L.  Taylor 

Then  Jesus  called  His  twelve       Bemis 

Then  Moath  pointed  where  a        Southey 

Then  Noah  stood  forward  in  his  Jngeloio 

Then  towered  the  palace,  then      Bp.  Heber 

There  are  in  this  loud  stunning     Keble 

There  closed  in  sleep  his  wearied  H.  W.  J. 

There  fell  no  rain  on  Israel  Sigouniey 

There  is  a  kingdom  far  away       Maguire 

There  is  a  spot,  of  men  believed  Tr.  by  Tretich 

There  is  a  spot  within  this  Keble 

There  is  a  tear  that  Caunter 

There  is  none  like  her,  none  Tennyson 

There  is  no  sweeter  story  told 

There  is  sound  of  war  in  Judah 

There  on  Euphrates,  in  its 

There  stands  a  tree  at  Hebron 

There  was  a  seal  upon  the  stone  Dale 

There  was  a  vale  where  roses       Jackson 

There  went  a  man 

There  were  ninety  and  nine 

There's  darkness  on  the 

There's  not  a  cheaper 

They  are  coming,  coming  from 

They  are  sleeping 

They  are  sowing  their  seed 

They  come  from  the  ends  of  the  Bailey 

They  gathered  roimd  Dunning 

They  have  left  the  camp  Bonar 

They  have  toiled  all  night  Craik 

They  met  to  part— forever  J.  Williams 

They  miss  the  truth  Bickersteth 

They  say,  "  The  man  is  false"       Keble 

They  say  we  were  Holmes 

The3'  seemed  to  die  on  battlefield 

They  speak  to  me  of  princely       Bonar 

They  stand  amid  their  earnest     Bulfinch 

They  trod  in  peace  the  Arab         Rogers 

They  went,  those  aged  patriots    Rogers 

This  is  the  field,  the  world  below 

This  is  the  month,  and  this  the     Milton 

This  Man  receiveth  sinners 

This,  this  is  he;  softly  awhile 

This  youthful  arm  has  been 

Tho'  in  the  outward  church 

Thou  art  the  great  Ahasuerus 

Thou  chosen  judge  of  Israel's 

Thou  com'stto  me  with  sword 

Thou  folio  dusk  and  olden 

Thou  sayest  to  us,  "  Go;" 

Thou  sweet-gliding  Kedron 

Thou  sweet  hand  of  God 

Thou  that  in  life's  crowded  city    Trench 

Thou  thrice-denied,  yet  thrice      Keble 

Thou  to  wax  fierce 

Though  many  be  the  shores 

Though  proudly  through  the 

Thousands  completely  fed 

Three  kings  came  riding 

Three  times  through  favored 

Three  women  crept  at  break  of    Preston 

Thrice,  and  no  more,  he  sounds    H.  More 

Thrice  blest  are  they  who  feel      Newman 

Through  Galilee's  remotest  G.  L.  Taylor 

Through  Palestine  my  wand'rings.S7(  ears 

Through  Timnath's  vineyards  as  Wilton 

Thus  arrogant,  and  thus'absurd  Barton 

Thus  David  slept,  the  great,  the  Bishop 

Thus  prayed  the  prophet  Montgomery 

Thy  beauty,  Israel,  is  fled  Sandys 

Time  hath  no  brighter  jewel         Ford 

'Tis  built  on  a  rock,  and  the  Marsden 

'Tis  early  mom ;  from  off  the       Scri}}.  Sketches 

'Tis  here  my  nature's  state  I  see  J.  <£■  C.  Wesley 

'Tis  lost,  one  silvered  treasure      Maguire 

'Tis  midnight,  and  on  Olive's         Tappan 


Maguire 

Milton 

H.  More 

Newton 

Quarles 

LyraApostolica 

H.  More 

Freiligrath 

Greenwell 

De  Fleu  ry 

Fr.  the  German 


Newman 

Macduff 

Barton 

Clinch 

Longfellow- 

G.  L.  Taylor 


2773 
S379 
3773 
4075 
3621 
4004 
3510 
4100 
3397 
3407 
3723 
27(il 
3150 
4055 
3906 
3141 
338:i 
3153 
3711 
3831 
4050 
3759 
3539 
4113 
4035 
4009 
3461 
2^5 
3690 
3231 
3185 
3416 
3497 
4061 
3986 
2830 
3717 
3883 
2847 
S623 
2772 
2800 
3848 
3301 
3072 
3435 
3420 
2806 
3775 
2849 
3742 
3179 
3217 
3536 
4095 
4097 
3279 
3718 
3963 
3305 
4098 
3414 
3965 
3472 
3188 
3678 
3670 
3106 
4034 
3879 
3568 
3845 
3402 
3707 
3729 
3440 
3811 
3473 
3761 
3328 
3847 
3964 
3812 
3304 
3375 
3976 
3521 
3477 
3479 
3896 
3716 
3837 


AUTHOB. 

'Tis  midnight  now,  and  royal         D.  Williams 
'Tis  night,  a  lovely  night;  and  lo  Pierpont 
'Tis  night  I  and  the  tempest  Croly 

'Tis  night:  the  proud  mansions  Sears 
'Tis  noon — the  sun  is  in  the  sky  Dale 
'Tis  said  that  when  Bryant 

'Tis  slander  Shakespeare 

'Tis  so,  the  hoary  harper  sings      Hillhouse 
'Tis  sorrow,  O  King  1  of  the  heart  Knox 
'Tis  still  thine  hour,  O  death         Dale 
'Tis  the  summons  to  battle  Bonar 

'Tis  to  the  east  the  Hebrew  bends  Tappan 
Tishbite  sage,  inspired  of  Heaven  Phelps 
To  be  baptized,  not  cleansed         Beaumont 
To-day  'tis  Elim,  with  its  palms    Bonar 
To  Midian  now  his  pilgrimage  he  Drayton 
To  sit  on  rocks,  to  muse  Byron 

To  the  hall  of  the  feast  came  the 
To  Zion  beckoning  friends  HCdebert 

Too  late,  no  room  1  the  "  Lamb's''jHo^"»!a?i 
Too  weak,  alas!  too  weak  Longfellow 

Trembling  with  tenderest  alarms  Cauood 
Tremendous  oracle  divine  J.  dt  C.  Wesley 

'Twas  eve  on  Jerusalem  Croly 

"Twas  here,  beneath  this  dark      Michell 
'Twas  in  the  solemn  hour  H. 

'Twas  midnight  deep ;  the  world  Good 
'Twas  morn :  the  rising  splendor  Croly 
'Twas  morning.    On  thy  Croly 

'Twas  on  that  dark,  that  doleful  Watts 
'Twas  Sabbath  at  Philippi's  town  G.  L.  Taylor 
'Twas  silent  all  and  dead  Keble 

'Twas  slander  filled  her  Pollok 

'Twas  within  a  Hebrew  palace      McLeod 
'Twixt  hoary  Tabor's  cloud  G.  L.  Taylor 

Two  clouds  oef ore  the  summer    Keble 
Two  men,  one  rich,  the  other       Maguire 
Two  sad -faced  women,  haggard  Bell 
Tyre  of  farther  "West  Keble 

Unto  the  East  we  turn  /.  Williams 

Untrodden,  drear,  and  lone  Lynch 

Up  a  rough  peak,  that  toward  Houghton 

Upborne  on  towering  fancy's  Bolland 

Ui3on  his  knees,  with  reverent  Huie 

Upon  the  cold,  cold  earth  Mitchell 

Upon  the  hill  the  prophet  stood  Croly 

Upon  the  loose  unstable  sands  H.  W.  J. 

Upon  the  well  by  Sychars  Bethune 

"  Upon  us  let  His  blood,"  they  H.  W.  J. 

Upward  they  trod  the  lonely  D.  Williams 

Walce,  Deborah!  wake;  and  Jackson 

Wake  not,  O  mother !  soimds  of  Heber 

Wandering  afar  from  the  Bliss 

"War  agamst  Babylon !"  T.  Moore 

Warriors  and  chiefs !  should  the  Byron 

Watch-fires  are  blazing  on  hill      New  Mon.  Mag. 

Water !  no  water !  rock  and  sand  G.  L.  Taylor 

"Water!  water!"  went  forth  the  Edwards 

We  dwell  this  side  of  Jordan's        • 

We  enter  Kedron 's  vale  Michell 

We  have  heard  the  voice  of  Bonar 

We  know  not  what  is  expedient 

We  look  with  scorn  on  Peter's      Hayne 

We  sat  us  down  by  Babel's  Neile 

We  sate  down  and  wept  Byron 

We  sit  beside  the  streams  of         /.  Williams 

Weary  on  the  well  reclined  J.  <&  C.  Wesley 

Weep  for  your  country  Heber 

Weep,  weep  for  him,  the  man  of  Moore 

Weep,  weep  for  the  widow !  all    Hutton 

Wend  o'er  the  waste  where  now  Michell 

Were  not  the  sinful  Mary's  tears  Moore 

Westward  of  that  sea  where         Bickersteth 

What  boots  it,  they  Emerson 

What  constitutes  a  Jones 

What  doth  the  ladder  mean  J.  <&  C.  Wesley 

W^hat  hand  is  this  that,  half 

What  is  this  that  He  saith  Gladden 

What  is  this  that  stops  my  way    Howe 

What  means  this  eager,  anxious  Campbell 

What  mighty  man,  or  mighty        Watts 

What  mouldering  pile  near  Michell 

What  of  the  night,  watchman 

What  said  those  women  as  they  Howland 

What  sudden  blaze  of  song  Keble 

What  though  my  feet  had  stood  Tatham 

What  throng  is  this  ascending      Clark 

What  time  the  Saviour  spread      L.  Innocentium 

What  wail  was  that  which  rose    G.  L.  Taylor 

What  was't  awakened  fu-st  Coleridge 


3432 
3833 
3392 
3164 
3361 
2803 
2759 
3581 
3823 
3687 
3124 
3349 
4063 
3237 
3386 
3786 
2779 
8754 
4119 
3422 
3265 
3780 
3524 
3603 
3136 
3455 
3388 
3892 
4077 
3713 
3860 
3886 
2703 
3757 
4103 
3721 
3932 
3819 
4079 

3350 
3480 
379S 
3931 
3968 
3334 
3148 
3204 
4026 
3658 
4067 

3319 

3818 
3697 
3145 
3973 
3313 
4003 
33;i3 
3642 
3669 
3530 
3619 
3873 
3225 
3146 
3295 
3269 
3604 
3803 
3815 
3995 
3751 
3632 
2829 
2809 
3545 
3169 
4100 
3864 
3614 
3352 
3913 
3103 
4011 
3276 
3464 
3475 
3706 
3434 
3090 


508 


INDEX  OF  FIRST  LINES  AND  AUTHORS. 


AUTHOR. 

What  went  ye  out  to  see  Keble 

Wiiat  wonders  this,  that  there      Waslibourne 
What  word  is  this?  Whence  Keble 

Wiiea  adverse  winds  Sigoumey 

Waen  conquering  Abf  am  Bleiikinsopp 

Wnen  evening  choirs  the  praises  Robertson, 
When  eyes  that  watched  the         Wilton 
When  from  before  the 

When  from  that  home,  with         G.  L.  Taylor 
When  from  thy  beaming  throne  Dale 
Wtien  God   receives  his  servants  J.  <&  C.  Wesley 
When  he  from  the  scourge  of       Bryant 
When  his  reason  Tapper 

Wnen  I  in  thy  likeness,  O  Lord     Wells 
When  Israel  heard  the  fiery  Newton 

When  Israel,  of  the  Lord  beloved  Scott 


When  Israel  lay  in  Kadesh 

When  Jacob  slept  in  Bethel 

Wlien  Jesus  in  the  wild 

When  Joshua,  by  God's 

When  Lazarus  left  his  chamel 

When  life  is  forgot,  and  night 

When  man  was  foiled  in 

Wiien  Moses  stood  on  Pisga's 

When,  my  Saviour 

When  night  had  spread  her 

When  saints  forsalie  our  mean 

When  scorn,  and  hate,  and  bitter 

When  the  great  Hebrew  king 

When  the  great  Master 

When  the  paschal  evening  fell 

When  the  radiant  morn  of 

When  the  storm  of  the 

Wnen  this  passing  world  is  done  McCheyne 

Wiien  vengeance  on  her  victim's  Hankinson 

When  wine  they  want,  th'  J.  <&  C.  Wesley 

Whence  Jesus  came  I  cannot  tell 

Where  ancient  Carmel,  vast  Marsden 

Where  are  thy  pleasures  once  so  Turnbull 

Wiiere  are  thy  walls,  proud  Michell 

Where  Capernaum's  wave-girt     G.  L.  Taylor 

Where  climbs  thy  steep,  fair 

Where  death's  deep  shade 

Where  famed  Mount  Hor  lifts 

Where  had  thy  war-host,  O  Israel  Brooks 

Where  is  my  strength,  my  faith   J.  <&  C.  Wesley 

Where  is  that  garden  Mrs.  Alexander 

Where  is  the  beauty  of  that  Duncan 

Where  is  the  gourd  that  sudden   J.  <£■  C.  Wesley 

Where  is  the  tree  the  prophet       Hemans 

Where  Indian's  hoary  mountains  G.  L.  Taylor 


Lyra  Eucluxr. 

Bishop  Ken 

Newton 

Tennyson 

Trench 
Macauley 
C.  Wesley 
Freeman 
J.  <&  C.  Wesley 
r 

Cowley 
J.  H.  Bryant 
Stanley 
Bryant 
Hawthorne 


Palmer 
I.  Williams 
Michell 


3a60 
3943 
3820 
2811 
3078 
4003 
3915 
3374 
3193 
3745 
3640 
3793 
2781 
3971 
3474 
3534 
4084 
3516 
3611 
3466 
36S4 
3433 
4054 
3797 
2813 
3835 
3380 
3841 
4006 
3194 
3713 
4016 
3615 
3330 
3747 
3768 
3159 
3336 
3496 
3777 
3833 
3459 
3566 
3807 
402S 
3961 
3351 
3535 
3636 
3733 
3785 


AUTHOR 

Where,  oh!  where  is  Babylon       Matlock    '  3138 

Which  of  the  petty  kings  of  earth  C.  Wesley  3118 
While  for  us  He  undertakes          J.  dt  C.  Wesley    3263 

While  Jesus  prays  alone  Macauley  3610 

While  Joshua  led  the  armed         Newton  3778 

Whilst  some  affect  the  sun  Blair  3478 

Who  are  these  that  lide  so  Faber  3674 

Who  believes  the  prophets  true    J.  &  C.  Wesley    3109 

Who  Cometh  here  from  Edom's   Mant  3353 

Who  gazes  from  Mount  Olivet       Tappan  3583 
Who  is  this  gigantic  foe                  J.  dt  C.  Wesley    3308 

"Who  touched  Me?"  dost  thou     Bonar  3491 

Whose  is  that  sword,  that  voice   Boscoe  3858 

Why  came  in  dreams  the  low       Macdonald  3889 

"  Why  cumbereth  it  the  ground?"  3428 

Why  doth  my  Saviour  weep  Keble  3590 

Why  rush  the  wild  thousands       Croly  3633 

Why  tarries  Sisera?  His  mother  Gowid  4000 

Why  trembling  and  sad  Eastbum  3601 

Wide  is  the  gate  and  broad  the    G.  L.  Taylor  3453 

Wings  of  beauty  2791 

With  awful  dread  his  murderers  Croswell  4017 

With  brow  upraised,  as  one  who  Punshon  3885 

With  eyes  aglcv,  and  aimless       Macdonald  3756 

With  grief  and  blows  Alger,  Tr.  2771 

With  heat  o'ercome  and  with       Heber  3934 

With  him  his  noblest  sons  Montgomery  3089 

With  joyful  pride  her  heart  is       Macdonald  3738 

With  pilgrim 's  staff  and  hat  Riickert  3180 

With  staff  in  hand,  stern  Rizpah  Macauley  3939 

Within  the  cool  quadrangle's        Brodrick  3223 

Within  the  darkened  chamber      Ritchie  3557 

Within  the  temple  at  the  hour      Maguire  3998 

Without  the  city  walls  Herbert  3097 

Woe  is  me !  what  tongue  can  tell  J.  dt  C.  Wesley  3957 

Woe,  woe  to  the  sinner  Hunter  2756 

Woe!  woe!  woe!  Milman  3605 

Worthy  the  Lamb,  to  interpret     Crane  3274 

Wounded  and  sore  I  bleediiig       Maguire  3476 

Ye  ancients  of  the  earth  Landon  3692 

Ye  daughters  and  soldiers  of  3883 

Ye  flaming  pow'rs,  and  winged    Milton  3281 

Ye  prophets  of  Baal !  let  an  Knox  3132 

Ye  who  Shiloah's  gentle  stream  Small  3994 
Yesterday  with  joy  elated              Tr.  by  Smithers  4018 

Yet  there  is  room !  The  Lamb's    Bonar  3423 

Yet  there  Is  room,  the  Master       Doane  3421 

You  friend  of  God,  for  God's       Bp.  Ken  3336 


2^ccheus  climbed  the  tree 


Newton 


4110 


GENEEAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


Numbers  preceded  by  a  star  are  in  the  Cyclopaedia  of  Poetical  Illustrations,  the  first  vol- 
ume of  "wiiich  ends  with  3071.  All  others  refer  to  the  Cyclopaedia  of  Prose  Illustrations,  the 
first  volume  of  which  ends  with  6375.  Anec,  indicates  anecdotes;  Ex.  examples;  Fab., 
fables;  Leg.,  legends. 


Aaron  and  Hur  Societies,  4597 

Character  of,  6376 

Death  of,  *3,  *3073 

Imitation  of,  *3073 

Priesthood  of,  *1,  *3607 
Abauzit,  Serenity  of,  5635 
Abbott,  Rev.  B..  Anec,  1718,  2576,  11396 
Abdallah,  Anec,  3746,  8938 
Abd-el-Kader,  Truthfulness  of,  5831 
Abel,  Blood  of,  *3074,  6863 

Burial  of,  3705 

in  Heaven,  *3075,  *3977 

Prominence  of,  6377 

Sacrifice  of,  *3046,  *3076 
Aben  Ezra's  Wisdom,  3495 
Abilities,  Concealed,  *3 

Concentration  of,  6278 

Cultivated,  *4,  6379 

Difference  of,  *5,  *335 

Feeble,  6380 

Hindrances,  6381 

Human,  1 

Mistaken,  *6 

Useful,  2 

Wrecked,  6382 
Abou  Ben  Adhem,  *2491 
Abraham,  *3077 

and  Melchizedek,  *3078 

Equivocations  of,  8510 

Faith  of,  2107 

Legends   of,  592,  *3079,  *3080,  8775,  9732, 
il460 

Memorial  of,  *3081 

Renown  of,  6383 
Abraham's  Sacrifice,  *3082,  *3083,  *3524 
Absalom,  David's  Grief  for,  *3084,  *3085 

Death  of,  *8 

Tomb  of,  *3086 
Absalom's  Pillar,  7083 
Absence,  Complaint  of,  *9,  *11 

Improvement  of,  *10 
Absent,  Faith  in  the,  6285 
Absent-mindedness,  Ex.,  3,  10,  11,  6284,  6286 
Abstemiousness,  Example  of,  6287 
Abstinence,  a  Remedy,  4 

Battle  of,  *12,  *14 

Compulsory,  5- 

Ex.,  6-9,  6390-6293 

Gain  of,  7.  6388,  628» 

Habit  of,  *13,  *15 
Absurdity,  Pagan,  6295 

Royal,  6296 


Abuse,  Brevities,  6297 

Use  and,  6398 
Acceptance,  Divine,  6399 

Personal,  6300 
Access  to  God,  6301-6303] 
Accidents,  6304,  6305 
Accommodation,  Law  of,  6306 
Account,  Tne  Great,  6307 
Accuracy,  Importance  of,  6308 
Accusation,  False,  6309 
Accusers,  The  Sinner's,  6310 
Aceldama,  *3087 
Achilles'  Wound,  160,  181,  956 
Acquiescence,  Entire,  *16,  *17 

Example  of,  6311 
Acquittal,  Final,  6313 
Actajon  changed  into  a  Stag,  5747 
Action,  Adaptation  to,  *28,  6314 

Appointment  of,  *18,  *20 

Brevities,  6315 

Call  to,  15,  *19,  26,  6335 

Effect  of,  13,  6313 

Eloquent,  6316 

God's  Favor  of,  *23 

Important,  14,  16 

Life  in,  18,  *34 

Pledge  of,  6317 

Prompt,  *23,  *25.  6318 

Quality  of,  17,  19,  *36 

Reward  of  a  Good,  28,  6319 

Rules  of,  13,  6330 

Trifling,  23,  6321 

Universal,  20 
Actions,  Inconsistent,  6323 

Record  of,  21,  *27 
Activity,  Christian,  *29,  6323 

Future,  6324 

Importance  of,  *24,  25,  30 

Mental,  *31 
Actor,  Conversion  of  an,  6326 
Adam,  4267,  4292,  4293,  4530 

Awakening  of,  *3090 

Conjugal  Devotion  of,  *35 

Death  of,  *3088 

Enoch's  Description  of,  *3089 

Legends  of,  8617,  9066,  11306 

Transgression  of,  *34,  *36,  *3091 

where  art  thou?  *3092 
Adam  and  Eve,  Description  of,  *33 

Doom  of,  *3093 

Golden  Age  of,  *33,  *3094 
Adams,  J.  Q.,  Anec,  170,  4565,  11291 


510 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


Adams',  J.,  Pardon  of  Fries,  1449 
Adaptation,  Proof  from,  29-32,  6327,  6328 

Utility  of,  *37 
Adder,  Sting  of  the,  6329 
Addison,  Joseph,  Anec,  4356,  8000 
Adieu,  Import  of,  *38 
Admiration  and  Esteem,  *39 
Admonition,  Benevolence  of,  6330 

Boldness  in,  6331 

Fable  of,  6333 

Popular,  6333 

Resentment  at,  6334 
Adoption,  Biblical,  6335 

Custom  of,  6636 

Definitions  of,  33,  36,  6339 

Examples  of,  6337 

Honor  of,  34,  35 

Knowledge  of,  6338 

Spirit  in,  6340 
Adornment,  Lesson  of,  6341 

True,  6343 
Adornments,  Protest  against,  37,  6343 
Adrian,  Anec,  5903,  6148,  6513,  8537 
Adulation,  Penalty  of,  6344 
Adullam,  Cave  of,  *3095 

David  in,  11983 
Adulteress,  Forgiveness  of  the,  *3096,  *3097 
Advent,  Approaching,  *3098 

Christ's  Second,  38,  6345 

Glory  of  the,  6348 

Joy  at  the,  6349 

Looking  for  the,  6346,  6347,  6350 

Prayer  for  the,  *41,  *42.  *3099,  6351 

Suddenness  of  the,  *3100 

The  iF'ir&t,  *3101 

Waiting  for  the  Second,  *40,  *3103,  *3103, 
*3104 

Welcomyng  the.  6353 
Advents,  Two.  *3105 
Adversity,  Disciplme  of,  39,  6843 

Effect  of,  40,  ,^354 

Friendlessness  .jjQ,  41,  45 

Hymn  to,  *51 

Influenceof,  43,  43,  46 

Philosophy, of,  M 

Preferred,  635t5 

Reviewing,  *53 

Virtue  in,  6356 
Advice,  Answer  to,  6357 

Danger  of  disregarding,  ^ 

Liberality  with,  6358 

Taking,  48 

Too  Late,  6359,  6360 
Advocate,  Advantage  of  an,  49 

Christ  our,  6361 

Faithful,  6363 

Faith  in  the,  6363 

Responsibility  of  an,  6364 
Advocates,  Two,  6365 
^acus'  Prayer,  4580 
iEneas,  Piety  of,  4443 
^schylus,  Anec,  406,  3336,  8502 
jEson's  Youth  Restored.  93 
^sop,  Anec,  3034,  5737,  6333 
^qui.  Perfidy  of  the,  11474 
Affability,  Examples  of,  6366 

Importance  of,  6367 
Affectation,  Cure  of,  50,  51 

Folly  of,  6368 

Ministerial,  *53 

Vanity  and,  6369 


Affection.  Conjugal,  53,  54 

Cultivating,  55 

Elevating,  *54,  *56 

Emblem  of,  56 

Filial,  *55,  57-65,  6370-6373 

Fraternal,  63-67 

Maternal,  *57,  *63,  *6373 

of  the  Poor,  68 

Paternal,  *59,  66 

Promotion  of,  6375 

Proof  of,  6376,  6378 

Rewarded,  69 

Sacrifices  of,  *60 

Sudden,  *61 

Superior,  *63 

Want  of  Parental,  70,  71 
Affections,  Culture  of  the,  6379 

Earthly,  73 

enrich  God.  73   « 

Governing  the,  74 

Neglect  of  the,  6380 
Alfliction,  Benefit  of,  *65,  76,  6381,  6395,  6468 

Blessedness  of,  77 

Brevities,  75,  78 

Burden  of,  6382 

Challenging,  6404 

Christians  in,  6405 

Cure  for,  6383 

Different  Effects  of,  6407 

Eucharist  of,  *67 

Exchanging,  6385 

Figures  of,  88-90,  6386 

Fitness  of,  6409 

Frost  of,  6387 

Furnace  of,  *68 

Graces  from,  6388 

Happiness  in,  6389 

Healthful,  79 

Heroism  under,  *66,  *69 

Honor  of,  6390 

Iinpi'ovement  of,  6391 

Jesu  in,  *70,  *71,  91 

Kinds  of,  80 

Legend  of,  81 

Lesson  of,  6393 

Need  of,  6410 

Peace  from,  6394 

Rejoicing  in,  85 

Rewards  of,  86,  6411 

Risrht  View  of.  6396 

Sanctifying  Power  of,  84,  6397 

Solace  in,  *64,  *3106,  6406 

Songs  in,  6398 

Stimulation  of,  6399 

Superior  to,  6400 

Support  in.  6401 

Trust  in,  6403 

Unsanctified,  6413 

Use  of,  87,  92,  6384,  6392,  6403 

Welcoming,  *73 
Afra,  Martyrdom  of,  7390 
Africaner,  Conversion  of,  10605 
Agamedes  Rewarded,  7861 
Agapius,  Child  Martyr,  7090 
Agassiz,  Anec.  of,  11095,  11543 
Agatha,  St.,  Fortitude  of,  3364 
Agathocles'  Ancestry,  9669 
Agathocles'  Monitor,  10633 
Age,  Approach  of,  *74,  *80,  *81,  *85 

Changed  to  Youth,  93 

Cheerfulness  with,  94,  96,  103 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


611 


Age,  Comfort  in  Old,  6413 

Corrupting,  6414 

Dead,  *75 

Deception  of,  6415 

Golden,  *76,  95 

Human.  97 

Iron,  *77 

New,  *78 

Religion  in  Old,  98,  99,  103 

Reverence  for,  6416,  6432,  6423 

Silver,  *79 

Softening  Effects  of,  6417 

Traits  of  each,  6418 

Unhappv,  100 
Aged,  Absurdities  of  the,  *83,  *84,  *188 

Conversion  of  the.  101,  6419 

Death  Song  for  the,  *83 

Decay  of  the,  6430 

Duties  of  the,  103 

Heathen,  104 

Illusions  of  the,  6431 
Agency,  Free,  *73 
Agesilaus,  Anec,  5117,  7583,  7697,  8405,  9600, 

10634,  11335 
Agitation,  Use  of,  6434 
Agnes,  St.,  Purity  of,  3305 
Agony,  The,  *3107,  *3457-3463 
Agreements,  Legal,  6435 
Agriculture,  Importance  of,  6436 

Nobility  of,  *86 

Prayerful,  *87 

Treasure  of,  *88 
Agiiculturist,  Life  of  the,  6437 
Agrippa,  Anec,  5530,  9646 

Indecision  of,  *3108 

Paul  and, *3109 

Paul  before,  *3110 
Ahab,  Deatli  of,  *3111,  *3113 
Ahasuerus,  6303 
Aim,  Direct,  108,  6438,  6439 

Execution  and,  6430 

Importance  of,  *89,  105-108 

Want  of,  6431 
Air,  Benefits  of,  6433 
Ajax's  Exception,  3573 
Akaba's  Conversion,  1075 
Alarm,  False,  6433 

Sinner's,  6434 
Albert,  Prince,  Anec.  7863,  8504 
Alcibiades,  Anec,  3344,  4687,  5333,  7697,  9837 
Alcohol,  Effects  of,  6435 

Passion  for,  6436 
Alexander,  Dr.  A.,  Anec,  1624,  4610,  5284, 
11958 

Dr.  Jas.  W.,  Death  of,  7790 

of  Russia,  7928,  10400 
Alex:andf:h  the  Great,  Anec,  61,  114,  473, 
540,  598,   641,  671,  998,  1341,  1519,  1657, 
1994,  3113,   3187,  3308,  2478,  3518,  2555, 
2973,  3068,   3078,  3184,  3634,  3906,  3916, 
4010,  4069,  4679,  5157,  5381,  5303,  5815, 
6366,  6440,  6453,   6740,  6834,  6915,  7591, 
7780,  8013,  8057,   8080,  8627,  8661,  8754, 
8756,  8834,   8983,   8986,  9044,  9246,  9247, 
9637,    9900,    10003,    10114,  10483,  10831, 
10979,  11585,  11879,  13110,  13336,  13388 
Alfonsus  advisino;  Deity,  2327 
Alfred  the  Great,"'  Cliarity  of,  7053 
Allegories,  Advantage  of,  6437 
Alleine,  Rev.  J.,  Anec,  5454,  7873 
Alleluia,  Occasion  for,  *90 


Alleluia,  Victorv  by,  6438 

Allen,  Ethan,  to  his  Daughter.  3256 

Father,  and  the  Tramp,  6945 
Allotment,  Diversities  of,  *91 

God's,  6439 

Thy,  *92 
Allurements.  Avoiding,  110,  6440 

Earthly,  *93,  *94 

Fatal,  111,  6441 

Legend  of,  6442 

Resisting,  *95,  *96,  110 

Satanic,"l09 
Almighty,  Shadow  of  the,  6443 
Al  Montaser's  Remorse,  4956 
Alms,  Law  of,  *97 
Alphonsus,  Clemency  of,  7319 
Al  Raschid's  Feast,  *1312 
Al  Siiril's  liecord,  10363 
Altades'  Slothfulness,  9738 
Altamont's  Confession.  1734 
Altar,  Christ  our,  6444 

Safety  only  at  tiie,  6445 
Altars,  Jewish,  6446 
Ambert,  Eliza,  10436 
Ambition,  Carnal,  6447 

Cheat  of,  *98,  *103 

Check  to,  112 

Christian,  6448 

Conquered.  6449 

Curse  of,  *101,  *103 

Danger  of,  113 

Defeat  of,  6450 

Disappointifid,  6451 

Dream  of,  6453 

End  of,  114,6453 

Examples  .of,  *99,  *104,  *105 

Fruitless,  6455 

Ingratitude  of,  *10S 

Insatiable,  116,  6456 

Little  Field  of.  6457 

Madness  of,  115 

Meanness  of,  6458 

Mortification  of,  *99,  *109 

Political,  6459 

Reckless,  117 

Slavery  of,  118 

Tricks  of,  6460 

True,  *100,  *110 

Unhappiness  of,  6461 

Vanity  of,  130 

Works  of,  *106,  *111 

Youthful,  6463 
Ambrose,  Anec,  4763,,  -5045 
Amen,  Chinese,  133 

Legend  of.  6465 

Meaning  of,  123 

Use  of,  131,  6466 
Amendment,  Real,  6463 
America,  Fame  of,  *113 

Future  of,  6464 

Liberty  in,  *113 

Mission  of,  *114 

Prophecy  of,  *115 
Amestes'  Sacrifice,  10329 
Amiability  in  Religion,  184 
Amorites,  Fall  of  the,  *3113 
Amphion,  Anec,  3798,  7375 
Amurath,  Anec,  259,  4063 
Amusements.  Charm  of,  6467 

Demoralizing,  6468 

Destructive,"6469 


512 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


Amusements,  Empty,  *116,  125 

Love  of,  6470 

Need  of,  6471 

Rescue  from,  126 

Rule  for,  6472 
Amyntas'  Intercession,  3336 
Anastasius'  Martyrdom,  8736 
Anathema,  Effect  of  the,  6473 
Anaxagoras,  Anec,  9j23,  9601 
Anaxarchus  beaten,  6400,  7275 
Anaximander's  Singing,  531 
Ancestors,  Boasting  of  *117,  6474 
Ancestry,  Noble,  6475 

Pride  of,  *118,  6476 

Religious,  6477  ' 

Search  for,  128 

Sneering  at,  129 
Anchor,  Christian's,  6478-6480 

Safe,  6481,  6482 
Andersen,  Hans  C,  Escape,  10822 
Andreas  washing  off  his  Yow,  5996 
Andrew,  *3114 

and  his  Cross,  *3115 

Rev.  J.  O.,  9195 
Andromeda,  Fable  of,  6245 
Androuicus,  Anec,  3038,  8733 
Anecdotes,  Advantage  of,  6483 

How  to  use,  6484 

Pleasure  from,  6485 

Using,  6486 
Angelo,  Michael,  Anec,  1169,  1836,  2060,  4382, 

8388,  10191,  11116 
Angels,  Assistance  of,  0387 

Care  of  the,  *119 

Charge  of,  6489 

Defended  by,  *3116 

Destroyinff,  130 

Doctrine  of,  6490 

Existence  of,  *120,  *131 

Fallen,  132 

Guardian,  133,  134 

Guides,  135 

Ministry  of,  *11&,  *122,  *124,  13C,  *3118 

Music  of,  *123 

Nature  of,  6491 

Service  of,  *3119,  6492,  6495 

Song  of  the,  *3117. 

Strife  of,  *125 

Sympathy  of,  137 

Two  Attendant,  *126 

Visits  of,  131,  6493 

Witnesses,  6494 
Anger,  Benefit  of,  64&7 

Brief,  138 

Cessation  of,  6498 

Companion  of,  139 

Control  of.  140 

Cure  of,  141,  6499 

Deaths  from,  6500 

Deformitv  of,  142 

Heathen  Treatment  of,  6504 

Illustration  of,  143 

inconsistent  with  Devotion,  6505 

Nourishing,  6506 

Provocation  to,  145 

Quality  of,  144 

Restrained,  146,  6508,  6509 

Results  of,  *127.  147,  6501 

Righteous,  148 

Ruinous,  6510 

Subduing,  6511 


Anger,  Subject  to,  6512,  6514 

Suppressing,  6513 
Treatment  of,  149 
Animals,  Creation  of,  *128,  *564 

Cruelty  to,  6516 

Kindness  to,  *129,  150 
Lesson  from,  6517 

Power  over,  6515,  6518 

Worship  of,  6519 
Annihilation,  Absurdity  of,  *130 

Advocates  of,  *131 

Impossibility  of,  151 

License  of,  *132 
Anselm,  St.,  Anec,  5000,  5324,  5427,  5688 
Answer,  Thoughtless,  6520 
Answers  to  Prayer,  152-156,  6521-6523 
Ant,  Lesson  from  the,  *133 
Anthony,  St.,  Anec, 219, 1512, 1569,  2322,  2577, 

4802,  5657,  7670,  9096,  10158,  11754 
Antigonus,  Anec,  6399,  11030 
Antiochus'  Stratagem,  11940 
Antipathies,  Examples  of,  6524 

Restraint  of,  6525 
Antiquity,  Improving,  157 
Antisthenes,  Anec,  4669.  6987,  7191,  8866 
Antonius,  Anec,  4985,  6375 
Anxiety,  Allayed,  158,  6527 

Misery  of.  *134,  *304,  6526,  6529 

Useless,  159-161,  6530 
Apelles,  Anec,  105,  529,  779,  1962,  4281,  5303, 

8500 
Apollinaris'  Martyrdom,  6488 
Apollo,  Fab.,  117,  1972,  4066 
Apollodorus,  Anec,  7635,  9404,  11250 
Apology,  Sufficient,  6531 
Apo.stasy,  Condemnation  of,  6533 

Crime  of,  162 

Danger  of,  163 

Deed  of,  6532,  6534 

Late,  6536,  6541,  6542 

Memento  of,  6537 

Penalty  of,  164 

Possible,  6538 

Punishment  of,  6539 

Repenting  of,  165 
Apostate,  Fate  of  the,  166,  6543 
Apostles,  Commission  of  the,  *3120,  *3335 

Fate  of  the,  167 

Miracles  of  the,  *135 

Pre-eminence  of  the,  *136 

Triumphs  of  the,  *3121 
Apostolical  Succession,  168,  169 
Apparel,  Costly,  *137 

Poor,  *138 
Appearance,  Man's,  6545 
Appearances,  Deceptive,  *13^141,  171,  174 

Judging  from,  172 

Regarding,  173,  6547 

of  Evil,  170,  175,  6546 
Appetite,  Power  of,  176 

Resisting,  6544 
Applause.  Effect  of,  6548 

Love  of,  177 

Satisfactory,  178 

Self,  6549 
Applications,  Biblical,  6550 
Aquinas,  Thos.,  Anec,  5500,  6248, 
Arachne's  Web,  183 
Arago,  Anec,  1562,  9027 
Arcadius,  Martyr,  7462 
Arcesilaus,  Anec,  5211,  8953 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


513 


Archelaus,  Anec,  3656,  9740,  9823 
Archias'  Delay,  4711 
Archimedes,  Anec.,  11,  539,  1565,  8070 
Ardalis'  Conversion,  6326 
Argument,  Blindness  to,  6551 

Calmness  in,  *142 

Decisive,  6552 

Gentleness  in,  6558 

Rule  for,  6554 

Vain,  *143 
Argus  Asleep,  5981 
Aristides,  Anec,  3430,  5116,  10073 
Aristippus,  Anec,  4362,  6506,  9621,  10315 
Aristophanes  on  Cleon,  7690 
Aristotle,  Anec,  2174,  4800,  7191,  7591 
Ark,  Capture  of  the,  *3122 

Entering  the,  179 

Import  of  the,  6555,  6556 

Refusing  to  enter  the,  6557 

Safety  in  the,  6558,  6559 
Armageddon.  *3123 

Day  after,  *3124 
Armida,  Arts  of,  1507 
Armor,  Christian,  *144,  *145 

Invisible,  180 

Pasteboard,  6560 

Whole,  181 
Arnold,  Dr.,  Anec,  3204,  10279 

Punishment  for,  5746 
Arrogance,  Growth  of,  6562 

Import  of,  6563 

Ridiculous,  6564 

Selfishness  of,  6565 
Arrows,  Barbed,  6566 

God's,  6568 

Gospel,  6567 

Sharpest,  6569 
Arsenius'  Neglect,  10714 
Art,  Deception  of,  183 

Fable  of,  183 

Necessity  for,  6570 

Perfection  of,  184,  185 

Poetry  of,  6571 

Progress  of,  186 

Religiousness  of,  6573 

Votaries  of,  *147,  *148 
Artaxerxes,  Anec,  3301,  3331,  8960,  10891 
Arlemon,  Timidity  of,  7716 
Artifice,  Shallow,  *149 
Asbury,  Bp.,  Anec,  1100,  6290 
Ascension,  Christ's,  *150-*152,  *3125,  6573- 
6575 

Glory  of  the,  *3126 

Hymn  of  the,  *3137 

The,  *3128 

Triumph  of  the,  *3129 
Asceticism,  Example  of,  6576 

Varieties  of,  6577 
Asp,  Poison  of  the,  6578 
Aspasla's  Beauty,  6691,  6693 
Aspiration,  *153-158,  187 

Universal,  188 
Associates,  Choice  of,  6579 

Damage  of  Bad,  6580 

Influence  of,  189 

Limping,  190 

Odor  of,  191,  199 
Association,  Adjustment  of,  *159 

Advantages  of,  192 

Argument  for,  193 

Christian,  194 


Association,  Effect  of,  196,  6583 

Evil  of,  195,  6582 

Honorable,  6584 

Influence  of,  *160,  *163,  *164,  196 

Innocent,  197 

Law  of,  198 

Local,  *161,  *162 

with  Christ,  6581 

Wonder  of,  201 
Associations,  Circle  of,  6585 

Signs  of,  200 
Assumption,  Danger  of,  202,  6586 

Fable  of,  203 

Failure  of,  6587 

Oriental,  6588 
Assurance,  Abiding,  6590 

Absence  of,  6591 

Boldness  of,  204 

Certain,  212,  6592,  6594 

denounced,  206 

Experience  of,  207 

Faith  and,  6593 

False,  208 

Ground  of,  209 

Happiness  of,  6595 

in  Death,  205 

Joy  of,  210,  6596 

Question  of,  6597 

Reception  of,  211 

Self-deception  in,  213 

Type  of,  6598 

Uncertain  of,  6599 

Variable,  214 
Astor,  J.  J.,  Success  of,  3655,  11846 
Astronomy,  Devotional,  *166 

Discoveries  in,  6600 

Study  of,  6601 
Asylum,  Lunatic,  6602 
Athanasius,  Anec,  933,  7193 
Atheism,  Absurdity  of,  215 

Conversions  from,  6603,  6609,  6612 

Crime  of,  216 

Cultivation  of,  6604 

Desolation  of,  *167-169 

Discoveries  of,  217 

Father  of,  6605 

Inexcusable,  223,  6606 

Modern,  218 

Refutation  of,  219,  220,  6607 

Unsatisfactory,  6608 
Atheist,  Confusion  of  an,  6610,  6611 

Difficulty  of  the,  221 

Doom  of  the,  222 

Labor  of  the,  *170-173 
Athenagoras'  Apology  for  Christianity,  7351 
Athenodorus'  Advice,  7949 
Athens,  Paul  preaching  in,  *3130 
Atlanta,  4847 
Atlantis,  10881 
Atlas,  Imitating,  1681 
Atonement,  Accepted,  224,  6613, 

Applying  the,  6614 

Appropriating  the,  6615 

by  Blood,  225,  6616 

Completed,  *3131 

Demand  for,  *175,  *177,  231 

Effects  of  the,  6617 

Extent  of,  226,  227 

Greatness  of  the,  228 

Illustrating  the,  6619 

Influence  of  the,  230 


bU 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


Atonement,  Jewish  Custom  of,  6618 

Marvel  of  the,  *176 

Objection  to  the,  232 

Pagan,  6620 

Reliance  on  the,  6621 

Voluntary,  6622 
Attainment,  Mockery  of,  *178,  *179 
Attainments  no  Atonement,  6623 
Attains,  Firmness  of,  5001 
Attention,  Holding,  233-235,  6624 

Selfish,  6625 
Attraction,  Method  of,  6626 

Overcome,  *180,  *181 

Personal,  6627 
Audley's  Love  for  Christ,  658 
Audubon's  Perseverance,  4420 
Augurs,  Roman,  2742 

Augustine,  St.,  Anec.  of,  387,  *761,  2787,  2901, 

3093,  3098,  3759,  4772,  5229,  5343,  5786, 

6232,  6330,  6538,  9688, 10266, 11088, 11932 

Augustus  Caisar,  Anec.  of,  147,  1891.  2340, 

5017,  5190,  7870,  10231 
Aurelian  at  Thyana,  12024 
Austerity,  Monkish,  6628 
Author,  Advice  to  an,  6629 

Empire  of  tlie,  6630 

Influence  of  the,  6631 
Authority,  Deference  to,  6632 

Intoxication  of,  *184,  *185 

Private  Judgment  and,  6633 
Authorship,  Benefit  of,  *181,  *183 

Pride  of,  6634 
Autobiography,  Difl3culty  of,  6635 
Autumn,  Beauty  of,  *186 

Harvest  of,  6636 

Moral  of,  *187,  6637 
Auxensius,  Decision  of,  7388 
Avarice,  a  fearful  Disease,  238 

Claim  of,  6639 

Conquering,  6640 

Cupidity  of,  6641 

Danger  of,  236,  6648 

Emblem  of,  237 

Expedient  of,  6644 

Folly  of.  6645 

Greed  of,  188-190,  239,  6649 

in  Death,  6638,  6642 

Legend  of,  240,  241 

Madness  of,  6650 

Misery  of,  242 

Mistake  of,  6651 

Offerings  of,  *192 

Oriental  Proverbs,  6653 

Penalty  of,  243,  6654 

Peril  of,  *193 

Power  of,  6653 

Pretence  of,  244 

Slavery  of,  *194 

Soil  of,  246 
Aversion,  Isolation  of,  *195 
Aversions,  A  Bundle  of,  6655 
Awakening,  Simile  of,  6656 
Aylmer,  Bp.    Anec.  of,  2816,  7788 
Azrael,  The  Death  Angel,  1267 

Baal,  Prophets  of,  *3132 

Baalam,  1620,  *3148 

Babe,  Coming  of  a,  *196,  *1957 

Babes,  Deaths  of,   197-199,  247,  267,  *1955, 

*1958,  6658,  6659,  9859 
Babel  and  Pentecost,  *3133 


Babel,  Ruins  of,  *3134 

Tower  of,  *3135,  6657 
Babie  Bell,  *196,  *198 
Baby,  Praying,  248 
Babylon,  Belsliazzar's  Feast  in,  *3136 

By  the  Waters  of,  *3137,  *3146 

Doom  of,  *3138-3140,  *3143,  *3144 

Prophecy  of,  *3141 

Ruins  of,  *3142 

War  against,  *3145  * 

Woe  upon,  *3147 
Bacchus,  Worshippers  of,  6214 
Backbiting  excused,  6660 

Injury  of,  6661 

silenced,  6662 
Backslider,  Course  of  a,  249 

Hope  for  a,  6665 

Misery  of  a.  250,  251,  6664 

Recalled,  6666,  6668 

Reclaiming  a,  6667 
Backsliders,  Deaths  of,  252,  6663 
Backsliding,  Awfulness  of,  254 

Flattery  of,  6671 

Guard  against,  255,  257 

Hopelessness  of,  *200 

Occasion  of,  256 

Possibility  of,  6672 

Process  of,  258,  262,  6673 

Punishment  of,  259 

Recovery  from,  260 

Repeated,  6674 

Repenting  of,  6675 

Sadness  of,  253.  6676 

Signs  of,  261,  6670 

Simile  of,  6677 

Treatment  of,  6678 
Bacon,  Lord,  Anec,  2304,  9616 
Badge,  The  Best,  263 
Baird's  Self-sacrifice,  723 
Bajazet's  Cage,  1975 
Balak  and  Balaam,  *3148 
Balance,  Weighed  in  the,  6679 
Bali,  *139 
Balls,  Influence  of,  264 

Irreligious,  265 

Opposition  to,  6680 
Bangs,  Dr.  N.,  Anec,  3945,  3963 
Banishment,  An  Epilogue,  *201 
Banner,  Following  the,  266 
Banquet,  Invitation  to  the,  6681 

Oriental.  6682 
Baptism,  Blessing  of,  *203 

Emblem  of,  267 

Enforced,  6683 

Forgetting,  268 

Notion  of,  6684 

not  Regeneration,  6685 

a  Token,  *203 

Vow  in,  *204 
Barabbas,  *3152,  8228 
Barbara  Frietchie,  *2469 
Barclay,  R.,  Non-resistant,  10752 
Barnabas,  Apostle,  *3149,  *3150,  *3151 
Barnes'  Morning  Work,  1785 
Barrenness,  Spiritual,  6686 
Bartholomew,  St..  The  Massacre  of,  3077,  7673 
Bartimeus,  *267,  *3153,  *3154,  6704 

Call  of,  *3155 

Cry  of,  *3156 

Prayer  of,  *3157 

Story  of,  *3158 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


515 


Bartimens,  Testimony  of,  *3159 
Bartlett,  Phcrbe,  Early  Piety  of,  1783 

Usefulness  of  Mrs.,  1963 
Barzillai,  *3160 

Basil,  Anec,  2291,  2922,  4557,  6896 
Battle,  Advance  to  the,  269 

Autumn  of,  1862,  *2960 

Cause  of,  *205 

of  Fredericksburg,  7126 

Hymn  of  tlie  Republic,  *206 

Prayer  before,  6687 
Battles,  Indecisive,  6688 
Baucis  and  Philemon,  3074 
Baxter,  R.,  Anec,  1309.  1708, 3546,  4592,  10507 
Bayard,  Chevalier,  Equal  of,  5261 
Beam,  Dangerous,  6689 
Beatitudes,  the  Eight,  6690 
Beattie,  Dr. ,  and  the  Flower  Letters,  9012 
Beauty,  Attraction  of,  6691 

Blindness  to,  6692 

Brevities,  271 

Danger  of,  272 

Death  of,  *208 

Designations  of,  273 

Examples  of,  6693 

Excuse  for,  *209 

Frailty  of,  *210-213,  *218 

Joy  of,  *212 

Marrying  for,  6695 

Moral,  *214,  *217,  6694 

Promoting,  6696,  6697 

Realm  of,  *21o,  *217 

Transformed,  274 

True  and  False,  275 
Beecher,  H.  W.,  Forgetfulness  of,  2336 

Dr.  L.,  Anec,  1294,  5453 
Beelzebub,  10972 
Beeves  and  the  Butchers,  9753 
Becirar.  Freedom  of  the,  6698 

Lame,  *3161 
Beggars,  Accommodating  the,  6699 

All,  276 
Begging,  Chinese,  6700 

Contrast  of,  6701 

Eloquent,  6702 

Home,  6703 

Ingenious,  277 

Oriental,  6704 

Professional,  6705 

Public,  6706 
Beginning,  Danger  of,  278 

Delayed,  6707 

Examples  of,  6710 

Evil,  281,  6708,  6709,  6715 

Fable  of,  6711 

Faulty.  6712 

Good,  6713 

Prayerful,  6714 

Right,  279 

Small,  282,  283 

Time  of,  280 

Unpromising,  6717 
Behavior,  Good,  6718,  6719 
Being,  Chain  of,  *219,  *220 
Belfrage,  Dr..  Blessing  his  Son,  6847 
Belief  and  Unbelief,  *3163 
Believer,  A  Dying,  6721 
Believers,  Paucity  of,  284 

Security  of,  285 

Sin  in,  286 

Support  of,  6723 


Believers,  Test  of,  287 

Unfruitful,  288 

Weak,  289 
Believing,  Comfort  of,  290 

is  Laying  Hold,  291 

is  Looking.  292 

is  Trusting,  293 

without  Seeing,  294 

without  Understanding,  295 
Bells,  Influence  of,  6723 
Belshazzar,  *3163,  *3164 

Boast  of,  *3165 

Daniel  before,  *3166 

Fate  of,  *3136-3147,  *3167 

Sacrilege  of,  *3168 

Vision  of,  *3171 

weighed,  3408 
Belshazzar 's  Feast.  *3169,  *3170 
Benedict,  St.,  1955,  3239,  4770,  5209,  6513 
Beneficence,  Advantage  of,  *224,  296,  305,  306, 
308,  6724,  6731,  6732,  6736 

Analogy  of,  297 

Appropriate,  6725 

Blessedness  of,  *221,  298 

Call  to,  6726 

Contrast  of,  6727 

Demand  for,  *222 

Examples  of,  299,  303,  6735,  6740 

Gospel,  300 

Gratitude  for,  301 

Habit  of,  302 

Haste  to,  6729 

Howard's  Rule  for,  6730 

Ingratitude  for,  6733 

Instructions  in,  6734 

Monument  of,  *223 

Motive  to.  304 

No  Retrenchment  in,  307 

Posthumous,  6737 

Safety  of.  6741 

Self-denying,  369 

Trifling,  6742 

True,  6743 

Unexpected,  6744 

Voluntary,  6745 
Benevolence,  Beauty  of,  310 

Criticising,  6746 

Devotion  and,  311 

Dubious,  6747 

Excitement  to,  313 

Gain  of,  313 

Godlike,  314 

Misdirected.  315 

Motive  to,  316 

of  Nature,  317 

Proxy,  6748 

Reason  for,  318 

Unsuccessful,  319 

Useless,  6749 

Verbal,  6750 
Ben  gel,  Anec,  7325,  6867 
Benson,  J.,  Sermon  of,  11658 
Bereavement,  Bearing.  320 

Consolation  in,  321,  322,  6751 

Heathen,  6753,  6755 

Joy  in,  324 

Lessons  of,  325,  6754 

Parental,  *227,  *229,  *360 

Reliefs  in,  326 

Revelations  of,  *226,  *230 

Songs  in,  327 


516 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


Bereavement,  Sorrow  in,  328 
Trial  of,  *231 
Use  of,  *228,  323,  329,  330 
Berkeley,  Bp.,  Anec,  7478 
Bermekee,  Gratitude  to,  9222 
Bernadotte  seeking  a  Crown,  1196 
Bernard.  St.,  Anec.,  4042,  4618,  4678, 

9678,  9857 
Bernardino's  Preacliing,  3365,  3368 
Berridge,  J.,  Anec.,  11044,  11143 
Besetting  Sin,  Cure  of,  332 
Emblem  of,  6756 
Influence  of,  *232,  333 
Nature  of,  334 
Bessus'  Accusers,  974 
Best,  All  for  tlie,  331 

Do  thy,  6758 
Bethany,  Christ  at,  *317a 
Bethel,  *3173 

Dream  at,  *3174 
Bethesda,  *3175 
Christ  our,  *3176 
Healed  at,  *3177 
Pool  at,  *3178 
Bethlehem,  *3179 
and  Calvary,  *3180 
and  Golgotha,  *3181 

Invitation  to,  *3182 
The  Babe  of,  *3183 

The  Fountain  of,  *3184 

The  Well  of,  *3185 

Towers  of,  *3186 
Beulah,  Land  of,  *3187,  6759,  6760 
Beveridge,  Bp.,  Death  of,  3490 
Boza's  Knowledge  of  the  Bible,  5229 
Biancolelli,  Satiety  of,  3876 
Bias*  Fear,  7354 
Bible,  a  Compass,  343 

Adaptation  of  the,  335 

Advantage  of  the,  6761,  6764 

a  Friend,  357 

a  Lighthouse,  368 

A  Living,  *233,  369 

a  Mine,  372 

Analogies  of  the,  6762 

Applying  the,  336 

Appropriating  the,  337 

Armor  of  the,  338,  346 

Blind  Girl's,  340 

Charms  of  the,  6766 

Child's,  341,  6767 

Circulation  of  the,  342 

Comfort  of  the,  6768 

Companionship  of  the,  6769 

Contents  of  the,  *235,  *249,  401 

Criticising  the,  344,  6771,  6789 

Defiance  of  the,  6773 

Delight  in  the.  *234,  *236,  6774 

Destruction  of  the.  347 

Devotion  to  the,  6765,  6775,  6776,  6783 

Difficulties  in  the,  348 

Discoveries  of  the,  349,  6800 

Effect  of  the,  350,  6779,  6793,  6802 

Etiquette  of  the,  351 

Excellence  of  the,  352,  379,  392,  6780,  6781 

Experience  of  the,  6782,  353 

Family,  *238 

Fear  of  the,  354,  6784 

Follow  the,  6785 

Food  from  the,  355 

for  Sinners,  390 


Bible,  Freshness  of  the,  356 
Harmony  of  the.  6786 
How  to  use  the,  359,  6805 
Ignorance  of  the,  360,  6787,  6788 
Illustrations  in  the,  362 
Importance  of  correct,  361 
Imprinting  the,  6790 
in  Death,  345,  6809 
Indebtedness  to  the,  364 
Indestructibility  of  the,  6791 
Infidels  and  the,  365,  6792 
Influence  of  the,  374,  6804 
in  Sickness,  389 

Inspiration  of  the,  *240,  *246,  366,  6794,  6808 
Intent  of  the,  6795 
Interpreters  of  the,  6796,  6770 
Key  to  the,  6797 
Love  in  the,  6798 
Love  of  the,  363,  370,  6763 
Marked  with  the,  6799 
Mohammedan,  6801 
Need  of  the  whole,  404,  6803 
Neglected,  375 
No  Better,  376 
open  to  All,  378 
Perversion  of  the,  *242 
Philosophy  of  the,  *243 
Picture,  *3188 
Poetry  of  the,  380 
Pre-eminence  of  the,  381 
Preservation  of  the,  382 
Prohibited,  383 
Headers  of  the,  367,  6806 
Reading  the.  358,  384,  6772,  6807,  6813,  6816 

Rejecting  the,  *244,  *245 
Respect  for  the,  6810 

Resting  on  the,  6811 

liomanism  and  the,  385,  6814,  6826 

Sacred  ness  of  the,  386 

Salvation  in  the,  6815 

Searching  the,  *247,  6812 

Self-perpetuating,  388 

Similes  of  the,  *239,  *248 

Testimonies  to  the.  393-400 

the  Only  Book,  377 

Touchstone  of  the,  6817 

Treasures  in  the,  6818,  6819 

Unity  of  the,  6821 

Unsealed,  402.  6882 

Useless,  403,  407 

Value  of  the,  *237,  *250,  405,  6823,  6824 

Wonders  of  the,  406 
Bigotry,  Blindness  of,  408 

Cruelty  of,  409 

Danger  of,  6827 

Description  of,  410 

Envy  of,  411 

Fate  of,  413 

Infallible,  *251,  *252 

in  the  Graveyard,  413 

Monstrous,  6828 

Narrow-minded,  414 

of  Romanism,  416 

Pereonified,  415 

Sin  of,  *253 
Bigots,  Bondasre  of,  6829 

One-sided.  6830 
Bilney's  Experience,  2048,  6596 
Biographies,  Useful.  417,  6831 
Bion  praying,  4936 
1  Birds,  Miracle  of  the,  6833 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


517 


Birds,  Support  of,  *3189 

Voices  ot,  *3190 
Birtli,  Place  of,  6836 
Birthday,  *254,  256 
Birthdays,  Ancient  Commemoration  of,  6833 

Deathdays,  6834 

Lucky,  6835 
Birth  of  Christ,  *257-*260 
Bishop,  A  Model,  418,  6837 

Responsibility  of  a,  6838 
Biton  and  Cleobis,  7861 
Blair,  Dr.,  Anec,  1613,  4636 
Blaise,  St.,  Leg.,  3929 
Blame,  Reception  of,  6839 

Shifting  the,  *261 

Vicarious,  419 
Blauciie,  Innocence  of,  3307 
Blasphemer,  Fate  of  a,  420 
Blasphemy,  Bold,  6840 

Prize  for,  6841 

Punishment  of,  6842 

Temptation  to,  6843 
Blessed,  Condition  of  the,  6844 

Fewness  of  the,  421 

Who  are?  *262,  *263 
Blessedness,  Discovery  of,  6845 
Blessing,  A  Father's,  6847 

Condition  of,  6846 

Greatest,  6848 
Blessings,  Abused,  423 

Alternative  of,  434 

Asking  God's,  432 

Balance  of,  6849 

Certainty  of,  *264 

Obstructed,  6850 

Recognized,  425 

Transformed,  6851 

Transient,  426,  6853 
Blest,  Land  of  the,  *3191 
Blind  groping  in  Darkness,  6853 

leading  the  Blind,  6854 

Opening  the  Eyes  of  the,  6855 

Sight  Restored  to  the,  *3194 

Teaching  the,  6856 

Man's  Testimony,  *3192 

Men  healed,  Two,  *3193 
Blindness,  Causes  of,  427 

Compensation  of,  *265 

Complaint  of,  *366,  *270 

Cured,  6857 

Discovery,  6858 

Double,  6859 

Duty  in,  *368 

Gratitude  for,  6860 

Natural,  428 

Remedy  for,  429 

Removal  of,  6861 

Selfish,  6862 

Spiritual,  430 

Transient,  431 
Bliss,  Sublunary,  *271 
Blondel  and  Richard  I.,  951 
Blood,  Accusing,  6863 

Cleansing,  6864,  6865 

Protecting,  *3195 

Unity  of,  6866 
Blood  of  Jesus,  Cleansing,  433 

Efficacy  of  the,  435 

Need  of  the,  434,  436 

Power  of,  437 

Relying  on  the,  438 


Blood,  Symbology  of  the,  439 

The,  *3196 

Value  of  the.  440 
Blumhardt's  Last  Words,  2876 
Boai'dman,  Rev.  R.,  Preservation  of,  11429 
Boasting,  Contrast  of,  441 

Dangers  of,  442,  6878 

Effects  of,  443 

Fulfilled,  6876 

Groundless,  444,  6877 

Meanness  of,  445 

Not,  446 

Penalty  of,  447 

Vain,  448,  6875,  0879 
Body,  A  Mii-acle,  451 

Biblical,  6880 

Care  for  the,  449 

Constituents  of  tiie,  6881 

Corruptibility  of  the,  6882 

Death  of  the,  6883 

Exposure  of  the,  6884 

Glorified,  *272 

Heavenly,  450 

Mechanical  perfection  of  the,  6885 

Mind  and,  6886 

Misuse  of  the,  6888 

Mutiny  in  the,  6887 

Organization  of  the,  453 

Prisoners  in  the,  453 

Resurrection  of  the,  6889,  6890 

Soul  and,  455,  456 

Veneration  for  the,  6893 

Wonders  of  the,  454 
Boehm's,  Rev.  H.,  Love  of  the  Bible,  6773 
Boerbaave,  Anec.,  2180,  5621,  6980 
Boldness,  Christian,  458,  6894 

Examples  of,  457,  459,  461,  6896 

Heathen,  460 

Ministerial,  463,  6895,  6897 

Requn-ed,  6898 
BoiesLaus,  Anec,  13 
BoHngbroke,  Anec,  854,  9131 
Bonavenlura,  St.,  Anec,  4807,  9009,  10147 
Bondage,  Biblical,  6899 
Bonivet's  Bravery,  486 
Boimer,  Bp.,  Anec  ,  331,  658 
Book,  Dedication  of  a,  *274,  *275 

Power  of  a,  465 

Use  of  a,  466 

Wonderfuiness  of  a,  467 
Book  of  Life,  6901-6903 
Books,  Advantages  of,  6904 

Borrowing,  468 

Company  of,  469 

Destruction  of  Bad,  6906 

Devotee  of,  6907 

Fate  of  Infidel,  471 

Immortal,  *276,  *377 

Influence  of,  464,  470,  473,  474 

Judging,  6908 

Multiplicity  of,  *378 

Need  of  More,  6909 

Omniscience  of,  *379 

Pleasure  of,  *280 

Repositories,  6910 

Value  of,  6913 
Border  Lands,  *3197 
Borgia,  St.  Francis,  9664,  11098 
Borromeo,  St.  Charles,  418 
Borrowing,  Conditions  of,  6913 
Boswell  insulted,  3317 


518 


GENEEAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


Bottles,  Oriental,  6914 
Bound  Woman  healed,  *3199 
Bounty,  Divine,  6915 

Rule  for,  6916 
Bourdaloue  and  Arrius,  1862 
Boy,  Converted,  6917 

Enterprising,  476 

Heroic,  6918 

Nature  of  a,  477 

Neglected,  478 

Obedient,  479 

Persevering,  480 

The  P*raying  Sailor,  481 
Boyhood,  Longing  for,  475 
Boyle,  Archibald,  Death  of,  6224 
Bo3's,  Danger  to,  6919 

Dull,  6920 

Encouragement  to  labor  for,  482 

Honor  of,  483 

Sympathy  with,  484 

Use  for,  6921 
Bovidilla's  Mule,  5146 
Bozrah,  Vision  of,  *3198 
Bradford,  J.,  Martyr,  1734,  3393,  6008,11155 
Bragg,  Frank,  Death  of,  10341 
Brainard,  Missionary,  1520,  3230,  5455,  7236, 

7262 
Bramwell,   Rev.  Wm.,   Anec,    8016,    11139, 

11149 
Brasidas  and  the  Mouse,  7927 
Bravery,  Christian,  485 

Example  of,  487,  491 

Field  for,  *19,  *281 

Honesty  and,  488 

Inconstant,  6922 

in  Death,  486 

Influence  of,  489,  6923 

in  Reproving  Sin,  492 

in  Telling  Truth,  493 

Mark  of,  490 

Patriotic,  6924 

True,  6925 
Bread,  Blessing  the,  *3200 

Cost  of,  6926 

Fragments  of,  6927 

Our  Daily,  *3201 

Praying  for  and  Seeking,  6928 

upon  the  Waters,  494-497 

Worst,  6929 
Bread  of  Life,  Hunger  for  the,  6930 
Brevity,  Advised,  8932 

Example  of,  6933 

Motto  of,  6934 
Briareus,  Employment  for,  8127 
Bribery,  Influence  of,  *282-284,  6935 

Knavery  of,  6936 

Proof  against,  6937 

Resisting,  6938 

Witnesses  of,  6939 
Bridaine,  Anec,  7130 
Bride,  Serving  for  a,  6940 

Three  Songs  of  the,  *3202 
Bridge  of  Sighs,  *819 
Brido:et,  St.,  11685 
Brindelbund's  Offering,  7206 
Broidery-work,  *3203 
Broken  Things,  Value  of,  6941 
Brooks  and  Sidney,  2397 
Brother,  Betrayal  of  a,  6943 

Christ  our,  6943 

Discovery  of  a,  6944 


Brother,  Memory  of  a,  *285 
Brotherhood,  African  Rite  of,  501 
Bond  of,  *286-290,  *1385 

Christian,  498 

Claims  of,  6945 

Condescension  of,  6946 

Countersign  of,  499 
Inconsistencies  of,  500 
Nature's,  6947 
Brothers,  Love  of,  502,  6948 

Selfish,  503 

Significance  of,  504 
Brown,  J..  Rev.,  Anec,  4277;  6870,  7826 

Moses,  Anec,  643,  7531 

Rev.  S.  D.,  Last  Words,  8228 
Bruce,  P.,  rejoices  at  Martyrdom,  1744 

Rev.  R.,  Anec,  4415,  7146,  8442,  11123 
Brunei  and  the  Thames  Tunnel,  4183 
Brutus,  Anec,  7185,  10074 
Buchanan,  Claudius,  819 
Buddhist  Prayers,  4575 
Budgett,  S.,  Prayers  for,  4043 
Builder,  Foolish,  *3204 
Builders.  The,  *291 
Building,  Character,  *291,  *293 

Enemies  of,  6949 

for  Eternity,  6950 

Instinctive,  *293 

Little  by  Little,  6951 

Neglect  of,  *294 

Uncertain,  6952 
Bulu,  Joel,  Conversion  of,  8515 
Bundy,  Jas.,  Beneficence  of,  4483 
Bunyan,  Anec,  885,  1931.  2193,  4724,  4728, 

7040,  7142,  8053,  8926,  10953,  12133 
Burden,  Clinging  to  the,  505 

Crying  under  the,  6953 

Laying  down  the,  *295,  *296 

Loss  of  a,  6954 

St.  Christopher's,  506 
Burgoyne,  Gen.,  captured,  4131 
Burial,  Christian's,  *299 

Fiction,  6955 

Miraculous,  6956 

Place  of,  *297 

Sinner's,  *300 
Burke,  Capt. ,  Death  of,  3565 

E.,  Anec,  6279,  7493,  11591 
Burn,  Gen.,  Conversion  of,  10109 
Burnet,  Bp.,  Early  riser,  8236 
Burning  of  Chicago,  *1879 
Burns,  John,  10919 

R.,  Anec,  2181,  2766 
Burnside  at  Fredericksburg,  7126 
Burr,  A.,  Early  Neglect  of,  9165 
Busbv,  Dr.,  Apology  of,  1934 
Bush,  Burning,  *3206,  *3207 
Bush,  Modern  Burning,  *3205 
Business,  Ashamed  of,  6958 

Bible  in,  507 

Excuse  of,  509 

Failures  in,  510,  6959,  6973 

Fidelity  required  in,  6960 

God's  Care  for  our,  6961 

Honesty  in,  6962 

Laws  of,  6964 

Mastering  one's,  511 

Means  of  Grace,  6965 

Qualities  for,  6967 

Religion  in,  513 

Religion  for,  508,  513 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


519 


Business,  Rivalries  of, 

Secular,  6969 

Success  in,  6970 

Test  of,  6971 
•     to  be  honored,  6963 

Useful,  6972 

Unsuccessful,  510,  6973 
Busybodies,  Danger  of,  *303,  517 

Description  of,  514,  516 

Repentance  of,  515 

Work  of,  6974 
Butler,  Bp. ,  Seclusion  of,  107813 
Byron,  Death  of,  1723 

Egotism  of,  8311 

Inconsistency  of,  7253 

Infidelity  of,  3231 

Last  Poem,  *813,  7769 

Obscenities  of,  6132 

Satiety  of,  2712 

Cadmus,  1559 
Caedmon's  Gift,  2455 
Csepio,  Misfortunes  of,  5339 
Caesar,  Augustus,  Anec,  10266,  12088 
Caesar,  J.,    Anec,  114.  141,  266,  472,  1395, 
2411,  2595,  3479,  5059,  6325,  6454,  6834. 
7143,  7880,  8180,  8756,  9696,  10580,  12193 
Cain,  *3208,  617.*3076 

Brother  of,  *3209 

Curse  of,  *3210,  *2352 
Caius  College  Gateways,  9668 
Cajetan  and  Oppeido,  8594 
Calais  Light-keeper,  3640 
Calamities,  Persons  under,  518 
Calamity,  Extent  of,  519 

Influence  of,  *305,  6975 

Resistless,  520 

Sympathy  for,  6976 

Times  of,  521 
Caligula,  Anec,  1908,  6321,  6456,  7596,  8399, 

11168 
Calling,  Abiding  in  our,  522 

and  Election,  525 

Christian's,  523 

Effectual,  524 

Inefficiency  in,  526 
Callings,  Mistake  in,  527 
Callisto  changed  into  a  Bear,  5747 
Calumny,  Allegory  of,  6977 

Defeating,  528 

Description  of,  529 

Evils  of,  530 

Improvement  of,  531 

Reproof  of,  6978 

Spread  of,  6979 

Treatment  of,  6980 

Voracity  of,  6981 

Wise  Use  of,  6982 
Calvary,  *3211,  *306-*308 

Bethlehem  and,  *3180 

Highway  to,  •*3214 

Mount,  6983 

Safety  on,  6984 

Scenes  of,  *3212 

Shrine  of.  *3213 

Star  of,  *3215 
Calvin,  J.,  Anec.  1704,  6115,  6239,  9353 
Calvinism,  Dislike  for,  6985 

Fusion  of,  532 

Using,  533 
Cambyses,  Anec,  1909,  3300 


Campbell's  Escape,  7953 

Unhappiness,  2181 
Cana,  Christ  in,  *3216 

The  Marriage  at,  *3217 
Canaan,  from  Egypt  to,  *3218 

Prospect  of,  *3220 

The  Heavenly,  *3219 

The  Woman  of,  *3221 
Canaanite,  Prayer  of  the,  *3222 
Canaanite,  Tlie,  *3323 
Candiano  died  fighting,  8738 
Canova,  Anec,  3641,  5392,  9800 
Canute,  King,  Anec,  1889,  2525,  5198,  10067 
Capacities  alone  insufficient,  6986 

Shameful,  6987 

Special,  6988 
Capacity,  Dormant.  534 

Purchasing  a,  535 
Capernaum,  *3224 
Capital,  Defined,  6989 

Workingman's,  6990 
Captives,  Deliverance  of,  6991 

Song  of  the  Jewish,  *3225 
Captivity,  Memento  of,  6992 
Cards,  Asking  a  Blessing  on,  537 

Best  Use  of,  538 

Folly  of,  6993 

Ruined  by,  6994 
Care,  Absorption  in,  539 

Biblical,  6995 

Brevities,  540 

Divine,  *310,  *311,  543,  6996 

for  Souls;  Legend  of  St.  John,  541 

Human,  *312-316 

Personification  of.  6997 

Universal.  542,  6998 
Carelessness,  Childish,  6999 

of  Christians,  7000 

Result  of,  7002,  7003 

Wicked,  544 
Cares,  Abusing,  7004 

Advantage  of,  545 

Burden  of,  546 

Escape  from,  547 

Every-day,  548 

Habit  of,  549 

Hurtful,  550 

Love  of,  551 

Magnifying,  553 

Transient,  7005 

Troubling,  553 

Worldly,  554 
Carey,   Rev.  Wm.,  Anec,  480,   4479,   4830, 

5545,  10588,  10603 
Caricature,  Advantage  of,  7006 

Evil  of,  7007 
Carmel,  Elijah  on,  *3226.  *3376 
Carneades'  Memory,  10475 
Casablanca,  *1320,  4162 
Caste,  Absurdity  of,  555 

Barrier  of,  7008 

Folly  of,  7009 
Castell  forgot  his  own  Language,  8281 
Catechising,  Importance  of,  556 
Cathechism,  Influence  of  the,  7010 
Catharine,  St.,  Leg.,  1198,  4130,  11976 
Cathcart's  Diary,  10099 
Cato,  Anec,  4207,  4380,  7163,  9918,    10445, 

10635.  10819 
Cato's  Soliloquy,  *1931 
Cause,  Finding  the,  *317 


520 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


Cause,  Judging  a,  *317-319 
Caution,  Christian,  7011 

Example  of,  557 

Excessive,  7013 

Wise,  *330 
Cecil,  Rev.  R.,  Anec,  173,  602.  741, 1556, 2132, 
5093,  5808,  6384,  6483,  7771 

Sir  C,  Laying  off  Care,  6201 
Celer,  P.,  and  his  Wife,  9643 
Cemeteries,  Origin  of,  7013 
Censor.  The,  559 
Censoriousness,  Description  of,  560 

Victims  of,  7014 
Censure,  Cause  of,  561 

Eminence  and,  7015 

Habit  of,  563 

Improvement  of,  7016 

Mitigation  of.  *321,  332 

Preferring,  563 
Centurion's  Servant  healed,  *3327 
Ceremony,  Legal,  7017 

Profitless,  7018 

Religious,  2,  333,  334 
Ceriuthus  and  St,  John,  1054 
Cervantes,  Anec,  3716,  4471 
Chalmers,  Rev.  T.,  Anec,  1791,  2046,  3324, 

3515,  4067,  7198,  8043,  11151 
Chance,  Explanation  of,  564 

No  Such  Thing  as,  7019 

Providence  not,  7030 

Weakness  of,  565 
Change,  Advantage  of,  566 

Emblem  of,  7021 

Law  of,  *325-329 

Love  of,  7033 

Misconception  of,  7033 

Wonderful,  567 
Changed  Cross,  *591 
Changes,  Bodily,  7024 
Chantry,  SirF.,  7678 
Character,  Accomplished,  *330 

Brevities,  568 

Building,  *391,  *393,  *331 

Carving,  569 

Change  of,  7025 

Decisive,  7027 

Desirable,  7028 

Development  of,  570 

Difficulty  of  Changing,  7029 

Elements  of,  7030 

Equanimity  of,  571 

Excellence  of,  572 

Formation  of,  573 

God's  Knowledge  of,  7031 

Good,  7033 

Influence  of,  574,  7033 

Inherited,  575 

Judgment  of,  7034 

Knowledge  of,  576,  7035 

Light  of,  7036 

Materials  for,  7037 

Nature  of,  578 

Power  of,  577 

Remarkable,  579 

Report  of,  580 

Revelation  of,  581 

Secretive,  582 

Similarity  of,  7038 

Sternness  of,  7039 

Strength  of,  583 

Successful,  7040 


Character,  Vacillation  of,  *334 

Value  of,  584 

Vindicating  585 

Weighing,  "*336 
Charge  of  the  Light  Brigade,  *550 
Charities,  Collecting,  7041 

Deposits.  7042 

Small,  7043 
Charity,  Almsgiving,  *337-346 

Apologue  of,  7044 

Christian,  586 

Compulsory,  7045 

Dishonoring,  587 

Ecclesiastical,  588 

Emblem  of,  589 

Grace  of,  *341,  *345 

Heathen,  590,  7048 

Hundredfold  Reward  of,  591 

Immortal,  7046 

Jewish  Apologue  of,  593 

Judging  in,  593 

Knavish,  594 

Legend  of,  595,  7047 

Mistaken,  596 

Present  Duty  of,  7049 

Private,  7050 

Providing  for,  7051 

Reason  for,  597 

Remuneration  of,  598 

Restraint  of,  7053 

Rewarded,  7054 

Rule  of,  599 

Self-denying,  600 

Unequal,  7055 

Valuing.  7056 
Charlemagne's  Burial,  1325 
Charles  XL,  Secret  of,  5236 
Charles  v.,  Anec,  6888,  7591,  7843,  8256,  9343, 

9604 
Charles  IX.,  Anec,  1726,  9696 
Charles  XII.  and  the  Bombshell.  6130 
Charles,  Rev.  T.,  Life  lengthened.  153 
Charlotte,  Princess,  Anec,  5739,  7767 
Charney  and  the  Flower,  6613 
Chase,  Bp.,  and  the  Judge,  7963 
Chasians'  Obedience,  10778 
Chastisement,  Design  of,  601,  7057,  7059 

Use  of,  603 

Views  of,  *347-*349 
Chastisements,  Reception  of,  7057,  7058 
Chastity,  Female.  *350-353.  *779 

Legend  of  St.  Margaret,  603 
Chatham,  Lord,  Promise  to  his  Son,  5913 
Chaucer's  Silence  most  agreeable,  7499 
Cheerfulness  a  Blessing,  7061 

Advantages  of,  604,  7060 

Christian,  605 

Cultivating,  606,  7063 

Enforced,  7064 

Example  of,  607 

Fruits  of,  608,  7063 

Habit  of,  7065 

Influence  of,  *354-356 

in  Misfortune,  609 

Reason  of,  610,  7066 
Chef,  St.,  Intercessor  for  Vienna,  9967 
Chemistry,  Utility  of,  7067 
Chesterfield,  Lord,  3274,  4468,  7235 
Child,  Burying  a,  *357,  *1586 

Cost  of  a,  611 

Faith  of  a,  613 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


521 


Child,  Happy,  613 

Heaven-bound,  7070 

Work  for  a,  615 
Childhood,  Analogy  of,  616 

Beauty  of,  *361,  *371 

Conversion  in,  7072 

Crown  of,  *363 

Devotion  in,  7073 

Haste  with.  7074 

Indulgence  in,  7075 

Innocence  of,  617 

Memories  of,  7076 

Second,  618 
Children,  Advantage  of,  *359,  *365,  619,  620, 
7077 

Advice  to,  *358,  *364 

Biblical  Figures  of,  7078 

Bringing  up,  621,  7100,  7101 

Cliance  for  tlie,  7079 

Clirist  Blessing,  *366,  *367,  *3228-*3230 

Christianity  and,  7081,  7087 

Christ's  Love  for,  *3231,  7080 

Controlling,  7082 

Deaths  of,  *368,  *369,  622-625,  7069 

Destroyer  of,  626 

Discipline  of,  627,  629 

Duties  of,  628,  7084,  7086 

Education  of,  630 

God's  Care  for,  631 

Government  of,  632,  635 

Imagination  of,  7088 

Indiscretion  of,  633 

Influence  of,  614,  634,  641,  7094 

Lesson  from,  *372 

Loss  of,  636,  7104 

Love  of,  637,  7089 

Martyred,  7090 

Members  of  the  Church,  638 

Mother's  Prayers  for,  7091 

Mourning  for,  7092 

Neglect  of,  7093 

Olive-Plants,  639 

Over-trained,  640 

Pleasure  of,  *374 

Prayers  of,  *375,  *377 

Prepare  to  Die,  642 

Providing  for,  643,  644 

Respect  for,  645 

Responsibility  of,  646 

Sacrifice  of,  7097 

Saving  the,  647,  7085 

Self-reliant,  648 

Shielding  the,  649,  7096 

Talents  of,  *376 

Teaching,  7098 

Thankfulness  for,  7099 

Uncontrolled,  7102 

Usefulness  of,  7103 

Value  of,  650 
Children's  Hour,  *59 
Chinnereth,  *3232 
Chivalry,  Knighthood  of,  7105 
Choice,  Consider  thy,  7107 

Nobility  of,  *379 

of  Martius,  651 

Reasonable,  7108 

Results  of,  7109 

Safe,  653 

Wise,  654 
Christ,  Abiding  with,  *380,  *381 

Ability  of,  *382,  *400 


Christ,  Abode  of,  7110 
Accessibility  of,  7111 
Agony  of,  655,  "3233 
All,  7113 

All-sufficiency  of,  7114 
Alone  with,  *383 
Alpha,  656 

Ascension  of,  657,  *3234,  *3235,  7115 
Attachment  to,  658,  7116 
at  the  Door,  678 
at  the  Helm,  691 
Attraction  of,  659 
Attributes  of,  7117 
Banner  of,  7118 
Baptism  of,  *3236,  *3237 
Baptized  with,  661 
Beauty  of,  662 
Birth  of,  *3238,  7119 
Birth-Song  of,  *3239 
Blood  of,  713,  7120-7123 
Bloody  Sweat  of,  7123 
Branches  of,  7124 
Brother,  664 
Burial  of,  *3240 
Calmness  of,  7125 
Care  of,  665 
Cleaving  to,  667 
Clinging  to,  *384 
Commander,  7126 
Communion  with,  668 
Compassion  of,  669 
Confessing,  *385 
Conquests  of,  7127 
Crowned,  1745 
Crowning,  670,  7128 
Crucifixion  of,  *3241 
Crucifying,  7130 
Cure,  671,  716 
Death  of,  672 
Dependence  in,  7188 
Description  of,  673 
Dignity  of,  674 
Divinity  of,  676,  7131 
Elevation  by,  680 
Emblems  of,  681 
Endurance  of,  682 
Enemies  of,  7132 
Equal  with  God,  683 
Exaltation  of,  7133 
Example  of,  *370,  685,  7184 
Excellency  of,  7135 
Figures  of,  7136 
Forsaken,  *3242 
For  the  Sake  of,  7137 
Freedom  by,  7138 
Friend,  686 
Friendship  of,  *387 
Fulness  of,  687,  7139 
Glory  of,  688,  7140 
Grace  of,  7143 
Head,  7144 
Heart  of,  7146 
Heirs  with,  690 
Hiding-place,  692,  7147 
Home  of,  693 
Honoring,  694 
Humiliation  of,  *388 
Hungering  for,  7150 
Image  of,  695 
Immortal.  7152 
Incarnation  of,  696,  7141,  7149,  7199 


522 


GENERAL  AlTD  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


Christ,  Incomprehensible,  7151 
Infancy  of,  *3343 
in  History,  7148 
Intercession  of,  697,  7153 
in  the  Bible,  663 
in  the  Church,  666 
in  the  Heart,  7145 
in  the  Tempest,  *3244 
Invisible,  7112 
Judah's  Lion,  7154 
Judge,  698 

Knocking,  *3245,  *3246,  7156 
Leaning  on,  7158 
Legend  of,  7159 
Life  of,  *386,  *391 
Light  of  the  World,  700,  *3266 
Litany  to,  *392 
Loneliness  of,  *3247 
Longing  for,  7161 
Looking  to,  7163 
Love  of,  703 
Love  to,  7163 
Manifestations  of,  675 
Mercy  of,  7164 
Mighty  to  Save,  7165 
Miracles  of,  7166 
Mirror  of  Truth,  7167 
Mother  of,  ■*3248 
My  Advocate,  *3249 
My  Guest,  *3250 
Name  of,  684,  704,  709 
Nearer  to,  705 
Need  of,  706 
Neglect  of,  707 
None  Cast  Out  by,  7169 
No  Room  for.  *3251 
Not  a  Hard  Master,  7170 
Offices  of,  *394 
Old  Story  of,  *395 
Omniscience  of,  708,  7157 
our  Keep,  7155 
our  Lord,  701 
our  Master,  *393 
Painting  of,  7171 
Partner  with,  710 
Passion  of,  *3253 
Physician,  7173 
Poverty  of,  *3253 
Power  of,  711 
Praise  to,  712 

Preparing  the  Way  of,  7173 
Presence  of,  7174 
Prizing,  7175 
Prophecy  of,  *3254 
Receiving,  7176 
Reflecting,  7177 
Refuge.  714,  7178,  7186 
Rejected,  715 
Resurrection  of,  717,  *3255,  *3256,  *3357, 

7179 
Revelation  of,  7180 
Righteousness  of,  718 
Risen,  *3357 
Rock  of,  719 
Samson  and,  *3258 
Satisfaction  in,  721,  7181 
Saving,  720,  7182 
Scourging,  *3259,  7183 
Seeking  for.  *3260,  *3361,  7184 
Selling,  *398 
Sentence  of,  722 


Christ,  Silence  of,  *3263 

Sin-bearer,  *399 

Smitten,  7187 

Star  of,  *402 

Suffering  for,  724,  7190 

Sufferings  of,  723,  725 

Suggested,  *401 

Superiority  of,  727,  7189 

Support  of,  728 

Sympathv  of,  729 

Teacher,  "7191 

Temptation  of,  *3265,  *3267 

Testimony  to,  *403,  7193 

Thanking,  7193 

The,  *3264 

the  Door,  679 

the  Good  Shepherd,  689 

the  Ladder,  699 

the  Way,  734,  7204 

Third  Temptation  of,  *3267 

Touching,  7194 

Trampling  on,  7195 

Transfiguration  of,  7196 

Trust  in,  7197,  7198 

Union  with,  *404 

Unworldliness  of,  730 

Valuing,  731 

Venturing  on,  7200 

Vicarious  Death  of,  733 

Victory  of,  733 

Visit  of,  7201 

Voice  of,  7202 

Volunteering  for,  7203 

Walking  on  the  Sea,  *3268 

Weariness  of,  *3269 

Weep  not  for,  *3270 

What  think  ye  of,  *3371 

Will  of,  7205 

Wisdom  of,  *3272 

Words  of,  *3373 

Worthiness  of,  *3274,  7206 
Christian,  Almost  a,  735,  7207 

Asleep,  737 

Badge  of  the,  738 

Blessedness  of  the,  7208 

Brevities,  739 

Cheerful,  740,  749,  758,  7209 

Countersign  of  the,  7210 

Detention  of  the,  7211 

Flourishing,  742 

Glory  of  the,  7213 

God-bearing,  7214 

Growth  of  the,  7215 

Happiness  of  a,  743 

in  the  World,  752 

Knowledge  Necessary  to  a,  7216 

Rewarded,  748 

Right  Kind  of,  7218 

Shield  of  the,  7220 

Soldier,  7221 

Three  Eyes  of  a,  7223 

Two  Worlds  of  the,  7224 
Christianity,  Active,  7225 

Advent  of,  753 

Confidence  in,  7226 

Degrees  in.  754 

Diffusion  of,  7227 

Early  Conquests  of,  7228 

Effect  of.  755 

Ethics  of.  756.  7234 

Evidence  of,  7239,  7241 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


523 


Christianity,  Home,  759 

Intellect  and,  7330 

Judging,  760 

Low  Standard  of,  7231 

Mission  of,  7232 

Mocking,  7233 

Mystery  of,  *408 

Nothing  Better  than,  7235 

Objection  to,  762,  7236 

Origin  of,  761,  763 

Permanence  of,  7237 

Philanthropy  of,  7238 

Power  of,  745,  7239 

Primitive,  764 

Progress  of,  *409,  *437,  765,  7240 

Reciprocity  of,  7243 

Resistance  of,  766 

Security  of,  7244 

Shown,  7243,  7245 

Soil  for,  767 

Tested,  7247 

Testing,  768,  7248 

Treatment  of,  7249 

Trophies  of,  7250 

Truth  of,  7251 

Value  of,  769 

Zeal  for,  7253 
Christians,  Abstinence  of,  770 

Advantage  of,  7246,  7253 

Aim  of,  771 

Attendants  of,  7354 

Churlish,  773 

Comfort  of,  7255 

Confidence  of,  773 

Consistent,  774 

Contempt  of,  7356 

Death  of,  741,  *410 

Differences  in,  775 

Disagreements  of,  777 

Dwarfish,  7357 

Emotional,  778 

Endurance  of,  7358 

Fearlessness  of,  *4i  3 

God's  Hidden  Treasure,  7360 

God's  Property,  7261 

Hidden,  779 

Ill-defined,  780,  790 

Inconsistencies  of,  783,  7259,  7363 

Industry  of,  781 

Light  of,  *413,  747,  784,  795 

Making,  7363 

Names  of,  *414,  787 

Neglects  of,  788 

Nobility  of,  *407,  *415,  744,  776,  789,  7319 

Nominal,  751,  786,  791,  7364 

Pagan,  783,  801,  7365 

Peculiar  People,  785,  793 

Periodical,  7266 

Portion  of,  *416,  746,  7317 

Proud,  793 

Purification  of,  794 

Relationship  of,  796 

Rich,  7367 

Riches  of,  7268 

Sealed.  797 

Soul-saving,  798 

Superannuated,  799 

Test  of,  800 

True,  750,  7223 

Waterlogged,  7269 

AVurk  of.  803 


Christian's  Loss  of  his  Burden,  6954 
Christian  Union,  Example  of,  803 

Obstacles  to,  804 

Power  of,  805 

Symbol  of,  7270 
Christina,  Martyrdom  of,  3154 
Christmas  Bells,  *3275 

Day,  *3376 

First,  *3377 

Glory  of,  *417 

Hymns,  *418,  *423,  *3377 

Importance  of,  *419 

Observance  of,  *430 

Offerings  for,  *421 

Return  of,  *432 

The  Nativity,  *3279 
Christopher,  St.,  *906 
Christ's  Entry  into  Jerusalem,  *3363 
Curomatin's  idol,  4966 
Chryses'  Remorse,  4958 
Chrysippus'  Conceit,  11634 
Chrysostom,  Anec.   1006,   3373,  8981,    6150, 

7141,  7765,  10730,  11360,  11700 
Church,  The,  Above  and  Below,  806,  7371 

Ark  of,  *434,  7373 

Arms  of,  7373 

Army  of,  *435 

Assembly  of,  *426 

Attendance  at,  7374 

Attractions  of,  7275 

Baubles  in,  7276 

Betrayal  of,  *427,  *434 

Bride,  428,  7278 

Children  Joining,  807 

Christians  outside  of,  808 

Christ's,  809 

Conduct  in,  *429 

Conquests  of,  7279 

Deliverance  of,  7282 

Dissensions  in,  811,  831,  7283 

Disturber,  812 

Diversity  in,  813,  7284 

Endurance  of,  814 

Enlargement  of,  815 

Expenses  of,  816 

False  Alarm  in,  7285 

Fashionable,  *431 

Figures  of,  7277 

Frozen,  7287 

Fruitful,  817 

Gates  of,  *432 

History  of,  820 

Influence  of,  821,  847 

Invalids  in,  7288 

Joining,  822 

Leader  of,  7289 

Life  of,  823 

Light-house,  *433 

Light  in,  834,  825 

Militant,  826,  7292 

Mission  of,  837,  7297 

Names  of,  828 

of  the  future,  818 

Pillars  of,  839 

Powerless,  7293 

Preaclung,  7294 

Preservation  of,  7295 

Pride  at,  *435 

Pride  in  a,  7296 

Primitive,  *3280 

Protestant,  880 


524 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


Church,  Quiet  of,  7298 

Redemption  of,  *436 

Separatists  from,  7299 

Ship,  832 

Stragglers  from,  833,  834 

Temple  of,  *439 

Tree,  7300 

Trial  of,  835 

Unit^  of,  *440,  836-839 

Victory  of,  7301 

Watch  of,  *441 

"Weakness  of,  840 

Weapons  of,  841 
Churches,  Cultivating,  842 

Dead,  *430,  810,  843,  844,  7281 

Gifts  to,  819,  7280 

Members  of.  845,  7291 

Unsocial,  846 
Churcliill's  Stinginess,  11646 
Churchyard,  Elegy  in  a  Country,  *442 

Hope  for,  *443 

Tabernacles  in,  *444 
Cicero,  Anec,  129,  7455,  7670,  8329,  8908,  9791, 

10844,  11489,  11836 
Cincinnatus'  Occupation,  2716 
Circe,  894 

Circumcision  of  Christ,  The.  *3281 
Circumspection,  Need  of,  850,  7302 
Circumstances,  Adjustment  to,  7303 

Man  the  Creature  of,  7304 

Master  of,  7305 

Sei'vants  of,  7306 
Cisterns,  Broken,  *445 
Cities,  Benefit  of,  7307 

Ignorance  in,  7308 

of  the  Plain.  *2776 
Citizen,  An  American,  848 
Citizen-Saint,  «49 
City,  Celestial,  7309 

Sin  in,  7310 

Work  in  the,  7311 
Civility,  Advantage  of,  851,  852 

Neglected,  7312 

True,  853 
Civilization,  Christianity  and,  854 

Current  of,  7313 

Future,  7314 

Mai-k  of,  855 

Perfected,  *446 

Progi'ess  of,  7315 

Promotion  of,  856 

Triumph  of  *447 
Claims,  False,  7316 
Clark,  Dr.  A.,  Anec,  24,  816.  1445, 1785, 4479, 

4617,  5212,  6091,  8083,  9581 
Claude.  Anec,  8480,  11389 
Clay,  H.,  Anec,  1861,  5115 
Cleanliness,  Advantages  of,  7317 

Experiment,  7318 
Clemency,  Benefit  of,  7319 

Example  of,  857,  7320,  7321 
Clement,  St.,  Miracle  of,  2374 
Cleobis  and  Bitron,  6004 
Cleombrotus'  Suicide,  3191 
Cleon  and  I,  *2525 
Cleon's  Boast  Fulfilled,  6876 
Cleopatra,  Anec,  3004,  6693 
Clergy,  the  Labors  of,  7322 

Office  of,  7323 

Snares  of,  7324 
Clerk,  John,  8793 


Clitus  cuts  off  his  Hand,  9309 

Closet,  The  Importance  of,  858,  7325-7327 

Neglect  of,  859 

Somewhere,  860 

Waiting  in,  *448,  7328 
Cloud  and  Pillar  of  Fire,  *3283 

Mission  of  a,  *449 
Clouds,  Christ  m  the,  *3283 

Transformation  of,  7329,  7330 
Clymene,  117 
Clytie,  Fable  of,  1013 
Cobden,  Work  of,  7040 
Cocaigne,  9328 
Cockburn's  Rule,  6554 
Codes'  Desires,  9601 
Codrus'  Self-sacrifice,  11557 
Coeur  de  Lion  at  his  Father's  Bier,  *889 
Coincidence.  Amusing,  863 

of  Prayer,  864 
Cold,  Effect  of,  7331 
Coleman,  Samuel,  8305 
Coleridge.  Anec,  172,  1788,  4892,  6848,  7499 
Collection,  Making  a,  863 
Collier  and  Fuller,  10292 
Collingwood,  Anec,  8216,  8948 
Collins,  Rev.  T.,  6343,  7274,  7992,  9857, 10459, 
10856 

the  Poet,  6763 
Colors,  Emblematic,  861 
Colton,  C.  C,  11960 
Columbus,  Anec,  596,  1523,  1913,  2716,  7040, 

7997,  9491,  10032,  10305,  10881 
Combe,  Vicissitudes  of,  5576 
Comfort,  Abidine:,  7333 

Greatest,  7333" 

in  Afiliction,  865,  866,  7335,  7337 

Personal,  7334 

Power  of,  867,  868 

Religious,  *450-454 

in  Weakness,  869 
Comforts,  Carnal  and  Godly,  7336 

How  we  lose,  7338 
Comgall,  St.,  walled  about,  11257 
Commandments,  Breaking,  7339,  7340 

Burden  of,  870.  7341 

Disposing  of  the,  7343 

Excellency,  871 

Hedge,  873 

Origin  of,  873 

Penalty  of,  874 

Reasonable,  875 

Rejecting,  7343 

Shortening,  7344,  7345 

Ten,  *455 

Transgressing  the,  876 

Value  of,  7346 
Commendation,  Excessive,  7347 

Use  of,  *456 
Commerce  and  Christianity,  7348 

Demand  for,  877 
Communion,  Benefit  of,  878 

Christian,  457-459,  880,  885 

Close,  881 

Condition  of,  882 

Degrees  of,  *460,  883 

Divine,  879,  7349 

Examples  of,  884 

Open,  7350 

Renewal  of,  7351 

Sacramental,  7353 

Satisfactory,  886 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


525 


Communion,  Use  of,  887 
Companions,  Choice  of,  *461,  *463,  899 

Dangerous,  890,  900,  901,  7357 

Evil,  888,  891,  904,  7354 

gone,  *462 

Influence  of,  892,  894,  896,  902 

Responsibility  for,  895,  897 
Company,  Atmosphere  of,  898 

How  to  please,  7358 

Judged  by,  903,  905 

Memory  of,  906 

Protection  from  evil,  907,  7359 

Public,  7360 

Religious,  908 

Rule  for,  7356,  7361 

Vicious,  *464,  7362 
Comparison,  Influence  of,  909 
Compassion,  Duty  of,  910 

Legend  of,  911 

overcome,  7363 

Practical,  7364 

Self->^acrificing,  7365 

Tears  of,  7366 
Compensation.  Law  of,  *465 

Moral,  *466 

required,  *467 
Competence,  Desirable,  7367 
Competition,  Considerate,  7368 
Complaining,  Habit  of,  912,  7369 

Self,  7370 
Complaint,  *468-471 

Inconsiderate,  913,  7371 

Rubuke  of,  914,  7372 

Useless.  7373 
Complaisance,  Cultivate,  7374 
Compliment  unscriptural,  7375 
Composure,  Philosophic,  7376 
Conceit,  Advantage  of,  7377 

Appearance  of,  *473 

Danger  of,  915,  7379 

Example  of,  7378 

in  Religion,  916 
Concentration,  Final,  *474 
Concession,  Duty  of,  7380 

The  First,  7381 
Concord,  Advantage  of,  917 
Conde,  Duke  of.  Anec,  1121,  7475 
Condemnation,  Dying,  7382 

Freed  from,  7383 

Memento  of,  918 

Record  of,  *475,  7384 
Condition,  Improvement  of,  7385 

Optional,  7386 
Conduct,  Importance  of,  7387 

Propriety  of   919 

Rule  of,  920 
Confessing  Christ,  921-924,  7388-7392 
Confession,  Bar  of,  7393 

Biblical,  7394 

Comfort  of,  926 

Escape  by,  7395 

Feigned,  7296-7298 

Humble,  *476 

Nature  of,  927 

Need  of,  7399 

Reason  for,  920,  929 

Repugnance  to,  930 
Confessional,  Folly  of  the  Romish,  *477,  931, 

932.  7400 
Confidence,  Challenge  of,  934 

Childish,  7401 


Confidence,  Christian,  *478,  *479,  935 

Example  of,  937 

Experience  and,  7403 

Ground  of,  933,  938,  939 

in  Darkness,  936 

Influence  of,  940,  7402,  7405 

Misplaced,  941 

Over,  7404 

Three  Epochs  of,  7406 
Confinement,  Solitary,  7407 
Conflict,  Christian,  944 

Close,  942 

Needful,  943 

Satanic,  945 
Connor,  the  Irish  piper,  10664 
Conscience,  Aberrations  of,  980,  7408,  7417 

Accusations  of,  *480-482,  7409 

Action  of,  7410 

Alarmed,  947,  7434 

Analogue  of,  948,  960 

Apprehension  of,  949,  954,  7414 

Approbation  of,  950,  7418 

Awakened,  951,  983 

Awe  of,  7411 

Biblical  Examples  of,  7412 

Bonds  of.  7413 

Cheating,  952 

Christ  in  the,  7426 

Comfort  3f,  953 

Converted,  7415 

Court  of,  *483,  *486 

Cure  of,  955 

defined,  7416 

Derivation  of,  7419 

Destroying,  *484,  957 

Detection  Ijy,  958 

Diary  of,  *485 

Disordered,  956.  7420,  7435 

Disturbed,  959.  970 

Guilty,  962,  963,  964,  7423 

Heathen,  7424 

Indestructibility  of,  967,  7425 

King,  968 

Libei-ty  of,  7427,  7428 

Obedience  to,  7421,  7429 

Office  of,  969 

Peace  of,  971 

Power  of,  972,  7430 

Protectmg  the,  7431 

Question  of,  7432 

Record  of,  973,  7433 

Remorse  of,  *487-490 

Self -accusing,  946,  974 

Stings  of,  975,  7436 

Terrors  of,  961,  966,  976,  977,  978 

Tortures  of,  7437 

Unenlightened.  979 

Varieties  of,  981,  7422 

Voice  of,  982,  7438 

Warning  of,  984 
Conscientiousness,  Pagan,  7439 
Consciousness,  Interrupted,  7440 
Consecration,  Call  to,  *491 

Covenant  of,  *492,  7442 

Custom  of,  7443 

Duty  of,  986 

Emblem  of,  7444 

Entire,  *493,  987,  7441,  7445 

Faith,  985,  988 

False,  7446 

Life  of,  7447 


526 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX 


Consecration,  Manner  of,  989 

Monastic,  7448 

Offering,  *494,  *495 

Personal,  *496,  990 
Consequences,  Disproportionate,  991 

Rule  of,  992 
Consideration,  Christian,  993 

Importance  of,  995,  996 

Want  of,  7449 

Wisdom  of,  994,  997 
Consistency,  Advantage  of,  7450 

Biblical,  7451 

Brevities,  999 

Christian,  1000,  7454 

Conversational,  1001 

Duty  of,  998,  7453 

Power  of,  1003 

required,  1U03,  7452 

Testimonial  to,  1004 

True,  *497,  1105 
Consolation,  Christian,  *498-503,  1008,  1009, 
7460 

Example  of,  1006,  1007 

Failure  of,  7455 

Form  of,  7456 

Pagan,  7456-7459 

Source  of,  7461 
Constancy,  Advantage  of,  1010 

Duty  of,  1011 

Examples  of,  1012,  1015,  7462,  7463 

Fable  of,  1013 

Friendly,  *504 

Heroic,  1014 

Virtuous,  *505 
Constantine,  800,  1173,  2309,  2469,  4540,  7638, 

8976,  10847,  10923 
Contemplation,  Pleasure  of,  *506,  *507,  1016, 
7467 

Rules  for,  7468 

Subjects  for,  117,  7464-7466 
Contempt,  Nature  of,  1018 

of  the  Truth,  1019 
Contention,  Avoiding,  1020 

Christian,  1021 

Contagious,  1022,  1023 

Occasion  of,  1024 

Rule  for,  7469 

Useless,  1025,  7470 
Contentment,  Aid  to,  7482,  1026 

Argument  for,  1027 

Attainment  of,  1028,  7471 

Benefits  of,  1029,  7472 

Christian,  1030,  7475 

Comfort  of,  1029.  1031 

Condition  of,  7476 

Cultivating,  *509,  7485 

Examples  of,  1032,  1037,  7474,  7478 

Godliness  with,  7479 

Growth  of,  *511 

Imperfect,  7477,  7480 

Natural,  *514,  *518 

Nobility  of,  *513 

Profession  of,  *510,  *512 

Promotion  of,  1036,  1038,  7481,  7483 

Reason  for,  1039,  1040,  7484 

Riches  of,  *515,  1041,  1042 

Satisfaction  of,  1033,  1035,  1037,  1044 

True,  1034,  1045 
Contrition,  Biblical,  7486 

Emblem  of,  1046 

Late,  *516 


Contrition,  Necessity  of,  1047 

Praver  in,  *518 

Resjponse  to,  *517,  *519 

Tears  of,  *520 

Transient,  7488 

True,  *521 
Controversy,    Benefits  of,   1048,    1051,    1053, 
7489,  7490 

Damage  of,  1049,  7491 

End  of,  1050 

Love  of,  7492 

Test  of,  1052 
Conversation,  Ability  in,  7493 

Benefit  of,  1056,  1059,  7494 

Charm  of,  *522,  7500 

Dangerous,  1054 

Deficiency  in,  7496 

Description  of,  1055 

Faults  of,  7497 

Habits  of,  7498,  7499 

Introduction  of,  750i 

Rebuke  of  Vam,  1060 

Record  of,  1061 

Religious,  10ff7,  1058.  1063,  7502 

Rules  for,  *523,  7503 

Stock,  7504 
Conversion,  Age  at,  1063 

Agents  of,  1064,  1067 

Almost,  1065 

Believing  for,  7505 

Biblical,  7506 

Change  in,  1066,  1073,  7507,  7508 

Complete,  7509 

Conquests  of,  7510 

Crime  and,  7513 

Detained  for,  7515 

Different  Ways  of,  7516 

Double,  7517 

Dreams  and,  7518 

Early,  1068.  7519 

Effect  of,  *525 

Evidence  of,  1069,  7520 

Examples  of,  1072,  1080,  1083,  1084,  1087, 
1091,  7511,  7512,  7521,  7523,  7526,  7535, 
7539,  7540 

Experience  of,  1070,  7522 

Fictitious,  1071,  1090 

Figure  of,  *526,  *527,  1085,  7588 

Habits  after,  1074 

Hindrances  to,  1075 

Instantaneous,  1076 

Interest  in,  7524 

Joy  of,  1077,  7525 

Knowledge  of,  7527 

Late,  1078,  7528 

Liberty  in,  7529 

Marks  of,  1079 

Need  of,  *528,  7530 

Occasion  of  a,  7531 

Opportune,  7532 

Preaching  and,  7533 

Primitive,  7534 

Prompt,  1081 

Reality,  1082 

Restraints  of,  7536 

Romish,  1084 

Seeking,  7537 

Sin  after,  1086 

Sound,  1089 

Superficial,  7541,  7550 

Time  of,  7543 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


527 


Conversion,  Transformation  of,  7543 

Unintentional,  7544 

Unwilling,  7545 
Convert,  Aged,  *529 

Enthusiastic,  7547 

Wliitefield's,  7552 
Converts,  Duty  of,  1093 

Joy  over,  7548 

Love  for,  7549 

Persecuted,  7551 

Romisli,  7553 

Service  of,  7554 

Trials  of,  7555 
Conviction,  Agent  of,  1095 

Biblical  Figures  of,  7556 

Description  of,  7558 

Experience  of,  1096,  1097,  7557 

Fear  in,  1098 

Light  in,  1099,  7559 

Means  of,  1100 

Need  of,  1101,  7560    • 

Pardon,  1102 

Quenched,  7561 

Relief  from,  7563 

Repentance  and,  7563 

Resisted,  *531,  1103 

Revelations  of,  1104,  7564 

Salvation  and,  7565 

Siege  of,  7566 

Strife  in,  *532 

Superficial,  1105 

Surrender  to,  *533 

Thorough,  1106 

Treatment  of,  7567 

True,  *534 

Two  Voices  in,  7568 

Unexpected,  7569 
Cook,  J.,  Liberality  of,  8974 
Cook,  Rev.  E.,  Death  of,  7843 
Cookman,  Rev.  Alfred,  Anec,  7519,  7750 
Cooper,  Peter,  Success  of,  6973 

Sir  A.,  Skill  of,  11656 
Copernicus,  Faith  of,  1529 
Cornelia,  Anec,  650,  9686 
Cornelius  the  Clown,  9124 
Corner-stone,  Christ  the,  7570 
Correction,  Duty  of,  1107 

Gracious  Reception,  7571 

Severity  in,  7572 

Submission  to,  1108 

Wisdjm  in,  7573 
Correggio,  a  painter,  1902 
Corruption,  Discovery  of,  7577 

Keeping  down,  7574 

Natural,  1109,  7575 

Original,  *535,  1110 
Power  of,  *335,  *538-541 
Corruptions,  Destruction  of,  7576 

Indulgence  of,  7578 
Cortez,  Anec,  238,  5049,  9090 
Corwin,  Gov.,  Anec,  2869 
Cosmo  and  Damian,  1209 
Cotter's  Saturday  Niglit,  *1269 
Counsel,  Corrupt,  1112-1114,  1117 

Stability  in,  1115 
Trust  in,  1116 
Various,  *542 
Counsellors.  Two,  1118,  1119 
Countess  of  Abingdon,  *3014 
Country,  Home  in  the,  *543 
Courage,  Biblical,  7579 


Courage,  Brevities  1120 

Challenge  of,  *544 

Christian,  *545,  *547-549 

Demanded,  1122 

Examples  of,  1121,1123-1137,7580,7583-7589 

Fear  and,  7581 

Justice  and,  7583 

Military,  *550 

Patriotic,  *551 
Courtesy,  Benevolence  of,  1128 

Effect  of,  *553-554 

Examples  of,  7590 

Importance  of,  1129 

Power  of,  1130  7591 

Similes  of,  1131 
Courtship  and  Marriage,  7592 
Courtship,  Esteem  of,  *555 

False  Notions  of,  1132 

Gravity  of,  556 

Interrupted,  1133 

Mistakes  in,  1134 

Nature  of,  1135 
Covenant,  Comfort  of  the,  593,  7593 

Sign  of  the,  *557 

Types  of  the,  7594 
Covetousncss,  Absorption  of,  7595 

Baseness  of,  7596 

Cornered,  1136,  1142 

Cure  for.  1143 

Em])lems,  1153,  7597 
Evils  of,  1145,  7598 
Fatal,  *538-541,  1146 
Folly  of,  1139,  1147,  7600 
Fruitlessuess  of,  1141,  7601 
Greed  of,  1144,  1149 
No  Cure  for,  1138,  7602 
Penalty  of,  1150,  7599,  7603,7604 
Poverty  of,  1151 
Prevalence  of,  1152 
Rebuke  of,  7605 
Snare  of,  7606 
Unhappiness  of,  1140,  1154 
Cowardice,  Ashamed  of,  7607 
Confessed,  *563 
Danger  of,  1155 
Moral,  1156,  7611 
Penalty  of,  7610 
Religious,  7611 
Safety  of,  *563 
Sight  of,  1157 
Cowper,  Anec,  1077,  6809,  7511,  7557,  11373 
Cox.  Melville  B.,  10595 
Cradle  Song,  *1956 

Cranmer,  Anec,  165,  1732,  1887,5229 
Crassus'  Avarice,  7603 
Crates'  Fear  of  Gold,  6159 
Creation,  Attraction  of,  *565 
Benevolence  in,  7613 
Blight  of,  *566 
Cathedral  of,  *567 
Chain  of,  *219,  *220,  *568 
Chaos  at,  *569 
Comfort  from,  7613 
Commanding,  7614 
Conservation  of,  *570 
Continual  Miracle,  7615 
Description  of  the,  *571 
Desitrn  in,  1158 
Gems  of,  *573 
God  in,  *574 
Government  of,  7616 


528 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


Creation,  Lesson  of,  1159 

Magnitude  of,  1160,  7617 

Order  in,  1161 

Provisions  of,  7618 

Psalm  of,  *575 

Voice  of,  *372,  *576 

Work  of,  *577,  116:3 
Creator,  Evidence  of  a,  7619 

Praise  to  tlie,  *578 

Question  of  tlie,  7620 

Reasoning  witli  the,  1163 

Remember  Tliy,  7621 
Credulity,  Danger  of,  *579 

Folly  of,  1164,  7622 

Ignorant,  1165,  1166 
Creed,  Apostles',  *580 

The  First,  *581 
Cressinus'  Witchcraft,  1542 
Cretans  "  Slow  Bellies,"  10611 
Crichlon,  J.,  7119,  10194 
Crime,  Avenged,  7623 

Beginning  of,  1167 

Bible  and^  7624 

Cause  of,  7625 

Expiating,  7626 
Criminals,  Unreliability  of,  1168 
Crises,  Eventful,  7627 

Important,  7628 

Mementos  of,  7629 
Crisis,  American,  7630 

Life's,  7631 

Nation's,  *582 

Soul,  *583,  *584 

The  Present,  *286,  *1793,  *2406,  *2966 
Critic,  The,  *585,  *586 
Criticism,  Check  to,  7632 

Conceited,  1169 

Fable  of,  1170 

Ignorant,  1171 

Laws  of,  *587 

Muddy,  7633 

Personification,  7634 

Rule  for,  7635 

Qualities  of,  7636 
Croesus,  Anec,  1804.  3604,  5103,  6004 
Cromwell,  Anec,  1123,  1668,  2716,  5395,  7064, 

7276,  8328,  8605,  10334 
Cross,  The.  *3285,  *3286 

All-sufficiency  of,  7637 

Apparition  of,  7638 

Attraction  of,  *3284 

Bearing,  *588,  7639 

Benefit  of,  *589 

Burden  of,  1173 

Changed,  *591 

Christ's,  1174 

Clinging  to,  7640 

Contidence  in,  *593 

Conslantine's,  1173 

Cures  of,  *593 

Denial  and,  7641 

Discovery  of,  1175 

Fall  and  Recovery  by,  *5D4 

Fighting  under,  1176 

Glory  of,  *595.  7643 

Glorying  in,  1178,  7643 

Heraldic,  1178 

Hope  in,  *596,  7648 

Humility  and,  1179  * 

Index  of,  7644 

Legend  of,  7646 


Cross,  Offence  of,  1181 

Our  Sins  on,  7652 

Power  of  the,  1182,  7647,  7649,  7651 

Preaching,  1183 

Pre-eminence  of,  *597 

Prizing,  1184 

Refuge  of,  7650 

Rejoicing  at,  *598 

Remember,  *599 

Significance  of,  1185 

Soldiers  of,  7653 

Taking,  *600,  7654 

Traces  of,  7655 

Under,  *601 

Use  of,  1186,  7656 

Victory  of.  7657 

Viewing,  *603 

Way  of,  *603 

Yesterday's,  *604 
Crosses,  Badges,  1187 

Compensation  for,  *605 

Exclianging,  1188 

How  to  Bear,  1189 

Lesson  of,  1190 

Parting  with,  1191 

Prized,  1192 

Satisfaction  with,  1193 
Crown,  Condition  of,  1194 

Estimating  a,  1195 

Incorruplible,  1196,  7659 

Jewelled.  1197 

Legend  of  the,  1198 

Lost,  1199 

of  Thorns,  The,  *3287 

Race  for  a,  1200 

Reward  of  the,  7660 

A  Starless,  *606 
Crowns,  Distribution  of,  7661 

Expecting,  7662 

Jewelled  ,"7663 
Crucifixion,  The,  *3290,  *3291,  *3293 

Agony  of,  *607 

Application  of,  7664 

Cause  of,  *608 

Christ's,  *3288-3293 

Contemplatinsr,  *609 

Cruelty  of,  7665 

Description  of  a,  1201 

Impression  of,  1202,  7666,  *610,  *616 

Lessons  of,  *611 

Litany  of.  *613 

Miracles  at,  *613 

Mystery  of,  *614 

Realized,  1203 

Saved  by,  *615 

Scene  of,  *3289 
"Crucify  Him!"*3293 
Cruden,  A.,  died  kneeling,  7815 
Cruel.  Death  of,  7668 
Cruelty,  Examples  of,  1204-1208,  7669-7677 

Punishment  of,  1205 

Result  of,  1206 

Selfishness  and,  1207 

Unchristian,  1208 
Cry  of  the  Human,  *1878 
Culture,  Intellectual,  7680 

Surface,  7681 
Cumberer,  Thoughts  of  a,  7688 
Cumniing,  Dr.,  10311        • 
Cup,  Overflowing,  7683 

Tasting,  7684 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


529 


Curatii  and  Horatii,  1596 
Cure  for  Melancholy,  *18 
Cure,  Marvellous,  1209,  7685,  7686 
Curiosity,  Danger  of,  1210,  7687 

Defined,  7688 

Influence  of,  *617 

Objects  of,  1212 

Restlessness  of,  1211,  1213 

Scope  of,  1214,  7689 

Ubiquitous,  7690 
Currus,  Marius,  Contentment  of,  7481 
Curse,  Bitter,  *618 

Primal,  *619 

Sinner's,  7691 
Curses,  Biblical,  7692 

Causeless,  7693 

Danger  of,  1215 

Divine,  7694 

Human,  7695 

Oriental,  1216 

Reflex,  7696 
Curtius'  Self-sacrifice,  4348 
Custom,  *620-623 

Compliance  with,  7697 

Tyranny  of,  1217 
Cynegyrus,  Persistence  of,  3065 
Cynic,  Description  of  a,  1218 
Cyprian,  Anec,  1393,  1637,  7190,  10736 
Cyril  and  Methodius,  3176 
Cyril,  Child  Martyr,  6241 
Cyrus,  Anec,  *1617,  3706,  3885,  5091,,  6337, 
6440,  7368,  8896,  8979,  9017,  11486 

Daedalus,  Anec,  113,4930 
Dagon  Re-enthroncd,  *524 
Daher  and  Naber,  587 
D'Alembert  and  Arago,  10964 
Damage,  Repairing,  1219 

Resisting,  1220 
Damocles,  Sword  over,  3044 
Damon  and  Pythias,  2409 
Dancing,  Culture  of,  1221,  7701 

Eternity  and,  1223 

Evil  Influence  of,  1224,  1227,  7698,  7699 

Gloomy,  1226 

History  of,  7701 

Prohibition  of,  7702,  7703 

Rebuked,  1228.  1232 

Slander  or,  1229 

Snare  of,  1230 

Unsafe,  1225,  1231 
Dandy,  Description  of  a,  7704 
Danger,  Advantage  of,  1233,  1242 

Approaching,  1234 

Avoid,  1235,  1236,  7711 

Confidence  in,  7705 

Dreams  of  Safety  in.  1237,  1239 

Everywhere,  1244,  7707,  7708 

Fleeing  from,  1240.  7706 

Greatest,  1241,  7723 

Influence  of,  1238,  1242,  7725 

Insufficient  Protection  from,  7710, 7713,7715 

Proverbs,  1243 

Reckless  of,  7709,  7712,  7714 

Unlikely,  7719 

Unseen,  7720.  7724 

Valley  of,  1245,  7718 

Vows  in,  7721 

Warning  of,  *624,  1246,  7723 
Daniel,  *3294,  *3295 

Deliverance  of,  *3296 


Daniel,  Fidelity  of,  *3297 
in  Captivity,  *3298 
in  the  Den  of  Lions,  *3299 

Prayers  of,  *3300 

Prophecy  of,  11245 
Tradition  of,  7726 
Daniel's  Band,  *3301 
Dante,  Learning  of.  10194 
Darius,  Anec,  8358,  9220 
Dark  Ages,  Ignorance  in,  7727 
Darkness,  Biblical,  7728 

Curtaia  of,  *626 

Dread  of,  1249 

Emblematical,  1250 

in  Death,  1248 

Influence  of,  7729 

Inner,  1251 

Need  of,  7730 

Outer,  1252 

Power  of,  1253 

Regenerated,  1254 

Scattered,  *627,  *628 

Spiritual,  *625,  *629,  7731 
Dartmouth's  Devotion,  10643 
Daughter,  Address  to  a,  *630 

Conduct  of  a,  7732 
Davenport,  Col.,  and  the  Dark  Day,  1677 
David,  Call  of,  *3302 

Character  of,  *631 

Choice  of,  *3303 

Death  of,  *3304 

Error  Concerning,  7733 

Excellence  of,  7734 

Exploits  of,  *3305 

Five  Smooth  Stones  of,  *3306 

Goliath  and,  *3307,  *3308 

Grief  of,  *3309 

Harp  of,  *3310 

in  Saul's  Armor,  *146 

Legend  of,  11060 

Numbering  the  People,  *3311 

Offering  of,  *3312,  *3313 

Psalms  of,  *632,  *3314 

Victories  of,  *633,  *3315 
David's  Parable,  5935 

Race,  4846 
Da  Vinci,  Death  of,  10013 
Davy,  Rev.  W.,  Perseverance,  10974 
Dawson,  Anec,  8167,  11108 
Day,  Accounting  for  a,  7735 

Beautiful,  *634 

Beginning  the.  *635 

Closing  the,  *636 

Kinds  of,  *638 

Life's,  1255 

Living  bv  the,  1256 

of  the  Lord  at  Hand,  *3316 

Question  for  each,  *640 

Rainy,  *641 

Wishing  for  the,  *3317 
Daybreak,  *637 
Day  of  Grace,  Emblem  of  the,  1357 

for  Every  Man,  1258 

Neglecting  the,  1259,  7737 
Day  of  Judgment,  *642,  *643 
Days,  Computation  of,  7738 
Lost,  *639,  *644 
Old,  *645 
Dead,  The  Blessed,  *646,  *664,  7739 
Burning,  7740 
Censuring,  *647 


530 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


Dead,  Communion  with,  1260 

Dirge  for,  *648 

Fear  of,  7741 

Glory  of,  *650 

Grief  for,  *651 

Happiness  of,  *652 

Honors  to,  7742 

Invoking,  *653 

Mantles  of,  *654 

Memorials  of,  *655 

Memory  of  the,  *649,  *656,  *661 

Message  to,  *657,  1261 

Mother,  *658 

Nearness  to,  1263 

Number  of,  *659 

Raising,  7743 

Reviving,  7744 

Secret  of,  *660 

State  of,  *663 

Unburied,  1264 

Unchangeable,  7745 

Unconsciousness  of,  7746 

Voices  of,  *665 

Weep  not  for,  *666 

Where  are?  *662 

Yet  Speaking,  1263,  7747 
Deaf  and  Dumb  Healed,  *3318 
•  Death,  Activity  in,  1265 

Adam's  Vision  of,  *668 

a  Departure,  1287 

Admonition  of,  7748 

a  Ferry-Boat,  7791 

Agents  of,  *669 

Allegory  of,  1266 

Angel  of,  *670,  1267 

an  Inquisitor,  1313 

Anxiety  About,  1269 

a  Penalty,  1333 

Appearance  of,  1270 

Approach  of,  *672,  *682,  1271 

a  Sleep,  1350 

A  Strange,  1353 

at  all  Times,  1361 

a  Thief,  1359 

a  Transfer,  1362 

Avarice  in,  7751 

Beautiful,  *1272,  *1273,  7752 

Bells  Ringing  at,  7753 

Best  Time  for,  *674 

Biblical  Figures  of,  7754 

Birth  and,  *675 

Blessingiof,  1274 

Bribeless,  *676,  1275 

Certainty  of,  *678,  1276,  1328,  1367,  7757, 
7809,  7827,  7835 

Chamber  of,  *679 

Change  of,  1277,  7758,  7759 

Children's,  *667,  *671,  1278,  7761 

Child's  Ideas  of,  7762 

Christian,  1280 

Comfortable,  1281 

Comfort  in,  *681,  1282,  7766,  7772 

Commission  of,  *683 

Conflict  with,  1283 
'    Condition  of  an  Easy,  7767 

Conquered,   *684,  *734.  *991,    1284,    1354, 
1363,  1364,  1371,  7775,  7884 

Conqueror,  *685,  *733 

Consolation  with,  1285 

Contemplating,  *686 

Contrast  in,  7769 


Death,  Converted  Heathen's,  7770 

Conviction  from,  7771 

Courage  at,  7773 

Court  of,  *687 

Cowards  or  Fools,  at,  7774 

Day  of,  1286 

Desolations  of,  1288 

Diversities  in,  7776,  7777 

Dread  of,  7778 

in  Duty,  1289 

Early,  7749,  7779 

Emblem  of,  1290 

Empire  of,  *690 

Empty  Hands  in,  7780 

Entertaining,  1291 

Entrance  to  Happiness,  7781 

Equality  in,  *691,  1292 

Everywhere,  7782 

Evidences  in,  7783 

Excellency  of,  1293 

Expecting,  *692,  *735,  1356,  1372,  7784 

Exposure  to,  7785 

Faithful  till,  7786 

Faith  in,  1294,  7768 

Farewell  in,  7787 

Fearless  of,  1296,  7788 

Fear  of,  1295.  7789 

Feelings  at,  7790 

Fletcher's,  7792 

Forewarned  of,  7793 

Forgotten,  *695 

Freedom  by,  1298,  7821.  7859 

Friends  in,  7794 

Fruits  of,  *696 

Gain  by,  *697,  1299,  7795 
•    General  Interest  in,  7796 

Glorious,  1303,  7798 

God  with  us  in,  1304 

Graduation,  1305 

Habit  in,  7799,  7848 

Halt,  1306 

Happiness  after,  1307,  7800 

Happy,  *698,  7760,  7801 

Health,  1309 

Heathen  View  of,  *699,  1310,  7802 

Highest  Summons,  1311 

Hopeless,  7804 

Horrible,  7805 

Horror  of,  *694,  *701 

Humility  in,  7806 

Hymn  to,  *703 

Ignorance  of  the  Time  of,  7807 

Imminent,  1312 

Impartial,  *691,  *704 

Individual,  7808 

Influence  of,  7810 

Insensibility  to,  1314 

Instantaneous,  7811 

Invitation  of.  *677,  *705,  *985 

Joy  in,  *724,  1315,  1342,  7813,  7814,  7858 

Jubilee,  1316 

Kneeling  in,  7815 

Knell  of,  7816 

Lamenting.  7818 

Land  of,  7819 

Legend  of,  7820 

Lesson  of,  1317 

Life  and,  *706 

Life  in,  1318,  7822 

Life  from,  *707 

Limit  of,  *709 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


531 


Death,  Longing  for,  *G88,  *710,  *973,  7825 
Looking  to  Christ  in,  7826 
Marlis  of,  1321,  7828 
Meditating  on,  1322,  7829 
Memento  of,  *711 
Mental  Enlargement  in,  7831 
Messenger,  1323 
Mighty,  1324 
Mindful  of,  7832 
Mockery  of,  1325 
Mountains  of,  7833 
Mystery  of,  *712,  1326 
Nature  of,  *713,  *716 
Nearness  to,  1327 
Non-existence  of.  *680,  *714,  974 
not  Annihilation,  1268 
No  Warning  of,  *715 
Occupation  and,  7838 
of  a  Senator,  1348 
of  Little  Nell,  7823 
of  Little  Paul,  7824 
of  the  Old  Year,  *2388 
Painless,  1330,  7797,  7856 
Parting  at,  7840 
Patriotic,  7841 
Pause  Before,  7843 
Peaceful,  1331,  1332,  7844 
Personification  of,  7845 
Physical,  *717,  7846 
Picture  of,  7847 
Place  of,  1334 
Port  of,  *718 

Postponement  of,  *673,  *719,  7834 
Postscript  in,  1335 
Power  of,  1336, 
Premature,  *689,  *720 
Premonitions  of,  1337,  7849 
Preparation  for,  1338,  7850,  7851 
Presence  of,  *721 
Providence  in,  *693,  *723 
Purifier,  7853 
Putting  off,  7853 
Questions  of,  7854,  7855 
Readiness  for,  *723,  1839 
Region  of,  1341 
Regret  in,  7857 
Repentance  at,  1343 
Repulsiveness  of,  *725 
Resurrection  from,  1345 
Review  at,  7860,  7861 
Royalty  at,  7862 
Ruling  Passion  in,  1820,  7868 
Sayings  in,  7864 
Scoffer's,  1347 
Sermon  on,  7865 
Shrinkage  bv,  7866 
Shrinking  from,  *726 
Simplicity  in,  7867 
Sin  in,  1349 
Solemnity  of,  7868 
Song  in,  *727 
Spiritual,  7869 
Spoiled,  *728 
Sting  of,  1353 
Stream  of,  *729 

Sudden,  *730,  1355,  1357,  7870,  7880,  7881 
Temporary,  1858 
Temptations  in,  7873 
Terrors  in,  *732,  7878 
Time  of,  *702,  1860,  7874 
The  First,  1397,  7791 


Death,  to  the  Righteous,  1346 

Type  of,  7879 

Unclouded,  1365 

Unpleasing,  7836,  7882 

Unprepared  for,  1329,  1866,  1369,  7837 

Unselfishness  in,  7883 

Vacation,  1370 

Vicarious,  7885 

Views  at,  7887 

Voice  from   7888 

Vow  at,  7889 

Warning  of,  7890 

Welcoming,  1319,  1373,  7756,  7891 

Worldlinff^s  View  of,  7764,  7892 

Wounds  of,  *736 

Wretched,  1374 

Young  Sceptic's,  1375 
Death-bed,  Revelations  of  the,  7893 
Death  of  Christ,  *737,  *738,  1876,  1877,  7894, 

7895 
Debate,  Useless,  *739 
Deborah,  Song  of,  *3319 
Debt,  Avoid,  1378,  1383 

Brevities,  1380 

Cancelled,  *740 

Christian's,  *741 

Danger  of,  1381 

Exemption  from.  7896 

Payment  of,  7897,  7901 

Relief  from,  1383,  7898 

Unpaid,  1384,  7899 
Debtor,  Great,  *3320 

Lamentation  of  a,  7900 

Ungrateful,  1385 
Debtors,  The  Two,  *3331,  *3323 
Decalogue,  The  World's,  «743 
Decay,  Example  of,  7903 

General,  *743,  *744 

Law  of,  7903 

Moral  of,  *745 
Deceit,  Business,  1386 

Detection  of,  7904 

Emblems  of,  7905 

Fable  of,  7906 
Deception,  Fatal,  7907 

Life's,  *749 

Self,  7908 

The  World's,  *748,  *751,  1387 
Decision,  Christian.  1389,  1897,  1400,  7911 

Circle  for,  7910 

Examples  of,  1392,  1393,  7913,  7915 

Importance  of,  *752,  7913 

Manly,  1388,  1391,  1395,  1396 

Missionary,  7914 

Overcome,  1390,  7916 

Power  of,  1394,  1398 

Profession  of,  1399 

Promptitude  in,  7917 

Reward  of,  7918 

Success  of,  1401,  7919 

Symbol  of,  7920 
Decrees,  Book  of,  *753 

Disputing  about,  7921 

Mystery  of,  7923 
Dedication,  Biblical,  7933 
Deed,  Motherly,  1408 
Deeds,  Kind,  1403,  1404,  1406 

Evil,  *754 

Indelible,  *755 

Judged  by,  1405 

Memory  of  Good,  1407 


532 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


Deeds,  Monumental,  1408 

Prayer  of,  *756 
Defeat,  Providential,  7924 
Defects,  Boasting  of,  7935 
Defence,  Armor  for,  1409 
God  our.  *757,  *758 
Hedge  of,  7926 
Instinct  of,  7927 
Invisible,  1410 
Strange,  1411 
The  Lord  our,  7928 
Useless,  7929 

Wall  of,  7930 
Defilement,  Biblical,  7931 
De  Foe,  Daniel,  2716 
Degeneration,  Human,  7932 
Degradation,  Pagan,  7933 
Degraded,  The  Hope  of,  *759 

Labor  for,  1412,  1413 

Morally,  1414 

Renovation  of,  7934 

Transformation  of,  7935 
Degiees,  History  of,  7936 

Mercenary,  7937 
Deicolus,  Always  Smiling,  7066 
Deity,  Address  to,  *760 

Emblem  of,  1415 

Footsteps  of,  7938 

Incomprehensible,  *761 

Inferring,  *762 

Ode  to,  *763 

Omnipresence  of,  7939 

Praise  of,  *764 

"World  without,  7940 

Worship  of,  *765 
Dejanira's  Charm,  2753 
Delauro,  Influence  of,  4494 
Delay,  Danger  of.  1416, 1426,  7941 

Excuses  for,  1417 

Fatal,  *766,  *767,  1418,  7942,  7947 

Folly  of,  *768,  *771,  1419,  7943 

Habit  of,  1420.  7944 

Inexcusable,  *769,  *770 

Influence  of,  1423,  1428 

Lessons  of,  1421.  1424,  1425 

Presumption,  1437 

Propensity  to,  7945 

Risking,  7946 

Warning  of,  1422,  1429 

Youthful,  7948 
Deliberation,  First,  1430 

Importance  of,  1481 

Proverbs,  1432 

Rule  for,  7949 
Delilah,  Fame  of,  *3323 
Deliverance,  Improvement  of,  7950 

Memento  of,  7952 

Praise  for,  1433 

Providential,  1434,  7952,  7953 

Sinner's,  1435 

Transport  of,  7954 
Deliverer,  Beholding  the,  1436 
Deluge,  The,  *3325 

Awaiting,  *772 

Description  of,  7955 

Destruction  by,  *774,  *775 

Escape  from,  *3324 

Extent  of,  *776 

Provocation  of,  *777 

Tokens  after,  *3326 

Tradition  of,  *778 


Delusion,  Destructive,  7956 

Sinner's,  7957 

Worldly,  1437 
Demand,  Supply  and,  7958 
Demaretus,  Anec,  6455,  8068,  11691 
Demas,  Course  of,  8768 

Demetrius,  Anec,  2430,  7571,  9606,  9839,11174 
Democritus,  Anec,  1214,  6294 
Demoniac  of  Capernaum,  *3327 

Restoration  of  a,  *3328,  7959 
Demons,  Legend  of,  1438 

Legion  of.  Cast  Out,  *3329 
Demostlienes.   Anec,  253,  2435,  2716,  2807, 

6316,  4669.  6355,  7522,  8915,  10845 
Denades,  the  Liar,  3751 
Denominations,  Abolition  of,  7962 

Advantage  of,  1441,  1442 

Diverse,  *781 

Fellowship  of,  1440,  1443 

in  Heaven,  1444,  7964 

Love  of,  1445 

Result  of,  1446 

Traits  of,  1439,  7963 

Unity  of,  *782 

War  among,  7965 
Denton,  Apostasy  of,  164" 
Denton's  Description  of  Water,  5985 
Dependence,  Benefit  of,  7966 

Daily,  *783 

Hatred  of.  *784,  *785 

Human,  1447 

Material,  1448 

Omnipotence  of,  1449 

Refuge  for,  1450 

Self,  1451 

Spiritual,  *786 

Support  in,  7967 

Universal,  7968 
Deportment,  Rules'for,  1452,  7969 
Depravity,  Admission  of,  7970 

Confession  of,  *787,  *788 

Course  of,  7972 

Conviction  of,  1453,  1459,  1467 

Corruption  of,  1454,  7971 

Debt  of,  *789 

Development  of,  *790,  *791 

Doctrine  of,  1456,  7977 

Emblem  of,  1457,  1463,  1468 

Enmity  of,  1455,  1458 

Evidences  of,  7973,  7974 

Fact,  1461 

Fear  of.  1462 

General,  *793 

Innate,  1464,  1465,  7975 

Parable  of,  7976 

Physician  for,  *792,  *795 

Power  of,  1466 

Record  of,  *794 

Tests  of,  1469 

Total,  1460,  1470 

Unconsciousness  of,  *796,  1471 
De  Quincey's  Computation,  10217 
De  Renty,  M.,  384 
De  Retz  and  Chigi,  3936 
Descartes'  Lunacy,  10259 
Desert,  A  Vision  in  the,  *3330 

Journeying  in  the,  *3331 

Springs  in  the,  *3332 

The  Flower  in  the,  *3333 
Desertion,  Spiritual,  7978 

Thought  of,  *797 


GENERAL  AKD  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


533 


Design,  Evidence  of,  *798 

Fruitless,  *799 

Fruits  of,  *799,  *800 
Designer,  Omnipotent,  7979 
Designs,  Fate  of  Evil,  1473 

Penalty  of,  1473 
Desire,  Effects  of,  *801,  *802,  *804-807 

Holy,  *803,  *808 

Ungratified,  1474 
Desires,  Government  of,  *980 

Gratification  of,  7981 

Growth  of,  1475 

Heavenly,  1476 

Moderate,  1477 

Passions  and,  1478 

Power  of,  1479 

Proverbs,  1480 

Selfish,  7983 

Worldly,  1481 
Desolation,  Despairing,  *809,  *810 

Social,  *811 
Despair  Arrested,  7983 

Cry  of,  *813 

Cure  for,  7985 

Death  of  Giant,  1483 

Dishonors  God,  7986 

Hopeless,  *815 

Evils  of,  *813,  *814,  1482,  1484,  7984,  7987 

Never,  1485,  1486,  7988 

Overcome,  *817,  *818,  7989 

Religious,  *816,  1487 

Victim  of,  *819 

Weakness  of,  1488 
Despondency,  Cause  of,  1489 

Cure  for,  *831,  *835,  *828,  7990.  7992 

Discard,  *820,  *823,  *823 

Fatal  Result  of,  1490 

Genius  and,  7991 

Hill  of,  *834 

Philosophy  of,  *836 

Prayer  in,  *837 
Destiny,  Human,  *830 
Destruction,  Dream  of,  *831 

Easy,  7993 

Personal,  1491,  1493 

Responsibility  of,  1493 
Detection,  Example  of,  *833,  7995 

Sure,  1494,  7994,  7996 
Determination,  Example  of,  7997 

Firm,  *833 

Penitential,  *834 
Detraction,  Curse  of,  1495,  7998 

Harvest  of,  7999 

Honor  of,  8000 

Meanness  of,  *835,  1496 

Rebuked,  1497 
Deucalion,  2314 
Development,  Animal,  8001 

Law  of,  1499,  8003 
Deviation,  Danger  of,  1498 
De  Vigny's  Poem,  6707 
Devil,  a  Bishop,  1501 

Answer  to,  1500 

Complaints  of,  8003 

Deceit  of,  1503 

Defeat  of,  1503 

Fear  of,  *836 

Image  of,  8004 

Kiss  of,  8005 

Origin  of,  *837 

Overcome,  8006,  8008 


Devil,  Resist,  8007 

Rewards  of,  1505 

Schemes  of,  1507 

St.  Anthony  and,  1506 

Symbol  of,  1508 

Transformed,  8009 

Traveller,  *838,  1509 

Work  of,  1510,  8010 

Worship  of,  8011 
Devils,  Conflict  with,  *839,  1504 

Guard  of,  8013 

Incarnate,  1511 

Worship  of,  *840 
Devotedness,  Heathen,  1519 

Ministerial,  1520 
Devotion,  Absence  of,  *841 

Acceptable,  1512 

Advantacre  of,  8013,  8014,  8028 

Ardent,  *842,  *848 

Constant.  *843 

Enemies  to,  8015 

Example  of,  1515,  8016,  8031 

Filial,  1513 

Fire  of,  8017 

Glory  of,  8018 

Impaired,  8019,  8033 

Interruption  of,  8030 

Obstruction  to,  *845 

Office  of   1516 

Ostentatious,  *846 

Prayer  of,  *847,  8034 

Private,  8033,  8035,  8039 

Propensity  to,  *850,  8036 

Quality  of,  1517 

Temple  of,  *849 
Diagoras  Dies  for  Joy,  10035 
Diamond,  Peculiarity  of  the,  8030 

Value  of  the,  8031 
Diana,  Anec,  1136,  4138,  7896,  8633 
Diazius  Kills  his  Brother,  6943 
Dickinson,  J.,  Confidence  in,  574 
Diderot  and  the  Bible,  6793 
Die,  Why  will  you?  8033 
Dies  Irae,  *643 
Difficulties,  Allegory  of,  1521 

Avoiding,  1523 

Biblical,  8033 

Discipline  of,  1534,  1535,  1530,  8035 

Look  Aloft  in,  1528 
Difficulty,  Miracles  of,  8036 

Overcoming,    1533,   1526,  1527,  1539,  1531, 
1533,  8034 
Dignity,  Burden  of,  *851,  *853 
Diligence,  Approved,  1533,  1534 

Blessing  upon,  8037 

Evil,  8038 

Example  of,  1535,  1539,  1540,  8039,  8040 

Explained,  1536 

Motives  to,  1537 

Power  of,  1538,  8041 

Triiunph  of,  1541 

Witchcraft  of,  1543 
Diodes'  Regard  for  Law,  10174 
Diocletian,  Abdication  of,  6148 
Diogenes,  Anec,  1037,  1425,  3042,3801,  4669, 
4673,  5080,  6050,  7483.  8341,  8756,  8830, 
9954,  10490,  10967,  11904 
Dionysius,  Anec,  1909,  3353,  8661,8697,9724 
Disagreements,  Advantage  of,  8043 

Cause  of,  8043 
Disappointment,  Benefit  of,  *853,  *855 


534 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


Disappointment,  Blight  of.  *854,  *859,  *863 

Endurina;,  1543 

Fable  oC  8045 

General,  *856,  *857,  *863 

Love's,  *858 

Providential,  8046 

Severe,  *861,  8047 

True  View  of,  *860,  1544 
Disbelief,  Ignorance  and,  8044 
Disciples,  Last  Command  to,  *3120,  *3335 

Sleeping,  *3334 
Discipline,  Analogy  of,  8048 

Benefit  of,  *864,  1545,  1546 

Design  of,  *865,  *867,  8054,  8056 

Example  of,  1547.  8049,  8051 

Intention  of,  1548,  8050,  8055 

Object  of,  *873,  1549,  8053 

Peace  in,  *868 

Personal,  8052 

Power  of,  1550 

Prayer  for,  1551 

Refuge  in,  *866,  *870 

Sculpture  of,  *869,  *871 

Severe,  1552 

Weary  of,  *872 
Discontent,  Absurd.  1555,  8057,  8063 

Constant,  *874,  8058 

Cured,  *875,  1553,  8059 

Delusion  of,  8060 

Disease  of,  *876 

General,  *877-879,  1556 

Growth  of,  *880 

Incurable,  8063 

Misery  of,  8064 

Punished,  1554 

Reproof  of,  8065 
Discontentment,  Fable  of,  1557 

Simile  of,  1558,  8061 
Discord,  Effect  of,  8066 

Fable  of,  1559 

Forgetting,  8067 

Human,  *881-883 

Offence  of,  1560,  8068 

Unchristian,  1561 
Discouragement,  Cured,  1562,  1564 

Groundless,  1563 

Prayer  in,  *884 
Discoveries,  Accidental,  8069 
Discovery,  Joy  of,  1565,  8070 

of  Sin,  1566 
Discretion,  Importance  of,  *885,  1567,  8071 

Test  of,  1568 
Discussion,  Advantage  of,  8073 

Disastrous,  1570 

Rule  for,  8073 

Trivial,  1572 
Disease,  Cause  of,  8074 
Disenchantment,  Process  of,  *886 
Dishearteners,  Guilt  of,  8075 
Dishonesty,  Excuse  for,  *887 

Greed  of,  8076 

Paltry,  1573 

Penalty  of,  8077,  8079 

Revelation  of,  8078 

Ways  of,  1574 
Dishonor,  Perpetuity  of,  *888 
Disinterestedness,  Examples  of,  1575,8080,8081 
Disobedience,  Filial,  8083 

Overcome,  8082,  8084 

Propagation  of,  1577 

Result  of,  *889,  1576,  1578 


Disobliging,  Punishment  of,  8085 
Dispatch,  Kinds  of,  8086 
Disposition,  Varieties  of,  8087-8090 
Disputant,  Ready,  *890 
Disputation,  Patience  in,  8091 

Self-control  iu,  8092 
Disputatiousness,  Youthful,  8093 
Disputes,  Ecclesiastical,  8094 

Settlement  of,  8095 
Disquiet,  General,  *891,  *893 
Disraeli,  Anec,  1564,  6028 
Dissatisfaction,  Brevities,  1579 

Cause  of.  *893-895,  1580,  8096 

Christian,  1581 

Contrast  of,  1583 

Cure  for,  1584,  8098 

Examples  of,  1586,  8097.  8099 

Human,  1582,  1585 

Influence  of,  8100 

Mutual,  *896 

Rebuke  of,  8101 

Wail  of,  8103 
Dissension,  Cause  of,  *897 

Church,  1587 

Danger  of,  1588 
Dissipation,  Study  and,  8103 

Tyranny  of,  8104 
Distance,  Effects  of,  8105 

Enchantment  of,  *898 
Distinction,  Danger  of,  8106 
Distrust,  Groundless,  1589 

Rebuked,  1590,  1591,  8107 
Dives  and  Lazarus,  *3336-3338 
Divi,  Worship  of.  9416 
Divine  Love,  Permanence  of,  8108 
Divine  Union,  Blessedness  of,  8109 

Experience  of,  *899,  *900 

Simile  of,  *901 
Divinity,  Ornaments  of,  1593 

of  Christ,  *902,  1593,  1594,  8110,  8111 
Divisions,  Danger  of,  1595,  8112 

Result  of,  1596 

Unity  and,  8113 
Divorce,  Arab  Method  of,  1597 

Prevention  of,  8114 
Dix,  Gen.,  and  the  Flag,  5227 
Doctrine,  Biblical  and  Human,  1598 

Doctored,  8115 

False,  8116 

Heathen  View  of,  8117 

Importance  of,  8118 

Mixed,  8119 

Order  of,  1601 

Systems  of,  8120 

True,  1002 

Unity  of,  8121 
Dodd,  Dr.,  Anec,  3866,  6535,  11870 
Doddridge,  Dr.,  Anec,  465,  1785,  3609,  7768, 

3712,  5454,  10655 
Doeg's  Insinuations,  2175 
Dogmatism,  Baseless,  *903 

Spirit  of,  8123 
Dogmatist,  Defined,  8124 
Doing  Good,  Aim  at,  8125,  8127 

Call  to,  *904 

Effect  of,  1605,  1606,  8130,  8134 

Examples  of,  1603,  1604,  1607,  1609,  8128 

Heathen  Ideas  of,  8129 

Importance  of,  *905,  *907,  1608 

in  Trifles,  1614 

Modes  of,  1610 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


535 


Doing  Good,  Power  of.  1611,  8131 

Prescription  of,  8132. 

Reason  for,  *909 

Remedy,  1612 

Reward  in,  *906,  *908,  1613,  1615 
Doing  Well,  Benefit  of,  1617,  8135 

Ways  of,  *910,  1616 
Dominic,  St.,  Anec,  3249,  4785,  7365 
Domitian,  Anec,  5051,  7571,  9720 
Donald  and  Duke  Gordon,  9966 
Don  Quixote.  Anec,  4471,  6406,  6560 
Doom,  Approaching,  *911 

Day  of,  *912 
Doomsday,  Every  Day,  8136 
Door,  Closed,  8137 

Knock  at,  8138 

The  Other,  8139 

Sermon  about,  8140 
Dorcas,  *3339,  *3340 
Dore,  Success  of,  6126 
Doris,  Contentment  of,  9605 
Dorso,  Fidelity  of,  460 
Doubleday,  Squire,  7878 
Double-Facedness,  Symbol  of,  1619 
Double-Mindedness,  Biblical,  8141 

Evil  of,  *913 

Example  of,  1620,  8143 

Folly  of,  1621 

Impossible,  1622 
Doubt,  Absurd,  1623 

Biblical,  8143 

Cure  for,  *915,  1624-1626 

Evil  of,  *914,  *916,  *917 

Personified,  *917 
Doubting,  Cause  of,  1627 

Pains  of,  8144 

the  Promises,  1628 
Doubts,  Influence  of,  1629 

Preach  Not,  8145 

Ridicule  of,  8146 
Douglass,  Fidelity  of  a,  1698 
Dove,  Homeward  Flight  of  the,  *3341 

Noah's,  *3342 

Oh  for  the  Wines  of  a,  *3343 
Doves,  Flight  of,  8147 
Draco's  Penalties,  1333 
Dragon,  as  an  Emblem,  1630 
Drake,  Sir  F.,  6542 
Draw-net,  Parable  of  the,  *3344 
Dream,  A  Fearful,  *918 

Conviction  Through  a,  8148 

Eugene  Aram's,  *919 

Fulfilment  of  a,  8149 

Mariner's,  *920 
Dreams,  Conscience  in,  8151 

Conversion  in,  1631 

Divine  Action  in,  1633 

Felicity  of,  1634,  8152 

Interpretation  of,  1633 

Land  of,  *921 

Lessons  in,  *923 

Nature  of,  *923 

Peculiarities  of,  8153 

Providence  in,  1635,  8154 

Views  of,  1636,  8155 

Warnings  in,  1637,  8150 
Dresden,  Silver  Egg,  4953 
Dress,  Attention  to,  1638 

Beneficence  and,  8156 

Caste  of,  *934 

Character  and,  *925,  8161 


Dress,  Cost  of,  8157 

Crime  in,  1639,  1640 

Destitute  of,  *926 

Effect  of,  1641 

Game  of,  8158 

Importance  of,  1642,  8160 

Love  of,  *927-*929,  1643,  1646,  1649,  8159, 
8163 

Memento,  1644 

Neglect  of,  1645 

Preaching  against,  8163 

Rules  for,  1647,  8164 

Sacrifice  to,  *930 

Singularity  in,  1648 

Wealth  and,  8165 
Drew,  D.,  Anec,  2716,  5052,  11513 

S.,  Anec,  3517,  9345 
Drinking,  Argument  for,  1650 

Fashionable,  1651,  1652 

Progress  of,  8166 
Drunkard,  Chain  for  the,  8167 

in  Cold  Water,  1654 

Portion  of  Ihe,  8169 

Salvation  for,  1655,  8168,  8170 

Wail  of  a,  8171 
Drunkards,  How  to  Rescue,  1670 

Influence  of,  1671 

Responsibility  of,  8173 
Drunkenness,  Beginning  of,  1656 

Breaking  off,  8173 

Conquest  of,  1657,  1658 

Deaths  from,  1659,  1663,  8176 

Effects  of,  1660  1665,  8174,  8175,  8181 

Elevation  of,  1661 

Evils  of,  *931-938 

Illustration  of,  1663 

Incident  of,  1664 

Perpetual,  1666 

Preventing,  1667 

Punishment  of,  1668 

Rebuked,  1669 

Resolute,  8177 

Supernatural,  8178 

Warning  against,  8180 
Drusus'  Windows,  3533 
Dry  Bones,  Ezekiel's  Vision  x>t,  *3345,  *3346 
Duellist,  Remorse  of  a,  8183 
Duff,  Dr.,  Anec,  7334,  8384 
Duke  D'Alva's  Promise,  5446 
Duke  of  Argyle  Exposed,  5561 
Duke  of  Brunswick  Enslaved,  6003 
Duke  of  Guise,  Influence  of,  9895 
Duke  of  Northumberland's  Death,  7221 
Duke  of  Saxony,  Cruelty  of,  7672 
Duke  of  WurUmberg's  Trust,  5818 
Dulness,  Failures  of,  8183 
Dumas'  Courage,  7773 

Duncan,  Admiral,  Preparing  for  Battle,  6687 
Dunstan,  St.,  Anec,  367,  5659 
Duplicity,  Emblem  of,  8184 
Duration,  Eternal,  8185 
Durham,  Dr.,  Anec.  3946,  7255 
Duty,  Absorption  of,  *939 

Adaptation  of,  8191 

Alternative  of,  8193 

Benefit  of,  8193 

Biblical,  8194 

Burden  of,  8195 

Calls  to,  *940 

Conviction  of,  8196 

Comfort  in,  1673 


536 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


Duty,  Daily,  *941 

Done,  1673 

Excuse  for,  *942,  1674 

Exhortation  to,  1675 

Exposure  in,  1676 

Fame  of,  *943 

Fidelity  to,  1677,  8197 

First,  1678,  8198 

Happiness  of,  1680,  8199 

Help  in,  *944,  8200 

Home,  8201 

Human,  1681 

Ideal  of,  8202 

Imperfection  and,  8203 

Important,  8186,  8206 

Impression  of,  8204 

Inspiration  from,  8205 

Legend  of,  1683 

Martyr  to,  *945 

Moderation  in,  *946 

Neglected,  *947,  1684,  8207 

Obedience  to,  *948 

Ode  to,  *949 

Ours,  1685 

Perseverance  in,  1687 

Practice  of,  8187 

Preparation  for,  1688 

Presentation  of,  8188 

Eeception  of,  *950 

Refresliment  by,  8209 

Religious,  8189 

Results  of,  *951 

Rewards  of,  *952,  8210 

Routine  of,  8211 

Sacrifice  for,  8212,  8214 

Sphere  of,  1686,  1689,  8208 

Strength  for,  1690 

Time  for,  *953 

Trifling,  *954 

Triumphs  of,  8215 

Undone,  1691 

Voluntary,  8190 

Youthful,  *955 
Dying,  Advantage  of,  1692 

at  his  Post,  1698 

Beyond,  *957 

Brief,  *958 

Contrast  of,  *959,  8217 

Desire  for,  *961,  *973 

Dirge,  *962 

Encouragement  in,  *963 

Experience  in,  8218 

Farewell  of  the,  *965 

Fearless,  *960,  *964,  *966 

for  a  Friend,  1694 

Gain  of,  *967,  1695 

Gate  Open  to  the,  8219 

Glorious,  *968,  *984,  1696,  8220,  8221,  8225 

Hopeless,  1697 

Hope  of  the,  *969,  *970 

Horror  in,  *971 

Invitation  of  the,  8222 

Joyous,  *968,  *972,  8216 

Message  of  the,  8223 

Not,  *974 

One  by  One,  *975 

Peaceful,  *956,  *976,  *977 

Revelations  of,  *978 

Scenes  of,  *979 

Simplicity  in,  8224 

Sleep  of  the,  *980 


Dying,  Sona:  in,  *981 

Time  of,  *982 

Transition  of,  *983 

Unexpected,  1699 

Visions  in,  8226 

with  Christ,  1693,  5522 

Words  of  the.  *986 
Dying  Testimonies,  of  Christians,  1700-1721, 
8227 

of  Infidels,  1722-1731 

of  Martyrs,  1732-1749 

of  Ministers,  1750-1768.  8228 

of  Women,  1768-1772 

Eagles,  Gathering  of  the,  *3347 

Ear,  Mechanism  of  the,  8230 

Earl  of  Breadalbane's  Remorse,  975 

Early  Conversions,  Benefit  of,    1773,  1774 

Possible,  1775 
Early  Death,  Jewish  Apologue,  *987 

Memory  of,  *988 

Parable  of,  8231 

Safety  of,  *989,  *991 

Subjects  of,  *990 
Early  Piety,  Call  to,  *993,  *994 

Examples  of,  *995,  1778,  8232 

Happiness  of,  1779 

Hope  of,  *996,  1777 

Importance  of,  *992,  1780 

Legend  of,  1781 

Logic  of,  1782 

Nobility  of,  *997 

Possible,  *998,  1776,  1788 
Early  Rest  and  Early  Rising,  8233 
Early  Risers,  Famous,  8234 
Early  Rising,  Examples  of,  8236 

Habit  of,  1786,  8235 

Importance  of,  1785,  1787,  8237 
Early  Training,  Influence  of,  *999,  *1000 

Power  of,  8238.  8239 

Reason  of,  1788,  1789 

Responsibility  for,  8240 
Earnestness,  Christian,  *1001,  8241 

Duty  of,  *1002 

Example  of,  1791,  1795 

Ministerial,  1793,  8242 

Nature's,  *1003 

Official,  1794 

Plea  for,  *1004,  8245 

Power  of,  8243 

Result  of,  8244,  8246 

Time  for,  *1005 
Earth  Adapted  to  Man,  8247 

Clinging  to,  *1006,  1796,  8248 

Destruction  of  the,  *1007,  8249,  8250 

Dying  View  of,  *1008 

Forsaking,  *1010 

Glory  of,  1797,  8251 

Leaning  on  the,  *1013 

Living  on,  *1013 

Magnitude  of,  1799 

Motion  of,  8252 

Need  of,  *1014 

Our  Mother,  1800 

Pleasures  of,  *1009,  *1016 

Pre-Adamic,  *1017 

Prisoner  of,  *1018 

Renewed,  1801 

Riches  of  the,  *1019 

Shadowy,  *1020 

Song  of  the,  *1011,  *1021 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


537 


Earth,  Strangers  in,  *1022 

Transitory,  1802 

Travelling  through,  *1023 

Voice  of,  8253 

and  Heaven,  *1024,  *1025 
Earthly  Glory,  Transient,  *1026 

Brevity  of,  8254 

Uncertainty  of,  8255,  8256 
Earthly  Greatness,  1805 
Earthquakes,  8257,  8258 
Ease,  Danger  of,  1806,  8259 

Fashionable,  1807 

Love  of.  1808,  8260 
East,  Regard  for  the,  8261 

The  Poet  in  the,  *3348 

Turning  to  the,  *3349 
Easter,  Hymn  for,  *1027- 

Joy  of,  *1028 

Lessons  of,  *1029 

Triumphs  of,  *1030 
Eastman,  Chaplain,  6271 
Eating,  Art  of,  8262 

Condition  of,  8263 

Sparingly,  8264 
Eccentricity,  Genius  and,  8265 
Echo,  Moral  of  the.  *1031 
Economy,  Advantages  of,  1809,  8266 

Brevities,  8267 

Description  of,  1810,  8268 

Industrious,  1812,  8269 

Poor,  1814 

Reason  for,  1811,  1813,  1815 

Results  of  Trifling,  8270 

Worthy,  8271 
Eddie,  Anec,  3468,  4583,  7838 
Eddystone  Light,  2639 
Eden,  Adam  and  Eve  in,  *1032 

Departure  from,  *1033 

Description  of,  *1034 

Gethsemane  and,  *1035 

Lament  for,  *1036 

Lost,  *3350 

Memories  of,  *1037 

Satan  in,  *1038 

Where  is?  *3351 
Edom,  The  Conqueror  from,  *3352,  *3353 

Who  Cometh  from,  *3354 
Education,  Agent  of,  8272 

Aim  of,  8273 

Atheistic,  *1040 

Barbarism  and,  1818,  8274,  8275 

Benefits  from,  1839,  8276,  8291 

Brevities,  1819 

Capacity,  *1041 

Christian,  1820,  8278 

Contempt  of,  1822 

Dual,  8279 

Duty  of,  *1043 

Early,  *1043 

Forgotten,  8281 

Habit  in,  1823 

Inheritance  of,  8282 

Liberal,  *1039,  8283 

Light  of,  8284,  8285 

Maternal,  1824 

Method  of,  1825 

Mission  of,  1826,  1838,  8286 

Mistaken,  1827,  8207 

Necessity  of,  1816,  1828 

Neglect  of,  1829,  8288 

Patience  in,  1830 


Education,  Practical,  1831,  8277 

Primary,  1832,  8290 

Public  or  Private,  8292 

Religious,  1833,  1834,  8294 

Self,  8289,  8295 

Specific,  1835 

Sphere  of,  1836,  8296 

Superficial,  *1044,  *1045,  8297 

Time  for,  1837 

Unconscious,  8298 

Views  of,  1840 

Work  of,  1841 
Edward,  Black  Prince,  3473,  3474,  12041 

L,  Heart  of,  2841 

III.,  Anec,  2465,  3670,  9964 

VI.,  Anec,  6780,  9809 
Edwards,  Dr.  J.,  Anec,  2394,  4572,  5282,  6186, 

9166,  10058 
EfiEecls,  Abiding,  8299 

Judging  by,  8300 
Effeminacy,  Example  of,  8301,  8303 
Effort,  Benevolent,  1842 

Christian,  8306 

Daily,  8303 

Duty  of,  *1046 

Encouragement  to,  *1047 

Fruitless,  *1048 

Human,  1843 

Individual,  1844,  8304 

Intercession  and,  8305 

Opportune,  1845 

Result  of,  1846 

Reward  of,  1847 

Special,  1848,  8307 

Union  of,  8308 
Egotism,  Avoiding,  8309 

Bravery  and,  8310 

Effect  of,  1849,  1853,  8311 

Embarrassment  of,  1850 

Example  of,  1851 

Learned,  1852 

Trait  of,  1854 

Weakness  of,  8312 
Egypt,  Christ  Called  from,  *3355 

Dead,  *3358 

Israel's  Escape  from,  *3357 

Last  Plague  of,  *3358,  3359 

Left  Behind,  *3360 

The  Flight  into,  *3361 

The  Hope  of,  *3362 
"EinFesteBurg,"*757 
Elah,  The  Vale  of,  *3363 
Elect,  Assembly  of  the,  *1049 

Fewness  of  the,  *1050 
Election,, Certainty  of,  1855 

Christian,  1856,  8315 

Conditions  of,  *1051 

Evidence  of,  1860,  8314 

Insured,  1857,  1858 

Knowledge  of,  8316 

Links  of,  8317 

Nature  of,  1859,  8313,  8318 
Elegy,  Gray's,  *442 
Elevation,  True,  8319 
El  Ghor,  the  Rook  in,  *3364 
Eliab's  Cure,  1605 
Eliezer  in  Sodom,  10082 

Rabbi,  on  Repentance,  4154 
Elijah,  *3365,  *4063,  8320 

and  the  Prophets  of  Baal,  *3367 

Angel's  Invitation  to,  *3366 


538 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


Elijah,  Antitype  of,  *3368 

Ascent  of,  2488,  *3369 

Character  of,  8320 

Description  of,  *3370,  4063 

Discouragement  of,  *3371 

Elisha  and,  *3372 

Fed  by  Ravens,  *3373 

Imitatino;,  1903 

in  the  Wilderness,  *3374,  *3375 

on  Carmel,  *3226,  *3376 

on  Horeb,  *1053,  *3377,  *3378 

Praying  for  Rain,  *3379 

Searching  for,  *3380 

Translation  of,  *1052,  *3384,  *3385 
Elijah's  Fire  Test,  *3381,  *3382 

Mantle,  *3383 
Elim,  Marah  and,  *3386 

Palms  of,  *3387 
Eliot,  Rev.  J.,  Anec,  908,  1712,  6188,  8040, 

8787,  9153,  11144 
Eliphaz,  Vision  of,  *3388 
Elisha  and  the  Angels,  *3389 

and  the  Widow  of  Zarephath,  9203 

at  Dothan,  *3392 

Chamber  for,  *3390 

Elijah  and,  *3372 

Helpers  of,  *3391 

Prayer  of,  661,  662,  *3393 

Qualities  of,  8321 
Elizabeth  of  Denmark,  9232 

of  Russia,  Decision  of,  4701 

Queen,  Anec,  4741,  5012,  5707,  8195 
Elliott,  Dr.  C,  Love  for  the  Bible,  356 
Elocution,  Importance  of,  8322 
Eloquence,  Acquiring,  1861,  8324 

Adaptation  of,  8323 

Effect  of,  *1054,  1862 

God  of,  8325 

Hindrance  to,  1863 

Method  of.  *1055 

Natural,  1864 

Power  of,  *1056,  *1057,  8328 

Prayer  and,  8327 

Pulpit,  1865 

True,  *1058,  8328 
Elpidophorus'  Apostasy,  918 
Elysium,  *1059,  2904 

Preferred,  8329 
Emancipation,  Universal,  8330 
Emergency,  Fearful,  1866 
Eminence,  Ills  of,  *1060 

Road  to,  8331 
Emmaus,  *3394-3396 
Emotions,  Influence  of  the,  *1061 

Interpretation  of,  *1062 
Emphasis,  Improper,  8339 
Empires,  Fate  of,  *3397 
Employment,  Advantage  of,  8332,  8338 

Amusements  and,  8333 

Fixed,  8334 

Healthfulness  of,  1867 

Honorable,  8335 

Necessary  for  Man,  *1063,  8337 

Use  of,  *1064,  *1065,  1868,  8336 
Emulation,  Disquiet  of,  *1066 

Necessity  of,  1869 

True,  1870 
Encouragement,  Angelic,  8340 

Christian,  *1068,  1871,  1875 

Examples  of,  1872,  8341 

Premature,  1873 


Encouragement,  Result  of,  1874 
End,  Consider  the,  8342,  8344 

Common,  1876 

Crown  at,  *1069 

Enduring  to,  8343 

Ignorance  of,  *1070 

Premonition  of,  1877 
Endeavor,  Benefit  of,  *1071 

Reward  of,  *1072 
End  of  the  World,  Crime  at,  *1073 

Expected,  8345 

Night  Before,  *1074 

Portents  of,  *1075 

Safety  at,  *1076 

Watching  for,  *1077 
Endor,  Witch  of,  *3398 
Endurance,  Angel  of,  *1078 

Duty  of,  1878 

Example  of,  1879 

Honor  of,  1880 

Reward  of,  *1079 

Sublimity  of,  8346 

Uncomplaining,  8347 

Use  of,  1881,  8348 
Enemies,  Benefit  of,  1882 

Best  Use  of,  1883,  8350,  8355 

Conquered,  1884,  1892 

Duty  to.  1885 

Fear  of,  1886 

Kindness  to,  *1080,  *1081,  1891,  8349 

Loving,  1887,  8351 

Power  over,  8352 

Reconciled  by  Death,  1888 

Reconciliation  of,  1889 

Repugnance  to,  8353 

Surrender  to,  8354 

Treatment  of,  1890 
Enemy,  Giving  Drink  to  an,  8356 

His  Own,  8357 

Punishing  an,  8358 

Rescuing  an,  8359 

Revenge  upon,  8360 

Robbing  an,  8361 

Trusting  an,  8362 

Watching  the,  8363 
Energy,  Examples  of,  1893 

Genius  of,  1894 

Importance  of,  1895,  8364 

Ministerial,  8365 

Power  of,  *1082,  1896,  8366 

Sphere  of,  8367 

Want  of,  *1083 
Engagements,  Keeping,  8368 
Enghien,  Duke  de,  6468 
England,  and  America,  *1084 

Blessings  of,  8369 

Fraud  m,  8844 

Freedom  in.  *1086 

Love  of,  *1087 

Mariners  of,  *1088 

Progress  of,  11226 
Enjoyment,  Capacity  for,  8370-8373 

Condition  of,  *1089,  1897 

Earthly,  1898 

Lost,  *1090 

Natural,  8373 

Neglected,  *1091 

Pursuit  of,  *1092,  8374 

Reflected,  *1093 

Religious,  8375 

Secret  of,  8376 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


539 


Eujoyment,  Uncertainty  of,  8377,  8378 
Enlightenment,  Spiritual,  8379 
Enmity  to  God,  8380 
Ennui,  Course  of,  *1094 

Evils  of,  *1095,  8381 

Question  for,  *1096 
Enoch,  *3399,  *3400,  *3401 

Translation  of,  *3402 
Enterprise,  Address  to   *1097 

Illustration  of,  1899 

Moral,  1900 
Enthusiasm,  Advantage  of,  1901 

Demand  for,  8383 

Example  of,  8382,  8384 

Fruits  of,  1903 

Mad,  1903 

Noble,  8385 

Power  of,  8386 

Religious,  1904,  8387 

under  Trials,  1905 

Work  Under,  8388 
Envy,  Avoid,  8389 

Biblical,  8390 

Cause  of,  *1098 

Character  of,  *1100,  1906 

Check  to,  1907 

Cure  of,  8391 

Deeds  of,  1908 

Delight  of,  1909 

Disadvantage  of,  1910 

Dwelling  of,  *1099,  8393 

Examples  of,  1911 

Food  of,  *1101,  1913 

Groundless,  1913 

Innate,  1914 

Literary,  8393 

Malice  of,  1915 

Ministerial,  1918 

Object  of,  8395 

Occasion  of,  1917,  8896 

Penalty  of,  *1103 

Personification  of.  *1103,  1918 

Poison  of,  1919,  8397 

Self-punishment  of,  *1104,  1920,  8398 

Similes  of,  1921 

Spirit  of,  1922,  8399 

Spite  of,  *1105,  1924 

Universality  of,  1923 
Epaminondas,    Anec,  57,   3024,   6937,    7026, 

7697,  8878,  9673,  10748 
Ephesus,  *3403,  8400 

The  Beasts  of,  *3404 
Ephorus  on  His  Country,  3225 
Epictetus'  Use  of  Calumny,  531 
Epicure,  Example  of  an,  8401 

Fate  of  the,  *1106 

Portrait  of  an,  8403 
Epicurus'  Summum  Bonum,  2797 
Epigrams,  American,  8403 
Eplmetheus,  3773 
Epiphany,  The,  *3408 

Attendants  of,  *3405 

Magi's  Offering,  *3406 

Morning  Star,  *3407 
Epitaph,  A  Lady's,  *1107 
Equality,  Claim  of,  *1108 

Consider,  *1109,  *1110 

Gifts  of,  *1111 
Equanimity  Preserved,  8404 
Equity,  Fidelity  to,  8405 

Uncertainty  of,  8406 


Equivocation,  Crime  of,  8407 
Erasmus'  Neutrality,  10727 
Erostratus'  Ill-fame,  8631 
Erring,  Duty  to  the,  8408 

Hope  for  the,  *1113 
Error,  Avoid,  *1113 
Castle  of,  1925 
Causes  of,  8410 
Danger  of,  1926,  8409 
Deceitful,  1927 
Encouragement  of,  8413 
Flight  of,  *1114 
Habit  of,  *1115 
Incorrigibility  of,  1928 
Perversity  of,  *1116 
Progress  of,  *1117 
Warnings  of,  8418 
Erskine,  Rev.  E.,  9375 
Erskine,  Rev.  R.,  Anec,  1466 
Esau  Selling  his  Birthright,  *3409 
Esau's  Impatience,  9796 

Worldliuess,  6179 
Escape,  Narrow,  1929 
Only  Means  of,  8414 
Providential,  1930,  1931 
Eschol,  Grapes  of,  *3410 
Esdraelon,  Plain  of.  *3411 
Esdras,  Jews'  Esteem  for,  3723 
Estate,  Cost  of  an,  1932 

Fearful,  1938 
Esteem,  Cultivating  Self,  1934 
Fable  of  Self,  1935 
Reputation  and,  8415 
True  Self,  1936 
Esther— Mordecai,  *3413 
Success  of,  *3413 
Vashti  and,  *3414 
Eternity,  *3415 
Belief  in,  8416 
Character  in,  1938 
Choice  for,  8417 
Comparison  of,  1939 
Conceptions  of,  8418 
Defined,  1941,  1943 
Dread  of,  1943,  8439 
Duration  of,  *1119,  *1121,  1944,  1949 
for  Souls,  1958 
Gain  of,  1945 
God  and,  8419 
Hastening,  *1120,  1937,  1947 
Home  in,  8420 
Hopes  of,  1948,  8430 
Import  of,  8421 
Incomprehensible,  *1122,  8433 
Launching  into,  *1123 
Living  for,  *1124 
Man  without  an,  1950 
Measuring,  *1125,  1951 
Meditating  on,  *1126,  1940,  1952,  1959 
of  God,  1946 
Parts  of,  1953 
Preaching  for,  8423 
Preparation  for,  1954.  8434 
Progressiveness  of,  1955 
Promises  of,  8425 
Prospect  of,  8426 
Question  of,  1956 
Reminder  of,  1957 
Responsibility  for,  *1137 
Rewards  of,  8427 
Sailing  to,  *1128,  8431 


540 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX.' 


Eternity,  Time  and,  1960,  8428 

Unchanging,  *1129 

Unprepared  for,  1961 

Weight  of,  8432 

Window  into,  8433 

Working  for,  1962 
Etiquette,  Undue  Regard  to,  8434 
Euclid,  Anec,  3702,  5499 
Euclia's  Avarice,  1140 
Eucrates,  Anec,  1140,  1502 
Eudamidas,  Will  of,  988 
Eudocia,  Legend  of,  9845 
Eulalia,  St.,  1985,  10486 
Eumenes,  Anec,  7174,  9669 
Euphrates,  Source  of  the,  *3416 

The,  *3417 
Eupliu's  Fidelity,  6783 
Evanescence,  Earthlj-,  *1130,  *1133 

Emblem  of,  *1131 

Exceptions  to,  *1132 
Evanescent,  Clinging  to  the,  *1134 
Evangelist,  Female,  1963 

Anlnvalid,  1964 
Eve,  Discription  of,  *1135 

Happiness  of,  *1136 

The  Serpent  and,  *=-1137,  *1188,  *3418 
Evening,  Associations  of,  *1139 

Benefit  of,  *1140 

Coming  of,  *1141,  8435 

Duty  for,  *1142 

Hymn  for,  *1143,  *1149 

Influence  of,  -1144 

Moral  of,  *1145 

Prayer  at,  *1146,  *1150 

Retirement  of,  *1147 

Splendors  of,  *1148 
Events,  Extraordinary,  8436 
Evidence,  Chain  of,  8437 

Circumstantial,  1965,  8438 

Conclusive,  1966 

Weight  of,  1967 
Evil,  Advantage  of,  *1156,  1968 

Abhorring,  8439 

Anticipating,  1969 

Avoiding,  *1151,  *1152,  1970,  1977,  8440 

Brevities,  1971 

Compensation  of,  *1153,  1984,  8449 

Definition  of,  1973 

Dispersion  of,  8441 

Enduring,  1974 

Extinction  of.  1972,  8442 

Faith  in,  *1154 

for  Evil,  1975 

Forgiving,  8443 

Fruitfulness  of,  *1155 

Good  for,  1976 

Hiding  from,  8444 

Inherited,  8445 

No  Co-operation  with,  8446 

not  a  Necessity,  8447 

Overcome,  1979 

Overruled,  1980 

Power  of,  1981 

Progress  in,  1983 

Question  of,  8448 

Resisting,  1983 

Resist  not,  *1157 

Seeds  of,  8450 

Society,  1985 

Triumph  of,  1986 

Triumph  over,  1978 


Evil,  Uprooting,  *1158 

Evils,  Anticipating,  *1159,  *1160 

Compensation  of,  1987,  1988 

Enduring,  8451 

Improvement  of,  *1161 

Self-imposed,  8452 

Views  of,  1989 
Evil  Speaking,  Caution  to,  8453,  8454 
Evolution  not  Proved,  8455 
Exactness,  Advantages  of,  8456 
Exaggeration,  Habit  of,  1990 

Slander  and,  8457 

Weakness  of,  1991 
Exaltation,  Danger  of,  8458 

Punishment  of,  8459 
Examination,  Daily,  1992 

Self,  *1162 
Example,  Best,  8460 

Boasting  of,  1993 

Choice  of,  8461 

Christ  our,  1994,  8462,  8472 

Contagious,  8463 

Conversion  by,  8464 

Copying,  1995 

Dangerous,  8465 

Demonstration,  1996 

Educational,  1997 

Encouragement  of,  *1163,  *1164,  2009,  2011, 
8471,  8478 

Fatal,  1998,  8466 

Good,  2001,  8468 

Imitating,  8469 

Inconsistent,  8470 

Known  by,  2000 

License  of,  *1165,  8473 

Martyr's,  2003 

Maternal,  2003 

Ministerial,  8474 

Motive  of,  8475 

Need  of,  *1166 

Noble,  8476 

Parental,  2004 

Paternal,  1999,  2005,  8477 

Posthumous,  *1167 

Preaching  by,  8479 

Precept,  2006,  2007 

Present,  *1168 

Primitive,  2008 

Regard  for,  *1169 

Reproved,  2010 

Reward  of,  *1170 

Silent,  8480 

Stimulus  of,  8481 

Teaching  and,  8482,  8483 

Triumph  of,  2012 
Excellence,  Attainment  of,  *1172,  2015 

Cost  of,  8484,  8486 

Human,  8485 

Possible,  *1173 
Excelsior,  *1171 

Import  of,  8487 
Excess,  Avoiding,  *1174 

Brevities,  2013 

Evils  of,  2014,  8488 

Penalty  of,  *1175,  8489 
Excitement,  Caution  of,  *1176 

Illumination  of,  2016 

Occasions  for,  8490 

Pursuit  of,  *1177 

Real,  3017 

Use  of,  2018 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


541 


Excuse,  Absurd,  8491,  8492 

No  Time  for  Religion,  8493 
Others'  Sins  an,  8494 
Excuses,  Alwaj's  Easy,  8495 

Common,  2019 

Example  of,  2020 

Indian,  8496 

Lies,  8497 

Proverbs,  2021 

Ready,  2022,  8498 

Reported  to  God,  2025 

Useless,  2024,  8499 

Vain,  2025 
Execution,  Faulty,  8500 
Exercise,   Health  from,  *1178 

Importance  of,  8501 

Law  of,  *1179 

Power  of,  8502 
Exertion,  Delightful,  8503 

Demand  for,  8504 
Exhortation,  Appropriate,  8505 

Tender,  8506 
Existence,  Animal,  *1180 

Animated,  8507 

Blanks  in,  2026 

Immeasurable,  8508 

Measuring,  2027 

Proofs  of,  2028 
Expectation,  Contrast  of,  2029 

Dis-.ippoiated,  *1181 

Groundless,  2030 

Moderate,  *1182 

Promise  of,  *1183 

Proverb,  8509 

Realization  and,  2031 

Suspense  of,  *1184 
Expediency,  Brevities,  2032 

Carnal,   8510 

Emblem  of,  2033 

Example  of,  *1185 

Failure  of,  2034 

Political,  2035,  8511 

Symbol  of,  2036 

True,  *1186 

Tyranny  of,  8512 
Expenditure,  Rules  for,  *1187 
Experience,  Benefit  of,  2037 

Birds',  2038 

Brevities,  2039 

Christian,  8513,  8514 

Comfort  of,  2040 

Comparing,  8515 

Dearness  of,  8516 

Deep,  8517,  8520 

Defective,  8518 

Dependence  on,  8519 

Difference  in,  2041,  2055 

Disregarding,  8521 

Discipline  of.  *1188 

Educ  ition  of.  *1189,  2045,  3047 

Emblem  of,  2042 

Happy,  2043 

Illumination  in,  *1190 

Indian's,  2044 

in  Religion,  2052 

Judging,  8523 

Key  to,  2046 

Light  of,  *1191,  8524 

Narrating,  2048,  2053 

of  Faith,  8522 

Ordeal  of,  8525 


Experience,  Philosophy  of,  *1192 

Power  of,  2049 

Proverbs,  2050 

Relation  of,  2051 

Solomon's,  8526 

Testimony  of,  2054 

Thankful,  8527 

Theology  of,  *1193 

Utility  of,  2056 

Wages  of,  2057 
Experiment,  Advantage  of,  2058,  2059 
Extortion,  Reward  of,  8528 
Extravagance.  Beginning  of,  8529 

Brevities,  8530 

Penalty  of,  2060,  8531 

Religious,  2061 

Ship  of,  *1194 
Extremes,  End  of,  *1195 

Law  of,  *1196 
Extremity,  Relief  in,  2062,  2063,  8533 
Eye,  Chamber  of  the,  8533 

Dearest,  *1198 

Education  of  the,  8534 

Fall  and  Recovery  by,  *119T 

Influence  of,  2064 

Jaundiced,  8535 

Power  of,  2065,  8539 
Eyes,  for  Two  Worlds,  2070 

Grandfather's,  2066 

Ignorant,  8536 

Importance  of,  8537 

Incense  of,  *1199 

Light  of,  *1200 

Mechanism  of,  8538 

Offending,  2067 

Opened,  2068 

Right  Use  of  the,  2069 

The  Use  of  the,  8540 
Eyre,  J.,  Rewarded,  8077 
Ezekiel,  *3419 

Portrait  of,  8541 
Ezekiel 's  Wheels,  3677 
Ezel,  *3420 
Ezra,  Legend  of,  11464 

Fabius,  Honor  of,  9606 
Fable,  Influence  of,  8542 

Nature  of  a,  2071 
Fables,  Advantage  of,  8543 

Popularity  of,  8544 

Teaching  by,  8545 
Fabricius,  Anec.  3241,  9603 
Facetiousness,  Diversion  of,  8546 
Facts,  Corruption  of,  8547 

Mental  Food,  8548 
Faculties,  Use  of,  2072,  2073,  8549 
Failure,  Benefits  from,  8550 

Philosophic  Endurance  of,  8551 

Scorn  of,  *1201 

Substitute  for,  8553 

Useful,  8553 
Faith,  Accompaniment  of,  2074 

Aid  to,  8555,  8576 

Alone,  *1202 

Analogy  of,  8556 

Answer  to,  8557 

Anticipations  of,  2075 

Application  of,  2076 

Attendants  of,  8558 

Bank  of.  *1203 

Basis  of,  *1204 


542 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


Faith,  Beautiful,  8559 
Beginning  of,  2077 
Benefit  of,  *1205,  2078 
Biblical,  8560 
Chemistry  of,  8562 
Child's,  2079,  8563,  8564,  8565 
Christian,  *1208 
Clear,  2081 
Clew  of,  *1207 
Comfort  of,  *1209,  8566 
Commercial.  8567 
Condition  of,  2082 
Controlling,  2083 
Co-operating  with,  *1210,  2084 
Cultivating,  8568 
Demand  for,  *1212 
Ear  of,  *1213 
Eclipse  of,  2086,  8585 
Elevation  of,  *1214 

Encouragement  to,  2088,  2089,  2098,  8570 
Excellency  of,  2090 

Expectation  in,  2091  ""^ 

Faculty  of,  2108,  8571 
Figures,  2087,  8572,  8574 
Flight  of,  2094 
Freedom  of,  2095 
Gift  of,  *1215 
Graces  and,  8575 
Guard  thy,  *1216,  8590 
Guide,  2096 

Happiness  of,  *1206,  2097,  8561 
Honors  God,  8577 
Importance  of,  2100 
in  Christ,  2080 

in  Darkness,  2085,  2092,  8569 
in  Falsehood,  2093,  8623 
in  the  Promises,  2115,  8573 
in  Providence,  2116 
in  the  Invisible,  8580 
Justifying,  2101 
Key  of,  2102 

Knowledge  of.  2103,  8599 
Lack  of,  *1217,  8554 
Lesson  of,  *1218,  2099 
Living  by,  2105,  2143,  8564,  8583 
Love  and,  2106 
Means  and,  8583 
not  Sight,  2126 
not  Works,  8604 
Obedient,  2110,  8584 
Office  of,  *1220,  2111 
Offspring  of,  *1221 
Omnipotence  of,  *1223 
Our  Father's,  *1223 
Overcoming,  2112 
Penetration  of,  8586 
Personal,  2114 

a  Pilgrim -grace,  8587  i 

Pillars  of,  8588 
Power  of,  *1224,  2107,  2128 
Praying  in,  *1225,  2113 
Profession  of,    *1226 
Reason  and,  *1227,  8591 
Reign,  2117 
Repentance,  8592 
Required,  2109,  2118 
Riches  of,  2119 
Robes  of.  2120 
Safety  of,  2121,  8594 
Saving,  *1228,  *1229,  2123,  2138,  8593 
Shield,  2124,  8595 


Faith,  Sight  of,  *1219,  2125 

Submission  of,  2129 

Temporary,  8596 

Trial  of,  *1230,  2130,  2131,  3133,  8597 

True,  2134,  8598 

Unites  to  Christ,  2135,  8581 

Untutored,  2136 

Unwavering,  2127,  2137 

Value  of,  2138 

Venture  of,  2139 

Victories  of,  2140,  2141 

Visions  of,  *1231,  2142,  8600 

Weak,  2144,  2145 

What  is,  8602 

Works  and,  2147,  2148,  2149,  2150,  8605 

Works  of,  *1211,  *1232,  8603 
Faithfulness,  Angelic,  *1233 

Canine,  *1234 

Conjugal,  8606 

Divine,  2153,  8607,  8610 

Evidence  of,  8608 

Example  of.  *1335,  2151,  2154,  2160,  8609 

Import  of,  8611 

Logic  of,  8613 

Patriotic,  2155 

Persistent,  2156 

Rarity  of,  2157 

Reason  for,  2158 

Required,  2152.  8613 

Rewarded,  *1236,  2159 

Test  of,  2161 

Wayside,  8614 
Falieri.  M..  Treason  of,  6537 
Fall,  Children  After,  8615 

Consciousness  of,  8616 

Consequences  of,  *1238,  3163,  3163,  3165 

Permission  of,  2166 

Responsibility  of,  *1239 

Surviving,  *1240 

Testimony  to,  2167 

Tradition  of,  2168,  8617 

Types  of,  2164,  8618 

Vindication  of,  *1237,  *1241 
Falling,  Dishonor  of,  8619 

Fear  of,  2169 

Kept  from,  8620 

Reason  of,  2170 

Risk  of,  2171 

Security  Against,  8621 
Falsehood,  Acting,  2172,  8633 

Brevity  of,  3173 

by  Insinuation,  2175 

Gain  of,  2174 

General,  *1242 

Mixture  of,  *1243,  2177 

Parental,  2176 

Perpetuity  of,  2178 

Resisting,  3179 

Scars  of,  8624 

Shame  of,  *1244 
Fame,^dvantage  of,  2180 

Anxiety  for,  *1251,  8625,  8627,  8837 

Arena  of,  *1245 

Bitterness  of,  3181 

Brevity  of,  *1346,  3183,  3186,8626,  8630,  8633 

Conditions  of,  *1347 

Dialogue  with,  *1348 

Earthly,  *1349 

Favorites  of,  8639 

Hope  of,  8631 

in  Death,  2183 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


543 


Fame,  Infamous,  8633 

Isolation  of,  *1250 

Palace  of,  *1253 

Perpetuating,  8634 

Posthumous,  2184 

Power  of,  *1254 

Qualities  of,  *1255 

Rejecting,  *1256 

Representations  of,  *1253,  8635 

Silencing,  8636 

Spur  of,  *1257 

Temple  of,  *1258,  2185 

Vanity  of,  2187,  2188,  8628 
Familiarity  breeds  Contempt,  8638 
Family,  a  Book,  *1259 

a  Little  World,  8643 

Death  in  a,  8639 

Discord  in  a,  2189,  2197 

Gatherings  of  the,  *1265,  8640 

Gift  of  a,  *1260 

Godless,  2191 

Grave  of  a,  *1261 

Happy,  2192,  8641 

Importance  of  the,  8642 

Inconsistency  in  the,  2193 

Inseparable,  *1262 

Joy  in  the,  2194 

Life  in  the,  2195 

Manners  of  a,  8644 

Maxims  for  the,  2196 

Patriotic,  2198 

Peace  in  the,  2199 

Peace  to  this,  *1263 

Renunciation  of,  8646 

Residence  of  the,  *1264 

Separation  of  a,  8647 

The  Religious  Man  in  his,  8645 

Ties  of  the,  *1266 
Family  Piety,  Absence  of,  2200 
Family  Prayer,  Fidelity  in,  8649 

General,  8650 

Love  for,  8651 

Neglect  of,  2202,  8653 

Punctuality  in,  2203 

Rejecting,  2204 

Result  of,  2205,  2206 
Family  Religion,  Failure  of,  2207 
Family  Worship,  Duty  of,  *1267,  *1268,  2201, 
8648 

Influence  of,  8653 

Mode  of,  2208 

Picture  of,  *1269 

Time  for,  2209 
Famine,  Incident  of,  2210,  8654 

Plea  of,  *1270 

Supply  in,  *1271,  2211 
Fanatic,  Description  of  the,  2213 
Fanaticism,  Credulity  of,  8655 

Definition  of,  *1273 

Example  of,  8656 

Subjects  of,  2213 
J'aucy,  A  Sanctified,  2215 

Death  of,  *1273 

Realm  of,  *1274 
Farewell,  A  Dying,  *1375 

Dread  of,  *1276 

Lover's,  *1277 

Painful,  *1278 

Welcome  and,  *1279 
Farr,  Rev.  A.  A.,  Last  Words,  8228 
Farragut,  Anec,  5635,  9527,  11847 


Farrar,  Bp.,  Martyrdom  of,  2003 
Fashion,  Absurd,  2216 

Array  of,  *1280,  8657 

Ban  of,  *1281 

Caprice  of,  2217,  8658 

Clerical,  2219 

Cost  of,  2220,  2228 

Covetousness  of,  2221   2224 

Cruelty  of,  2223 

Evils  of,  2226,  8659 

Fate  of,  2323 

Folly  of,  *1283 

Fool  of,  *1283 

Government  of,  8660 

Heartlessness  of,  2225 

in  Cluu-ch,  2218 

Origin  of,  2227,  8661 

Queen  of.  *1284 

Woman  of,  *1285,  2229 
Fastidiousness,  Selfishness  of,  8663 
Fasting,  Acceptable,  *1386 

Benefit  of,  8663 

Christian,  2230 

End  of,  2231 

Lenten,  *1287 

Method  of,  *1288,  *1289 

Need  of,  2232,  8664 

Origin  of,  2233 

Protracted,  8665 

Senseless,  *1290 
Fatalism,  Absurdity  of,  8666 

Baseness  of,  8667 
Fate,  Brevities,  8668 

Impartial,  *1291 

Limit  of,  *1393 

Storm  of,  8669 

Vision  of,  *1293 
Father,  Affection  of,  *1294 

Confidence  in  a,  *1295 

Counsel  of  a,  8670 

Conversion  of  a,  2234,  2240 

Devoted,  2235 

Example,  2236 

Faithful,  8671 

First  Duty  of,  *1296 

God  our,  8672,  8673,  8674 

Going  to,  2237 

Inconsistent,  2176 

Influence  of  a,  *1297 

in  Heaven,  2238 

Message  to  a,  2239 

Pleasing,  *1298 

Prayerless,  8675 

Riches  of,  8676,  8678 

Unfaithful,  6679,  8677 
Fanlinus,  Modesty  of,  4734 
Fault-finder,  Fate  of,  8680 

Useful,  2241 
Fault-finding,  Habit  of  1171 
Faults,  Discovery  of,  *1301,  2243 

Effect  of,  *1302 

Exposure  of,  8681 

Hiding,  2244,  8684 

Home,  2245 

Judging,  8683 

No  Room  for,  8686 

Ours  and  Others',  2243,  8683,  8685,  8687 

Overcoming,  8688 

Parable  of,  8689 

Parading,  2246,  2249,  8690 

Proverbs,  3247 


544 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


Faults,  Reproving,  1300,  2248 
Favor,  Deceit  of,  *1303 

Human,  *130i 
Fawkes,  Guy,  Punishment  of,  5752 
Fear,  Anxious,  *1311,  2250 

Bloody  Sweat  from,  8691 

Bondage  of,  8692,  8707 

Confidence  and,  2252 

Cowardly,  2254 

Cultivation  of,  *1305 

Cure  for,  2255,  2267,  8693,  8706 

Deliverance  from,  *1306,  2265,  2268,  8704 

Effects  of,  2256,  2260,  8694,  8705 

Exaggeration  of,  *1308,  2262 

Fable  of,  8695 

Filial,  2257 

Godly,  8697,  8703 

Groundlessness  of,  2259,  2270,  2271 

Habit  and,  8698 

in  Brave  Men,  2251 

in  Conviction,  2253 

Labors  of,  8699 

Love  and,  2261,  8701 

Natural,  2266 

Occasion  for,  *1309,  8702,  8708 

of  Men,  2263,  2269 

of  the  Lord,  2258,  8696,  8700 

Personification  of,  *1307,  *1310 

Use  of,  2272 
Fearlessness,  Christian,  2273 
Feast,  Best,  *1313 

Demoralization  of,  8709 

Frugal,  8710 

Gospel,  *3424,  8711 

How  to  Make,  2274 

Invitation  to,  *3421 

Lesson  for  a,  *1312,  2275 

No  Room  at  the,  *3422 

Room  at  the,  *3423 
Features,  Diversity  of,  8712 

Inherited,  8713 
Feeling  and  Action,  2276 

Apprehension  of,  8714 

Brevities,  2277 

Caprice  of,  2279,  8715 

Faith  and,  2280 

Holy  Spirit  in,  8716 

Judging  from,  8717,  8720 

Overcome.  2281,  2278,  8719 

Over-sensibility  of,  8718 

Serving  God  without,  2283 
Feelings.  Influence  of  the,  8721 

Training  the,  8722 

Variety  of,  2283,  8723 
Feet,  Christ  Washing,  *3425,  8725 

Sliding,  8724 
Felix,  Bp.,  and  the  Bible,  6776 

Paul  before,  *3426 

Saved  by  Spiders,  11267 

St.,  Thankfulness  of,  11947 
Fellowship,  Bond  of,  *13l4 

Christian,  *1315,  2284 

Heavenly,  *lol6 

Human,  2285,  8726 

Incense  of,  *1317 

Law  of,  2286,  8727 

Sympathetic,  *1318 
Fenclon,  Anec,  194,  11431 
Fenris   The  Binding  of,  2756 
Ferrier  Sermonizing,  11123 


Fetishes,  8728,  8729 
Fiction,  Truth  of.  8730 
Fidelity,  Canine,  2287 

Christian,  *1319,  2288 

Classic,  8731 

Comfort  of,  2289 

Conjugal,  2290 

Duly  of,  8732 

Examples  of,  *1320,  2292,  2293,  2298,  8733 

Episcopal,  2291 

Memento  of,  2295 

Military,  2294,  8734 

Missionary,  *1321 

Profession  of,  *1322 

Result  of,  8735 

Rewarded,  2299 

Test  of,  *1323 

Uncompromising,  8736 

Vows  of,  8737 
Field,  C,  Perseverance  of,  4411 
Fight,  The  Good,  *1324 
Fighting,  Hard,  8739 

till  Death,  8738 
Fig-Tree.  Barren,  *3427-3430 
Figures,  Natural,  8740 
Fina,  St.,  Legend  of,  3593 
Finney,  Pres.,  Anec,  6971,  11145 
Fire,  Legend  of,  8741 

Nature  of,  8742 

Ordeal  of,  8743 

Perpetual,  *3431 

Symbols  of,  8744 
Fireside,  The,  *1821 
Firmness,  Christian,  2300,  8745 

Duty  of,  8746 

Memento  of,  8747 

Power  of,  *1325 

Symbol  of,  8748 
Firnius  and  Rusticus,  10442 
First-born,  Death  of  Egypt's,  *3432-3434 
Fish,  Draui-hts  of,  *3435-3437 
Fishers  of  Men,  *3438,  *3439 
Fisk,  Gen.,  Anec,  2381,  10886,  11213,  12135 
Fitzhardinge,  Earl,  Conversion,  7531 
Five  Thousand  Fed,  *3440 
Flaccus,  Remorse  of,  966 
Flag,  Devotion  to  his,  2302,  8749 

Lift  up  the,  2301 

Preserving  the,  8750 

Protected  by  the,  8751 
Flaminius  Frees  tlie  Greeks,  11595 
Flatterer,  Description  of  the,  2303 
Flattery,  Beware  of,  8752,  8753 

Commodity  of,  *1326 

Currency  of,  2305 

Food  of,  *1327 

Inconsistency  of,  *1328 

Influence  of,  *1329,  2307,  2308 

Love  of,  *1330,  2311 

Mirror  of,  *1331 

Mockery  of,  *1332,  2304 

Rebuked,  2309,  8756 

Reward  of,  2310 

Ruin  by,  8755,  8757 
Flatlich,  "Trust  of,  159 
Flavel,  Anec,  2470,  4200,  6473 
Flesh,  Conflicts  of  the,  2312 

Infirmities  of  tlie,  8758,  8759 

Lesson  of  the,  *1333 

Tabernacle  of  the,  *1334 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


545 


Flesh,  Use  of  the,  2313 

Fletcher,    J.,    Anec.,  1337,  1762.  2674,  8949, 

7792,  7873,  8156,  10257,  10263 
Flood,  Description  of  the,  *1335 

Earth  Ijefore  the,  *1336 

Traditioti  of  the,  2314 
Floods,  Eastern,  8760 
Flowers,  Death  of  the,  *1338 

Emblems,  *1339 

Fait  1 1  of,  '■-1340 

Hymn  to,  1341 

Influence  of,  8761,  8762,  8764 

Life's,  *1342 

Love  for,  *1337.  8763,  8766,  8767 

Use  of,  *1343.  8765 

Voice  of.  *1344,  2315 
Fluvius  and  his  Son,  9062 
Fly  on  the  Axle,  1935 
Foes,  Christian's.  *1345 
Fogy,  Legend  of  a,  2316 
Following  Clirist,  Earnestly,  8768 

Fully,  2318,  8769 

In  Death,  2317 

Influence  of,  2319 

Motive  for,  2321 

Only,  2320 
Folly,  Biblical,  8770 

Brevities,  2324 

Danger  of,  2325 

Examples  of,  2326,  8771 

Human,  2327 

Parable  of,  2328 

Tiie  Sinner's,  8773 
Food,  Daily,  *1346 

Forfeiture  of,  8773 

Miraculous,  2322,  8775 

Necessity  for,  8776 

Poisonous,  *1347 

Provision  of.  *1348,  2323,  8"; 74,  8777 

Signal  for,  8778 

Spiritual,  8779 

Thanks  for,  8780 
Fool,  Discovery  of,  *1349 

Elect.  8781 

Learned,  *1350 

The  Rich,  *3441 

Wisdom  of,  *135l 
Fools,  Angry  with,  8783 

Brevities,  8783 
Foote,  Com.,  Anec,  458, 1348, 4471,  7489,  9876 
Footsteps,  Tracing,  8784 
Fop,  Brevities,  8785 
Forbearance,  Divine,  *1353 

E.xample  of,  8786 

Human,  2329 

Tested,  1353,  3787,  3788 
Forchbene's  Victory,  6840 
Foreboding.   Mistaken,  8789 

Natural.  8790 
Foreknowledge  and  Duty,  2330 
Foreordination,  Confidence  in,  *1354 
Foresight,   Divine,  8791 
Forest,  Hymn  of  the,  *1355 

Music  of  the,  *1356 
Forewarning,  Advantage  of,  2331 
Forgetfulness,  Attained,  3333 

Common,  2333 

Criminal.   2334,  2335 

Drunkard's,  8792 

Incident  of,  2336 

Question  of,  8793 


Forgetfulness,  Ungrateful,  2337 
Forgiveness,  Alternative  of,  *1357 

a  Settlement,  8811 

Bliss  of,  *1358 

Bravery  of,  8794 

Cliristian,  2338 

Condition  of,  2339,  8796 

Cultivating.  2340 

Difticult,  8797 

Doctrine  of,  2341,  8804 

Dutv  of,  *-1360,  8799.  8809 

Example  of,  2342,  2346 

Freeness  of,  2343,  8800 

Fruits  of,  *1359 

Godlike,  8795,  8801 

God's,  2344,  8798,  8803 

Hope  of,  2345,  8803 

Joy  of,  2348 

Necessary,  2349 

Nobility  of,  2350,  8805 

Pleasure  of,  *1361 

Power  of,  2351,  8806 

Profession  of,  8807 

Reasons  for,  2353 

Refusal  of,  8808 

Result  of,  2353 

Romish,  2354 

Rule  of,  2355 

Seeking,  8810,  8813 

Spirit  of,  2358 

Ugly,  2357 
Forgotten,  Fear  of  Being,  8813 
Formalism,  Brevities,  2358 

Delusion  of,  8816,  8817 

Design  of,  2360 

Illustration  of,  2361,  8815 

Lifelessness  of,  2359,  2362,  8814 
Formalist,  Inconsistent,  8818 
Formalists  Enemies  to  Christ,  8819 
Formalitv.  Church,  *1362 
Forms,  Argument  for,  8820,  8821 
Formidas,  Realities  of,  8823 

Utility  of,  8823 
Fortitude,  Advantage  of,  *1363 

Ciiristian,  8824 

Cultivating,  *1364 

Defined,  3363 

Demand  for,  *1365,  8825 

Emblem  of,  8826 

Legend  of.  2364 

Philosophic.  *1366 
Fortunatus,  Story  of,  6057 
Fortune,  Best,  8827 

Brevities,  2365,  8828 

Caprice  of,  *1367,  *1370,  2366,  3369 

Counterpoise  of,  *1368 

Defiance  of,  *1369,  8829 

Encountering,  8830 

Example  of,'8831 

Endowments  of,  *1371 

Gifts  of,  *1372,  2367,  2368,  8833 

Goddess  of,  *1373  • 

Honoring,  2370 

Managing,  2371 

Not  Blind,  8833 

Proverbs,  3372 

Puppet  of,  *1374 

Revolution  of,  *1375 

Seizing,  *1376 

Symbols  of,  8834 

Too  Late,  8835 


546 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


Fortune,  Trifles  in,  2373 

Winning,  *1377 
Foscue,  the  Miser,  1146 
Foster's  Cyclopaedias.  9767 

J.,  Desire  for  Heaven,  2898 
Foundation,  Importance  of,  8836 

Sandy,  *1379,  8837 

Sure,  *1378,  8838 

Without,  8839 
Fountain  of  Life,  Allegory  of,  2374 

Beggar  at,  8840 

Coming  to,  2375 

Dying  at,  2376 

Emblem  of,  2377 

Influence  of,  2378 

Opened,  2379 

Searcli  for,  *1380 
Fox's  Book  of  Martyrs,  6748 
Fox,  F.,  Politeness  of,  852 
Frailty,  Earthly,  *1381 

Emblem  of,  8841 

Grades  of,  *1382 

Human,  *1383 

Life's,  *1384 

Reminders  of,  8842 

Type  of,  8843 
Fraucesca,  Anec,  1515,  6719 
Francis  I.,  409.  2321.  9020.  11307 

St..  Anec,  3523,  3812,  4171.  4619,  4781, 
8020,  9675,  11037,  11816,  12053 
Franklin,  B.,  Anec,  1553,  2673,  2717,  4207, 

9856 
Frantz  and  Gaspard,  8095 
Fraternity,  Triumph  of,  *1386 
Fraud,  Prevalence  of,  8844 
Frederick  of  Saxony's  Pride,  128 

the  Elector,  Decision  of,  7909 

the  Great.  Anec,  457,  1675,  3116,  4757,  7217, 
8633,  10079,  10484 
Freedom,  Battle  of,  *1387 

Christian.  *1388,  2380 

Claim  your,  2381,  8845 

Cost  of,  8846 

Decree  of,  *1389,  8847 

Foes  of,  *1390 

Ignorance  of,  8848 

Jubilee  of,  8849 

Land  of,  8850 

Personification  of,  *1391 

Progress  of,  *1392 

Repression  of,  8851 

Virtuous,  *1393 

War  of,  *1394 

Watching  for,  2382 
Free  Grace,  Accept,  2383 

Complaint  of,  2384 

Duty  and,  8852 

Example  of,  2387 

Experience  of,  2388,  8853 

in  Dying,  2386 

Memorial  of,  8854 

Message  of,  *1395 

Objections  to,  8855 

Power  of,  8856 

Trophies  of,  8857 

versus  the  Decrees,  2385 
Free-thinker,  8858 
Free-will,  Dignity  of,  8859 

Endowment  of,  8860 

Foreknowledge  and,  *1396,  *1397 

Issues  of,  *1398 


Freischutz,  6661 

French,  Rev.  A.  M.,  Death  of,  8221 

Fresenius,  5817 

Fretfulness,  Argument  Against,  8861 

Cure  for,  2389 

Folly  of,  8862 

Prevented,  2390 

Rebuked,  2391 

Rule  for,  2392 

Traits  of,  *1399 
Fretting,  Sin  of,  8863,  8864 
Friend  at  Midnight,  The,  *3442 
Friend,  Confidence  in  a,  *1400 

Departed,  *1402,  2395 

The  All-sufiicient,  *1401,  *1407,  2393,  2394 
Friends,  Character  of,  *1414,  8866 

Choice  of,  8867 

Counsel  of,  8868 

Courtesy  of,  8869 

Danirer  of,  2412,  8870 

Distrust  of,  2411 

Dying,  *1405 

Entertainment  of,  *1406 

False  and  True,  *1408 

Forsaking,  2413 

House  Full  of,  8871 

Lack  of,  *1409 

Making,  *1416,  8872,  8874 

Mercenary,  *1410 

Old,  *1411 

Parable  of,  2414 

Parting  of,  *1413 

Prayer  for,  *1413 

Proverbs,  2415 

Quarrels  of,  *1415 

The  Best,  *1404,  2410 

Three  Sorts  of,  8876 
Friendship,  Basis  of,  2396,  2399 

Boon  of,  *1417 

Brevities,  2397,  8877 

Broken,  *1418 

Christian,  2398 

Devotion  of,  8878 

Example  of,  8879 

False,  8865,  8880,  8881 

Growth  of,  *1419,  *1420 

Immortal,  8882 

Importance,  2401,  8883 

Intercourse  of. 

Intimate,  *1421 

Lasting,  8885 

Love  Kills, 

Measure  of,  2403 

Obligations  of.  8887 

Occasions  of,  8888 

Personified,  *1426,  2402,  8889 

Philosophy  of,  *1422 

Power  of,  *1423 

Proverbs,  2404 

Repairing,  2400,  2405 

Sinful,  2406 

Strange,  2407 

Sympathy  of,  8890 

Tested,  *1424,  2408,  8875 

True,  *1403,  2409 

Unity  of,  *1425 

Visit  of,  8891 

Worldly,  8893 
Friuli,  Avarice  of,  243 
Frodobert,  Legend  of,  6857 
Frugality  in  Trifles,  2416 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


547 


Frugality,  Necessity  of,  8893 

Pedigree  of,  8894 

Roman,  8895 

Royal,  8896 

Rule  of,  *1427 
Fruitfulness,  Biblical  Types  of,  8897 

Cause  of,  2417 

Christian,  8898 

Contrast  of,  2418 

Emblem  of,  2419 

False  and  True,  8899 

Moral,  *1428 

Passion  for,  2420 

Prayer  for,  *1429 
Fulgentius,  Decision  of,  11435 
Fuller,  A..  Anec,  2143,  2459,  7259,7572,  7882, 
9094,  9364 

Thos.,  Anec,  4440,  10486 
Fundanus'  Cure,  6504 
Funeral,  A  Hypocritical,  8900 

A  Joyous,  2421 

Hymn  for  a,  *1430 
Funerals,  Impressiveness  of,  8901 

Lessons  of,  8902 
Furnace,  Nebuchadnezzar's,  *3443 
Future,  Anxiety  about  the,  8903 

Christian's,  *1439 

Consideration  of  the,  8904 

Course  of  tlie,  8905 

Description  of,  8906 

Hope  for,  *1432 

Ignorance  of,  *1431,  *1434,  *1435,  2422,  8907 

Jud<!;ment  of,  8908 

of  Life,  2423 

Present  and,  *1436 

Promises  of,  *1437 

Prospects  of,  *1433,  8909,  8913 

Question  of,  2424,  8910 

Unalterableness  of,  8911 

Veil  over,  *1441 

Worldling's,  *1440 
Futurity,  Compensation  of,  8913 

Gadara,  Miracle  in,  *3444 

The  Maniac  of,  *3445 
Gagliani  and  Benedict  XIV.,  277 
Gain,  By  Death,  2425 

Criminal,  *1442,  8914 

Immortal,  8915 

True,  *1443 

Unsatisfactory,  2426 
Galba,  Throne  for,  1872 
Galen's  Conversion,  451,  9310 
Galilee,  *3446 

Sea  of,  *3447,-3450 

The  Inward,  *3449 
Galileo,  Anec,  6600,  6784,  7040,  8069,  9233, 

10958,  12105 
Galitzin,  Prince,  7928 
Gam,  D.,  Fidelity  of,  2299 
Gambling,  Evil  Effects  of,  8916,  8919 

Inhumanity  of,  2437,  8917 

Objects  of,  *1444 

Penalty  of,  *1445 

Place  of,  2428 

Prevalence  of,  8918 
Gamester,  A  Female,  8920 
Gardens,  The  Three,  *3451 
Gardner,  the  Happy  Rake,  3558 
Garibaldi,  Enthusiasm  of,  8383 
Garment,  Wedding,  *3452,  8931,  8933 


Garments,  Provisions  of,  8923 

Rending,  8924 
Garrick,  Anec,  3743,  4622,  4806,  10843,  11120 
Garrison,  W.  L.,  Anec,  7918,  8246 
Gasparin,  Mdni.,  5032 
Gate,  Entering  the  Straight,  8925,  8936 
Gates,  The  Two,  *3453 
Gayety,  End  of,  2429 

Innocent,  *1446 

Motives  to,  8927 
Gedaliah,  Ingratitude  to,  9636 
Gehazi,  Parable  of.  6641 
Gelasius,  an  Actor,  7540 
Generosity,  Emblem   of,  8929 

Example  of,  2430,  8928,  8930 

Excessive,  *1447 

Miracle  of,  8931 

Rare,  2431 

Rewarded,  8932 
Genius,  and  Infidelity,  2434 

Brevities,  2432 

Fruitfulness  of,  8934 

Hope  and,  *1448 

Industry  and,  2433,  8935,  8937 

Influence  of,  8933,  8936 

Impediments  of,  *1449 

Law  of,  2435 

Lights  of,  *1450 

Nature  of,  *1451 

Piety  and,  *1452,  3438 

Plans  of,  2436 

Power  of,  2437 

Rarity  of,  8938 

Test  of,  2439 

to  be  Respected,  8939 

Unknown,  8940 

Vitality  of,  *1453 

Waste  of,  2440 

Wife  of  a,  8941 
Gennesaret,  *3454 

Jesus  Walking  on,  *3455 
Gentiles,  Biblical,  8942 

Call  of  the.  *3456 

Manifeslation  of  Christ,  8943 
Gentleman,  Defined,  1455,  2441,  8944 

Example  of  a.  2442 

Nature's,  1454,  2443 

True,  2444,  8945,  8946 
Gentlemen,  Rarity  of,  8947 
Gentleness,  Advised,  8948 

Description  of,  2445,  8949 

Need  of,  2446 

Power  of,  2447 

Words  of,  *1456 
Geologist,  Conversion  of  a,  3448 
Geology,  Atheistic,  *1457 

Facts  of,  8950 

Records  of,  2449 
George  III.,  Anec,  2300,  6348,  6833,   7138, 
12069 

IV.  at  the  Sacrament,  11553 

St. ,  and  the  Dragon,  1978 
Gerhard,  P.,  Rewarded,  2159 
Geron's  Old  Age,  3250 
Gert  Links,  Death  of,  8218 
Gertrude,  St.,  10875 
Gethsemane,  *3457,  *3458,  *3459,  *3460,  *3461 

Agony  in,  *1458 

An  Olive  Leaf  from,  *3468 

Christ  in,  *1459 

Eden  and,  *1460 


548 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


Gethsemane,  Forget  not,  *3463 

Interest  of,  *1461 

Lesson  of,  *1462 

Superiority  of,  *8464 

View  of,  *1463 
Getting  On,  The  Goddess  of,  8951 
Ghosts,  Belief  in,  8952 

Haunts  of,  *1464 
Giardino's  Violin,  5577 
Gibbon,  Anec.,  3274,  7878,  82S4,  9131 
Gibbs,  The  Pirate,  2766 
Gibeou,  ^^3465,  ■••3466 
Gideon,  Army  of,  2114,  6561 
Gideon's  Fleece;.  *3467 

War-song,  *3468 
Gilford's  First  Problem,  2717 
Gift,  Graceful,  8953 

of  Tongues,  8954 
Gifts,  All  Have,  8955 

and  Graces,  2453 

Angry,  8956 

Best,  8957 

Biblical,  8958 

Diversity  of,  2450,  8959 

Enumeration  of,  2451 

Estimate  of,  8960 

Grace  Preferable  to,  8961 

Heartless,  8962 

Influence  of,  *1465 

Neglected,  *1466 

Preserving,  2453 

Proverbs,  2454 

Spiritual,  *1467 

Supernatural,  2455 

Unacceptable,  8963 

Using,  2456 
Gilbert  Becket  and  the  Emir's  Daughter,  3704 
Gilboa,  The  Field  of,  *3469 
Giles',  St.,  Compassion,  911 
Gill,  Dr.,  Preservation  of,  3581 
Gilmex  in  Captiviiy,  8256 
Gilpin,  B.,  Prepares  for  Death,  7832 
Girard,  S.,  Anec,  5513,  5994,  10762,  11517 
Giving,  Analogies  of,  *1468 

and  PrayinsT,  2463 

Beauty  of,  8964 

Cheerful,  8966 

Credit  for,  2457 

Family,  2458 

Heartily,  2459 

Life  by,  *1470 

Luxurv  of,  2460 

Means' of,  8968 

Measure  of,  2461 

Modes  of,  2462 

Necessity  for,  *1469,  8969 

our  Best  to  God,  8965 

Parsimonious,  8971 

Receiving  and,  8972 

Reward  of,  *1471,  2464 

Rules  for,  *1472,  8973 

the  Only  Saving,  8970 

the  Tenth,  8974 

to  God,  8967 
Gleaner,  The,  *3470 
Glenorchy,  Lady,  Anec,  1772,  8216 
Glory,  Attraction  of,  2466 

Dawn  of,  8975 

Degrees  of,  8977 

Divine.  *1473,  2465,  2468,  8978 

End  of,  2469,  8979 


Glorj'-,  Experience  of,  2470 

Fickleness  of,  8980 

Foretaste  and  Consummation  of,  2471,  8981 

Fulness  of,  2472 

Future,  *1474,  8982 

in  Death,  2467,  8976 

Marks  of,  *1475 

Military,  *1476 

Passion  for,  *1477,  2473,  8983,  8984,  8987 

Preservation  of,  8985 

Remains  of,  2474 

Road  to,  8986 

Short  Way  to,  2475 

Vision  of,  8988 

War  foi-,  *1478 
Gnat  and  Bull,  Fable  of,  7379 
God,  Abode  of,  *1479 

Abraham's,  *1480 

Accepting.  2476 

Access  to,  8989 

Acknowledgins:.  2477 

Activity  of,  8990 

a  Defence,  2490 

a  Father,  *1492,  2500,  9016 

All  for,  8991 

All  in  All,  2478 

All-Seeing,  8992 

All-Sufficiency  of,  2480 

All  Things  from,  *1481 

Always  With  Us,  8993 

Ansrer  of,  2481 

Anthem  to,  *1482 

a  Refuge,  2544,  9058 

Argument  for,  8995 

Arined,  8996 

a  Rock,  2548 

a  Shield,  2551 

Assistance  of,  8997 

a  Sun,  2553 

a  Thief,  9066 

Attractions  of,  *1483 

Attractive  Presentation  of,  2482 

Attributes  of,  *1484 

Belief  in  a,  2483 

Benevolence  of,  2484,  2518,  8998 

Blessinsr  or  Curse  of,  8999 

Book  of,  *1485 

Care  of,  *14«7,  2485,  900O 

Children  of,  2486 

Conception  of,  2487,  2563,  9003 

Confidence  in,  2488 

Conscience  and,  9003 

Creation  Glorifies,  9004 

Deliiiht  in,  *1488,  9009 

Denial  of,  9005 

Derivation  of,  9006 

Description  of,  2491 

Difference  between  Man  and,  9007 

Discovery  of  *1489 

Distance  from,  2492 

Emblems  of,  2493 

Empire  of,  2494 

Enemies  of,  2495,  8994 

Eternity  of.  *1490,  9110,  9111 

Evidence  of.  2496,  2568,  9013 

Existence  of,  2497 

Eye  of,  2498 

Faithfulness  of,  2499,  9015 

Favor  of,  2501,  9017 

Fear  of,  2502 

for  All,  2479 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


549 


God  for  Man,  2522 

Fulness  of,  *1493,  2503 

Geometrizing,  9019 

Gifts  of,  2504 

Glimpses  of,  *1494 

Glory  of,  *1495 

Glory  to,  *1496,  9020 

Goodness  of,  2505 

Government  without,  9021 

Gratitude  Due  to,  9022 

Greatness  of,  *1497,  2507,  9023 

Heathen  Ideas  of,  9024,  9025 

Holiness  of,  2509 

Humility  before,  9026 

Ideas  of"  9027 

Immensity  of,  *1498 

Immutability  of,  9028 

Incomprehensibility  of,  *1499,  2511,  9029 

Indefinable,  2512 

Indwelling  of,  9030 

Inexhaustible,  9031 

Infinity  of,  *1500 

in  Grace,  2506 

in  Redemption,  2543 

Invisible,  2513,  90.33 

Irresistible,  2514 

is  Light,  9035 

Jewish  Hymn  to,  *1501 

Justice  and  Mercy  of,  2515 

Knowledge  of,  251G,  9033 

Letter  to,  9034 

Life  of,  2519 

Likeness  to,  9036,  9059 

Longing  for,  3520,  2509 

Living  without,  9037 

Love  for,  9038,  9074 

Love  of,  *1486,  *1502,  2521,  9040 

Majesty  of,  *1503 

Manifestations  of,  9041 

Manifested  in  Christ,  9043 

Man  Try  in  2:  to  Forget,  9043 

Mercy  of,  2523 

Morning  Hymn  to,  *1505 

Munificence  of,  2526 

Name  of,  *1506,  9044,  9068 

Names  of,  2527,  2555 

Nature  of,  9045 

No  Images  of,  2528 

No  Likeness  of,  2529 

No  Respecter  of  Persons,  2545 

Obscuration  of,  9046 

Ode  to,  *1507 

Omnipotence  of,  *1508,  2530,  9047 

Omnipresence  of,  *1491,  *1509,  2531,  9048 

Omniscience  of,  2532,  9049,  9050 

Our  Heritage,  2508 

Our  Knowledge  of,  2517 

Oversiglit  of,  9051 

Patience  of.  2535 

Place  of,  2536 

Portion  in,  2537,  9053 

Power  of,  2525,  9053 

Praise  to,  *1510 

Presence  of,  *1511,  2538 

Promise  of,  2539 

Protection  of,  9054 

Providence  of.  3540,  9055 

Recognition  of,  9056,  9057 

Reflected,  2543 

Resis  ing,  9008,  9060 

Rewards  of,  3548 


God,  Riches  of,  3547 

Robbing,  9061 

Search  After,  *1513 

Secrets  of,  3549 

Seeing,  3550 

Seekinsr,  *1513 

Serving,  9063 

Soul  and, *1514 

Strife  with,  9063,  9067 

Submission  to,  2552 

Taking  Hold  of,  9065 

Talking  with,  9064 

Testing,  2554,  2556 

the  Christian's  Banker,  9001 

the  Creator,  2489 

The  Ideal,  2510 

Thought  of,  *1515 

Trinity  of,  2557 

Trust  in,  2558,  9069 

Truth  of,  9070 

Unchangeable,  9071 

Unity  of,  2559,  9073 

Unsearchable,  *1516,  2560,  9073 

Unseen,  2561 

Veracity  of,  3563 

Voice  of,  *1517 

Waiting,  *1518 

Watchfulness  of,  2564 

Ways  of,  2565 

Wealth  in,  9075 

Weigliing,  *1519 

Will  of,  9076 

Wisdom  of,  2566 

Wonderful,  *1520 

Workmanship  of,  9077 

Works  of,  2567 

General  Worbhip  of,  *1521,  9018 
Godfrey,  Ancc,  1303,  10467 
Godliness,  Advantage  of,  *1523,  2570,  9078 

Basis  of,  9079 

Biblical,  9080 

Blessedness  of,  9081 

Distinguisliiug,  2571 

Example  of,  *1523 

Exceptions  to,  2573 

for  Gain,  9083 

Gain  of,  2573,  2575,  2579 

Hatred  of,  2574 

Influence  of,  2576 

Inspiration  of,  9083 

Merchandise  of,  2577 

Need  of,  3578    ■ 

No  Excess  in,  9084 

Power  of,  2580,  9085 

Sincere,  9086 

Superiority  of,  3581 
Gods,  Death  among  the,  *1524 
Goethe,  Anec.  of,  1351,  4467 
Gold,  a  Curse,  *1526 

a  God,  *1529 

Bribery  of,  *1535 

Cost  of,  3583 

Death  by,  9088 

Description  of,  *1527 

Disregard  for,  9089 

Duration  of,  2583 

Encumbrance  of,  9090,  9091 

Evils  of,  *1528,  9087 

Fable  of  Midas,  3584 

Greed  of,  *1530,  3585 

Love  of,  *1531 


550 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


Gold,  Marrying  for,  5286 

Mottoes  about,  2587 

No  Cure,  9092 

Origin  of,  *1532 

Overladen  with,  9093 

Place  for,  9094 

Poison  of,  *1533 

Power  of,  *1534,  2588 

Root  of,  9095 

Strife  for,  *1535,  *1536 

Temptation  of,  9096 

Tomb  of,  9097 

Unused,  9099 

Vanity  of,  *1537,  2589, 9098 

Votaries  of,  9100 

Want  of,  *1538 
Golden  Calf,  The,  *8474 
Golden  Rule,  *1539,  2590,  2591 
Goldsmith,  O.,  Anec,  4147,  6725,  6747, 

7499 
Golgotha,  *3181,  *3475 
Goliath,  *3471-3473 

David  and,  *3307,  *3308 
Gondoforus'  Mansion,  2903 
Good,  Brevities,  9101 

Final,  *1540 

Mixture  of,  2592 

Unexpected,  '*1541 
Good  Breeding,  Civility  and,  9102 
Good-by,  Preference  of,  *1542 
Good  Deeds,  Harvest  from,  9103 

Height  of,  9104 

Memory  of,  9105 

Neglect  of,  9106 

Passion  for,  9107 

Prolificness  of,  2593,  9108 

Relying  on,  9109 

Repaid,  *1543,  2594 

Talking  of,  2595 
Good  Name,  Definition  of  a,  2596 

Destroying,  2597 

Endurance  of,  2598 

Growth  of,  2599 

Loss  of  a,  9110 

Love  of,  *1544 

Preserving  a,  2600 

Tainted,  2601 

Value  of  a,  *1545,  2602,  9111 
Good  Nature,  Advantage  of,  9112 

Virtue  of,  9113 
Goodness,  Beauty  of,  *1546 

Blessedness  of,  9114 

Degrees  of,  2603 

Divine,  *1547,  9121 

Emblem  of,  9115 

Festival  of,  9116 

Hatred  of,  9117 

Immortality  of,  2604,  9118 

Import  of,  9119 

Majesty  of,  9120 

Measure  of,  9122 

Mixed,  2605 

Monument  to,  9123 

Nature  of,  2606 

Nobility  of,  *1548 

Perseverance  in,  2607 

Reputation  of,  *1549 

Reward  of,  *1550 

Superiority  of,  2608 

Teaching,  *1551 

True,  2609 


6920, 


Goodness  of  God,  *lo52,  2610-2613 
Good  Samaritau,  The,  *3476 
Good  Time  Coming,  *447 
Good  Works,  Lesson  of,  2614,  9124 

Manifesting,  2616 

No  Confidence  in,  9125 

Parable  of,  2617 

Plannintr,  2618 

Profit  of,  2619,  2621 

Root  of,  2615,  2620 

The  Best,  *1553 

Trusting  to,  9126,  9127 
Gospel,  Analogy  of,  *1554,  2626 

an  Anthem,  2623 

Appreciating  the,  9128 

Ark  of  the,  *1555 

Ashamed  of  the,  2624 

Breath  of  the,  *1556 

Delay  of  the,  9130 

Difficulties  in  the,  2627 

Diffusion  of  the,  *1559,  *1560,  2628,  9155, 
9160 

Divinity  of  the,  2629,  9131 

Duty  towards  the,  9133 

Faith  in  the,  9133 

Glories  of  the,  9134 

Go  with  the,  9135 

Hatred  of  the,  2631 

Hero  of  the,  9137 

Hindrances  to  the,  9138 

Honoring  the,  9139 

Humanity  of  the,  9140,  9161 

Immortality  of  the,  *1557 

Improving  the,  9142 

Influence  of  the,  2630,  2633 

Law  and,  9143 

Light  of  the,  *1558 

Living  the,  9144 

Love  in  the,  2634 

Message  of  the,  9145 

Nature  of  the,  2622,  9146 

Need  of  a  Plain,  9147 

Net  of  the,  9148 

Novelty  of  the,  9149 

Objection  to  the,  9150 

Pardon  and  Holiness  in  the,  9151 

Philosophy  of  the,  9136,  9153 

Power  of  the,  2635.  9129 

Preaching  the,  9153,  9154 

Providence  and  the,  9156 

Receiving  the,  9157 

Rejecting  the,  2636 

Rejoicing  in  the,  2637 

Release  of  the,  9158 

Seeds  of,  9159 

Stability  of  the,  2625,  2639 

Sublimity  of  the,  2640 

Traits  of  the,  *1562 

Triumphs  of  the,  *3477,  9162 

Vitality  of  the,  2633,  2641 
Gospels,  Symbols  of  the,  2643 
Gossip,  Classic,  9163 

Malicious,  9164 
Goths  Oppose  Education,  8274 
Gottlieb's  Ripeness  for  Heaven,  3835 
Gough,  J.  B.,  Reform  of,  1655 
Government,  Art  of,  *1563 

Best,  9165 

Family.  9166 

Free,  *1564 

God's,  2644,  9167 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


551 


Government,  Instinctive,  *1565 

Mode  of,  2645 

of  Children,  2643 

Opinions  on,  9168 

Eeason  for,  9169 

Religion  in,  9170 

Satire  on,  2646 

School,  2647 

Seditions  in,  2648 
Governor,  A  Good,  9171 
Gracchus,  C,  6644,  9686,  10846 
Grace,  Abounding,  2649,  9173 

Accepting,  9173 

Activity  of,  2650 

Adaptation  of,  *1566,  2651,  9174 

Agents  of,  9175 

All  Through,  2652 

and  Glory,  *1570,  9183 

A  Solitary,  2683 

at  Meals,  2673 

Bank  of,  2653 

Beginning  of,  2654 

Comfort  of,  *1567 

Continual,  2655 

Decay  of,  2656 

Decline  in,  2657 

Development  of,  2658 

Dishonoring,  9176 

Dying,  9177 

Election  of,  2659 

Emblem  of,  2660 

Experience  of,  2661,  9178 

Falling  from,  2662 

Fountain  of,  *1568,  9179 

Free,  *1569,  2663 

Fruits  of,  2664 

Fulness  of,  9180 

Gifts  versus,  9181 

God  of  All,  9183 

Gospel,  *1571 

Gradual,  2665 

Growth  in,  2666,  2669,  9194,  9195 

Invincibility  of,  2670 

Light  of,  2671 

Living  with,  9186 

Manner  of,  *1572,  2677 

Marvel  of,  2672 

Maturity  in,  9187 

Moment  by  Moment,  9189 

More,  3674,  9188 

Mutiny  Against,  9190 

Need  of,  2675,  9191 

Offered,  2676 

Oil  of,  9192 

Parable  of,  9193 

Perquisites  of,  9194 

Power  of,  9195 

Prayer  for,  *1573,  9196 

Preservation  of,  2678,  9197 

Provisions  of,  2679 

Receiving,  9198 

Recovering,  2668,  2680 

Reign  of,  9199 

Riches  of,  2682 

Seeking  the  Sinner,  2681,  9200 

Sin  and,  9201 

Slighted,  *1574 

Sovereign,  9203 

Symbol  of,  9203 

Tlirone  of,  *1575,  9204 

Tide  of,  9305 


Grace,  Time  for,  9206 

versus  Guilt,  2667 

Works  of,  *1576 
Gracefulness,  Traits  of,  9207 
Graces,  Chain  of,  9208 

Christian,  2685 

Constancy  of  the,  2686 

Cultivation  of  the,  2687,  2690,  9310 

Development  of,  3688,  9309 

Influence  of,  3689 

Queen  of,  9311 

Removal  of,  3691 

Trio  of,  *1577 

Weak,  2692 
Grafting,  New  Process  of,  9213 

Practice  of,  9213 
Grail,  Legend  of  the  Holy,  9214 
Grant,  Gen..  Anec,  2089,  3716,  6973,  9650 
Gratitude,  Analogy  of,  3693 

Christian,  9315,  9319 

Demand  for,  *1578,  9221 

Effect  of,  9216 

Example  of,  2694,  2695,  9217 

Flow  of,  9218 

Hymn,  *1579 

Instinct  of,  *1580 

Measure  of,  2696,  9220 

Offering  of,  2699 

Personification  of,  *1581 

Practicable,  2698 

Tribute  of,  *1582,  2697,  2700 
Grave,  The,  *3478 

Address  to,  *1583 

Adorning,  *1584,  *1590 

Bliss  of,  *1585 

Christ  in,  *1587,  2701 

Congregation  of,  *1588 

Couch  of,  *298,  *1589 

Distance  to,  9223 

Domain  of,  *301,  *1591 

End  of  All,  2702 

Equality  in,  2703 

Greed  of,  2704 

Gone  to,  *1592 

House  of,  *1593 

Hymn  of,  *1594 

Legend  of  the  First,  2705 

Light  in,  2706 

Meditation  at,  9224 

No  Work  in,  9225 

Peaceful  Associations  of,  9226 

Perfumed  by  Christ,  9337 

Preaching  of,  *1596 

Rest  Beyond,  2707 

Rest  in,  *1597,  2708 

Sadness  of,  *1598 

Tent  of,  *1599 

Warnings  of,  1600 
Graveyard,  Hymn  of,  *1601 
Gravity,  False,  2709 
Great  Basle  and  Little  Basle,  48S7 
Great,  Exposure  of  the,  9238 

Fear  of  the,  9329 

Impotence  of  the,  9330 

Pretensions  of  the,  9331 

Salvation  of  the,  9232 
Great  Men,  Appearance  of,  2710 

Classes  of,  9233 

Death  of,  *1602 

Defects  of,  *1603 

Definition  of,  2713 


552 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


Great  Men,  Distinguishing,  2713 
Early  Training  of,  9234 
Elevation  of,  2714 
Fewness  of,  9235 
Good,  *1604 
Idea  of,  9236 
Inflviencinsr,  9237 
Need  of,  *1(J05 
Opportunities  of,  2715  '' 
Origin  of,  2716 
Perseverance  of,  2717 
Power  of,  *1606 
Spirit  of,  9238 
Superiority  of,  9239 
True,  2718 
Weakness  of,  9240 
Greatness,  Age  of,  *1607 
Brevities,  9241 
Conditions  of,  *1608,  27U 
Consistent,  *1609 
Danger  of,  2719 
Death  and,  9243 
Empty,  2721.  9243 
Enduring,  *1611 
Envying,  2722 
Fallen,  *1612 
False,  *1613 
Habits  of,  3723 
Height  of,  2724 
Human,  9244 
Humility  of,  9245 
Immunities  of,  9246 
Inspiration  of,  *1614 
Meanness  of,  9241 
Mental,  9248 
Political,  *1615 
Price  of,  *1&10,  9249 
Religious,  9250 
Simplicity  of,  9251 
Standard  of,  *1616 
Supreme,  2720,  2725 
Title  to,  9252 
Tomb  of,  *1617 

Transient,  2726 
True,  2727,  9253 
Worth  of,  9254 
Greed,  Fable  of,  9255 
Greediness,  Fatal,  9256 
Greegree,  Mohammedan,  9257 
Green,  Dr.  A.  L.  P.,  7871 
Greeting,  Friendlv,  2728 
Gregory,  Anec,  130,  3105,  5097 
Grey,  Lady  Jane,  6674,  6691 
Grief,  Angels  of,  *1618 

Benefit  of,  *1619,  9258 

Brevity  of,  9259 

Consolation  for,  *1620,  *1621 

Dismission  of,  *1623 

End  of,  *1624,  *1625,  2729,  9261 

Excessive,  9262 

Healing  for,  *1626,  9263 

Heathen  View  of,  9264 

Impressions  of,  *1627 

Improper,  9265 

Joy  from,  *1628 

Need  of  Relief  for,  9266 

Passionless,  *1629 

Personification  of.  *1630,  9267 

Pining,  *1622,  *1631 

Private,  2730 

Sleepless,  *1632 


Grief,  Sympathy  in,  *1633 

Vicissitude  of,  2731 

Yielding  to,  9268 
Grimaldi's  Melancholy,  6191 
Grimes,  Gov.,  Anec,  1573 
Grolius,  Anec,  3543,  5714 
Growth,  Analogy  of,  2732 

Demand  for,  9269 

Heavenward,  *1635 

in  Grace,  2733,  2734,  9270 

IVIementos  of,  9271 

Plant.  9272 

Possible,  2735 

Rapid,  2736 

Religious,  9273,  9274 

True,  *1636,  9275 
Gruber  and  the  Infidel,  6788 
Grumblers,  Characteristics  of,  2737 

Fable  of,  9276 
Grumblimj,  Cure  for,  2738 
Guardian,^  The  Omniscient,  2739 
Guatimozin's  Bed,  4338 
Gudula,  Legend  of,  10286 
Gueio,  Obedient,  10773 
Guelph  and  His  Wife,  6074 
Guericke's  Barometer,  2033 
Guerricus'  Late  Repentance,  1276 
Guidance,  Christ's,  *1637,  9277 

Definite,  2740 

Divine,  *1038,  2741 

Need  of,  *1639 

Prayer  for,  *1640 

Seeking,  *1641,  2742 
Guide,  Parable  of  the,  2743 
Guides,  Safe,  9278 
Guido's  "Aurora,"  7167 
Guilt,  Beginning  of,  *1642 

Contrasts  of,  9279 

Degrees  of,  9280 

Discovery  of,  9281,  9282 

in  Sickness,  9285 

Proclivity  of,  9283 

Remorse  of,  *1643 

Scourge  of,  *1644,  9287 

Self-Punishment  of,  9284 

Slavery  of,  9286 

Transfer  of,  9288  ^ 

Unhappiness  of,  9289 
Guilty,  Acquittal  of  the,  2744 

Detection  of  the,  2745 
Gulliver's  Bonds,  1381 
Gunadhyas'  Poem,  6900 
Guthrie,  Dr.,  Anec,  6723,  7867, 10591, 11136, 

12091 
Guttenburg's  Temptation,  1119 
Guyon,  Dr.,  Dying  for  Science,  2961 

Mdm.,  Joy  in  Prison,  4694 
Guyot's  Benefit  to  Marseilles,  6737 

Habit,  Danger  of,  2748,  9291,  9293 
Description  of,  2750 
Destructive,  9293,  9304 
Examples  of,  2751,  27.52 
Illustrated,  2753,  2756,  9295 
Influence  of,  2754,  2757,  9290 
Law  of,  2758,  9294 
Prevalence  of,  2755,  9298 
Power  of,  2746,  2759,  2764,  9296 
Slaves  of,  *1645,  2760 
Struggle  Against,  9300 
Unconsciousness  of,  2761 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


553 


Habits,  Change  of,  *1646,  9297,  9303 

Cure  for  Bad,  9303 

Good  and  Evil,  2762,  9306 

Growth  of,  *1648,  9301 

Holy,  *1649,  2747,  9299 

Inveterate,  2763,  9305 
Hacket,  Dr.  J.,  8197 
Hagar,  *3479-3485 
Hagar  and  Sarah  as  Types,  7594 
Hale,  Sir  M.,  Anec.,  1645,  2274,  4577,  7625, 

8236,  9912,  11317 
Half-Measures,  Danger  of,  2765 
Hall.  R,  Anec,  1564,  3084,  3160,  5677,  6551, 

7633,  8622 
Hamet  and  Raschid,  4003 
Hamilton,  A.,  Industry  of,  8937 
Hand,  Cure  of  the  Withered,  *3486,  *3488 

Legend  of  a,  9307 

Mechanism  of  the,  9308 

Offending,  9309 

Power  of  the,  9310 

Shakes  of  the,  9311 

Superiority  of  the,  9313  « 

The  Lord's,  *3487 
Handel,  Anec,  2450,  8125 
Hands,  Joining,  9313 

Kissing,  9314 
Hannah  Parting  with  Samuel,  *3489 
Hannibal,  Anec,  114,  3740,  7403,  8699,  9858, 

11473 
Hanno  and  Agorastocles,  9638 
Happiness,  Attaining,  *1651,  2787,  9317 

Blessed,  2767,  2791 

Chance  of,  *1653 

Child's  Idea  of,  9315 

Ciiristian,  *1654,  2768,  9316 

Condition  of,  *1655,  2769,  2773 

Desire  for,  *1656 

Diffusers  of,  9319,  9333 

Disturbances  of,  2780,  9320 

Domestic,  *1657 

Empty,  9322 

Enduring,  9323 

Equality  of,  2771 

Example  of,  *1658 

Experience  Regarding,  2773 

False,  9324 

Foundation  of,  *1653,  9335 

Gauge  of,  *1659 

Haunts  of,  *1660 

Human,  2770,  2776 

Humility  and,  9326] 

Incomplete,  2777 

Indescribable,  2775 

In2;redients  of,  3778,  2779 

in  Suffering,  2794 

King's  Idea,  *1661 

Land  of,  9328 

National,  9329 

Negative,  9330 

Non-essential,  9331 

Perfect,  2782 

Plant  of,  *1663 

Power  of,  3783,  2793 

Price  of,  *1664 

Profession  of,  2784 

Quest  of,  *1663,  *1650,  3789,  9333,  9334 

Rare,  3785,  9341 

Reciprocal,  9335 

Religious,  8774,  3786 

Risking  Eternal,  9336 


Happiness,  School  of,  3788 

Secret  of,  3790,  9337,  9339 

Sensuous,  3793 

Sources  of,  9337 

Thankfulness  of,  3795 

Theories  of,  *1665,  3781 

The  World's,  9343 

True,  *1666,  9338 

Trying  to  Work  Out,  9340 

Using,  3796 

Virtue  and,  *1668 

Within,  *1667,  9343 
Hardness  of  Heart,  Biblical,  9344 
Harlot,  Conversion  of  a,  9345 
Harlots,  Labor  for,  9346 
Harmony,  Condition  of,  3798 

Example  of,  3799 

Fable  of,  9347 

Need  of,  3800 
Harmosan,  *1339 
Harper  Brothers,  9597 
Harvest,  Analogy  of,  *1669 

End  of  the,  *1670 

Hymn  of,  *1671 

Rejoicing  for  the,  9348 

Spiritual,  *1673 

The  World's,  *3490 
Hasan,  Clemency  of,  7320 
Haste  and  Dispatch,  9349 

Sin  of,  9350 
Hastings,  Warren,  4839 
Hatred,  Cure  of,  *1673 

Envy  and,  9351 

Habit  of,  3801,  9353 

Misanthropic,  *1674 

Object  of,  *1676,  2803 

Poison  of.  *1675 

Romish,  9353 
Havelock,  H.,  Anec,  3149,  4164,  4577,  11761, 

11763 
Hazael  and  Serujah,  3328 
Head,  The  Human,  9354 
Healmg,  Miracle  of,  *3491,  9355 
Health,  Benefit  of,  9356,  9359 

Lost,  9357 

Restoration  of,  9358 
Hearers,  Careless,  3803 

Choice  of,  9360 

Constant,  2804 

Critical,  2805 

Forgetful,  9361 

Impatient,  2806 

Inattentive,  2807,  2816 

Interested,  2808,  2820 

Kinds  of,  3809,  9367 

Motives  of,  3810,  9375 

Offending,  3811 

Only,  3813,  9363,  9374 

Opinionated,  9363 

Practical,  3813,  3818,  3819 

Sleepy,  9364 

Tastes  of,  3814 

Test  of,  9365 

Too  Generous,  9366 
Hearing,  Attentive,  *1677,  9368 

Benefit  of,  3815 

Biblical,  9369 

Different  Results  of,  9371 

Duty  of,  9373 

Mystery  of,  *1678 

Neglect  of,  9376 


554 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


Hearing,  Peculiar,  9377 

Preoccupied,  9378 

Seuse  of,  *1679,  9370 
Heart,  Activity  of  the,  *1680,  2821 

a  Furnace,  2836 

a  Garden,  9390 

a  Hive,  9395 

a  Reservoir,  2851 

Argument  from,  9379 

Attacks  upon,  2823 

Bad,  9380 

Beginning  at,  9381 

Bitterness  of,  *1682 

Breaking,  *1681 

Burying  a,  *1683 

Calls  to  the,  *1684 

Care  of  the,  9383 

Carnal  or  Spiritual,  9384 

Changes  in  the,  *1685,  2823 

Christ  Entering  the,  2824 

Christ  Knocking  at  the,  2825 

Christ's  Kingdom  in  the,  2826 

Closet  of  the,  9385 

Color  of  the,  9386 

Consecration  of,  *1687 

Contents  of  the,  *1688,  *1697 

Corruptions  in  the,  2828,  9406 

Cross  and,  *1689 

Cure  for  a,  2829 

Darkness  in  the,  *1690 

Deceitfulness  of  the,  2830 

Depravity  of  the,  *1691,  2831 

Discipline  of  the,  9387 

Diversities  of,  2832 

Divided,  2833 

Double,  9388 

Fear  of  the,  2834 

Figures  of  the,  9389 

for  Jesus,  2844,  2853 

Germs  in  the,  *1693 

Giving  the,  2849,  9391 

God  in  the,  9392 

God's  Love  for  the,  *1693 

God's  Temple,  *1701,  9393 

Good,  2837 

Guilty,  2838 

Hardness  of  the,  2766,  2839,  2840 

Highway  of  the,  *1694 

Home  of,  2841 

Hornets  in  the,  2843 

Idolatry  in  the,  9396 

Image  in  the,  2843 

Influence  of  the,  *1695 

in  Heaven,  2841 

Insatiable,  2835,  9394 

Keeping  the,  2827,  9397 

Lock  for  the,  2845 

Mechanism  of  the,  9398 

Morals  of  the,  9399 

Music  in  the,  *1696 

New,  2846 

Occupied,  2847 

of  Stone,  2854,  9408 

Out  of  Tune,  *1698 

Parable  of  the,  9400 

Peaceful,  2848 

Purged,  9401 

Purifying  our  Own,  9403 

Purity  of,  9402 

Responsibility  of  the,  9404 

Renewing  the,  2850 


Heart,  Right,  2852 

Softening  the,  9405 

Soil  of  the,  *1699 

Stability  of,  9407 

Storms  in  the,  *1700 

Strife  for  the,  2855 

Testing  the,  9409 

The  Bolted,  9382 

Treasures  of  the,  2856,  9410 

Trouble  in  the,  2857 

Unfruitful ness  of  the,  9411 

Unregenerated,  2858 

Unsatisfied,  2859 

Value  of  the,  2860 

"War  in  the,  9412 

Weakness  of  the,  *1703 

Wearing  the,  2861 

Writing  on  the,  2862 
Heat,  Effects  of,  9414 
Heathen,  Exposure  of  the,  9415 

Judging  the,  *1703 
Heathenism,  Bloody  Rites  of,  9416 

Cruelty  of,  9417 

Gods  of,  *1704,  2863 

Hopelessness  of,  2864 

Ignorance  of,  2865 

Sacrifices  of,  2866 

Superstition  of,  2867 
Heaven,  Activity  in,  2868 

Adjustment  in,  9418 

Admittance  to,  2869,  9419 

All  White  in,  9420 

and  Earth,  *1766,  *1767,  *1768,  9437 

Appearance  of,  *1705 

Approach  to.  *1706 

A  Present,  2915,  9476 

Ascent  to,  *3492,  9426 

Associations  of,  2870 

at  Last,  9459 

Attraction  of,  *1707,  2871 

A  Year  in,  *1708 

Beauties  of,  *1709 

Biblical  Figures  of,  9421 

Bliss  of,  *1710 

Brevities,  9422 

Care  for,  9423 

Children  in,  2873 

Cliild's  Thought  of,  9424,  9479 

Christians  in,  9435,  9443 

Christ  in,  *1711,  2873 

City  of,  *1712,  2874 

City  of  the  Forgiven,  *3494 

Cloudless,  *1713 

Company  of,  *1714,  2921,  9427 

Compensations  of,  9428 

Completeness  in,  9429,  9493 

Dawn  of,  2876 

Degrees  in,  *1715 

Delights  of,  *1716,  9480 

Denominations  in,  9431 

Description  of,  *1717 

Dimensions  of,  2878 

Discoveries  of,  9433 

Disregarded,  9432,  9434 

Distance  to,  2879 

Doing  Business  for,  9436 

Dreams  of,  *1719 

Duration  of,  2880,  9927 

Employment  in,  *1720,  2881 

Enduring  for,  9439 

Entrance  to,  *1721,  2882,  2883 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


555 


Heaven,  Epitome  of,  *1723 
Esteeming,  *1723 
Excellence  of,  9440 
Experience  of,  *1724 
Fair,  *1725 
Fatherland,  *1726 
Fighting  for,  2884,  9430 
Figures  of,  2885,  9438 
Fitness  for,  2886 
Foretaste  of,  2911,  9441 
Friendship  in,  *1727 
Fruition  of,  2887 
Gate  Open  to.  9442 
Glimpses  of,  *1728,  2888 
Glories  of,  *1729,  2889,  2890,  9444,  9445 
God  in,  *1730,  2891 
God's  House,  9447 
Going  to,  2892,  9448 
Happiness  in,  *1731,  2901,  9449 
Harps  in,  *1732 
Hastening  to,  2894 
Hell  and,  2936,  9450 
Home  in,  *1733,  2895,  2896 
Honors  of,  9452 
Hope  of,  *1734,  2897,  9453 
Immanuel's  Land,  *3493 
Inconceivable,  *1751,  9455 
Incorruptible,  *1735 
Indescribable,  2899,  9456 
Indian's,  *1762,  9454 
Infamy  of  Losing,  9457 
Inhabitants  of,  *1736 
Invitations  from,  *1737,  2930 
Knowledge  in,  *1738,  9458 
Landing  in,  *1739 
Live  for,  *1740 
Locality  of,  9460 
Longing  for,  *1718,  2935,  9461 
Manners  of,  9462 
Mansions  in,  *1743,  2902,  2924 
Meeting  in,  *1744,  9463 
Mementos  in,  2903 
Minister's  Welcome  to,  *1745 
Morning  in,  9465 
Music  in,  9466,  9467 
My  Place  in,  *1746 
Mythological,  2904 
Nearing,  *1747,  2905 
Nearness  of,  *1748,  2906,  2907 
Negative,  9468 
Nobility  of,  2908 
No  Death  in,  2877 
No  Graves  in,  9446 
No  Other  Way  to,  9470 
No  Stranger  in,  *1750 
No  Treasure  in,  9471 
One  Gate  to,  9472 
Outside  of,  2909 
Peace  in.  *1752,  2875 
Peoples  in,  *1742,  2910 
Praise  in,  2912 
Prayer  for,  *1753 
Preparing  for,  2913,  2914,  9475 
Presenting,  9474,  9477 
Prospect  of,  *1741,  *1754 
Purchased,  2916 
Qualification  for,  9451,  9478 
Recognition  in,  *1755,  2917,  9481 
Registered  in,  9482 
Reminders  of,  *1756,  9491 
Rest  in.  *1757 


Heaven,  Review  in,  9483 

Ripe  for,  9484 

Roll  Call  in,  9486 

Sabbath  of,  *1758 

Safe  in,  *3495 

Saints  in,  *1759 

Scaling,  2918 

Scorning,  *1760 

Securing,  9487 

Service  of,  2919 

Shut  Out  of,  9488 

Signs  in,  9489 

Sinless.  2920 

Splendor  of,  *1761 

Steps  to,  2923 

Sure  of,  2922 

The  Grave  not,  2893 

Thou2;hts  of,  *1763 

Title  to,  2900,  2925,  9473 

Triumph  of,  2926 

Unity  in,  9493 

Unveiled,  *1764 

Viewing,  *1765 

Views  of,  2898,  2928 

Visions  of,  2929 

Way  to,  2931,  9485,  9490 

Welcome  to,  2932 

Won,  2933 

Wonder  in,  9494 

Wonders  of,  2934 
Heavens,  Contemplating  the,  *1769 
Heavenly  Mindeduess,  Quiet  of,  9495 
Hebrew  Minstrel's  Lament,  *3496 
Hebron,  The  Oak  of,  *3497 
Heine's  Losses,  3669 
Heirship,  My,  *3499 
Helen  and  Paris,  10420 
Helena,  Anec,  1175,  4938,  6343 
Heliodorus,  The  Scourging  of,  *3498 
Heliosrabalus,  3041,  3620,  8980,  11208 
Hell,  Bridge  of,  9497 

Bridge  to,  *1770 

By- Way  to,  2937 

Characters  in,  *1771,  2938,  9514 

Choosing,  9498 

Considering,  9499 

Demand  for,  2939 

Derivation  of,  2940 

Description  of,  *1772,  2941 

Dispute  About,  9501 

Doubting  a,  *1773,  9503 

Duration  of,  2942,  2943,  2946 

Existence  of,  2944.  9504 

Extemporized,  9505 

Fear  of.  2945,  9503,  9506 

Fire  of,  9507 

Glimpses  of,  9508 

Immunity  from,  9509 

Location  of,  2947 

Memory  in,  *1774,  9510 

Misery  in,  2948 

Mockery  of,  *1775 

Mohammedan,  9511 

Near  the  Wicked,  2949 

Personal,  9513 

Portal  of,  *1777 

Power  of,  2951 

Punishment  of,  *1776,  2953 

Sinner's  Own  Way  to,  9513 

Torments  of,  9515 

Unbelief  in,  *1778,  3953,  9500 


556 


GENERAL  AKD  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


Hell,  Universe  of,  *1779 

Working  Hard  for,  9516 
Help,  Adaptation  of,  *1780 

Divine,  2954,  9517,  9518 

Providential,  9520,  9523 

Reciprocal,  2656,  9519,  9521 

Reward  of,  9522 

Timely,  2957 
Hemans',  Mrs.,  Last  Words,  1771 
Henry  IL,  Anec,  1473,  7487,  9120 

IV.,  Anec,  740,  3723,  6749,  7156 

VIII.,  Supremacy  of,  11876 

Matthew,  422,  1700,  1785,  3254,  3862,  5454, 
7864 

Patrick,  10790,  11367 

Philip,  141,  1141,  2208,  2954,  4569,  10413 
Heraclius,  1179,  1433 
Hereafter,  Secret  of  the,  *5781 

The  Great,  *1782 
Hercules,  Anec,  2753,  4129,  4327,  5310,  6214, 

9517 
Heresy,  Genealogy  of,  *1783 

Odor  of,  9524 

Trifling,  2958,  9525 
Heritage  of  the  Rich  and  Poor,  *1784 
Hermit  Life,  *1785,  2959 
Hermits,  First  Principles  of,  9526 
Hermocrates'  Heir,  5104 
Hermodius  and  Iphsicrates,  6475 
Hermon,  *3500 
Hern's  Trust,  11265 
Hero  and  Leander,  10338 

Death  of  a,  •n787 

Definition  of  a,  9528 

Marks  of  the,  *1788 
Herod,  Anec. ,  1089,  5051 
Herod ias.  The  Daughter  of,  *3501,  *3502 
Heroes,  Examples  of,  *17b6,  *17»y,  9527 

Forgotten,  *1790 

God's,  *1791 

Moral,  *1792 

Seed  of,  *1794 

True,  *1793 
Heroine,  Grave  of  a,  *1795 
Heroism,  Example  of,  2961,  9529 

Christian.  2960,  9532 

Medal  for,  9530 

Military,  *1796,  9531 

Patriotic,  2962 

True,  2963 

Unconscious,  9533 
Hervey,  Rev.  J.,  1715,  5620,  7772,  7787 
Hesitation,  Weakness  of,  9534 
Hezckiah,  Pool  of,  *3503 

Recovery  of,  3839,  7793 
Hickington's  Close  Preaching,  4604 
Hiding""Places.  Oriental,  9535 
Hid  Treasure,  *3504 
Hidier  Life,  Attaining,  9536 
High  Priest,  Christ  our,  *1798 
Highway,  God's,  9537 
Hiiarion,  Child  Martyr,  7071 
Hill,  Rev.  R.,   1793.  3980,  4607.  7343,  7518, 
7826,  8375,  8649,  8708,  8973,  9631,  10071, 
10329,  10392 
Hillet,  Parables,  3135,  7921 
Hindrances,  Throwing  Out,  2964 
Hinnom,  Valley  of,  2940 
Hiram,  Kin":  of  Tyre,  2833 
Historv,  Burden  of,  9538 

Duration  of,  *1799 


History,  Revelations  of,  9589 
Hobbs,  T.,  Anec,  1248,  1731 
Hobby,  A  Medical.  9540 
Hogarth,  Anec,  1877,  7007,  8935 
Hohenslaufeu's  Cell,  3569 
Holbein's  Painted  Fly,  183 
Holiness,  Abuse  of,  2965 

Ashamed  of,  9541 

Attainable  Now,  2966 

Aversion  to,  9542 

Beauty  of,  9543 

Defined,  2697,  2968 

Diffusing,  2961 

Divine,  9544 

Emblem  of,  2970,  9545 

Example  of,  2972 

Excellency  of,  2973 

Experience  of,  9546,  9551 

Graces  of,  2974 

Highway  of,  *1800 

Influence  of,  2975 

Instantaneous,  9547 

Light  of,  2976 

Living,  2979,  9548 

Necessity  of,  2971,  2977,  9549 

Power  of,  2978 

Reasonableness  of,  9550 

Reign  of,  2980 

Robes  of,  *1801,  2981 

Seeking,  *1802 

Spirit  of,  2982,  2983 

Throne  of,  *1803 

Tree  of,  *1804 

Unselfish,  2984 

Way  to,  *1805 

Work  of,  2985 
Holv  Land,  Attractions  of  the,  *3505 

Defilement  of  the,  *3506 

Interest  in  the,  *3507 

Our,  *3508 
Holy  of  Holies,  Penalty  of  Entering,  9552 
Holy  Spirit,  Asrency  of  the,  9553 

a  Guide,  *18()9 

Descent  of  the,  *1806,  9555 

Earnest  of  the,  2987,  9556 

Effect  of  the,  2988 

Emblems  of  the,  2989 

Energy  of  the,  9558 

Gentleness  of,  9559 

Gift  of  the,  *1807,  2990 

Grieved,  *1808,  9560 

Impression  of  the,  2986,  2991 

Influences  of  the,  *1810,  2992,  2998,  9561 

Instrument  of  the,  2994 

Life  by  the,  9562 

Li^ht  of  the,  2995 

Litany  to  the,  *1811 

Manifestation  of  the,  2996 

Names  of  the,  2997 

Need  of  the,  2998.  2999 

Oflice  of  the,  *1812.  3000 

Outpouring  of  the,  3001 

Personality  of.  3002 

Power  of  the,  *1813 

Prayer  to  the,  *1814 

Quenching  the.  3003,  3005 

Resisting  Ihe,  9566 

River  of  the,  *1815 

Sin  Against  the,  3006 

Temples  of  the,  *1816 

Want  of  the,  3007 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


557 


Holy,  Withdrawal  of  the,  9568 

Workings  of  the,  3008,  9567 
Home,  Advice  for  the,  9569 

Almost,  9570 

Ambition  of  All,  9571 

Centre  of,  *1819 

Ceremonies  of,  *1820 

Cheerfulness  of,  3010 

Contented  with,  *1831 

Definition  of,  3011 

Duties  of,  3012 

Dying  at,  *1822 

Education  in  the,  9573 

Esteeming,  9573 

Gone,  9575 

Going,  *1823 

Happy,  3013,  9577 

Heaven  our,  3014 

Influence  of,  3015 

Joys  of,  *1824 

Kingdom  of,  *1835 

Light  of,  *1836 

Longing  for,  2935,  3016,  3019 

Love  in  the.  *1817,  *1827 

Love  of,  *1818,  *1828,  3009 

Man's  and  Woman's,  *1829 

Memory  of,  *1830 

Piety  in  the,  *1831,  9574 

Proverbs,  3018 

Sorrows  of,  *1832 

Sweet,  *1833 

Trifles  of,  *1834 

Unhappy,  9579 

Unity  of,  *1835 
Homer,  Anec,  472,  2716,  10344 
Homes,  Euglish,  *1836 
Honest  Poverty,  *2232 
Honesty,  Advantage  of,  3020,  3028,  9593 

Best  Policy,  3031 

Christian,  9580 

Commercial,  3022,  9581 

Death  or,  9582 

Fable  of,  9584 

Faith  and,  9585 

Frankness  of,  *1837 

Heathen,  3025 

Indian,  3024 

Languacre  of,  9586 

Moral,  9587 

Motive  to,  3026 

Nobility  of,  *1838 

Principle  of,  3027,  9583 

Public,  3029 

Rare,  9589 

Record  of,  9590 

Religion  and,  9591 

Reward  of,  3030 

Scrupulous,  3023,  3031 

Selling,  *18iO 

Stability  of,  *1841 

Success  of,  9583,  9593 

Tested,  9594 

Triumph  of,  9593 

True,  3032 

Unpopular,  9596 

Youthful,  3033 
Honor,  Appeal  to,  9597 

Brief,  3044,  9598 

Chasing,  9599 

Christian,  *1843 

Conferring,  9600 


Honor  Defined,  *1843 

Disputed,  3035 

Fleeting,  3036,  3037,  3038 

Love  of,  *1845 

Moderate,  9601 

Pagan,  9603,  9606 

Preservins:,  *1846,  *1850 

Regard  fo'r,  3039 

Rejected,  9603,  9604,  9605 

Road  to,  *1847,  3034,  3040 

Rules  of,  *1848 

Sacred,  *1849 

Satiety  of,  3041 

Seat  of,  9607 

Source  of,  9608 

Tested,  3043 

Vanity  of,  3043,  3045 

Worldly,  9609 

Youthful,  9610 
Honoring  the  Lord,  9611 
Hooker's  Mother,  10655 
Hooper,  Bp.,  Anec,  1733,  3161,  10438 
Hope,  an  Anchor,  *1851,  3046,  9613 

and  Fear,  3057 

Basis  of,  *1853 

Basis  of  Christian,  9613 

Beguiling,  *1853 

Benefit  of,  3047 

Biblical,  9613 

Brevities,  9614 

Characteristics  of,  *1854 

Christian,  *1855,  3048 

Danger  of,  3049 

Death-bed  of,  9616 

Development  of,  3053 

Drafts  of,  9617 

Encourage,  *1856,  9615 

Eternal,  *1857 

Extent  of.  3053 

Faith  and,  *1858,  3054,  9619 

False,  3056,  9620 

Field  of,  *1S59 

Fruition  of,  *1860,  3058 

Good  Man's,  *1873 

Grace  of,  *1861 

Groundless,  3055,  3059 

Heathen,  9621 

Heavenly,  *1862 

in  Danger,  3050 

in  Death,  3051 

Influence  of,  *1863 

Inspiration  of,  3060 

Liglit  of,  3061 

Living,  9623 

Loss  of,  9623 

Nature  of,  3063 

Occasion  of,  3063 

Origin  of,  *1864,  3064 

Paternal,  *1866 

Persistent,  3065 

Personification  of,  *1867 

Philosophy  of,  *1868 

Powers  of,  *1869,  3066,  9624 

Praise  of,  *1870 

Promises  of,  9635 

Proper  Use  of,  9636 

Prophecies  of,  *1871 

Reservation  of,  9637 

Sinner's,  3067 

Spring  of,  9638 

Support  of,  9629 


558 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


Hope,  Surviving,  9630 

Treasure  of,  3068 

Unsatisfied,  *1873 

Use  of,  3069 

Without,  3070 

Wrecked,  3071 
Hopper,  I.,  Anec.  3455,  6515,  7318 
Hora  Novissima,  *2023 
Horse,  Prayer  for  a,  9631 
Horsemen,  Tlie  Two,  *3509 
Hortensius'  Memory,  8885 
Hospitality,  BiblicaJ,  9633 

Heathen,  9633 

Legend  of,  3072 

Mohammedan,  9634 

Oriental,  9635 

Outraged,  9636 

Rewarded,  3073,  3074 

Selfish,  9637 

Token  of,  9638 
Hospitals,  Treasures  in,  9639 
Host  of  God,  The,  *3510 
Hours,  Flight  of  the,  9640 

Lost,  9641 
House,  Building  the,  *3511 
Household,  A  Christian,  *1875 

Angels  in  tlie,  *1874 

Chinese  God  of  the,  9643 

Happiness  of  the,  *1876 

Quarrels  in  a,  9643 
Householder,  Parable  of  the,  *3513 

Sending  Forth  his  Son,  *3514 
House  of  God,  *3512,  9664 

Food  at  the,  3075 

Love  for  the,  3076 
Houses,  Preferable,  9645 
Howard.  J..  Anec,  600,  702,  1334,  2716,  6730 
How's  My  Boy?  *2342 
Huguenots,  Anec,  6946,  7673 
Humanity,  Advantage  of,  9646 

Brotherhood  of,  *1877 

Cry  of,  *1878 

Example  of,  3077,  9647 

Gospel  of,  *1879 

Memory  of,  9648 

Model  of,  9649 

Official,  9650 

Rewarded,  3078,  9651 

Stream  of,  3079 

True,  9652 

Unity  of,  3080 
Human  Nature,  Characteristics  of,  9653 

Divine  ness  of,  9654 

Inconsistency  of,  9655 

Proverbs,  3081 

Rebellion  of.  9656 

Studying,  3083 

Treachery  of,  3083 
Humboldt,  Anec,  1731,  7644 
Hume.  Anec,  3270,  3373,  3436,  8144 
Humiliation,  Christ's,  9658 

Improved,  3085 

Traits  of,  3084 

Valley  of,  3086 
Humility,  Advantage  of,  3087,  9659 

Affected,  *1880,  3095,  9660 

Apostolic,  3088 

Blessing  of,  *1881 

Cause  for,  *1883,  3089 

Christian,  3090 

Confident,  *1883 


Humility,  Conquests  of,  9663 

Cultivation  of,  3093,  9657,  9664 

Demand  for,  *1884 

Derivation  of.  9665 

Effect  of,  9666 

Emblem  of,  3091,  9667 

Entrance  to  Honor,  9668 

Examples  of,  3093,  9663,  9669 

Exhortation  to,  3094 

Fable  of,  *1885,  9675 

Flower  of,  9673 

Grace  of,  9671 

Greatness  of,  3096 

Happiness  of,  3097 

Heathen.  9673 

Ideals  of,  *1886,  9676 

Importance  of,  3098,  9670 

in  Prayer,  3101 

Intellectual,  9674 

Modesty  of,  3099 

Monkish,  3100 

Place  of,  *1887 

Preaching,  3103 

Profit  of,  *1888,  9677 

Promoting,  9678 

Reason  for,  3103 

Royal.  9679 

Test  of,  *1889,  9681,  9683 

True,  3104,  9680,  9683 
Humiston  Children,  67 
Hunger,  Absence  of,  9684 

Influence  of,  9685 
Hungry,  Feeding  the,  3105 
Hunter,  the  Martyr,  7913 
Huntingdon,    Lady,  Anec,   99,    1772,    3601 

3673,  6738 
Hurons,  Anec,  6683,  8496,  9454 
Husband,  Choice  of  a,  3106,  3111 

Devoted,  3107,  9686 

How  to  Treat  a,  3108 

Meaning  of,  3109 

Mercenary,  3110 

To  an  Absent,  *1890 

and  Wife,  Reconciliation  of,  9689 

and  Wife,  Unitv  of,  9690 

and  Wife's  Grave  *1926 
Husbandmen,  The  Wicked,  *3515 
Husbands,  Hen-pecked,  9687 

Ill-natured.  9688 
Huss,  J.,  Anec,  1393,  1741,  2317,  2631,  7171 
Hutton,  Bp.,  Anec,  6933,  10500 
Huxley  on  Evolution,  8455 
Hydra,  The,  5326 
Hymelin,  St.,  7753 
Hymn,  The  Last,  *3516 
Hypochondria,  Horrors  of,  *1891 
Hypochondriac,  Cure  of  a,  9691 
Hypocrates'  Cure,  7602 
Hypocrisy.  Biblical  Figures  of,  9693 

Branded,  3112 

Ceremonious.  *1892 

Common,  9693 

Concealment  of,  9694 

Confession  of,  9695 

Deception  of,  *1893 

Detecting,  *1894 

Discovered,  3113 

Emblem  of.  3114 

Examples  of.  9696 

Invisible,  *1895 

Proverbs,  3115 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


559 


Hypocrisy,  Religious,  9698 

Serpent  of,  *1896 

Speciousness  of,  9699 

Successful,  3116 

Universal,  3117 

versus  Honesty,  9697 
Hypocrite,  Assumption  of  the,  9700 

Detection  of  a,  9701 

Doom  of  a,  9703 

Emblems  of  the,  9703 

Exposure  of  the,  9704 

Fate  of  the,  9705 

Goodness  of  the,  3118 

Simile  of  the,  *1897,  3119 

Unmasked,  *1898,  3120 
Hypocrites,  Carefulness  of,  9706 

Devil's  Dupes,  9707 

Motives  of,  9708 

Schemes  of,  9709 

Ibicus,  963 
Icarus,  Flight,  113 
Ichabod,  3164,  *2894 
Ichneumon  and  Crocodile,  1773 
Idea,  One,  3121 

Property  in  an,  3122 
Ideal,  Influence  of,  9710,  9712 

Unattainable,  9711 
Ideas,  Association  of,  3133 

Striliing,  3134 

Succession  of,  *1899 
Identity,  Conscious,  3135 
Idiosyncrasy,  Acquaintance  Vfith,  9713 

General,  9714 
Idleness,  Accounting  for,  9715 

and  Trifling,  9730 

A  Philosopher  of,  9738 

Busy,  3126 

CoQsidered,  *1901,  9717 

Danger  of,  3138,  3130 

Degradation  of,  3139,  9719 

Employment  of,  9720 

Extreme,  3131 

Figure  of,  3135,  9733 

Influence  of,  3133,  9716 

Intellectual,  9733 

Luxurious,  3133 

Misery  of,  *1900 

uot  Enjoyment,  9731 

Offence  of,  9735 

Proverbs,  3136 

Punishment  of,  3137,  3138,  9726,  9727 

Remedy  for,  3127,  3139,  9718 

Sight-Seeing,  3140 

Sin  of,  3141,  9729 

Tax  of,  3143 

Testimonies  Against,  3143 
Idolatry,  Christian,  3144 

Common,  *1903 

Conversion  from,  9731 

Heathen,  3146 

Human,  *1903,  3145 

Ignorance  and,  9733 

Local,  9734 

Motive  of,  9735 

Nature  of,  *1904 

Overthrow  of,  *1905 

Prevention  of,  3147 

Snake-Worship,  3148 
Idols,  Accusations  of,  9736 

Best  Use  of,  3149 


Idols,  Broken,  3150 

Classification  of,  9737 

Destruction  of,  3151,  9738 

Removed,  *1907 

Weakness  of,  3153 
If,  Danger  of,  9739 
Ignatius'  Black  Militia,  9997 

Theophorus,  7214 
Ignorance,  Ancient,  9740 

Cause  of,  3154 

Contentions  from,  9741 

Dangers  of,  3155 

Darkness  of,  3156 

Deformity  of,  9743 

Deprecating,  9743 

Excuse  of,  *1908 

Fate  of,  9744 

Foolish,  3157 

Guilt  of,  9745 

Inexcusable,  9746 

Instinct  and.  9747 

Misconception  of,  3158 

Natural,  3159 

of  Prayer,  3160 

of  the  Bible,  3153 

Personification  of,  *1909 

Religious,  3161,  3163 

Remarkable,  3163 

Reproving,  3164 

Unexpected,  9748 

Views  of,  3165 

Violence  of,  9749 
Illiberality  Cured,  9750 

Excuse  for,  9751 

Rebuked,  3166 

Self-condemned,  9753 

Ungrateful,  3167 
Illness,  Christian  in,  3168 

Consolation  in,  *1910 

Effects  of,  3169 
Ills,  Bear  Present,  9753      • 

No  Remedies  for,  9754 

Origin  of,  9755 

Overstatement  of,  *1911 

Philosophy  of,  *1913 

Responsibility  for,  *1913 
Illumination,  Key  to,  3170 

Need  of,  3171 
Illusion,  True,  *19l4: 
Illustration,  Advantage  of,  9756 

Approval  of,  3173 

Blunder  in,  9758 

Cautions,  9759 

Effect  of,  3173,  9757,  9761 

Examples  of,  9763,  9764 

Faculty  of,  9760,  9763 

Failure  of,  3174 

Habit  of,  *1915 

in  Preaching,  3178 

Pictorial,  3176 

Power  of,  3177,  9765 
Illustrations,  Arrows,  9766 

Books  of,  9767 

Enticement  of,  9768 

How  to  Use,  3175 

Natural,  9770 

Oriental,  9771 

Remembering,  9769 

Result  of,  9773 
Image,  Daniel's  Vision  of  the,  *3517 
Imagination,  Benefit  of,  3179 


560 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


Imagination,  Cliambers  of  the,  9773 

Death  from,  3180 

Effect  of,  3181 

Imposition  of,  *1916,  9775 

Pleasures  of,  *1917,  9774,  9776 

Possessions  of,  *1918 

Power  of  the,  3182 

Eiches  of,  9777 

Support  of,  *1919 
Imitation,  Danger  of,  3183 

Faulty,  9778 

Law  of,  9779 

Histake  of,  3185 

of  Defects,  3184 

Passion  of,  9780 

Snare  of,  3186 
Immanuel,  *3520 

Emblems  of,  *1920 
Immensity,  Image  of.  9781 
Immortality,  Attraction  of,  3187 

Conception  of,  3188 

Confidence  in,  *1921 

Consideration  of,  9783 

Denial  of,  *1922 
.    Desire  for,  *1923 

Emblem  of,  3189,  9783 

Faith  in,  9784 

Forfeiture  of,  9785 

Heathen,  9786,  9787 

Importance  of.  9788 

Inference  of,  *1924.  3190 

Intimations  of,  *1925 

Legend  of,  9789 

Lesson  of,  ■'■1920 

Longing  for,  -•1927,  3191,  3201,  9791 

Love  of,  3192 

Measure  of,  3193 

Mystery  of,  *1928 

Napoleon  on,  3194 

Opinions  of,  9790 

Patrimony  of,  *ig29 

Presage  of,  3195 

•Progress  in,  *1930 

Proverbs,  3196 

Question  of,  9792 

Ileason  for,  *1931 

Seekers  after,  9793 

Symbol  of,  3197 

Testimony  to,  3198 

Traces  of,  3199 

Transition  of,  "-1932 

Types  of,  3200 

Verdict  of,  *1933 

"Warning  from,  *1934 

Wonder  of,  *1935 
Immutability,  Divine,  9794 
Impatience,  Aggravation  of,  9795 

Biblical  Examples  of,  9796 

Check  to,  *1936 

Folly  of,  *1938,  3202 

Nature  of,  9797 

Penalty  of,  9798 

Proverbs,  3203 

Reproved,  *1937,  3204 
Suicidal,  3205 
Impenitent,  Conscience  of  the,  3206 
Danger  of  the,  3207 
Habits  of  the,  3209 
Imperfection,  Excuse  of,  3210 
Human.  3211,  9799 
Marks  of,  9800 


Imperfection,  Universal,  9801 

Impiety,  Bold,  9802 

Mohammedan,  9803 

Papal,  9804 

Punisliment  of,  9805 
Importunate  Widow,  The,  *3518 
Importunity,  Example  of,  3212 

Need  of,  "3213 
Impossibility,  Conditions  of,  9806 

Example  of,  9807 
Impotent  Man,  Cure  of  the,  *3519 
Impracticable,  Fable  of  the,  9808 
Imprecations  Answered,  9809 

Fulfilled,  9810 
Impressions,  Abiding,  3215 

Distant,  9811 

Early,  3216 

Erasure  of,  3217 

False,  9812 

First,  3218 

Obeying,  9813,  9814 

Transient,  3220 
Imprisonment,  Expenses  of,  9815 

Glorying  in.  9816 

Joyous,  *1939 
Imjirovement,  Discouraged  in,  9817 

Moral,  9818 

Objectors  to,  9819 
Improvidence,  Characteristics  of,  9820 

Fable  of,  9821 
Impudence  Gratified,  9822 ' 

Refusal  of,  9823 
Impurity,  Detection  of,  9824 

Passion  of,  9825 
Imputation,  Illustration  of,  3221 
Ina,  Conversion  of,  8254 
Inability,  Biblical,  9826 

Human,  3222 

No  Excuse,  3223 

View  of,  3224 
Inactivity,  Record  of,  3225 
Inapproprialeness,  Case  of,  9827 

Emblem  of,  3226 
Incarnation,  Christ's,  *3521 

Mystery  of,  9828 

Song  of,  3227 

Wonders  of  the,  *1940 
Inclination,  Mere,  9829 

Power  of,  3228 
Incompleteness,  *2085 

Law  of,  *1941 
Incomprehensible,  Struggle  for  the,  *1943 
Inconsistency,  Biblical  Figures  of,  9830 

Eflects  of,  9831 

Emblem  of,  9832 

Example  of,  3229,  9833 

Ignorant,  9834 

Influence  of,  3230,  3231 

Items  of,  3232 

Knavish,  3233 

Pagan,  9835 

Practical,  3234 

Pioverl)s,  3235 

Self-Condemnation  for,  9836 

Superstitious,  3236 
Inconstancv,  Artful,  9837 

Emblem  of.  9838 

Example  of,  *1943 

Fable  of,  3237 

General,  3238 

Human,  *1944 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


561 


Inconstancy,  Popular,  9839 
Incontinence,  Temptations  to,  3239 
Incorruptibility,  Example  of,  3240 

Noble,  3241 

Political,  3342 
Incrediility,  Faith  and,  9840 

Ignorant,  9841 
Indecision,  Emblems  of,  9842 

Example  of,  3243 

Influence  of,  9843 
Indifference,  Proverbs,  3244 
Indigestion,  Evils  of,  9844 
Indiscretion,  Mischief  of,  9845 
Indolence,  Awaking  from,  *1945 

Castle  of,  *1946,  3245 

Fatal,  3246  , 

Hereditary  Sin  of,  9846 

Penalty  of,  *1947 

Remonstrance  Against,  9847 

Victim  of,  *1948 
Indulgence,  Danger  of,  9848 
Indulgences,  Papal,  9849 
Industry,  Advantage  of,  3248,  9850 

Benefit  of,  *1949 

Bread  of,  9851 

Capacity  for,  9852 

God's  Delight  in  Man's,  9854 

Habits  of,  9855 

Honored,  9856 

Incentives  to.  *1950,  9853 

Legend  of,  3249 

Monuments  of,  *1951 

Motives  for,  *1952 

Parable  of,  3250 

Peace  of,  *1953 

Power  of,  3251 

Profit  of,  3253 

Royal  Example  of,  3253 

Works  of,  *1954* 
Inebriate,  Degradation  of  the,  3254 
Infancy,  Consecrating,  9857 

Thoughts  of,  *1956 
Infant,  Destiny  of  the,  *1956,  1959 

Gift  of  an,  *1960 

Ignorance  of  an,  *1961 

Lullaby,  *1962 

Baptism,  Abuse  of,  9858 

Baptism,  Improvement  of,  3255 
Infants,  Blessing,  9860 

Future  Life  of,  *1963 

Mourning  for,  *1964 

Safety  of,  9861 

Slaughter  of  the,  *3522,  9927 
Infidel,  Advice  of  an,  3256 

Christian  Burial  Denied  to  an,  9863 

Death  of  Voltaire,  9863 

Fidelity  of  an,  3257 

Inconsistency  of  an,  9864 

Judgment  of  an,  9865 

SeaUng  an,  9866 

Work  of  an,  3258 
Infidelity,  Absurdity  of,  3259 
and  Faith,  9870 
Bible  and,  3268,  9867 
Cause  of,  3260,  3266 
Credulity  of,  3261,  9868 
French,  9871 
Guilt  of,  *1965 
Hopeless,  9872 
Influence  of,  3262,  9869 
Insiuccrity  of,  3263,  3372,  9878 


Infidelity,  Madness  of,  3364 

Misery  of,  3365 

Propagating,  9874 

Results  of,  9875 

Shifts  of,  3367 

Tested,  9876 

Thoughtlessness  of,  9877 

Worthlessness  of,  9878 
Infidels,  Agreement  of,  9879 

Character  of.  *1966 

Choice  of,  3369 

Confessions  of,  3370 

Cowardice  of,  3371 

Effrontery  of,  9880 

Ignorance  of,  3373,  9881 

Rebuke  of,  *1967 

Thwarted,  3374 

Works  of,  9882 
Infinity,  Characteristics,  9883 
Infirmities,  Benefit  of,  9884 
Infirmity,  Sins  of,  9885 
Influence,  Analogy  of,  3275 

Biblical  Figures,  9887 

Christian,  *1968 

Contagious,  9888 
Dangerous,  9889 
Deniand  of,  *1969 
Extensive,  3276,  9899 
Female,  9890 
Good,  *1971 
Growth  of,  3277 
Illustration  of,  3278 
Immortal,  *1972,  9886 
Inevitable,  3279 
Irremediable,  3280 
Lesson  of,  *1973 
Maternal,  9891 
Opportunity  for,  *1974 
Parental,  9892 
Path  of,  *1975 
Perpetuity  of,  *1976 
Personal,  3381 
Posthumous,  3383,  9893 
Power  of,  *1977,  3383 
Records  of,  9894 
Reflex,  *1970,  3384 
Responsibility  of,  *1978 
Saintly,  *1979 
Secret  of,  9895 
Spiritual,  3285,  9896 
Sum  Total  of,  9897 
Teacher's,  9898 
Unconscious,  *1980,  3386 
Ingratitude,  Alexander's,  9900 
Base,  *1981,  3287 
Blindness  of,  9901 
Example  of,  9902 
Experience  of,  9903 
Frequency  of,  3288,  9905 
Fortune  of,  *1982,  9904 
Inconsistent,  3289 
Insatiableness  of,  3290 
Monster  of,  *1983,  9909 
Pride  and,  9906 
Proverbs,  3291 
Punished,  3292 
Punishment  of,  3293,  9907 
Selfisliness  of,  3394 
Similes  of,  9908 
Unkindncss  of,  *1984 
Inhospitality,  Rebuked,  3295,  9910 


562 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX 


Injuries,  Benefits  and,  9911 

Blessings  for,  *1985 

Damage  of,  9914 

Forgetting,  3296,  9912 

Forgetting  and  Forgiving,  9913 

Overlooking,  3297 

Proverbs,  3298 

Revenge  of,  *1986,  3299 
Injustice,  Criticising,  9915 

Punished,  3300 

Rebuke  of,  9916 

Treatment  of,  9917 

Worse  than  Poverty,  3301 
Inkle  and  Yarico.  9902 
Innocence,  Advantage  of,  9925 

and  Guilt,  3303 

Armor  of,  *1987,  9923 

Example  of,  9918 

Evil  Spoken  of,  9926 

Fable  of,  3302 

Happiness  of,  *1988 

Instinct  of,  3304 

Legend  of,  3305 

Memento  of,  9919 

Peace  of,  9920 

Persecuted,  3306 

Power  of,  9921 

Rare,  9922 

Vindicated,  3307 
Innocent,  Accusing  the,  9924 
Innocents,  Slaughter  of,  9927 
Inquiries,  Answers  to,  *1989 
Inquisition,  Fear  of  the,  9928 
Insanity,  Cause  of,  *1990 

Examples  of,  3308,  3309 

Varieties  of,  9929 
Insignificance,  Advantage  of,  9930 
Insincerity,  Foolish,  3310 
Inspiration,  Conviction  of,  9931 

The  Style  of,  9932 
Instability,  Human,  3311 
Instinct,  Animal,  *1991 

Argument  from,  9933 

Example  of,  3312 

Filial.  3313 

Law  of,  9934 

Man's,  9935 

Power  of,  3314 

Proverbs,  3315 

Reason  and,  *1992,  9936 
Instruction,  Acceptable,  3316 

Adaptation  of,  *1993 

by  Example,  1994 

Frozen,  9937 

Repetition  of,  9938 

Reward  of,  *1995 
Instruments,  God's,  9939 
Insult,  Bearing,  3317 

Customary,  9940 

Disregardmg,  3318 

Provocation  of,  9941 
Integrity,  Example  of,  3319,  9942 

Official,  3320 

Preserve  thy,  9943 

Roman,  3321 
Intellect,  Council  of  the,  *1996 

Culture  of  the,  3322 

Development  of  the,  9944 

Distribution  of.  *1997 

Employments  of,  9945 

Grades  of,  *1998 


Intellect,  Mistake  of,  3324 

Pleasures  of.  3325,  9946 

Power  of,  *1999,  9947 

Right  Use  of,  9948 

Under  the  Fall,  3323 

Unseen,  9949 

Wealth  of,  *2000 
Intemperance,  Companions  of,  9950 

Cost  of,  3326 

Cure  of,  3327 

Curse  of,  *2001,  *2002 

Death's  Prime  Minister,  9951 

Desolation  of,  »2003 

Effects  of,  9952,  9953 

Infatuation  of,  3328 

Prevention  at,  3329,  9954 

Roman,  9955 

Suicide  by,  9956 

Trophies  of,  9957 

Upsetting  Sin  of,  9958 

Victims  of,  3330 
Intentions,  Biblical,  9959 

Exposure  of,  9960 

Importance  of,  3331 

Proverbs,  3332 

Retribution  of,  *2004 

Transient,  9961 
Intercession;  Christian,  3333 

Christ's,  3334,  9962 

Effects  of  Christ's,  9963 

Example  of,  3336,  9964 

In  Death,  3335 

Meaning  of,  3337,  9965 

Method  of  Christ's,  3338 

Office  of,  3339 

Romish,  9966 

Sandalphon's,  *2005 

Victorious,  3340 
Intercessor,  Appointing  an,  9967 

Our,  *2006 
Interest,  Influence  of,  9968 

Power  of,  9969 
Intermediate  State,  Description  of,  *2007 

Jewish  Idea  of  the,  9970 

Mohammedan  Idea  of,  9971 
Intolerance,  Religious,  3341 
Intoxication,  Comfort  of,  3342 

Cured,  3343 
Invisible,  Love  for  the,  9972 
Invitation,  Accepting  an,  *2008,  3344,  9973 

Angelic,  *2009 

Christ's,  *2010 

Death's,  *2011 

Discipline  and,  9974 

Gracious,  *2012 

Heavenly,  3345 

Society  for,  9975 
lo  Transformed,  5747,  5748 
lolaus  Transformed,  12026 
Iphecrates,  9669,  11875 
Irascibility,  Treatment  of,  9976 
Irby  and  Mangles,  9635 
Irenseus,  Choice  of,  7106,  8646 
Irregularity,  Scriptural,  9977 
Irresolution,  Evils  of,  9978,  9980 

Influence  of,  *2013 

Misery  of,  9979 
Irreverence,  Beware  of,  9981 

Crime  of,  9982 
Isaac,  *8523 

Abraham's  Sacrifice  of,  *3524 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


563 


Isaac,  Antitype  of.  *3535 
Isaac's  Marriage,  *3526 
Isaiali,  Cliaracter  of,  9983 
Ishmael,  Descendants  of,  *3527 
-     Hagar  and,  *3481-3485 
Isidora,  St.,  Legend  of,  8781 
Isidore,  Legend  of,  11669,  10193 
Isis'  Search  for  Osiris,  5844 
Isles,  He  Taketh  up  the,  *3528 
Isolation,  Human,  *3014 
Israel,  Fallen,  *3529 

Hope  of,  *3580 

Restoration  of.  *3531,  *3533 

Song  of,  *3534 

The  Return  of,  *3535 

The  Woe  Upon,  *3536 
Israel's  Deliverance  from  Egypt,  *3583 
Italy  and  Scotland,  4773 

Jack  and  the  Red  Hand,  229 
Jackdaw,  The,  *2713 
Jackson  Quoting  Latin,  5581 

Stonewall,  Anec,  7003,  8747 
Jacob,  *3538 

at  Bethel,  *3539 

Days  of,  7738 

Death  of,  *3540 
Jacob's  Bed,  *3541 

Blessing,  *3542 

Children,  643 

Dream,  *3543 

Ladder,  *3544,  *3545,  *3546 

Ladder  Ours,  *3547 

Vision,  *2016 

Well,  Christ  at,  *3548-3552,  *3608 

Well,  The  Rest  by,  *3551 

Well,  Tlie  Woman  at,  *3552 

Wrestling,  *3553 
Jael,  *3554 
Jatfa— Joppa,  *3555 
Jailer,  Conversion  of  the,  *3556 
Jairus,  The  Daughter  of,  *3557-3562 
James,  *3563 

St.,  Legends  of,  270,  11469 

St.,  Martyrdom  of,  9984 

The  Apostle,  *3564 

the  Great,  *3565 

the  Less,  *3566 
Janes,  Bp.,  Anec,  8021,  8227,  10603,  11081, 

12196 
Janet's  Solemnity,  10428 
Janeway,  J.,  Anec,  1711,  6349,  7801,  11055 
Jay,  Wm.,  Occupation  of,  4479 
Jealousy,  Injustice  of,  *2017 

Love  Without,  9985 

not  Love,  3346 

Personification  of,  *2018 

Proverbs,  3347 

Venom  of,  *2019,  9986 
Jeering,  Cruel,  9987 

Unallowable,  9988 
Jehoshaphat,  The  Valley  of,  *3567 
Jehovah,  The  Name,  9989 

Tsidkenu,  *2020 
Jeliu,  Zeal  of,  *3568 
Jeine's  Regret,  4695 
Jenkyn,  Rev.  Wm.,  7821 
Jephtha's  Daughter,  *3569-3573 

Vow,  *3573,  *3574 
Jeremiah,  *3575,  9990 
Jericho,  Conquest  of,  *3576,  *3578 


Jericho,  Ruins  of,  *3577 

Jerome,  St.,  Leg  ,  2413,  ^959,  3459, 5229,  7583, 

11331 
Jerusalem,  *3579,  "3580 
Beauty  of,  *3581 

Christ  Entering,  *3582,  *3585-*3587,  *3589 
Christ  Gazing  on,  *3583 
Christ  in,  *3584 

Christ's  Sympathy  for,  *3588 

Christ  Weeping  over,  *3590,  7366 

Day  of,  *3598 

Depart  from,  *3591 

Desire  to  See,  *3593 

Desolate,  *2021 

Destruction  of,  *3593 

Dying  in,  *3594 

Fall  of,  *3599 

Famine  in,  8654 

Immortal,  *3595 

Jews  Weeping  in,  *3601 

Last  Day  of,  *3603 

Modern,  *2022 

My  Home,  *3596 

Ode  to,  *3597 

Overthrow  of,  9991 

People  of,  9992 

Prophecy  of,  *3603 

The  Golden,  *3023,  *3600 

The  New,  *2023 

Warning  to,  9993 

Woes  of,  *3604 

Woe  Upon,  *3605 

Worship  in,  *3606 
Jesting,  Lawful,  9995 

Proper  and  Improper,  9994 
Jesuits  and  the  Decalogue,  7344 

Character  of,  9996 

Punishment  of  the,  1505 
Jesuitism,  Doings  of,  9997 
Jesus,  Aaron  and,  *3607 

Anywhere  with.  *2024 

Appearance  of,  3348 

Ashamed  of,  *2025  ' 

at  Jacob's  Well,  3548-3552,  *3608 

Attractions  of,  3349 

Blood  of,  9998 

Charity  of,  *2026 

Cling  to,  *2027 

Coming  of,  3350 

Companionship  of,  9999 

Company  of,  8351 

Compassion  of,  3352 

Darkness  at  His  Death,  *3609 

Esteem,  not  Love  for,  10000 

Found, lOOOl 

Gentleness  of,  8354 

Glory  of  God  Seen  in,  3355 

Going  to,  8356 

Grasping,  *2028 

Greatness  of,  10002 

Happiness  by,  3357 

Help  in  the  Name  of,  10003 

Humiliation  of,  3853,  3359 

Ideas  of.  8360 

in  the  Heart,  3358 

in  the  Storm,  *3610 

Knowing,  3361 

Leaning  on.  10004 

Lessons  of,  10005 

Life  of,  *3611 

Looking  to,  *2029,  3612 


564 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX, 


Jesus,  Love  of,  3362 
Loving,  3363 
Mementos  of,  *2030 
Mission  of,  10006 
Music  of,  3364 
Name  of,  *2031,  3365,  10007 
Need  of,  *2032,  10008 
Never  Giving  Up,  3366 
No  Room  for.  3713 
of  Nazareth  Passeth  By,^  *3614 
Omnipresence  of,  *2033 
on  the  Sea,  *3615 
Our,  10009 
Perfection  of,  10010 
Power  of  the  Name  of,  3367 
Preaching.  3368 
Precious  Name  of,  *2034 
Presence  of,  10011 
Purity  of,  3369 
Safety  in,  3370 
Sayings  of,  3371 
Sight  of,  3372 
Sleep  in,  10012 
Submission  to,  3373 
Touching,  *2035 
The  Hands  of,  *3616 
The  Prayer  of,  *3617 
The  Tears  of,  *3618 
Unchanged,  *2036 
Under  the  Orders  of,  *3619 
Visit  of,  10013 
Wept,  *3620 
Words  of,  10014 
Work  for,  3374.  10015 
Work  of,  *2037 
World  Without.  3375 
Wreath  for,  3376 
Jewel,  Bp.,  6675 
Jewels,  Preparation  of,  3377 
Saviour's,  3378 
Search  for,  3379 
Jews,  Biblical  Figures  of,  10016 
Blindness  of  the.  10019 
Captivity  of,  10017 
Christ  and  the,  10018 
Conversions  of,  3380,  3381 
Desolation  of  the,  *309,  *2038 
Dispersion  of  the,  *3621 
Fate  of  the,  *2039 
Features  of  the,  8713 

Honor  of  the.  *2040 

King  of  the,  *3622 

Land  of  the,  3382 

Power  of  the,  10020 

Return  of  the,  *3623 

The  Returned,  *3624 

Weeping  Places  of  the,  *3625,  10021 
Job,  Faith  of,  *3626 
Jochanan,  Rabbi,  7778 
John  of  Alexandria,  6498.  7045 

St.,  Legends  of,  541,  1064,  10340 

the  Almsgiver,  Legends  of,  6731,  6735 

The  Apostle,  *3627 

the  Baptist,  *396,  *3628,  *3629,  7699 

the  Baptist,  Beheading  of.  *3630 

the  Baptist,  Death  of,  *3631 

the  Baptist,  Life  of,  *3632 

The  Dwarf,  Anec,  6667,  10767,  10779 

The  Forenmner,  *3633 
Johnson,  Dr.  S.,  Anec,  4216,  4525,  5586,  6291 
6662,  7322,  7499 


Johnstones  and  Jardines,  9637 
Joke,  Fatal,  10022 
Joking,  Caution  in,  10023 

Danger  of,  10024 
Jonah  Fleeing  from  Duty,  *3634 

in  Nineveh,  11413 

Sins  of.  *3635 
Jonah's  Gourd,  *3636 
Jonathan,  *3974-3976 
Jonathan's  Armor-Bearer,  *3637 
Jones.  SirWm.,  Anec,  1535,  10194 
Jordan  by  Moonlight,  *3638 

Passage  of  the,  *3639,  *3643 

Smitten,  *3640 

The  Banks  of,  *3641 

The  Other  Side  of,  *3643 

The  River,  *3644,  *3645 
Joseph,  *3646-3648 

and  his  Brethren,  *3649,  6944 

Antitype  of,  *3650,  *3651,  10035 
Josephine's  Parentage,  2716 
Joshua,  *3652,  10026 

Death  of,  *3655 

Miracle  of,  *3653,  *3654 
Joy,  Accessible,  3383 

Aids  to,  *2042 

Believer's,  10027 

Biblical  Emblems  of,  10038 

Cause  for,  3384 

Christian,  3385 

Cometh  in  the  Morning,  10029 

Cured  bv,  10030 

Death  from,  10031,  10035 

Duration  of,  3387 

Duty  of,  3388 

Ecstasy  of,  10033 

Eternal,  10034 

Future,  3389 

Health  from,  10036 

Hoarding,  3390 

Influence  of,  3391 

in  Martyrdom,  3393 

in  Persecution,  3397 

in  Religion,  3405,  10037 

Life  Without,  3393 

Mad,  *2043 

Measure  of,  3394 

Mixture  of,  *2044 

Nature  of.  3395 

of  Discovery,  10033 

of  Doing  Good,  3386 

of  Salvation,  3399 

of  Sinner  and  Saint,  3403 

of  the  Sinner,  3401 

over  Penitents,  3396 

Rarity  of,  3398 

Shouting  for,  3400 

Soil  for,  *2045 
Spiritual,  10038 
Sweetness  of,  3403 

Testimony  of,  10039 

Virtuous,  *2046 
Worldly,  3404 
Judah,  The  Curse  of,  *3658 
Judah's  Lion,  7154 
Judas.  *3659 

Betrayal  of  Christ,  *3659      - 
Doom  of.  *3660 
Legend  of,  3406 
Remorse  of,  *2047,  *3661 
Sale,  518 


GENERAL  AND  AN^XYTICAL  INDEX. 


565 


Judas,  The  Modern,  6178 
The  Repentance  of,  *3663 
Tree,  The,  5306 
Jude,  *3656 
Judea  Desolate,  *3657 
Judge,  Christ  Our,  3407 
No  Man  His  Own,  10040 
The  Unjust,  *3664 
Judging,  Rules  for,  *2048 
Judgment,  Belshazzar's,  3408 

Book  of,  *2049,  3409,  10041 

Day  of,  *2050,  *3665-3667 

Delay  of.  *2051 

Description  of  the,  *2053 

Escape  from,  *2053 

Eternal,  *2054 

Excuses  at  the,  10043 

Fame  at  the,  *2055 

First  in  the,  10043 

Forestalled,  *2056 

Hymn  of,  *2057 

Ignorant,  3410 

Indifference  to  the,  10044 

Legend  of,  10045 

Mercy  in,  3411 

of  Solomon,  3414 

Painting  of  the  Last,  3413 

Power  of,  *2058 

Prejudice  in,  *333,  3413,  10047 

Question  of  the,  10048 

Revelation  of,  *2059 

Reversal  of,  10049 

Sinner  at  the,  10050 

Slighting  the,  10051 

Storm  of,  10053 

Unavoidable,  *2060 

Vision  of.  *2061 

Worldling  at  the,  10053 
Judgment -Day,  Anticipating  the,  10054 

Appeal  to  the,  10055 

Awards  of  the,  3415 

Certainty  of  the,  3416 

Conscience  against  the,  3417 

Considering  the,  3418 

Disclosures  of  the,  10057 

Discoursing  on  the,  10058 

Dismay  at  the,  3419 

Fear  of  the,  3420 

Foreboding  of  the,  3421 

Impartiality  of  the,  10059 

Lessons  of  the,  10046,  10060 

Methods  of  the,  10061 

Reckoning  at,  3423 

Revelations  of  the,  3423 

Scene  of  the,  3424 

Separation  at  the,  3425,  10063 

Terrors  of  the,  3426 

Universal,  3427 
Judgments,  Divine,  10063 

Uncharitable,  10064 
Judson,  Dr.  A.,  Anec,  685,  750,  1563,  1758, 
2330,  3995,  7536 

Mrs.,  Anec,  1080,  5951,  7777 
Julian  the   Apostate,  166,   1491,  6533,  6896, 

6903,  9758,  11374 
Juno  and  Vulcan,  70 

Jupiter,  Fables,  3074,  4054,  5310,  7578,  8680, 
13175 

Hymn  to,  *3668 
Just,  Death  of  the,  *2063 

Memory  of  the,  *3063 


Justice,  Advantage  of,  3439,  10065 

and  Mercy,  3442 

Appeal  for,  3438 

Appeal  from,  10067 

Course  of,  *2064,  10070 

Definition  of,  10068 

Delay  of,  *2065 

Disinterested,  3430 

Divine,  *3066,  3431 

Doing,  10069 

Eventual,  3433 

Example  of,  3433 

First,  10071 

Hand  of,  10072 

Hatred  of,  10073 

Human,  *2067 

Impartial,  3434 

Importance  of,  3435 

Inexorable,  10074 

in  Sodom,  10082 

Interest  in,  10075 

Maladministration  of,  10077 

March  of,  10078 

Memorial  of,  10079 

Motto  of,  10076 

Opinions  of,  3436 

Regard  for,  3437,  10080 

Reward  of,  3438 

Sword  of,  3439 

Symbol  of,  3440 

Triumph  of,  *2068,  3441 

True,  10083 

Unspotted,  10084 
Justification,  Allegory  of,  3443 

Attendant  of,  10085 

by  Faith,  3446 

Change  in,  3444 

Concomitants  of,  3445 

Constituents  of,  10086 

Fruits  of,  3447 

Importance  of,  3448 

Means  of,  10087 

Nature  of,  3449 

Need  of.  3450 

Self,  3451 
Justin  Martyr,  2008,  7534 

Kali,  Service  of,  6205 
Kane,  Dr.,  Anec,  2683,  4633 
Kazainak,  230 
Kedron,  *3669 

and  Olivet,  *3670 
Keeper,  The  Lord  Our,  10088 
Kempis,  Thos.  a,  7328 
Kenite,  Doom  of  the,  *3671 
Kentigern,  St.,  Legend  of,  8741 
Kepler's  Success,  10973 
Kilpin,  S.,  Anec,  9972,  10433 
Kindness,  Acts  of,  10089 

and  Confidence,  3453 

Biblical,  10090 

Christ's  Approval  of,  10091 

Conquering  by,  3453 

Defective,  3454 

Demand  for.  *2070 

Domestic,  *2071 

Duty  of,  *2072 

Effective,  3455 

Expedient  of,  3457 

Foes  of,  *3073 

Greatest,  10093 


566 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


Kindness,  Instinctive,  3458 

in  Trifles,  3469,  10103 

Jewels  of,  10094 

Law  of,  *2074 

Legend  of,  3459 

Mistalien,  10095 

Motive  to,  10096 

Power  of,  3463 

Reason  for,  3464 

Reciprocated,  10097 

Record  of,  10099 

Result  of,  3466 

Reward  of,  *2075,  3465,  10098 

Scarce,  3467 

Sermon  on,  3468 

to  an  Enemy,  3456 

to  the  Poor,  3463 

Universal,  3470 
King,  A  Bountiful,  3473 

A  Condescending,  3473 

A  Conquering,  3474 

Crowning  the,  3475 

Despising  the,  3476 

Exalted  to  be,  10104 

Parable  of  the  Disguised,  10105 

Throne  for  Our,  3477 
Kingdom  of  Christ,  Belonging  to  the,  10106 

Duration  of,  3478 

Feature  of  the,  10107 

Peaceable  3479 
Kingdom  of  God,  Not  far  from  the,  *3672 

Preparation  for  the,  10108 

Seeking  First  the,  3480  « 

Threefold,  3481 
Kingdom  of  Grace  and  Glorv,  3482 
Kingdom  of  Heaven,  Closing  the,  10110,  10111 

Duration  of,  3483 

Giving  all  for,  3484 
Kingdom  of  Satan,  Character  of  the,  3485 
King's  Son,  Parable  of  the,  10113 

Wedding  of  the,  *3673 
Kings,  The  Three,  *3674 
Kingsley,  Bp.,  Distinction  of,  5081 
Kircher's  Argument  for  a  God,  215 
Kisses,  Affection's,  *2076 

Quality  of,  *2077 
Klaus,  Peter,  2316 
Kleber's  Officer,  9531 
Klemfeldt,  Catharine,  4434 
Knapp,  Jacob,  in  Penn  Yan,  5073 
Knocking,  Custom  of,  10113 

The  Lord's,  *3675 
Knot,  The  Gordian,  10114 
Knowledge,  Adaptation  of,  3486 

Alone,  10116 

Application  of,  3487 

Appreciation  of,  3488 

Benefit  of,  *2078,  10117 

Best,  3489 

Christian,  10118 

Concealment  of,  10119 

Cultivation  of,  10120 

Dangers  of,  *2079 

Desire  for,  3491,  10121,  10139 

Direction  of,  3493 

Discolored,  10122 

Divine  and  Human,  10123 

Experimental,  3494 

Extent  of,  3493,  10124 

Figures  of,  10125 

First  Step  to,  10126 


Knowledge,  Glorying  in,  10127 

How  to  Obtain,  10128 

Ignorance  of,  *2080 

Imperfection  of,  3495,  3498 

Importance  of,  1012S 

Mercenary.  3496 

of  Christ,  3490 

Offices  of,  3497 

Pleasure  of,  3499 

Prayer  and,  10130 

Pride  of,  10131 

Profitable,  10133 

Pursuit  of,  *2081.  10133 

Responsibility  of,  3500 

Safe,  10134 

Safeguard  of,  10135 

Self,  3501 

Sorrow  of,  10136 

Summary  of,  10137 

Superficial,  10138 

Thorough,  3503 

Tree  of,  10140 

True,  *2083,  10141 

Unappreciated,  3503 

Unused,  3504 

Useful,  10143 

Use  of,  3505,  10143 

Wisdom  and,  *2083 
Knowles,  Rev.  J.  H.,  7841 
Knox,  J.,  Anec,  459,  1703,  1931,  8051,  4593, 

5465,  5547,  5651,  7040,  7817 
Korah,  Dathan,  and  Abiram,  *3676 
Koran,  Reverence  for  the,  6801,  10144 
Kosciusko's  Benevolent  Horse,  303 
Koshagantaim,  7830 
Kossuth,  2297 

Labor.  Above,  3506 

and  Prayer,  3513,  10157 

Ashamed  of,  3507 

Benefit  of,  ''=-2084 

Blessings  of,  10145 

Burden  of,  *2085 

Dignity  of,  3508 

Eminence  and,  10146 

Faithful  in,  10147 

for  Others,  3511 

Healthfulness  of,  10148 

Honors  to,  10149 

Hymn  of,  *2086 

Incessant,  10150 

Law  of,  10151 

Lesson  of,  *2087 

Life  Character  of,  10153 

Little,  *3088 

Necessity  of,  3509,  10153 

No  Rest  from,  10154 

Objects  of,  *2089 

Opportune,  3510 

Original,  *2090 

Place  for,  10155 

Power  for,  10156 

Prayer  with,  10158 

Proverb,  3513 

Result  of,  3514 

Seasonable,  3515 

Time  for,  3516 

Useless,  3517 

Value  of,  10159 
Laborers,  Call  for,  *3677 

Christ's  Call  for,  *3678 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


567 


Laborers,  Hiring,  10160 

Parable  of  the,  10161 
Lacedemon,  Anec,  3329,  6923,  7843 
Ladder  of  St.  Augustine,  *1172 
Ladies,  Blind  Girl's  Idea  of,  *2091 

Education  of,  10163 

Influence  of,  10163 
Lady,  Accomplished,  3518 

A  True,  3519 
Lady's  Dream,  *340 

"Yes,"  *556 
Lafayette  and  the  Eye,  2498 
Lais,  Beauty  of,  4992,  6693 
Laity,  Influence  of  the,  10164 
Lajolia  and  Napoleon,  4299 
Lamachus'  Reproof,  8686  , 

LamiB  of  Thibet,  8842 
Lamartine's  Unhappiness,  8097 
Lamb  as  an  Emblem,  3522 

Cared  for,  3520 

Legend  of,  3523 

Marriage  of  the,  *2092 

Marriage  Supper  of  the,  *2093 

Shorn,  3524 
Lambert,  Martyrdom  of,  731,  7676 
Lambs,  Carrying  the,  3521,  10165 
Lame  Man,  Healing  the,  *3679 
Lamia's  Eyes,  1212 
Lamp,  Foot,  10166 

Lesson  from  a,  10167 
Land,  The  Better,  *2094 
Lander,  Gen.,  Anec,  2740 
Landing  of  the  Pilgrim  Fathers,  *2505 
Language,  Power  of,  *2095,  10168 
Laocoon,  66,  9306 
La  Place's  Confession,  10672 
Las  Casas  and  Slavery,  315 
Last  Rose  of  Summer,  *462 
Latimer,   Anec,  204,    938,  1061,  1749,  2048, 

7580,  8191 
Laughter,  Advantages  of,  10169 

Death  from,  10170 

Power  of,  10171 

Use  of,  3525 
Laurence,  St.,  Death  of,  7876 
Lavater,  Anec,  7333,  10156 
LaVerrier's  Prophecy,  3187 
Law,  and  Gospel,  3528,  10177 

a  Looking-Glass,  3529 

Cost  of,  *2096 

Definition  of,  10173 

Dignity  of,  10173 

Divine,  10187 

Expedients  of,  10175 

First,  3526 

Giving  of  the,  *3680 

Going  to,  35S7,  10176,  10183 

Higher,  10178 

Obligation  of  the  Moral,  10179 

Observance  of,  10174,  10180 

Obstructions  to,  10181 

One  Transgression  of,  3531 

Power  of,  *2097,  3533 

Preaching  the,  3530 

Quarrels  of,  10182 

Restraints  of  God's,  3533 

Spiritual,  10184 

The  Sword  and  the,  10185 

Violation  of,  10186 

Geo.,  473 
Lawson,  Prof.,  3883 


Lazarus,  *3681 

after  his  Resurrection,  7466 

and  Dives,  *3336-3338,  *3683 

and  Mary,  *3683 

Liberty  for,  3551 

Silence  of,  *3684 

The  Raising  of,  *3685-*3687 

The  Sister  of,  *3688 
Laziness,  Disease  of,  3534 

Example  of,  3535 

Penalty  of,  *2098 

Leaf,  Fading,  10189 
Leauder  and  Hero,  10333 
Lean  Hard,  *295 
Learning,  Advancement  of,  10190 

Always,  10191 

and  Godliness,  3538 

Diflicult,  3536 

Dislike  of,  3537 

Indigested,  *2099 

Intention  of,  10193 

Little  bv  Little,  10193 

Men  of,"  10194 

Modesty  of,  3539 

Object  of,  3540 

Proverbs,  3541 

Sanction  of,  3543 
■    Time  for,  10196 

Unsatisfactory,  3543 

Unused,  *2100 

Way  to,  3544 
Lear's,  Kinij,  Daughters,  4735 
Lebanon,  *3689 

Sighing  for,  *3690 

The  Cedars  of,  *3691.  *3693 
LeClerc's  Excuse,  6531 
Lee,  Gen.  R.  E.,  Anec,  2443,  11877 
Legends,  Irish,  10197 
Leighton,  Bp.,  884,  1358,  5620 
Leisure,  Compulsory,  10198 
Lely,  Sir  P.,  and  a  Picture,  7357 
Lent,  The  True,  *2101 
Leo  IX.,  Death  of,  7866 

X.,  Death  of,  9804 
Leonard  of  Basle,  6442 
Lepers,  Description  of,  10199 

Healing,  *2102,  *3693-*3695 

The  Ten,  *3696 

The  Ungrateful,  *3697,  7391 
Lethe,  The  River,  2333 
Letter,  An  Ill-tempered,  10200 
Liars,  Evil  of,  10201 

Fate  of,  10203 

Punishment  of,  10203 
Liberality,  Benefits  of,  3546,  3548 

Best,  *2103 

Opinions  of,  3547 
Liberalism,  Personified,  3545 
Liberty,  Appreciating,  3549 

Approved  by  God,  3550 

Christian,  *2104,  3551,  10204 

Forgotten  Heroes  of,  *21C5 

Instinct  of,  *2106 

Instruments  of,  3552 

Joy  of,  10206 

Love  of,  3553 

News  of,  10207 

Progress  of,  *2107 

Prophecy  of,  3554 

Right  to,  3555 

Sacrifice  for,  3556,  10208 


5G8 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


Liberty,  Spiritual,  3557 

Transformation  of,  10209 

Triumph  of,  *2108 

Waiting  for,  10210 

Working  for,  10211 
Library,  Miracle  of  a,  10212 
Licentiousness,  Prevention  of,  3559 

Misery  of,  3558 
Lie,  Erasure  of  a,  10213 

Fatal,  10214 

The,  *749 
Lies,  Avoiding,  10215 

Great,  3560 

Half,  10216 

Love  of,  3561 
Lietbert's  Prayer,  6465 
Life,  a  Book.  *2112,  3563 

Abuse  of,  *2109 

a  Circle,  10222 

a  Clock,  3568 

Active,  *2110 

a  Delusion,  3575 

a  Game,  3589 

a  Loan,  10248 

a  Loom,  3596,  *3699 

A  Lost,  3597 

an  Apologue,  3563 

and  Death,  3574 

An  Infidel's,  10244 

an  Island,  *2126 

a  Pendulum,  10255 

a  Play,  *2135 

a  Riddle,  10267 

a  Ride,  *2138 

Arithmetic  of,  10217 

a  River,  3587,  3610 

a  Sermon,  10270 

a  Stream,  10272 

a  Tragedy,  10274 

Autumn  of,  *2111 

a  Voyage,  3621 

a  Web,''3623 

Boundaries  of,  *2113,  10218 

Brevity  of,  2114,  10219,  10220 

Building  Up,  3564 

Caravan  of,  *2115 

Changeless,  3566 

Checkered,  3567,  10250 

Careful,  3565 

Christian,  10221 

Close  of,  3580,  10223 

Computation  of,  *2116,  *2128 

Contraction  of,  3569,  *3698 

Crises  in,  3570-3572 

Dangers  in,  3573 

Darkened,  10224 

Decline  of,  *2118 

Desire  for,  10225 

Destinies  of,  *2119 

Dirge  of,  *2120 

Dissatisfied  with,  10226 

Division  of,  3576,  10227 

Earnest,  *2121,  3577 

Emblems  of,  3578,  3579 

Embroidering,  10230 

Ending,  10231 

Enjoyment  of,  3581 

Estimate  of,  10232 

Eternal,  *2123 

Eternity  and,  10233 
Evanescent,  10234 


Life  Everywhere.  3585 
Evidences  of,  3584 
Examples  of,  10235 
Exercise  in,  10236 
Exposure  of,  3582 
Extremes  of,  3583 
Failure  in,  10237 
Flight  of,  3586 
Frailty  of,  10238 
Glory  of,  10239 
Godly,  *2124 
Growth  in,  3591 
Guarded,  10240 
Happiest  Period  of,  10241 
Hidden,  10242 
Human,  10243 
Importance  of,  *2125 
Incompleteness  of,  3592 
Joy  and  Sorrow  in,  10245 
Lengthening,  10228,  10246 
Length  of,  *2127,  3594 
Living,  10247 
Long,  3595 
Love  of,  3598,  3614 
Measure  of,  10249 
Mental,  *2129 
Mistake  of,  3599 
Mockery  of,  *2130 
Mysteries  of,  3600 
Nearing  the  End  of,  10251 
Object  of,  3601,  10259 
Our  Years  of,  3700 
Parable  of,  *2131 
Parting  with,  *2132 
Passing  Through,  10254 
Perfect,  3602 
Personal,  *2134 
Phases  of,  10256 
Pivots  in,  10257 
Plan  of,  3603 
Portion  in,  3604 
Portraits  of,  10258 
Preservation  of,  3605 
Projection  of,  3606 
Prolonging,  10229,  10259 
Providence  in,  *2136 
Purpose  of,  10260 
Quality  of,  3607 
Quiet,  *2137 
Race  for,  10261 
Ready  for,  3608 
Record  of,  10262 
Register  of.  10263 
Re-lived.  10264,  10265 
Results  of  a,  10266 
Reviewed,  3588,  3609 
River  of,  *2139 
Rule  of,  10268 
Sadness  of,  *2140 
Seasons  of,  *2133,  *2141,  3611 
Serious,  10269 
Shortness  of,  3612,  10271 
Sin  Against,  *2142 
Solemnity  of,  3613 
Sympathy  of,  *2143 
the  Gift  of  God,  3590 
Theories  of,  *2144 
Too  Short,  10273 
Traces  of,  3615 
Transitions  in,  3616 
True,  10275 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


569 


Life,  Uncertainty  of,  3617 

Unity  of,  *2146 

Uphill.  2147 

Useful.  3593 

Use  of,  *2148,  3618,  10276 

Varieties  of,  3619 

Vicissitudes  of,  3620 

Way  of,  *2150,  10278 

"Work  of,  10279 

Wanted,  10277 

Waymarks  of,  3622 

Wonderful,  3624 
Ligarius  Ready  for  Service.  7185 
Light,  A  Shining,  *2151,  3637,  10287 

A  Small,  3629,  10289 

Borrowed,  3625 

Christian,  3626 

Creation  of.  *2153 

Guiding,  10281 

in  Darkness,  3628 

Intellectual,  3630 

Latent,  3631 

Mental  and  Moral,  10283 

Mistaking  the,  3633 

More,  10283 

Motto  of.  3633 

Obstructed,  3634 

of  the  Church,  3627 

Omniscience  and,  10284 

Reflection  of,  10285 

Rejected,  3635 

Rekindled,  10286 

Responsibility  of,  3636 

Shunning  the,  10288 

Spread  of,  3638 

Walking  in  the,  3639 

Warning,  3640 
Lightning,  Effect  of,  10291 
Lights,  The  Lower,  10290 
Likeness,  Necessary  to  Liking,  10293 
Lilburne,  John,  5626 
Lilies  and  Birds,  *3701 

Consider  the,  *3702 

of  Jerusalem,  *3703 

Oriental,  10293 

The  Corn  and  the,  3704 
Limbo,  Fool's,  *2153 
Linnaeus,  Anec,  1818,  4226 
Lincoln,  Pres.,  Anec,  1436,  1848,  2716,  3458, 

4138,  4409,  5778,  5921,  5949,  6973,  8989, 11163 
Lion  and  Dolphin,  10901 
Lion  and  Woodman's  Daughter,  10335 
Lion's  Whelps,  *3705 
Lisbon,  Earthquakes  at,  8257,  8258 
Litany,  Penitential,  *2154 

The  Soul's,  *2155 
Litchfield  Indian's  Payment,  3465 
Literature,  Divine  Protection  of,  10294 

Pleasures  of,  10295 
Little  Children  Everywhere,  *3156 

Foxes,  Danger  from,  10296 

Nell,  Death  of,  7823 

Paul,  Death  of,  7824 
Little  Sins,  Danger  of,  3641,  3642,  3643 
Emblem  of,  3644 
Fable  of,  10297 

Fatality  of,  3645 
Growth  of,  3646.  10298 
Treachery  of,  10299 
Little  Things,  *2160,  3648,  10301 
Damage  of,  10300 


Little  Things,  Discoveries  of,  3G47 

Doing,  *2157 

Influence  of,  *2158,  3649,  10303 

Power  of,  *2159,  3650 

Results  of,  *2161 

Tests,  *2162 
Livingstone,  Dr.,  Anec,  2967,  5591,  7815 
Loaves  and  Fishes,  Miracle  of  the,  *3707,*3708 
Loaves,  Boy  with  the  Five,  *3706 
Lochiel  When  Old,  6417 
Locke,  John,  Anec,  1060,  5901 
Locusts,  Cloud  of,  *3711 
Logic,  Mathematical,  10303 
Lombard,  Peter,  7936 
Loneliness,  Relief  for,  10304 
Longing.  Benefit  of,  *2164 

Emblem  of,  *2163 
Long-Suffering,  Abused,  3651 

Improved,  3652 
Looking  Back,  Oriental  Custom,  10306 
Looking  to  Jesus,  Deliverance  by,  3653 

Illustration  of,  3654 

Influence  of,  3655 
Loquacity,  Danger  of,  3656 

Evils  of,  3657 

Repenting  of,  10307 

Restraining,  10308 
Lord's  Day,  Types  of  the,  3653 
Lord's  Prayer.  *2165 

Fulness  of  the.  3659 

Influence  of  the,  3660 

Paraphrase  of  the,  *3166 

Spirit  of  the,  3661 
Lord's  Supper,  3668 

Admission  to,  3663 

A  Memorial,  10310 

Emblem  of  the,  *2167,  3663 

Equality  at,  3664 

Import  of  the,  10309 

Institution  of  the,  *3713 

Intent  of  the,  *3713 

Invitation  to  the,  *2168 

Names  of,  3665 

Neglect  of  the,  3666 

Real  Presence  in  the,  10311 

Suggestions  of  the,  *3714 

Title  in  the,  10313 

Unfit  Array  for  the,  10313 

Unworthy  of  the,  *3715  , 
Losses,  Bearing,  3669 

Benefit  of,  *2169 

Consolation  in,  3670 

Gain  of,  *2170 

Greatest,  *2171 

Lessons  Derived  from,  10314 

Parable  of,  3671 

Philosophic  Endurance  of,  10315 

Providence  in,  10316 

Retrieving,  3672 

Riches  with,  10317 

Selfishness  in,  10318     ' 
Lost,  Hope  for  the,  3673 

Knell  of  the,  3674 

Peril  of  the,  3675 

Searching  for  the,  10320,  10321 

Sympathy  for  the,  10323 

The  Living,  *2173 
Lost  Day,  *639 

Lost  Piece  of  Money,  The,  *3716 
Lost  Sheep,  Parable  of  the,  *3717 

The,  *3718 


570 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


Lot,  *4120 

in  Sodom,  *3719 

The  Common,  *3173 
Louis  IX.,  Anec,  5557,  7889 

XI.,  Anec,  1275,  1984,  6372,  6897,  7446 

XII,,  Anec,  1186,  7321 

XIV.,  Anec,  2820,  4362,  7375,  9683 

XV.,  Anec,  9242 
Louisburg,  Capture  of,  7988 
Love.  Abiding,  3676 

A  Child's,  3682 

Activity  of,  3677 

Appreciation  of,  10323 

Baptism  of,  10324 

Bar  to,  *2174 

Bliss  or  Bane  of,  *2175 

Brevities,  3679 

Brotherly,  3680,  3681 

Charms  of,  *2176 

Christian,  3683 

Christ's,  10326 

Climax  of,  10327 

Commanded,  10328 

Companionship  of,  *2177 

Conception  of,  10329 

Conjugal,  3685 

Constancy  of,  3686 

Course  of  True,  *2178 

Creative,  *2179 

Demand  for,  3687 

Demands  of,  10330 

Demonstration  of,  10331 

Departed,  *2180 

Descent  of,  *10332 

Description  of,  3688 

Devoted,  *2181,  10333 

Divine,  *2182 

Early,  *2183 

Efforts  of,  10334 

Enduring,  *2184,  8717 

Enemies  of  *2185 

Example  of,  3689 

Exhortation  to,  3690 

Fable  of,  3691 

Fidelity  of,  *2186 

Filial,  3692 

First,  *2187 

Foolishness  of,  10335 

Generosity  of,  3693,  10336 

Heaven  of,  *2188 

Immeasurable,  *2189,  10343 

Importance  of,  *2190 

Incredible,  10337 

Indestructible.  10338 

Instinct  of,  3694 

Legend  of,  10340 

Light  of,  3695 

like  Christ's,  3684 

Longing  for,  10341 

Maternal,  *2191,  3696 

Matured,  *2192 

Mean  of,  *2193 

Measure  of  Christ's,  10343 

Measure  of  God's,  10344 

Message  of,  3697 

Mother's,  3698,  10345 

Ocean  of,  10346 

Omnipotence  of,  3699 

Origin  of,  3700 

Pain  of,  *2195 

Parental,  10347 


Love,  Paternal,  10348 

Patriotic,  3701 

Persevering,  3703 

Pleasure  in,  3703 

Power  of,  *2194,  3704 

Pre-eminence  of.  *ai96,  *2204,  3715 

Present,  *2197 

Preserving,  3705 

Price  of,  *2198 

Proof  of,  3706 

Proverbs,  3707 

Reciprocal,  *2199 

Redeeming,  *2200 

Rescue  of,  3708 

Rules  for,  *2201 

Sacritice  for,  10349 

Sameness  of,  10350 

Sceptre  of,  *2202 

Scope  of,  *2203 

Secret  of,  3712 

Seeking  and  Following,  10351 

Sordid,  3713 

Strength  of,  3714 

Surprise  of,  3716 

Test  of,  3709,  3710 

Treatment  of,  *2205 

Trial  of,  10352 

True,  *2206,  10353 

True  Christian.  3711 

Unbought,  *2207 

Union  of,  3718 

Universal,  3719 

Unlimited,  10354 

Unstable,  3720 

Voice  of,  3721 

Woman's,  *2208.  10355 

Works  of,  *2209 

Zeal  in.  *2210 
Lover,  Hope  of  a,  10356 
Love  of  Christ,  Experience  of,  3722 

Fulness  of  the,  3723 

Greatness  of  the,  3724 

Inheritance  of,  3725 

Wonder  of,  3726 
Love  of  God,  Simile  of  the,  3727 

Universal,  3728 
Loyola's  Effort,  2046 
Lucia,  St.,  Legend  of,  2067 
Lucian  and  Marcian,  7239 
Lucifer,  *3720 
Luck,  Good  and  Bad,  10357 

Knowledge  and.  10358 

Labor  and,  10359 

Proverbs,  3729 

Superstition  of,  10360 
Lucknow,  Relief  of,  4911,  12015 
Lucullus'  Victory,  12163 
Luke  and  Demas,  *3721 
Lukewarmness,  3730 

Cured,  3731 

Danger  of,  3733 

Guilt  of,  3733 

Prevention  of,  3735,  10361 

Provocation  of,  3734 

Testimonies  of,  3736 
Lukman,  Anec,  5471,  6393 
Lullaby,  *1962 
Lunatic  Child,  The,  *3723 
Lust,  Apostrophe  to,  10363 

Bitterness  of,  3737 

Fascination  of,  3738,  10363 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


571 


Lust,  Perpetuity  of,  *2211 

Power  of,  *2213 
Lusts  Must  be  Overcome,  10364 
Luther,  Martin,Anec.,  461,  645,  673,  830, 1124, 
1181,  1273,  1503,  1590,  1702,  1931,  1940, 
2046,  2219,   2331,  2718,  2891,  2922,  3281, 
3340,  3352,   3446,  4092,  4295,  4490,  4577, 
4581,  4606,  4786,  5097,  5658,  6115.  6287, 
6351,  6824,  7039,  7110,  7937,  8006,  8081, 
8155,  8473,  8539,  8556,  8745,  8763,  8803, 
9054,  9127,  9144,  9524, 10103, 10575, 11024, 
11355,  11680,  11822 
Luxury,  Bane  of,  *2213 
Consistent,  3739 
Corrupting,  3740 
Effects  of,  3741,  10365 
Influence  of,  3743 
Living  for,  3743 
Proud,  10366 
Trophies  of,  *3214 
Lycurgus,  Anec,  871.  1667,  7679,  9547,  9907 
Lydia,  *3723 

Lydington,  Chameleon,  9837 
Lying,  Crime  of,  3744 
Disgrace  of,  3745 
Fatal,  3746 
Gain  of,  10368 
Habit  of,  3747,  10369 
Hatred  of,  3748,  10370 
Improvement  in,  10371 
Proverbs,  3749 
Punishment  of,  3750 
Reputation  for,  3751 
Resolved  Against,  10373 
Treatment  of,  10373 
Unsafe,  3753 
Useless,  3754 
Lysander  and  Cyrus,  1540 
Lysimachus'  Thirst,  4465,  5450 
Lystra,  Paul  and  Barnabas  at,  *3724 

Macarius,  St.,  Leg.,  4815,  7747,  9663,  11180 
Macaulay,  Anec. ,  703,  1396 
Macedonia,  The  Man  of,  *3725 
Machpelah,  The  Cave  of,  *3726,  *3727 
Maclan's  Delay,  4710 
Magi,  The,  *3728 

Visit  of  the,  *3729 
Magic,  Notion  of,  10374 
Magnanimity,  Example  of,  3755 
Mahadeo  and  Mr.  Richards,  2529 
Mahmoud  Leaving  his  Wealth,  5997 

the  Idol -breaker,  *1906 
Mahomet  Effendi,  9803 
Maiden,  A  Virtuous,  *2215 

Counsel  to  a,  *2216 
Maimon  and  Hillel,  4563 
Maintenon,  Mdm.  de,  8036 
Malachi,  *3730 

Character  of,  10375 
Malakoff,  371 

Malcolm  and  the  Indians,  5346 
Malevolence,  Bitterness  of,  10376 

Misery  of,  3756 
Malherbe's  Rhetoric,  7848 
Malice,  a  Fire,  3757 

Murder  of,  3758 

Reproof  of,  3759 
Mammon,  a  Friend,  3761 

Anxiety  of,  3760 

Corruption  of,  *2217 


Mammon,  Delusion,?  of,  10877 

Enslavement  of,  *2218 

Greed  of,  3763 

Influence  of,  3763 

Making  Friends  of,  3764 

Use  of   *3219 
Man,  A  Brainless,  10380 

A  Dull,  3778 

A  Good,  3781 

a  Heavenly  Plant,  10386 

Ambitious,  3766 

a  Miracle,  10394 

a  Missionary,  3788 

An  Agreeable,  3765 

An  Obstinate,  10396 

Antithesis  of,  *2220 

A  Passionate,  10397 

Apostrophe  to,  10378 

a  Rebel,  3793 

Assumption  of,  3767 

a  Watch,  *2235 

Brotherhood  of,  3768 

Christ's  Power  Over,  10381 

Contending  with  God,  3770 

Contradictions  in,  3771 

Creation  and  Fall  of,  3773 

Credulity  of,  3773 

Decided,  3774 

Definitions  of,  *2222,  3775 

Dependence  of,  10382 

Development  of,  3776 

Dignity  of,  3777 

Endowments  of,  2223 

Enthusiasm  of,  10383 

Exaltation  of,  *2224 

Fallen.  3779,  10384 

First  Duty  of,  3780 

Glorified,  10385 

Good  and  Evil  in,  3783 

Greatness  of,  *2225 

Heathen  Account  of,  *2226 

Idiosyncrasies  of,  10387 

Immortality  of,  10388 

Imprisoned,  *2227 

Infelicity  of,  10389 

Inference  of,  10390 

in  Ruins,  3796 

Life  of,  3783 

Life  in.  10393 

like  a  Book,  10379 

Lordship  of,  3784 

Lost,  3785 

Manufacture  of,  3786 

Measuring,  3787 

Nature  of,  3789 

Nobility  of,  *2228,  10395 

Powers  of,  *2229 

Preparation  for,  3791 

Preservation  of,  10398 

Probation  of,  *2230 

Progress  of,  3792 

Race  of,  10399 

Relation  of,  3794 

Repairing,  10400 

Restoration  of,  3795 

Reverence  for,  *2231 

Seraph  Within,  3798 

Signs  of  a  Wise,  10401 

Six  Species  of,  10403 

Sovereignty  of,  3799 

Standard  of,  *2333 


572 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


Man.  the  Child  of  Mercy,  3769 

The  Last,  10391 

The  Melancholy,  10393 

The  Perfect,  3790 

The  Sabbath  of,  3797 

The  Wise,  *2233 

Unreliability  of  a  Bad,  10403 

Vanity  of,  *2234 

Well-armed,  10404 

Worldly,  3800 
Manhood,  Degradation  of,  10405 

Scarcity  of,  3801 
Maniac,  Misfortune  of  the,  2236 
Mankind,  Foes  of,  *2237 

Unity  of,  *2238 
Manlius,  Execution  of  9022 
Manna,  Coming  of  the,  *3731 

Daily,  *2239 

Typology  of,  10406 
Manners,  Agreeable,  3803 

Brevities,  3804 

Corruption  of,  3805 

111,  3803,  3806 

Importance  of,  10407 

Influence  of,  10408 

Neglected,  10409 

Proverbs,  3807 

Study  of,  3808 

Striking,  10410 

Trifles  in,  3809 

Vulgarity  of,  10411 
Man  of  Ross,  *223 

was  Made  to  Mourn,  *2348 
Mansions,  The  Many,  *3732 
Marah,  Elim  and,  *3380 

Healing  the  Waters  of,  *3733 

Waters  of,  *3734 
Marcellus'  Martyrdom,  11760 
Marcian's  Robes,  7047 
Marcion  and  Polycarp,  1054 
Marcius,  Untired,  8613 
Marco  Bozzaris,  *1476 
Marcus  of  Arethusa,  1738,  7213 
Marcy,  Wm.  L.,  482 
Margaret,  St.,  Martyrdom  of,  608 
Marignon,  Battle  of,  2321 
Marina,  St.,  Legend  of,  6309 
Mariners  of  England,  *1088 
Marius,  Apprehension  of,  6229 
Mark,  The  Apostle,  *3735 
Marks,  Legend  of,  3813 

of  Christ,  3810 

of  Christians,  3811 

of  Sin,  3813 
Marriage,  Advantage  of,  3814,  10412 

Advice  Concerning,  10413 

Age  for,  *2240 

A  Happy,  3822 

Benefit  of,  3815 

Breach  of,  3816 

Brevities,  3817 

Cares  of,  *2241 

Ceremony  at,  10414 

Childless,  10415 

Circumspection  in,  10416 

Clouds  of,  *2242 

Counsels  for,  10417 

Danger  of,  3818 

Death  at  the,  10418 

Degrading,  *2243 

Eastern  Ceremonies  of,  3819 


Marriage.  Effect  of,  10419 

Estrangement  in,  *2244 

Fate  in.  3820 

Foolish,  *2245 

Fortitude  in.  3821 

111  assorted,  10420 

Importance  of,  *2246 

Improving,  3823 

Jars  in.  3824 

Losses  in,  *2247 

Love  and,  10421 

Love  in.  10422 

Mercenary,  3825 

of  the  King's  Son,  *8736 

of  the  Lamb,  *3737 

Pledge  of,  *2248 

Predetermined,  10423 

Prevention  of,  10424 

Proposal  of,  10425 

Proverbs.  3826 

Purity  of,  *2249 

Religion  in,  3827,  10426 

Responsibility  of,  3828,  10437 

Solemnity  of"  10428 

Sorrows  in,  *2250 

Stimulus  of,  10429 

Trial  for,  3829 

Uncomfortable,  10430 

Unequal,  3830 

Unfortunate,  3831 

Unity  in,  3832,  10431 

Unsuitable,  *2251,  10432 
Martha,  *3738 

and  Mary,  *3739 

or  Mary,  *3740 
Martian's  Temptation,  11924 
Martin,  Rev.  Carlos  R.,  7914 

Rev.  H.,  Anec,  77,  4994,  5729,  6449,  6558, 
8091,  8628,  9590 

St.,  Legend  of,  4084,  5165 
Martineau,  Miss,  2764,  4853 
Martyr,  First  Christian,  *3741 

Qualities  of  a,  10433 
Martyrdom,  Accepting,  3833 

Crown  of,  *2253 

Joy  at,  10434 

Nobility  of,  ^2254 

Novel,  10435 

Passion  for,  10436 

Revelations  of,  *2255 
Martyrs,  Ashes  of  the,  *2256 

Blood  of  the,  *2257 

Christian,  *2258 

Death  of  the,  *2252,  3834 

Decision  of,  10437 

Endurance  of,  10438 

Escort  of,  *2259 

Influence  of,  *2260 

Number  of,  10439 

of  Vice,  10441 

Pre-eminence  of,  *2261 

Record  of,  10440 

Seed  of,  *2263 

Triumph  of,  *3743 

Victory  of,  10442 
Marvell,  A.,  Incorruptibility  of,  3243 
Mary,  *3743,  *3744 

and  her  Child,  *3745 

and  Lazarus,  *3683 

at  the  Sepulchre,  *3747,  *S748 

"Master!"  *3746 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


573 


Mary,  Offering  of,  *3750,  *3751 

Queen,  and  Calais,  704 

"Rabboni!"*3752 

the  Mother  of  Christ,  *3753 

Weeping,  *3749 
Mary  Magdalene,  *2263,  *3754-*3756 

Legend  of,  *3757 
Mary  of  Egypt,  St.,  6083 

of  Mesopotamia,  St.,  9200 
Mascaron  and  Louis  XIV.,  2820 
Masses,  Discouragement  with  the,  10443 
Massilon,  Anec.,  2720,  4670,  5287 
Master,  Ascertaining  the,  10444 
Masters,  Duty  of,  10445 
Matador  of  Brazil,  6182 
Mather,  Dr.  C.  Anec,  5729,  8128 
Matthew,  Father,  8028 
Matthew,  *3758,  *3759 
Matthias,  *3760 
Maturity,  Christian,  3835 

Marks  of,  10446 

Signs  of,  10447 
Maximilian,  Anec,  6467,  10076 
Maximinus,  Anec,  5051 
Maynard,  John,  2963 
Mazarin,  Cardinal,  7877 
Mazeppa,  3708 

McCabe,  Dr.  C.  C,  2962,  9471 
McCheyne,  Anec,  1096,  9896 
McDonald,  Shod  Like  a  Horse,  11471 
McDonough's  Secret  of  Victory,  8739 
McLaren  on  the  Plank  of  Free  Grace,  2386 
McLean,  Chief  Justice,  Anec,  8648 
McMahon's  Kindness,  1406 
Meanness,  Example  of,  3836 

Height  of,  10448 
Means,  Apothegms  of,  3837 

Character  of,  3838 

Endeavors  and,  10450 

Ineffectual,  3840 

Use  of,  10451 

Using  the,  3841,  10449 

Without  God,  3839 
Means  of  Grace,  Benefit  of,  3843 

Holy  Spirit  in,  3843 

Interruptions  of,  10452 

Neglecting,  10453 

Using.  3844 
Meat-Offering,  Import  of,  10454 
Meddlesomeness  Punished,  10455 
Meddling,  Danger  of,  10456 
Mediation,  Acknowledged,  3845 

Analogy  of,  10457 

Christ's,  3846 

Conditions  of,  10458 

Illustration  of,  3847 

in  Physical  Evils,  3848 

Successful,  10459 
Mediator,  Examples,  10460 

Royal.  10461 
Meditation,  Advantage  of,  10462,  10463 

Enforced,  3850 

Excellency  .of,  10464 

Office  of,  3852 

on  Death,  3849 

on  Heaven,  3851 

Result  of,  3853 

Use  of,  10465 
Meek,  BlQssing  of  the,  3854 

Defined,  3855 

Future  Glory  of  the,  3856 


Meek,  Happiness  of  the,  8857 

Inheritance  of  the,  3858 
Meekness,  Advantage  of,  3859 

Attainment  of,  3860 

Biblical,  10466 

Christian,  10467 

Description  of,  3861 

Example  of,  3862 

Imperfect,  3863 

Importance  of,  10468 

Influence  of,  3864 

Power  of,  3865 

Secret  of,  3866 

Test  of,  3867 
Meeting,  Eternal,  *2264 

Hope  of,  *2265 

Prophecy  of,  *2266 
Meetings,  Family  Prayer,  3869 

Religious,  3868 
Meetness  for  Heaven,  Advantage  of,  3870 

Nature  of,  3871 

Needed,  3872 

Tested,  3873 
Meissonier's  Death,  1283 
Melancholy  Cured,  10469 

Disease  of,  *2267 

Distortion  of,  3874 

Examples  of,  3875 

Groundless,  3877 

Incurable,  3876 

Kinds  of,  *2268 

Misanthropic,  *2269 

Receipts  Against,  3878 
Melancthon,   Anec,   1466,    3960,    4581,  4791, 

6103,  6834.  7830,  9823 
Melchizedek,  *3078,  *3761 
Melonius,  Legend  of,  11788 
Melville,  H.,  Sermonizing,  5287 
Memnon,  Statue  of,  10029 
Memorial,  Lasting,  10470 
Memory,  Acquisitive,  10471 

Activity  of,  10472 

Association  of,  *2370 

Bad,  10473 

Bells  of,  *2271 

Christian,  3879 

Comfortless,  *2273 

Conversion  through  the,  3881 

Cup  of,  *2273 

Definitions  of,  3882,  10474 

Exact,  10475 

Examples  of,  3883 

Good,  10476 

Imperishable,  3884 

Light  of,  *2274 

Method  with,  10477 

of  Scripture,  3887 

Perpetuation  of,  *2275 

Pictures  of,  10478 

Pollution  of,  10479 

Power  of,  3885,  10480 

Purifying  the,  3880,  10481 

Qualities  of,  *2276 

Retentive,  10483 

Sacred,  3886 

Sanctified,  10483 

Test  of,  10484 

Thoughts  on,  3888 

Traces  of,  3889 

Utilizing  the,  10485 

Well  Used,  10486 


574 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


Memphis,  *3763 

Men,  Christ's  Image  in,  10487 

Classes  of,  10488.  10493 

Demand  for,  *2277 

Development  of,  3890 

Insane,  10489 

Iron,  3891 

Lead,  8893 

Perfumed,  3893 

Rarity  of  Good,  10490 

Reliable,  10491 

Bteel,  3894 

Thrown  Away,  10493 

Types  of,  3895 

Underground,  10494 

Variation  among,  10495 
JiWircatus  and  Ficinus,  9789 
Mercies,  Acknowledgment  of,  10496 

Appreciating,  3896 

Computation  of,  10497 

Continuous.  10498 

Daily.  3897 

Forgetting,  3898 

God's,  10499 

Gratitude  for,  3899 

Remembered,  10500 

Riglit  Use  of,  3900 

Sum  of  Small,  3901 

Tlianksgiving  for,  3903 

Yearly,  10501 
Mercury,  Fables  of,  8325,  9584 
Mercy,  Abuse  of,  3903,  10503 

Accessible,  3904 

Alternative  of,  3905 

Appeal  for,  3906 

Blessed,  *2278 

Divine,  *2279,  3907 

Door  of,  10503 

Effect  of,  3908 

Emblem  of,  *2280,  10504 

Example  of,  3909 

Free,  3910,  3918 

Gift  of,  *2281 

God's,  10505 

Great,  3911 

Ideas  of,  3913 

Importance  of,  3913 

Instinctive  Cry  for,  10506 

Invitation  of,  *2383 

Limitless,  10507 

Love  of,  3914 

Manifold,  3915 

Offered,  3916 

Plea  for,  3917 

Question  of,  10508 

Reciprocated,  3920 

Refuge  of,  3919 

Rejection  of,  10509 

Rescue  of,  *2283 

Reward  of,  3921 

Shoreless  Ocean  of,  10510 

Stores  of,  10511 

Yielding  to,  10513 
Merit,  Absence  of  all,  10513 

Assumption  of,  3922,  10514 

Attainment  of,  *2284 

Baseless,  10515 

Human,  *2285,  3924 

Intrinsic,  *2286 

of  Beneficence,  3923 

Pre-eminence  of,  3925 


Merit,  Rewards  of,  10516 

Useless,  3926 
Merle  D'Aubigne's  Conviction,  1097 
Meroz,  Curse  upon,  10753 
Messiah,  Expectation  of  the,  6346 

Reign  of  the,  *2287,  *3763 
Metellus'  Pride,  11183 
Method,  Importance  of,  10517 

Slaves  to,  10518 

Want  of,  10519 
Methodism,  Influence  of,  10530 

Preservation  of,  10521 
Methodists,  Two  Kinds  of,  10523 
Methuselali,  *3764,  *3765 
Metrocles'  Happiness,  8830 
Mexican  Sacrifice,  12224 
Michael's  Deception  of  Saul,  8816 
Michael,  The  Archangel,  130 
Midas,  2584 

Mighty  Fallen,  The,  *3766 
Milch-kine  Drawing  the  Ark,  *3767 
Millennium,  Animals  in  the,  *3288 

Antecedents  of  the,  *2289 

Coming  of  the,  3927 

Description  of  the,  *2290 

Glory  of  the,  *2291 

Prophecy  of,  3928 

Triumph  of  the.  3929 

Vision  of  the,  *2292 

Watching  for  the,  *2293 
Miller  Preserved  for  Work,  6135 
Millionnaire,  How  to  Become  a,  3930 
Mills,  Rev.  Samuel  J.,  283 
Milne,  Dr.  Wm.,  265,  9677 
Milton,  J.,  Anec,  1784,  2716,  3553,  7499,  8114, 

8936,  9949 
Mind,  Abstraction  of,  10523 

Activity  of  the,  *2294 

Classes  of,  10524 

Contentment  of,  *2295 

Cultivation  of,  3931 

Dark,  3932 

Disciphned,  3933 

Failure  of,  10535 

Freedom  of,  *2296 

Fruitful,  3934 

Hue  of,  *2297 

Immortality  of,  10526 

Impressing,  3935 

Independence  of,  *2298 

Index  of,  *2299,  3936 

Infancy  of,  10537 

in  Old  Age,  10531 

Intolerance  of,  10538 

Intrepidity  of,  8937 

Irregularity  of,  10539 

Key  of  the,  *2800 

Kingdom  of  the,  *2301,  10530 

Poverty  of,  3938 

Power  of,  *3303 

Spiritual,  *3303,  3939 

Test  of,  3940 

Triumph  of,  10582 

Writing  on,  10533 
Minds,  Great,  3941 

Great  and  Little,  10534 

Ignorant.  3942 

Scarce,  3943 
Minerva,  183,  374,  1413,  6047 
Minister,  An  Ambitious,  *3304 

A  Remarkable,  3949 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


575 


Minister,  A  Zealous,  3951 

Character  of  a,  3944 
Death  of  a,  *2305 

Dignity  of  a,  *3306 

Encouraged,  3945 

Faithful,  *2307 

Faith  of  a,  10535 

Friendly,  10536 

Helping  the,  10537 

Honor  of  the,  *2308 

Humility  of  a,  3946 

Legacy  of  the,  10538 

Life  of  the,  10539 

Prayers  of  a,  10540 

Praying  for  the,  3947,  10541 

Professional,  3948 

Responsibility  of  a,  3950,  10553 

The  Unfaithful,  *2309,  6266 
3Iinisters,  Children  of,  3952 

Curse  upon  Idle,  10542 

Divine  Mission  of,  10543 

Examples  for,  3953 

Fishers  of  Men,  10544 

Godless,  10545 

Hireling,  3955 

Holiness  in,  3956 

Humbug,  10547 

Imperfection  of,  10548 

Judgment  of,  10549 

Love  in,  3957 

Murderers,  3958 

Objections  to,  10550 

Office  of,  10551 

Perseverance  of,  10553 

Proverbs,  3959 

Right  Choice  of,  10554 

to  be  Honored,  10546 

Unfaithfulness  of,  3961 

Weakness  of,  3960 
Ministry,  Brevities,  3962 

Call  to  the,  3963 

Earnestness  in  the,  3964 

Emblem  of  the,  10555 

Gifts  in  the,  3965 

Paying  the,  3966 

Preparation  for,  3967 

Qualification,  3968 

Self-elected,  3969 

Serious  Work  of  the,  8970 

Success  of  the,  3971 

Support  of  the,  3972,  10556 

Thrust  into  the,  10557 

Trifling  in  the,  10558 
Mirabeau,  Anec,  1729,  11111,  11125 
Miracle  at  Nain,  *2310 

Christ's  First,  *3768 
Miracles,  *3769 

Attestation  of,  *2311 

Christian,  3974 

Constant,  10559 

Continuation  of,  10560 

Demand  for,  *3770 

Denying,  10561 

Legend  of,  10562 

Modern,  10563 

Necessity  of,  10564 

Papist,  10565 

Reception  of,  10566 

Use  of,  3975 

Vindicated,  3976 

Why  Ceased,  3973 


Miracles,  Working,  10567 
Miriam.  Song  of,  *3771,  *3772 
Mirth,  Cheerfulness  and,  10568 

Devotion  of,  10569 

Fear  of,  *2312 

Madness  of,  10570 

Reckless,  3977 
Misanthrope,  Description  of  the,  10571 

Heathen,  10572 
Miser,  Beneficent.  10573 

Degradation  of  the,  *3313 

Description  of  the,  *2314 

End  of  a,  *2315 

The  Rich,  10574 
Misers,  Misery  of,  3978 

Spiritual,  3979 

Treatment  of,  3980 
Misery,  Address  to,  *2316 

Causes  of,  10575 

Confession  of,  3981 

Happiness  and,  10576 

Human,  *3317 

Influence  of.  10577 

Lesson  from,  3982 

Melody  of.  *2318 

Personal,  3983 

Use  of,  3984 
Misfortune,  Brevities,  3985 

Compensation  of,  3986 

Friends  in,  *2319 

Good  Fortune,  10578 

Overcoming,  10579 

Proverbs,  3987 

Test  of,  10580 

Victims  of,  *2320 
Misfortunes,  Conduct  in,  10581    •- 

Opinions  Concerning,  10582 

Preference  for,  10583 

Unavoidable,  10584 
Missed  or  Not,  10585 
Mission,  Your,  *2321 
Missionaries,  Haste  for,  10586 
Missionary,  Zeal  of  a,  10587 
Missions,  Authority  for,  3988 

Banner  of,  *2322 

Basis  for,  10588 

Consecrated  to,  10589 

Demand  for,  *2323 

Era  of,  10590 

Field  of,  10591 

Gifts  to,  10592 

Gold  for,  10593 

Influence  of,  3989 

Legend  of.  3990 

Light  of,  *2324 

Love  for,  10594 

Martyrs  of,  10595 

Official  Tribute  to,  10596 

Orders  for,  3991 

Principle  of,  3992 

Progress  of,  3993 

Promoters  of,  3994 

Providence  and.  10597 

Result  of  Love  for,  10598 

Societies  for,  10599 

Soirit  of,  10600 

Success  of,  *2325,  3995 

Supplies  for.  10601 

Support  of.  3996,  10602 

Temporal  Advantage  of,  10604 

Trophy  of,  10605 


570 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


Missions,  Twenty-fold  Return  for,  10606 
Mistakes,  Important,  10607 

No  Exemption  from,  10608 

Rectifying,  3997 
Mistrust,  Prevalence  of,  10609 
Mitchel's  Telescopic  Observation,  4225 
Mite,  Influence  of  a,  3998 

The  Widow's,  *3773,  *3774 
Mites,  Our  Two,  10610 
Mithridates,  Anec,  10033,  12294,  12312 
Moderation,  Importance  of,  3999,  10611 

Impossible,  4000 

Neglect  of,  4001 

Proverbs,  4002 

Submissive,  10612 

Wisdom  of,  4003 
Modesty,  Absence  of,  10613 

Abuse  of,  10614 

Analogy  of,  4004 

and  Silence,  4008 

Example  of,  4005  * 

Importance  of,  4006 

Instinct  of,  10615 

Reward  of,  4007 

Test  of,  10616 

True,  *2326 
Moffat,  Rev.  R.,  Anec,  104,  8117,  8777 
Mohammed,  Anec,  2716,    1008,    6227,  6487, 
8608,  9736 

Religion  of,  10617 
Mohammedan  Begsing,  6706 

Swords,  5964 
Mohammedanism,  Dogmas  of,  10618 

Secret  of  the  Success,  10619 
Mohun,  Lady,  Meanness  of,  3836 
Moli^re,  Anec,  1665,  2716,  4471 
Molloy  E.,  Mercy's  Debt  to,  3922 
Moment,  Importance  of  the  Present,  10620 
Moments,  Suicide  of,  *2327 
Momus,  Anec,  8394,  8680 
Money,  Abuse  of,  4009 

Benefits  of,  10621 

Buried  with  His,  10622 

Corrupting,  4010 

Devices  on,  4012 

How  to  Get,  10623 

Increase  of,  4013 

in  Death,  4011 

Keeping,  4014 

Laughter  Over,  10624 

Love  of,  4015 

Making,  10625 

Necessity  for,  10626 

Oriein  of,  4016 

Profitless,  10627 

Rules  for,  4017,  10628 

Temptations  of,  10629 

Test  of,  10630 

Utility  of,  4018 

Victory  of,  *2328 

Worship  of,  10631 
Monica,  Anec,  9688,  11088 
Monitors,  Employment  of,  10632 
Monomaniac,  The  Cure  of  a,  10633 
Monothelite  Ordeal,  10847 
Montezuma,  Overthrow  of,  8459 
Monument,  An  Enduring,  4019 

Honorable  Deeds  a,  10634 

Want  of  a,  10635 
Moody,  D.,  Anec, 7564,  8084,  9065,  9279, 11046 

Parson,  308 


Moralist,  Conversion  of  a,  4020 

Danger  of  the,  4021 

Fable  for  the,  4022 

Fate  of  the,  4023 

Not  Christian,  4028,  10636 
Morality,  Allegory  of,  4024 

Averaging,  10637 

Deficient,  402? 

Insufficiency  of,  4026,  10638 

Necessary,  4027 

Quality  of,  4029 
Morals,  Christian,  10639 

Code  of,  4030 

Old,  10640 

Standards  of,  10641 
Mordecai,  *3776,  *3777 
More,  Hannah,  Anec,  1769,  9795, 11763,12293 

Sir  T.,  Anec,  3780,  6371,  8335,  8795 
More's  Utopia,  8236 
Morning,  Duties  of,  *2329,  10642 

Hymn  for,  *2330 

Joy  of  the,  10643 

Mercies  of,  *2331 

Moral  of,  *2332 

Prayer  in  the,  10644 

Song  for  the,  *2333 
Moroseness,  Cure  for,  10645 
Morrison,  Dr.  Anec,  8611,  11907 
Mortality,  Emblem  of,  10647 

Heritage  of,  *2334 

Human,  *2335 

Mementos  of,  *2336 

Overcome,  *2337 

Reminder  of,  4031 

Thoughts  on,  *2339 

Universal,  4032,  10646 
Moscow  Burned,  10208 
Moses  and  Amalek,  *3778 

and  Christ,  *3779 

and  Jethro's  Daughters,  *3780 

Alititype  of,  *3781 

Birth  of,  *3782 

Burial  of,  *3783,  *3784 

Calling  of,  *3785 

Character  of,  10648 

Choice  of,  ^3786 

Death  of,  *3787-3790 

Discipline  of,  *3791 

Grave  of,  *3792 

Imitating,  9603 

Infant,  *3793  • 

in  the  Ark,  *3794 

in  the  Desert.  *3795 

Learning  Humility,  9915 

Meekness  of,  *3796 

Miracles  of,  *2341 

on  Pisgah,  *3797 

on  Sinai,  *3798 

Rescue  of,  *3799 

The  Song  of.  *3800 

The  Finding  of,  *3801 

Weep  for,  *3802 

Wooing,  *3803 

Youth  of.  *3804 
Mosheh's  Death,  9177 
Moslem's  Shroud,  1338 
Mother,  A  Missionary,  10653 

A  Model,  4042 

Anchor  of,  4033 

and  Child,  4036 

A  Promise  to,  4044 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


51/ 


Mother,  Associations  of,  4034 

Attachment  of,  *2343 

Brevities,  4035 

Duty  of,  4037 

God  of  my,  4038 

Influence  of,  *2343,  10649 

Instructed,  10650 

Kiss  of,  4039 

Letter  of,  4040 

Love  for,  10651 

Memory  of,  10652 

Mistake  of  a,  4041 

Mourning  for  a,  *2344 

Noble  Work  of,  10654 

Office  of,  *2345 

Prayers  of,  4043 

Proverbs,  4045 

Reminiscences  of,  4046 

Religious,  10655 
Motives,  Discriminating,  *2346 

Importance  of,  4047 

Mercenary,  4048 

Reward  of,  4049,  10656 
Mountains,  Sacred,  *3805,  3806 
Mount  Hor,  *3807 
Mourning,  Christian,  *2347 

Heritage  of,  *2348 

Lesson  of,  4050 

Occasion  of,  *373,  *2349 

Oriental,  10657 

Tears  of,  *2350 
Mozart's  Premonition,  1337 
MilUer,  Geo.,  Work  of,  2113,  10858 
Mumbo  Jumbo.  12250 
Mummy,  Address  to  an  Egyptian,  *3708 
Muncer,  Fanaticism  of,  8655 
Munroe,  Mrs. ,  Death  of,  8219 
Murder  a  Part  of  Worship,  10658 

Motives  of,  *2351 

Penalty  of,  4051 

Steps  to,  10659 
Murderer,  Curse  of  the,  *2353 

Detection  of  a,  10660 

Good  Character  of  a,  10661 

Horrors  of  a,  10662 

Imagination  of  the,  *2353 
Murmuring,  a  Mother-Sin,  4056 

Brevities,  4053 

Cured,  4053 

Danger  of,  4054 

Evil  of,  4055 

Fight  Against,  10663 

Proneness  to,  *2354 

Punishment  of,  4057 

Satan-like,  4058 

Sin  of,  4059 

Uselessness  of,  4060 
Music,  Abuse  of,  *2355 

Associations  of,  *2356 

Author  of,  *2357 

Charms  of,  *2358 

Consecrated,  *2359 

Custom  of,  4062 

Fable  of,  *2360,  10664 

Heaven's  Sweet,  10665 

in  Battle,  4061 

Incidents  of,  4064 

Indulgence  in,  10666 

Influence  of,  4063,  10667 

Love  of,  4065 

Miracles  of,  *2361 


Music,  Mystery  of,  10668 

Nature's,  *2363 

Power  of,  4066 

Soul,  *2363 

Spell  of,  10669 

The  Sweetest,  4067' 

Undying,  10670 

Universal,  10671 

Mustard-seed,  The,  *3810 
Mutation,  Benefit  of,  *2364 

Earthly,  *2365 

Heathen  View  of,  *2366 

Local,  *2367 
My  Birdling,  *1957 
Mycerinus'  Life,  10246 
My  Child,  *360 
Mycillus  and  Gallus,  1140 
Mj'conius'  Dream,  4630 
My  Mother's  Picture,  *2344 
My  Psalm,  *356 
Myrillus'  Shield,  8595 
Myrrh-Bearers,  *3811 
Mysteries,  Confession  of,  10673 

Divine,  10673 
Mystery,  Brevities,  4068 

Key  to,  10674 

Reason  for,  10675 

Solution  of,  *2368 

Veil  of,  *2369 

Naaman,  Folly  of,  *3812 

Generosity  of,  154 

Healing  of,  *2370,  *3813 
Nabal's  Covetousness,  1139 
Naber's  Fraud,  587 
Nadab  and  Abihu,  *3814 
Nain,  Grief  of  the  Widow  of,  *3815 

Miracle  of,  *2310,  *3816 

Widow  of.  *3817,  *3818 
Naked,  Clothing  the,  4084,  10676 
Name,  A  Bad,  10677 

A  Good,  4070,  10678 

Divine,  4069 

Heritage  of  a,  4071 

Inappropriate,  10679 

Loss  of,  4073 

Power  of  a,  *2371 

The  Incomprehensible,  4073 

The  Mighty,  10680 
Names,  Importance  of,  10681 

Need  of,  10682 
Naomi,  *3819,  *3950 

Napier,  Sir  Charles,  Anec,  4406,  4410,  4744 
Napoleon,  Anec,  114,  119,  218,  255,  487,  810, 
1878,  1896,  2127,  2158,  2716,  3358,  4064, 
4299,  4327,  4485,  4641,  4789,  5395,  5641, 
6239,  6450,  6452,  6633,  7387,  7777,8234, 
8749,  9240.  9647,  10579,  11594 

on  Christ,  727,  3478,  8110 

on  Immortality,  3192 

on  the  Gospel,  2640,  9133 

on  Infidelity,  2489,  3261 

III.  and  Parlow,  11473 
Narcissus,  Bp.,  Accusers  of,  9810 
Narcissus,  Fable  of,  5253 
Nast,  Dr.,  Gift  of,  6777 
Nathan,  Parables  of,  3316,  4289 
Nathaniel.  *3820' 
Nation,  Prayer  for  the,  10683 
Nations,  Christian,  4074 

Crises  of,  10684 


57S 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


Nations,  Fate  of,  *2372 

Governing,  4075 

Individual  Responsibility  in,  4076 

Insanity  of,  4077 

Peculiarities  of,  4078 

Prayer  for,  4079 

Providence  among,  4080 

Punishment  of,  4081 

Safeguard  of,  4083 

Traits  of,  4083 
Natural  Man,  Blindness  of  the,  4085 

Conscience  of  the.  4086 

Danger  of  the,  4087 

Door  to  the,  10685 

Evidence  from  the,  10686 

Ignorance  of  the,  4088 

Impotence  of  the,  10687 

Inability  of  the,  10688 

Spots  of  the,  10689 

Victory  over  the,  4105 
Nature,  Above  Science,  4103 

Admiration  for,  10690 

Alone  Antique,  10691 

Beauty  of,  10692,  10700 

Blot  in,  10693 

Calm  of,  10694 

Cause  of,  10695 

Changeless,  *2373,  10710 

Confidence  from,  10696 

Considering,  10697 

Delight  in,  10698 

Discoveries  in,  *2374 

Economy  of,  10699 

Force  of,  10701 

Gladness  of,  *2375 

God  in,  *2376,  4089,  4090 

God's  Thoughts  in,  4091 

Imitation  of,  10702 

Influence  of,  *2377 

Instructions  of,  *2378 

Intention  of,  10703 

Laws  of,  10704 

Lessons  of,  *2379,  4092,  10705 

Light  of.  4093 

Music  in,  4094 

Order  of,  4095 

Perfection  of,  10706 

Physical,  4096 

Picturesw)f,  4097 

Power  of,  4098 

Religion  of,  4099 

Report  of,  4101 

Sacredness  of,  10707 

Song  of,  *2380 

Studying,  4103 

Study  of,  *2381,  10708 

Teachings  of,  *2382,  10709 

The  Religious,  4100 

Types  of,  4104 

Voice  of,  *2383 

Worshipping,  *2384 

Wrath  and  Love  in,  10711 
Naylor,  James,  a  False  Christ,  6587 
Neander,  Anec,  1766,  3381 
Nebo,  Mount,  *3821 
Nebuchadnezzar,  Fate  of,  *8823 
Nebuchadnezzar's  Image,  4714 
Necessities,  Small,  10713 
Necessity,  Abuse  of,  10713 

Brevities,  4106 
Need  and  Supply,  4111 


Need  and  Supply,  Proverbs,  4107 

Special,  4109 

Svipplied,  4110 

The  Sinner's,  4108 
NefE's  Influence,  6098 
Neglect,  Atoning  for,  10714 

Avaricious,  4113 

Conduct  under,  10715 

Contrast  of,  4113 

Danger  of,  4114 

Fatal,  4115 

Fraternal,  4116 

Momentary,  10716 

Parable  of,  10717 

Penalty  of,  *2385 

The  Sinner's,  *2386 
Negligence,  Evil  Results  of,  10718 
Nehemiah  to  Artaxerxes,  *3823 
Neighbor,  Definition  of,  *2387 

Good,  10719 

Hatred  of,  10720 

Our,  10721 

Power  over  a,  10722 

Who  is  my,  *3834,  10723 
Neil,  Gen.,  Promotion  of,  3045 
Nelson,  Lord,  Anec,  1672.  5508,  9083,  11293 
Nemesis,  12150 

Neri,  St.,  and  the  Student,  2424 
Nero,  Anec,  5051,  7363,  10366 
Nerves,  Sympathy  of  the,  10734 
Nervousness,  Influence  of,  10735 
Nervous  System,  The,  10726 
Nestor  and  Patroclus,  8481 
Nettleton,  Dr.,  Anec,  4153,  7977 
Neutrality,  Picture  of,  10727 
New  Birth,  Alternative  of,  10728 

Author  of,  4123 

Change  by,  10729, 10730 

Death  and,  10731 

Mystery  of,  10733 

Need  for,  4124,  10733,  10734 

Nobility  of,  10735 

no  Earthly  Change,  4125 

Objections  to,  10736 

Reformation  is  not,  4126 

Waiting  for,  10737 
New  Creature,  Formation  of,  4127 

Immortality  of  the,  4128 

Triumphs  of  the,  4129 
New  Heart,  Legend  of  a,  4130 
New  Jerusalem,  Parallel  of  the,  10738 
Newman,  Dr.  J.  P.,  on  Purity,  6705,  9459. 

11303 
Newport,  Francis,  1730,  1943 
News,  Telling,  4131 
Newspapers,  Power  of,  10739 
Newton,    Isaac,   Anec,  10,    446,  2726,  3273, 
3493,  3879,  5682,  6284.  6809,  6920,  9233 

Rev.  John,  Anec,  2653,  2741,  3380,  7855, 
9891,  10351,  11596 

Rev.  R.,  1765,  3833 
New  Year,  Brevities,  4135 

Improvement  with  the,  *2388 

Threshold  of  the,  *3389 

Uncertainty  of  the,  *3390 
Niceplioras'  Martyrdom,  8808 
Nicholas,  St.,  Legend,  303,  636,  2211 
Nicholas  von  der  Flue,  11871 
Nichomachus',  Martyrdom,  6536 
Nicodemus'  Night  Visit,  *3835 
Night,  Charms  of,  *3391 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


579 


Night,  Events  of,  *2393 

Knell  of,  *2393 

Moral  of,  *2394 

Study  at,  10741 

Temple  of,  *2395 

Tranquillity  of,  10743 

Works  of,  10743 
Nightingale  and  Toad,  5113 
Nilus,  St.,  Anec,  463,  6894 
Nimrod,  9426 
Nineveh,  Burden  of,  *3826 

Repentance  of,  *3827 

Site  of,  *3828 

The  Fall  of,  *3829 
Ninon's  Father's  Counsel,  2429 
Ninus,  Death  of,  9848 
No,  Absence  of,  10744 

Advice  on,  10745 

Described,  10746 

Importance  of,  10747 
Noah,  *3830 

Legends  of,  129,  6557,  12195 

Methusaleh's  Prophecy  of,  *3831 
Noah's  Ark,  Ancestry  in,  128 

Carpenters,  4023 
Nobility  and  Promotion,  4138 

Christian,  4136 

End  of  All,  4137 

Patriotic,  10748 

Real,  10749 

True,  *2396 

Untitled,  4139 
Nobleman's  Son,  The  Cure  of  a,  *3832 
Nobodv,  Deeds  of,  10750 
Nolley'  Rev.  Richard,  6268 
Non-Resistance,  Example  of,  10751 

Power  of,  10752 

Security  in,  4140,  4141 

Successful,  4142 
Norris,  Gen..  Wound  of,  3644 
Nothing,  Doing,  10753 
Notker,  Wit  of,  11169 
Nott,  Dr.,  Anec,  618,  8224,  9317 
Novels,  Caution  Against,  4143 

Curse  of,  4144 

Enervating,  4145 

Evils  of,  10754 

Fascination  of,  4146 

Influence  of,  4147,  4148 

Injury  by,  10755 

Modern,  4149 

Nature  of,  *2397 

Poison  of,  4150 

Reading,  4151 

Vicious,  *2398 
Novelty,  Charms  of,  10756 

Seeking  for,  10757 
Now,  Accepted  Time,  4153 

Importance  of,  4153,  4155 

Opinions  About,  10758 

Rejecting  Christ,  10759 

Repent,  4154 

Then  and,  *2399 
Noyes,  J.,  Martyrdom  of,  1739,  10434 
Nugas,  Presents  to,  520 
Numa's  Defender,  2490 

Oath,  Fidelity  to  an,  10760 
Oaths,  Ancient,  4156 

Frequent,  *2400 

Reliable,  1076t 


Obed-Edom,  Blessings  of,  *3833 
Obedience,  Advantage  of,  10763 

Affectionate,  4157 

Angelic,  10763 

Brevities,  4158 

Cheerful,  4159 

Complete.  4160 

Duty  of,  4161,  10764 

Enforced,  10765 

Example  of,  4162 

Exceptions  to,  10766 

Filial,  4164 

Fruit  of,  10767 

Happiness  of,  10768 

Implicit,  4163,  10769 

Importance  of,  4165 

Light  and,  10770 

Motive  in,  4166 

No  Substitute  for,  10771 

Order  of,  10772 

Oriental.  10773 

Oriental  Proverbs  of,  10774 

Our  Duty,  4167 

Parable  of,  10775 

Perfect,  *2401 

Prompt,  4168 

Rare,  4169 

Sacrifice  and,  10776 

Safety  of,  4170 

Securing.  4171 

Trifling,  10777 

True,  4172 

Unconditional,  10778 

Unquestioning,  10779 
Obligation,  Absolute,  4173 

Biblical  Figures  of,  10780 

Effect  of,  4174 

Ground  of,  4175 

Personal.  4176 

Universal,  4177 
Oblivion,  Emblem  of,  *2403 

Human,  10781 
Obscurity,  Ministerial,  10783 
Observation,  Advantage  of,  4178,  4183 

Brevities,  4179 

Conceited,  4180 

Diversity  of,  *2403 

Faculty  of,  4181 

Habit  of,  4182 

Points  of,  *2404 

The  Pleasures  of,  10783 
Observations,  General,  10784 
Observers,  Superficial,  10785 
Obstinacy,  Conquered,  4185 

Example  of,  *2405 

Folly  of,  10786 

General,  4184 

Human,  10787 
Obstruction,  Example  of,  10788 
Obstructionist,  A  Model,  10789 
Occasions,  Duties  and,  *2406 
Ocean,  Benefits  of  the,  4186 

Benevolence  of  the,  4187 

Descriptions  of  the,  10795 

Hymn  on  the,  *2407 

Hymn  to  the,  *2408 

Worship  of  the,  *2409 
Occupation,  Abandoning,  4188 

Adaptation  to,  10790 

Bias  of,  10791 

Blindness  of,  10793 


580 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


Occupation,  Happiness  of,  10793 

Idolatry  of,  10794 

Importance  of,  4189 

Test  of,  4190 

Useless,  4191 
Octavius,  1513 
Odell,  M.  F.,  11861 
Odin  and  the  Migdard  Serpent,  1460 
Offence,  Cherishing,  10796 

Common,  10797 

One,  4192 
Offences,  Forgetting,  4193 

Reproving  Private,  4194 

Treatment  of,  4195 
Offering.  A  Complete,  *3410 

Savor  of  the,  10798 
Offerings,  Christ  in  the,  10799 

Guilty,  4196 

Heathen,  *2411 

Personal,  *2413 

Sin  in  our,  10800 
Office,  Disappointed  Seeker  of,  10801 

Love  of,  10802 
Offlce-Seekers,  Hungry,  10803 
Oil,  The  Widow's,  *3834,  *3835 
Olaf,  King,  Anec,  7252,  9738,  12838 
Old,  Fear  of  Growing,  10804 
Old  Age,  Alleviated,  4197 

Approach  of,  4198 

Change  in,  4199 

Cheerful,  *2413 

Conversion  in,  4200 

Covetous,  4201 

Decay  in,  10805 

Faithfulness  in,  4203 

Green,  *2414 

Happiness  in,  4203 

Happy,  *2415 

Honoring,  4204 

Hopeful,  *2416,  4205 

Hopeless,  4206 

Irreligious,  *2417,  4208 

Learning  in,  4207 

Need  of  Christ  in,  10806 

Redemption  of  Time  in,  10807 

Reward  in,  10808 

Ripe,  *2418 

Signs  of,  *2419 

Spiritual  Growth  in,  10809 

Temptations  in,  10810 

Veneration  for,  4209 

Vigorous,  4210 

Waiting,  *2420 
Old  Folks,  *2413 

Oldrey,  Cap.  of  the  Hyacinth,  7917 
Old  Testament,  and  New,  4212 

Message  of  the,  4211 

Obscurity  of  the,  4213 

Relation  of  the,  4214 
Old  Year,  Reckoning  with  the,  *2431 

Works  of  the,  *2422 
Olin,  Dr.,  Child  of,  6659 
Olive,  Suggestions  of  the,  *3836 
Olivers,  T.,  Conversion  of,  4973 
Olivet,  Chri.st  on,  *3837 

Mount,  *3838 

Night  on.  *3839 
Olympian  Games,  4848 
Olympias.  61 

Olynthus,  Destruction  of,  7638 
Omission,  Brevities,  4215 


Omission,  Forgiveness  of,  4216 
Omnipotence,  Divine,  10811 

Help  of,  4217 

Manifestations  of,  *2423 

Resisting,  10813 

Using,  10813 
Omnipresence,  Comfort  from,  *2424,  4218 

Divine,  10814 

Elevation  by,  10815 

Escape  from,  10816 

Faith  in,  4219 

Praying  to,  10817 

Proclaimed,  *2425 

Token  of,  4220    . 
Omniscience.  Discoveries  of,  4231 

Divine,  4223 

Emblem  of,  10818,  10833 

Fear  of,  4223 

Forgotten,  4224,  10819 

Illustration  of,  4225 

Infinitude  of,  10820 

Influence  of,  4226 

Lesson  of,  4227 

No  ObscTiration  of,  *2426 

Perfection  of.  4228 

Records  of,  10821 

Rejected,  4229 

Report  of,  4230 

Restraints  of,  4231,  10823 

Testing,  4232 

Thought  of,  4233 
On-Heliopolis,  *3840 
Onlas'  Sleep,  11749 
Only  Waiting,  *2420 
Onward,  Ever,  *2427 

Hurrying,  *2428 
Ophelia  and  Topsy,  5611 
Opinion,  Force  of,  10824 
Opinions.  Arbitrary,  10825 

Brevities.  4234 

Change  of,  4235 

Diffusion  of,  4236 

Non-Criminality  of.  10826 

Self-interest  in,  4237 

Social,  4238 

Vacillating,  4239 

Vassalage  of,  10827 
Opportunity,  Alternative  of,  *2429 

Demand  for,  4240 

Emblems  of,  10828 

Fable  of,  4241 

Golden,  *2430 

Guilt  of,  *2431 

Importance  of,  10829 

Improvement  of,  4242,  10880 

Irrecoverable,  10831 

Last,  4243 

Lost,  4244,  10832 

Misused,  4245 

Narrowing,  4246 

Passing,  4247,  4251 

Preciousness  of,  10833 

Proverbs,  4248 

Prudence  with,  *2483 

Seized,  4249,  4250 

Trifling  with,  10834 

Unused,  4252 

Use  the.  *2433 

Watch  Your,  *2434 
Opposer,  A  Habitual,  10835 
Opposition,  Effects  of,  1083ft- 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


581 


Opposition,  Help  of,  4254 

Overcome,  10837 

Satanic,  4255 
Oppression,  Egyptian,  10838 

Resistance  to,  10839 
Oppressors,  Everywhere,  10840 
Oracles,  Beginning  at  their,  6710 

Trusting  the,  7403 
Orator,  The  Pujpit,  10841 

Treasures  of  the,  10842 
Oratory,  Bid  for,  10843 

Efifects  of,  10844 

Price  of,  10845 

Restraints  of,  10846 
Ordeal,  Decision  by,  10847 
Order,  Argument  from,  10848 

Brevities,  4256 

Contrast  of,  4257 

Divine,  *2435 

Importance  of,  4259 

in  Creation,  4258 

Interruption  of,  10849 

Law  of,  *2436 

Nature  of,  4260 

Personified,  4261 

Wise,  10850 
Ordinances,  Benefit  of,  10851 

Brevities,  4262 

Emblem  of,  4263 

Jesus  in,  4264 

Observing,  4265 

Using,  4266 
Orestes  and  Pylades,  8879 
Organization,  Benefit  of,  10852 
Origen,  Anec,  3093,  4564 
Originality,  Meaning  of.  10853 

Uncommon,  10854 
Original  Sin,  a  Root,  4270 

Brevities,  4267 

Denial  of,  4268 

Effects  of,  *2437 

in  the  Infant,  4269 

Unseen,  4271 
Ornament,  Guide  to,  10855 
Ornaments,  Folly  of,  4273 

Given  Up,  4273 

New  Use  of,  10856 

of  Nature,  4274 

Spiritual,  10857 
Oromazes'  Egg,  9343 
Orphanage,  Spiritual,  *2438 
Orphans,  Adoption  of,  4275 

Father  of,  *2439 

Kindness  to,  4276 

Provided  for,  4277 

"Work  for,  10858 
Orpheus,  Fab.,  256,  4066,  8386 
Ossorius'  Whitened  Hair,  8705 
Ostentation,  Puffed  up  with,  10859 

Rebuke  of,  10860 
Osterhaus,  Col.,  Presentiment  of,  4654 
Ostervald  the  Miser,  3978 
Oswald  s  Charity,  595 
Others,  Deferring  to,  4278 

He  Saved,  *3841 

Preferring,  10861 

Proverbs,  4279 

Rewarding,  10862 

Treatment  of,  4280 
Otho,  Anec,  6894,  8345,  10080,  11913 
Ottocar's  Hypocrisy,  3113 


Our  Master,  *393 
Outside  the  Church,  *781 
Overdoing,  Effect  of,  4281 
Owen,  Dr.,  Anec,  886,  7819,  7826 
the  Infidel,  9872 

Pachomius,  St.,  Anec,  7296,  8126,  9681, 10771 
Paetus,  Cecina,  1398 

Page,  Harlan,  Anec,  3070,  3333,  5893, 12171 
Pain,  Hymn  to,  *2440 

Necessity  of,  4282 

Useless,  4283 

Yielding  to,  10863 
Paine,  Thos.,  Anec,  1374,  6304,  7630,  7639, 

9869,  9875,  9881,  10268 
Painters,  Industry  of,  10864 
Pale  Horse,  Death  on  the,  7845 
Palestine,  *3842 

Associations  of,  *3843 

Cursed,  3383 

Desolate,  *3844 

Farewell  to,  *3845 

Going  to,  *3846 

Interest  in,  *3847 

Jews  Return  to,  *3848 

Redemption  of,  *2441 

Skies  of,  *3849 

Unblest,  *3850 
Paley's  Incentive,  5387,  8236 
Palmer,  Mrs.  Phoebe,  8227 

of  Reading,  9443 
Palm  Leaves,  Whispers  in  the,  *3851 
Palm  Tree,  Use  of  the,  10865 
Palsied  Man,  Healing  the,  *3852 
Pambo,  St.,  Leg.,  5739,  7053,  7056,  7860, 11576 
Pamphilus  Instructed,  5155 
Pandora,  426,  3052,  3064,  3772,  8481 
Pantheism,  Applied,  4284 

Caution  Against,  10866 

Delusion  olf,  4286 

System  of,  10867 
Papist  in  Peril,  4287 
Parables,  Ancient,  4288 

Benefit  of,  4289 

Nature's,  10868 

Old  Testament,  10869 

Scripture,  10870 

Use  of,  4290,  10871   " 
Paradise,  Adamic,  10873 

Clue  to,  *2442 

Earthly.  *2443 

Heavenly  and  Earthly,  10873 

Individual,  10874 

Journeying  to,  10875 

Joys  of,  *3853 

Location  of,  10876 

Longing  for,  *2444 

Luxuries  of,  10877 

Mohammedan,  10878 

Music  of,  10879 

Prayer  of,  *2445 

Satisfaction  in,  *2446 

Search  After  the,  10880 

Traditions  of,  10881 
Paradoxes,  Religious,  4291 
Pardon  a  Free  Gift,  10885 

Appeal  for,  10882 

Brevities,  4292 

Complete,  4293 

Condition  of,  4294 

Consolation  of,  4295 


582 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


Pardon  Detained,  10883 
Experience  of,  *2447 
Forfeited,  10884 
Gratitude  for,  4298 
Greatness  of,  4297 
Haste  for,  10886 
Influence  of,  4296 
Joy  of,  *2448 
No  Substitute  for,  10887 
Not  Justice,  Wanted,  4299 
Reception  of,  4300 
Settlement  by,  10888 
Unexpected,  10889 
Parent,  A  Cruel,  10890 
An  Unnatural,  10893 
A  Severe,  10891 
Parents,  Consolation  for  Bereared^  4301 
Faitliful,  4303 
First  Duty  of,  4303 
Gratitude  to,  *2449 
Honor  Tliy,  4304 
Indulgent,  *2450 
Influence  of,  10893 
Ingratitude  to,  4305 
Memory  of,  10894 
Murder  of,  4306 
Neglectful,  4307 
Pray erl  ess,  4308 
Prayers  of,  4309. 
Rebuke  of,  4310 
Respect  for,  4311 
Responsibility  of,  4312,  10895 
Rewards  of,  10896 
Sainted,  *2451 
Slighting,  10897 
Support  of,  10898 
Tyrannic,  *2453 
Work  of,  4313 
Park,  Mungo,  Anec,  8761,  9633 
Parker,  Theo.,  Anec,  7438,8103,  9893,  10471, 

12089 
Parmenides'  Audience,  178 
Parraenio,  Alexander  and,  5157,  9900 
Parrhasius  and  Zeuxis,  3119 
Parsimony  Rebuked,  4314 

Ruinous,  4315 
Parthenius  Casting  Out  Devils,  7960 
Parties,  Use  of,  4316 
Parting,  Christian,  4317 
Consolation  in,  *2453 
Death's,  *2454 
Pangs  of,  10899 
Partner,  A  Stupid,  10900 
Partnership,  Useless,  10901 
Passion,  Allurements  of,  10903 
Awakened,  4318 
Controlling,  4319 
Danger  of,  4320 
Emblem  of,  4321 
Language  of,  *2455 
Overcoming,  4322,  4324 
Ruinous,  4323 
The  Ruling,  *2456 
Passions,  Disappointment  of,  10903 
Discipline  of  the,  4325 
Dominance  of  the,  10904 
Governing  the,  *2457 
Ineradicable,  4326 
Obstructions  of  the,  10905 
Power  of  the,  4327 
Record  of,  4328 


Passions,  Trial  of  the,  *2458 
Tyranny  of  the,  10906 
Youthful,  *2459 
Passover,  Christ  our,  *3854 
Eucharist  and,  *3855 
Import  of  the,  10907 
Past,  Clinging  to  the,  10908 
Future  and,  10909 
Progress  in  the,  *2460 
Triumphs  of  the,  *2461 
Pastor,  A  Faithful,  10911 
A  Good,  4330 
Enemy  to  His,  10910 
Example  of  the,  4329 
Exemplary,  *2462 
Inconsistent,  *2463 
Persevering,  4331,  10913 
Work  of  the,  10913 
Pastors,  Advantage  of  New,  10914 
Path,  Diverging  from  the,  4333 

The  Christian's,  4332 
Patience,  Analogy  of,  4334 
Angel  of,  *2464 
Brevities,  4335 
Description  of,  4336 
Enduring,  4338 
Example  of,  *2465 
Habit  of,  4339 
Importance  of,  4340 
Influence  of,  *2466 
in  Trouble,  4343 
Lessons  of,  *2467 
Need  of,  10915 
Offices  of,  10916 
Prescribed,  10917 
Proverbs,  4341 
Result  of,  10918 
Struggle  for,  4343 
Success  of,  *2468 
Value  of,  4344 
Want  of,  4345 
Patmos,  John's  Vision  in,  *3856 
Patrick's,  St.,  Goats,  10197 
Patriotism,  American,  4346 

Examples  of,  4347 

Innate,  *2470 

Lack  of,  *2471 

Passion  of,  10919 

Pleasure  of,  10920 

Roman,  4348 

Sacrifices  of,  4349 

Shrines  of,  *2472 

Spartan,  4350 

Universality  of,  *2473,  4351 

Woman's,  *2469 
Pattern,  Highest,  10921 

Neglecting  the,  *2474 
Paul,  *3857,  *3858 

Agrippa  and,  *3109,  *3110 

atMelita,  *3859 

at  Philippi,  *3860 

Before  Felix,  *3426 

Conversion  of,  *3861 

Forgotten  Cloak  of,  8793 

Humility  of,  3088 

in  Prison,  *3863 

Marks  of,  3811 

Preaching  of,  *3863 

Vision  of,  *3864 
Paulina's  Fidelity,  2290 
Paulinus'  Treasure,  5756 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


583 


Paulus  ^milius,  Orders  of,  7389  . 
Pauper,  Death  of  a,  *2475 

Funeral  of  a,  *2476 

Obituary  of  a,  4353 
Pausanias,  Anec,  6357,  10892 
Payment,  Heavenly,  4353 

Sure,  4354 
Payson,  Dr.  C,  Anec,  1263,  1713.  2986,  3073, 

5301,  5661,  8220,  9201 
Peabody,  George,  11224 
Peace,  Armor  of,  4355 

by  Victory,  4369 

Christ's,  *2477,  10922 

Coming,  *2478 

Divine.  *3479,  4360 

Ecclesiastical,  10923 

Emblem  of,  4358 

Enemies  to,  4359 

Fable  of,  10924 

in  Death,  4356 

in  Poverty,  4365 

Legend  of,  4361 

Love  and,  *2480 

Making,  4362,  10925 

Nature  of,  4363 

on  Earth,  4357 

Perfect,  4364 

Possible,  10926 

Prosperity  and,  10927 

Roots  and  Fruits  of,  4366 

Satisfactory,  4367 

Seeking,  *2481,  4368 

Silence  and,  10928 

Source  of,  10929 
Pearce,  Rev.  S.,  Anec,  438,  1497 
Pearls,  Buying,  10930 
Pearne,  Rev.  T   H.,  8614 
Pedantry,  Dangers  of,  4370 

Defined,  10931 
Peevishness,  Canker  of,  10932 

EflEect  of,  4371 
Pegasus,  Bridle  for,  6261 
Pelicans  and  Fire,  5417 
Pelopidas,  Anec,  7803,  7989,  10626 
Pen,  Office  of  the,  10933 

Power  of  the,  4372 
Penance,  Revolting,  10934 

Violent,  10935 
Pendleton  and  Saunders,  441 
Penitence,  Affected,  4373 

Analyzed,  4374 

Power  of,  4375 

Tears  of,  *2483 

versus  Penance,  10936 
Penitent,  Prayer  of  the,  *2483 
Penn,  Wm.,  7969,  11644 
Pentecost,  *3865,  *3866 

First  Christian,  10937 

Wind  of,  *3867 

Zechariah's  Vision  of,  *3868 
Penuriousness,  Example  of,  4376 

Fable  of,  10938 

Penalty  of,  4377 
Penury,  Fighting,  4378 
People,  Power  of  the,  10939 
People's  Advent,  The,  *1386 
Perfection,  Aim  at,  4379,  10940 

Ancient,  4380 

Attainment  of,  4381,  4382 

Boasting  of,  10941 

Christian,  4383,  4384 


Perfection,  Degree  of,  *2484 

Dogmatic,  4385 

Emblem  of  Human,  10943 

Estimating,  10943 

Example  of,  10944 

Excelling  in,  10945 

Going  on  to,  4387 

Growth  in,  4386 

in  Love,  4389 

Labor  for,  4388 

Motto  of,  10946 

Natural,  *2485 

Objection  to,  10947 

Process  of,  4390 

Pursuing,  4391 

Source  of,  4392 

Way  of,  *2486 
Perfumes,  Oriental  Use  of,  10948 
Pcriander's  Motto,  3251 
Pericles,  Anec,  4626.  5222,  8327,  9648 
Peril,  Benefit  of,  4393 

Escape  from,  4394 

Unseen,  4395,  10949 
Perishing,  Rescue  the,  10950 
Perjury,  Memento  of,  10951 

Punishment  of,  10952 
Perry,  Com.,  Anec,  3953,  12164 
PersjBus,  Anec,  6245,  6425,  7847 
Persecution,  Benefit  of,  4396 

Consolation  in,  4398 

Continuation  of,  10954 

Effect  of,  4399 

Enduring,  4400 

Faithfulness  Under,  4401 

Figures  of,  10955 

Honor  of,  4402 

No  Religion  in,  10956 

of  Bunyan,  10953 

of  Christianity,  4397 

Overruled,  10957 

Popular,  10958 

Ravages  of,  4403 

Riches  of,  4404,  10959 

Safety  in,  10960 

Secret  of,  4405 

Support  in,  10961 

Surviving,  10962 

Useless,  10963 
Perseverance,  Achievement  of,  4406 

A  Necessity,  4419 

Call  to,  *2487 

Christian,  *2488,  4408,  10964 

Effect  of.  10965 

Effectual,  4409 

Example  of,  4411 

Final,  4412,  10967 

Force  of,  4413 

Influence  of,  4414 

Lesson  of,  4415,  10968 

Manner  of,  4416 

Missionary,  4417 

Motive  to,  4418 

not  Enthusiasm,  4410 

of  an  Ant,  4407 

of  Faith,  10966 

Path  of,  10969 

Patient,  4430 

Poem  on,  4421 

Power  of,  4423,  10970 

Proverbs,  4483 

Resistless,  10971 


584 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


Perseverance,  Reward  of,  *2489 

Satanic,  10972 

Successful,  4424,  10973 

Useless,  10974 
Person,  Mission  of  Each,  4425 

Noisy,  4427 
Personal  Effort,  Lesson  of,  10975 

Result  of,  4426 

Unpromising,  10976 
Pertinax  Kind  in  Words,  2562 
Perversion,  Example  of,  4428 
Peter,  Christ's  Look  at,  *3869 

Christ's  Question  to,  *3870 

Daughter  of,  81 

Deliverance  of,  *3871,  *3896 

Denial  by,  *3872,  *3874 

Go  Tell,  *3875 

Legends  of  St.,  *3876,  1240 

Martyrdom  of,  10977 

of  Cortona,  3583 

Repentance  of,  11410 

Sifting  of,  *3877 

Tears  of,  *3878 

The  Apostle,  *3879 

the  Great,  Anec,  3253,  3359,  5262,  5372, 
9539,  11635 

the  Hermit,  11305 

Walking  on  the  Sea,  *3880 
Peter's  Mother-in-Law  Healed,  *3881 

Martyr's  Wife,  11463 
Petrarch,  3750,  7659,  12097 
Pets,  Strange,  4429 
Phaeton,  Rashness  of,  117,  6275 
Pharaoh,  Overthrow  of,  *3882 

The  Pursuit  of,  *3883 
Pharisaism,  Contrast  to,  4430 

Legend  of,  4431 

Rebuked,  4432 
Pharisee  and  Publican,  *3884,  *3885 
Pharnaces'  Gift,  4729 
Phidian  Jupiter,  5451 
Phidias'  Statue  of  Diana,  5273 
Philagrus   Unhappy,  8089 
Philanthropy,  Example  of,  4433 

Famous,  4434 

Instinctive,  4435 

Law  of,  10978 

Power  of,  *2490 

Reward  of,  *2491 

Scope  of,  4436 

Works  of,  *2492 
Philemon  the  Piper,  9564 
Philetus  the  Conjuror, 
Philip  and  the  Eunuch,  *3886 

de  Marnix's  Motto,  11447 

de  Mornay's  Assurance,  6594 

King,  Anec,  112,  2588,  3297,  3428,  4791, 
6117,  6510,  6835,  6877,  6987,  8625,  10049, 
11181,  11314,  11421, 11988 

St.,  Legend  of,  3990 

III,  Anec,  1727,  8434 
Philosophy,  Baffled,  *2493 

Brevities,  4437 

Christianity  above,  4438 

and  Creation,  4439 

Death  and,  10979 

Impotence  of,  10980 

Influence  of,  10981 

Instinctive,  *2494 

Road  to,  10982 


Philosophy,  Search  of,  4440 

Toils  of,  *2495 

True,  10983 

Unused,  10984 
Philpot's  Vow,  5952 
Phocas,  King,  Insecurity  of,  5315 

St.,  Martyrdom  of,  3833 
Phocion,  Anec,  5522,  7153,  7470,10081, 10835 
Phoenix,  3197,  5042 
Photography,  Nature's.  10985 
Phryne,  Anec. ,  6693,  8627 
Phylacteries,  Jewish,  10986 
Physicians,  Proverbs,  4441 

Qualification  of,  4442 
Phyton  Fearless  of  Death,  7781 
Pickens,  Miss,  Dies  at  Her  Wedding,  10418 
Pictures  of  Memory,  *285 
Piety  a  Chain,  4444 

Advantage  of,  4443 

Beauty  of  Early,  10987 

Confidence  in,  10988 

Effect  of  Early,  10989 

Equality  of,  *2496 

First,  4445 

Importance  of,  *2497 

Intelligence  and,  *2498 

Motives  to,  10990 

Order  of,  10991 

Pleasures  of,  4446 

Reliability  of,  4447 

Secret  of,  *2499 

Womanly,  *2500 
Pi-hahiroth,  *3887 
Pilate,  *3888  - 

Fate  of,  5051 
Pilate's  Wife,  Dream  of,  *3889,*3890 
Pilgrim,  Encouragement  of  the,  *2501 

Journey  of  the,  *2502 

Joys  of  the,  *2503 

Path  of  the,  *2504 
Pilgrimage,  End  of  the,  4448 

Family,  4449 

Reminders  of,  4450 

The,  *2502 
Pilgrims,  Landing  of  the,  *2505 
Pillar,  The  Guiding,  *3891 
Pilot,  The  Safe,  4451 
Pior's  Sack  of  Sand,  8687 
Piper  of  Hamelin,  11005 
Pisa  Cathedral,  11266 
Pisistratus,  Anec,  3127,  6459 
Piso's  House,  6950 
Pistus,  Child  Martyr,  7090 
Pitt,  Wm.,  Anec,  7152,  10421 
Pittacus'  Wife,  12230 
Pity,  Absence  of,  *2506 

A  Father's,  10992 

Divine,  4452,  4453 

Law  of,  *2507 

Self-Sacrificing,  10993 

Verbal,  10994 
Pius  v.,  Change  in,  4763 
Place,  Suitable,  10995 
Plagiarists,  Fate  of,  10996 
Plagues  of  Egypt,  *3358,  *3359,  *3892 
Plainness,  Demand  for,  10997 
Plans,  Holding  to,  4454 

Interrupted,  10998 

Unsuccessful,  10999 

Weighing,  4455 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


585 


Plato,  Anec,  178,  531,  1628,  2797,  3183,  8745, 
4550,  5670,  6834,  7016,  7048,  7697,  8324, 
8393,  8710,  9768,  10645, 10656,10978, 11247 
Pleasure,  Billows  of,  11000 

Bought,  4456 

Brevities,  4457 

Clog  of,  *2508 

Cloying,  4458 

Costly.  11001 

Cost  of,  11003 

Culling,  4459 

Delusion,  4460 

Effects  of,  11003 

Emblem  of,  4461 

Empire  of,  *2509 

End  of,  4462 

Epochs  of,  11004 

Excess  of,  *2510 

Imaginary,  *2511 

Love  of,  4463 

Lure  of,  11005 

Mental,  11006 

Modification  of,  11007 

Palace  of,  11008 

Penalty  of,  4465 

Personified,  *2513 

Power  of,  *2513 

Price  of,  4467 

Pride  and,  *2514 

Pursuit  of,  11009 

Satiety  of,  4468 

Sensuous,  *2515 

Sin  in,  4469 

Undiscovered,  4470 

Vanity  of,  4464,  4471 
Pleasures,  Poison  in,  4466 

Unsubstantial.  11010 
Pliable,  Bunyan's,  1105 
Pliny,  Anec,  4851,  4922,  10809,  11015 
Plutarch,  Anec,  7457,  9368 
Plutus,  Timidity  of,  1138 
Poeman,  Leg.,  6511,  6689,  8689,  10685, 10911 
Poet,  Priesthood  of  the,  *2516 
Poetry,  Effect  of,  *2517 

Elevating  Qualities  of,  11013 

Emotions  of,  11013 

Instinct  of,  *2518 

Nature's,  2519 

Pleasure  in,  11014 

The  Best  of,  11011 
Policy,  Advantage  of,  11015 
Politeness,  Acquirement  of,  4473 

Advantage  of,  4476,  11016 

Example  of,  4473 

Home,  4474 

Instinctive,  11017 

Power  of,  4475 

Rewarded,  4477 

True,  4478.  11018 

Unusual,  11019 
PoUok's  Irascibility,  6508 
Polyargus'  Suicide,  2340 
Polybius,  Caesar's  Friend,  2393 
Polycarp's  Martyrdom,  1737,  2292 
Polydorus  and  Justus,  2313 
Polyphemus,  Exposure  of,  1567 
Pompadour,  Mdm.,  3981 
Pompeii,  Anec,  2295,  7722 
Porapey,  Anec,  4497,  9884,  12059 

Poor  King,  7219 
Pompilius'  Circle  Around  Antiochus,  7910 


Pomponius  and  His  Mother,  10651 

Ponce  de  Leon  and  the  Fountain  of  Youth, 

6246 
Pontanus'  Inscription,  7888 
Poor,  Advantage  of  the,  11020 

a  Treasure,  ^84 

Exaltation  of  the,  4479 

God's  Care  for  the,  4480 

Legacy  of  the,  4481 

Neglect  of  the,  11021 

Pillaging  the,  11023 

Relieve  the,  4483 

Remembering  the,  4483 

Sympathy  with  the,  11023 

Will  of  the,  11024 
Pope,  Adoring  the,  11025 

Self,  Luther's  Fear  of,  2834 

Worshipping  the,  11026 
Poperv,  Absurdity  of,  11027 

Decay  of,  11028 
Pope's  Universal  Prayer,  *2557 
Popularity,  A  Desirable,  11029 

Test  of,  11030 

Unsatisfactory,  11031 
Person's  Memory,  10483 
Portion,  God  our,  11032 
Position,  Judging  by,  *2520 
Possession,  Importance  of,  11033 

Law  of,  *2521 

Value  of,  11034 
Possibility,  Contemplating,  *2523 

Lost,  *2523 
Possible,  Doing  the,  4485 
Pottage,  Oriental,  11035 
Potter,  Figure  of  the,  11036 
Pounds,  J.,  Usefulness  of,  5893 

The,  *3893 
Poverty,  Burden  of,  *2524 

Cause  of,  4486 

Choice  of,  11037 

Compensation  of,  4487 

Consolation  in,  4488 

Contented,  *2525 

Contrast  of,  4489 

Coveting,  4490 

Happiness  with,  *2526 

Honorable,  *2527 

Human,  4491 

Influence  of,  4493 

Riches  of,  *2528 

Tyranny  of,  *2529 

Virtuous,  11038 
Power,  Abstract,  11039 

Baptism  of,  4493 

Christian,  4495 

Concentration  of,  11040 

Conditions  of,  11041 

Converting.  11043 

Divine,  4497 

Emblem  of,  4498 

Gentle,  11043 

Holy  Spirit's,  11044 

Human,  4499 

Individual,  11045 

Latent,  4500 

Moral,  4501 

of  Character,  4494 

of  the  Church,  4496 

Reception  of,  4502,  11046 

Recovery  of,  4503 

Spiritual,  11047 


586 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX 


Power,  Volitional,  4504 
Practice,  Inconsistent,  11048 

Lesson  of,  11049 

Need  of,  11050 

Power  of,  4505 

Precept  and,  11051 

Result  of,  4506 

Superiority  of,  4507 

Test  of,  4508 
Praise,  and  Prayer,  4523 

Anthem  of,  4509 

Benefit  of,  4510 

Brevities,  4511 

Call  to,  *2530 

Chorus  of,  11053 

Constant,  4512,  4513 

Coveting,  4514 

Demand  for,  *2531 

Duration  of,  4515 

Duty  of,  *2532 

Effects  of,  11053 

Effectual,  4516 

Encouragement  of,  11054 

Eternal,  4517,  11055 

Examples  of,  4518 

God  not  Affected  by,  11056 

Grateful,  11057 

Influence  of,  4519 

in  the  Heart,  11058 

Learning  to,  4520 

Legend  of,  4521 

Loud,  11059 

Love  of,  *2533 

Psalm  of,  *2534 

Signification  of,  4523 

Supernatural,  11060 

True  Object  of,  *2535 

Universality  of,  4524 
Praxiteles'  Duplicity,  11130 
Prayer,  Access  in,  4525,  11061 

Accidents  in,  4526 

a  Defence,  4535 

A  Father's,  4544 

Agency  of,  11063 

Always  in,  4527 

and  Usefulness,  4593 

Answering  our  Own,  4538 

Answer  to,  *2536,  11063 

Appropriate,  11064 

Ashamed  of,  11065 

Asking  for,  4529 

Beginning  of,  11066 

Believing,  11067 

Benefits  of,  *2537 

Best,  *2538 

Brevities,  4530,  11068 

Business  and,  11069 

Call  to,  *2539 

Chains  of,  *2540 

Children's,  11070 

Christ's,  Unanswered,  *3894 

Claim  in,  4531 

Concentrated,  11071 

Co-operation  with,  4533 

Daily,  4533 

Deeds  of,  4534 

Definiteness  in,  11073 

Description  of,  *2541,  4536 

Differences  of,  11074 

Direction  of,  11075 

Directness  in,  4537 


Prayer,  Discoveries  of,  11076 
Diversion  in,  11077 
Earnest,  11078 
Ease  of,  11079 
Effective,  4538 
Ejaculatory,  4539 
Elevation  \)j,  4540 
Emblems  of,  4541,  4586 
Evening,  *2542,  4565 
Extemporaneous,  4542 
Faith  in,  4543 
Family,  11080 
Fervent,  *2543,  4545 
Fidelity  in,  11081 
Foreshadowing,  4546 
Formal,  *2544,  4547,  11083 
for  the  Preacher,  4572 
for  the  Sick,  4581 
God  in,  11083 
Going  Forward  for,  4548 
Heart  in,  4549 
Heathen,  4550 
Holy  Spirit  in,  4551 
Honor  of,  11084 
Hour  of.  *2545 
Hymn  of,  *2546 
Importance  of,  4553 
Incentive  to,  11085 
Inconsistent,  4553 
Influence  of,  *2547 
Iniquity  in,  4554 
Instant  in,  4555 
Legend  of,  4557 
Long,  4558 
Love  of,  4559 
Mohammedan,  4561,  11087 
Morning,  4563 

Mother's,  11086,  11088,  11089 
Nature  of,  *2548 
Necessity  of,  *2549,  4563 
Neglect  of,  4564 
No  Unanswered,  11090 
Objects  of,  *2550 
Offerings  in,  *2551 
Omnipotence  of,  *2552,  4560 
Patience  in,  4566 
Persevering,  4567,  11073 
Place  of,  4568 
Plea  in,  4569 
Pleasure  in,  4570 
Power  of,  4571,  11091 
Practice  in,  11092 
Presenting,  11093 
Protection  of,  4574 
Relief  by,  11094 
Repetitions  in,  4575 
Safety  of,  4576 
Secret,  2553,  4577 
Selfish,  4578,  4579 
Self-Sacrificing,  4580 
Silent,  11095 
Sincere,  4582,  4583 
Specific,  4584,  11096 
Subjects  of,  11097 
Successful,  4585 
Submission  in,  *2554 
Substitute  for,  11099 
The  Book  of,  *2555 
Thoughtlessness  in,  4587 
Transformation  in,  4588 
True,  4589 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


587 


Prayer,  Uninterrupted,  4590 

United,  4591 

Universal.  *2557 

Urging.  11100 

Utility  of.  11101 

Watching  Unto,  4593 

Weeping  and,  11102 

What  is?  3895,  11103 

Wonders  of,  11104 
Prayerlessness  Rebuked,  11106 
Prayer-Meeting,  Drawing  Lots  in,  11107 
Prayer-Meetings,  Conducting,  4594 

Mock,  4595 

Objection  to,  11108 

Profitable,  4596 

Sunday  Morning,  4597 
Prayers,  Two,  *2556 

Work  and,  11105 
Preacher  and  People,  11115 

Assisting  the,  4598 

Blunder  of  a,  11109 

Distracted,  11110 

Earnest,  11111 

Example  of  a,  *2558 

Industrious,  11113 

Judging  a,  *2559 

Learned,  *2560 

Lesson  of  a,  11113 

Paul  a,  4599 

Pedantic,  11114 

Respect  for  the,  *2561 

Sobriety  of  the,  *2563 

Soul-Saving,  11116 

Zealous,  4600 
Preaching,  Aim  in,  4601 

Attraction  of,  11117,  11118 

Beginning  of,  11119 

Best  Manner  of,  11120 

Christ,  4602,  11121 

Christ's,  4603 

Christ's  Company  in,  11123 

Close,  4604 

Dead,  4605 

Difference  in,  11123 

Dread  of,  4606 

Dull,  11124 

Earnest,  4607,  11125 

Educational  Influence  of,  11126 

Effect  of,  4608 

Eloquent,  *2563 

Energetic,  11127 

Evangelical,  *2564 

Exchange  of,  11128 

Experimental,  4609 

Extempore,  4610,  11129 

Failures  in,  4611,  4613 

Fanciful,  11130 

Fidelity  in,  11131 

Final,  4613 

Flowery,  4614 

for  Souls,  4630 

Harmless,  11133 

Holy  Violence  in,  11133 

Humble,  4615 

Incentive  to,  4616 

Incomprehensible,  11134 

Insensibility  to,  11135 

Inspired,  *2565 

Intelligible,  4617 

Learned,  4618 

Legend  of,  4619 


Preaching,  Logical,  11136 

Loud,  11137 

Non-Effective,  11138 

Original.  11139 

Pay  for,  4620 

Plain,  4621,  11140 

Powerful,  11141 

Practical.  4623 

Practice  in,  4624 

Prayer  Before,  4626 

Prayer  with,  4627 

Preparation  for,  4625 

Reward  of,  4628 

Searching,  11144 

Seasonable,  11143 

Secret  of  Successful,  11145 

Similes  of,  4629 

Technical,  4631 

Test  of,  4632,  11146 

Truth  in,  4633,  11147 

Uncomfortable.  4634 

Varieties  in,  4636 

Verbal,  11148 

Verbose,  4637 

Wandering.  11149 
Precaution,  Proverbs,  4638 
Precedence,  Proverbs,  4639 
Precept,  Brevities,  4640 

Jesuitical,  4641 
Precocity,  Proverbs.  4642 
►Predestination,  Example  of,  4643 

Mohammedan,  11150 

Restraint  of,  11151 
Preface,  Matter  for  Our,  11153 

Use  of  a,  11153 
Prejudice,  Brevities,  4644 

Influence  of,  4645 

Offending,  11154 

Power  of,  4646 

Unconscious,  4647 

Works  of,  4648 
Preparation,  Advantage  of,  11155 

Importance  of,  4649 

Neglecting,  4650 

Providential,  11156 

Reason  for,  4651 

Thorough.  11157 

Urged,  11158 

Want  of,  11159 
Present,  Duty  of  the,  *2567 

Heathen  View  of,  4653 

Importance  of  the,  11160 

Improvement  of  the,  *2569 

Value  of  the,  *2570 

Work  for  the,  4652,  11161 
Presentiment,  Evil  of,  11163 

Fulfilled,  11163 

of  Death,  4654 

Strange,  4655 
Presentiments,  Guidance  by,  *2571 

Probable,  *2572 
Press,  Influence  of  the,  *2573 
Prester  John's,  Table,  2375 
Preston,  Dr.,  Anec,  1062.  1709 
Presumption,  Advance  of,  11164 

Danger  of,  4656,  11165 

Dread  of.  4657 

Fable  of,  11166 

Folly  of,  4658,  11167 

Growth  of,  4659 

Pagan, 11168 


588 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


Presumption,  Perilous,  4660 

Punished,  4661 
Pretension,  Brevities,  4663 
Pride,  Absurdity  of,  *2574 

Answer  to,  11169 

Baseless,  4664,  11170 

Benefit  of,  4665 

Blindness  of,  *2575 

Brevities,  4666 

Checks  to,  4667,  11171 

Compensation  of,  11172 

Consequences  of,  4668,  11173 

Contemptuous,  11174 

Criminal,  *2576 

Deceitfulness  of,  4669 

Display  of,  4670 

Effect  of,  *2577 

Examples  of,  4673 

Expressions  of,  4673 

Fall  of,  4674,  11175 

How  to  Humble,  11176 

Illustration  of,  4675 

Indestructibility  of,  4676 

Ingratitude  of,  4677 

Judicious  Use  of,  11177 

Kinds  of,  *2578 

Legend  of,  4678 

Madness  of,  4679 

Natural,  4680 

Noisy,  4681 

of  Dress,  4671 

Offset  to,  4682,  11178 

of  Wealth,  4687 

Overcoming,  *2579 

Penalty  of,  4683 

Quality  of,  *2580 

Removal  of,  11179 

Resisting,  11180 

Retort  Upon,  11181 

Roman,  11182 

Ruin  by,  *2581 

Self,  4684 

Spiritual,  4685 

Temptation  to,  11183 

Tower  of,  11184 

Universal,  11185 

Vagaries  of,  11186 

Vanity  of,  4686 

Vice  of,  11187,  11188 
Priem  Ejected  from  Heaven,  1171 
Priestley  and  Miller,  5875 
Prince  of  Wales,  Anec,  3847 
Princeps  of  Wales,  Anec,  6743 
Principle,  Absence  of,  4688 

Illustrated,  4689 

True  to,  11189 
Principles,  Dishonored,  4690 

Durability  of,  4691 

Importance  of,  4692 
Printing,  Accuracy  of,  11190 
Prisca,  Epitaph  of,  9919 
Prison,  Deliverance  from,  11191 

Happiness  in,  4693 
Joy  in,  4694 

Peter's  Deliverance  from,  *3896 
Privacy,  Desire  for,  *2582 
Privileges,  Misimproved,  4695 
Presenting  the,  4696 
Realizing,  4697 
Reminders  of  Misused,  11193 
Responsibility  of,  4698 


Prize,  Aiming  for  the,  4699 

Price  of  the,  *2583 
Probation,  a  Drill,  4700 

Dignity  of.  11193 

Foreknowledge  and,  11194 

Improvement  of,  11195 

Man's,  *2584 

Predestination  and,  11196 
Probu's  Sacrifice,  8733 
Procrastination,  Absurdity  of,  *2585,  4714 

Alternative  of,  4701 

Brevities,  4703 

Childish,  4703 

Common,  4704 

Continuation  of,  11197 

Danger  of,  4705,  11198 

Fatal,  4706,  11199 

Folly  of,  *3586,  4707 

Habit  of,  *2587,  11200 

Hardening  of,  4708 

Lesson  of,  11201 

Origin  of,  4709 

Pagan  View  of,  11203 

Proud,  4710 

Result  of.  4711 

Sin  of,  4713 

Unreasonable,  4713 
Procrustes'  Bed,  412 
Prodigal,  Affliction  of  the,  *3897 

Call  to  the,  *3898 

Desperation  of  the,  11203 

Grace  for  the,  *3899 

Hope  of  the,  11204 

Love  for  the,  11205 

Parable  of  the,  *3900,*3901, 11206 

Rescue  of  a,  11207 

Return  of  the,  *3903-3905 

Thanksgiving  of  the,  *3906 

The  Repenting,  *3907 
Voice  of  the,  *3908 
Prodigality,  Course  of,  4715 
Evils  of,  4716 
Roman,  11208 
Royal.  11209 
Productiveness,  Nature's,  4717 
Profanity,  American,  4718 
Beware  of,  11210 
Correction  of,  11212 
Covenant  Against,  11213 
Crime  of,  4719 
Cure  of,  4720 
Inexcusable,  4721 
Known  to  God,  4723 
Penalty  of,  4723 
Reproof  of,  11211,  11214 
Saved  from,  11215 
Shocking,  4724 
Significance  of,  4725 
Profession,  Abuse  of,  11216 
Christian,  4726 
Exceptions  to,  11217 
False,  4727 
Fruitless,  4728 
Holding  Fast  Our,  11218 
Import  of,  4729 
Legend,  4730 
Neglect  of,  4731,  11219 
Ornamental,  4733 
Perverse,  *2588 
Religious,  4733 
True,  4734 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


589 


Profession,  Unreliable,  4735 
Professor,  The  Mere,  11220 
Profit,  Pleasure  and,  11221 

Seeking  for,  11222 
Progress,  Alternative  of,  4736 

Conservative,  4737 

Day  of,  *2589 

Destiny  of,  *2590 

Evidence  of,  11223 

Example  of,  11224 

Laws  of,  4738 

March  of,  *2591,  11225 

Modern,  2592 

Omens  of,  *2593 

Political,  11226 

Power  of,  4739 

Purpose  of,  *2594 

Safety  in,  11227 

Spiritual,  11228 

Striving  After,  11229 
Progression,  Pythagorean,  *2595 
Prohibition,  Need  of,  11230 
Prometheus,  3772,  5533,  6507,  10139 
Promises,  Biblical,  11231 

Casket  of,  4740 

Claiming,  *2596,  4741 

Clinging  to  the,  4742 

Comforts  of  the,  11233 

Date  of  the,  11233 

Faith  and  the,  11234 

Highway  of,  4743 

Keeping,  4744 

Light  of  the,  11235 

Precious,  4745 

Profuse  in,  11236 

Proved,  4746 

Reliable,  4747,  4750 

Riches  of  the,  4748 

Satan's,  11237 

Special  Claim  to  the,  11238 

Support  of  the,  4749 

Trusting  the,  4751 

Unclaimed,  11239 

Use  of,  4752 
Promotion,  Ground  of,  4753 
Promptness,  Ministerial,  11240 
Property,  Passion  for,  11241 
Prophecy  and  Providence,  11245 

Evidence  of,  11242 

Fulfilment  of,  4754 

Interpretation  of,  4755,  11348 

Profitless,  11244 

Revelations,  4756 
Prophet,  The  Disobedient,  *3909 
Proposal  and  Answer,  *2597 

Graceful,  11246 
Prosperity,  Arrogance  of,  11247 

Caution  in,  11248 

Cliange  by,  4757 

Danger,  4758,  11249,  11251 

Degeneracy  of,  4759 

Discomfort  in,  11250 

End  of,  4761 

Envying,  4760 

Friendship  and,  *2598 

Insecurity  of,  11252 

Legend  of,  4762 

Misery  with,  11253 

of  the  Wicked,  4765,  11255 

Portentous,  *2599 

Revelations  of,  4763 


Prosperity,  Trial  of,  11254 

Valuing,  4764 
Protection,  Always  Needed,  4766 

Curious,  4767 

Divine,  *2600,  4768,  11256 

Insufficient,  4769 

Legend  of,  4770,  11257 

Prayer  for,  4771 

Providential,  4773 
Protestant,  Origin  of  the  Word,  11258 

Responsibilities  of  a,  11259 
Protestantism  and  Romanism,  4773 
Proteus,  Transformations  of,  3267 
Proverbs,  Definitions  of,  4774 

Wisdom  of,  11260 
Providence,  Adaptation  in,  4775,11261 

Ahead  of,  11262 

Anticipation  of,  4776 

Balance  of,  11263 

Brevities,  4777 

Continuous,  4779 

Dependence  on,  11264 

Direction  of,  *2601 

Diversities  of,  *2603 

Divine,  *2603 

Faith  in,  4780 

Firm  Trust  in,  11265 

Harmonies  of,  11266 

Illustrated,  4781 

Incidents  of,  11267 

Incomprehensible,  4783 

Instruments  of,  4783 

in  the  Wind,  4794 

Leadings  of,  4784 

Legend  of,  4785 

Links  of,  11268 

Minister  of,  11269 

Miracles  of,  4786 

Mystery  of,  *2604,  4787 

Omnipresence  of,  11270 

Preparations  of,  11271 

Preserved  by,  11272 

Rescue  of,  4788,  11273 

Restraints  of,  11274 

Retributive,  4789 

Revelations  of,  11275 

Seasonable,  11276 

Seeing  God  in,  11277 

Special,  11278 

Towards  the  Church.  4778 

Trusting,  *2605,  4791 

Truth  of,  4792 

Universal,  4793 

Upborne  by,  11279 

Warnings  of,  11280 
Provocation,  Avoid  Giving,  4795,  11281 

Enduring,  11282 

Resisting,  4796 
Provocations,  Small,  *2606 
Prudence,  Brevities,  4797 

Christian,  11283 

Fable  of,  4798 

Judgment  and,  11284 

Need  of,  4799 

Precedence  of,  4800 

Rules  of,  11285 

Superior,  4801 

Value  of,  4802,  11286 

Virtue  of,  *2607 
Psalm  of  Life,  *20 

Twenty-third,  4803 


590 


GENERAL  AXD  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


Psalms,  Book  of,  4804 
Psyche's  Task,  2592 
Ptolemy  and  the  Pharos,  684 

Lagus  and  Euclid,  5499 
Publicity,  Newspaper,  11287 
Public  Sentiment,  Power  of,  4805 
Pugnacity,  Resistless,  11288 
Pulpit,  Deceit  in  the,  11289' 

Manner  in  the,  4806 

Power  of  the,  *2608,  11290 

Unction  in  the,  4807 
Punctuality,  Advantage  of,  4808 

Exact,  11291 

Example  of,  11292 

Habit  of,  4809 

Importance  of,  4810,  11293 

Religious,  4811 

Want  of,  4812 
Punctuation,  Lord  Dexter's,  3175 
Punishment,  Awaiting,  11294 

Brevities,  4818 

Certainty  of,  *2609,  4814 

Degrees  of,  4815 

Delayed,  4820,  11295 

Desire  for,  *2610 

Endless,  *2611,  4816 

Exact,  *2612 

Exemplary,  11296 

Fact  of,  4817 

Future,  4818,  11297 

Inevitable,  *2618,  4819 

No  Proxy,  11298 

Release  from,  11299 

Substitute  for,  11300 

Vicarious,  4821 
Puritanism,  Achievements  of,  11301 

Doings  of,  11302 
Purity,  Attaining,  *2614 

Attraction  of,  *2615 

Christian,  4822 

Emblem  of,  11303 

Heart,  4823 

Importance  of,  4824 

Means  of,  *2616 

Nature  of,  4825 

Power  of,  *2617 

Process  of,  4826 

Token  of,  11304 
Purpose,  Dominant,  11305 

Emblem  of,  4827 

Execution  of,  *2618,  4828 

Persevering,  4829 

Steadiness  of,  4830 

Unshaken,  *2619 
Pygmalion's  Statue,  185 
Py lades  Dying  for  a  Friend,  2521 
Pyramus  and  Thisbe,  10349 
Pyrrhus,  Anec,  116,  5467,  7376 
Pythagoras,  Anec,  903,  3413,  5466, 8070,10226 
Pythes'  Gold  Mines,  9098 

Quarrels,  Ancient,  11306 
Avoid,  4831,  11307,  11309 
Brevities,  4832 
Domestic,  4833 
End  of,  4834 
Fatal,  11308 
Inclination  to,  4885 
Occasion  of,  4836 
Parties  to,  11310 
Provoking,  4837 


Quarrels,  Rejecting,  11311 

Seeking,  11312 

Subduing,  11318 

Unprofitable,  4838 
Quarrelsome,  Banishment  of  the,  11314 
Question,  The  Important,  4839 
Quickness,  Fascination  of,  11315 
Quietness,  Advantage  of,  4840,  11316 

Brevities,  4841 

Christian,  11317 

Education  of,  4842 

Example  of,  11318 

Heavenly,  4848 

Necessity  of,  4844 

Secret  of.  4845 
Quinctius'  Pork  Story,  10495 
Quotation,  Advantages  of,  11319 
Quotations,  How  to  Use,  11320 

Poetical,  11821 

Reading  for,  11822 

Use  of,  11823 

Race,  Helps  in  the,  4846 

Hindrances  in  the,  4847 

The  Olympian,  4848 
Races,  Influence  of,  4849 
Rachel,  Death  of,  *3910 

Grief  of,  *8911,  *8912 

Tomb  of,  *3913 
Raikes,  Anec,  4185,  5540 
Raiment,  The  White,  *3914 
Rain,  Latter,  *2620 

Lesson  of  the,  *2621 
Rainbow,  Significance  of  the,  *2622,  *3915 

The,  *3916 

Worship  of  the,  11324 

Youth  of  the,  *3917 
Rainy  Day.  *641 
Rajah  of  Burdwan,  590 

R'Ueigh,  Sir  W.,  Anec,  2852,  3865,  5400, 11073 
Ralston,  John,  Frozen.  1662 
Rama.  The  Voice  of,  *3918 
Ramsgate,  Rescue  at,  11805 
Randolph,  John,  Remorse  of,  4959 
Rauier,  St.,  Temperance  of,  5636 
Raphael,  Anec,  3850,  5259,  7991 
Raratonga,  Hero  of,  9529 
Rationalism,  Uncertainty  of,  *2623 
Rationalist,  Description  of  a,  11325 
Rauschenbush  and  Muth,  6331 
Raymond  Condemned,  4730 
Reader,  Great,  11326 
Reading,  Benefit  of,  *2624,  4850,  4854 

DzUcent,  4851 

Historic,  11328 

Instruction  for,  4853,  11327,11328 

Kinds  of,  4852 

Possibility  of,  11830 

St.  Jerome's,  11381 

Useful,  4855 

Useless,  4856 
Ready,  Always,  4857 
Reaper  and  Flowers,  *368 
Reapers,  Call  for,  *3919 

Need  of,  *3920 

Song  of  the,  *3921 
Reason  and  the  Bible,  4858 

Audacity  of,  *2625 

Failure  of,  4859 

Goddess  of.  4860 

Influence  of,  11333 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


591 


Reason,  Presumption  of,  11833 

Region  of,  4863 

Scope  of.  4863 

Triumph  Over,  4864 

Weakness  of,  4861,  4865 
Rebecca,  Curse  of,  3831,  6035 

Parting  with  Jacob,  *3933 
Rebellion,  Human,  11334 
Rebels,  Proclamation  to,  4710 
Rebuke,  Effectual,  11335 
Reciprocity,  Example  of,  11386 

Proverbs,  4866 
Recklessness,  Proverbs,  4867 
Recognition,  Basis  of,  11337 

Hope  of,  *2626,  4868 

Instinctive,  4870 

Vision  of,  *2637 
Reconciliation,  Comfort  of,  4873 

Defined,  4873 

Example  of,  11338 

Need  of,  4874,  11339 

Parental,  *2628 

Throuffli  Christ.  4871 
Record,  Life's,  11340 

Universal,  4875 
Recovery,  Method  of,  4876 
Recreation,  Benefit  of,  4877,  11341 

Need  of,  4878 

Royal,  11343 
Redemption,  Accepted,  *2629 

Complete,  *2630 

Condition  of,  *2631 

Cost  of,  4879 

Council  for,  *2633 

Experienced,  4881,  11343 

Explained,  4883 

Gratitude  for,  4883 

Illustration  of,  4880,  4884 

Joy  of,  11344 

Light  of,  11345 

Ownership  by,  11347 

Plan  of,  4885 

Prefigured,  11346 

Slighted,  4886 

Theatre  of,  4887 

Wonder  of,  11348 

Yearning  for,  4888 
Red  Sea,  Forward  Through  the,  *8923 

Passage  of  the,  *3934,  *3937 

Song  at  the,  *3928 
Refinement,  Basis  of,  4889 

Unnatural,  4890 
Reflection,  Art  of,  11349 

Spiritual,  11350 

Wise,  4891 
Reform,  Abhorrence  of,  11351 

Beginning  of,  11352 

Consistent,  *2633 

Course  of,  *2634 

Godliness,  4893 

Method  of,  4893 

Need  of,  11353 

Partial,  4894 

Personal,  4895 

Progress  of,  4896 

Religion  and,  11354 
Reformation,  Crisis  of  the,  11355 

External,  11356 
Refuge,  Accessible,  4897 

Christ  a,  11357 

Cities  of,  4898 


Refuge,  Heathen,  11358 

Refusing,  11359 

Sinner's,  *2635 

Where  is?  11360 
Regeneration,  Definition  of,  4899 

Effect  of,  4900,  4908,  11361 

Emblems  of,  4901 

Feigned,  11362 

Miracle  of,  4902 

Nature  of,  4903 

Necessity  of,  4904.  11363 

Purification  in,  4905 

Real,  4906 

Reformation  and,  4907 
Regrets,  Fruitless,  11364 
Regulus'  Resolution,  5001 
Reid,  Wm.,  Ready  for  Duty,  1687 
Reign  of  Terror,  5674 
Rejoicing,  Christian,  4909 

Daily.  4910 

Occasions  for,  *2636 
Relief.  Promised.  4911 
Relieion,  Advantage  of,  4913,  4951, 11368 

Advised,  4913 

Argument  for,  11365 

Artificial,  4914,  4930 

Ashamed  of,  4915 

Asylum  of,  11366 

Beginning  of,  4916 

Bequeathing,  11367 

Blessings  of,  4917 

Brevities,  4918 

Ceremonies  of,  4919 

Child's,  4920 

Comprehensiveness  of,  *2637 

Conscience  in,  4921 

Consolation  of,  4923 

Constrained,  4923 

Defamins:,  11369 

Devotees"  of,  11370 

Difliculties,  11371,  4934 

Double  Mind  in,  4925 

Enjoyment  of,  4936 

Ennobling,  4937 

Espousing,  11373 

Extent  of.  4928 

Faith  in,  *2638 

False  and  True,  4929 

Force  of,  11374 

Freeness  of,  4931 

Gifts  for,  11375 

Growth  in,  *2639 

Half- Way,  11376 

Healthfulness  of,  4933 

Honorary,  11377 

Importance  of,  *2640,  11378 

Indecision  in,  4933 

Influence  of,  4934,  11373 

Joys  of,  *2641 

Livins,  4935 

Man  Without,  11379 

Method  in,  11380 

Mixture  of,  11381 

Mystery  of,  *2643 

Necessity  of,  4936 

Neutrality  in,  4937 

Nobility  of,  *2643 

Occasional,  4939,  11386 

Ordeal  of,  4938 

Plainness  of,  *2644 

Power  of,  4940 


592 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


Religion,  Price  of,  11382 

Proxy,  4941 

Rejecting,  4942 

Relcindled,  11383 

Riches  and,  11384 

Romish,  11385 

Self-Commending,  4943 

Self  Denial  in,  4944 

Sinister  Motives  in,  4945 

Spirit  of,  4946 

Standard  of,  4947 

Strength  of,  4948 

Sunday,  4949 

Tasting,  4950 

Test  of,  4952,  11387 

Transformation  by,  11388 

Treasure  in,  4953 

True.  11389 

Valuing,  4954 

Variety  in,  4955 

Walk  in,  4956 
Rembrandt,  Progress  of,  6114 
Remembrance,  Book  of,  *2645 

Proper  Use  of,  11390 
Remorse,  Beginning  of,  11391 

Described,  11393 

Effect  of,  4957 

Example  of,  4958 

Fever  of,  *2647 

Fruitless,  *2648 

Grounds  of,  *2649,  11395 

in  Death,  11393 

Murderer,  *2646 

Power  of,  11396 

Stings  of,  11397 

Torments  of,  4959,  4960 

Unendurable,  11398 

Warning,  4961 
Renovrn,  Ephemeral,  *2650 
Renwick,  J.,  Martyr,  12162 
Repentance,  Amendment  in,  4962 

Analogy  of,  11399 

Blessing  of,  *2651 

Brevities,  4963 

Calls  to,  4964 

Ceaseless,  11400 

Change  in,  4965 

Consecration  with,  4966 

Daily,  4967 

Death-Bed,  11401,  11402 

Delaying,  4968,  11403 

Delight  of,  4969 

Duty  of,  4976 

Early,  11404 

Easy.  4970 

Exhortation  to,  11405 

Fable  of,  11406 

Faith  and,  11407 

Fickle,  4971 

Forced,  11408 

Fruits  of,  *2652,  4972 

Humility  of,  *2653 

in  Sickness,  4979 

Late,  4973 

Method  of,  11409 

Persuasive  to,  4974 

Peter's,  11410 

Plea  of,  4975 

Preachinff,  11411 

Public,  11412 

Reception  of,  4977 


Repentance,  Refusal  of,  4978 

Self-Condemnation  of,  11413 

Sincere,  4980 

Thorough,  4981 

True,  11414 

Universal,  4982 

Waiting  for,  11415 
Repetition,  Advantage  of,  11416 

Use  of,  11417 
Reprieve,  Almost  Too  Late,  4983 

Reception  of  a,  11418 
Reprobate,  Emblem  of  the,  4984 

Fate  of  the,  4985 
Reproof,  Benefit  of,  4986,  4987 

Discretion  in,  4988,  4994,  11419 

Hating,  4989 

Misplaced,  11420 

Necessity  of,  4990,  4991,  4993 

Penalty  for,  11421 

Receiving,  4992 

Where  to  Begin,  11422 
Republic,  Advantages  of  a,  11424 

Permanence  of  a,  11423 
Repulse,  Bearing,  11425 
Reputation,  Benefits  of,  11426 

Good,  11427 

Guarding,  *2654 

Proverbs,  4995 

Symbol  of,  11428 
Rescue,  Marvellous,  4996,  11429 

Sinner's,  11440 
Resentment,  Law  of,  *2655 
Resignation,  *227 

Cause  for,  *2656 

Christian,  *2657,  11431 

Example  of,  4997,  11432 

Light  of,  11433 

Perfect,  4998 

Prayer  and,  4999, 11434 

Reason  for,  *2658 
Resolution,  Christian,  5000 

Example  of,  11435 

Power  of,  5001 

Successful,  11436 
Resolutions,  Transient,  5002,  5003 
Respect,  Personal,  11437 

Preservation  of,  11438 
Respiration,  Process  of,  11439 
Responsibility,  Ground  of,  *2659 

Individual,  5004.  11440 

Moral,  11441 

Necessity  of,  11442 

Recognized,  5005 

Unavoidable,  5006 

Universal,  5007 
Rest,  Absence  of,  5008 

Brevities,  5009 

City  of.  *2660 

Condition  of,  5011 

Disturbance  of,  11443 

Emblem  of,  11444 

Happiness  in,  11445 

Heavenly,  2661,  5012,  5013 

Hymn  of,  *2662 

in  Christ,  5010 

Industrious,  11446 

Motto  of,  11447 

Not  on  Earth,  5016 

Places  of,  11448 

Pursuit  of,  11449 

Safe,  11450 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


593 


Rest,  Search  for,  *2663,  5017 
Soul,  *2664 

True,  *2665 
Restitution,  Examples,  5018 

Exemplary,  11451 

Necessity  of,  5019 
Substitutionary,  5020 
Tardy,  5021 
Test,  5022 
Restlessness,  Wandering  Jew's,  *2666 
Restoration,  Glory  of,  11452 
Restraint,  Fatal,  5023 
•      Type  of,  11453 
Results,  Expected,  5024 
Resurrection,  Analogies  of  the, *2667, 5025, 5026 

Astonishment  at  the,  5027 

Biblical  Fiiz;ures  of  the,  11454 

Christ's,  *3929,  *3930,  11468,  11469, 11470 

Credibility  of  the,  5028 

Death  and,  5030 

Description  of  the,  *2668 

Emblems  of  the,  *2669,  5031,  11456 

Faith  in  the,  5032 

First  Fruits  of  the,  11457 

Germ  of  the,  5033 

Harvest  of  the,  5034 

Heathen  Ideas  of  the,  5035 

Identity  in  the,  11458 

Joy  of  the,  5036 

Legend  of,  5037 

Marvel  of  the,  5038 

Memento  of  the,  11459 

Method  of  the,  11460 

No  Deformities  in  the,  11461 

None  Forgotten  in  the,  11462 

Obstructing  the,  11463 

Paul  Preacliing  the,  *3931 

Personal,  5039 

Possibility  of,  11464 

Power  in  the,  5040 

Preventing  the,  11465 

Promise  of,  11466 

Recognition  in  the,  *2670,  5041 

Reconstruction  of  the,  *2671 

Second,  *2672 

Similes  of  tlie,  5042 

Suggestions  of  the,  11467 

to  Damnation,  5029 

Transformations  at  the,  *2673 

Type  of  the,  5043 
Retaliation,  Example  of,  5044 

Legal,  11471 

Legend  of,  5045 

Synonyni  for,  11472 
Retirement,  Advised,  5046 

Causes  of,  *2674 

Examples  of,  5047 
Retreat,  Impossible,  5048 

Preventing,  5049,  11473 
Retribution,  Call  for,  11474 

Emblem  of,  11473 

Examples  of,  5050,  5051,  5054,  11476 

Fable  of,  11477 

Fact  of,  *2675 

Instrument  of,  11478 

Law  of,  11479 

Nature's,  *2676 

Peculiar,  5052 

Social,  5053 

Swift,  11480,  11481 
Retrospection,  Effect  of,  11483 


Retrospection,  Hours  of,  *2677 
Retsch's  Blessing  of  Demons,  423 
Reunion  Above,  *2678,  *2679 

Providential,  11483 

Unexpected,  11484 
Revelation,  Light  of,  5055 

Needed,  5056,  11485 
Revenge,  Bloody,  11486 

Characterized,  11487 

Determined,  5057 

Disgrace  of,  *2680 

Heathen,  11489 

Implication  of,  5058 

Light  of,  *2681 

Meanness  of,  5059 

Noble,  5060 

Pleasure  of,  5061 

Prevented,  11490 

Punishment  of,  5063 

Right,  5063 

True,  11491 
Reverence,  Christian,  5064 

Decay  of,  5065 

Example  of,  5066 
Revival,  Streams  of,  11497 
Revivals,  Agents  of,  5067 

Aim  for,  5068,  11492 

Anxiety  for,  5069 

Beginning  of,  5070 

Constant,  5071,  11495 

Decision  in,  5073 

Description  of,  5073 

Effects  of,  5074,  5077,  5078 

Necessity  of,  11494 

Praver  for,  5075,  5076 

Secret  of,  11496 

Waiting  for,  5079 
Reward,  Certain,  5080 

Divine,  5081 

Emblem  of,  5082 

Expectation  of,  11498 

Greatness  of  God's,  11499 

Immediate,  11500 

Penalty  and,  11501 

Time  of,  5084,  5085 

Title  to,  5086 

Unexpected,  11502 
Rewards, Equality  of,  5083 
Reynolds,  Sir  J.,  Anec,  3447,  4006,  11157 
Rhinthal,  Capture  of,  5600 
Rice,  Gen.,  Death  of,  229 
Riceto  Refuses  Concession,  7913 
Rich,  Exposure  of  the,  5087 

Neglecting  the,  5088 

Poverty  of  the,  11503 

Simile  of  the,  5089 

Isaac,  Success  of,  6970 

Man  and  Lazarus,  *3933 
Richard  I.,  Anec,  951,  7675 

III.,  Remorse  of,  8151,  11394 
Richelieu,  Anec,  2310,  3432,  11789 
Riches,  Abused,  5090 

Belter  than,  5091 

Biblical  Fi2;ures  of,  11504 

Burden  of,''5092 

Contented  without,  11505 

Danger  of,  5093,  5100 

Despisin?,  11506 

Fatal,  5096 

Fear  of,  5097 

Fleeting,  5098,  11508 


594 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


Riches  for  Jesus,  5101 

Gathering  and  Scattering,  11509 

Haste  for,  11510 

Heavenly,  11511 

Inconstancy  of,  5094,  11512 

Living  for,  5102 

Loss  of,  5103 

Love  of,  5104 

Marrying  for,  11513 

Mental,  *2683 

of  the  AVicked,  5111 

Passion  for,  11514 

Road  to,  5105 

Rules  for,  5106 

Safe  Growth  of,  11515 

Snares  of,  11516 

Standard  of,  5095,  5107 

Torment  of,  5108 

Unsatisfactory,  5099,  5109,  11507,  11517 

Use  of,  11518 

Vanity  of,  5110 

"Worshipping,  11519 
Richmond,  Leigh,  7783 
Ridicule,  Answer  to.  *2684 

Bearing,  5112,  5113 

Purpose  of,  *2685 

Result  of,  5114 
Ridley,  Anec,  204,  1749,  5280 
Right,  Choice  of,  5115 

Decision  of,  5116 

Departure  from,  11520 

Importance  of,  5117 

is  Might,  11521 

Majority  of,  5118 

Must  Win,  *3933 

Trust  in  God  and  Do,  *3934 

Universality  of,  11522 

Vindication  of,  *2687 
Righteous,  Death  of  the.  11523 

Hope  of  the,  *2688 
Righteousness,  Garment  of,  11524 

Human,  5119,  11525 

Imputed,  5120 

Provision  of,  5121 

Required,  5122 

Robe  of,  11526 
Self,  *2689 
Sun  of,  11527 
Rigo  Painting  a  Nubian,  3158 
Rinaldo  Ensnared,  1507 
Rittenhouse,  Discoveries  of.  427,  2717,  11605 
Ritualism  Unchristian,  11528 
Rizpah,  *3935-3939 
Robert  de  la  Mark's  Offering,  5199 
Robes,  Bridal,  *3940 
Robespierre,  Anec,  -2830,  3323 
Rocco's  Preaching.  4608 
Rochelle  Provisioned,  4788 
Rock  and  Sand,  *3941 
Building  on  the, 5123,5124,5125,11529,11531 
Our,  11530 

Repairing  to  the.  *2690 
Streams  from  the,  *3942 
of  Ages,  *2691 
Rod,  Kissing  the,  11532 
Rogues,  City  of,  11533 
Romaine,  Death  of,  537,  7763 
Romanism,  Apostasy  of,  5126 
Confessional  of,  7400 
Conversion  from,  11534 
Priests  of,  5127 


Romanism,  Unscriptural,  11535 

Rome,  City,  Anec,  8294,  9669,  9734 

Romulus,  Reported  Ascension  of,  6574 

Rose  of  Sharon  and  Lily  of  the  Valley,  *3943 

Rossini,  Satiety  of,  2859 

Rothschild,  Anec,  5513,  5995,  6319,  9593 

Rousseau,  Conceit  of,  9880,  10244 

Rowe,  Mrs.  E.,  Death  of,  1771 

Rubicon,  Crossing  the,  1395,  11536 

Rudeness,  Folly  of,  11537 

Prohibited,  11533 
Rufinus,  Anec,  3243,  8340 
Rufus'  Shield,  3243 
Ruggles,  Prof..  Rescue  of,  1929 
Ruter,  Faith  of  the,  *3944 
Ruler's  Daughter,  *3945,  *3946 
Rules,  Advantage  of,  *2692 
Rum,  Attendant  of,  11540 
Rumor,  Danger  of,  *2694 

Growth  of,  *2695 
Rumseller,  Anec,  6971 

Criminality  of  the,  *2693,  11541 
Rupea  Castelia,  1742 
Rupert  and  Randall,  3303 
Rush,  Dr.,  on  Tiieatre-going,  11953 
Russell,  Lord,  Execution  of,  1960 
Russia,  Liberty  for  the  Serfs  of,  8847 
Rusticus  and  Coesar.  8814 
Ruth,  *3947.  *3948,  *3949 

and  Naomi,  *3950 

Devotion  of,  *3951 

Resolution  of,  *3952 
Rutherford,  Anec,  1311,  1714,1760,4636,4693 

Saadi,  91,  8624 
Sabat,  Misery  of,  250 
Sabbath,  Advantage  of,  5128 

American,  11542 

and  the  Church,  5132 

Benefit  of,  *2696,  5129 

Blessings,  5130 

Desecration  of,  11544 

Emblem  of  the,  11545 

Figures  of,  *2697 

Fortrettino;,  5133 

Good  Deeds  on,  5134 

Import  of,  *2698 

Light  of,  5135 

Observance  of,  *2699,  5136,  11543 

Parable  of,  5137 

Rest  of,  *2700 

Tested,  5138,  5139 

Universality  of,  5140 

World  Without,  5141 
Sabbath-Breaker's  Heaven,  11548 
Sabbath-Breaking,  Influence  of,  5144,  11549 

End  of,  5142,  11547 

Evils  of,  5131,  5143 

Legend  of,  11551 

Rebuked,  5145 
Sabbaths,  Threefold,  *2701 
Sacrament,  A  Memorial,  5147 

Legend  of  the,  5146 

Preparation  for  the,  5148 

Price  of  the,  5149 

Reconciliation  Before  the,  11553 

Unworthy  of  the,  5150 
Sacred  Battalion,  7292 
Sacrifice,  A  Mother's,  11555 

Attractions  of,  5151 

Beneficial,  11553 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


595 


Sacrifice,  Christ's,  5153 

Glory  of,  *2703 

History  of,  5153 

Loyal,  11554 

Necessity  for,  11556 

Patriotic,  11557 

Prevalence  of,  11558 

Principle  of,  5154 

Vain,  5155 

Work  not,  11559 
Sacrilege,  Punishment  of,  11560 
Safety,  in  Omniscience,  5157 

of  Believers,  5156,  11561 

Under  the  Cross,  5158 
Sailor,  The  Christian,  *3703 
Saints,  Authority  for,  5159 

Company  of,  11563 

Comparisons  of,  5160 

False,  5165 

Faults  of,  5161 

God's  Jewels,  5163 

Imitation  of,  11563 

in  the  World,  5164 

Worship  of,  11564 
Saintship,  Reward  of,  *3704 
Saladin's  Shroud,  2474 
Salmasius'  Regret,  7857 
Salome,  *3953 
Salvation,  a  Gift,  5175 

a  Life-Boat.  11573 

Altar  of,  5167 

Anxiety  for,  11565 

Attainable,  5168 

by  a  Testament,  5186 

by  Faith  and  Grace,  5173 

Common,  5169 

Condition  of,  11566 

Co-operation  in,  11567 

Earnestness  for,  11568 

Experience  of,  5171 

False  Ways  of,  11569 

First,  11570 

Fountain  of,  *3705 

Free,  5174 

from  Fire,  5173 

Instantaneous,  5176 

Interest  in,  11571 

Joy  at,  5177 

Method  of,  11573 

Neglected,  5178 

Neglecting,  5179,  11574 

not  by  Works,  5187 

not  Compulsorv,  5170 

Only  Wav  of,  *3708,  11575 

Plan  of,  5180 

Possible,  5181 

Power  of,  5183 

Prayer  for,  *3706 

Proclamation  of,  *3707 

Quest  of,  11576 

Safety  of,  5183 

Selling,  5184 

Simplicity  of,  5185 

Tidhigs  of,   11577 

Unlimited,  5166,  11578  , 

Uttermost,  11579 
Samaria,   The  Woman  of,  *3954 
Samaritan,  The  Good,  *3955,-*395r 
Samson,  Antitype  of,  *3958 

Death  of,  *3959,  *3960,  *3961 

Imprisoned,  *3963 


Samson,  Lament  of,  *3963 

Riddle  of,  *3964 
Samuel,  *3965  *3977 
Call  of,  *3966 

Death  of,  *3967 

Ministry  of,  *3968 

Obedience  of,  *3969 
Sanctitication,  Influence  of,  11580 

Instantaneous,  11581 

Internal,  5188 

Nature  of,  5189 

Preserving,  5190 

Process  of,  5191 
Sandalphon,  *3005 
Sapricius  and  Nicephoras, 
Sardauapalus,  8303 
Sardis,  Fate  of,  11583 
Satan,  Arts  of,  11583 

Complimenting,  5193 

Delusion  of,  *2709 

Distinguishins:,  5193 

Enmity  of,  11584 

Exposed,  5194 

Food  of,  5195 

Give  no  Advantage  to,  11585 

Misrepresented,  5196 

Overcome,  5197 

Power  of,  *2710 

Promises  of,  5193 

Rage  of,  5300 

Snares  of.  *3711 

Statue  of,  11586 

Subtlety  of,  5199,  11587 

Ubiquity  of,  11588 

Wiles  of,  11589 
Satiety,  Byron's,  *3713 

Confession  of,  1159Q 

Emblem  of,  •'^2713 

Example  of,  5202,  11591 
Satisfaction,  Example  of,  5203 
Satisfied,  *8970,  *3971,  5204 
Saturn's  Cruelty,  70 
Saul,  Effect  of  Music  Upon,  *3973 

Farewell  of,  *3973 

and  Jonathan,  Death  of,  *3974,  *3975 

and  Jonathan,  Lament  of  David  Over,  *3976 
Saved,  Abel  tlie  First,*3075,  *3977 

First,  *3075,  11592 
Saviour,  Exauyples  of,  5205,  11593 

Fleeing  to  the,  *2714 

Hymn  to  the,  *3978 

Love  of  the,  5206 

Omnipreseuce  of  the,  11594 

Praising  the,  11595 

Remembering  the,  11596 
Scaliger's  Memory,  10473 
Scandal,  Crime  of,  *3715 

Fable  of,  5307 

Formula  of,  5208 

Influence  of,  11597 

Legend  of,  5209 

No  Recallintr,  11598 

Thoroughfare  of,  11599 
Scape-Goat,  Custom  of,  11600 

The,  *3979 
Scars,  Honorable,  11601 
Scepticism,  Modern,  5210 

Reason  for,  5211 
Sceptics,  Controversies  with  11603 

Reasons  of,  11603 
Schemes,  Advice,  11604 


596 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX 


Schiller's  Nobility,  4139 
Scholar,  Dull,  5212 
School,  Fruits  of,  *2716 
Schwartz's  Battery,  3672 
Science,  an  Agent,  5213 

Biblical,  5214 

Discoveries  of,  *2'J'17 

Godless,  5215 

Joy  of,  11605 

Stability  of,  *2718 
Scipio,  Anec,  4550,  8027,  8874,  10914 
Scoffer,  Judgment  on  a,  11606 

Rebuked,  11607 

Silenced,  5217 
Scoffers,  Overruled,  5218 

Prophecy  of,  11608 
Scoffs,  Expected,  5219 
Scold,  Enduring  a,  5220 
Scolding.  Perpetuation  of,  11609 
Scolds,  Treatment  for,  5221 
Scorn,  Bearing,  5222 
Scorner,  Addressed,  5223 
Scorpion,  Poison  of  the,  11610 
Scotch  Education,  8290 
Scott,  Sir  W.,  Anec,  377,  4036,  4296, 

8474,  9297 
Scripture,  Anachronisms  in,  11611 

Commefits  on,  11613 

False,  5227 

Frame- Work  of,  11613 

Freshness  of,  11614 

Misuse  of,  11615 

Profit  of,  6230 
Scriptures,  Comparisons  of,  5225 

Contents  of,  *2719 

Influence  of,  *2720,  5226,  5228 

Memorizing,  5229 

Power  of,  11617 

Reading,  5231 

Search,  5232 

Study  of,  5233 

Sublimity  of,  5234 

The  Adaptation  of,  5224 

Treasvires  of,  2721,  5235,  11610 

Unchained,  *2722 

Using,  *2723 
Sea,  Authority  over  the,  11618 

Lesson  of  the,  *2724 

Moral  of  the,  *2725 

Ships  at,*3980 

Treasures  of  the,  *2726 

Voice  of  the,  *2727 

Walking  on  the,  *3981 
Seal,  The  Sixth,  *3982 

Use  of  the,  11620 

Season,  Word  in,  11621 
Seasons,  Hymn  of  the,  *2728 
Sea- Voyage,  Lesson  from  a,  11619 
Sebald's,  St.,  Fire,  3072 
Secret,  Sins  in,  5237 
Secrets,  Keep  Thy.  *2729,  5236 

Undesirable,  11623 
Sects,  Folly  of,  5238 

None  in  Heaven,  11623 

Unity  of  the,  *2730 
Security,  Christian,  5239 

Emblem  of,  5240 

False,  11265,  11624 
Seed,  Analogy  of,  5241 

Fruitful,  11626 


6920, 


Seed,  Random,  11627 

Scattering,  11628 

Self-Sowing,  11629 

Treatment  of  the,  11630 

Wayside,  5243 
Seeking  Christ,  Condition  of,  5343 

Confident,  5244 

Earnestly,  5345 

Result  of,  5246 
Seeking,  Time  for,  11631 
Selden's  Comfort,  7333 
Self,  Danger  of,  11633 

Death  of,  5247 

Idolatry  of,  11633 

Ignore,  *2731 

King  of,  *2733 

Loss  of,  *2733 

Slaves  to,  5249 

Victory  Over,  3248,  5250 
Self-Complacence,  Examples  of,  5251 

Fable  of,  5252 
Self-Conceit,  Example  of,  11634 
Self-Control,  Absence  of,  11635 

Brevities,  5253 

Importance  of,  5254 

Philosophic,  11636 
Self-Deception,  Fatal,  5255 
Self-Denial,  Gain  of,  *3734 

Heroic,  5256 

Necessity  for,  5257 
Self-Esteem,  Dansrer  of,  *2735 

Rebuke  to,  11637 
Self-Examination,  Daily,  5258 

Fearino;,  iiC39 

Method  of,  11640 

Necessity  of,  11641 

Standard  for,  11643 

True,  5259 

Use  of,  5360,  11643 
Self-Forgetfulness.  Philanthropic,  5261 
Self-Government,  Difficulty  of.  5263 
Self-importance,  Rebuke  of,  11644 
Selfishness,  Abandoning,  5363 

Common,  5264,  11645 

Contrast  of,  5265 

Cultivating,  5266 

Parsimonious,  *2736 

Proof  of,  5267 

Punished,  11646 

Reproof  of,  *2737 

Unhappiness  of,  11647 
Self-Knowledge,  Importance  of,  52G8 

Pursuit  of,  *2738 
Self-Love,  Crime  of,  11648 

True,  *3739 
Self-Murder,  Danger  of,  5369 

Penalty  of,  5370 
Self-Reformation,  Duty  of,  11649 
Self-Respect,  Importance  of,  11650 
Self-Righteousness,  Fatal,  5271,  11651 

Folly  of,  5373 

Work  of,  5273 
Self-Sacrifice,  Rewarded,  5274 
Self  Seekers,  Reward  of,  11653 
SelfSufliciency,  Influence  of,  5375 
Self- Will,  Fruits  of,  5276 

Idolatry,  5277 
Semiramis,  Anec.  7605,  9848 
Seneca,  Anec,  428,  6457,  7389,  7439,  10476, 
10639 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


597 


Seneh  and  Bozcz,  943 

Sennacherib,  Destruction  of,  *2934,  *3983 

in  Hades,  *3984 
Sense,  Carnal,  5278 

Organs  of,  5279 

Want  of,  11653 
Sensibility,  Description  of,  8740 

Fine,  5280 
Separation,  Example  of,  11654 

from  the  "World,  5281 

The  Final,  *2741 
Seriousness,  Reasons  for,  11655 
Sermons,  Brilliant,  11656,  11659 

Done,  11657 

Effective,  11658 

Helps  to,  11660 

Length  of,  11661 

Making,  5282,  11663 

Materials  for,  11663 

Preparation  of,  11664 

Providential,  11665 

Reading,  5283,  11666 

Repeating,  5284,  11667 

Short,  5285 

Successful,  11668 

Test  of,  5286 

Writing,  5287 
Servant,  A  Devout,  11669 
Service,  Ceaseless,  11670 

Constant,  5288 

Heartless,  5289 

Honor  of,  11671 

Selfish,  5290 

Siuister,  5291 
Sesostris,  Anec.,  2562,  8355 
Severus,  Emp.,  Anec,  4280,  4686,  5303 

St.,  Anec,  7794,  12247 
Sextus,  M.,  and  His  Neighbor,  10723 

P.,  Anec,  5258,  7590,  8368 
Shadford's  Death,  1761 
Shadow,  Measuring  Time  by  the,  11673 
Shadrack,  Mesheck,  Abednego,  *3985,  8743 
Shakespeare,  Anec,  2716.  7991 
Shame,  Allegory  of,  11673 
Shams,  Popular,  11674 
Shapon's  Sacritice,  5154 
Sharon,  The  Rose  of,  *3986 
Sheaves,  Un  garnered,  *3987 
Slieba,  Queen  of,  *3988 
Sheep,  The  Lost.  5392,  11675 
Shefifer's  "  Temptation  of  the  Lord,"  5196 
Shepherd,  Faithful.  11676 

Good,  *3989 

Jesus  our,  *2742 

Voice  of  the,  *3990,  11677 
Sheridan,  Anec,  21S2,  7848,  9874 

The  Orator,  11436 
Sherman,  R.,  Integrity  of,  579 
Shiloh,  Songs  of,  5411 
Ships  at  Sea,  *1873 
Shoes,  Oriental  Custom.  11678 
Shroud,  A  Moslem's,  *2744 
Shunamite,  The,  *3991,  *3993 
Shunamite's  Haste,  7941 
Sick,  Exposure  of  the,  11679 

Healing  the,  11680 
Sickness,  Admonition  of,  11681 

a  Reminder,  5399 

Benefit  of,  5393 

Chamber  of,  11682 

Deceitfulness  of,  5294 


Sickness,  Fatal,  *2745 

Joy  in,  11683 

Patience  in,  5296 

Proverbs,  5298 

Recovery  from,  11684 

School  of,  *2746,  5295 

Submission  in,  5300 

Use  of,  5301 

Vows  in,  *2747,  5397 
Sidney,  Sir  P.,  Anec,  1406,  2179,  5261,  9649, 

13189 
Sight,  Danger  of,  11685 

Recovery  of.  11686 

Restored.  *3993 

Superiority  of,  11687 
Sigismond,  Anec,  4979,  5954,  6889,  8756 
Silence,  Amendment  by,  5302 

Bad,  11688 

Compulsory,  11689 

Divine,  *2748 

Wise,  *2749 
Sill! man  and  Pies.  Dwight,  5387 
Siloam,  *3994 

FounUin  of,  *3750 

The  Pool  of,  *3995 

Village  of,  *3996 
Silver,  Tlie  Lost  ^iece  of,  *3997 
Simeon  and  the  Infant  Christ,  *3998 

Rev.  C,  Anec,  76,  1331,  1785,   1792,  4116, 
6628.  7098,  7613,  7639,  9388,  9611 
Simon,  the  Cyrenian,  *3999 
Simonides,  Anec,  3511,  10307 
Simolicity,  Want  of,  5304 
Simpson,' Bp.,  Anec,  8614,  10091 

Dr.,  7300,  8335 
Sin,  Allurements  of,  5306 

Alternative  of,  5307 

a  Quicksand,  5341 

Ashamed  of,  11693 

as  Mast<?r,  5333 

a  Whirlpool,  11734 

Beginning  of.  *3751,  11693 

Besettiii'j:,  5308 

Burden  of,  11694 

by  Proxy,  11711 

Contagion  of.  11695 

Curse ^of,  5309 

Curse  upon,  *3753,  5310 

Cutting  off  the  Hand  of,  11696 

Danger  of,  11697 

Death  in,  5311 

Death  of,  5313 

Deceitfulness  of,  5313,  5314 

Defending,  11698 

Description  of,  11699 

Destructive,  5315 

Detection  of,  5316 

Effects,  5317 

Emblem  of,  5318 

Evils  of,  *3753,  5348 

Fear  of.  11700 

First,  5319 

Fleeing  from,  5330 

Given  \Tp  to,  5331 

Grooves  of,  11701 

Growth  of,  5332,  11703,  11705 

Habits  of,  5333 

Hardening  Effects  of,  11703 

Hatred  of,  6334,  11704 

Immortality  of,  5336 

Impressions  of,  5327 


598 


GENERAL  AlCD  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


Sin,  Indestructibility  of,  5328 

Indulgence  in,  5329 

Insidiousness  of,  11706 

Inward,  5330 

Love  of,  5331 

Masked,  5332 

Memorial  of,  5334 

Multiplication  of,  5335 

One,  5386 

or  Affliction,  5305 

Origin  of,  11707 

Overcoming,  11708 

Pleasures  of.  5337 

Poison  of,  5338,  11709 

Pollution  of,  11710 

Portion  of,  5339 

Presumption  in,  5340 

Eebound  of,  5342 

Eebuke  of,  11713 

Regarding,  5343 

Relief  from,  11714 

Remorse  of,  5344 

Revelation  of,  11715 

Review  of,  11716 

Service  of,  5345 

Snares  of,  *2754,  5346,  11717 

Stain  of,  11718 

Striving  Against,  5347 

Torture  of,  11719 

Trifling,  5349 

Universal,  5350 

Unpardonable,  11720 

Vengeance  Upon,  11721 

Views  of,  5331 

War  Upon,  11722 

Washed  Away,  11723 

Watching  Against,  5352 

Wounds  of,  11725 
Sinbad's  Shipwreck,  6176 
Sincerity,  Defined,  11726 

Importance  of,  11727 

Misguided,  5353 
Singing,  Benefits  of,  11728 

Congregational,  5354 
Singularity,  Cause  of,  5355 
Sinner,  Addressed,  5356,  11729 

Advised,  5357 

Call  to  the,  *2755 

Contrast  to  the,  11730 

Conviction  of  the,  5358  . 

Doom  of  the,  *2756 

Indifferent,  5359 

Position  of,  5360 

Reception  of,  5361 

Repentance  of,  5362 

The  Lost,  *2757 
Sinners,  Asleep,  5363 

Blindness  of,  11731 

C'arelessness  of.  5364 

Comparisons  of,  5365 

Excuse  of,  5366 

Exposure  of,  11732 

rolloAving,  11733 

Hope  for,  11734 

Punishment  of,  5367,  11712 

Waiting  for,  5368 
Sin-Offering,  Christ  our,  11735 
Sins,  Danger  of  Small,  5349,  11736,  11739 

Forgotten,  11737 

Magnitude  of,  11738 

Secret,  5325,  11740 


Sirens,  Ulysses  and  the,  110 
Sisera.  *4000 

Death  of,  *4001 
Sisoes,  Anec,  6674,  9499 
Sisyphus,  2941 
Sky,  Cup  of  the,  *2758 
Slander,  Bearing,  5369,  11741 

Description  of,  5370 

Envious,  5371 

Exposure  to,  *2759 

Improved,  5372 

Listening  to,  5373 

Methods  of,  *2760 

Passion  for,  *2761 

Poisonous,  5374 

Punishment  of,  11742 

Recorded,  5375 

Sharpness  of,  11743 

Spirit  of,  *2762 

Symbol  of,  11744 

Treatment  of,  *2763 
Slavery,  Abolition  of,  11745 

Inhumanity  of,  *2764 

Moral,  5376 

Remorse  for,  5377 
Sleep,  Boon  of,  11746 

Characteristic,  11747 

Conditions  of,  *2765 

Death's,  *2766 

Description  of,  5378 

Gift  of,  *2767 

Guardian  of,  5379 

Inopportune,  5380 

Murdered,  *2769 

Neglected,  5381 

Peace  in,  *2770 

Pleasures  of,  5382 

Preparation  for,  *2768,  5383 

Providence  in,  5384 

Repair  in  *2771,  5385 

Subjects  of,  *2772 

Tradition  of,  11748 

Unusual,  5386 
Sloth,  Spiritual.  11749 
Sluggard,  Portrait  of  the,  *2773 
Small  Beginnings,  Examples  of,  5387 
Small  Sins,  Effect  of,  11750 
Small  Things,  Development  of,  5389 

God  in,  5391 

Importance  of,  5388,  5393 

Influence  of,  5390,  5393 

Make  Life,  5394 

Perfection  by,  11751 

Pivotal,  5395 
Smile,  Defined,  5396 

Effect  of  a,  11752 
Smiles,  Qualities  of,  5397 

Villain,  5398 
Smith,  Normand,  6965 

Rev.  John,  Anec,  2576,  5454,  5462 

Sydney,  10024 
Smiting  the  Rock  in  Kadesh,  *4002 
Smoking,  Abandoning,  11753 

Beware  of,  5399 

Incident  of,  5400 

Flax  and  Bruised  Reed,  *4003 
Smollett  and  the  Beggar,  3020 
Snares,  Escaping  from,  11754 
Sneering,  Import  of,  11755 
Snow,  Voice  of  the,  11756 
Sobriety,  Scriptural,  5401 


GENERAL  AXD  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


599 


Society,  Benefit  of,  *2774 

Ch anises  of,  11757 

(^hoosing,  *2775,  5404 

Demands  of,  5402 

Proverbs,  5403 

Restraints  of,  11758 
Socrates,  Anec,  140,  544.  672,  680, 1863,  2006, 
2340,  3437,  3898,  4194,  4207,  4880,  4687, 
5220,  6038,  6400,  6509,  6955,  7093,  7191, 
7835,  8829,  8830,  8871,  9687,  9784,  9786, 
10639,  10641 
Sodom,  *4004 

Destruction  of,  *2776,  8669 

Doom,  *4005 
Soldier,  Conversion  of  a,  5405 

Dirge  for  a,  *2778 

Face  of  tlie,  11759 
Soldiers,  Christian,  *411,  *425,  *2777,  C-106 

Christ's,  11760 

Dandy,  5407 

Praying,  5408 

Reliable,  11761 

Religious,  11762 
Solitude,  and  Societj%  5410 

Disadvantages  of.  11763 

Happiness  in,  11764 

Human,  *2779 

Pleasures  of,  *2780,  5409 

Sins  of,  11765 
Solomon,  and  the  Lily,  *4006 

Antitype  of,  *4007 

Apostasy  of,  6540 

Experience  of,  8526,  11766 

Gardens  of,  7444 

Glory  of,  *4008 

Greater  than,  3348 

Intercession  of,  *4009 

Legend,  2495,  3414 
Solon  and  Croesus,  1804,  6014 
Son.  Correcting  a,  5411 

Training  a,  *2781 
Song  of  Seventy,  *2414 

of  Sixteen,  *8057 
Songs  in  the  Night.  5413 

on  the  Battlefield,  5413 

Quieting,  *2782 
Sophocles,  Anec,  7802,  7870,  10031 
Sophronius'  Lesson,  1985 
Sorrow,  Benefit  of,  *2783,  11767 

Chariot  of,  11768 

Comfort  in,  5414 

Compensation  of,  5415 

Cup  of,  *2784  . 

Discipline  of,  5416 

Entertainment  of,  11771 

False  Remedy  for,  5417 

Flowers  of,  11769 

for  Sins  of  Others,  11770 

Indulging,  *2785 

Mission  of,  5418 

Reception  of,  *2786 

Test  of,  *2787 

Views  of,  *2788 
Sostratus  and  the  Pharos,  684 
Soul,  A  Blind,  11773 

A  Hunted,  5427 

A  Moralist's,  5434 

and  Body,  11795 

A  Seeking,  5443 

Assimilation  of,  5419 

Auction  of  a,  11773 


Soul,  Computing  the  Value  of  the,  11774 

Cost  of  a.  *2789 

Death  and  the.  11775 

Degradation  of  the,  5420 

Description  of  a,  11776 

Dissatisfied,  *2790,  5421 

Doors  of  the,  5422 

Dreams  of  the,  *2791 

Efforts  for  the,  *2792 

Emblem  of  the,  5423 

Enemies  of  the,  5424 

Existence  of  the.  11777 

False  Props  of  the,  5433 

Funeral  of  a  Lost,  5425 

Growth  of  the,  11778 

House  for  the,  5426 

Ideas  About  the,  *2798 

Immortality  of  the,  *2794 

Imprisoned,  5428 

in  Ruins,  5442 

Inscrutability  of  the,  11779 

Insurance  of  the,  5429 

Killing  the,  11780 

Knelffora,  5430 

Life  in  the,  5431 

Longing  of  the,  5452,  11781 

Loss  oflhe,  5432 

Martyr's  Care  for  his,  11783 

Music  in  the,  11783 

Mystery  of  the,  *2795 

Nakedness  of  the,  11784 

Only  One,  5435 

Palace  of  the,  *3796 

Passions  of  the,  5436 

Peace  of,  5437 

Preservation  of  the,  11785 

Question  of  the,  11786 

Rejected,  5438 

Religion  in  the,  5439 

Responsible  for  the,  5440,  11787 

Rest  for  the,  5441 

Return  of  the,  11788 

Sadness  of,  11789 

Selling  a,  5444 

Shipwreck  of  a,  5445 

Sin  in  the,  11790 

Spoliation  of  the,  11791 

Starving  the,  5446 

Strife  for  the,  5447 

Support  of  the,  5448 

Thirsty,  5449 

Trifling  with  the,  5450 

Value  of  a,  5451 

Voice  of  the,  11792 

Voyage  of  the,  11793 

Weeding  the,  11794 
Souls,  Anxiety  for,  5457 

Converting,  11796 

Defiance,  *544 

Feeble,  5459 

Forgotten,  5458 

Judgment  of,  5460 

Labor  for,  11797,  11798 

Neglected,  5461 

Passion  for,  o462 

Peril  of,  5463 

Perseverance  for,  11799 

Piloting,  5464 

Price  of,  *2797,  11800 

Procession  of,  *3798 

Sympathy  for,  5465 


600 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


Souls,  Transmigration  of,  5466 

Unwelcome  Effort  for,  11801 

Watchiug  for,  11802 

Winning,  5467 
Soul-Saving,  Co-operation  in,  11803 

Importance  of,  5453,  11804 

Passion  for,  5454 

Purpose  of,  5455 

Reward  of,  5456,  11805 

Skill  in,  11806 

Successful,  11807 
Southey,  R.,  Anec,  2898,  3453,  7499 
South's  Praver,  6061 
Sower,  Parable  of,  *4010 
Sowing,  and  Reaping,  5470 

Daily,  11808 

Early,  5468 

Fruits  of,  *2799 

Kinds  of,  *2800 

Opportune,  5469 

Picture  of,  11809 

Result  of,  5471 
Spangenberg  and  "Wesley,  6597 
Sparrows,  Lesson  from  the,  11810 
Sparta,  Walls  of,  6923,  7930 
Speaking.  Demand  for,  5472 

Evil,  5473 

Good,  11811 

of  Jesus,  5474 
Speech,  Eloquence  of,  *2801 

Epilogue  to  a,  *2802 

Fitness  of,  5475 

Free,  5476 

Silence  and,  11812 
Spendthrifts,  Punishment  of,  11813 
Sphere  for  All,  5477 
Spices,  Unused,  *4011 
Spichern,  Victory  of,  10164 
Spies.  Report  of  the,  *4012 
Spira,  Francis,  Despair  of,  1725 
Spirit,  A  Counsellor,  5480 

Activity  of,  5478 

Aid  of  the,  5479 

Diversities  of  the,  5481 

Haunts  of  the,  *2803 

Identity  of,  5482 

Indwelling,  5483 

Memory  of  a,  *2804 

Need  of  the,  5484 

Return  of  the,  11814 

Wounds  of  the,  11815 
Spirits,  Kindred.  *2805 

Traits  of.  *2806 
Spirituality,  Promotion  of,  11816 
Spiritual  Life,  Liberty  of  the,  5486 

Miracle  of,  5487 

Test  of,  5488 
Spiritual- Mindedness,  5489,  5490 
Spring,  Coming  of,  *2807 

Contemplation  of,  11817 

Resurrection  of,  11818 

Spiritual,  11819 

Symbology  of,  11820 
Sprinkling,  Custom  of,  11821 
Spurgeon,  Rev.  C,  Anec,  2460,  4526,  5605, 

7501,  9271,  11845 
Stability,  Christian,  5491 

Condition  of,  11822 

Example  of,  5492 

Means  of,  5493.  5494 
Stage,  The  World  a,  *2135 


Standard,  Lifting  up  a,  5495 
Star  in  the  East,  *4013 

of  Bethlehem,  *402 

The  Evening,  *2808 

The  Guiding,  *4014 

The  Signal,  *4015 
Starless  Crown,  *606 
Stars,  Song  of  the,  *4016 
State   Constituents  of  a,  *2809 

Duty  to  the,  *2810 
Staupitz  and  Luther,  4606 
Stealing  Arrested,  11823 

Conversion  from,  11824 

Death  for,  1333 

Excuse  for,  5496 
Steinman,  Carl,  at  Mt.  Hecla,  6656 
Stephen,  Death  of,  *4017 
Stephen's  Martyrdom,  *4018,  *4019 
Stevenson  and  Dr.  Buckland,  3631 
Stewards,  Oriental,  11825 
Stewardship,  Recognized,  5497 
Stewart,  A.  T.,  6962 
Stilling's  Support,  11872 
Stilpon's  Treasure,  12034 
Stone  from  the  Mountain,  *4020 
Stoner,  Death  of.  1320 
Stones,  Sermons  in,  11826 
Stoning,  Death  by.  11827 
Storms.  Facing,  11828 
St.  Paul's,  Destruction  of  Old,  7576 
Strabo,  the  Geographer.  10124 
Strasboura:  Cathedral,  9136 
Strength,  Adaptation  of,  *281 1 
Strife,  Agent  of,  11829 

Portents  of,  11830 
Stuart,  Moses,  Could  Not  be  Spared,  4753 
Study,  Advantage  of,  5498 

Methods  of,  11831 

Necessity  of,  5499 

Subjects  of,  11832 
Stupidity,  Cause  for,  11833 

Reason  of,  11834 

Transformed,  5500 

Unconquerable,  11835 
Style,  Attention  to,  11836 

Brevities,  5501 

Power  of,  11837 

Verbose,  11838 
Submission,  Acceptable,  11839 

Cheerful,  5502 

Contrast  of,  5503 

Demand  for,  11840 

Entire.  *2812 

Making,  *2813 

Necessity  of,  5508,  11841 

Prompt,"5509 

Proper,  5510 

Reason  for,  11842 

to  Defeat,  5504 

Wise.  11843 
Substitute,  Christ  our,  11844 
Success,  Basis  of.  5511,  11847 

Dangers  of,  5512 

Examples  of,  5513 

Key  to,  5514 

Ministerial,  11845 

Motive  to,  5515 

Opinions  of.  5516 

Secret  of.  5517.  11846 

Unsatisfactoi'v,  *2814,  5518 

Vanity  of,  *2bl5 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


601 


Success,  "Way  to,  5519 
Suffering,  Ana,lo2:y  of,  5530 

Appointment  of,  *2816 

Avenues  of,  11848 

Bearing,  5521 

Biblical,  11849 

Compensation  for,  *3817 

Conduct  under,  5523 

Conversion  through,  5524 

Fellowship  of,  5525 

Fruits  of,  *2818 

Honors  of,  5526 

Influence  of   *2819 

Joy  in,  5527 

Ministry  of,  5528 

Resignation  in,  5529 

Rewarded,  5530 

Satisfaction  in,  11850 

Shrinlcing  from,  11851 

Utility  of,  5531 

Vicarious,  5532 

Voluntary,  5533 

with  Christ,  5522 
Suicide,  Argument  from,  11852 

Crime  of,  *2820 

Epicurean,  5534 

Example  of,  5535 

Temptation  to,  11853 
Summerlield,  Rev.  J.,  Anec,  4616,  5649,  6339, 

6836,  7749 
Sumner,  Gen.,  at  Antietam,  1676 
Sun,  Desire  for  the,  5536 

Lesson  from  the,  11854 

Symbology  of  the,  11855 
Sunbeams,  Resurrection  of,  11856 
Sunday,  Carrying,  11857 

John,  on  Giving,  10593 

Pre-eminence  of  the,  *2831 

Record  of,  5537 

Similes  of,  *2822 

Typology  of,  11858 

Using,  11859 
Sunday-School,  Faithful  to,  11860 

Preaching  in,  5541 

Recommendation  of,  11861 
Sunday-Schools,  Advantage  of,  11863 

Influence  of,  5538 

Mission  of,  5539,  11863 

Origin  of,  5540 

Rescues  of,  5542 

Result  of,  5543 
Sunday-School  Teacher,  Example  of,  5544 

Honor  of,  5545 
Sunset,  Beauties  of,  11864 
Superintendence,  Importance  of.  11865 
Superintendent,  Warning  of  a,  5546 
Superstition,  African,  11866 

Exposed,  5547 

Fatal,  11867 

Victims  of,  11868 
Superstitions,  Common,  11869 
Supper,  The  Great,  *4021 

The  Last,  *4023,  *4023 
Supplies,  Spiritual,  5548 
Support,  Divine,  11870 

Miraculous,  11871 

Omnipresent,  5549 

Prayer  and  Trust  for,  11873  . 
Surety,  Christ  our,  11873 
Suretyship,  Oriental,  11874 
Surprise,  Provision  against,  11875 


Surrender,  A  Late,  5551 

A  Wise.  11879 

Full.  2823,  5550,  11876,  11877 

No,  11878 
Suspense,  Anguish  of,  11880 
Suspicion,  Demoralization  of,  11881 

Evils  of,  5552 

Proneuess  to.  5553 

Victim  of,  *2824 
Suwaroff.  Gen.,  1390 
Swearer  Rebuked,  11883 
Swearing,  Cause  of,  5554 

Degradation  of.  11883 

Excuse  for,  5555 

Payment  for,  5556 

Profane,  *2825 

Punisliment  of,  5557 

Remedy  for,  5558 

Satanic,  5559 
Swetchine,  Mdm.,  Dying,  1330 
Swift.  Anec,  8082,  8505,  10860 
Sword,  Pen  and,  11884 
Sybarites,  Anec.  7700,  8260 
Sychar,  *4024,  *4025 

Christ  at,  *4026 
Sylla,  Anec,  1204,  5495.  7586 
Sylvester  and  Zambri,  4938 
Sympathy,  Benefit  of,  5560 
'Bond  of,  *2826 

Condition  of,  11885 

Duty  of,  11886 

Effect  of,  11887 

Experience  and,  11888 

for  Sinners,  5569 

Human,  5562 

Influence  of,  5563 

Kindred,  *2827 

Law  of,  5564,  11889 

Need  of.  11890 

of  Christ,  5561 

Power  of,  5565 

Promptness  of,  5566 

Sensitive,  5567 

Sentimental,  5568 

Tears  of,  *2828 
Symphorianus,  1945 
Synagogue,  The,  *4027 
SyriansT  Rout  of  the,  *4028 
Syro-Phoenician  Woman,  *4039 

Taberah,  The  Burnino:  at,  *4030 
Tabernacle,  Frailty  of  the,  11891 
Tabor,  Calvary,  Olivet,  *4031 
Taciturnity,  Military,  11893 

Philosophic,  11893 
Tact,  Importance  of,  *2839 

Power  of,  5570 

Rule  of,  5571 
Tadmor  of  the  Wilderness,  *4033 
Talbot,  J.  J  ,  Confession,  11918 
Tale-Bearer,  Description  of  the,  5573 

Evil  of  the,  5573 

Punishment  of  the,  5574 
Talent,  One,  *4033 
Talents,  Accounting  for,  11894 

Classified,  5575 

Concentrated,  11895 

Misguided,  5576 

Needed,  5577 

Parable  of,  *2830 

Respect  for  Others',  3831 


602 


GENERAL  AKD  ANALYTICAI.  INDEX. 


Talents,  Responsibility  for,  *4034 

The.  *4035 
Two,  11897 

Unused,  5578,  11898 

Use  of,  5579 
Talk,  Amount  of,  5580 

Highfalutin,  5581 

Much,  5583 
Talker,  A  Habitual,  11899 
Talkers,  Advice  to,  5583 

Great,  5584 
Talkino;.  Consistent,  5585 

Cons'trained,  *2833 

Dignity  of,  *3833 

Professional,  5586 

Religious,  5587 

Rule  of,  5588 

Trifling,  *2834 
Tamerlane,  Anec,  695, 1975,  4407.  9909, 13397 
Tamyris  Transformed,  1853 
Tannhauser,  10903 
Tantalus,  4066 
Tares,  Parable  of  the,  *4036 

Sowing,  11900,  11901 
Tarpeia  Buried  with  Gold,  9088 
Tarquinius  and  the  Sibylline  Books,  10807 
Tasso,  Anec,  4388,  7785,  8361,  11741 
Taste,  and  Genius,  5590 

Discrimination  of,  5589 

Innate,  *3835 

Morality  of,  11903 

No  Accounting  for,  5591 
Tatson,  John,  1659 
Tattling,  Cure  for,  5593 
Tavistock,  Marchioness,  3686 
Tax,  Devil  and  the,  5593 
Taxes,  Self-imposed,  11903 
Taylor,  Dr.,  Burned,  1748 

Jeremy,  3117,  4518 
Teacher,  A  Bad,  5594 

A  Model,  5596 

Bible-Class,  11904 

Blaming  the,  11905 

Dignity  of  the,  *3836 

Duplicity  of  a,  5595 

Interesting,  11906 

Persevering,  11907 

Prayer  for  a,  5597 

Prayers  of  a,  5598 

Preparation  of  a,  11908 

The  Divine,  *4037 

The  Village,  *2838 

Work  of  the,  *3839 
Teachers,  All  are,  5599 

Danger  of  False,  5600 

Encouragement  for,  *3837,  5601 

Influence  of,  5603 
Teaching,  Adapted,  5603 

by  Example,  5605 

Demand  for,  *3840 

Early,  5604 

Importance  of,  5606 

Impression  in,  5607 

Motto  of,  11909 

Pictorial,  5608 

Purpose  in,  5609 

Simple,  *378,  *2841 

Successfvil,  5610 

Textual,  5611 

Useful,  5613 
Tears,  Causes  of,  *2843 


Tears,  Common,  *3843 
Definition  of,  5613 
False,  5614 

Joyous,  5615 

Joys  from,  *3844 

Kinds  of.  *2845,  5616 

Paradise  of.  *3846 

Relief  of,  5617 

Transformed,  5618 

Vale  of,  5619,  11910 
Telegraph,  Conversion  Through  the,  11911 

Story  of  the,  11913 
Telemachus'  "  Royal  Road,"  3544 
Temerity,  Foolish,  11913 
Temper,  Aggravation  of,  11914 

and  Religion,  5627 

Christian,  5630 

Conquest  of,  5638,  11916 

Controlled,  5621 

Disturbed,  5633 

Good,  *2847 

Natural,  5633 

Peaceful,  5634 

Placid,  5635 

Quarrelsome,  5636 

Variation  of,  5630 

Whining,  5631 
Temperance,  Advantage  of,  5633 

Chieftain  of,  *3848 

Decision,  5633 

Dubious,  *2849,  5634 

Motive  for,  5635 

Patron-Saint  of,  5636 

Rewards  of,  11917 

Want  of,  11918 

Work  of.  *2850 
Tempest  Stilled,  *4038 

Stilling  the,  *4039-4045 
Temple, "Builders  of  the,  *4046 

Christ  in  the,  *4047 

Cleansing  the,  *4048 

Dedication  of  the,  *4049 

Desecration  of  the,  11919 

Entering  the,  5637 

Erection  of  the,  *4050 

L(!Ssons  from  the,  *4051 

Living  Pillars  of  the,  11930 

Meaning  of,  5638 

Stones  in  Christ's,  11931 

The  Building  of  the,  *439 

The  Living,  *4053 
Temptation,  After  Blessing,  5643 

Allurement  of,  *2851 

Analogy  of,  5639 

Averted,  5640 

Avoiding.  11923 

Benefit  of,  5641 

Consolation  in,  *2853 

Courting,  5643,  11933 

Danger  of,  *3853,  5644 

Deceitful  ness  of,  *3854 

Degrees  in,  5645 

Disguised,  11933 

Escape  from,  5646,  11931 

Experience  of,  5647 

Exposure  to,  *3855 

Fatal,  5648 

Fearful,  5649 

Fighting,  5650 

Fleeing  from,  11934,  11933 

Illustration  of,  5653 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


60S 


Temptation,  in  Death,  5651 

Invited,  5653 

Inviting,  5654 

Legend  of,  5657 

Liable  to,  11925 

Luther's,  5658 

Object  of,  5655 

Occasions  of,  11926 

of  Christ,  *4053,  *4054,  11929 

Outriding,  5656 

Outward  and  Inward,  11927 

Power  of,  *2856 

Providential,  11928 

Resisting,  5659.  11930 

Security  in,  5660 

Similes  of,  11934 

Subduing,  11935 

Subtlety  of,  11936 

Sudden,  11937 

Triumph  Over,  5661 

Uses  of,  11938 

Watching  Against,  5662 

Well-Circumstanced,  5663 

Wisdom  of.  5665 

Without,  5664 
Tenderness,  Power  of,  11939 
Tennyson,  A.,  Auec,  1564,  5836 
Teuterden,  Lord,  2749,  3508,  7838 
Terantius'  Disinterestedness,  1575 
Terror,  Cause  of,  11940 

Use  of,  11941 
Tertullian's  Knowledge  of  Scripture,  3887 
Tessera  Hospitalis,  9638 
Test,  A  General,  *2857 

Objection  to,  *2858 
Tests,  True,  5666 
Testament,  New,  11943 
Testaments,  Character  of  the,  11944 

Old  and  New,  11943 
Tetzel,  Trick  Upon,  9849 
Thackeray's  Persistence,  1564 
Thales,  4051,  4976 
Thanatopsis,  *2339 
Thankfulness,  Biblical,  11945 

Christian,  11946 

Demand  for,  5667 

Effect  of,  11947 

Emblem  of,  5668,  11948 

Example  of,  5669 

Reasons  for,  *2859,  5670 

Standard  of,  5671 
Thanksgiving,  Blessing  of,  11949 

Day  of,  5672 

Duty  of,  11950 

Hymn  of,  *2860 

Memorial  of,  5673 

Reason  for,  11951 
Theatre,  Associations  of  the,  5674 

Attending  the,  5675,  11952 

Corruption  of  the,  *2861,  *2863 

Influence  of  the,  5676,  5677 

Pleasures  of  the,  5678 

Rule  for  Attending  the,  5679 

Teachings  of  the,  11953 

Warnings  Against  the,  11954 

Way  of'the,ll955 

Whining  Over  the,  5680 
Theban  Legion,  5406,  7293 
Thebes,  *4055 
Thecla,  St.,  1410 
Theft,  Punishment  of,  11956 


Themistocles,  Ancc,  559,  2473,  8106,  3885, 
4871,  5116,  5337,  6168,  7095,  8396,  8405, 
10719,  12143 
Theocritus,  Anec,  5003,  10022 
Theodorus,  Choice  of,  1898 
Theodosius,  Emperor,  683,  1433,  3093 
Theodulus,  St.,  9124 
Theology,  Court  of,  11957 

Summary  of,  11958 
Theophilus'  Apostasy,  6534 
Theophorus,  God-bearer,  7214 
Theory,  Correct,  5681 

Impracticable,  5683 
Theresa,  St.,  Legends,  6408,  8997 
Theseus,  Anec,  12190 
Thetis,  Wreck  of  the,  5859 
Thief,  Penitent,  *4056 

Prayer  of  the  Dying,  *4057 
Thieves,  Tlie  Two,  *4058 
Things,  Estimate  of,  11959 
Thinkers,  Scarcity  of,  11960,  11961 
Thirst,  Awful,  5683 

Enduring,  5684 

Martyrdom  by,  11963 

Unquenchable,  5685 
Tholuck's  Devotion,  10351 
Thomas,  *4059,  *4060 

Unbelieving.  *4061 
Thornton  of  Clapham,  318 
Thoroughness,  Example  of,  11963 
Thought,  and  Feeling,  5687 

Compelling,  5686 

Duration  of,  *2863 

Emotions  and,  *2864 

Food  for,  11964 

Fruitfulness  of,  11965 

Grinding,  5688,  11968 

Immortality  of,  5689,  11966 

Man  Made  for,  11967 

Men  of,  5690 

Pleasures  of,  *2865.  5691 

Power  of,  *2866,  5693 

Remorseful,  5693 

Repetition  of,  11969 

Result  of,  5694 

Value  of  a,  11970 
Thoughts,  A  Basket  of,  5696 

Amount  of,  5695 

Company  in,  5697 

Envious,  5698 

Escape  from  Evil,  11971 

First,  11973 

God's,  5699 

Good,  11973 

Heavenward,  5700 

Known  to  God,  5701 

Power  Over,  11974 

Sinful,  5703,  11975 

Temptation  in,  11976 

Vain,  5703 
Thrasilaus'  Riches,  9777 
Threatening,  Benefit  of,  5704 

Benevolence  of,  5705 
Threats.  Abstaining  from,  11977 
Three  Grains  of  Co>n,  *1270 
Threshing,  Oriental,  11978 
Thrift,  Proverbs,  5706 
Thugism,  6205 

Tiberius.  2034,  2943,  6738,  9955,  10769 
Tigranes'  Love  for  his  Wife,  3706 
Time,  Accounting  for,  11979 


604 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


Time,  a  Destroyer,  5710 

a  King,  *2872 

Appreciation  of,  5707 

a  Treasure,  5723 

Benediction  of,  11980 

Cast  Away,  11981 

Complaining  of,  5708 

Consecration  of,  11982 

Consolation  of,  *2867 

Conviction  from,  11983 

Curative  Influence  of,  11984 

Dangers  of,  *2868 

Death  of,  *2869 

Definition  of,  11985 

Depredations  of,  5709 

Economy  with,  11986 

End  of,  *2870,  5711 

Flight  of,  5712,  11987 

Fragments  of,  5713 

Impressions  of,  *2871 

Improvement  of,  5714 

Influencing,  5715 

Irrecoverable,  5716,  5720 

Lengthening,  *2873 

Loss  of,  5718 

Making  up,  11989 

Mvsterv  of,  11990 

Neglected,  5719 

No  Leisure,  5717 

Note  of,  *2874 

Opportunity  and,  11991 

Picture  of,  *2875,  5721 

Redeeming,  11992 

Riddle  on,  *2876 

Ripening  Influence  of,  11993 

Ruins  of,  *2877 

Saving,  5722 

Stealing,  11994 

Sway  of,  *2878 

Thieves  of,  *2879 

Treasuring,  5724 

Trifling  with,  5725 

Triumph  Over,  *2880 

Uncertainty  of,  11995 

Unnoted,  *2881,  5726 

Use  of,  5727,  5728 

Value  of,  *2882,  5729,  5731 

Waste  of,  5730,  11996 

Web  of,  *2883 

Well  Disposed,  11997 

What  is?  *2884 

Wrecks  of,  *4062 
Timidus  Plutus,  1138 
Timoleou's  Birthdays,  6835 
Timon,  the  Man-hater,  10572 
Tiraotheus'  Self-praise,  6549 
Timothy  and  Maura,  8226 

of  Reims,  6488 
Tishbite,  Elijah,  the,  4063 
Tissaphernes'  Perfidy,  5117 
Tithes,  Custom  of,  11998 
Tithonus'  Satiety,  10226 
Titian,  Anec,  1902,  3185 
Titus,  Anec,  857 
Tityus,  Punishment  of,  4816 
Tobacco,  Abandoning,  5732 

Cost  of,  11999 

Marks  of,  5733 

Saved  from,  12000 

Smoking,  5734 
Tobias'  Prescription,  429 


To-Day,  Battle  of,  12001 

Crisis  of,  *2885 

Duties  of,  *2886 

Improving,  *2887 

Proper  Use  of,  12003 

Responsibility  cf,  *288S 
Tombs,  Human,  12004 
To-Morrow,  a  Delusion,  12005 

Deceitfulness  of,  *2889 

Hope  of,  *2890 
Tongue,  Admonition  to  the,  12006 

A  Gossipinff,  5738 

Brevities,  12007 

Danger  of  the,  5735 

Fault-finding,  5736 

Good  and  Bad,  5737,  12008,  12009 

Government  of  the,  5739,  5741 

Mischief  of  the,  5740 

Punishing  the,  12010 

Servitude  of  the   12011 

Sins  of  the,  5742 

Wounds  by  the,  12012 
Tongues,  The  Gift  of,  *4064,  12013 

Unconverted,  12014 
Too  Late,  Almost,  12015 

Examples,  12016, 12017,  12018 
Torment,  Smoke  of,  12019 
Torture,  Example  of,  12020 
Touching  Christ,  Miracle  by,  *4065 
Touchstone,  The,  *2858 
Tract,  Influence  of  a,  5743,  5744,  12021 

Name  of,  12022 
Tracts,  Strantre  Use  of,  5745 
Tradition,  Unreliable,  12023 
Traitor  Punished,  12024 
Traitor,  Opinion  Regarding,  5746 
Trajan,  Anec,  2561,  8634 
Transfiguration,  The,  *4066-4068 
Transformation,  Common,  5747 

Legend  of,  12025 

Process  of,  5748 

Sudden,  12026 
Transgressor,  Hard  Way  of  the,  12027 
Transmigration,  Caution  from,  *2891 

Pagan,  12028 

Process  of,  5749 

Theory  of,  *2892 
Transubstantiation,  Absurdity  of,  5750 

Irrational,  5751 
Travel,  Rules  for,  *2893 
Treachery,  Reward  of,  5752 

Shame  of,  *2894 

Wickedness  of,  5753 
Treasure,  Hidden,  12030 

Indestructible,  12031 

in  Heaven,  5754,  12229 

Safe,  5755 

Search  for.  12033 

Testing,  12033 

Unused,  5756 
Treasures,  Imperishable,  12034 
Trebonius  and  his  Scholars,  645 
Tree,  Lesson  from  a  Fallen,  12035 

Quality  of  a,  12036 
Tree  of  Life,  Fruit  of  the,  5757 

Import  of  the,  12037 

Rejecting  the,  5758 

Satan  and  the,  *2895 

The,  *4069 

Typology  of  the,  12038 
Trees,  Souls  in,  12039 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


605 


Trench,  Baron  de,  5726 
Trespass  Defined,  12040 
Trials,  Benefit  of,  *3896,  5759,  12043 

Best,  5760 

Effects  of,  5761 

Fiery,  1^44 

Import  of,  5762 

Influence  of,  5763 

Necessary,  5764 

Ordeal  of,  12045 

Perfection  by,  5765 

Preventives  of  Sin,  5766 

Purification  by,  5767 

Reviewed,  5768 

Similitude  of,  12046 

Succor  in,  12041 

Tests,  5769,  1107,  12042 

Universal,  5770 

Use  of,  5771,  5772 

Victory  Over,  *3897 

Visitation  of,  12048 

Wisdom  of,  5773 
Tribulation,  Benefits  of,  13049 

Defined,  5774 
Trifles,  Conquest  of,  *3898 

Delaying  for,  12050 

Fighting  About,  5775 

Hazard  of,  5776 

Hindrance  of,  5777 

Importance  of,  5778,  13051 

Influence  of,  *3899 

Power  of,  5779 

There  are  no,  5780 
Trinity,  Analogies  of  the,  *2900 

Company  of  the,  5781 

Consecration  to  the,  5782 

Derivation  of,  12052 

General  Belief  in  a,  5783 

Glory  to  the,  12053 

Hymn  to  the,  *2901 

Incomprehensible,  5784 

Inexplicable,  5785 

Mystery  of  the,  5786 

Names  of,  12055 

Rejection  of  the,  5787 

Symbol  of  the,  13056 

Three  Persons  in  the,  5788 

Understanding  the,  12057 

Unity  m,  5789,  12058 
Triumph,  Celebration  of,  12059 

Christian,  12060 

Importance  of,  12061 

The  Final,  5790 
Trouble,  Braving,  5793 

Cause  of,  5793 

Certain,  5794 

Conduct  Under,  5795 

Design  of,  5796 

Dignity  of,  5797 

Discipline  of,  5799 

Disposing  of,  5798 

Double,  *2902 

Ending,  5800 

Escape  from,  12062 

No  Preventing,  12063 

Our  Portion,  5803 

Peace  in,  5804 

Proverbs,  5805 

Resignation  in,  5806 

Rise  Above,  13064 

Scattered,  5807 


Trouble,  Seeking  God  in,  5808 

Support  in,  12065 

Universal,  5801,  5809 
Troubles,  Beneficial,  5791,  12066 

Legacy  of,  5802 

Little,  13067 
Trumbull,  Gov.,  Anec,  8179 

Rev.  H.  C,  Anec,  5563,  8315 
Trumpet,  Call  of  the,  12068 

The  Fifth,  *4070 
Trust,  False  Objects  of,  12069 

in  Man,  5814 

Misplaced,  12071 

not  in  Man,  12070 

Pre-eminence  of,  *2903 

Supporting,  *3904 
Trusting,  Trying  versus,  13075 
Trust  in  God,  Activity  with,  5810 

Brevities,  5811 

Comfort  of,  5813 

Duty  and,  5813 

Figures  of,  12072 

in  Persecution,  5816 

Power  of,  12073 

Proof  of,  5815 

Safety  of,  12074 

Test  of,  5817 

Value  of,  5818 
Truth,  Adherence  to,  5819 

Advantages  of,  12076 

Application  of,  5830 

Calmness  of,  *2905 

Cliangeless,  *3906 

Characteristics  of,  5831 

Commonplace,  5822 

Conception  of,  5823,  5849 

Contract  with,  5824 

Defined,  5825 

Denying,  12077 

Derivation  of,  13078 

Description  of,  5836 

Discovering,  5837 

Distortion  of,  5828 

Divine,  5839 

Domain  of,  13079 

Enlivening  the,  13080 

Fidelity  of,  13081 

Fragments  of,  13083 

God  and,  13083 

Grace  of,  *3907 

Immortality  of,  5830 

Inexhaustible,  5833 

Influence  of,  5831 

in  Trifles,  5847 

Liberating,  5833 

Love  for,  5834 

Martyrs  for,  13084 

Media  of,  5835 

Mistaking,  13085 

Motto  of,  5836 

Never  Lost,  5837 

Origin  of,  5838 

Path  of,  13086 

Penalty  of  Violating,  12087 

Perfection  of,  5839 

Power  of,  5840 

Practical,  5841 

Price  of,  *2908 

Progress  of,  3909 

Proverbs  of,  5843 

Rarity  of,  13088 


606 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


Truth,  Rejecters  of,  12089 

Rewarded,  5843 

Scattered,  5844 

Seeking,  5845 

Self-Manifesting  Power  of,  12090 

Sources  of,  *2910 

Stand  for,  12091 

Support  of,  12092 

Sweetness  of,  5846 

Tlirowing  Away,  12093 

Vastness  of,  5848 

Virtue  and,  12094 

Warfare  of,  *2911 

Weapons  of,  5850 

Wliat  is?  12095 

Wisdom  of,  12096 
Trutli  and  Error,  Forms  of,  5851 
Trutlifuhiess,  Credit  for,  12097 

Reputation  for,  12098 
Tubal  Cain,  *4071 
Tully  in  Exile,  258 
Tumult,  Earthly,  *2912 
Turner,  Ancc,  3514.  8930 
Turpin,  Dick,  and  Jack  Sheppard,  470 
Tusculani,  Submission  of,  11843 
Tyllo,  St.,  12275 
Tyndale's  Motto,  11909 
Tyng,  Dr.,  Anec,  7567 
Types,  Christ  in  the,  12099 

of  the  Pentateuch,  12100 

Scripture,  12101 
Tyranny,  Moral,  *2913 
Tyrants,  Family,  5853 
Tyre,  *4072-4075 

Burden  of,  *4076 

Desolation  of,  *2914 

Prophecy  Airainst,  *4077,  *4078 

The  United  States,  *4079 
Tyrolese  Singing,  4062 

TJladislaus,  Anec,  10720,  10952 

Ulysses,  Anec,  110,   1674,  8111,    8731,  9163, 

10910,  11553 
Unbelief,  Analogy  of,  5853 

and  Faith,  5856 

an  Obstruction,  5858 

Barrenness  of,  12103 

Credulity  of,  *2915 

Deadly,  5854 

Deeply-Rooted,  5855 

Forms  of,  5857 

God  Dishonored  by,  12103 

Influence  of,  *2916 

Obstinacy  of,  12104 

Refuted,  12105 

Victim  of,  5859 

Works  of,  12106 
Unco  Guid,  To  the,  *323 
Unction,  Necessity  of  the,  5860 
Understanding,  Exercise  of  the,  12107 

Unreliable,  12108 
Unfaithfulness,  Curse  Upon,  12109 

Inexcusable,  12110 

Influence  of,  *2917 

Penalty  of,  12111 

Lament  for,  *2918 
Unhappiness.  Human,  12113 

The  World's,  *2919 

Universal,  5861 
Uniformity,  Undesirable,  5863 


Union,  American,  *2931 

Attaining,  5863 

Basis  of,  12113 

Biblical  Figures  of,  12114 

Christian,  5864,  12115 

Fable  of,  *2920 

Heavenly,  5866 

Importance  of,  12116 

Incomplete,  5867 

Military,  12117 

Mutual,  5869 

Power  of,  5868,  5870 

Proverbs,  5871 

Reason  for,  5873 

Spiritual,  5873 

Strength  in,  12118 

Strength  of,  12119 

The  Final,  5865 

Unnatural,  12120 
Unitarianism,  Christless,  5874 

Hostile,  5875 

Unbelief  of,  5876 
Unity,  Dream  of,  12121 

Evangelical,  5877 

Not  Uniformity,  5878 

Power  of,  5879 
Universalism,  Absurd,  5880 

Dishonors  God,  5881 

Fruits  of,  5882 

License  of,  5883 
Universalists,  Insincerity  of,  5884 

Uncertainty  of,  5885 
Universe,  Extent  of  the,  5886,  12133 

Hymn  to  the,  *2923 

Order  in  the,  12123 
Unkindness,  Effect  of,  12124 
Unseen,  Care  for  the,  12125 
Unselfishness,  Maternal,  12126 
Unthankfulness,  Contrast  of,  *2923 

Ci-ime  of,  12127 
Un worthiness.  Confession  of,  *2934 
Uprightness,  Emblem  of,  13138 
Ursinus  and  Vital  is,  10353 
Urthazanes  Reclaimed,  3418 
Usage,  Proverbs,  5887 

Reciprocal,  5888 
Use,  Proverbs,  5889 
Usefulness,  Absence  of,  12129 

Advantages  of,  12130 

Examples  of,  5891.  5893 

Happiness  of,  *2925 

Illustrated,  5897 

Inevitable,  12131 

of  the  Poor,  5893 

Opportunities  of,  12132 

Possible  to  All,  5894 

Posthumous,  5890,  12133 

Providential,  5895 

Rule  of,  5896 

Studv  of,  *2926 
Usher, 'Abp.,  Anec,  358,  908,  1063,  8306 
Utility  Before  Ornament,  12134 
Uzzah  and  Obed-Edom,  *4080 
Uzzah,  The  Fate  of,  *4081 
Uzziah,  *4082 

Vacillation,  Illustration  of,  5898 
Valens  and  Basil,  9120 
Valerius'  Vision,  8340 
Valor,  Modern,  12135 


GENERAL  AKD  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


607 


Valor,  Power  of,  *2937 

Seat  of,  12136 

True,  5899 
Vanderbilt's  Death,  12216 
Vanderkemp  as  Raia-Maker,  6641 
Vanity,  All  is,  *2920,  5900 

Biblical  Figures  of,  12137 

Check  to,  12138 

Earthly,  *2929,  5901 

Emblems  of,  12139 

Force  of,  12140 

Human,  5902 

Life's,  *2y30 

Memento  of,  5903,  12141 

of  Office,  5904 

of  Pleasure,  5906 

of  Vanities,  5911 

Personal,  5905,  12143 

Proofs  of.  5907,  5908 

Real,  12143 

Rebuked,  5909 

Universal,  5910,  12144 

Vices  of,  12145 

Weeds  of,  12146 
Vanity-Fair,  Description  of,  *2931 
Vara,  Death  of,  7770 
Varia,  Idleness  of,  8259 
Variety,  Charm  of,  *2932 

Nature  s,  12147 
Vashti  and  Esther,  *3414 
Vaunting,  Folly  of,  12148 
Vecchel,  7773 
Vega's  Boast,  9109 
Vengeance,  Approach  of,  *2933 

Example  of,  *2934 

Expectation  of,  12149 

Goddess  of,  12150 

Venn,  Rev.  H.,  Anec,  4205,  6389,  7460 
Ventidius,  Progress  of,  4801 
Venus,  Fables,  3820.  6317,  7338 
Veracity,  Importance  of,  12151 

Parental,  5912 
Vere.  Sir  II.,  Anec,  1122,  3246 
Vespasian,  Anec,  7421,  7735,  11377 
Vessel,  Filling  the,  12152 
Vesuvius,  Eruptions  of,  8851 
Via  Dolorosa,  *4083 
Vicar  of  Brav,  *1185 
Vicars.  Headley,  Anec,  434,  7165,  7551 
Vice,  Allies  of,  12153 

Beginning  of,  *2935 

Blindness  of,  -"2936 

Commonness  of,  5913 

Confession  of,  5914 

Escape  from,  12154 

Familiarity  with,  *2937 

Gilded,  5915 

Infelicity  of,  12155 

Penalty  of,  5916 

Picture  of,  5917 

Pleasures  of,  5918 

Profitless,  *2938 

Restraint  of.  5919 

Similes,  5920 

Somewhere,  5921 

Tide  of,  5922 

Tyranny  of,  *2939 

Unhappiness  of,  12156 
Vicissitude,  Design  of,  12157 

Expected,  5923 

Human,  5924 


Vico  and  Moses,  9603 

Victoria,  Anec,  8914,  6089,  7346 

Victory,  A  Martyr's,  12162 

Biblical  Emblems  of,  12158 

Certain,  5926 

Cheap.  12159 

Emblem  of,  5927 

Faith  in,  12160 

God  of,  12161 

Hope  of,  *2940 

Not  to  Numbers,  12163 

Over  Death,  *2941 

Proclamation  of.  12164 
Vigilance,  Duty  of,  12165 

Safety  in,  5928 

Use  of  5929 
Villaiie  Blacksmith,  The,  *2087 
Vincent  de  Paul,  St.,  7806 

St.,  Martyrdom  of,  1015 
Vine,  Branches  and  Buds,  5930 

The  True,  *4084 
Vineyard,  The  Rented,  *4085 
Viro-ins.  Parable  of  the,  12166 

The  Foolish,  *4086,  *4087 

The  Ten,  *4088,  *4089 

The  Wise,  *4090 
Virtue,  Abode  of,  5931 

Admiring,  5932 

Authority  of,  *2943 

Beauty  of,  5934 

Charm  of,  5935 

Diffusion  of.  5936 

Dubious,  5937 

in  Adversity.  5933 

Memory  of.  *2943 

Nobility  of.  5938 

Power  of,  5940 

Practising,  12167 

Rejected,  5941 

Religion  and,  12168 

Responsibility  of.  *2944 

Rewards  of,  *2945 

Safety  of,  *2946 

Scornino;,  *2947 

Similes  of.  5942 

Slighted,  5943 

Value  of,  5944.  12169 
Virtues,  Counterfeit,  5945 

Great,  5946 

Growth  of,  5947 
Visitation,  Divine,  12170 

Tract,  12171 
Visiting,  Encouragement  to.  12173 
Volition.  Influence  of,  12173 
Volney's  Fear,  3271 
Voltaire,  Anec,  386,   1722,  3262,  3270,  8243, 

9863,  10484 
Voluptas,  Worship  of.  1103 
Voluptuousness  Enervates,  5948 
Von  Winkelried's  Sacrifice,  3556 
Vow,  A  Strange,  5950 

Kept,  5949 

Reminded  of  a.  12174 
Vows,  Avaricious,  12175 

Custom  of,  5952 

Heathen,  5953 

Instinctive,  5954 

Legend  of,  5955 

Marking,  *2948 

Non-Performance  of,  5951,  5956 

Paying,  5957 


608 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


Vulcan,  2437 

Waiting,  Brief,  *2949 

Enforced,  *2950 

Examples  of,  12177 

Expectant,  *2951 

Results  of,  *2952 

The  Christian,  12176 

Working  and,  *2953 
Wakefield's,  G.,  Memoirs,  6131 
Waldensian  Bible  Peddler,  *250 
Walpole's  Vulgarity,  8662 
Walsh,  Thos.,  Death  of,  7873 
Walsingham's  Seriousness,  11655 
Wandregist's  Jewels,  10094 
Wants,  Book  of,  12178 

Duplicity  of,  *2954 

Human,  *2955 

Imaginary,  12179 

Ruinous,  12180 
War,  Absurdity  of,  12181 

Benefit  of,  *2956 

Contrast  of,  12182 

Cost  of,  5958  12183 

Destruction  by.  5959,  12184 

Effects  of,  *2957 

God  of,  12185 

Horrors  of,  *2958,  12186 

Preparation  for,  12187 

Time  of,  ""2960 

Unchristian,  5960 

Weapons  of,  5961,  12188 
Warburton  and  Tucker,  3668 
Warfare,  Bravery  in,  5962 

Christian,  *4091,  12189 

Constant,  12190 

Help  in  the,  5963 

Holy,  *207,  *2961 

Life's,  12191 

Mohammedan,  5964 

Motto  for  the,  5965 

Onward  in  the,  *2963 

Perpetual,  5966 

Persistent.  5967 

Progress  of  the,  *2963 

The,  *2911 

Zeal  for  the,  *2964 
Warning,  Angry  at  a,  12192 

Disregard  of,  12193 

Eternity's,  *2965 

Heeding,  5960 

Kindness  of.  12194 

Noah's,  12195 

Rejected,  5969 

Time  for,  5970 

Unheeded,  12196 

Voice  of.  5971 
Warren.  Bp.  H.  W.,  12280 
Washington,  *112.  2056,  3320,  3506,  3663, 

4311,  5841,  i0683 
Watchcare  of  God,  *2966,  5973 
.  Example  of  the,  5973 
Watchfulness,  Adaptation  to,  12197 

Analogy  of.  5974 

Christian.  *2967,  5975 

Duty  of.  *2958 

Examples  of.  12199 

Fable  of,  13200 

Natural,  5978 

Necessaiy,  *2969,  5980,  12201,  5979 

Overcome,  5981 


4007, 


Watchfulness,  Personal,  5983 

Reason  for,  *2970,  5976,  12198 

Relief  from,  5983 

Securty  of,  12203 

Use  of,  5984 
Watching.  Ceaseless,  12203 

Neglect  of,  12204 
Water,  Costly,  13205 

Description  of,  5985 

Dying  for,  12206  , 

Made  Wine.  *4092,  4105J 

Price  of,  12207 

Value  of.  *2971 
Waterloo,  Highlanders  at,  4061 
Waters,  Living,  *4093 
Watson,  R.,  Impressions,  9813 
Walts,  Anec.  3717,  4364,  6351,  8891 
Way,  The  Narrow,  5986 
Wayfaring  Man  of  Grief,  *4094 
Wayland.  Dr.  F.,  Anec.  389,  7197.  11963 
Weak,  Encouragement  to  the,  13308 

Power  of  the,  5987 

Victory,  5988 
Weakness.  Biblical  Figures  of,  13309 

Human,  5989 

Lesson  of.  *3973 

Natural,  5990 

Plea  of.  5991 

Strength  in,  13310 
^Upheld  by  Grace,  13311 
1  Wealth,  Abuse  of,  5993 
^Acquisition  of,  13313 

and  Hell,  5996 

Blinding,  5993 

Covenant  for,  13318 

Greed  of,  *3973 

Household,  *3974 

Imperishable,  13315 

Late  Acquired,  *3975 

Leaving,  5997 

Moderate,  5998 

Not  Happiness,  5995 

Poverty  of.  13316 

Pursuit  of,  5999 

Rating,  6000 

Securing,  6001 

Slave  of,  6003 

Sudden,  6003 

Sufficiency  of,  *3976 

Uncertainty  of,  13317 

Unhappiness  of,  6004 

Useless,  6005 

Way  to,  6006 

Willing  Away,  *2977 

Without  Heaven,  12214 

Worthless,  *2978 
Wear,  Mrs  ,  Trouble  of,  8099 
Weaver.  The,  *2474 
Webb,  Cap.,  Question  of,  1079 
Webster,   Dan.,  150,  3435,   5004,  5784,  6249, 
7151 

Prof.,  Anec,  946,  7103 
Wedding,  A  Double,  *3979 

A  Jewish  Custom  at  a,  13318 

Call  to  the.  *3980 

Hebrew.  *2981 
Weepers,  The  Aged,  *4095 
Weeping,  End  of,  *2983 

Lesson  of,  *2983 
Welcome,  Custom  of,  12219 
Well,  Woman  at  the,  *4096 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


609 


Well-Doing,  Ceaseless,  6007 

Important,  6008 
Wellington,  Duke  of,  Anec,  536,  2294,  3664, 
3988,  5517,  6417,  6933,  7112,  8192,  8205, 
10546,  10764 
Wells,  Ralph,  and  the  Mission  Scholar,  7445 
Welsh's,  J.,  Passion,  5457 
Weuceslaus,  Anec.,  2319,  8471 
Wesley,  C,  Anec.,  1706,  6985,  7396,  7875,  7512 
Wesley,  J.,  Aiiec,  24,  98,  211,  586,  1339,1363, 
1444,  1705,  1784,   1931,  2349,  2387,  2558, 
3577,  4017,  4210,   6597,  7799,  8294,  8676. 
8807,  88G4,  9251,  9360,  9612,  9899,  10520, 
10628,  10852,  11129 

S.,  Decision  of,  6895 

Mrs.  S.,  Anec,  1772,  1830,  4036,  10653 
West,  Benj.,  Anec,  2717,  3268,  4039 
Wiiat  the  feirds  Said,  *2957 
What  Then?  *310 
Wheat  and  Tares,  *4097-4099 
While,  A  Little,  *4100 

Whitefield,  Geo,,  Anec,  1751,-1864,2289,2307, 
24.50,  2482,  2716,  4021,  5767,  6112,  6218, 
6624,  7552,  7569,   7962,  8023,  8139,  8245, 
8385,  8523,  9763,9772,  10055,10732,10841, 
10843,  11382,  11601,  11623,  12113,  12339 
Whitgift's  Injustice,  10066 
Whitlock's  Anxiety,  161 
Wicked,  Brief  Life  of  the,  12220 

Danger  of  the,  6009 

Desires  of  the,  12221 

Destruction  of  the,  12223 

End  of  the,  6010 

Envying  the,  12223. 

Expectations  of  the,  12227' 

Fears  and  Hopes  of  the,  6011 

Future  State  of  the,  6012. 

Misery  of  the,  6013 

Prosperity  of  the,  12224 

Punishment  of  the,  6014,  1222;> 

Restraining  the,  12226 

Shelter  of  the,  6015 

Treasures  of  the,  6016 

Triumph  of  the,  6017 
Wickedness,  Depth  of,  6018 

Growth  in,  -"2984 

Increase  of,  *2985 
Widowhood,  Cry  of,  *2986 
Widow's  Son,  Raising  the,  *4101 

Reviviiied,  *4102 
Wife,  A  Bad,  *2968,  6019' 

A  Cheerful,  6020 

A  Christian,  6021 

A  Good,  *2989 

An  Absent,  *2987 

a  Plague,  12230 

A  Prayerless,  6025 

A  Rich,  12231 

Benefit  of  a  Cross,  12228; 

Faithfulness  of  a,  6023. 

Husband  and,  *2990 

Influence  of  a,  *2991 

Meaning  of,  6023 

Obeyinsv  a,  6024 

Proverbs,  6036 

Qualities  of  a,  6027' 

Testimonial  to,  6028' 

Value  of  a,  *2993 
Wilberforce,  Anec,  1091,  4203,  5629 
Wilderness,  The  Church  in  the,  *4103 
Wilkes,  Fortunate,  2367 


I  Wilkinson,  R.,  Glorious  Death  of,  1764 
Wilfulness,  Example  of,  6036 

Fate  of,  12232 
Will,  Authority  of,  6029 

Enthralled,  6030 

Inactive,  6031 

Need  of,  12233 

Perverted,  6033 

Power  of,  6033 

Proverbs,  6034 

Responsibility  of,  6035,  12234 
Willemzoon,  8359 
William  of  Wickham,  12283 
William  Rufus,  Anec,  4047,  9069 
William  the  Conqueror,  Death  of,  7668 
Williams,  Admiral,  9814 
Will  of  God,  Strange  Idea  of,  6037 

Submission  to  the,  6038 
Wilmot,  Jacob,  6048 
Wilson,  Margaret,  Anec,  6267,  10437 

Senator,  Anec,  2716,  11189,  11846 
Wind,  Mystery  of  the,  *4104 
Wine,  Curse  of,  *2993 

Dane;er  of,  6039 

Effects  of,  *3994 

Spirit  of,  6040 

Tuining  Water  Into,  *4092,  *4105 

Use  of,  *2995 
Winepress,  Christ  Treading  the,  *4106 
Winfrid,  Zeal  of,  10587 
Wiu2;s,  Loncing  for,  *4107 
Winter,  Analosry  of,  *2996 

End  of,  *299> 

Lessons  of,  *2998 

Robt.,  Dream  of,  8151 
Wirt,  Wm.,  Anec,  1129,  5633,  8134 
Wi-sdom,  a  Result,  6053 

Brevities,  6041 

Conflict  of,  6043 

Confounded,  6043 

Counsel  of,  12335 

Deliverance  by,  122S6 

Divine,  6044 

Essentials  of,  13337 

Example  of,  6045 

Excellency  of,  *3000,  6046 

Goddess  of,  6047 

Humasn,  6048 

Humility  of,  6049 

Lessons  of,  *3001 

Neglect  of,  6050 

Particulars  of,  13338 

Power  of,  *3003 

Proof  of,  6051 

Seeking,  6053,  13339 

Spouse  of,  13240 

Value  of,.  *3003,  6054 
Wise  Men,  Songs  of  the,  *4108 
Wish,  Punished,  6055 
Wishes,,  Common,  6056 

Ignorance  of  Our  Own,  13241 

Influence  of,  *3004 

Limitless,  *3005 

Magic,  6057 

Three,  6058 
Wit,  Acquirement  of,  13343 

Captivation  of,  6059 

Defined,  6060 

Effects  of,  6061 

Example  of,  13343 

Greek,  13244 


610 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAT.  INDEX. 


Wit,  Shallowness  of,  12245 

Triumphs  of,  6063 
Witness,  A  Material,  6063 

An  Unexpected,  12247 

A  Royal,  12246 

Conscience  a,  *3008 

Nature  a,  6064 

The  Omniscient,  6065 
Witness  of  the  Spirit,  6069 

Abiding,  6066 

Certainty  of,  6067 

Definition,  6068 

Doctrine  of,  12248 

Loss  of  the,  6070 

Mysterious,  6071 

Necessary,  6073 

Similes  of,  6073 

Testimony  to,  12249 
Wives,  Devoted,  6074 

Disciplininer,  12250 

Duty  of,  6075 
Wolfe,  Death  of  Gen.,  1308 
Wollaston's  Laboratory,  2717 
Wolsey,  Anec,  5814,  7849 
Woman,  Charms  of,  *3009,  6093 

Comparisons  of,  *3010 

Creation  of,  *3011.  6077 

Degradation  of,  6078 

Ignored,  6080 

Irreligious,  *3013 

Mission  of,  *3013 

Model,  *3014 

Offices  of,  *3015 

Ornaments  of,  12251 
Perfection  of,  12252 
Power  of  a  Holy,  6081 
Proverbs,  6082 
Record  of,  *3016 
Reform  of  a,  6083 
Right  of.  12353 
Sliffhting,  6084 
Solace  of,  6085 
Speaking  in  Church,  6080 
Sympathy  of,  6087 
Temptation  of,  12255 
Without  Christ,  6076 
Without  Devotion,  6079 
Work  of,  *3017 
Women,  Diversions  for,  *3018 
Eastern  Contempt  of,  6088 
Educated,  6089 
Education  of,  6090 
Heathen  Hatred  of,  12256 
Influence  of,  *3019,  6091 
Pleasing.  6093 
Power  of  6094,  12257 
Resolute,  12258 
Snares  of,  *3020 
Strength  of,  12259 
Unmarried,  12260 
Usefulness  of,  12261 
Word,  A  Providential,  609S 
Christ  Called  the,  6095 
Comfort  of  the,  6096 
God's,  *3021 
Influence  of  the,  12263 
Power  of  the,  12264 
Sharpness  of  God's,  12265 
The  Divine,  12263 
The  Eternal,  6097 
The  Purifying,  6099 


Word,  The  Tried,  6100 

Trumpet  of  the,  *3023 
Words,  Bad,  6101 
Choice  of,  12266 
Cruel,  6103 

Dying,  1700-1773,  6103,  8227,  8238 
Eloquent,  *3033 
Fitly  Spoken,  6104 
Good  and  Evil,  13367 
Hard,  6105 
Idle,  *3034 

Influence  of  Bad,  6106 
Power  of,  6107,  13368 
Seasonable,  12269 
Seeds,  12270 
Spirit  of,  *3025 
Useless,  6108 
Use  of,  6109 
Vain,  6110 
Worgan,  Dr.,  the  Musician,  10669 
Work,  Adaptation  to,  12371 
A  Good  Day's,  6118 
Benefit  of.  6111 
Call  to,  *3026 
Cheerfulness  in,  6112 
Cliristian,  *3027,  6113 
Encouragement  to.  6114,  6116 
Enthusiastic,  12273 
Examples  of,  6115 
Gospel  of,  12273 
Hajipiness  of,  12274 
Heidth  of,  6119 
Honest,  12275 
Honorable,  6120 
Hope  and,  *3028 
Hopeless.  *3029 
Hymn  of,  *3030 
Incentives  to,  *30ol,  12276 
Influence  of,  12277 
Law  of.  6121 
Library  of,  12278 
Natural,  6122 
Out-door,  12279 
Perfect,  6123 
Physical.  12280 
Power  of,  6124 
Preservation  for,  6125 
Reward  of,  6126 
Spliere  of,  6128 
Test  of,  12281 
Tools  for,  6129 
Undaunted.  6130 
Value  of,  6131 
versus  Sloth,  6127 
Watchword  of,  *3033 
Whose?  12282 
with  God,  6117 
Works,  Author  of,  6132 
Concomitant  with  Faith,  6133 
Duration  of,  6134 
Human,  6135 
Immortality  by,  12283 
Man's,  -^3034 

Nature's  and  Man's,  *3035 
Spiritual.  6136 
World,  A  Burning,  *3036,  6141 
A  Petrified,  6161 
a  Snare,  6105 
a  Stage,  6167 

Attachment  to  the,  6137,  6154 
Attractions  of  the,  *3041,  6138 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


611 


World,  Burden  of  the,  6140 

Burning  the,  13284 

Choice  of  the,  6143 

Christian  and  tlie,  12285 

Corrupt,  6144 

Danger  of  the,  6145 

Deception  of  the,  6146,  12286 

Destruction  of  the,  6147 

Dissatisfaction  witli  the,  6148 

End  of  the.  6139,  6149 

Exile,  6150 

Flavor  of  the,  *3037 

Folly  of  the,  6151 

God's  Use  of  this,  6153 

Hero  of  the,  12287 

Hatred  of  the,  6153 

Ignorance  of  the,  6155 

Inconstancy  of  the,  6142,  6156 

Infelicity  of  the,  6157 

Judgment  of  the,  6158 

Love  of  the,  *3038,  6159 

Our  Own,  6160 

Pilgrims  in  the,  6162 

Pleasures  of  the,  6163 

Preferring  this,  12289 

Question  of  the,  *3039 

Reckoning  of  the,  6164 

Reflective  Character  of  the,  12290 

Sale  of  the,  *3040 

Spirit  of  the,  6166 

Stooping  to  the,  6168 

Things  of  the,  6169 

This  and  the  Next,  12291 

Unreliable,  6170.  6171,  12293 

Vanity  of  the.  6173 

Way  of  the,  6173 

Weakness  of  the,  6174 
Worldliness,  Absorption  of,  6175,  12293 

Attraction  of.  6176 

Contrast  of.  6177 

Crime  of,  6178 

Described,  6179 

Diversion  of,  12395 

Effects  of,  12294 

Emptiness  of,  6180 

End  of.  6181 

Fatal  to  the  Church,  6182,  12296 

Fate  of,  12297 

Folly  of,  6183 

Influence  of.  *3042 

Overruled.  6184 

Stream  of,  6185 

Test  of,  6186 

Vanity  of.  6187 

Warning  Against,  6188 
Worldling.  Belief  of  the,  6189 

Danger  of  the,  6190 

Description  of  the,  *3043 

Dissatisfaction  of  the.  6191 

Dyins  Crv  of  a.  12298 

Envying  the,  6192 

Exposure  of  the.  6193 

Model  for  the,  6195 

Portion  of  the.  6196 

Race  of  the,  6197 

Reflection  for  the,  6198 

Selfishness  of  the,  6199 

Symbol  of,  12399 

The  Mad.  6194 

Woe  of  the.  6200 

Work  of  the,  *3044 


Worldlings.  Ways  of.  *3045 
Worship.  Absorption  in,  6201 

Acceptable.  *3046 

Assimilation  of.  6202 

Be  Punctual  at.  12300 

Devotion  in,  12301 

Domestic,  12303 

Dress  for,  12303 

False,  6203 

Heartless,  12304 

Heathen,  6204 

Heavenly,  *3047 

Holiness  of,  12305 

Influence  of.  6205 

Instinct  of,  6206 

Jewish,  6207. 12306 

Love  for,  6208 

Place  of,  *3048,  6209 

Pleasures  of,  6210 

Preparation  for,  6211 

Security  of,  *3049 

Selfish,  12307 

Sensuous.  12308 

Sioth  in.  6212 

Social,  *30.50 

Spiritual.  12309 

Tenacity  for,  6213 

True.  *3051 
Worshippers.  Character  of,  6214 

Varieties  of,  6215 
Worth,  Men  of,  *-3052 

Rewarded.  6316 
Worthies,  Christ  with  the,  *4109 
Wotton,  Godless.  4223 
Wrath,  Divine.  12311 

Flee  from,  12312 

Preaching.  6317 

Reserved,  13313 

Subdued,  6219 

to  Come,  12310 

Treasuring  up,  12314 

Victims  oif,  *8053 
Wrath  of  God.  Averting  the,  6220 

Power  of.  6221 

Restrained,  6218.  6222 

Warning  of  the.  6224 

Why  Restrained,  6223 
Wreck,  A  Pitiful,  6225 

Warninirs  of,  12315 
Wreckers.'Woik  of,  12316 
Wren's  Monument,  1408 
Wrestling  Jacob,  *1225 
Wright,  D.,  Last  Words  of,  1753 
Wrong,  Beginning  of,  6336 

One,  6227 

Resistance  of,  6238 

Result  of,  6229 

Revenging  a,  6230 
Wycliffe,  Work  of,  7040 

Xanthus'  Dinner  of  Tongues,  5737 
Xantippe,  Anec.  5220.  9687,  12228 
Xavier.  Spirit  of.  10600 
Xenocnites,  Anec,  1053,  6753,  6938,9370,12097, 

12167 
Xerxes.  Anec.  3038,  3767,  4128,  6296,  6948, 

11554,  12246 

Year,  Old  and  New,  *3054 
The  Dying.  *3055 


612 


GENERAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  INDEX. 


Year,  Wail  of  the  Dying,  12317 
Years,  Biblical,  12318 
Yes  and  No,  12319 
Yesterday,  Lessons  of,  *3056 
Young,  Care  of  the,  6231 

Counsel  to  the,  12320 

Preaching  to  the,  6232 
Young  Lady,  Christian,  6233 

Influence  of  a,  6234 

Precaution  of  a,  6235 
Young  Man,  Counsel  to  a,  6236 

Idle,  6237 

Salvation  of  a,  12321 
Young  Men,  Advice  to,  12322 

Danger  to,  6238 

Defined,  12323. 

Power  of,  6239 

Success  of,  12324 

Temptations  of,  12325 
Young  Soldiers,  Enthusiasm  of,  6240 
Youth,  Ardor  of,  *3057 

Counsel  to,  12326 

Death  in,  *3058 

Decision  of  a,  6241 

Deformity  in-,  6243 

Disenchanted,  *3059' 

Duty  of,  6243 

Energy  of,  6244 

Exposure  of,  6245 

Fountain  of,  6246 

Friendship  Formed  in,  1232'j;" 

Hopefulness  of,  *3060 

Immortal,  *3061 

Impressions  of,  12329* 

Influence  of,  6248 

Learning  in,  6249 

Negligence  in,  6250j 

Piety  in,  6247,  6251 

Portrait  of,  6252 

Precocious,  12330 

Preoccupation  of,  6253 

Protection  of,  6254 

Religion  in,  12328,  12331 

Renewal  of,  12332 

Restraints  of,  6255 

Retrospect  on,  6256 

Returnless,  *3063 

Season  of,  12333 

Sinfulness  of,  6257 

Squandered,  *3063 

Thoughtless,  12334 

Transitory,  6258 

Use  of,  6259 

Zeal  in,  *3065 


Zaccheus,  *4110,  *4111 
Zacharias,  Dumb,  3657 

The  Song  of,  *4112 
Zaleucus,  Anec,  224,  6617 
Zaniab  Poisons  Mohammed,  6227 
Zarephath,  The  Widow  of,  *4113 
Zeal,  and  Prudence,  6270 

Apostolic,  12335 

Attraction  of,  12336 

Blind,  6260 

Cautious,  6261 

Christian,  *3066,  12337 

Constancy  of,  6262 

Cruel,  12338 

Demanded,  6263 

Demand  for,  6264 

Desire  for,  12340,  12341 

False,  6265 

Incentive  to,  6266 

Ineffectual,  6267 

Ministerial,  6268,  12343 

Philanthropic,  12343 

Posthumous,  6269 

Present,  *3067 

Religious,  12344 

Remarkable,  6271 

Sacrifice  to,  12345 

Stimulated,  6273 

Success  of,  12346 

Too  Much,  6273 

True.  6274,  12347 

Uncontrolled,  0275 

Urged,  *3068 
Zebedee's  Children,  Mother  of,  *4114 
Zeeb,  Modesty  of,  4008 
Zeisbergcr  and  the  Gunpowder,  5973 
Zeiten,  Boldness  of,  457 
Zeno,  Anec,  2797,  4956,  5506,  10578,  11689, 

11893 
Zenobia,  Beauty  of,  6695 
Zerubbabel  and  the  Mountain,  *4115 
Zeuxis,  Anec.  3119,  7870,  10170,  10942 
Zinzendorf,  17,  1778 
Zion,  Feast  of,  *4116 

Gathering  to,  *3069 

Hoping  for,  *4117 

Mount,  12348 

Restoration  of,  *4118 

The  Heavenly,  *3070,  *4tl9 

Triumph  of,  ■*3071 
Ziska,  Count,  Zeal  of,  6269 
Zoar,  Lot  in,  *4120 
Zosimus'  Benevolence,  7050 
fZwingle,  Anec,  4479,  5816 


INDEX  OF  POETICAL  AUTHOES. 


Two  numbers  connected  by  a  dash  indicate  date  of  author's  birth  and  death;  b.  date  of 
birth ;  d.  date  of  death ;  w.  date  of  writing.     The  poetical  volumes  divide  on  3073. 


Adam,  of  St.  Victor,  France  (d.  1192),  867, 
4018 

Adams,  John  Q.,  Mass.  (1667-1848),  1869, 
2955 

Adams,  Sarah  Flower,  Eng.  (1805-1849),  847 

Addison,  Joseph,  Eng.  (1672-1719),  576,  1579, 
1849,  1931 

Aird,  Miss  M.  P.,  Scotland,  3119 

Akeuside,  Mark,  M.D.,  Eng.  (1721-1770),  4, 
163,  217,  1477,  1917,  2302,  2685,  2824,  2835 

Akertnan,  Mrs.  L.  E.,  2918 

Akers,  Mrs.  Elizabeth,  Me.  (b.  1832),  1670 

Aldrich,  James,  Am.  (1810-1856),  982 

Aldrich,  Thomas  Bailey,  N.  H.,  (b.  1836),  196, 
198,  1464,  2595,  3015 

Alexander,  Cecil  Frances,  wife  of  Bp.  Alex- 
ander, 364,  475.  1767.  2439,  2708,  3314,  3351, 
3399,  3467,  3727,  3783,  3946 

Alexander,  James  W.,  D.D.,  translator  of 
German  poems,  609 

Alexander,  Joseph  A.,  D.D.,  Am.  (1809-1859), 
583 

Alexander,  Bp.  William,  Derry,  Ireland,  1766, 
3137,  3540,  3733 

Aleyn,  Charles,  Eng.  (d.  1640),  1080,  1178 

Alford,  Dean  Henry,  Eng.  (1810-1871),  203, 
1669,  2011,  2168 

Alger,  William  R,  Mass.  (b.  1823),  translator 
of  oriental  poems,  48,  95,  160,  164,  317,  329, 
333,  343,  470,  691,  693,  783,  791,  799,  806, 
830,  924,  934,  985,  1102,  1106,  1130,  1158, 
1349,  1403,  1424,  1489,  1493,  1495,  1514,  1524, 
1543, 1550,  1553,  1596,  1599,  1681,  1697,  1794, 
1880,  2004,  2095,  2138,  2145,  2160,  2188,  2286, 
2300,  2383,  2434,  2437,  2515,  2522,  2583,  2609, 
2613, 2648.  2704.  2733,  2771,  2978,  2988,  3002, 
3005,  3037,  3063,  3065 

Allen,  G.  N.  (w.  1852),  588 

Allingham.  William,  Ireland  (b.  1828),  903, 
1435,  2858 

Allis,  A.  T.,  Am.  (w.  1865),  1805,  3027 

AUston,  Washington,  S.  C.  (1779-1843),  1084, 
1935 

Anacreon,  Greece  (d.  476  B.C.),  676,  1535 

Anatolius,  St.,  Constantinople  (d.  458),  2477 

Anderson,  ,  3644 

Angelo,  Michael,  Italy  (1474-1563),  2814 

Ariosto,  Ludovico,  Italy  (1474-1533),  532 

Armstrong,  John,  Eng.  (1709-1779),  937,  1651 

Arndt,  Ernest  Moritz,  Ger.  (1769-1860),  664, 

666 
Arnold,  Edwin,  Eng.  (b.  1832),  3483 
Arnold,  Matthew,  Eng.  (b.  1822),  75,  78,  297, 

1173,  1174,  1432 
Atherstone,  Edwin,  Eng.  (w.  1821),  3141 


Atkinson,  Mary  E.,  448 

Auber,  Harriet,  Eng.  (1773-1862),  1813 

Austin,  John,  Eng.  (d.  1869),  2532 

Aytoun,  William   E.,    Scotland    (1813-1865), 

1683 
Bacon,  William  T.,  Am.,  2910 
Bailey,  Philip  James,  Eng.  (b.  1816),  24,  31, 

705,  836,  1009,  1516,  1605,  1690,  2238,  2404, 

3051,  3848 
Baillie,   Johanna,  Scot.  (1762-1851),  47,  546, 

1254,  1420,  1693,  1896,  2655 
Baker,  Arthur,  3508 
Ball,  William,  Eng.  (w.  1864),  2139 
Bally,  George,  Eng.  (w.  1750),  46,  1396,  205^, 

2065,  2625 
Barbauld,    Anna    Letitia,    Eng.    (1743-1825), 

345.  1315,  1769,  2037,  2132,  2544,  2860 
Baring-Gould,  Rev.  S.,  Eng.  (b.  1834),  425 
Barker,  James  N.,  Penn.,  1664 
Barnes.   William,  Eng.   (w.  1864),  908,  1742, 

1853,  2367 
Barton,  Bernard,  Eng.  (1784-1849),  1276,  1289, 

1598, 1707,  2537,  2697,  2724,  3131,  3177,  3178, 

3268,  3402,  3812,  3916 
Bates,  David,  U.  S.  (b.  1820),  1456 
Baxter,  Rev.  Richard,  Eng.  (1615-1691),  492, 

789,  3043 
Beattie,   James,   Scot.  (1735-1803),   812,  844, 

2097 
Beaumont,  Francis,  Eng.  (1586-1616),  536 
Beaumont,  James,  3237 
Bedome,   Rev.  Benjamin,  Eng.    (1717-1795), 

1571 
Bedell,  C.  C,  Amer.  (w.  1871),  2266 
Beecher,  Esther  C,  Am.  (b.  1800),  1131 
Bell,  Charles  D.,  3819 
Bell,  John  Cross,  Eng.  (w.  1869),  2553 
Bembo,  Pietro,  Italy  (1470-1547),  516 
Bemis,  Clara,  3153 

Benjamin,  Park,  Am.  (b.  1809),  431,  1526 
Berkeley,  Bp.  George,  Ir.  (1684-1753),  115 
Bernard,  C,  Eng.  (w.  1870),  2166 
Bernard,    St.,  of  Clairvaux,  Fr.  (1091-1153), 

738 
Bernard,  St.,  of  Cluny(w.  1145),  2023 
Bethune,  George  W.,  D.D.,  N.Y.  (1805-1862), 

1193,  1905,  3425,  4026 
Bethune,  John,  Scot.  (1812-1839),  1601 
Belts,  H.  J.,  239 
Bickersteth,    Rev.  Edward  Henry,   Eng.    (b. 

1825),  34, 125. 150,  391,  427,  537.  564,  653,  7S0, 

1017,  1073, 1241,  1293,  1B35, 1336, 1530,  1643, 

1693, 1704, 1706,  1714,  1717,  1720,  1722, 1732, 

1745, 1750,  1771,  2007.  2052,  2093,  2212,  2221, 

2230,  2255,  2259,  2261,  2290,  2443,  2627,  2672, 


GU 


INDEX  OF  POETICAL  AUTHORS. 


2709,  2804,  2806,  2956,  2958,  3036,  3047,  3345, 
3395,  3631,  3632 
Bird,  John,  3208 
Bishop,  3304 
Black,  C.  I.,  3609 

Blacklock,  Thomas,  Scot.  (1721-1791).  2923 
Blackmore,    Sir  Richard,    Scot.   (1654-1739), 

877,  2938 
Blair,  Robert,  D.D.,  Scot.    (1721-1791),  701, 

1588,  2820,  3479 
Blake,  William,  Eng.  (1757-1828),  2507 
Bleukinsopp,  Rev.  Edwin  L.,  Eng.,  3070,  3855 
Bliss.  P.  P.,  Am.  (d.  1878),  3108,  3301,  3430, 

3637 
Bogart,  Elizabeth,  N.  Y.,  2356 
Boker,  George  Henry,  Pa.  (b.  1824),  2778 
Bolland,  William,  3931 
Bolton,  Sarah  T.,  Ohio,  (w.  1860),  1978 
Bonar,  Horatius,  D.D.,  Scotland  (b.  1808),  30, 
41,  90,  93,  207,  237,  296,  300,  347,  399,  411, 
436,  441,  461,  542,  598,  601,  604,  610,  635, 
646,  652,  697,  707,  837,  855,  862,  869,  1003, 
1007, 1010,  1015,  1077, 1129,  1324, 1496, 1583, 
1586, 1595, 1597,  1713, 1734, 1735, 1748,  1754, 
1761, 1802,  1952,  2027,  2029,  2035,  2093,  2121, 
2127, 2170,  2200,  2275,  2285,  2308,  2479,  2488, 
2591,  2657,  2661,  2679,  2757.  2784,  2842,  2843, 
2905,  2908,  2928,  2961,  2983,  3031,  3038,  3073, 
3081,  3098,  3099,  3124,  3174,  3179,  3238.  3253, 
3254,  3257,  3331,  3356,  3375,  3386,  3423,  3424, 
3491,  3494,  3505,  3530,  3622,  3638,  3911,  3914, 
3996,  4015,  4086 
Bonaventura,  St.,  Tuscany  (1221-1274),  599 
Borov,  763. 
Borthwick,  Jane,  Scot.  (b.  1813),  translator  of 

German  hymns,  4090 
Bourne,  Vincent,  Eng.  (d.  1747),  2713 
Bowles,  William  Lisle,  Eng.  (1762-1850),  4074 
Bowiy,  Mary,  Eng.  (w.  1847),  1667 
Bowring,  Sir  John,  Eng.  (1792-1872),  294,  298, 
573,  595,  763,  1041,  1141,  1265,  1500,  1699, 
1824,  1828,  1832,  2546,  2573,  3292 
Braddock,  Emily  A.  (w.  1879),  3704 
Brainard,  Miss  Mary  G.,  16 
Brandon,  Samuel,  Eng.  (w.  1598).  802 
Breithaupt,  J.  J.,  Ger.  (1658-1732),  1484 
Bridges,  Matthew,  Ene.  (b.  1800),  3890,  4106 
Broderick,  Allen,  England,  3223,  3746 
Bronte,  Anne,  Eng.  (d.  1848),  2930 
Bronte,  Charlotte,  Eng.  (1824-1855),  354,  1247 
Broolvs,  Maria,  Mass.  (1795-1845),  101,  2947 
Brooks,  Mary  E.,  N.  Y.,  (w.  1829),  666,  3576, 

4028 
Brown,    Frances,    Ireland  (1818-1864),    2171, 

2393 
Brown,  Mary  Anne,  Eng.  (1812-1844).  2208 
Brown,  Thomas,  Scot.  (1728-1830),  3559 
Browne,  T.  B.,   Eng.  (w.   1844),  2534,  2768, 

2773,  2803 
Browning,  Elizabeth  Barrett,  Eng.  (1809-1861), 
18,  28,  56,  60,  61,  446,  469,  522,  556,  647, 
848,  875.  1054,  1629,  1659.  1684,  1702.  1878, 
1907,  1911,  2076,  2103,  2143,  2157,  2177,  2231, 
2478,  2656,  3767,  2783,  2843,  2864,  3869 
Browning,  Robert,  Eng.  (b.  1813),  147,  224, 

2608 

Bruce,  Michael,  Scot.  (1746-1767),  1954,  2325 

Bryant,  John  Howard,  Mass.  (b.  1807),  3194 

Bryant,  William  Cullen.  Cummington,  Mass. 

(1797-1879),    65,   390,   703,   712,    931,    1006, 

1019, 1114, 1338,  1355, 1391,  1434, 1504, 1584, 


1795,  2062,  2108.  2172,  2182,  2263,  2339,  2364, 

2375,  2415,  2461.  2593,  2803,  2845,  2846,  2911, 

3061,  3792,  3936,  4016 
Brydges,    Sir   S.  Egertou,  Eng.  (1762-1837), 

3234 
Buchanan,  Hamilton,  Scotland,  2258 
Buchanan,  Robert,  Scot.  (b.  1835),  156,  158 
Bullfinch,    Rev.    Stephen    Greenleaf,    Mass, 

(1809-1870),  3217 
Bungay,  George  W.,  Am.  (w.  1870),  2848 
Bunyan,  John,  Eng.   (1628-1688),  915,  2447, 

2753 

Burch, ,  3793 

Burdsall,  Richard,  Eng.  (1735-1824), ,  1568 

Burger,  Gottfried  August,  Ger.  (1747-1794),  88 
Burgess,  Bp.  George,  America  (b.  1809),  1672 
Burleigh,  George  S.,  Am.  (b.  1821),  756 
Burleigh,  William  H.,  N.  Y.   (b.  1812),   724 

1551,  1625,  2003,  2693,  2883,  3054 
Burns,  Robert,   Scot.  (1759-1796),   322,  1269 

1277,  1433,  2232,  2348,  2527,  3726 
Burton,  John,  Eng.  (1823),  2544 
Butler,  Samuel,  Eng.  (1612-1680),  3,  143,  185, 

252,  540,  563,  890^  935 
Butler,  William  Allen,  Am.  (b.  1825),  926 
Butterworth,  Hezekiah,  3512 
Byron,  Lord  George  Gordon,  Eng.  (1788-1824), 

55,  482,  488,  539,  623,  776,  807,  810,  813, 

815,  829,  863,  923,   1066,  1085.   1144,  1189, 

1250, 1278,  1364.  1366, 1387,  1475, 1478,  1632, 

1642, 1674,  1675, 1685, 1900,  1916,  2038,  2080, 

2260,  2370,  3459,  8617,  2779,  2796,  2913,  2934, 

3171,  3310,  3506,  3570,  3593,  3621,  3973 
Callanan,   Jeremiah  Joseph,  Jr.  (1795-1829), 

3754 
Campbell,  Etta,  3614 
Campbell,  Thomas,  Scot.  (1777-1874),  50,  169, 

257,  669,  898,  1088,  1448,  1634,  1857,  1863, 

1865,  1866,  1871,  2623,  3060 
Canitz,  Baron  Von,  Ger.  (1654-1699),  2034 
Carew,  Lady  Elizabeth,  Eng.  (w.  1616),  1986 
Carmichael,  Sarah  E.,  Am.  (w.  1865),  1532 
Cary,  Alice,  O.  (1820-1871),   285,   1167,  1397, 

1450 
Cary.  Phoebe,  O.  (1825-1871),  511,  1747,  2438 

2453,  2474,  2972 
Caswall,  Rev.  Edward,  tr.,Eng.  (b.  1814),  300 
Gaunter,  J.  H. ,  Eng.  (1794-1852),  2845 
Cawood,  John,  Eng.  (1775-1852).  3783,  3966 
Cennick,  John,  Eng.  (1717-1755),  1800 
Chandler,  C.  M.,  Eng.  (w.  1860).  746 
Chapin,  E.  H.,  D.D.,   Vt.   (1814-1881),  3117, 

3538 
Chapman,    George,   Eng.    (1557-1634),    1371, 

1376,  1988,  2989 
Chapman,  L.  M.,  England,  2280 
Chapman,  M.  J.,  3527 
Chapman,  Robert  C,  England,  1130 
Charles,  Mrs.  Elizabeth,  Eng.  (b.  1826),  229, 

338 
Charlotte,  Elizabeth  (See  Mrs.  Tonna),    3624, 

4091 
Chaucer,  Geoffrey,  Eng.  (1328-1400),  674,  2462 
Chellis,  Mary  D.,  Am.  (w.  1870),  637,  2001 
Chester,  J.  L.,  Am.  (w.  1840),  414 
Churchill,  Charles,  Eng.  (1741-1764),  481.  586, 

2017,  3046 
Clare,  John,  England,  (1793-1864),  2449 
Clark,  Luella,  Am.  (w.  1860),  2886 
Clark,  Simeon  Tucker,  Am.  (b.  1836),  3278, 

3396,  3458,  3475,  3528 


INDEX  OF  POETICAL  AUTHORS. 


615 


Clark,  Willis  Gaylord,  Am.  (1810-1841),  2615, 

2886 
Clarke,  James  Freeman,  D.D.,  N.  11.  (b.  1810), 

3216.  3548 
Cleavelaad,  Mrs.  E.  H.  J.,  3950 
Climasos,  John,  3495 
Clinch,  J.  H.,  Am.,  502,  1902 
Clive,  Caroline,  Ireland  (1711-1785).  1591 
Clough,  Arthur  Hugh.  Eng.  (1819-1861),  742, 

1048,  1061,  2906,  3175 
Coe,  Richard,  Jr.,  Am.  (b.  1830),  1404 
Coldwell,  Charles,  3900 
(Joleridge,  Hartley,  Eng.  (1796-1849),  8090 
Coleridge,  Samuel  Taylor,  Eng.  (1772-1834), 
81.   170,  412,  528.    1093,   1300.   1382,    1385, 
1418,  1505,  1604,  1607, 1823, 1922,  2538,  2550, 
2730,  2731,  3029 
Colesworthy,  D.  C,  Mass.  (w.  1865),  2069 
Collins,  Annie,  Eng.  (b.  1627),  2997 
Collins,  William,  Eng.  (1720-1756),  1310,  2458, 

2473 
Collyer,  William,  Bengo,  Eng.  (1782-1854),  624 
Colman,  George,  Eng.  (1762-1836),  1155 
Colton,  Caleb  C,  Eng.  (d.  1832),  709,  1740 
Conder,  Josiah.  Eng.  (1789-1855).  175 
Congreve,  William,  Eug.  (1670-1829),  149 
Cook,  Eliza,  London  (b.  1817),  45,   112,  850, 
1318,  1441,  1454. 1517,  1542. 1569, 1819,  1982, 
2422,  2457,  2529,  2872,  2971 
Cooke,  Rose  Terry,  Conn.  (b.  1827),  3209 
Cooper,    George,    New   York  (w.  1868),  660, 

1781 
Cosmas,  St.,  Jerusalem  (d.  760),  1494 
Cotton,    Nathaniel,    Eng.    (1721-1788),    1821, 

2218,  2569,  2586 
Cowley,  Abraham,  Eng.  (1618-1667),  704, 1100, 

1870,  2338,  4006 

Cowper,  William,  Ens.  (1731-1800),  53,  243, 

324,  385,  458.  490,  596,  621,   632,   739,   786, 

832,   865,   887,    930.    1000,  1045,  1087,  1094, 

1116,  1117,  1151,  1165,  1179,  1226,  1272,  1281, 

1282,  1302,  1306,  1383,  1388,  1399,  1446,  1645, 

1657,  1658,  1861,  1979,  1999,  2013,  2039,  2040, 

2074,  2075,  2083,  2124,  2126,  2215,  2254,  2257, 

2326,  2344,  2390,  2398,  2400,  2451,  2498,  2558, 

2561,  2562,  2573,  2584,  2604,  2608,  2631,  2674, 

2689,  2705,  2764,  2774,  2831,  2832,  2834,  2835, 

2851,  2975,  3007 

Cox,  Frances  Elizabeth,  Eng.  (w.  1841),  3407 

Coxe,  Bp.  Arthur  Cleveland,  Amer.  (b.  1818), 

438,  531,  1005,  1125,  1930 
Crabbe,  George,  Eng.  (1754-1832),  74,  218,  622, 

1377,  1449.  2503 
Craig,  Isabella.  Eng.  (w.  1856).  675 
Craik,  D.  Maria  Mulock,  Eng.  (b.  1826),  63, 
228,  692.    884,  906,  1787,  2252.  2371,  2416, 
2658.  2766,  2931,  3435,  3490,  3997 
Cramer,  Julian,  3870 
Cranch,  C.  P.,  Alexandria,  D.C.  (b.  1813),  214, 

2014 
Crane,   Rev.  Oliver.  Amer.  (b.    1822),    3112, 

3274,  3460,  3470,  3553,  3981 
Crashaw,    Richard,    Eng.    (1600-1650),    2555, 

2556 
Creech,  Thomas,  Eng.  (1659-1701),  2715 
Crewdson,   Jane,  Eng.  (1809-1863),  310,  451, 
«         1068 

Croly,  George,  Ireland  (1780-1860),  507,  690, 
1594,  1827,  3148,  3163,  3267,  3289,  3392,  3412, 
3532,  3537,  3586,  3602,  3603,  3628,  3730,  3892, 
3982,  4004,  4070,  4077 


Grossman,  Samuel,  Eng.  (w.  1604),  681 
Croswell,    Rev.   William,  D.D.,    New  York 

(1804-1851),  3283,  4017,  4027 
Crown,  John,  Nova  Scotia  (w.  1865),  785,  1342 
Cunningham,  Allan,  Scotland  (1784-1842),  199 
Cunningham,  J.  W.,  3262 
Curry,  Otway,  Amer.  (1804r-1855),  1122,  1782 
Cutter,  William,  Amer.  (b.  1801),  1047 

Dach,  Simon,  Germany  (1605-1659),  2834 
Dale,  Thomas,  Eng.  (b.  1797),  1060, 1458, 1863, 

2870,  3200,  3273,  3361,  3562,  3745 
Damiani,  Peter,  Italy  (d.  1072),  732,  3853,  3857 
Dana,  Mary  S.  B.,  3558 
Dana,  Richard  Henry,  Cambridge,  Mass.  (b. 

1787),  1926,  2129,  2614 
Daniel,  Samuel,  Eng.  (1562-1619),  1057 
Dante,  Alighieri,  Florence  (1265-1321),  1777 
Darwin,  Erasmus,  Eng.  (1731-1802),  2492,  2828 
Daveuant,  Sir  W.,  Eng.  (1598-1680),  304,  454, 

483,  1104,  1219,  1908 
Davenport,  Christopher,  Eng.  (1605-1668),  1841 
Davies,  Sir  John,  Eng.  (1570-1660),  1502,  1679. 

2228,  2793 
Davis,  Thomas,  Ireland  (1814-1845),  1649 
Dawes,  Rufus,  Mass.  (1803-1859),  1831 
Denham,  Sir  John,  Eng.  (1615-1668),  188,  265, 

2067 
Denny,  Sir  Edward,  Eng.  (b.  1796),  3551, 4024, 
Derzhavin,    Gabriel    Romanawitch,     Russia 

(1743-1816),  1507 
De  Vere,  Aubrey,  Ireland  (1814-1846),  2010, 

2140,  2786 
Dewart,  Edward  Hartly,  D.D.,  Canada  (1869). 

629,  1230,  1437,  1619,  1791,  2044,  2417,  2516 
Dickens,  Charles,  Eng.  (1812-1870),  696,  1972, 

2180 
Dickinson,   Legh   Richmond,   Pa.   (b.   1830), 

3794 
Dimond,  William,  England  (1800-1837),  920    . 
Dinnies,  Anna  Peyre,  Amer.  (b.  1810),  877 
Dix,  John  A.,  New  York  (w.  1863),  643 
Dix,  William  Chatterton,  Eng.  (b.  1837),  3908 
Doane,  Bishop  George  W.,  Amer.  (1799-1858), 

504,  2322,  3105,  3734,  3918 
Doane,  W.  H.,  3209 

Dobell,  Sydney.  Eng.  (1702-1751),  359,  2343 
Doceo,  Maria,  3292 
Dodd,  William,  4112 
Doddridge,  Philip,  Eng.  (1702-1751),  665, 1554, 

1576,  2144 
Domett,  Alfred,  Eng.  (b.  1811).  3277 
Dorr,  Julia  C.  R.,  South  Carolina  (b.  1825), 

3499 
Douglass,  Marion,  Amer.  (w.  1870),  1635 
Dow,  Jesse  Erskine,  4033 
Drayton,  Michael,  3780 
Drummond,    William,    Scotland  (1585-1640), 

151,  396,  2089 
Dryden,  Eng.   (1631-1700),  76,  77,    177,   240, 

350,  585.  723,   1292.  1375,  1425,  1943,  2098, 

2201,  2205,  2563,  2623,  2632,  3014 
Dunning,  Homer  K,  3377,  3379,  3391,  4013 
Duryea,  William  Rankin,  Amer.,  1825 
Dwight,  Timothy,  Mass.  (1752-1817),  114,  2665 
Dyer,  John,  Eng.  (1700-1758),  2213 

East,  C.,Eng.,  3436 

Eastburn,    James  Wallis.  Am.    (1797-1819), 
3601 


616 


INDEX  OF  POETICAL  ArTHORS. 


Eastman,    Charles  Gamage,  Vermont   (1816- 

1861),  663 
Edmeston,     James,    Eng.    (1791-1867),     376, 

1262,  1360,  2699,  3116,  3385 
Edwards,  E.  E.,  3332 
Edwards,  M.  Betham.  Eng.  (b.  1836),  1270 
Elliott,     Charlotte,    Eng.     (1789-1871),     384, 

1575,  2008,  2545,  2846 
Ellis,  Joseph,  3840 

Ellwood,  Thomas,  Eng.  (1639-1713),  803 
Embury,  Emma  C,  New  York,  1056,  1142 
Emerson,    Ralph  Waldo,    Boston,    Mass.    (b. 

1803),  23,  209,  293,  328,  543,  566,  793, 1021, 

1159,  1166,  1353,  1389,  2068,  2590,  2829 
Erskine,  Ralph,  Scotland  (1685-1752),  1860 
Esling,  Catherine  H.,  Penn.  (b.  1812),  1344 
Euripides,  Greece  (481-406  b.  c),  303 

Faber,  Frederick,  Eng.  (1815-1863),  902,  956, 

1126,    1215,   1223,   1520,    1977,    2012,    2401, 

2444,  2486,  2919,  3007,  3196 
Falconer,  William,  tr.,  Scotland  (1730-1769), 

1701 
Farmer,  Silas,  Am.  (w.  1860),  3033 
Farningham,  Marianne,  Eng.,  1413 
Fitzarthur,  1266 

Fletcher,  Giles,  Eng.  (1550-1610),  280 
Fletcher,  John,   Eng.   (1576-1625),    400,  419, 

1035,  1731 
Fletcher,  Phineas,  Eng.  (1584-1650),  520,  2732 
FoUen,  Eliza  L.,  Mass.  (w.  1839),  2391 
Ford,  Charles  Lawrence,  Eng.,    3521,  3750, 

3887,  4025,  4066 
Ford,  John,  Eng.  (1586-1639),  1455,  1776,  2267 
Fortunatus,  Venantius,   Italy  (530-609),   594, 

597 
Fouque,   De  L'Motte,  Germany    (1777-1843), 

3158 
Freeman,  Hollis,  3189.  3825 
Freiligrath,   Ferdinand,    Germany    (b.  1810), 

3188,  3330,  3821 
Friedrich,  Jean,  Germany,  501 
Frothingham,  K  L,  Am.,  782,  3181     • 
Froude,  Philip,  Eng.  (d.  1738),  779 
Fry,  Caroline,  Eng.  (1787-1846),  1204 

Gallagher,  William  D.,  Am.,  1808,  1140 
Garrison,  William  Lloyd,    Am.    (1805-1879), 

2296 
Garth,  Sir  Samuel,  Eng.  (d.  1719).  1373 
Gascoigne,  George,  Eug.  (1540-1577),  2333 
Gates,  Ellen  H.,  Am.  (w.  1860),  2321 
Gay,  John,  Eng.  (1688-1732),  878, 1109,  2379 
Gellert,   Charles,  Germany  (1715-1669),  1436, 

1780,  1855 
Gerhardt,   Paul,   Germany    (1606-1676),    388, 

609,  2852 
Gibbons,  Thomas,  Eng.  (1720-1785),  1131 
Gill,  George,  1709 
Gill,  Julia,  3229 
Gill,  Mrs.  S.  P.,  996 
Gill,  Thomas  H.,  Eng.  (b.  1819).  1807 
Gladden,  Wnshington,  Penn.  (b.  1836),  4100 
Gleim,  Johann  Ludwig,  Germany  (1715-1769), 

771 
Glynn.  Robert.  Eng.  (d.  1800),  486 
Goethe,   Johann  Wolfgang,  Germany  (1749- 

1833),  946,  2801,  2922 
Goldsmith,    Oliver.    Ireland  (1725-1774),    49, 

859,  1177,  2470,  3838 
Good,  Jno.  Mason,  3388 


Gould,  Hannah  F., Vermont  (1792-1865),  3162, 

3838,  4000 
Grahame,  James,  Scotland    ri785-1838),  367, 

366,  1371,  3376,  3574 
Grant,  Sir  Robert,  Scotland   (1785-1838),  866, 

886,  1531,  3154 
Gray,  Barry,  1873 
Gray,  David,  Eng.  (1838-1861),  106,  689,  711, 

726,  988 
Gray,  Thomas,  Eng.  (1716-1771).  51,  442,  551 
Greene,  Robert,  Eng.  (1560-1592),  2295 
Greenwell,  Dora.  Am.  (w.  1860),  1163 
Greenwood,  T. ,  Eng.,  3211,  3510 
Grigg,  Rev.  Joseph,  Enc;.  (1728-1768),  2025 
Grinfield,  Thomas,  Eng^  (b.  1738).  1758,  2651 
Gurney,    John  Hampden,   Eng.  (1802-1862), 

1671 
Guyon,   Jeanne  de  la  Mothe,  France  (1648- 

1717),  457,  495,  900,  1230,  1473,  1567,  1939, 

2174,  2788,  2823 

Hafiz,  Shiras  Persia  (d.  1389),  1985 

Hale,   Sarah  Josepha,  Am.  (1796-1880),   255, 

1058,   1093,    1564,    1792,    1836,    2053,    2091, 

3013,  3034,  3606 
Halleck,  Fitz-Greene,  Conn.  (1795-1869),  1436, 

1476 
Hanaford,  Rev.  Phebe  A.,  Am.  (b.  1839),  4033 
Hankey,  Catherine,   Am.  (w.  1867),  395,  403, 

3393,  3413,  3725,  3834,  3891 
Hankinson,  I.,  3747 
Hare,  J.  M.,  3940 

Harris,  Thomas  L.,  Am.  (b.  1830),  916 
Hart,  Joseph,  Eng.  (1713-1768),  1461 
Hartmann.  Rev.  Friedrich,    Germany  (1743- 

1815),  3819 
Hartsough,  L.,  Am.  (w,  1860),  1718 
Harvey,  Christopher,  1378 
Haskell,  Jefferson,  Am.  (w.  1865).  8941 
Hastings.  H.  L.,  Am.  (w.  1860),  745,  770 
Hastings,  Thomas,  Am.  (1784r-1873),  2283 
Hatton,  J.  W.,  3485 

Havard,  William,  Eng.  (1710-1778),  1244,  2489 
Havergal,  Frances  Ridley,  Eng.  (1837-1879), 

4010 
Hawey,  J.  S.,  3959 
Hawthorne,     Nathaniel,     Mass.    (1807-1864), 

3215,  3615 
Hay,  John,  Indiana,  (b.  1839),  3192 
Hayes,  Samuel,  Eng.  (w.  1775),  517,  816,  1026, 

1725   2423 
Hayne',  Paul  H.,  Z.  C.  (b.  1831),  3873 
Heath,  Robert,  Eng.  (b.  1625),  1444 
Heber,  Bp.  Reginald,  Eng.  (1723-1826),  613, 

1024,   1346,    1357,   1592,    2021,   2441,    2547, 

2901,  2987,    3272,    3444,    3598,   3604,  3818, 

3924,  4050 
Heerman,  Johann,  Germany  (b.  1630).  176 
Heine,  Heinrich,  Germany  (1799-1856),  3168 
Hemans.  Felicia  Dorothea,  Eng.  (1794-1835), 

238,  565,  649,  657,  662.  702,  889,  10.59,  1149. 

1356.  1261,  1275,  1320.  1342,  1419,  1719, 

1737,  1836,  1903,  3094,  3313.  3505,  3539, 

2726,  3048,  3489,  3591,  3733,  3836,  3908, 

4044 
Hentz,  Caroline  Lee.  Am.  (w.  1835).  2181 
Herbert,  George.  Wales  (1593-1633),  33,  70, 

97,  136,  142,  193,  232,  409,  410.  429.  494, 

505,  523,  526,  560.  663.  788,  845,  912.  1063, 

1150,  1163,  1187,  1305.  1287.  1396.  1381, 

1437,  1573,  1578,  1677,  1808,  1944,  2049, 


INDEX  OF  POETICAL  AUTHOES. 


617 


3224,    2481,    2531,   2541,  2618,    2644,    2692, 

2821,  2825,  2902,  2926.  2948,  3006 
Herbert,  Henry  W.,  3097 
Herrick,   Robert,   Eag.    (1591-1674),  87,  275, 

316,  327,  467,   927,    1288,  1313,  1369,  1519, 

1811,  1844,     1884,    2088,  2193,  2210,    2235, 

2279,    2328,    2489,    2517,    2524,    2619,  2629, 

2701,  2946,  2975,  3008,  3064 
Hervey,  Thomas  Kibble,  Eng.  (1799-1859),  141, 

309,  698,  2294,  3579,  4013 
Hey,  John,  Eng.  (1734-1815),  1812 
Heylyn,  235 

Heywood,  Thomas,  Eng.  (1600-1649),  1512 
Hill.  Aaron,  Eug.  (1685-1750),  622 
Hillhouse,  Augustus  L..  Am.  (1792-1859).  1358 
Hillhouse,  James  Abraham, Conn.  (1789-1841), 

3581 
Hirst,  Henry  B.,  Penn.  (w.  1845),  3437 
Hobart,  Mrs.  Charles,  591 
Hodder,  Edwin,  Eug.  (w.  1863),  248 
Hodgson,  William,  Eng.  (d.  1793),  672,  2040 
Hoffman.    Charles   F.,    Am.  (b.  1806),    1095, 

1558,  2152 
Hoffman,  S.  M.  O.,  3422 
Hogg,  James,  Scotland  (1772-1835),  3198 
Hogg  Thomas,  Eng.  (w.  1811),  1858 
Hoiford,  Mrs.  M.,  Eng.  (w.  1798),  1417 
Holland,  Josiah  Gilbert,  Mass.  (b.  1819),  44, 

1958   2277   3492 
Holmes,  Oliver  Wendell,  M.D.,  Mass.  (b.  1809), 

379,  484,  581,   913,   1111,   1112,   1132,    1176, 

1198,    1210,    1325,    1398,    1914,   1941,    2113, 

2297,  2318,    2518,    2643,   2718,  2802,  2836, 

2849,  2854,  2879,  2912,  2954 
Holmes,  W.,  Eng.,  1852,  3045 
Homer,  Greece  (b.  c.  950),  2995 
Hood,  Thomas,  Eng.  (1798-1845),  187,  340,  677, 

819,  919,  1362,  1370,  1527,  1897,  2303,  2496, 

2578,  3948 
Hooper,  Lucy,  Am.  (1817-1841),  1220,  1937 
Hopkins,  Jr.,  John  Henry,  Am.,  3596,  3867, 

4037 
Horace,   Italy  (b.  c.  65-8),  1291,  1525,  1531, 

2315    ''568 
Home,'  Bp.  George.  Eng.  (1730-1792),  2149 
Houghton,  Lord  (Richard  M.  Milnes),  Eng.  (b. 

1809),  3788 
Howard,  Sir  Robert,  Eug.  (1626-1698),  1639, 

1850 
Howe,  Caroline  Dana,  3898 
Howe,     Julia    Ward,     New     York     (1819), 

67,    206,    1072,    1406,    2197,     2246,     3864, 

3969 
Howitt,  Mary,  Eng.  (b.  1800),  1298,  1343,  2156, 

2840,  8338.  4076 
•       Howitt,  Richard,  Eng.  (w.  1830).  3371 
Howitt,  William,  Eng.  (1795),  3264,  3979 
Howland,  M.  H.,  4011 
Hoyle,  Charles.  3724.  3806 
Hoyt,  Ralph,  Am.  (b.  1812).  3040 
Hughes.  T.  S  ,  D.D.,  Eng.  (w.  1813),  3167 
Huie,  Richard,  M.D..  Scotland,  3968,3974 
Hunt,  Helen,  8079,  3777 
Hunt,  Leigh,  Eng.  (1784-1859).  1874,  2491 
Hunter,  William,  D.D.,  Am.  (1811-1877),  727, 

828,  981,  984,  1321.   1574,  1726,  1733,  1743, 
2683,  2756,  2797 
Huntingdon.  C,  3228 
Huntingdon,  James,  1783 
Hurdis,  James,  Eng.  (1763-1801),  716 
Hum,  William,  Eug.  (w.  1813),  1815 


Husenbeth,  F.  C,  Eng.,  4031 

Hutton,  Joseph,  Penn.  (1787-1828),  3815 

H.  W.  J.,  3139,  3204 

Ingelow,  Jean,  Eng.  (w.  1863),  357,  772,  373, 
1062,  1457,  1483,  1518,  1818,  2042,  2134, 
2151,  2169,  2185,  2241,  2369,  2572,  2986, 
3547,  3831 

Jackson,  E.  Dudley,  3319,  3465,  3772,  3986 
Jeuner,  Charles,  Eng.  (1737-1774),  135,  1816, 

2565,  4064 
Jewsbury.  Maria  J.,  Eng.  (1800-1833),  71,  3303 
John,  of  Damascus,  9tli  century,  1028 
Johns,  William  (w.  1674),  1877 
Johnson,  Samuel,  Eng.  (1709-1784),  104,  1305, 

1537,  2217,  2543 
Jones.  Sir  William,  Eng.  (1746-1794),  572,  834, 

2809 
Jonson.  Ben,  Eng.  (1574-1637),   84,   117,  133, 

851,  1107,  1563,  1636,  1987 
Judson,  Adoniram.  Am.  (1788-1850),  2165 
Judson,  Emily,  Am.  (1817-1854),  1013,  1133, 

1957.  2125,  2204,  2304,  3873,  4064 
Juvenal,  Decimus  J.,  Italy  (40-120),  99,  804, 

1529,  1642 

Keach,  B.,  Eng.  (1640-1704),  2754 
Keats,  John,  Eng.  (1796-1821),  212,  1274 
Keble,  John,  Eug.  (1790-1866),  181,  311,  453, 

773,  821.  911,  il43,  1231,   1319,  1485,  1587, 

1696,   1806,    1904,    1980,    2070,    2253,    2331, 

3115,   3121,   8134,    3144,    3150,    3206,    3240, 

3260,   3276,   3318,    3326,    3409,    3438,    3461, 

3564,   3575,   3590,    3735,    3759,    3814,    3820, 

3861,   3866,   3879,    3386,   3909,    3955,    4030, 

4079,  4120 
Keith,  George  (w.  1787),  1566 
Kelly,  Thomas,  Ireland  (1765-1855),  415,  589, 

1022 
Kerable,    Frances  Anne,   Eng.   (b.  1811),    10, 

1692,  1856 
Ken,  Bishop  Thomas,  Eng.  (1637-1711),  S41, 

545,  636,  1738,  2330,  2357.  2990,  3259,  3288, 

3336,  3611,  3930,  4053,  4058 
Kimball,  Harriet  M.,  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  2410, 

3250 
King.  Bp.  Henry,  Eng.  (1591-1669),  559,  2114, 

2120 
King,  Rev.  J.  M.,  Eng.  (w.  1851).  3306 
Kingsley,   Charles,  Eng.  (b.   1819),   325,  358, 

3316 
Kirby,  Mary  F.,  Am.  (w.  1860),  1763 
Kitterm  aster.  Rev.  Fred  W.,  3408 
Knowles,  James  Sheridan,  Ireland,  (b.  1784), 

444  1297 
Knox',    William.    Scotland    (1789-1825),    577, 

2334,  2352,  3132,  3469,  3823.  3910 
Kosegarten.  Ludwig  T.  (1758-1818),  603 
Krauth,  Charles  P.  tr.,  Penn..  422 
Krummacher,  Frederick  W.,  D.D.  (1796-1868), 

1479 
Kynaston,  Herbert,  D.D.,Eng.  (b.  1809),  3373 

Lamb,  Charles,  Eng.  (1775-1835),  167,   1891, 

3095   3953 
Landon,  LetitiaE.,  Eng.  (1802-1838),  4014 
Landor,    Walter    Savage,    Eng.    (1775-1864), 

1961,  2343 
Lange,     Ernst,     Germany    (b.     1711),    1764, 

3407 


618 


INDEX  OF  POETICAL  AUTHORS. 


Larcom,  Lucy,  Mass.  (b.  1826),  928,  944, 1708, 

3390 
Latrobe,  John  A.,  Eng.  (w.  1837),  406 
Layard,  C.  P.,  Eng.  (d.  1803),  549,  C07,  623. 

2681 
Lee,  Frederick  George,  Eng.  (w.  1870),  3943 
Lee,  Nathaniel,  Eng.  (1058-1692),  1308 
Legi'-ett,  William,  Am.  (1802-1840),  2678 
Leland,  Charles  G.  tr..  Am.,  3168 
Leslie,  Mary,  Eng.  (w.  1860).  675 
Lettice,  John,  Eng.  (1737-1832),  1559 
Lillo,   George,  Eng.  (1693-1739),   1582,   2853, 

2938 
Lilly,  John,  Eng.  (1554-1600),  538,  1401 
List.  Harriet  W.,  Am.  (b.  1824),  1974 
Little,  Mrs.  Sophia  L.,  Newport,  R  I.  (b.  1799), 

2560 
Littledale,  Rev.  Richard  F.,  LL.D.,  Ireland, 

(b.  1833),  3186,  3258,  3853 
Liltlewood,  W.  E.,  Am.  (w.  1860).  2980 
Lloyd,  Elizabeth,  Penn.  (w.  1848),  269 
Locke,  Una,  Am.  (w.  1860),  1883 
Lockhart,  John  Gibson,  Scotland  (1792-1854), 

3101 
Lockhart,  Rev.  Arthur  John,  3367,  4057 
Logan,  John,  Scotland  (1748-1788).  3763 
Longfellow,  Henry  W.,  Maine  (b.  1807),  20, 
59   227,  291,  301,  368,  372,  374,  567,  637,  041, 
754,  781,  1171,  1172,  1221,  1339,  1593,  1680, 
'1959,  2005,  2041,    2047,    2085,    2087,    2118, 
2179,  2216,   2393,    2621,    2675,    2782,    2841, 
2921,  3022,  3084.  3154,  3172,  3265,  3729,  3877 
Loud,  Mrs.  Margaret   St.  Leon,  Penn..  2133 
Lowell,  James  Russell,   Mass.  (b.  1819),  205, 
286,  289,  290,  319,  582,  667,  1392, 1784, 1793, 
1969,   1993,   2164,    2206,    2406,    2500,    2576, 
2603,  2909,  2966 
Lowth,  Bp.,  Eng.  (1710-1788),  631 
Luckenbach,  W.  H.,  Am.  (b.  1830).  3415 
Lucretius,  Titus  Carus,  tr.,  Italy  (95-55  B.C.), 

699,  892,  932,  1778 
Luke,  Mrs.  J.,  Eng.  (w.  1850),  367 
Lull,  Rev.  De  Los,  New  York,  3993 
Luther,   Martin,    Germany   (1483-1546),    260, 

684,  757,  825,  2256 
Lynch,   Anne  C,  Am.   (w.  1855),   398,  2115, 

2904,  3130,  3480 
Lyons,  J.  Gilborne,  Am,  (w.  1848),  4045 
Lyte,  Henry   Francis,  Eng.   (1793-1847),  69, 
381,  600,  940,  1053,  1510,  1654,  2530,  2896, 
3312,  4043 
Lytleton,  Lord  George,  Eng.  (1708-1773),  2247 
Lytton,  Lord  Edward  Bulwer,  Emr.  (b.  1805), 
277,   279,   339,  714,   857,  1212,    2187,  2649, 
^    2709,  2863 

Macauley,    Alexander,    New  York  (b.  1844), 

3552,  3610,  3630,  3797,  3874,  3904,  3939 
Macdonald,  George,   Scotland  (b.  182.5),  3096, 

3156,   3199,   3337,    3339,    3738,    3743,    3753, 
-3756,  3774,  3817,    3889,    4029,   4065,    4096, 

4105,  4114 
Macduff,  Rev.  John  Ross,  Scotland  (b.  1820), 

3845,  3902,  3984,  4001 
Mace,  Francis  L.,  Am.  (w.  1852),  2420 
Machen,  579 
Mackay,  Charles,  Scotland  (b.  1812),  157.  447, 

1423,  1663,  2161,  2525,  2589,  3511,  4071 
Mackay,  Margaret  (w.  1832).  980 


Macleod,  Norman.  Scotland  (1812-1872),  3934 
Madan,  Spencer,  1580,  3456 
Math  It,  John  Newland,  3766,  4107 
Maginn,  William,  LL.D.,  Ireland  (1794-1842), 

3270 
Maguire,  Robert,  3155.  3321,  3344,  3427,  3441, 
3442,    3476,    3504,    3515,    3518,    3633,  3722, 
3736,    3810,    3852,    3868,    3884,   3893,  3895, 
3901 ,  3932,  3998,  4035,  4036,  4089 
Malan,  Caesar,  Switzerland  (1787-1864),   674, 

680 
Malcolm,  3343 
Mallock,   David,  New  York  (w.  1843),  3122, 

3138,  3184,  3844 
Manrique,    Jorge,     Spain     (d.     1479),     2123, 

2148,  2150 
Mausoni,  Alessandro,  Italy  (b.  1784),  288 
Mant,  Bp.  Richard,  Eng.  (1776-1848),  64,  89, 
100,  124,  159,  246,  247,  256,  272,  424,  426, 
443,  664,  1042,  1267,  1715,  1730,  1773,  2082. 
2306,    2347,    2433,    2542.    2564,   2626,  2669, 
2670,  2698,  2847,  3050,  3066,  3353,  3629 
Marsden,  Joshua,  Eng.  (1754-1836),  2884,  3226, 

3477,  4062 
Marvel,  Andrew,  Eng.  (1620-1678),  1199 
]\Iason.  Caroline.  868,  1746,  1810,  3740 
Massey,    Gerald.    Eng.   (b.    1828),    736,   1235, 

1386,  1938,  2073,  2250,  2427,  2567,  3600 
Massie,  Richard,  tr..  Eng.  (w.  1854),  3261 
Massii.ger,  Philip,  Eng.  (1584-1640),  835,  846, 

1848,  2612,  2680 
Masson,  John,  2112 
Masters,  Mary,  Eusr.  (w.  1758).  2641 
Matuiin,    Charles  R.,  Eng.  (1782-1824),  809, 

1676 
May,  Thomas,  Eng.  (159.5-1650),  1799,  2214 
McCartee.  Jessie  G.,  3789 
McCarty,  J.  H.,  D.D.,  Amer.  (b.  1830),  3183 
McCheyne,  Robert  Murray,  Scotland  (d.  1843), 
741,  2020,  2750.  3320,  3448,  3800,  4042,  4088 
McCrae,  Geor£re  Gordon,  3790 
McDuff,  George,  3454 
McKellar,  Thomas,  Amer.  (b.  1812),  2363 
McLeod,  C.  D.,  3757 

Medley,  Samuel,  Eng.  (1738-1799),  479,  2706 
Melendez,    Valdez    Juan,    Spain  (1754-1817), 

1491,  1498 
Mercer,  Margaret,  Amer.  (1791-1847),  1146 
Michell,   Nicholas,    3135,    3136,    3224,    3398, 
3403,  3411,   3417,    3446,    3447,    3569,    3577, 
3595,  3618,   3645,    3762,    3807,    3828,    3842, 
3913,  3995,  4055,  4073 
Middleton,  Thomas,  Eng.  (1570-1627),  1170 
Mills,  Elizabeth,  Amer.,  1724 
Milman,   Henry  Hart.  Eng.  (1791-1868),  612, 
1501,  2057,    2311,    2981,    3100,  3165,  3166, 
3582,  3599,  3925,  3978 
Milton,  John,  Eng.  (1608-1674),  33.  35,  36, 120, 
123,  128,  258,  259,  266,  268,    270,   351,  557, 
571,  578,  619,  668,  837,  840,  883,  1033,  1034, 
1036,    1038,   1135,    1136,   1137,    1138,    1233, 
1238,   1239,  1257,   1509,    1760,    1770,    1775, 
1779,    1796,    1809,    1895,    2090,  2153,  2221, 
2249,    2262,    2436,    2880,  2895,  3020,  3279, 
3281,  3960,  3962,  3963 
Mitchell,  J.  K.,  Amer.  (b.  1798),   1585,  2652, 

3334,  3929 
Monsell,  Rev.  John  S.  B.,  LL.D.,  Eng.  (1811- 
1875),  387,  498,  521,  841,  1462,  1590.  3247 


Mackenzie,  R.  Shelton,  D.C.L.  (b,  1808),  3170   Montagu,  Lady  Mary  W.,  Eng.  (1690-1762), 
Mackintosh,  J.,  1797  |  353 


INDEX  OF  rOETICAL  AUTHORS. 


619 


Montgomery,  James,  Scotland  (1771-1854),  27, 
38, '68,  230,  3(1(5,  307,  433,  574.  575,  584.  608, 
730,  1108,  1127,  1412,  1467,  1560, 1570,  1600, 
1691,    1759,    1888,    1923,   1965,   1989,  2060, 
2155,    2173,   2222,    2265,    2349,   2392,    2473, 
2548,  2664,   2888.   3035,    3089.    3151,    3210, 
3255,   3324,   3375,   3416,    3451,    3625,    3787, 
3795,  4094 
Moore,  Thomas,  Ireland  (1779-1852),  11,  113, 
115,  161,  462,  751,  858.  888,  897,  1134,  1245, 
1626,   2105,    2176,    2184,    2192,   2195,   2242, 
2244,   2248,   2274,   2482,    2932.    2999,    3019, 
3145,  3341.  3529,  3531,  3641,  3751 
More,  HaTinah,  Eng.  (1745-1833),  1025,  1303, 
1834,  1940,    2019,    2191,    2574,    2810,  2760, 
2790,   2840,    3296,   3297,    3298,    3305,    3315, 
3472,  3473,  3822 
More,  Henry,  Eng.  (1614-1687).  2637 
Morris,  GeoVge  P.,  Pa.  (1802-1864),  241,  752 
Morris,  William,   Eng.    (w.  1871),   52,  2117, 

2418 
Moultrie,  Gerard.  Eng.  (w.  1868),  40,  3737 
Moultrie.  Mary,  Eng.  (w.  1867.)  3876 
Mowes,  Heinrich,  Germany  (w.  1813).  1207 
Mueller,     Wilhelm,     Germany     (1794-1827), 

2271 
Muhlenberg,  W.  A.,  D.D.,  New  York  (1796- 

1877),  1729 
Muller,  Frederick,  3829 

Nabb,  Thomas,  Eng.  (d.  1645).  2670 

Neale,  Alice  B..  Amer.  (b.  1828),  3639 

Neale,  Jolm  Mason,  Eng.  (1818-1866),  642, 
1030,  3127,  3495 

Neile,  Henry.  3225 

Newbury,  Herbert,  2903 

Newman.  John  Henry,  Eng.  (b.  1801),  797, 
1640,  3077,  3302,  3311,  3404.  3523,  3568, 
3635,  3846.  3761,  3796,  3859,  4080 

Newton,  John,  Eng.  (1725-1799),  1,  146,  452, 
534,  593,  792.  870,  1348,  2045,  2239,  2341, 
2370,  2725,  3122,  3221,  3322,  3373.  3383, 
3466,  3474,  3543.  3556,  3749,  3767,  3778, 
3897.  3988,  4098,  4110 

Nicholas,  T.  G.,  Eng.  (w.  1851),  3363 

Nicoll,  Robert,  Scotland  (1814-1837),  700 

Nind,  George  Willis,  Md.  (1817-1842),  4005 

Nitingale.  Eng.,  3572 

Noel,  Baptist  W.,  Eng.  (1799-1873),  998 

Noel,  Caroline  M  ,  3243 

Noel,  Thouias,  Eng.  (w.  1841),  2476 

Norris,  Rev.  John,  Eng.  (1657-1711),  3354, 
4068 

Norton,  Caroline  E.  S.,  Eng.  (b.  1808),  58, 
2566,  3016 

Novalis,  Germany  (1772-1801),  817 

Olivers,  Thomas,  Eng.  (1725-1799),  1480 

Onslow,  P.,  tr.,  4116 

Ormsby,  A.  S.,  Eng.  (w.  1871),  1067 

Orne,  C.  F..  America,  1949 

Osgood,    Frances  S.,  Mass.  (1812-1850).  1945, 

2084,  2163,  3501 
Ovid.    Sulmo,    Italy  (b.   43  b.   c),   79,   569, 

778,  12,52,  2141.  2226.  2866,  2891.  2892 
Owens,  P.  J.,  Amer.  (w.  1860),  3482,  3938 

Palmer,  Phoebe,  New  York  (1807-1874),  144, 

234,  2305,  2970 
Palmer,  Ray,  Amer.  (b.  1808),  392,  583,  614, 

3459.  4083 


Patterson.  S.  D.,  Amer.  (w.  1860),  500 

Paulin,  George.  Amer.,  2424 

Payne,  John'^Howard,  New  York  (1792-1852). 

1833 
Peabody,  William  B.  O.,  D.D.,  New  Hamp. 

shire  (1799-1848),  2387 
Pearce,  499 

Pennefather,  Mrs.  Catherine,  2399 
Pennie,  J.  F.,  Eng.,  3883 
Percival,  James  Gates,  Conn.  (1795-1856),  39, 

54,  105.  208,  460,  489.  743,  990,  1050,  1390, 

1453, 1606,  1614,  1682,  2107,  2130,  2183,  2455, 

2519,  2676,  2677,  3191 

Perkins,  J.  H.,  Amer.  (w.  1860),  1968 
PersiusFlaccus.  Aulus,  Italy  (34-62),  192, 194, 

342,  1393,  2311,  2587 
Peter,  William,  Eng.  (d.  1853),  2426 
Phelps,  S.  D.,  D.D.,  3977,  4063 
Philips.  Catherine,  Eng.  (1631-1664),  1414 
Pierpont,  Folliet  S.,  Eng.,  3284,  3592 
Pierpont,   John,   Conn.   (1785-1866),  15,  360, 

3516,  3839,  3846,  3862 
Planche,    James    Robinson,   Eng.   (b.    1796), 

2116 
Pollard,  Josephine,  New  York,  (w.  1870),  527, 

583 
Pollio,  3113,  3397 

Pollok,  Robert,  Scotland  (1799-1827),  91,  111, 
172,  242,  249,  251,  253,  276.  278,  283,  284, 
287,  408.  678.  728,  755.  880,  854,  932,  947, 
1008,  1032,  1074,  1075,  1089,  1098,  1208, 
1249,  128.5,  1407,  1482,  1522,  1536,  1541, 
1544,  1600,  1656.  1660,  1688,  1772,  1804, 
1892,  1898,  1948,  1990,  1998,  2050,  2104, 
2190,  2223,  2233,  2236,  2288,  2289,  2291, 
2309,  2314,  2382.  2386,  2397,  2495,  2512, 
2577,  2611,  2642,  2647,  2659,  2668,  2673, 
2712,  2763,  2780,  2841,  2852,  2862,  2943, 
2985,  3044,  3069 
Pope,  Alexander,  Eng.  (1688-1744),  116,  143, 
189,  219.  220,  223.  514,  568,  587,  734,  1039, 
1043,  1196,  1255,  1258, 1280,  1329, 1431.  1610, 
1616,  1665,  1668.  1762,  1859,  1992,  2058,  2096, 
2137,  2203,  2287,  2346,  2374,  2378,  2403,  2456, 

2520,  2557,  2575.  2695,  3716,  2857,  2937.  2945 
Porteus,  Bishop  Beilby,  Eng.  (1731-1808),  669, 

2351 
Poulson,  Annie  E.,  3190 
Praed.  Winthrop  M.,  Eng.  (1802-1839),  3369 
Preston,  Mrs.  Margaret  Junkin,  Va.  (b.  1835), 

3203,  3811 
Priest,   Nancy  W.,  Amer.  (1834r-1870),  1728, 

1744 
Prince,  P.,  Eng.,  126,  262,  818 
Prior,  Matthew.  Eng.  (1664-1721),   763,    894, 

1113,  1751.  1991 
Procter,    Adelaide    Anne,    Eng.    (1826-1864), 

1079,  1471,  3439 
Procter,  Bryan  W..  Eng.  (b.  1787),  774,  2122, 

2128,  2199,  2454,  3143 
Proctor,  Edna  Dean,  Amer.  (w.  1870),  1789 
Prudentius,  Clement,  Spain,  299,  348,  1589 
Punshon,    William    Morley,  D.D.,  Eng.  (w. 

1867),  293.  434,  1037,  2101,  2702,  3026,  3133, 

3313,  3584,  3816,  3827,  3855 

Quarles.  Francis,  Eng.  (1592-1644).  180,  547, 
592,  899.  1229,  1286,  1429.  1488,  2234.  2283, 
2536,  2633,  2711,  2929,  3091,  3414,  3418,  3541 

Raffles,  Thomas,  Eng.  (1788-1863),  445,  3394 


620 


INDEX  OF  POETICAL  AUTHORS. 


Eagg,  Thomas,  Eng.  (b.  1808),  245,  3092,  3594 
Raleigh,    Sir  Walter,  Eng.  (1553-1618),  749, 

805   250*^ 
Randolph,"  Thomas,    Eng.   (1605-1634),   471, 

931 
Ransom.  Bryan  Fitch,  3935 
Rawes,  Rev.  H.  A.,  A.M.,  Eng.,  3202 
Read,    Thomas  Buchanan,    Penn.  (b.   1822), 

1830,  2798 
Richardson,  Mrs.,  Eng.  (w.  1808),  57 
Rippon,  John,  Eng.  (w.  1844),  1359 
Rist,  Johann,  Germany  (1607-1667),  119 
Ritchie,  Mrs.  Anna  C.  M.,  Amer.,  3557 
Robertson,  W.  B.,  Amer.,  382,  4004 
Robinson,  Robert,  Scotland  (1735-1790),  1314 
Rodigast,  S.,  Germany,  (b.  1650),  873 
Rogers,  H.,  Eng.  (w.  1843),  3535,  4049,  4095 
Rogers,  Samuel,  Eng.  (1763-1855).  371,  2991 
Rolland,  William,  Eng.,  3769 
Rolls,  Mrs.  Henry,  Eng.  (w.  1815),  777,  3880 
Roscoe,  William,  Eng.  (1753-1831),  1539,  3858 
Rossetti,  Christina  G.,  Eng.  (w.l862),  872,  958, 

1887,  2147,  3041,  3102 
Rossetti,  Dante  Gabriele,  Eng.  (b.  1828),  644, 

2211,  2523,  3826 
Rowe,  Elizabeth,  Eng.  (1674-1737),  1052 
Rowe,  Nicholas,  Eng.  (1673-1718),  731,  1082, 

1644,  1646 
Ruckert,  Friedrich,  Germany,  2131, 2446,  3180, 

3181 
Russell,  Rev.  John  Fuller,  Eng.  (w.  1844), 

3253 
Rutlierford,  Rev.  Sam'l,  Scotland,  (1600-1661), 

3493 

Sachs,    Hans,    Germany    (1494-1578),    1430, 

2528 
Sandys,  George,  Eng.  (1577-1643).  3976 
Saxby,  Jane  Euphemia,  Eng.  (b.  1811),  3197 
Saxe,  John  Godfrey,  Vermont  (b.  1816),  118, 

2419 
Schiller,   Johann    C,   Germany   (1759-1805), 

943.  1577 
Schmolk,  B.,  Germany  (b.  1731).  605 
Scott,  James,  Scotland  (1733-1814),  1647. 1894 
Scott,  John,  D.D.,  Ensr.  (1638-1694),  3534 
Scott,  Sir  Walter,  Scotland  (1771-1832),  244, 

420,  2471.  2826 
Scranton,  E.,  Amer.  (w.  1850),  1411 
Scudder,  Eliza,  Amer.  (w.  1865),  1516,  1712 
Seagrave,  Robert,  Eng.  (b.  1693),  416 
Sears,  Edmund  H.,  D.D.,  Amer.  (1810-1876), 

423,  3239 
Sears,  Thos.  E.,  3164 
Seidel,  Germany,  1497 
Selwyn,  H.,  1562 

Seneca,  L.  A.,  Spain  (1-65),  2396,  2582 
Shakespeare,  William,  Ene:.  (1564-1616),  13, 
107,  108,  137,  138,  140,  f84,  210,  213,  318. 
320,  323.  330,  335,  363,  473,  474.  480,  535, 
541,  555,  562,  618,  620,  648,  663,  687,  694, 
744,  750,  780,  799,  833,  852,  918,  925,  936, 
986,  1083,  1101,  1110,  1161,  1175,  1183,  1195, 
1273,  1279, 1299,  1304,  1350, 1351,  1368,  1410, 
1415, 1416, 1421,  1447,  1528,  1534,  1545,  1546, 
1565,  1609,  1612,  1621,  1622,  1624,  1633,  1661, 
1837, 1845,  1846,  1893,  1901,  1918,  1983,  1984, 
1994,  1996,  2019,  2066,  2135,  2178,  2186,  2240, 
2268,  2278,  2320,  2361,  2371,  2405,  2429,  2431, 
2463,  2484,  2585,  2581,  2585,  2610,  2646,  2759, 
2765,  2769,  2855,  2878,  2936,  2944 


Shea,    John  Augustus,   Ireland  (1802-1845), 

2408 
Shears,  Rev.  Alonzo  G.,  M.D.,  Amer.  (b.  1811), 

3847 
Shelley,  Percy  Bysshe,  Eng.  (1792-1822),  449, 

895.  1011, 1090,' 1246,  1615,  2316,  2521,  2868, 

2959 
Shenstone,  William,  Eng.  (1714-1763),  2716 
Sheridan,  R.  B.,  Ireland,  (1751-1816),  1662 
Shirley,  James,  Eng.    (1591-1666),   450,    685, 

17^3   2992 
Shirfey,  Walter,  Eng.  (1725-1786),  602 
Sidney,    Sir    Philip,    Eng.    (1554^1586),    801, 

2770 
Sigourney,LydiaH..  Amer.  (1791-1865),  2,  168, 

639,  658,  661,  989,  1340,  1463,   1555,  1566, 

1829, 1951,  1995,  2009,  2323,  2324,  2465,  2645, 

2727,  2795,  2811,  3068,  3086,  3110,  3160, 3242, 

3567,  3764,  3871,  3875,  3905,  3944,  3972,  4023, 

4082, 4113 
Silesius,   Angelus,    Silesia   (1624r-1677),    401 
Skeen,  3378 
Skelton,  John,  Eng.  (1485-1529),    645,  2245, 

2432 
Sleight,  MaryB.,  3990 
Small,  James  G.,  Scotland,  3643,  3994 
Smart,    Christopher,    Eng.    (1722-1770),    849, 

1581,  2493,  2494 
Smedley,  Samuel,  748 
Smith,  Annie  Lenthai  3431 
Smith,  Dirk,  Holland  (1702-1752),  671 
Smith,  Elizabeth  Oaks,  Amer.  (b.  1806),  2638 
Smith,  Horace,  Eng.  (1778-1840),  1341,  2807, 

3808 
Smith,  S.  F.,  Amer.  (b.  1805),  204,  2111 
Smith,  Victoria  A.,  3987 
Smithers,  N.  B.,  LL.D.,  Dover,  Del.  (trans- 
lator of  Latin  hymns),  3286,  3406,  3857,  3865, 

4018,  4119 
Smollett,  Tobias,  Eng.  (1721-1771),  548 
Snow,  3376 

Sotheby,  William,  Eng.  (1757-1833),  3967 
Southey,  Caroline  Bowles,  Eng.  (1787-1854), 

2703 
Southey,  Robert,  Eng.  (1774-1843),  274,  305, 

344,  874,  1428,  2313,  2354,  2372,  2551,  3142 
Southwell,  Robert,  Eng.  (1560-1595),  326,  510, 

766 
Spear,  Thomas  G.,  3954 
Spegel,  315 
Spencer,  William  R.,  Eng.  (1770-1834),  1260, 

2881 
Spenser,  Edmund,  Eng.   (1553-1599),  9,  122, 
127,  191.  216,  312,  515,  747,  917,  1103,  1200, 
1307,  1630,  1631,  1867,  1909,  2018,  2856 
Spitta,  Carl  J.  P.,  Germany  (b.  1801),  1029, 

1405,  1875,  2036 
Sprague,  Charles,  Mass.  (b.  1791),  558, 617, 2861 
Stanley,  Arthur  P.,  D.D.,  Eng.  (b.  1815),  3125, 

3500 
Starkey,  D.  P.,  Amer.  (w.  1840),  1774 
Steele,"  Anne,  Eng.  (1717-1778),  1716 
Stennet,  Samuel,  ^DD.,  Eng.  (1727-1795),  3219 
Stephen,  of  St.  Sabbas,  Greek,  397 
Sterling,    John,    Scotland    (1806-1844),    634, 

1481,  1953 
Stillingtleet,  Benjamin,  Eng.  (1702-1771),  552, 

554,  2580 
Stoddard,  Lavinia,  Amer.  (1787-1820),  544 
Stoddard,    Richard  Henry,   Mass.   (b.   1825), 
2758,  2979,  3063 


INDEX  OF  POETICAL  AUTHORS. 


621 


Stowe,  Harriet  Beecher,  Conn.  (b.  1812),  380, 

1686,  2386,  3246,  3999 
Stowell,  Hugh,  Eug.  (1799-1865),  2843 
Strode,  William,  Eug.  (1600-1644)  2358 
Studley,  W.  S.,  Amer.  (b.l823),  775 
Sturm,  Julius  K.  K.,  Germany  (b.   1816),  66, 
Swain,  Charles,   Eng.   (b.  1803),  72,  463,  468, 

509,  769,  1160,  1194,  1316,  1538,  1817,  1854, 

1970,  2072,  2207,  2847,  2898 
Swift,   Jonathan,    Eng.  (1667-1745),  6,   1290, 

2876,  2920 
Sylvester,  Joshua,  Eng.  (1563-1618),  21,  513, 

1333,  3069 
Syrus,  Ephraim,  Mesopotamia,  (d.  381),  239, 

3405 

Talbot,  H.  L.,  Amer.  (w.  1860)  2964 
Talfourd,  Thomas  N.,  Eng.  (1795-1854),  346 
Tappan,  William  B.,  Amer.  (1794r-1854),  1757, 
3173,    3349,   3355,    8450,    3463,    3550,    3583. 
3617,   3733,   3728,    3752,    3773,    3784,    3834, 
3837,  3850,  3888,  3894,  4047,  4048,  4111 
Tatham,   Emma,  Eng.  (w.  1860),   1234,  3464, 

3471 
Taylor,  Bayard,  Amer.  (1835-1879),  2033,  2273, 

2337,  2464,  2914,  2998,  3001,  3348,  4075 
Taylor,  C.  B.,  3991 
Taylor,  Emily,  Eng.  (w.  1860),  3933 
Taylor,  George   Lansing,    D.D.,   New  York 
(b.  1835).  13,  19,  3535,  3123,  3193,  3227,  3266, 
3275,  3337,  3328,  3329,  3370,  3383,  3434,  3440. 
3453,  3486,  3498,  3519,  3560,  3785,  3832,  3860, 
3881,  3937,  3938,  3941,  4003,  4038.  4093,  4102 
Taylor,  Henry,  Eng.  (d.  1785),  1788 
Taylor,  Jane.,  Eng.  (1783-1833),  336,  476,  1188, 

1264,  1960 
Taylor,    Bp.    Jeremy,  Eng.    (1613-1667),    42, 

2412,  3530 
Taylor,  John  Edward,  Penn.  (w.  1848),  3009 
Teguer,  Bp.  Esaias,  Sweden  (b.  1782),  1693 
Tennyson,  Alfred,  Eug.   (b.   1810),    120,   283, 
550,  767.  1086,  1186,1540,  1548,  1556,  2194, 
3343,    3373,    3393,    2388,   2540,  2593,   2594, 
2628 
Teresa,  St.,  Spain  (w.  1583),  661 
Tersteegen,    Gerhard,   Germany  (1697-1769), 

635,  2755 
Theoclistus,  Greek,  9th  century,  2031 
Theophanes,  Greek  (w.  50  B.C.),  2445 
Thomas,  2667 

Thomas,  of  Celano,  13th  century,  643 
Thomson,  James,  Eug.  (1700-1748).   86,  378, 
570,  633,   811,  1337,  1876,    1946,  1950,  3317, 
2489,  3510,  3601,  3728,  2996 
Thomson,  Mrs.  Archbishop,  Eng.,  3920 
Tighe,  Mary,  Eug.  (1773-1810),  682,  1184,  1653, 

3481 
Tomlius,  Richard,  Eng.  (w.  1844),  3554 
•  Tooke,  Andrew,   Eng.  (b.   1673),  1099,   1105, 
1253 
Toplady,    Augiistus   Montague,    Eng.  (1740- 

1788).  673,  1049,  1910,  8693 
Townsend,  Eliza,  Amer.  (1789-1854),  1499 
Townsend,  Rev.  Chauncey  Hare,  Eng.  (1798- 

1858),  2952,  3049 
Townsend,  R.  E.  A.,  3186 
Trench,  M.P..  Richard  Chenevix,  D.D.,  Ire- 
land (b.  1807),  93,  96,  148,  301,  303,  519, 
834,  843,  987,  1339,  1240,  1312,  1323,  1352 
1395,  1637,  1694,  1906.  3167,  3309,  2227  2549; 
2830,  2924,  3080,  3835,  4034,  4054,  4069^ 


Truman,  Joseph,  Eng.  (w.  1859),  3608 
Tupper,  Ellen  Isabella,  Eng.  (w.  1865),  2859 
Tupper,  Martin  Farquhar,  Eng.  (b.  1810),  37, 
85,  139,  134, 153,  183,  183,  815,  355,  456,  465, 
466,  717,  735,  822,  885,  950,  999,  1043, 1044, 
1069,  1153,  1193,  1201,  1211, 1217, 1243, 1251, 
1284,  1301, 1326, 1330,  1409, 1422,  1465,  1472, 
1650,  1838,  1839,  1840, 1886,  1899,  1915,  2048, 
2078,  2136,  2175,  2319,  2339,  2298,  2299,  2301, 
2414,  2552,  2579,  2624,  2654,  2663,  2671,  2684, 
2694,  2710,  2717,  3763,  3781,  3817,  8837,  8833, 
2885,  2887,  2889.  2890,  2900,  2915,  2916,  2937, 
2976,  2977,  2984,  3033,  3030,  3033,  3056,  3057, 
3059 
TurnbuU,  R.,  3496 

Upham,  Thomas  C,  D.D.,  Amer.,  404,  871, 
901,  948,  953,  1801,  2189,  2202,  2600,  2686, 
2783,  2818,  2897,  3333,  3362,  3449,  3463,  3507, 
3549,  4052 

Van  Alstyne,  Fanny  Crosby,  Amer.,  3951 

Van  Welthem,  L.,  1803 

Vaughan,  Henry,  Eng.  (1631-1695),  413,  650, 

864,  1752,  2339,  2721,  2822,  3074,  3526,  3755, 

3917 
Vaux,  Lord,  Eng.  (b.  1590),  2865 
Vedder,    David,   Scotland  (1790-1854),  3468, 

4108 
Very,  Jones,  Mass.  (b.  1813),  2620 
Von  Logan,  1680 
Von  Plettenbaus,  Louisa,  1687 

Waller,  Edmund,  England  (1605-1687),  80, 
2196 

Ward,  Thomas,  Amer.  (b.  1807),  561 

Ware,  H.,  Jr.,  Amer.  (1793-1843),  626,  959, 
3256 

Waring,  Samuel  Miller,  Eng.  (1792-1827), 
3878 

Warren,  Mercy,  Am.  (1738-1814),  1374 

Wartou,  Thouias,  Eng.  (1728-1790),  1785 

Washburne,  Thomas,  D.D.,  Eng.  (1607-1687), 
3913 

Wast  ell,  Simon,  Eng.  (d.  1633),  2335 

Watkinson,  M.  R.,  3899 

Watts,  Isaac,  Eug.  (1674-1749),  109,  165,  171,, 
394,  405,  455,  534,  590,  678,  753,  794,  876, 
929,  993,  995,  1016,  1123,  1180,  1334,  1503, 
1613, 1666,  1739,  1741,  1765,  1920,  2030,  2251, 
2442,  2682,  2707,  2773,  3120,  3129,  3352,  3G07, 
3788,  3907 

Webster,  John,  Eng.  (d.  1640),  784 

Welby,  Mrs.  Amelia  B.,  Am.  (b.  1821),  1055 

Weld,  H.  H.,  Am.  (w.  1851),  616 

Wells,  Rev.  Geo.  C,  Amer.,  3971 

W^'sley,  Charles,  Eng.  (1708-1788).  17,  83, 173, 
174,  200,  226,  254,  261,  264,  273,  308,  313,  370, 
407,  440,  491,  493,  496.  518,  530,  640,  655,  667, 
688.  722,  758,  759,  787,  839,  853,  960,  1001, 
1027,  1051,  1076,  1156, 1157,  1197,  1203, 1333, 
1225,  1228,  1363,  1347,  1513,  1573, 1641,  1851. 
1947,  8086,  2355,  2359,  2440,  2450.  2453,  3554, 
8588,  2714,  2787,  8789,  2813.  3000,  8011 

Wesley,  John  and  Charles,  3073,  3109,  3118, 
3128,  3149.  3157,  3161,  3176,  3183,  3195,  3220, 
3233,  3363,  3369,  3371,  3380,  3399,  3308,  3340, 
3347,  3368,  3380,  3384,  3435,  3443,  3487,  3488, 
3513,  3534,  3535,  3543,  3545,  3563,  3573,  3578, 
3616,  3640,  8626,  3636,  3739',  3741,  3768,  3770, 
3.779„  3781,  3833,  3896,  3906,  3957,  3958,  3961, 


622 


INDEX  OF  POETIC^VL  AUTHORS. 


3985, 4007,  4009.  4019. 4030,  4021, 4046, 4056, 
4081,  4085,  4103,  4104,  4115 
Wesley,  Samuel,  Jr.,  Eng.  (1690-1739),  369, 

613,  1882,  2893 
Wliite,  Heurv  Kirke,  Eng.  (1785-1806),  334, 
402,  686,  860,  893.  1119,  1181,  1214,  1508, 
1511,  1790,  1872.  1927,  2365,  2394,  2650,  2962 
Whitefield.  Frederick,  Ireland  (w.  1859),  2032 
Whitman,  Mrs.  S.  H.,  Am.  (b.  1825),  12 
Whittier,  E.  H.,  Am.  (d.  1864),  222 
Whittier,  John  Greenleaf.  Mass.  (b.l807),  250, 
356,  393,  654,  795,  914,  951,  1164,  1191,  1218, 
1332,  1394, 1402.  1438, 1442,  1618,  1703, 1786, 
1879,  1889,  1976,  2051,  2119,  2380,  2409,  2460, 
2466,  2469,  2480,  2605,  2634,  2687,  2776,  2894, 
2950,  2957,  2960,  3055,  3290,  3364,  3842 
Wilcox,  Carlos,  Am.  (1794-1827),  29,  2109 
Wilde,  Richard  Henry,  Ireland  (1789-1847), 

1384 
Wilkinson,  William  C,  459 
AVillard,  Emm-a,  Conn.  (1787-1870),  2407 
Williams,  Bp.  John,  Conn.  (b.  1817),  8854 
Williams,  Isaac,  Eng.  (b.    1800),  1306.  3114, 
3294,  3350,  3365,  3419,  3565,  3566,  3627,  3758, 
3760,  3830,  4060 
Williams,  James  Madison,  Amer.  (b.  1827), 

3293,  3420 
Williams,  Rev.  Dwight,  3136.  3301.  3307.  3241, 
3357,  3400,  3433,  3457,  3786,  3803,  4040,  4067 
AVillis,  Nathaniel  Parker.  Me.  (1807-1867),  7, 
8,  62,  98,  102,  145,  179,  332,  361,  630,  1040, 
1115,  1333,  14.59,  1466,  1998,  2079,  2081,  2102, 
2307,  2310,  2506,  2993.  3083,  3230, 3236,  3248, 
3309,  3484,  3559.  3571,  3587,  3830,  3993      *■ 
Wilson,  John,  Scot.  (1785-1854),  1139 
Wilton,  Rev.  R.,  Eng.,  3076,  3094,  3111,  3300, 
3307,  3387,  3390,  3401,  3791,  3915,  3964,  4008. 
4051 
Win  slow,  Harriet,  Am.  (1).  1824),  952,  2925 
Wither,    Geo.,   Eng.   (1588-1667),    764,    1145, 
1311,  1443,  1469,  1962,  2603 


Withius.  Holland,  2875 

Wolcot,  John,  Eng.  (1738-1819),  881 

Wolcott,  Samuel,  3282 

Wolfe,  Charles,  Ireland  (1719-1823),  939 

Woodbridge,  Abby  D.,  Am.  (w.  1836),  1628 

Woodbridge,  Benjamin,  Am.  (d.  1710),  233 

Woodbury,  I.  B.,  New  York,  3919 

Woods,  George,  Eng..  3147 

Wordsworth,    Christopher,    Eng.    (w.    1805), 

2696,  3235 
Wordsworth,  William,  Eng.  (1770-1850),  5, 
154,  162,  178,  213,  331,  503.  826,  891,  949.  955, 
1031,  1097,  1148,  1182,  1234,  1237, 1317, 1678, 
1705,  1843,  1919,  192.5.  1955,  2064,  2106,  2146, 
2276,  2353,  2360,  2377,  2381, 2571,  2666,  3043 
Worlsey,  Philip  Stanhope,  tr.,Eng.  (w.  1866), 

3387 
Wotton,  Sir  Henry,  Eng.  (1568-1639),  2616 
Wulflfer,  Germany  (1617-1685),  1118 
Wyatt,   Sir  Thomas.    Eng.  (1503-1542),  472, 
814,  1091,  2511,  2597 

Young,  Edward,  Eng.  (1684-1765).  26.  73,  83, 
103,  110,  131,  130,  131,  132,  153,  166,  335, 
371,  435,  485.  487,  506,  553.  611,  638,  679, 
683,  695,  706,  710,  719,  760.  765,  768,  796, 
843.  1013,  1018.  1020,  1065.  1096,  1138,  ll68, 
1294,  1327,  1372,  1400,  1445.  1493. 1523, 1608. 
1623,  1642,  1653,  1655,  1842,  1864,  1868, 1913. 
1913,  1931,  1924,  1928,  1929,  1932, 1933,  1966, 
2000,  2043,  2054,  2055,  2056,  2061 ,  2099,  2142, 
2220.  2225,  3237,  2284,  2327,  2386,  2350,  2395, 
2497,  2509,  2518,  2514,  2533,  2599,  2640,  2793, 
2794,  2815,  2839,  2874,  2882,  2933,  2942,  3004, 
3018,  3058 

Zehn,  Germany  (1615-1719),  1490 
Zinzendorf,   Count   N.    L.,    Germany  (1700- 

1760),  1637 
.  Zwiugli,  Switz.  (1483-1530),  673 


INDEX  OF  PEOSE  AUTHOES. 


Two  numbers  connected  by  a  dash  indicate  time  of  author's  birth  and  death;  b.  time  of 
birth;  d.  time  of  death;  w.  time  of  writing.  The  prose  volumes  divide  on  6275. 


Abbott,  Lyman,  D.D.,  Mass  (b.  1835),  1553, 

5608,  6532 
Abbott,  Rev.  Jacob,  Maine  (b.  1803),  3486 
Abbott,  Rev.  John  S.  C,  Maine  (b.  1805),  7802 
Abbott,  Rev.  Thomas  J.,  Vermont,  8838 
Abercrombie,  John,  M.D.,Scot.(1781-]844),  7410 
Abernethy,  Dr.,  Eng.  (1768-1831),  8074 
Adam,  Rev.  Thomas,  Eng.  (1701-1784),  4292, 

4293 
Adams,  J.  A.,  D.D.,  K  Y.,  9975 
Adams,  John  Quincy  (1767-1848),  395,  10068 
Adams,  Nehemiah,  D.D.,Mass.  (b.  1806),  2939, 

3611,  6152 
Adams,  Rev.  Benj.  M.,  Mass.,  2939,  3611, 

6152 
Adams,  Rev.  Thomas,  Eng,  (1701-1784;  an  ec- 
centric and  learned  divine),  34,  115, 142,  205, 
216,  223,  339,  371,  300,  748,  1023,  1136,  1255, 
1461,  1509,  1774,  ia55,  3111,  2120,  2123,  2549, 
3089,  3717,  3766,  4290,  4413, 4416,  4658,  5959, 
6185, 6337, 6530,  6713,  7033,  7199,  7479,  7860, 
8151.  8316,  8971,  11056,  11170,  11407,  11508, 
11987,  13009,  13139 
Addison,  Joseph,  Eng.  (1673-1719),  1041,  3064, 
2588,  3754,  3803,  4006,  6406,  6437, 6539,  6993, 
7015,  7036,  7073,  7199,  7337.  7374,  7796,  8014, 
8036,  8088,  8286,  8417.  8426,  8432,  8545,  8566, 
8706,  8785,  8867,  8913,  8952,  9112,  9354,  9479, 
9774,  9776,  9783.  9953,  10064,  10150,  10157, 
10331,  10357,  10370,  10380,  10419,  10519, 
10613,  10666  10956,  11360,  11359,  11446, 
11482,  11683,  13139,  13368 
iEschylus,  4106 

^sop,Greek:  fabulist  (619-654  B.C.),  6333, 6333, 
6360,  6433,  6469,  6476,  6569,  6583,  6586,  6635, 
6874,  6887  6936,  7363,  7373,  7379,  7381,  7449, 
7609,  7756,  7904,  7935,  7983,  8045,  8063,  8085, 
8105,  8106,  8113,  8184, 8353,  8363,  8495,  8638, 
8680,  8695.  9356,  9517.  9519, 9584,  9705,  9747, 
9753,  9808,  9831,9901,9930,9940,10097  10183, 
10361,  10303„  10335,  10455,  10533,  10614, 
10710,  10789,  10791,  10803.  10901.  10934, 
10938,  11001,  11033,  11048,  11166,  11175, 
11406,  11477,  11488,  11570,  11690,  11839, 
13134,  12148  12200,  12232 
Agassiz,  Louis  Jean  Rodolph,  Switzerland  (b. 

1807),  3799,  3829 
Albert,  Prince  (1819-1861),  8504 
Alexander,  Archibald,  D.D.,  Va.  (1772-1851), 

3875 
Alexander,  Dr.  J.  W.,  D.D.,  Va.(b.  1804),  6815 
Alexander,  Rev.  Thomas  (d.  1872).  7993 
Alford,  Rev.  Dean,  Eng.  (1810-1871),  6109 


Alison,  Sir  Archibald,  Scot.  (1792-1867),  11817 

AUeine,  R.,  1082 

Alleine,  Rev.  Joseph,  Eng.  (1633-1688;  Non- 
conformist minister;  author  of  "  Alarm  to 
Unconverted  Sinners"),  7452 

AUyn,  7291 

Alsop,  11693 

Alva,  Duke  of,  Spain  (1508-1582),  10493 

Ambrose,  Isaac  (1591-1664;  Non-conformist 
minister  of  Eng.),  681,  2098,  3431,6066,  8177, 
11938,  12127 

Ames,  Bp.  Edward  R.,  D.D.,  Ohio  (1806-1879), 
9452,  9494 

Andrews,  Bp.  L.,  Eng.  (1555-1626),  10973  • 

Anselm,  St.,  Eng.  (1034-1109),  5324 

Antisthenes,  5938 

Antoninus,  8668,  9583,  10193 

Argyll,  Duke  of  (b.  1833),  12079 

Arminius,  Jacobus,  Germany  (1560-1609), 
10688 

Arndt,  John,  4175,  4389,  5494 

Arnold,  Dr.  Thomas,  Eng.  (1795-1843),  1830, 
7638,  8378,  10341 

Arnold,  Ebenezer,  8613 

Arnold,  Frederick,  Eng.  (w.  1840),  10358 

Aruot,  Rev.William  (a  popular  Scotch  divine), 
534,  803,  880,  965,  984, 1359,  1336, 1333,  1608, 
1834,  1837,  3144,  3165,  3406,  3583,  2615,  2619, 
3005,  3055.  3415,  3993,  4153,  4455,  5335,  5491, 
5705,  5803,  5869,  5913,  6347,  6354,  6403,  6480, 
6483.  6636,  7133,  7346,  7400,  7735,  7934,  8143, 
8306, 8526,  8598,  8700,  8746,  8806,  8993,  9206, 
9395,  9406,  9430,  9473,  9487,  9500,  9618,  9632, 
10115,  10376,  10686,  10773,  10871,  11360, 
11359,  11446,  11630,  11785,  11828,  11842, 
11891,  11948,  12211 

Arrowsmith,  John,  D.D.  (1602-1659;  Puritan 
preacher  and  writer  of  Eno-.),  90,  1103,  2497, 
2508,  2536,  3736,  4212,  5623,  5910,  8853,10141 

Arthur,  Rev.  Wm.,  Ireland  (b.  1819;  author 
of  "  Tongue  of  Fire"),  578,  3999,  3083,  3385, 
3965,  4043,  4503,  4605,  5321,  9035,  10107 

Arthur,  T.  S.,  Penn.  (b.  1809),  5631 

Arundel,  11583 

Arvine,  Kazlett  (author  of  "  CyclopiEdia  of 
Moral  and  Religious  Anecdotes,"  issued  in 
1848),  871,  1344,  1428,  1575,  3927,  5960,10439 

Ascham,  Roger,  Eng.  (1515-1568),  1822,  8519 

Ashburner,  A.  M.,  Eng.  (w.  1777),  10260 

Atkinson,  Rev.  John  (author  of  "Garden  of 
Sorrows"),  2417,  4487 

Atterbury,  Bp.  Francis,  Eng.  (1663-1 732),5749, 
8060,  9441,  9493 


624 


INDEX  OP  PKOSE  AUTHORS. 


Attwell,  Henry,  12319 

Augustine,  St.  (354-430;  one  of  the  most 
eminent  of  the  fathers  of  the  Christian 
church),  731,  902,  2166,  3347,  5022,  5089, 
7201,  8322,  8907,  10238,  11401 

Ausonius,  3291 

Aveling,  Rev.  T.  W.,  Eng.,  2383 

Babbage,  Charles,  Eng.  (b,  1790),  3275 

Bacon,  LordFraucis,  Eng.  (1560-1626;  Philos- 
oplier,)  44,  588,  944,  1021,  1051,  1114,  1115, 
1116, 1120,  1289,  1291, 1495,  1682,  1798,  1835, 
1935,  1953,  2061,  2188,  2350,  2401,  2464,  2598, 
2603,  2605,  2648,  2782,  3047,  3082,  3112,  3134, 
3140,  3205,  3314,  3561,  3746,  4098,  4188,  4850, 
5849,  5878,  5933,  6963,  7035,  8086,  8284,  8460, 
8635,  9349,  9645,  9737,  10982 

Badley,  B.  H.,  9416 

Bailey,  Philip  James,  Eng.  (b.  1816),  6305 

Baillie,  Johanna,  Scotland  (1764-1851),  3601 

Baker,  Dr.,  3223,  3224 

Baker,  Sir  Samuel  W.,  Eng.  (b.  .1821),  6147, 
7907 

Balfern,  Rev.  W.  P.,  7117,  11372 

Balfour,  John  Hutton,  M.D.,  Scotland  (w. 
1849),  2135 

Balfour,  Mrs.,  (author  of  the  "  Woman  of  the 
Bible,")  8657,  8658,  8765,  8827,  8957,  11884 

Balfour,  Prof.,  Eng.  (b.  1808),  10865 

Balkam,  W.,  5287 

Bamford,  S.,  11879 

Bancroft,  George,  Mass.  (b.  1800),  8076,  11301 

Banks, 7331 

Baring-Gould,  Sabine,  Eng.,  10880 

Barnes,  Albert,  N.  Y.  (1790-1870;  Commenta- 
'or  and  preacher),  23,  1046,  4118,  5179,  7101 

Barrett,  A.,  2965,  9660 

Barrington,  Sir  John  Shute,  Ireland  (1678- 
1734),  1641 

Barrow,  Isaac,  D.D.,  Eng.  (1630-1677),  565, 
1996,  2006,  2007,  2103,  2141,  3547,  5251,  5905, 
8813,  11222 

Barry,  Edward,  M.D.,  D.D.  (1759-1822),  8727 

Basil,  The  Great  (328-379;  one  of  the  Greek 
fathers  of  the  church),  5335.  9103,  9820, 
9908 

Bate,  Rev.  John,  Eng.  (author  of  a  "  Cyclo- 
paedia of  Illustrations,"  issued  1865),  28,  285, 
779,  792,  828,  1186,  1337,  2081,  2279,  2315, 
2658,  3121,  3145,  3531,  3551,  3638,  4125,  4126, 
4169,  4271,  4924,  4931,  5160,  5365,  5730,  5804, 
5835,  5975,  6097,  6190 

Bates,  William,  D.D.,  Eng.  (1625-1699;  Puri- 
tan divine),  2189,  5432,  6229,  7385,  8977, 
10979,  10980 

Baumgarten,  Prof.  M.,  4439 

Baxter,  Rev.  Richard,  Eng.  (1615-1691;  au- 
thor of  "Saints'  Rest,"  and  167  other  vol- 
umes). 1916,  3546,  4869,  5181,  9481,  11405 

Bayly,  Bp.  Lewis,  Ensr.  (d.  1632),  11069 

Beadle,  Rev.  John,  Eng.  (w.  1656),  4777 

Beard,  Dr.  J.  R.,  Eng.  (w.  1845),  380,  381, 
4156 

Beard,  G.  M.,  M.D.,  Amer.,  3309 

Beattie,  James,  Scot.  (1735-1803),  1571,  11942 

Beaumont.  Rev.  Joseph,  M.D.,  Eng.  (1794- 
1855),  51.  680,  717,  1130,  1155,  1431,  1452, 
1802, 1825,  1828,  1869,  1912, 2231,  2366,  2885, 
2938,  3122,  3439,  3724,  4093,  4403,  4531,  5319, 
5909,  6230 

Beauregard,  General  P,  T.,  8747 


Bebbington,  W.,  220 

Bedell,  Dr.,  101 

Beecher,  Henry  Ward,  Conn,  (b,  1813),  73, 
144,  169,  187,  188,  200,  201,  330,  373,  376, 
401,  403,  407,  445,  449,  452,  453,  543,  545, 
547,  551,  619,  625,  632,  634,  636,  640,  648, 
675,  678,  707,  734,  772,  794,  796,  798,  808, 
812,  822,  844,  909,  929,  957,  970.  1045, 
1065,  1068,  1218,  1239.  1256,  1269,  1302,  1318. 
1355, 1370,  1499,  1524,  1548,  1574,  1598,  1691, 
1692, 1796, 1836,  1843,  1875,  1880, 1900, 1951, 
2016,  2018,  2051,  2055,  2056,  2073,  2246,  2249, 
2272,  2283,  2336,  2357,  2359,  2462,  2479,  2491, 
2564,  2569,  2683,  2685,  2686,  2688,  2689,  2690, 
2718,  2728,  2832,  2868,  2907,  2935,  2976,  3008, 
3010,  3056,  3084,  3132,  3179,  3234,  3383,  3388, 
3389,  3390,  3391,  3394,  3398,  3460,  3507,  3510, 
3535, 3552,  3554,  3566,  3573,  3575,  3580  3591, 
3592,  3596,  3598,  3621,  3623,  3627,  3630,  3642, 
3659,  3676,  3695,  3714,  3715,  3728,  3743,  3768, 
3770,  3781,  3786,  3791,  3828,  3867,  3384,  3886, 
3890,  3893,  3927,  3928,  3932,  3935,  3975,  4011, 
4023,  4025,  4033,  4035,  4067,  4074,  4076,  4096, 
4097,  4100,  4104,  4132,  4144,  4173,  4177, 4187, 
4221,  4249,  4291,  4316,  4334,  4335,  4360,  4390, 
4445,  4450,  4452,  4453,  4454,  4508,  4553,  4562, 
4609,  4612,  4677, 4691,  4700,  4736,  4743,  4747, 
4749,  4752,  4755,  4780,  4790,  4803,  4805, 4817, 
4819,  4827,  4876,  4889,  4890,  4893,  4894,  4896, 
4916,  4942,  4944,  4949,  4977,  5007,  5079,  5107, 
5113,  5118,  5123,  5135,  5141,  5204,  5210,  5238, 
5259,  5263,  5330,  5353,  5358,  5361,  5362,  5381, 
5385,  5396,  5397,  5401,  5407,  5426,  5430,  5431, 
5441,  5448,  5451,  5452,  5464,  5516, 5518,  5521, 
5531,  5532,  5541,  5548,  5565,  5618,  5653,  5680, 
5687,  5690,  5695,  5699,  5700,  5758,  5792, 5793, 
5795,  5796,  5800,  5807,  5830,  5837,  5838,  5915, 
5922,  5934,  5946,  5978,  5999,  6018,  6052,  6076, 
6119,  6140,  6150,  6203,  6225,  6250,  6560,  7004, 
7030,  7315,  7447,  8517,  8552,  8802,  9030,  9156, 
9209,  9210,  9253,  9273,  9302,  9319,  9352,  9439, 
9453,  9939,  9969,  10468,  10636,  10654,  10741, 
10905,  10933,  11161,  11346,  11493,  11510, 
11768,  12014,  12064,  12159,  12201 

Beecher,  Lyman,  D.D.,  Conn.  (b.  1775),  11494 

Beecher,  Thomas  K.,  D.D.,  Conn.,  9255,  10131 

Belfrage,  Henry,  D.D.,  Eng,  (1774-1835),  11803 

Bell,  G.  M.,  4012,  4016,  101382 

Bellew,  J.  C.  M.,  5929,  12165 

Bengel,  Johann  A.,  Germany  (1687-1752), 
5782,  11613 

Bennett,  William  C,  Eng.  (b.  1820),  3887 

Benson,  Joseph,  Eng.  (1748-1821),  6010, 
10143 

Bentham,  Jeremy,  Eng.  (1748-1832X  9301, 
10101 

Benton,  Thomas  Hart,  K  C.  (1783-1858), 
10649 

Berkeley,  Bp.  George,  D.D.  (1684^1753),  9055 

Bernard  of  Clairvaux  (1091-1153),  6494,  8101 

Berridge,  Rev.  John,  Eng.  (1716-1793),  79, 
3736,  4158,  7324,  7397,  9385 

Berry,  Rev.  J.  R.,  5456 

Beveridge,  Bp.,  Eng.  (1638-1708),  11800 

Bias  (one  of  the  seven  sages  of  Greece;  lived 
about  566  B.C.),  8872. 

Bickersteth,  Rev.  Edward,  Eng.  (1786-1850), 
4522,  9892,  11458 

Billing,  A.  M.,  1489 

Binney,  Rev.  Thomas,  Eng.  (b.  1800),  3761, 
3912,  4854,  6313>  7077,  10159 


INDEX  OF  PROSE  AUTHORS. 


625 


Birks.  E.  H.,  6754 

Blackburn,  Joliu,  7733 

Blackstone,  Sir  William,  Eng.  (1723-1780), 
10172 

Blackwood,    Adam,  Scotland  (1539-1623),  97 

Blair,  Hugh,  D.D.,  Scotland  (1718-1800), 
5935,  6536,  8903,  8949,  9286,  9716,  11340, 
13086,  13327 

Blakie,  Rev.  Dr.,  Scotland  (b.  1809),  4257, 
4358,  4260,  5129,  6572,  7734 

Bloomfieid,  Bp.  Charles  James,  Eng.  (1788- 
1857),  13303 

Blount,  Sir  Thomas  Pope,  Eng.  (1649-1697), 
7467 

Boardman,  W.  E.,  720,  2041,  3370,'3528,  5183, 
5879,  9546,  10061 

Bosratzky,  Charles  Henry,  Germany  (1690- 
1^74),  5923,  6405 

Boileau,  Nicolas,  France  (1636-1711),  10701 

Bolingbroke,  Henry  St.  John,  Eng.  (1678- 
1751),  854,  10920 

Bolton,  Rev.  James,  5349,  5740 

Bolton,  Robert,  Dean  of  Carlisle,  Eng.  (1697- 
1763),  903,  904,  905,  1089,  1090,  3679,  3918, 
5336,  7177,  9386 

Bolton,  W.  J.,  1306,  11751 

Bonar,  Rev.  Andrew  A.,  Scotland,  6619 

Bonar,  Horatius,  D.D.,  Scotland  (b.  1808; 
a  popular  writer  both  in  prose  and  poetry), 
2679,  3623,  4211,  5035,  5486,  5856,  6265, 
7330,  8982 

Bond,  Thomas  E.,  M.D.,  Md.  (1782-1850), 
2443 

Boole,  Rev.  W.  PI.,  12000 

Booth,  Dr.,  5644 

Boston,  Rev.  Thomas.  Scotland  (1676-1732), 
1465,  2809,  4904,  4906,  8422,  8772,  9337,  9484, 
12043 

Boswell,  Rev.  James  I.,  Penn.,  3705 

Bourrienne,  General  (1769-1834),  8749 

Bower,  11934 

Bowes,  G.  S.  (author  of  "Illustrative  Gather- 
ings," first  and  second  series,  and  "Scripture 
Itself  the  Illustrator."  114,  156,  258,  334, 
451,  513,  542,  884,  908,  998,  1048,  1085,  1105, 
1351,  1257,  1469,  1526,  1538,  1557,  1646, 
1683,  1785,  1995,  2003,  2025,  209(>,  2190, 
2208,  232.5,  2326,  2418,  2430,  2470,  2476, 
2493,  2695.  2934,  3019,  3073,  3099,  3114, 
3217,  3454.  3474,  3547,  3579,  3736,  3S73, 
4053,  4057,  4315,  4363,  4263,  4385.  4417, 
4466,  4479,  4511,  4541,  4708,  4746,  4769, 
4777,  4788,  4791,  4841,  4901,  5190,  5235, 
5386,  5273,  5557,  5655,  5779,  5810,  5867, 
5892,  5893,  5898,  6143,  6231,  6299,  6G02, 
6335,  6345,  6388,  6447,  6448,  6069,  6686, 
6880.  6899,  6995,  7078,  7080,  7111,  7115, 
7149,  7179,  7260,  7277,  7349,  7394,  7412, 
7451,  7473.  7483,  7556,  7579,  7597,  7658, 
7692,  7728.  7754.  7793.  7894.  7923.  7931. 
7961,  8033,  8141,  8143,  8194,  8390,  8413, 
8510,  8532,  9518,  9554,  9611,  9613,  9632, 
9662.  9692.  9796.  9826,  9830,  9885,  9959, 
10016  10028,  10090,  10125,  10179,  10188, 
10380,  10326,  10406,  10460,  10460,  10504, 
10507,  10733,  10776,  10777,  10780,  10838, 
10833,  10955,  11045,  11454,  11504,  11849, 
11945,  13038,  13071,  12072,  12114,  12137, 
12158,  12209.  12305,  12311,  12318 

Bowman,  Bp.  Thomas,  D.D.,  Penn.  (b.  1817), 
6788,  6810,  7510,  9875 


Bowring,  Sir  John,  Eng.  (b.  1792),  3576 

Boyd,  Rev.  K.  H.,  993,  1564,  1981,  2113,  2250, 
2354,  2267,  2370,  2381,  3785,  4841,  5414 

Boyle,  Robert,  Eng.  (1629-1691),  2890,  7011, 
7967,  12157 

Bradford,  Rev.  John  (b.  about  1510;  martyred 
1555),  7656,  8586 

Brande,  William  T.  (1788-1866),  8154 

Bray,  Charles,  8722 

Breed,  W.  P.,  D.D..  5674 

Bremer,  Fredrika,  Switz.  (1802-1866),  5293, 
7406,  10092,  10417 

Brewer,  Rev.  Dr.,  8712 

Brewster,  Sir  David  (1781-1868),  8909 

Bridaine,  1937 

Bridge,  William  (1600-1692),  2139.  4865,  8583 

Bridges,  Rev.  Charles  (d.  1869),  7677 

BrightwelJ,  Mrs.,  1590 

Bringhurst,  G.,  11531 

Brock,  Rev.  William  J.,  4089,  8050,  10391 

Brodie,  Sir  Benjamin,  Eng.  (1783-1862),  10525, 
12130 

Bronte,  Charlotte  (Mrs.  Nicholls),  Eng.  (1824- 
1855),  10631,  12260 

Brooke,  H.,  9410,  9528,  11856 

Brooks,  Rev.  Philips,  Amer.,  8005 

Brooks,  Rev.  Thomas,  Eng.  (1608-1680),  695, 
1005,  3169,  2600,  2692,  2812,  2828,  2835, 
3053,  3118,  3603,  3734,  4054,  4056,  4058, 
4081,  4165,  4172,  4408,  4666,  4840,  5000, 
5469,  6388,  6397,  6461,  6872,  7114,  7116, 
7212,  7466,  7687,  7779,  7870,  8126,  8467, 
8738,  8756.  9031,  9052,  9109,  9201,  9340, 
9392,  9425,  9709,  9717,  9743,  10054,  10056, 
10464,  10483,  10663,  10S09,  11009,  11033, 
11186,  11253,  11354,  11404,  11410,  11702, 
11718,  11721,  11739,  11856,  11870,  11910, 
11979,  11993,  12303,  12317 

Brougham,  Lord,  Eng.  (1779-1871),  7613, 
8372 

Brown,  James  Baldwin.  LL.D.  (1781-1843), 
1543,  1680,  3564,  4887,  5376,  5331,  5421, 
5638,  7972 

Brown,  R.,  3080 

Brown,  Rev.  J.  D.  (Missionary  in  India),  10215 

Brown,  SelaW.,  Vt.,  10199 

Brown,  W.,  11497 

Browne,  Sir  Thomas,  M.D.,  Eng.  (1605-1682), 
5383,  8389,  8476.  8580,  8626,  9512,  9655, 
9847,  10120,  10220,  10265,  10640,  10781, 
10983,  12273 

Bruce,  Rev.  Robert,  Scotland  (1554-1631),  419 

Brydges,  Sir  Samuel  E.  (17G3-1837),  9948 

Bucchius,  4330 

Buchsel,  8523 

Buck,  Charles,  Scotland  (1771-1815;  author 
of  "Buck's  Anecdotes"),  261,  1657,  2363, 
2411,  2552,  2889,  3420,  3557,  3665,  3733,  4864, 
4954,  5506,  6150,  6784,  6824,  6938,  7013,  7191, 
7220,  7388,  7403,  7440,  7659,  7671,  7835,  8343, 
8537,  8595,  8697,  8709.  8786,  8945,  9017,  9020, 
9069,  9131,  9171,  9379,  9480,  9679,  9784, 
10012,  10139,  10402,  10708,  10925,  10989, 
11004.  11249,  11258,  11320,  11507,  11777, 
11843,  11953,  12218,  12239,  12288,  12301 

Buckholtzer.  Rev.  Abraham,  Germany  (1529- 
1584),  10954 

Buckingham,  James  S.,  Eng.  (1786-1855), 
9348,  11919 

Buckland,  Rev.  Dr.  (1784r-lS53),  8253 

BudingtoD,  Rev.  Dr.,  Amer.  (d.  1879),  8159 


626 


INDEX  OF  PROSE  AUTHORS. 


Buffon,  Comte  De  (1707-1788;  naturalist), 
1786 

Bulfinch,  Stephen  Grceuleaf,  Mass.  (b.  1809), 
2904 

Bulwer  (See  Lord  Lytton),  3190,  5614 

Bunting,  Jabcz,  D.D.,  Eng.  (1779-1858),  4085, 
10599 

Bunyan,  John,  Eng.  (1628-1688;  author  of 
"Pilgrim's  Progress,"  and  other  works),  254, 
1266,  1300,  1478,  1483,  1521,  1522,  15;]1, 
1613,  2193,  23:J7,  2937,  3306,  3443,  3840,  4728, 
6382,  6759,  6954,  7172,  7561,  7736,  8062, 
8857,  8926,  9192,  9434,  9514,  9744,  10051, 
10433,  10512,  11068,  11730,  11738,  11859 

Burder,  George,  Eng.  (1752-1832),  8748 

Burgess,  Anthony,  Eng.  (w.  1846),  5313,  5701 

Burgess,  Bp.  Tiiomas,  D.D.,  Eng.  (1756-1837), 
3594,  3677,  4927,  4947,  5721 

Burke,  Edmund,  Ireland  (1730-1797;  a  great 
orator  and  writer).  8035,  8331,  8367,  8548, 
8828,  9207,  9780.  9917,  10040,  10178,  10403, 
10407,  10839,  11321 

Burleigli,  Loril,  Eng.  (1520-1598),  10416 

Burnet,  Bp.,  Eng.  (1643-1715),  1948,  9014, 
11317 

Burns,  Jabez.  D.D.,  Eng.  (author of  "Parables 
and  Miracles  of  Jesus  Christ"),  6181 

Burritt,  Elihu,  Conn.  (1811-1880;  "Tlie 
Learned  Blacksmith"),  4178,  6866,  9897, 
10721 

Burroughs,  Pvev.  Jeremiah  (1599-1646),  2891, 
gooo   5554 

Burton,   Kcv.  Robert,   Eng.   (157&-1640),  730, 

1138,    1139,  1140,    1145,    1867,    2776,    3141, 

3679,    3719,  4489,    5023,    5299,    5510,    5931, 

6355,  6458,  6875,  6886 
Bush,  Rev.  Professor,  Am.  (1796-1860).  6770 
Bushnell,    Horace,    D.D.,    Conn.    (b.   1S04), 

1635,   2191,  2207,    2711,    4088,    4499,    4501, 

5391,  5394,  5395,  6228 
Butler,  Arclier,  Ireland  (1814-1848),  2492,  8416 
Butler.  Bp.  Joseph,  Eng.  (1692-1752;  author 

,of  "The  Analogy  of  Religion"),  8888,  9161, 

10396,  10457 
Butler.  Rev.  Alban.,  Eng.  (1700-1773;  author 

of  "  The  Lives  of  the  Saints"),  11562, 11563, 

>1816 
^^tler,  Samuel,  Eng.  (1612-1680),  10393 
Bulier,  William  A.,  Ireland,  9676 
Bu-vYon,,  Sir  Thomas  F.,  Eng.  (1786-1845),  1895, 

Byfield.  Richard,  Eng.  (d.  1664),  7652 
Byron,  Lord^  Eng.  (1788-1824),  3231 

Caird,  John.  J).D..  Scotland  (b.  1820),  1346, 
20i)7,  2537,  3353,  3362,  4090,  4123,  5174, 
6964,  8508,  8616,  12090 

Oalamy,   3736 

CJalvin,  lifiv.  John,  Switzerland  (1509-1564; 
Reformer  and  theologian),  4342,  6072 

Cftmerarius,   David,  Scotland  (w.   1627),  3534 

Cf^meron,  Rev.  Andrew,  Eng.,  510,  611,  2548 

Ci^mpbell,  Rev.  Alexander,  Ireland  (1788-1855), 
7409,  10150 

Capel,  Lord  Arthur,  Eng.  (d.  1649),  12066 

Carlcton,  10355 

Carlisle,  Lord,  515 

Carlyle,  Thomas,  Scotland  (b.  1795;  critic  and 
essayist),  2057,  3051,  3441,  4092,  4149,  6315, 
6726,  7037,  7060,  7704,  8018,  8239,  8822, 
888,3,  8906,  9170,  ^44,  9294,  9654,  9711, 


9722,  9997, 10128, 10152,  10187, 10233,  10267, 
10373,  10383,  10394,  10551,  10609.  10619, 
10667,  10681,  10691,  10739,  10766,  11028, 
11040,  11302,  11328,  11352,  11355,  11521, 
11835,  11966,  11990,  12102,  12131,  12173, 
12270,  12273,  12274 

Carter,  9964 

Carter,  Mrs.,  8199 

Car>l,  Rev.  Jos.,  Eng.  (1602-1673),  9549,  11357, 
11588 

Case,  8421 

Caspipini.  9672 

Casuerba,  12094 

Cates,  Rev.  S.,  2970 

Cato,  Marcus  (95-46  B.C.),  7453 

Caughey,  Rev.  James,  America  (Revivalist, 
author  of  "  Earnest  Christianity"),  404,  1174, 
1903,  1904,  2038,  2330,  3258,  3269,  4630, 
5070,  5577,  5820 

Caussin,  Nicholas,  France  (1607-1651;  R.  C. 
divine),  1127,  1537,  1693.  1914.  1974,  2052, 
2515.  2522,  2550,  2618,  3311,  3429,  3518,  3620, 
4324,  4444,  5111,  5255,  5424,  6079,  6081,  6144, 
8029 

Cawdray,  Robert  (author  of  "Treasury  of 
Similes"),  London  (1609),  251,  297,  346,  519, 
523,  526,  549,  550,  553,  556,  567,  627,  630, 
641,  661,  665,  690,  698,  701,  710,  719,  725, 
729,  733,  766,  770,  771,  774,  781,  782,  784, 
786,  799,  809.  813,  815,  823,  825,  832,  838, 
842,  865,  869,  874,  876,  890,  898,  901,  907, 
917,  919,  926,  928,  945,  993,  995,  1019, 
1020, 1022.  1024,  1057,  1107,  1110, 1113, 1131, 
1151,  1153, 1159, 1163,  1187,  1211,  1212, 1213, 
1214,  1217,  1220,  1230,  1238,  1293,  1294, 1298, 
1305, 1345,  1352,  1377,  1384,  1887, 1409,  1419, 
1476,  1508,  1545,  1547,  1560,  1577, 1601,  1644, 
1777,  1806,  1858,  1881,  1886,  1909, 1921,  1924, 
1933,  2001,  2034,  2076,  2094.  2102,  2138, 
2145,  2232,  2253,  22G6,  2285,  2S03,  2333, 
2338,  2339,  2453,  2468,  2472,  2481,  2540, 
2541,  2546,  2557,  2572,  2574,  2575,  2578, 
2580,  2630,  2636,  2656,  2671.  2678,  2680, 
2811,  2836,  2916,  2951,  2964,  2987,  3133, 
3156,  3425,  3427,  3484,  8536,  3538.  3602, 
3687,  3737,  8757,  3830,  8906,  3907,  3955, 
3957,  3958,  3969,  8984,  4060,  4155,  4201, 
4322,  4329,  4331,  4353,  4396,  4404,  4533, 
4535,  4554,  4570,  4660,  4674,  4796,  4799, 
4820,  4826,  4886,  4993,  50:29,  5086.  5039, 
5086,  5126,  5288,  5411,  5438,  5637,  5772, 
5797.  5873,  5936,  5942,  6007,  6073,  6136, 
6158,  6183,  6260,  6261 

Cayley,  Cornelius  (w.  1758),  8297 

Cecil.  Rev.  Richard,  Eng.  (1748-1810),  173, 
1685,  1831,  2045,  2677,  2734,  3962,  5812, 
7771,  8243,  9791,  10126,  10529,  10669,  10893, 
11264,  11293,  11498,  11668,  11882,  12287 

Chadbourne,  Prof.,  Amer.,  6607 

Chalmers,  Thomas,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  Scotland 
(1780-1847),  221,  1905,  2225,  2975,  3788, 
3797,  4825,  5166,  5886,  7148.  7617,  8054,  8207, 
8585,  9123.  9878,  10696,  11151 

Chambers,  Willinm,  Dr.,  7499,  9263,  11993 

Champney,  2105,  9274 

Champneys,  Rev.  W.  W.,  3811,  11235,  12265 

Channing,  Wm.  Ellery,  D.D.,  America  (1780- 
1842;  eminent  Unitarian  preacher),  2724, 
8692,  6905,  7703,  9074,  9894,  10282,  11837, 
11848 

Chapin,  E.  H.,  D.D.,  N.  Y.  (1814-1880;  an 


INDEX  OF  PROSE  AUTHORS. 


627 


eloquent  Universalist  preacher),  3144,  4964, 
6120 

Chapman,  J.  A.  M.,  D.D.,  Am.,  763,  7243, 
10181,  10186,  11353,  11745 

Charlotte  Elizabeth  (See  Mrs.  TonHa),  9032 

Charnock,  Stephen,  D.D.,  Eng.  (1628-1680; 
Noil  conformist  divine),  88,  283.  2538,  3476, 
4777,  8428,  9000,  90(i3,  9005,  9008,  9013, 
9021,  9028,  9029,  9060,  9076,  9121,  9162, 
9542,  9794,  9933,  10063,  10398,  10511,  10848, 
11638,  11648,  12304,  12309 

Charron,  R.  de  Pierre,  Fnmce  (1531-1 603),  1484 

Chateaubriand,  Francois  August,  France 
(1769-1848),  6637 

Cheever,  Geo.  B.,  D.D.,  Me.  (b.  1807),  333, 
947,  973,  1535,  2042,  4103,  4702 

Chesterfield,  Lord,  Eng.  (1694-1773),  3804, 
3808,  3936,  4379,  4468,  7497,  9102,  10367, 
10411,  11018 

Chevalier,  Michel,  France  (b.  1806),  7313 

Child.  Mrs.  L.  M.,  Mass.  (d.  1880\  8762 

Chilling  worth,  Rev.  Wm.,  Eng.  (1602-1644), 
8816 

Christmas,  Rev.  Ilenrv,  Emr.  (v.'.  1858),  1267 

Chrysostom,  Jno.,  St.  (347-407;  "  The  Golden- 
mouthed"),  2273,  2924,  5030,  5046,  5324, 
5558,  5911,  7096,  7141,  8380,  9950,  11084 

Cicero,  Marcus  Tuliius,  Rome  (106-43  B.C.), 
314,  977,  2432.  3195,  4235,  6601,  6645,  8329, 
8416,  9287,  10248 

Clarel,  Editli,  9843 

Clarendon,  Lord,  1923,  6501,  8392,  9850 

Clarke,  Alex.,  D.D.,  Ohio  (1834-1879),  11830 

Clark,  Bp.  Davis  W.,  D.D.,  Am.  (1812-1871), 
2015 

Clark,  Adam,  LL.D.,  Ireland  (1762-1832; 
Commentator),  1850,  6070,  7019,  7231,  8369, 
11516,  11581 

Clarkson,  Rev.  David,  Eng.  (1620-1686),  5098 

Clarkson,   Thos.,  Eng.  (1760-1846),  8914 

Clay,  Henry,  Va.  (1777-1852),  1861 

Clayton,  5627 

Clements,  29,  2427 

Clemmens,  10448 

Close,  Francis,  Acd.,  Eng.  (w.  1826),  6209 

Cobbe,  Miss,  2315,  3079 

Cobbett,  Wm.,  Eng.  (176^-1835),  8174,  12261 

Cobden.  Richard,  Eng.  (1804-1865),  10359 

Coke,  E  ,  7906 

Coleridge,  Bp.  William  Hart,  D.D.  (1790- 
1850),  7356 

Coleridge,  Samuel  Taylor,  Eng.  (1772-1834), 
2039,  2173,  2787,  3776,  3782,  3838,  4852,  7267, 
8093,  8337,  8678,  8946,  9383,  9506,  9541, 
9746,  10041.  10450,  10517,  10576,  10755, 
10931.  11012,  11152,  11285,  11349,  12234 

Coley,  Rev.  Samuel,  Eng.  (d.  1880),  50,  77,  218, 
443,  572,  684.  768,  962,  968,  1530,  2104,  2132, 
2299,  2792,  3374,  3933,  3613,  4934,  5215,  53S9, 
5392,  5393,  5522.  5526,  5530,  5681,  5724,  5753, 
5773,  5776,  6116,  6182,  6193,  6266,  6343,  7522, 
8002,  8043,  8761,  9377,  9408,  9857,  9858,  9899, 
10277,  10856,  11345,  12075 

Colfe,  11928 

Collier,  Jeremy,  Eng.  (1650-1726),  7987,  9285, 
10811,  11187 

Collier,  Rev.  Robert  Laird,  Amer.,  7822,  8104, 
10288 

Collins,  Rev.  Thomas,  Eng.  (d.  1864;Wes]ey- 
an  minister),  6413,  6421,  8156,  9180,  10313, 
11606,  11897 


Colton.  Rev.  Caleb  C,  Eng.  (d.  1832;  author 
of  "  Lacon"),  94,  157,  411,  4ti6,  521,  584,  899, 
991,  1055,  1148.1204,  1805,  1910,  I'JoO,  1989, 
2084,  2177,  2367,  2443,  2713,  2715,  2727, 
2747,  2771,  2780,  3265,  3430,  3488,  3618, 
3739,  3794,  3938,  4236,  4382,  4021,  4641, 
4652,  4604,  4684,  4739,  4801,  4925,  4927, 
4935,  5211,  5355,  5402,  5571,  5709,  5824, 
5833,  5916,  6059,  6062,  6069,  6u83,  6315, 
6485,  0579,  6926,  0979,  7032,  7482,  7496, 
8030,  8183,  8205,  8381,  8411,  8797,  <S986, 
9320,  9449,  9534,  9707,  9715,  9936,  9947, 
9985,  10122,  10133,  10185,  10237,  10441, 
10518,  10844,  10970,  11216,  11284,  11320, 
12156,  12180,  12182,  12266 

Colvill,  9179 

Conder,  Josiah,  Eng.  (1789-1855),  10738 

Conway,  9306 

Cooke,  W.,  12236 

Cookman,  Rev.  Alfred,  Pa.  (1828-1871),  818" 

Cool<man,  Rev.  Geo.  C,  Amer.  (1800-1841;  an 
eloquent  Methodist  preacher),  410,  1441, 
2720,  3515 

Cope,  5559 

Cornwall,  E.,  7548 

Coveidale,  Miles,  Eng.  (1487-1568),  8352 

Cowley,  Abraham,  Eng.  (1018-1667),  6635 

Cowper,  Wm.,  Eng.  (1731-1800),  7005,  10698, 
10830 

Cox.  S.,  11386 

Crabb,  Rev.  Geo.,  Eng.  (d.  1854),  1821,  2059, 
2071.  5590 

Crabbe,  Rev.  George  (1754-1832),  3560,  12132 

Crafts,  Rev.  WilberF.,  Me.  (b.  1850),  6431,7895 

Craik,  Heniy,  12078 

Crane,  Jonathan  T.,  D.D.,  Amer.  (1819-1879), 
2071,  5580,  7057 

Grantor,  10389 

Crichton,  Andrew,  Eug.  (w.  1848),  7119 

Crisp,  10027 

Crittenden,  3769 

Cromwell,  Oliver,  Eng.  (1599-1658),  5811,  6904 

Crowquill  (Alfred  Henry  Forrester),  Eng.  (b. 
1806),  9851 

Cruden,  Alexander,  Scotland  (1700-1770; 
author  of  "  Cruden's  Concordance"),  33, 
7694, 10869 

Cudworth,  Ralph,  D.D.,  Eng.  (1617-1688), 
12092 

Culcross,  Rev.  J.,  2517 

Culverwell,  Rev.  Nathan,  Eng.  (w.  1652), 
2612 

Cumberland,  R.,  Eng.  (1732-1811),  4325,  4436 

Cumming,  John,  D.D.  (b.  1810;  a  distinguished 
Scotch  preacher  of  Crown  Court,  London), 
348,  353,  593,  738,  830,  831,  2628,  2897,  2930, 
3104,  3382,  3648,  4065,  4094,  4176,  4366, 
5025,  6113,  6947,  7256,  7425,  7739,  7747, 
8299,  8445,  9864,  9991, 10216,  10487,  10658, 
10665,  11485,  11546 

Cunningham,  John  W.  (1780-1861),  2213 

Curran,  John  P.,  Ireland  (1750-1817),  8330 

Curry,  Daniel.  D.D.,  N.  Y.  (b.  1809),  7126, 
7644,  8737,  9879,  10677 

Curwen,  J.,  12108 

Curzon,  Robert  J.,  Eng.  (w.  1849),  2183,  4461 

Cutler,  Chas.,  Rev.,  Amer.,  8492 

Cuyler,  Rev.  Theo.  L.,  D.D.  (b.  1822).  1391, 
1655,  1780,  2148,  2150,  2419,  2639,  3172, 
4503,  4751,  4879,  5178,  5284,  5306,  6025, 
6107,  6176,  9397,  10633 


628 


IOT)EX  OF  PROSE  AUTHORS. 


Cyprian,  Bp.  of  Carthage  (martyred  258  a.d.), 
9393 

Dabshelim,  10137 

Darnall,  7946 

Darwin,    Erasmus,  M.D.,    Eng.    (1731-1802), 

9952 
Dashiell,   Robert  L.,  D.D.,  Am.  (1826-1880), 

8969,  9087 
D'Aubi?ne,  Rev.  Dr.,  Switzerland  (1794-1873), 

371,  753,  1097,  1124,  9849,  10399 
Da  vies,  Edwin,  D.D.,  2422,  6885,  10074,  12285 
Davies,  Rev.  John,  Eng.  (w.  1847),  3716 
Davis,  Dr.,  6285 

Davy,  Sir  Humphry,  Eng.  (1778-1829;  Chem- 
ist), 290,  2887,  3200,  3610;  8229,  10140 
Dawson,  William,  7430 
Day,  5250 

Deems,  Charles  F.,  D.D.,  Md.  (b.  1820),  313 
Delaney,  7901 
Delitzsch,  6479 

Dell,  W.,  Eng.  (1645-1697),  9085 
Demond,  Charles,  Amer.,  1414,  3881 
Denton,  Rev.  Thomas,  (1724-1777),  5106,  9647 
De  Quincev,  Thomas,  Eng.  (1785-1859),  8214 
Derham,  Rev.  W.,  Amer.,  2496,  2526 
De  Vere,  Sir  Aubrey,  Eng.  (1842-1850),  10818 
Dewey,  Orville,  D.D.,  Mass.  (b.  1794),  10314 
Dick,  Rev.  Thomas,  LL.D.,  Scotland  (1774^ 

1857),  2948,  6044,  8247,  9318,  9510,  9792 
Dickens,     Charles,    Eng.    (1812-1870),    2604, 

7335,  7823,  7824,  7893,  8370,  11980 
Diogenes  (413-323  B.C.),  5932 
Dion,  Cassius,  Rome  (b.  about  155),  11432 
Dionysius,  Greece  (b.  about  70  B.C.),  4106 
Disraeli,    Isaac,     D.C.L.,    Eng.     (1766-1848; 

author  of  "  Curiosities  of  Literature"),  6631, 

6907.  9314,  10294,  10958, 11153, 11319,  11323, 

12324 
Dixon,  James,  D.D.,  Eng.,  6630,  9363 
Doddridge,  Philip,  D.D.,    Eng.    (1702-1751), 

7097,  8237,  10558 
Donkersly,  Rev.  R.,  Amer.,  473,  4061 
Donne,  John,  D.D.,  Eng.  (1573-1631).    1292, 

3385,  5529,  6845,  8696,  8993,  10499,  11925 
Dorchester,  Daniel,  D.D.,  Mass.,  845,  9863 
Dore,  James,  Eng.,  11523 
Dowling,  John,  D.D  ,  Amer.  (b.  1807),  3727 
Draper,  Gideon,  D.D.,  N.  Y.,  1035; 
Drew,    Samuel.  Eng.    (1765-1833;    the  shoe- 
making  philosoplier),  0958 
Drexelius,    Jeremiah,    Germany    (1581-1638), 

4673 
Drunimond,   William,    Scotland  (1585-1649), 

7902 
Drydcn,  Jolm,  Eng.  (1631-1700),  245 
Dubosc,  5180 
Duff,    Alexander,    D.D.,    Scotland   (b.  1808), 

508,  2025,  7334 
Dufferin.  Lord  (b.  1826),  8933 
Du  Moulin,  9342 
Duncan,   Rev.  Dr.,   Amer.  (1774-1846),  7555, 

8998,  10G90 
Durbin,  Jolm  P.,  D.D.,  Ky.  (1800-1876),  3994 
Durham,  9525 
Dwiclit,   Timothy,   D.D.,   Mass.   (1752-1817) 

3355.  4231,  8433,  8990,  9033,  9053,  9445,  9447' 

10872.  1103 
Dyer,  Rev.  John,  Eng.  (1700-1758),  7135 
Dyke,  5984 


Eadie,  John,  D.D.,  L.L.D.,  Scot.,  7123 
Earle,  Bp.  John,  Eng.  (1601-1665),  617 
East,  Thos.,  En?,  (w.  1825),  9227 
Edgeworth,  Maria,  Eng.  (1767-1849),  10620 
Edmond,  Rev.  Dr.  J.,  2824,  3532,  4593,  9462, 

12199 
Edwards,  A.  B.,  11162 
Edwards,  Jonathan,  Conn.  (1703-1758),  5367, 

5769,  6222,  6223,  6671,  8264,  9779,  10694 
Ellis,  Rev.,  5639,  5961 
Emerson,    Ralph   Waldo,    Mass.     (b.    1803), 

4101,  5801,  6001,  6315,  6694.  6988,  8075,  8136, 

8271,  8312,  8425,  10378,  10489,  10543,  10749, 

10836, 10899, 10963,  11757,  12277 
Epictetus,    Rome  (b.   about   50  a.d.),    7303, 

10401,  12233 
Epicurus  (341-270  B.C. ;  a  Greek  philosopher), 

10712 
Erskine,    Rev.   Ebenezer,    Scot.    (1680-1756), 

6348 
Erskine,  Rev.  Ralph,  Scot.  (1685-1752),  10444 
Ethridge,   John  Wesley,  D.D.,   Eng.  (1804:- 

1866) 
Evans,  Alfred  Bowen  (w.  1852),  11687 
Evans,  Rev.  Christmas,  Eng.  (b.  1766),  4863, 

4885,  5240,  5660 
Evelyn,  John,  Eng.  (1620-1706),  6616 
Everett,  Rev.  J.,  5567,  10146 

Faber,  Frederick  William,  Eng.  (1814-1863, 
Roman  Catholic  priest  and  poet),  435,  3375, 
7264,  8108,  8387,  8672,  9043,  9436,  9504, 
9998,  10252,  11052,  11079,  11350,  11770 

Farringdon.  Rev.  Anthony.  Eng.  (1598-1658), 
1534,  1538 

Fentley,  Daniel,  D.D.,  Eng.  (1582-1645),  7433 

Fellow.s,  Sir  Charles,  Eng.  (b.  1799),  9634 

Feltham,  Owen,  Eng.  (d.  about  1678),  2134, 
3049,  5813,  6356,  6363,  6562,  6916,  6972, 
7371,  7986,  8061,  8866,  9980,  9994,  10176, 
10939,  11053,  12191 

Fenelon,  Francois,  France  (1651-1715),  Roman 
Catholic  divine,  5382,  5731,  5948,  10929 

Fenner,  11148 

Fergurson,  Adam,  LL.D.,  Scotland  (1724- 
1816),  1672,  10365 

Fichte,  Johann  G.,  Germany  (1762-1814), 
12179 

Field,  Richard,  D.D.,  Eng.  (1561-1616),  12055 

Fielding,  Henry,  Eng.  (1707-1754),  8087, 
8660,  9298,  11236,  12140 

Finney,  Charles  G.,  Conn.  (b.  1792),  12316 

Fish,  Henry  Clay,  Vt.  (b.  1820),  4572,  8244 

Fitz-Raymond.  9168 

Flavel,  John,  Emr.  (1627-1691;  Non-conform- 
ist divine).  36,  539,  5440,  6422,  6441,  6492, 
6573,  6575,  6613,  6614,  6615,  6622,  6708, 
6863,  6889,  7157,  7161,  7205,  7442,  7464, 
7554,  7560,  7566,  7775,  8314,  8377,  8618, 
8745.  9040,  9181,  9495,  9828,  9963,  10130, 
10310,  10312,  10343,  10447,  10539,  10689, 
10735.  10770,  10798.  10851,  10897,  10898, 
11138,  11155,  11274,  11280,  11380,  11461, 
11468,  11633,  11710,  11773,  11795,  11991, 
12120,  12298.  12331 

Flemming,  8124 

Fletcher,  Mrs.  Mary,  Enjr.  (1739-1805),  1260 

Fletcher,  Rev.  John,  Switzerland  (1729-1784; 
Vicar  of  Madeley,  Eng.),  1856,  2313,  3953, 
4383,  5827,  9550,  9551 


INDEX  OF  PROSE  AUTHORS. 


629 


Flockhart,  3526 

Fontaine,  Jean  de  la  (1621-1695),  7721 

Fontenelle,  Bernard,  France  (1637-1757), 

7665,  7882,  8316,  10703,  11010 
Forbes,  6336 
Forbes,  Bp.  Alexander  P.,  D.C.L.,  Eng.  (w. 

1850),  10824 
Ford,  David  Everard  (w.  1842),  1581 
Fordyce,  James,  D.D.,  Eng.  (1720-1796),  7732 
Forster,  W.  E.,  Eng.  (b.  1818),  11163 
Foss,  Bp.  Cyrus  David,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  New 

York  (b.  1834),  436,  1394,  2385,  2.502,  4080, 

4082,  4,346,  4421,  4592,  4939,  6239,  7110, 

7168,  7237,  7595,  7790,  8291,  8293,  8975, 

10196,  10257,  10684,  10964 
Foster,  Bp.  Randolph  S.,  D.D.,  Ohio  (b. 

1820),  986,  11541 
Foster,  Elon,  D.D.,  New  York  (b.  1833). 

Author  of  Cycloiisediaof  Prose  Illustrations, 

Vol.  I. 
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"     "     "  Poetical  "  Vol.  I. 

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and  Indexes,  Vol.  II. 
The  following  articles  in  the  First  Prose  and 
all  in  the  Second  Prose  without  a  name 
should  be  credited  to  this  author: 
3-9,  1^14,  17,  21,  31,  35,  37,  43,  53,  54,  60- 
62,  66-71,  75,  76,  84,  85,  92,  93,  95,  99,  104, 
106,  110-113,  117,  123,  129,  131,  134,  135, 
141,  143,  148,  150,  152,  153,  159,  161,  163- 
■165,  170,  173,  175-178,  180,  183,  185,  189, 
197,  302,  204,  230,  331,  333-336,  348,  355, 
257,  263,  366,  367,  374,  378-280,  282,  286, 
295,  301,  305-307,  310-313,  315-318,  330- 
333,  335,  337-339,  331,  332,  335-341,  343, 
345.  350,  351.  354-357,  360,  361,  363,  369, 
374,  375,  378,  383,  385,  387,  389-391,  409, 
413,  413,  416,  430,  433,  426-438,  431,  434, 
441,  447,  459-461,  465,  470,  474-480,  483- 
485,  489-496,  498,  501-503,  505,  506,  509, 
511,  531,  533,  535,  537,  538,  540,  541,  557, 
574,  575,  579,  581,  583,  586,  594,  596,  603, 
609,  610,  613-616,  631,  624,  637,  643-645, 
650,  651,  654,  663-664,  669,  676,  677,  685, 
686,  691-694,  704,  705,  708,  709,  714,  723, 
738,  750,  764,  777,  785,  789,  795,  797,  800, 
805,  816,  835,  836,  847,  848,  851-853,  855, 
859,  860,  863-864,  873,  896,  914,  923-925, 
935,  940,  941.  950,  951.  956,  960,  963,  973. 
974,  975,  985,  990,  996,  1004,  1007,  1008, 
1014,  1035,  1036,  1028,  1033-1035,  1038, 
1040,  1050,  1053,  1053,  1056,  1058,  1059, 
1061,  1063,  1067,  1069,  1070,  1073,  1075, 
1080,  1081,  1088,  1091,  1093,  1094,  1100, 
1117-1119,  1121,  1125,  1126,  1133,  1137, 
1143,  1146,  1150,  1164-1166,  1169,  1173, 
1175,  1176,  1178-1180,  1183,  1184,  1188- 
1190,  1196,  1197,  1199,  1303,  1303,  1307, 
1310,  1319,  1233-1339,  1334-1337,  1246, 
1247,  1263,  1265,  1271-1373,  1376-1379, 
1383,  1285,  1390,  1306,  1308-1311,  1315, 
1316,  1343,  1343,  1348,  1350,  1351,  1353, 
1354,  1356,  1357,  1360,  1363,  1364,  1366, 
1371,  1378,  1381,  1385,  1388,  1389,  1392, 
1393,  1397-1399,  1401-1403,  1406,  1408, 
1413,  1413,  1417,  1418,  1430-1424,  1436, 
1437,  1439,  1436,  1440,  1443,  1444,  1446, 
1449,  1450,  1453,  1454,  1456,  1459,  1460, 
1470,  1473,  1474,  1481,  1485,  1487,  1490- 
1492,  1494,  1498,  1500,  1503,  1507,  1513, 


1515,  1518,  1523,  1540,  1544,  1546,  1558, 

1559,  1563,  1563,  1565,  1569,  1573,  1573, 

1576,  1578,  1580,  1583-1584,  1586,  1589, 

1603,  1606,  1607,  1609,  1612,  1615,  1617, 
1624-1626,  1630,  1634,  1637,  1638,  1645, 

1649,  1650,  1654,  1656,  1659,  1661,  1664- 

1671,  1673-1678,  1683,  1684,  1687,  1694, 
1696-1699,  1773,  1776,  1778,  1779,  178»- 

1784,  1788,  1794,  1795,  1803,  1804,  1809, 
1813-1815,  1838,  1843,  1844-1849,  1853, 

1868,  1870-1874,  1877-1879,  1885,  1889- 

1891,  1893,  1896,  1901,  1903.  1908,  1929- 

1933,  1936,  1941,  1946,  1952,  1956,  1957, 

1959,  1961.  1963.  1970,  1976,  1977,  1979, 

1980,  1983,  1984-1986,  1993,  1998-3000, 

3004,  3010,  3013,  3017,  2033,  3034,  2030, 

2035,  2040,  2043,  3044,  2049,  2053,  2058, 

2062,  3063,  3066,  2068,  2069,  2073,  2077, 

2083,  3085-3087,  3089.  2091,  2093,  2099, 

2106,  2109,  2110-2115,  2119.  2121,  2127, 

2129,  3141,  2149,  2151-2156,  3158-3161, 

2168,  3170,  8176,  2178-2183,  2185,  2187, 
2198-2206,  3309,  3318,  2219,  2223,  2224, 
2336-3328,  2234-2244,  2251,  2252,  2257- 

2259,  2361-3363,  3365.  2269,  2274,  2276, 

2278,  2289-3393,  3396,  2301,  2302,  2304, 

2305,  2307,  2309,  2314,  2317,  2318,  2328, 

2324,  3337,  2333,  8335,  8341,  2342,  2344, 

2345,  2347,  2349,  2351,  2353,  2354,  2361, 

2364,  2370,  2371,  2375-2379,  3381,  2383, 
2387-2392,  2394,  2407-2410,  2424-2426, 
2428-2430,  2433,  2437,  8448,  2449,  2458, 

2460,  2401,  2463,  2467,  2469,  2473-3475, 

3477,  3482,  2485,  3488-3490,  8499,  3500, 

3504,  8511,  8513,  8518,  3524,  3525,  3537- 

8529,  3533,  3534,  2541,  2558,  2559,  2561, 

2570,  2576,  2579,  2584,  2585,  2590,  2591, 

2593,  2611,  2613,  2617,  2623,  2635.  2649, 

2651,  2652,  2659,  2660,  2665,  2668,  2074, 

2681,  3683,  3684,  3700,  3716,  8733,  8733, 

3739,  3741,  3746,  3751,  8753,  3754,  8756, 

8757,  8759-3761,  8764,  3766,  3767,  2773, 

2777,  2781,  2785,  2788,  2790,  2793-2796, 

2800,  2808,  2816-2819,  2836,  3849,  2852, 

2853,  2856,  2860,  2864,  2865,  2869,  2871, 
2875-2877,  2881,  2882,  8886,  8893,  2895, 

8914,  3935,  3929,  3931,  3933,  3940,  3941, 

3944,  3945,  8947,  8955,  3957-8959,  3961, 

3968,  8981,  8986,  3991,  3993,  3009,  3014, 

3030.  3033-3038,  3033,  3036,  3039,  3041- 

3044,  3046,  3050,  3058,  3059,  3064,  8067, 

3070,  8073,  3074,  8076,  3078,  3086,  8088, 

8091,  8093.  3098,  3100,  8107,  3108,  3111, 

3116,  8136,  8187,  3188,  8189,  3146,  8148- 

3154,  3157,  3163,  3163,  3166,  3167,  3174, 

3180,  3181,  3188,  8189,  3191-3194,  3302, 

3304,  8310,  3313,  3814,  8319,  8336,  3338, 

3330,  8232,  3233,  3236,  8237,  3240-8243, 

8345,  8346,  8258,  8256,  8257,  3259-3263, 
3266-8268,  8271-8274,  8276,  8377,  3382, 

8284,  8286,  3292,  3295,  3397,  3299,  3803, 

8305,  3817-3320,  3324,  8326-3830,  3337, 

3340,  3343-3345,  8350-3352,  3356,  3306, 

8368,  3373.  8376,  3379,  8406,  8410,  3414, 

3418,  3419,  3423,  8432,  3446.  3447,  3451, 

84.55,  3457,  3458,  3462,  8466-3468,  3475, 

8480,  8490,  8493,  3501,  8508,  3506,  3508, 

3511,  3514-3517,  3521-3523,  3527,  3539, 

3544,  8549,  3550,  3558,  8559,  3565,  3569 

8588,  3588,  8597,  8617,  8628,  3629,  3631, 

3633,  3640,  3643,  3650,  3651,  3654,  3655, 


630 


INDEX  OF  PROSE  AUTHORS. 


3662,  3663,  3666,  3669,  3672,  3673,  3675, 

3682,  3685,  3689-3693,  3694,  3697-3699, 

3702,  3706,  3709,  3711,  3712,  3746,  3748, 

3750-3752,  3759,  3772,  3780,  3790,  3795, 

3798,  38U0,  3801,  3805,  3810,  3813,  3820- 

3822,  3827,  3831,  3832,  3847,  3851,  3855. 

3860,  3864-3866,  3869,  3876,  3879,  3889, 

3904,  3905,  3914,  3916,  3921-3924,  3942, 

3946,  3947,  3949-3951,  3953,  3960,  3961, 

3963,  3970,  3976,  3978,  3986,  3988,  3989, 

3991,  3995-3999.  4008,  4010,  4021,  4023, 

4024,  4036,  4038-4041,  4044,  4048-4051, 

4062,  4063,  4066,  4069,  4077,  4084,  4086, 

4109,  4113-4117,  4133,  4138,  4142,  4147. 

4150,  4152,  4154,  4161,  4162,  4164,  4167, 

4171,  4185,  4189,  4193,  4197,  4200,  4202- 

4205,  4207,  4216,  4220,  4225,  4226,  4229, 

4230,  4233,  4242-4244,  4253,  4255,  4275, 

4281,  4284,  4285,  4289,  4294,  4297-4307, 

4309-4312,  4315,  4318,  4321,  4323,  4332, 

4333,  4338  4347-4349,  4354,  4356,  4377, 

4391,  4393,  4395,  4401,  4402,  4410,  4411, 

4414,  4415,  4418,  4420,  4422,  4424,  4426, 

4428,  4430-4435,  4440,  4442,  4447,  4449, 

4451,  4459,  4460,  4463,  4467,  4471,  4475- 

4478,  4480,  4482-4485,  4488,  4490,  4491, 

4494,  4496-4498,  4507,  4509.  4512,  4518, 

4521,  4526-4529,  4532,  4537-4539,  4544, 

4547,  4548,  4556,  4558,  4559,  4563-4565, 

4567-4569,  4571,  4575,  4577-4583.  4585, 

4586,  4588,  4589,  4591,  4595,  4596,  4600- 

4602,  4604,  4606,  4607,  4611,  4613,  4610, 

4618-4620,  4622,  4623,  4627,  4628,  4635- 

4637,  4643,  4650,  4651,  4654,  4655,  4657, 

4661,  4662,  4665,  4669-4672,  4675,  4678, 

4679,  4681,  4682,  4686-4688,  4690,  4693, 

4694,  4696,  4699,  4703,  4704,  4706,  4707, 

4710,  4711,  4713,  4717-4726,  4730,  4731, 

4735,  4741,  4742,  4744,  4754,  4758,  4761, 

4766-4768,  4770-4772,  4776,  4781.  4784, 

4788,  4789,  4798,  4807,  4810,  4811,  4816, 

4833,  4836,  4837,  4839,  4843-4849,  4853, 

4859-4861,  4868,  4870-4873,  4875,  4877, 

4878,  4880,  4881,  4883,  4884,  4911-4914, 

4930,  4923,  4933,  4933,  4936.  4937,  4940, 

4941,  4953,  4959,  4964-4966,  4969,  4972, 

4974-4976,  4979,  4980,  4983,  4994,  4996, 

4998,  5004,  5005,  5008-5012,  5014,  5016, 

5018,  5020,  5021,  5027,  5028,  5032,  5033, 

5037,  5041,  5044,  5047,  5049-5052,  5058, 

5060,  5064,  5066,  5067,  5069,  5071,  5072, 

5075-5077,  5080,  5082-5085,  5087,  5093, 

5097,  5099,  5102,  5103,  5112,  5114-5116, 

5124,  5127,  5128,  5133,  5134,  5136-5140, 

5142-5145,  5148,  5149,  5151.  5154,  5156, 

5168,  5171,  5173,  5175,  5177,  5185,  5186, 

5192,  5199,.  5300,  5202,  5203,  5205,  5207, 

5212,  5317,  5318,  5330,  5331,  5226,  5228, 

5230,  5236,  5237,  5241-5245,  5252,  5256, 

5258,  5261,  5363,  5264,  5265,  5267,  5286. 

5300,  5301,  5303,  5304,  5307,  5314,  5315, 

5318,  5323,  5326,  5334,  5340-5344,  5346, 

5352  5354,  5330,  5368,  5369.  5373.  5377, 

5379,  5380,  5384,  5386,  5388,  5399,  5400, 

5405,  5406,  5408,  5413,  5413,  5415,  5429, 

5434,  5444,  5450,  5453-5457,  5463,  5465, 

5466,  5468,  5470-5473,  5474,  5477,  5495, 

5503-5505,  5508,  5509,  5511-5514,  5517, 

5519,  5534,  5527,  5533,  5536-5538,  5542- 

5544,  5547,  5551,  5556,  5560,  5563,  5564, 

5568-5570,  5578,  5579,  5583,  5585,  5587, 


5592,  5594,  5599,  5601,  5603,  5606,  5607, 
5610,  5611,  5817,  5621,  5624,  5629,  5032- 
5635,  5640,  5641,  5648,  5649,  5652,  5656, 
5657,  5664,  5671,  5672,  5675,  5676,  5679, 
5682-5686,  5692,  5693,  5698,  5706,  5707, 
5711,  5714,  5716,  5718,  5722,  5725,  5729, 
5733,  5734,  5745-5748,  5754-5757,  5762, 
5775,  5778,  5786,  5808,  5809,  5814,  5819, 
5825,  5831,  5832,  5836,  5840,  5841,  5843, 
5858,  5860,  5872,  5881,  5884,  5888,  5891, 
5897,  5898,  5903,  5908,  5920,  5921,  5928, 
5950,  5951,  5954,  5958,  5963,  5964,  5966, 
5967,  5972-5974,  5981,  5982,  5987,  5989- 
5991,  5994-5997,  6000.  6004,  6005,  60ia- 
6015,  6017,  6021,  6023,  6027,  6028,  6030, 
6031,  6036,  6037,  6047,  6050,  6052,  6056, 
6065,  6080,  6086,  6091,  6098.  6105,  6106, 
6112,  6114,  6115,  6117,  6118,  6122,  6134- 
6137,  6134,  6138,  6141,  6149,  6161-6163, 
6171,  6173,  6187,  6191,  6199,  6205,  6208, 
6218,  6234,  6226,  6232,  6236,  6242,  6245, 
6246,  6249,  6251,  6255,  6267-6269,  6271- 
6273 

Foster,  Rev.  John,  Eng.  (1770-1843;  Essayist), 
414,  571,  683,  981,  1274,  1301,  1395,  1416, 
1827,  2748,  3124,  4148,  4456,  4991,  5057, 
5280,  5347,  5398,  5575,  5822,  6033,  6244, 
6256,  6258,  6655,  7027,  7592,  8366,  8403, 
8507.  8715.  8910,  8912,  9428,  10163,  10168. 
10218,  10647,  10900,  11392,  11996,  12077, 
12146 

Fowler,  Charles  Henry,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  Amer. 
(b.  1837),  7036,  8021,  8145,  8408,  9372,  9806, 
10129,  10134,  10813,  11142,  11154,  11865, 
11895,  12271,  12278,  12281,  12300 

Fox,  Charles  James,  Eng.  (1749-1806),  8011, 
9652 

Fracke,  J.  H.,  887 

Francis  de  Sales,  752 

Francis,  St.,  of  Assisi,  France  (1182-1226), 
8024 

Franklin,  Benjamin,  LL.D.,  Mass.  (1706-1790), 
1380,  1533,  1553,  2220,  2416,  3142,  3248, 
4013,  6006,  7476,  8152,  8269,  8516,  9856, 
11903.  11917 

Freeman,  James  M.,  D.D.,  New  York,  9778 

Friswell,  J.  Hain  (b.  1827),  10200 

Froude,  James  A.,  Eng.  (b.  1818),  8844,  9331 

Fry,  6350 

Fulgentius,  St.  (468-533,  a.d.),  6495,  10567 

Fuller,  Francis,  Eng.  (1637-1701),  11413 

Fuller,  Rev.  Andrew,  Eng.  (1754-1815;  Bap- 
tist divine),  787,  2214,  8717,  11708 

Fuller,  Thomas,  D.D.,  Eng.  (1608-1661),  1043, 
3595,  3657,  3667,  3817,  3824,  4001,  4714, 
4787,  6092,  6186,  6463,  6890,  6929,  7422, 
8037,  8163.  8470.  8636,  9987,  9995,  10078, 
10245,  10455,  10474,  10477,  10479,  10538, 
11058,  11279,  11311,  11393,  11442,  11981, 
13044,  12295,  12222 

Gale,  9671 

Galen,  Dr.,  Greek  physician  (131-310),  9310 

Garrett,  Edward.  10830 

Garrick,  David,  Eng.  (1716-1779),  11120 

Garrison,  Wm.  Lloyd,  Mass.,  (b.  1805),  8346 

Gasparin,   Countess  de  (b.  1815),   1529,  1938, 

2731,  5712,  9276,  10330 
Gataker,  Thomas,  Eng.  (1574-1654),  12029 
Gaussen,  Rev.  Lewis.  Switzerland  (1790-1863), 

2567,  5043,  5726,  6328,  11459,  11626,  11820 


INDEX  OF  PROSE  AUTHORS. 


631 


Gknlis,  Stephanie  Felicitie,  Countess  de  (b. 

1746),  10295 
Gerhard,  6310 

Gibbon,  Edward,  Eng.  (1737-1794),  3834, 10617 
Giles,  Henry,  Ireland  (b.  1819),  5416 
GilfiUan,    Rev.    George,    Scotland  (b.   1813), 
344,  362,  392,  2531,  2704,  3354,  6809,  7196, 
7651,   8320,    8541,    9039,  9508,  9983,   9990, 
10375,  10648,  11764 
Gill,  H.  3779,  3793,  4793 
Gill,  John,  D.D.,  Eng.  (1697-1771),  3096,  4695 
Glanvill,  10827 
Godkin,  8113 
Godwin,  10527 
Goethe,   Johann   W.    Von,   Germany  (1749- 

1832),  5253,  7370,  8484,  8783,  10853,  12241 
Goldsmith,  Oliver,  Ireland  (1728-1774).  2260, 
6981,  7017,  7469,   8165,   8782,    8833,    9231, 
9852,  11673 
Good,  John  Mason,  M.D.,  Eng.  (1764-1827), 

7845 
Goodrich.    Samuel  G.  (Peter  Parley),  Conn. 
(1793-1863),  604,    3750,    4351,   4413,    4800, 
5349,  5254,  6039,  9573 
Goodwin,    Thomas,   D.D.,    Eng.   (1600-1679; 

Puritan  divine),  657,  2990 
Gordon,  Captain,  4214 
Gordon,  Dr.,  English  physician  (1801-1849), 

9157 
Gordon,  J.  E.,  532 
Gorgerly,  11059 
Gorrie,    Rev.  P.  Douglass,    U.  S.    (b.    1813), 

5493 
Gotthelf,  11986 

Gotthold  (Christian  Scriver;  German  Court 
preacher;  1629-1693),  56,  387.  878,  978,  988, 
1171,  1232,  1270,  1383,  1373,  1463,  3589, 
2838,  3857,  4590,  4999,  5333,  5528,  5818, 
5900,  6164,  10376 
Gough,  John  B.    (b.    1817),  906,   2963,  5985, 

9393 
Goulburn,     Edward     Myrick,    D.D.,    Eng., 
1262,   4455,    4519,    4524,   4738,   5130,  5308, 
5485,  5863 
Gove,  Richard,  10379 
Gratian,  Tuscanv  (w.  1141),  10356 
Grattan,  Henry,  Ireland  (1746-1830),  8731 
Graves,  7369 
Gray,  Rev.  Robert,  D.D.,  Eng.  (1763-1834), 

51C8 
Greely,  Horace,  Amer.  (1811-1873).  1379 
Green.  Prof.  Charles,  Penn.  (w.  1771),  3553 
Green,  S.  G.,  3850 
Greene   Matthew,  9935 
Greenhill    Wm.,  Eng.  (d.  1671),  9614 
Greeville,    F.,    London    (w.    1757),   45,    193, 

3316,  2373,  3431,  3679,  3765,  5589 
Gregory  I.,  the  Great,  Rome  (d.  604),  7633, 

9977,  10410 
Gresley,  Prof.,  5404 
Grey,  5104 

Griffin,  George,  LL.D.  (w.  1850),  11083, 11604 
Griffith,  8579 

Grindon.  Leo  H.,  6470,  6471,  6891,  6913, 
6955,  7615,  7636,  8363,  8333,  8376,  10236, 
10704 
Grosart,  Rev.  Alexander  B.,  Eng.,  2080.  3641, 
3645.  6660.  7125,  7161,  8664,  9544,  10296, 
11443,  11586,  11611.  11851,  11853,  11932, 
11929,  13177 
Groser,  W.  H.,  10157 


Grosse,  6353 
Grout,  H.  M.,  11330 
Guernsey,  Dr.  A.  H.,  10520 

Guest,  7039,  7040 

Gurnall,  Wm.,  Eng.  (1617-1679),  462,  1130, 
1157,  1690,  3544.  3393,  3334,  3841,  3853, 
3901,  3903,  4315,  4513,  4874,  5131,  5371, 
6836,  7414,  7525,  7723,  8041,  9190,  9566, 
9620,  9698,  9708, 10509,  10687,  10887,  11233, 
11234,  11571,  11784,  12111 
Guthrie,  Thomas,  D.D.,  Scotland  (b.  1800), 
162,  171,  319,  432,  656,  687,  718,  775,  839, 
942,  969,  1000,  1076,  1195,  1253,  1254,  1488, 
1897,  2108,  3131,  3137,  3163,  2164,  3507, 
2514,  2571,  2634,  2687,  2854,  2873,  2874, 
2896.  3933,  3199,  3359,  3364.  3369,  3373, 
3378.  3440,  3443,  3533,  3653,  3898,  3948, 
4259.  4492,  4500,  4603,  4680,  4775,  4779, 
4793,  4814,  4831,  5034,  5187,  5195,  5311, 
5316,  5563,  5646,  5662,  5828,  5868,  6154, 
6413,  6416,  6430,  6477,  6608,  6723,  6757, 
6761,  6864,  6893,  7315,  7263,  7278,  7307, 
7640,  7817,  7905,  7955,  8032.  8111,  8120, 
8180,  8181,  8290,  8307,  8535,  8641,  8821, 
8879,  9015,  9073,  9205,  9433,  9438,  9458, 
9460,  9612,  9637,  9666.  9896,  10017,  10052, 
10073,  10093,  10384,  10390,  10514,  10545, 
10591,  10673.  10680,  10706,  11097,  11109, 
11111,  11115,  11183,  11535,  11660,  11664, 
11696,  11699,  11889,  11937,  11941,  13091, 
13337 
Hacket,  Bp.  John.  D.D.,  Eng.  (1593-1670), 

8562,  11283,  11949 
Hagany,  J.  B.,4633 

Hale,  Edward  Everett,  Mass.  (b.  1822),  8501 
Hale,   Sir  Matthew,    Eng.   (1609-1676),   5588, 

8752,  10364 
Halford,  Sir  Henry,  M.D.  (1766-1844),  7846, 

7891 
Haliburton,  Thomas  Chandler,  Nova  Scotia 

(w.  1835),  8238,  8267,  9330 
Halifax,  Lord,  10713 
Hall,  Capt.  Basil  (1788-1844),  10700 
Hall,    Joseph,    D.D.,    Bp.    of    Exeter,    Eng. 
(1574-1656),   244.  324,    516,    620,    743,    811, 
1297.  1954,   2284,    2395,    2453,    2503,    2545, 
2601,  2805,    2936,    3332,    3839,    3964,   4121, 
4545,  4838,   5373,    5794,    6851,    7222,    7436, 
7495,  7598,    7601,    7738,    7938,    8090,    8463, 
9378,  9394,  9440,  9870,  10212,  10225,  10463, 
20530,  10718,   10825,    10859,    11341,    11657, 
11771,  12052,  12083 
Hall,    Newman,  Eng.,  670,   820,   1486,  2995, 

6584,  9638,  9766,  12074,  13198 
Hall,    Robert,   Eng.  (1764-1831),   1947,   4614, 
5435,  7137,   7323,    8233,    8382,    8424,    8475, 
8512,  8568,    8642,    8882,    9107,    9427,    9788, 
10050,  10060,  10117,  11193,  11378,  12049 
Ilalliday,  Sir  Andrew  (d.  1840),  11437 
Hamilton,  James,  D.D..  Eng.  (1814-1871),  263, 
406,  422,  671,   872,   1539,  1611,  2184,  2445, 
2606,  2919,   8017,    3348,    3395,    3683,    3756, 
3760,  3763,   3939,    4070,    4134,   4363,    4574, 
4576,  4650,   4689,    4733,   4756,    4794,    4813, 
4909,  5433,   5439,    5763,    5861,    5890,    6211, 
6215,  6540,    6800,    6806,    6825,    7088,    7526, 
7685,   7776,   8166,    8919,    9078,    9290,    9574, 
9576.  9712,  9957,  10427,  10585,  10840.  10998, 
11061,  11080,  T1409,  11766,  12037,  13133 
Hamilton,  R.  W.,  Dr.  (1794-1848),  1160,  1288, 
1807,  1926,  3707,  2708,  2870,  3421,  6133.  7758 


632 


INDEX  OF  PROSE  AUTHORS. 


Hamline,  Bp.  Leonidas  Lent,  D.D.,  LL.D. 

(1797-1865),  1520,  4228 
Humniond,  E.  P.,  8648 
Hanna,  John,   D.D.,  Eng.  (1792-1867),  735, 

1320,  2046,  6178,  10873 
Hardwicke,  765 
Hardy,  9993 

Hare,  Julius  Charles,  Eng.  (1796-1855;  Arch- 
deacon), 1095,  1101,  1106,  1602,  2324,  2441, 

2510,  2609,   2710,    2714,    2721,    2798,    2996, 

3018,  3854,   3940,    3943,   4075,   4824.   4928, 

4970,  5105,   5338,    5553,    5855,    5874,    6042, 

6189,  7647,  7939,  8047,  10333 
Hargrave,  C,  6093 
Harmer,  8683 
Harris,    John,   D.D.,  Eng.   (1804-1856),   819, 

7558,  9100.  9138,  9140,  11815.  12051 
Hartwig,  821,  877,  1411,  1415,  3036,  3736,  3799. 

3614.  3616,  4004,    4019,   4186,   4439,    5026, 

5492 
Haughton.  S.  M.,  2873 
Haven,  Bp.  Erastus  O.,  Boston  (b.  1820),  570, 

577,  633,  765,  1044,  2054.  2435,  2797,  3045. 

3308,  3570,  3571,    3573,   3952,    5110,    5391, 

5902,   6048 
Haven,  Bp.  Gilbert,  Mass.  (1821-1880),  6805, 

7300,  11503 
Hawkes.  Mrs.,  2735 

Hawksworth,  John,  LL.D.  (1715-1773),  1810 
Hawthorne,     Nathaniel,     Mass.    (1804-1864), 

3836,  4110,  7800,  8547 
Haxthausen,  Baron  Von,  10030 
Hayward,  11511 
Hazlitt,  William,  Eng.  (1778-1830),  6108,  6545, 

11755 
Headley,  Rev.  Joel  T.,  Am.  (b.  1814),  6376, 

6982.  12348 
Heber.  Bp.  Reginald  (1783-1826),  3587,  7343 
Helps.  Arthur.  Eng.  (b.  1818),  6967,  7063,  7701, 

7908,  8730,  9818 
Henderson,  Miss,  2804 
Henry,  Patrick,  Va.  (1736-1799),  2972,  4967. 

4987.  4989 
Henry,  Rev.  Matthew,  Eng.  (1663-1714),  1907, 

3857,  4160,   4457.    4511,    4832.    5093,    5162, 

7083,  7693,  6444,  10219,  11075,  12013 
Henry.  Rev.  Philip,  Eng.  (1631-1696),  11416 
Hensius,  6911 
Hepworth,  Dr.,  9463 
Heraclitus,  8692 
Herbert.    Lord,    Edward,    Eng.    (1581-1648), 

219,  9063 
Hermes,  12253 

Herodotus,  Greek  (b.  484  B.C.),  8072 
Herrick,  R..  Eng.  (1591-1674).  8025 
Herries.  John,  10581 

Herschel,  Sir  William  (1738-1822),  7067.  8438 
Hervey,  George  Winfred,  N.  Y.  (w.  1853),  3164, 

5586,  6486 
Hervey,  Lady  Mary,  Eng..  8388 
Hervey.  Rev.  James,  Eug.  (1713-1758).  1001. 

2663.  3407.  4194,    5090,    7393.    8418,    8577, 

9341    13296 
Heywood,  Rev.  Oliver  (1639-1702),  2078,  3870 
Hickes,  Bp.,  9333 
Hill,  E.  P.,  7944 
Hill,  J.,  8890 
Hill.  Rev.  Rowland,  Eng.  (1744-1833\  3470, 

3980.  7853,  10285,  11146,  11330, 13115,  13313 
Hinton.  J.,  3634 
Hitchcock,    Edward,    D.D.,    LL.D.,     Mass. 


(1793-1864),  42,  778,  780,  790,  791,  801, 1619, 

4778,  10985.  10986 
Hobbes,  Thomas,  Eng.  (1588-1679),  1248,  7688 
Hodge.  Dr.  A.  A.,  235.  967.  1943,  3380,  3509, 

2512,  3125,  8836.  10547,  11441 
Hoge,  Moses,  D.D.,  Am.  (1760-1820),  2122, 

2633,  4617,  5173.  6194,  9553 
Holland,  Josiah  Gilbert,  M.D.,  Mass.  (b.  1819), 

186 
Holme,  J.  S.,  D.D..  K  Y..  6684,  6817,  7194. 

7350,  7378,  9860.  10180,  11197,  11707 
Holmes.  Dr.  Oliver  W.,  Am.  (b.  1809).  425. 

3568,  1620.  1621.  6417,  6602.  7068,  7314. 

7377,  7490,  7498.  7774,  8007,  8122,  8826. 

8869,  8941,  10034, 10387,  10534, 10577, 11228, 

11737.  13153,  12245 
Holmes,  Edwin.  11230 
Hood,  Paxton,  10488 
Hood.  Rev.  Edwin  Paxton  (w.  1856).  1857, 

2530.  3155.  3173,  3774,  4319,  4608.  3883, 

6703.  7329,  7751,  10082,  10668, 11246,  11818, 

11819 
Hooker,  Rev.  Richard,  Eng.  (1553-1600), 

2264,  2675,  6491,  9350,  9429,  10077,  10100, 

10173,  10849 
Hopkins,  Bp.  Ezekiel,  Eng.  (1633-1690).  39, 

131,  133,  314,  793.  2918.  3401.  3404,  3880, 

4340,  4842,  5234,  5552,  5703,  5833,  5904, 

5907,  6099,  6606,  6966,  7437.  7853,  8461. 

9046,  9194,  9384,  9965,  10086,  10184,  11736, 

13384 
Horace,  Apulia  (Latin  poet;  65-8  B.C.),  40, 

1819,  3789,  3317,  4653 
Home,  George.  D.D.,  Bp.  of  Norwich  (1780- 

1793).    897.    4336;    6935.    8554.    8644,    8861, 

8999,  10059,  10133,  10404.  10643.  11997 
Horneck,  Anthony,   D.D.     Eng.  (1641-1696), 

259,  891,  994,  3161,  4648.  5001,  5917 
Hovey,  Rev.  Horace  C.  Amer..  3367 
Howe,    Rev.    John    (1630-1706).    1299,    1458, 

1477,    2167.    2921,    3143.   3325,  3333,  33S5, 

3703,    3796,    4127.    4129.  4458.  5095,  5248, 

5694,  7858,  9114,  9367,  9474,  10388 
Howell,  James,  Welsh  (1595-1666),  9110,  12259 
Howells,  D.  W.,  8886 
Howitt,  William  (b.  1795).  7332 
Howson,  Rev.  Dean  (b.  1815).  3953,  8009 
Hudson,  Rev.  Henry  K,  Amer.  (b.  1814),  4109 
Hufeland,  Dr.,  German  (1762-1836).  10169 
Hughes,  Thomas,   Eng.  (b.  1823),  246,  4647, 

8984,  11034.  11039,  11351,  11650 
Hukeland.  10036 
Hulm,  S..  6069,  6071 
Humboldt,    Friedrich    H.,    Germany    (1769- 

1859).  8436,  11433,  11747 
Hume,  David,  Scotland  (1711-1776),  856, 1567, 

8940,  9233.  9755 
Hunt,    Leigh  (1784-1859),   7065,   7752,    9859, 

11014 
Hunter,  6990 
Huntingford,  Bp.  George  Isaac,  D.D.,  Eng. 

(1748-1832),  7302 
Hurst,    Bp.    John    Fletcher,    D.D.,    LL.D., 

Maryland  (b.  1834),  7286.  9136 
Hurwitz,  Hyman.  Eng.  (w.  1807).  6453 
Hutchinson.  Rev.  John  (1674-1737),  9743 
Huxley.  Prof.  (b.  1835).  10561 
Hyacinthe.  Pere,  French  (b.  1838),  6464 
Hyginus,  6997 

Igdalia,  13363 


INDEX  OF  PROSE  AUTHORS. 


633 


Ignatius,  St.,  Bp.  of  Antioch  (martyred  107 

A.D.),  6404.  7484,  9387,  11791 
Inglis,  Rev.  James,  Eng.,  2823,  5317,  5489 
Irby  and  Mangles  (Oriental  travelers),  1249, 

9635 
Irving,  Edward,  Scot.  (1792-1834),  1987,  4702, 

5616,  8273,  11021 
Irving,  Washington,  N.  Y.  (1783-1859),  6085, 

6087,    8639,    8901,  9224,   9226,  9413,    9538, 

9573,  10532 
Irwin,  1222 

Jackson,  1516,  1789 

Jacox,  F.,  8459 

James,  Rev.  John  Angell,  Eng.  (b.  1785),  124, 
213,  464,  742,  1911,  5626,  5628,  5766,  6016, 
8468,  8643,  10833,  11117,  12314 

Jameson,  Mrs.  Anna,  Eng.  (author  of  "Sacred 
and  Legendary  Art"),  125,  130,  133,  166, 
240,  241,  270,  303,  367,  418,  463,  595,  603, 
626,  711,  849,  861,  911,  1198,  1209,  1240, 
1781,  1978,  2211,  2322,  2374,  2455,  3176, 
3239,  3365,  3412,  3459,  3593,  3670,  3834, 
3929,  3967,  3968.  3990,  4042,  4130,  4238, 
4598,  4702,  5045,  5146,  5159,  5165,  5209, 
5427,  5461,  5593,  5636,  5639,  5659,  5954, 
6212,  7000,  8357,  10638,  10793 

Janes,  Bp.  Edmund  S.,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  Mass. 
(1807-1876),  11126 

Jay,  Rev.  William,  Eng.  (1769-1854),  408, 
999.  1373,  2830,  3652,  5285,  6410,  6527,  9059, 
9141,  10085,  11251,  12333 

Jeffers,  Rev.  Dr.,  580,  683,  5581,  6002 

Jeffrey,  Lord  Francis,  Scotland  (1773-1850), 
3982,  7075 

Jenkyn,  Dr.  T.  W.,  224.  226,  1252,  2969,  2983, 
2993,  3730,  4952,  5073,  5074,  5829,  11374 

Jermin,  Michael,  D.D.,  Eng.  (d.  1659),  6342 

Jesse,  Edward,  Eng.  (d.  1868),  8217,  9578 

Jeune.  Bp.,  Eng.  (1806-1868),  10867 

Jewell,  John,  D.D.,  Bp.  of  Salisbury,  Eng. 
(1522-1571),  382,  5233,  12347 

Jewett,  Dr.  Charles  C.  Amer.  (b.  1816),  649 

Jobson,  Frederick  J.,  D.D.,  Eng.  (1812-1881), 
211,  1077,  2348 

John,  St.,  J.  A.,  8298,  11011 

Johns,  J.,  12121 

Johnson,  Herrick,  7798 

Johnson,  Joseph,  Eng.,  2758,  7304,  7853,  7678, 
10194,  10906 

Johnson,  Samuel,  D.D..  LL.D..  Ens:.  (1709- 
1784),  2311,  2405.  2769,  2778,  38i5,  4003, 
42t)l,  5723,  6297,  6426,  6910,  6986,  7358, 
7493,  7888,  8266,  8292,  8371,  8338,  8412, 
8482,  8637,  8785,  8868,  8893,  8894,  8902. 
8927,  9259,  9571.  9625,  9745,  9815,  10121. 
10149,  10575.  10584,  10747,  10932,  10971, 
11286,  11395.  11538,  11881,  11959 

Jones.  Rev.  Thomas,  Wales.  721,  893,  1600, 
3387,  4026,  4245,  4272,  5158,  5269,  5862, 
5865,  7488,  8581,  8702,  12062 

Jones.  Rev.  William  (author  of  "New  Testa- 
ment Illustrations"),  840,  6167,  6543,  7248, 
7562.  7851,  10258 

Jones.  Rev.  William,  of  Nayland,  Eng.  (1726- 
1800),  8773. 

Jones.  Sir  William,  Eng.  (1746-1794),  397, 
9718 

Jonson,  Ben.,  Ensr.  (1573-1637),  9516,  10190 

Jortin.  John,  D.D.,  Eng.  (1698-1770),  6137, 
10145,  11203 


Josephus.  Flavins  (Jewish  historian;  h.  37 
A.D.),  9993 

Judson,  Adoniram,  D.D.,  Mass,  (1788-1854; 
Missionary  to  Burmah),  4273 

Judson,  Mrs.  Emily,  Am.  (1817-1854),  1080 

Jukes,  Andrew,  Eng.  (1853;  wrote  on  the 
"Offerings  and  Prophetic  Interpretations"), 
6446,  6555,  6623,  6957,  7594,  7879,  10025, 
10907,  10799,  10800,  11858,  12040,  12100, 
12101,  11733 

Juvenal,  Latin  (40-125),  4797 

Kaimes,    Lord,    Scotland  (1696-1782),   6060, 

6380 
Kane,  Efisha  Kent,  M.D.,  Penn.  (1820-1857), 

9496 
Keach,    Rev.    Benjamin,    Eug.    (1640-1704), 

1287,  2124,  2551 
Keats,  John  (1795-1821),  8550 
Keeling,  I.,  9507 
Kelley,  W.  K.,  4505,  6024 
Kemp,  T.  Lindley,  M.D.,  Eng.,  8250 
Keon,  Miles  Gerard,  N.  Y.  (w.  1857),  8487 
Kidd.    John,   M.D.,  Eng.  (1775-1851),  6432, 

7297 
King,  Rev.  Thomas  Starr,  Amer.,  168,  9609 
Kingsley,  Rev.  Charles,   Eng.  (b.  1819),   467, 

3700,  5488,  7305,  9108,  9844,  10708 
Kirby,  Rev.  William,  Eng.  (1759-1850),  9004 
Kirkland,  Caroline  M.,  New  York,  8662 
Kitto,  Dr.  John,  Eng.  (1804^1854),  1632,  1636, 

2233,  2705,   3243,   8617,   9552,  9842,   11821, 

11827. 
Knigge,  Baron  Von  (1752-1796),  8916 
Knight,  Charles,  Eng.  (b.  1791),  3647,  4764, 

9819 
Knill,  Richard,  9135,  9299 
Knowles,  5728 
Knox,  v.,  D.D.,  Eng.  (1752-1821),  2013,  6682, 

6718.  10804 
Koran.  9515,  9585,  10817,  11375 
Kossuth,  Louis,  Hungary  (b.  1802),  4084 
Krilof  (Russiin  Fabulist).  1170 
Krummacher,  Freidrich  W..   D.D.,  Germany 

(1796-1868),  817.  954,  955,  1185,  1605,  1805, 

2313,    2328,    2402,    2487,   2555.  2565.   2699, 

2701,    2743,    3135,    3250,  3316,  3512,    3524, 

3578.   4053,  4345,  5925,  8557,  10105,  10113, 

10377,  12106 
Kynett,    Alpha    J.,   D.D.,    Penn.    (b.    1829), 

10560 

La  Bruyere.  Jean  de  (French  essayist;  1644- 

1696),    118,    1854,    3804,    3956,    5993,    5998, 

7308,  9104.  10023,  10409 
Lacordaire,  J.  B.  H.,  France  (1802-1861),  8319 
Lactautius,  11361 

Lake,  Bp.  John,  Eng.  (w.  1662),  6556 
Lamartine,  A.,  France  (1792-1869),  587,  8097, 

10345 
Lamb,  Charles,  Eng.  (1775-1834),  6585,  6698, 

8138,  9946 
Lambert,  Joseph  (1654-1722),  731,  11324 
Landels,  Rev.  W.,  5420 
Landis,  Rev.  R.  W.  (author  of  "Immortality 

of  the  Soul  "),  3198 
Landor,    Walter    Savage,    Eng.    (1775-1864), 

8881.  9325 
Lange,  Germany,  7341 
Lardner,    Rev.    Dionysius,    LL.D.,    Ireland 

(1793-1859),  6418,  8743 


634 


INDEX  OF  PROSE  AUTHORS. 


La  Rochefoucauld,  France  (1613-1680;  author 

of  "  Reflections  aud  Axioms"),   563,    1971, 

2365,    2696,   3103,   3679,    3937,    3985,    4174, 

4644,  5253,  5275,  6925,  8463 
Latimer,    Hugh,    Eng.    (1470-1555;    Bp.    of 

Worcester),  1501,  1512,  8558,  8755,  10204 
Lavater,  Johaun  C,  Swilzerhmd  (1741-1801), 

191,  568.  576,  2403,  3679,  4179,  6368,  7333. 

89-J8.  10492,  11961 
Lavington,    Rev.    Samuel,    Eng.   (1726-1807), 

2669 
Law,  Bp.  Edmuud,  D.D.,  Eng.  (1703-1787), 

9077 
Law,  Rev.  William,  Eng.  (1686-1761),  1147 
Lawes,  W.  G.,  9129 
Lawrence,  Rev.  R.  V.,  K  J.,  2107 
Lee,  D.  K.,  11054 
Leider,  6750 
Leifchild,  John,  D.D.,  Eng.  (b.  1780),  1158, 

4701,  11629 
Leighton,  Abp.  Robert,  Eng.  (1611-1684),  936, 

1860,  2170,  2329,  2670,  3053,  3087,  3377, 

3471,  4549,  5373,  7162,  9401,  9407,  11915 
Lessing,  Gotthold  E.,  Germany  (1729-1781), 

242,  6634 
Leupolt,  C.  B.,  4192, 

Lever,  Charles.  M.D.,  Ireland  (b.  1806),  10350 
Levi,  8924 

Lewes,  George  E..  4645 
Lewis,  Sir  George  Cornwall,  Eng.  (1806-1863), 

119,  2998,  3445,  3449,  5161,  G146 
Liebig,  Prof.  (1803-1873),  7903 
Lilly,  John  (1553-1600),  8828 
Little.  Rev.  Charles  E.,  New  York,  7914,  8652 
Livingston,  J.,  4511 

Livy,  Titus,  Rome  (61  B.C.-18  a.d.),  2645 
LoariDg,  H.  J.,  7936,  8261,  10114 
Locke,  John,  Eng.  (1632-1704),  3216,  4029, 

8277,  8280,  8285,  8427,  8549,  9070,  9714, 

10682,  10784,  11609,  12107 
Lockmun,  3196,  4031 
Longfellow,  Henry  Wadsworth,  Me.  (b.  1807), 

548,  2432,  4028.  4209,  4326,  5378,  6142,  6653, 

6908,  9623,  10272,  10874,  10903 
Love,  Christopher,  Eng.  (1618-1651),  2312, 

5417 
Lucas,  Richard,  D.D.,  Eng.  (1648-1715).  7491, 

8118,  8119,  8189,  8667,  9326,  9729,  9836 
Luthardt,  4550 
Luther,  Martin,  Saxony  (1483-1546).  982, 

2614,  2834,  6264,  8726,  9793,  10177,  10415, 

10565,  10757,  10917,  11765,  11944,  11974. 

12188 
Lytton,  Lord  Edward  Bulwer,  Eng.  (b.  1805), 

8386,  8435,  8589,  9741,  10374,  10516,  10670, 

11177,  11880 

Macaulay,  Thomas  Babington,  Eng.  (1800- 
1859),  3552,  4774,  4829,  7244,  7272,  8311, 
8448,  9239,  10123,  10138,  10209,  10210, 
10996,  11027,  11223,  11226 

MacCulloch,  Dr  J.  M.  M.,  6051,  7616,  8995 

Macduff,  Rev.  J.  R..  1331,  2521,  5549,  5908, 
6989,  8321,  9943,  10026 

Machiavelli,  Italian  (1469-1527),  11977 

Mackarness,  Bp.  (b.  1820),  7352 

Mackenzie,  Rev.  William  B.,  Eng.  (d.  1871), 
2599 

Mackenzie,  Sir  George,  Scotland  (1636-1691), 
3773,  6283,  8391,  10065 

Mackesy,  Mrs.,  11998 


Maclaurin,  Rev.  John,  Scotland  (1693-1754), 

91,  160,   688,  726,   1177,  1797,   7642,  7643, 

9336 
Macleod,  Norman,  D.D., Scotland  (1812-1872), 

804,  1447,  1448,  2903,  3279,  3693,  4308,  4495, 

4818,  5130,  5132,  8186,  11090 
Mucmillun,  Rev.  Hugh,  3615,  12105 
Matflt,  John  Newlaud,  3197 
Magoon,  E.  L.,  D.D.,  25,  559,  560,  1496,  2173, 

2175,  2308,  2310,  3187,  4078,  6050,  6129 
Maguire,  R.,  9773 
Mahan,  Asa,  D.D.,  6499 
Malau,  5122 
Malcolm,  4407 
Mann,  Horace,  Mass.  (1796-1859),  3129,  2254, 

4274,  5279,  5534,  6132,  9641,  10812,  12343 
Manning,  Henry  Edward,  D.D.,  7271 
Mansfield,  11029,  11031 
Mant,  Bp.  (1776-1848),  9106,  9588 
Mantell,  Dr.  (1790-1852),  8713 
Manton,    Thomas,    D.D.,   Eng.    (1620-1677), 

1479,  8540 
March,  Dr.,  9467 
Marden,  G.  N.,  12149 
Marks,  R.,  8841 
Marmont,  10491 

Marryatt,  Captain  (1792-1848),  10163,  10909 
Marsh,  12004 

Martial,  Marcus  V.,  10228 
Martin,  Rev.  Samuel,  4009,  4018,  5668,  6850, 

8456,  10623,  12109,  12257 
Martineau,  Rev.  James,  Eng.  (b.  1807),  6636, 

10275 
Martyn,  Rev.   Henry,  Eng.   (1781-1812;  Mis- 

sionary  to  the  East),  6553,  8091 
Mason,  Rev.  John  (1706-1763),  5268 
Mason,  Rev.  William,  Eng.  (1725-1797),  3143, 

4963,  4968,  5650,  5977,  7471,  12045 
Massie,  Rev.  J.  W.,  D.D.,  Enc,  1325 
Massillon,  Bp.  Jean   Baptist,  f  r.  (1663-1742), 

4624,  5370.  10034 
Massinger,  Piiilip,  Eng.  (1584-1640),  8161 
Mather,  Cotton,  D.D.,  Mass.  (1663-1728),  7719, 

8127,  9117 
Mather,    Rev.    Increase,    Mass.    (1639-1723), 

6347 
Mather.  Sa(hiucl,  9175 
Matthews.  Prof.,  10408,  10815,  10968,  11291, 

11994 
Mattison, 

3187 
Maunder, 

10705 
Maurv,   Matthew  Fontaine,    LL.D.,   Va.  (b. 

1806),  394 
M'Cabe,  Charles  C,  D.D.,  Ohio(b.  1836),  2963 
McCheyne,    Rev.    Robert    Jlurray,    Scotland 

(1813-1843),    2839,   2950,  3094,    3971,  4364, 

9559,  10037,  11548 
M'Cormac,  7966 
M'Crie,  5651 

McAllister,  William,  11347 
McClintock.  John,  D.D.,  Penn.  (1814-1870), 

1817,  11983 
McConaughy,  Mrs.,  5378 
McCosh,    James,    LL.D..  Ireland   (b.    1810; 

President  Princeton  (^ollcire).  959,  983, 1074, 

1161.  2543,  2566,  2568.    4286,    5366,  5971, 

6033,  8791.  10484.  11136 
McDonald,  Rev.  William,  Me.  (b.  1820),  987, 


Hiram,    New    York    (1811-1868), 
Samuel,    Eng.    (1790-1849),   2028, 


INDEX  OF  PROSE  AUTHORS. 


635 


McHvaine,  Bp.  Charles  P.,  D.D.,  New  Jersey 

(b.  1799),  4624 
Mead,  Dr.,  2,  4698,  4971,  5188,  9691 
Medhurst,  Walter  Heury,  D.D.,  Eng.  (1796- 

1857;  Missionary  to  China),  5119 
Melmoth,  William,  Eug.  (1710-1799),  7500 
Melvill,  liev.  Canon,  Eng.  (1798-1871),  7348, 

8318,  8336,  8409 
Melvill,    Rev.   Heury,  Eng.  (1798-1871),  137, 

1955.  2011,  2899,  3003,  4381,  5376 
Merivale,  Rev.  Charles,  Eng.,  7280 
Merry,  William,  Eug.  (w.  1840),  8205,  11337 
Messenger,  C.  M.,  7706 
Metastatio,  Pietro  B.,  Italy  (1698-1782),  2730 
Miall,  Rev.  James  G.,  Eng.  (w.  1845),  10997 
Middleton.  Bp.  Thomas  F.,  D.D.,  Eng.  (1769- 

1822),  3804,  11970 
Milburn, William  H.,  1643 
Mill,  James,  Eng.  (1773-1836),  9169 
Miller,  Hugh,  Scotland  (1802-1856),  10385 
Miller,     J.     R.,     6398,     6849,     7293,     7326, 

7538,     9883,    10224,    10254,    10339,    10342, 
10346. 
Miller,  Robert,  10521 
Milton,    Jolm,    Eng.   (1608-1674),   399,  2592, 

3540,  3816.  5844,  7223,  8o30,  8851,  9252 
Miugins,  George  J.,  N.  Y.,  10652 
Mitcliell,   Donald  G.  (Ik  Marvel).   Conn.   (b. 

1822),  1894 
Mitcliell,  Prof.   O.  M.,  A.  M.,  Amer.,  2494, 

12122 
M'Neile,  Rev.  Dean,  Eng.,  6339.  9932 
Mogridge,  George  (Old  Humphrey),  107,  1527, 

1790,  1816,  1991,  5777 
Mohammed,  IMecca  (570-632),  10069 
Moir,  David  M.,  M.D.,  Scotland  (1798-1851), 

8034,  9941,  10855 
Moister.    Rev.   William,  Eng.  (Missionary  to 

Africa),  6755,  6778,  7055,  7206,  7459,  8729, 

9130,  9143,  10618,  12028,  12250 
Monod,  M.,  8630 
Mouod,     Rev.    Adolphe,    Swiss  (1802-1836), 

635,  9189,  9840 
Monro,  Rev.  E.,  Eng.  (w.  1156),  4473 
Montagu,   Lady  Mary  W.  (1690-1762),  9699, 

10303,  11000 
Montaigne,    Michel   (French  Essayist),   1533, 

1593,  2356,  3744,    7413,  8175,   10031,  11194, 

11838,  13123,  12136 
Montgomery,  Rev.  G.  W.  (d.  1841),  7900 
Montgomery,  James,  Eng.  (1771-1854).  8936 
Moodv,    Dvvight   L.  (Revivalist),  6528,    6548. 

6558,  6559,  6561,  6604,  6685,  6790,  6813,  6858, 

6869,  6901,  6917,  6953,  6976,  6984,  6991,  7086, 

7123,    7137,  7160,  7170.    7183,    7086,    7195, 

7198,    7203.   7354,    7369.   7391.    7399,   7401, 

7505,  7535,  7563,  7564.  7589.  7641,  7686,  7743, 

7816,   7833,    7897.    7945,    7959,   8084,    8333, 

8315,    8384,    8430.   8429,   8497,   8671,    8675, 

8800,  8847,  8843,  8849.  8850,  8856,  9056,  9065. 

9158,  9183,  9193,  9198,  9303,  9379,  9383,  9470, 

9536,    10143,    10390,    11205,    11215,     11231. 

11399.    11526,    11568,  11630,    11753,    11803, 

11809,  11841.  11890,  12027 
Moore,  D.,  2740.  4296.  4732 
Moore.    Dr.    John,    Eng.    (1730-1802),    9921, 

10836,  13138 
Moore,  Sir  John,  Scotland  (1761-1809),  1792, 

8051 
More,    Hannah,  Eng.  (1745-1833),  1363,  2438. 

4151,  5677,  5771,  11763 


Morehouse,  H.,  8170 

Morier,  James,  Eng.  (1780-1848;  African  trav- 
eller), 5673,  8147 

Morley,  8407 

Morris,  Rev.  Caleb,  Eng.,  8759,  8883,  8954, 
8965,  10029,  10937,  12308 

Morrison,  William  (Missionary  to  China), 
8611 

Morse,  2003,  5333,  5363,  10287,  10969 

Moser,  Justus,  6020 

M'Tyeire.  Bp.  Holland  N.,  S.  C,  7871 

Muller,  H.,  2146 

Muller,  Max,  Prof,  at  Oxford,  (b.  1823),  9146 

Myers,  F.,  2713 

Napoleon  I.  (born  in  Corsica,  1796;   died  in 

Elba,   1821),   727,    2640,    3478,    7387,   9133, 

9781,  9903.  11196,  11365 
Naziauzen,  Gregory,  Greek  (330-389),  4398 
Neal,  John,  Me.  (b.  1793),  4354,  6933,  11709 
Neale,    Rev.    Erskine,  Eng.    (w.   1828-1849), 

2421 
Neander,  Johann  August  W.,  Germany  (1789- 

1850),  6306,  7166 
Neaves,  Lord,  10171 

Nell,  Rev.  Felix,  Switz.  (1798-1829),  4555 
Nevins,  Rev.  Wm.,  Eng.,  4516,  4963,  11415 
Newell,  Dr.,  11189 
Newland,  6661,  6985,  7404,  12081 
Newman,  John  P.,  D.D.  (b.  1826),  6705,  9459 
Newport,  Francis,  1943 
Newton,  Rev.    John,  Eng.  (1725-1807),  208, 

405,  446,  546,  597,    732,   1647,   1681,  2815, 

3170,  4646,  4900,  4923,   5622,    6797,    8758, 

11539 
Newton,  Robert,  D.D.,  Eng.  (1780-1854),  440, 

2624,  3095,  4120,  8048,  8964 
Newton,  Sir  Isaac,  Eug.  (1642-1727),  398,  9045 
Nichol,  Rev.  R.  B.,  667,  697,  2075,  2573,  4387 
Nicholas,  W.,  215,  11852 
Nicholls,    Rev.    Benjamin  Elliott,   Eng.    (w. 

1852),  5945 
Nicholson,  W.,  250,  7173 
Norris,  Rev.  John,   (1657-1711),  7337,   9455, 

10574,  11195 
Norton,  H.,  3006 
Nott,  Eliphalet,  D.D.,  LL.D.,   Conn.  (1773- 

1866),  1653 
Novalis,    alias    Friedrich    von    Hardenberg 

(1772-1801 ;  German  philosopher),  5410 

Ogden,  Samuel,  D.D.,  Eng.  (1716-1778),  9167, 

11427 
Omiston,  Dr.,  Eng.,  6428 
Osborn,  Dr.,  3255,  6019 
Osborn,  E.,  7287 

Overbury,  Sir  Thos.,  Eng.  (1581-1613),  6474 
Ovid  (Publius  Ovidius  Naso),  Roman  poet, 

(43  B.C.-18  A.D.),  3679,  3817 
Owen,  John,  D.D.,  Eng.  (1616-1683),  7530 
Owen,   Rev.  J.  B.,  Eng.,   1851,   1890,    1893, 

4370,  5573 
Oxenden,  Rev.  Ashton,  Eng.,  569,  4168 

Paez,  Don  Ramon  (w.  1862).  4683 
Paine,  Thomas,  Eng.  (1736-1809),  9867 
Paley,  Wm..  D.D.,  Eng.  (1743-1805;  author 

of  "Evidences  of  Christianity"),  30,  5847, 

8310,  9920,  11241,  11424 
Palmer,  Rev.  John,  Eng.  (1729-179.0),  3962, 

4962,  5839 


636 


INDEX  OF  PROSE  AUTHORS. 


Park,  Edward.  A.,  D.D.  (b.  1808),  3972 

Parker,  Joseph,  D.D.,  Eng.,  26,  2506,  2632, 
5213,  5309,  5850,  8099 

Parker,  Rev.  Theodore,  Mass.  (1810-1860), 
5015,  7957,  9710,  10534,  11289,  11520,  12083, 
12253,  12255 

Parkhurst,  Rev.  Nathaniel,  Eng.,  9208 

Parnell,  Thomas,  D.D.,  Ireland  (1679-1718), 
4782 

Parr,  Dr.  Samuel,  Eng.  (1747-1825),  10369 

Pascal,  Blaise,  France  (1623-1662),  3781,  8488, 
8694,  10395,  10528,  10702,  11967 

Patrick,  Bp.  Symon,  D.D.,  Eng.  (1626-1707), 
1570,  2837,  7825,  8863,  9461,  10692 

Pattison,  Samuel  Rowles,  Eng.  (w.  1864),  7094 

Paulding,  James  Kirke,  N.  Y.  (1779-1860), 
5710 

Paulinus  of  Nola,  St.,  (353-419),  8241 

Pavilion,  Bp.  Nicholas,  France  (1597-1677), 
5584 

Payson,  Edward,  D.D.,  N.  H.  (1783-1827). 
347,  349,  883,  1284,  1958,  2097,  3097,  4313, 
4597,  4615,  5647,  5661,  6745 

Pearson,  Bp.  John,  D.D.,  Eng.  (1612-1686), 
11467 

Pearson,  Rev.  Thos.  (d.  1864),  2360,  11325 

Peck,  Bp.  Jesse  T.,  D.D.,  N.  Y.  (b.  1811), 
439 

Peirce.Rev.  Bradford  K.,  D.D.,Vt.  (b.  1819), 
5227 

Penn,  Wm.  (1644-1718;  founder  of  Pennsyl- 
vania), 3817,  5965 

Percy,  Sholto  and  Reuben,  Eng.  (authors  of 
the  "  Percy  Anecdotes,"  issued  1820),  10,  11, 
49,  58,  63,  108,  128,  182,  217,  238,  243,  277, 
802.  309,  448,  486,  488,  952,  1012,  1060,  1168, 
1200,  1382, 1390,  1648,  1883,  1899,  1913, 1934, 
1966,  1975,  2020,  2060,  2217,  2223,  2248,  2290, 
2298,  2321,  2368,  2516,  2673,  2744,  2745,  2765, 
2820,  3016,  3021,  3077,  3106,  3158,  3185,  3247, 
3321,  3342,  3428,  3433,  3437,  3464,  3686,  3701, 
3704,  3755,  3777,  3823,  3925,  4005,  4350,  4473, 
4632,  5048,  5117,  5283,  5561,  5596.  5600,  56^5, 
6078,  6240,  7052,  7238,  7429.  8077,  8082,  8095, 
8655,  8932,  9531,  9649,  10752 

Pere  Arrues,  1862 

Perkins,  William,  Eng.  (1558-1602),  450,  2880, 
5042 

Perthes,  Friedrich  Christopher,  Germany 
(1772-1843),  1328 

Petrarch,  Francisco,  Italy  (1304-1374),  4359, 
11390 

Phffidrus  (a  Latin  poet  of  the  age  of  Augus- 
tus), 3034 

Phelps,  Austin,  D.D.,  Mass.  (b.  1820),  3850 

Philip,  Geo.,  7224 

Philip,  Robert,  7922,  9569 

Philips.  Rev.  C.  R.,  6289,  9763 

Phillips,  J.,  1839 

Phillips,  Wendell,  Mass.  (b.  1811),  2346 

Pierce,  Lovick,  D.D.,  N.C.  (b.  1785),  4314 

Pierce,  R.  T.  W.,  1375 

Pierre,  Dr.,  2466 

Pierre,  St.,  France  (1658-1743),  7618 

Pilkington,  J.  G.,  Eng..  3177,  7207,  7221. 
8471.  8600.  9049,  9191,  10821,  11414,  11450, 
11470.  11694.  11759.  11936 

Plato,  Athens  (429-347  B.C.),  1451,  3143,  3775, 
4106,  8489.  10386.  12238 

Piatt,  Rev.  S.  H.,  N.  Y.  (w.  1856),  2654,  3209, 
4493 


Playfere,  John,  D.D.,  Eng.  (d.  1608),  256, 1616 

Pliny,  Secundus,  Italy  (23-79),  1532,  1800, 
3169,  4240 

Plumer,  William  Swan,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  Penn. 
(b.  1802),  2676,  5230. 

Plutarch,  Greece  (50-120;  author  of  "Lives" 
and  "Morals),"  139,  145,  149,  2801,  4663, 
6379,  6391,  6425,  6440,  6196,  6507,  6549, 
6628,  6862,  6884,  6974,  9234,  6913,  6974, 
7016,  7023,  7092,  7279,  7312,  7368,  7376, 
7483,  7504,  7527,  7635,  7679,  7690,  7697, 
7831,  7861,  7896,  7973,  7974,  8042,  8129, 
8296,  8336,  8350,  8355,  8394,  8395,  8396, 
8452,  8481,  8692,  8731,  8754,  8757,  8829, 
8830,  8870,  9237,  9601,  9673,  11689,  11691, 
11719,  11812,  11868,  12026,  12039,  12116, 
12155,  12169,  12223, 12231,  12276,  12322 

Poemen.  St.  (b.  450  a.d.),  11688,  11931 

Pole,  Cardinal  Reginald,  Eng.  (1500-1558), 
11119 

Polhill,  Edward,  Eng.  (w.  1675),  9629 

Polybius  (204-122  B.C. ;  Greek  historian),  6713 

Pompadour,  Madame  de,  3981 

Pompey,  9610 

Pope.  Alexander,  Eng.  (1688-1744),  739,  4427, 
7492,  9749 

Porter,  James.  D.D.,  Amer.,  6609,  8131,  8304, 
11339,  11492,  11978 

Porteus,  Bp.  Beilby,  D.D.,  Eng.  (1731-1808), 
3386,  7705,  9283,  10870 

Potter.  Bp.  Alonzo.  D.D.,  LL.D.,  Amer. 
(1800-1865),  1652,  9721 

Powell,  Rev.  Baden,  Eng.  (1796-1860),  3472, 
3537 

Power,  Rev.  Philip  Bennet,  Eng.,  1604,  6331, 
6521,  6696,  6941,  7054,  7113,  7140,  7218, 
7316,  7551,  7826.  8372,  8472,  8623,  9064, 
10057,  10221,  10429  10438,  10908,  11043, 
11071,  11096,  11127,  11370,  11462,  11607, 
11624,  11939,  12067,  12172,  12226.  12279 

Pratt,  Rev.  Josiah,  Eng.  (1768-1844),  8332 

Prest,  Rev.  Charles,  Eng.  (1806-1875),  12249 

Preston,  John,  D.D.,  Eng.  (1587-1628),  5815, 
7018,  9050 

Price,  Rev.  Aubrey  C,  Eng.,  9885 

Prideaux,  Dean  Humphrey,  D.D.,  Eng. 
(1648-1724),  1049,  4481 

Prole,  Mrs.  (author  of  ' '  The  English  Woman 
in  Egypt"),  Eng.  1843,  4196 

Pulsford,  Rev.  John,  Eng.,  96,  455,  2560, 
2840,  2911,  3349,  3658,  4072,  5422,  5520, 
9068,  9258 

Pusev.  Edward  Bouverie,  D.D.,  Eng,  (b.  1800), 
10299,  10916 

Punshon.  Rev.  William  Morley,  LL.D.,  Eng. 
(b.  1823),  20,  198,  747,  758,  1002,  1367,  1396, 
1525,  2451,  2662.  3066,  3283.  3590,  4515, 
4830.  5153,  5169,  5224,  5350,  5799,  5857, 
6100,  6128,  6262,  6314,  7266,  8052,  9764, 
9765,  11613 

Pythagoras  (570-504  B.C.),  7411,  12013 

Quarles,  Francis.  Eng.  (1592-1644;  author  of 
"  Emblems").  272,  1003,  3128,  4457,  4968, 
5441,  7637.  8010,  8805,  8876,  10362,  10673, 
11957,  11248,  11348 

Quincey,  Thomas  De,  Eng.  (1785-1859), 
11259 

Raffels,  Thomas,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  Eng.  (b.  1788), 
500 


INDEX  OF  PROSE  AUTHORS. 


637 


Ragg,  Rev.  Thomas,  Eng.  (b.  1808),  223,  1988, 
3848,  4283.  4283,  5055.  5142.  1155? 

Rahel,  8905 

Raikes,  Robert,  Eng.  (1735-1811;  Founder  of 
Sunday-schools),  5540 

Raleigh,  Alexander,  D.D.,  931,  1324,  4032, 
6493,  8753,  10503,  11448,  11746,  11972 

Raleigh,  Sir  Walter.  Eng.  (1552-1618),  10368 

Rainage,  Crauford  Tait,  LL.D.,  Eng.,  4106 

Ray,  John,  Eng.  (1627-1705),  9854,  9982 

Rayraent,  Rev.  Dr.  A.  B.,  Md.,  9989 

Rayne,  Mrs.  M.  L.,  47 

Read,  Rev.  H.,  Eng.,  2450,  3891,  3892,  3894, 
3895 

Reade,  Rev.  Dr.,  11545 

Reid,  John  M.,  D.D.,  K  Y.  (b.  1820),  2293, 
3168,  5445 

Remington,  Rev.  Frank,  N.  Y.,  5394,  8693 

Reynolds,  Bp.  Edward,  D.D.,  Eng.  (1599- 
1667),  927,  1829,  3294,  4510,  5294,  5297, 
5310,  6221,  6503,  7132,  7190,  7282,  7298, 
7339,  7909,  8619,  8701,  9132,  9139,  9185, 
9474,  9923,  10554,  11560,  12263,  12264 

Reynolds,  Sir  Joshua,  Eng.  (1723-1792),  2432, 
8486,  9944,   10743,  10864 

Richelieu,  Cardinal  Armand  Jean,  France 
(1585-1642),  12042 

Richter,  Jean  P.  F.,  Germany  (1763-1825),  606, 
622,  5615,  0839,  8275,  8223,  9938,  11013, 
11160,  11391,  11854,  11864,  11969,  12084 

Ridge,  Benjamin,  M.D.,  Eng..  10724 

Ridgway,  Henry  B.,  D.D.,  Md.  (b.  1830), 
898,  7485,  7519 

Roberts,  Francis,  12047 

Roberts,  Rev.  Joseph,  Eng.  (d.  1849:  Mission- 
ary to  India),  2554,  6088,  6652,  8744,  8760, 
9535,  10306,  11035,  11672,  11825,  11874 

Roberts,  Rev.  R.,  Eng.,  1156,  3182,  4145,  4327, 
4948,  5697,  5703 

Robertson,  Rev.  Frederick  William,  Ens:. 
(1816-18)3),  530,  751,  1414,  1973,  2074,  2288, 
2434,  2519,  2861,  3011,  3030,  3201,  3304, 
3853,  4166,  4268,  4384,  4855,  4856,  5100, 
5374,  5507,  5735,  5736,  5738,  5742,  5761, 
5848,  6102,  6160,  6166,  6179,  7727,  8790, 
8860,  9831,  10863,   11268 

Robinson,  Charles  S.,  D.D.,  N.  Y.,  6854,  7619, 
8784 

Rochester,  Lord  (1647-1680),  3825 

Roe,  Sir  Thomas  (1580-1640),  3108 

Roger,  Richard,  9079 

Rogers,  Henry,  Eug.  (b.  1814),  756,  4373, 
6253,  6998 

Rogers.  Prof..  Eng.  (b.  1806),  12317 

Rollin,  Charles,  French  (1661-1741),  9246. 
11514 

Rose.  H.  I.,  76^ 

Rousseau,  Jean  Jacques  (1712-1778;  French 
infidel),  400,  672,  2365,  10244 

Rowlands,  Daniel  (Welsh  minister),  6395, 
8978 

Rumford,  Sir  Benjamin  T.,  Mass.  (1753-1814), 
7317 

Ruskin,  John,  Eng.  (b.  1819).  1639,  1640, 
3931,  4099,  4368,  4369,  6259,  6570,  6571, 
6577,  7742,  8158,  8268,  8373,  8766,  8951, 
9248,  9545,  9644,  9667,  10108,  10625,  10630, 
10711,  11022,  11453,  11826,  11902,  12187, 
12282,  12334 

Russell.  Lord  John,  Eng.  (b.  1792),  4774,  6427 

Rust,  Bp.  Geo.,  Eng.  (d.  1670),  U5& 


Rutherford,  Samuel,  Scot.  (1600-1661;  Pres- 
byterian minister),  212.  724.  754,  879,  1071, 
1172,  1191,  1192,  1193,  1628,  1808,  2095, 
3384,  3400,  3403,  3477,  3567,  3722,  3726, 
4777,  4981,  5219,  5523,  5525,  5760,  5768, 
5781,  5992,  6198.  7761,  10570,  10621 

Ryland,  John,  D.D.,  Eng.  (1753-1825),  4534, 
5331,  11104 

Ryle,  Rev.  John  Chas.,  Eng.  (b.  1816),  38,  206, 
252,  1183.  1264,  3206,  3634,  3646,  5484,  6593, 
6676,  6779,  6816,  6821,  7012,  7139,  7657, 
7667,  7827,  9002.  9269,  9324,  9567,  9962, 
10301,  10729,  10866,  11065,  11066,  11082, 
11297,  11400,  11440,  11569,  11574,  11616, 
12070,  12194,  12208,  12346 

Saadi,  Persia  (13th  century),  199,  8624. 

Sage,  ^neas,  469,  1922,  5409. 

Saia,  George  A.,  Eng.  (b.  1827),  3585,  8415, 
10089,  10754,  11968 

Sale,  George,  Ensr.  (1680-1736;  Orientalist), 
6801,  6893,  8928.  9061,  9497,  9511,  9970, 
9971,  10144,  10877,  10878,  10879,  11150, 
12302 

Sales,  4566 

Salter,  Rev.  H.  G.,  Eng.  (author  of  "  The 
Book  of  Illustrations,"  1840),  2542,  2900, 
3450,  3584,  4159,  4523,  4543,  4905,  5484, 
5870,  6214,  6281,  6401,  6591,  6721,  6722, 
6828,  6829,  6830,  6852,  7029,  7048,  7081, 
7145,  7284,  7338,  7389,  7516,  7536,  7542, 
7575,  7577,  7869,  7956,  7971,  8201,  8518, 
8556,  8570,  8573,  8601,  8615,  8645,  8685, 
8714,  8769,  8959,  9001,  9036,  9042,  9083, 
9086,  9151,  9159,  9182,  9184,  9211,  9292, 
9322,  9334.  9390,  9411,  9432 

Sandman,  4697 

Sandford,  Bp.  David,  D.D.,  Scotland  (1766- 
1830),  7007,  8718 

Sandys,  Abp.,  Eng.  (1519-1588),  9907 

Sargent,  E.  P.,  Mass.  (1814^1881),  11781 

Sauiin,  Rev.  James.  France  (1677-1730),  1944, 
6157,  8185,  10243,  10571.  11333 

Savage,  Rev.  G.  S.  T.,  1365 

Saviile,  Sir  Henry,  Eng.]  (1540-1622),  2709, 
6369,  10678 

Schiller,  Johann  C.  T.,  Germany  (1759-1805), 
9280 

Schumacher,  167 

Scott,  Rev.  James,  Eng.  (1733-1814),  1997 

Scott,  Sir  Walter,  Eng.  (1771-1832),  518,  9289, 
9321,  10356,  10725 

Scott,  Thomas,  D.D.,  Eng.  (1747-1821;  Com- 
mentator), 8474,  10746,  11984 

Scougal,  Rev.  Henry,  Scotland  (1650-1678), 
674 

Scriver,  Christian.     See  Gotthold. 

Seeker,  Abp.  Thomas,  LL.D.,  Eng.  (1693- 
1768),  7355,  7472,  7645,  7932,  8440,  8684, 
8690,  8981,  9062,  9082,  9381,  9437,  9450, 
9583,  9694,  9703,  9704,  9799,  9913,  10047, 
10116,  10336,  10432,  10449,  10819,  10820, 
10833,  10959,  10987,  11051,  11173,  11217, 
11253,  11362,  11403,  11639,  11645,  11697, 
11750,  11790,  11886.  12036,  12126,  12142, 
12286,  12289,  12307,  12328 

Seeker,  Rev.  William,  Eng.,  6330,  6334,6354, 
7309,  8962,  9084,  9690,  9925,  10632,  10646, 
11265 

Sedgwick,  Rev.  Adam,  Eng.  (b.  1785),  9075 

Seed,  Rev.  Jeremiah,  Eag.l^d.  1747),  9413 


638 


INDEX  OF  PEOSE  AUTHORS. 


Segneri,  1551,  10730 

Selden,  John,  Eng.  (1584-1654),  3102,  3818, 

5475,  7332,  8406,  8453,  9587,  11597 
Selwyn,  11989 
Seneca  (Roman  philosopher;  5-65  a.d.),  599, 

920,  1464,  1^)50,  2432,  2454,  2594,  2698,  2772, 

3165,  3289,  36U7,  3934,  4339,  4437,  5498,  5708, 

5914,  5940,  6935,  7968,  9230,  9284,  9905, 

10476 
Ferjeant,  Rev.  J.  T.,  3680 
Seward,  William  H.,  N.  Y.  (\x  1801),  7929 
Shaftesbury,  Earl  of,  1167,  10699 
Shakespeare,  William,  Eng.  (1564-1616),  120. 

568,  1437,  2013,  2186,  2586,  2602,  2702,  2752, 

2784,  3679,  3689,  3817,  3874,  4640,  4835,  6029, 

6040,  6315,  7474,  10250 
Sharp,  Abp.  John,  D.D.,  Eng.  (1644^1714), 

8503 
Sharpe,  8036,  8374 
Sharr,  F.  J.,  2291 

Sheffield,  Rev.  John,  Eng.,  7984,  11720 
Shelley,  Percy  B.,  Eug.  (1792-1822),  8287 
Shenstone,  William,  Eng.  (1714-1768),  8873, 

8884.  10582 
Sheppard,  Rev.  John,  Eng.,  11965 
Sheridan,  Richard  B.,  Ireland  (1751-1816), 

9164 
Sherlock,  Thomas,  D.D.,  Eng.  (1678-1761), 

6882,  9956,  10042 
Sherwin,  W.  F.,  10013 
Shuttleworth,  Bp.,  8200,  10223 
Sibbes,  Rev.  Ricliard,  D.D.,  Eng.  (1577-1635), 

949,  2125,  2215,  2894,  3392,  3912,  7084, 8673, 

9268 
Sibbs,  11950,  12221 
Siddon,  10010 
Sigourney,  Mrs.  Lydia  H.,  Am.  (1791-1805), 

2755  5719 
Simeon,  Rev.  Charles,  Eng.  (1759-1836),  524, 

2734,  3296,  6195,  6270,  10553 
Simpson,  Bp.  Matthew,  D.D.,  Ohio  (b.  1811), 

827,  1468,  2966,  2980,  2985,4737,  6802,  7112, 

8567,  8599,  9658,  10091.  10165,  11047 
Simpson,  Robert,  D.D.,  Scotland,  8527,  11081, 

12323 
Simpson,  Sir  James,  Scotland,  11300 
Simpson,  W.,  6700 
Sismondi,  Jean  C.  L.,  Switzerland  (1773-1842), 

2729 
Skinner,  Rev.  Robert,  10910 
Slater,  10452 
Smiles,  Samuel,  M.D.,  Scotland,  3061,  4182, 

4406,  6831,  8945,  9254,  9685,  10915 
Smith,  2956,  4584,  9173,  11315 
Smith,  Adam  L.,  D.D.,  Scotland  (1723-1790), 

3775,  12145 
Smith,  Albert,  5613 
Smith,  Dr.  Pye,  10608 
Smith,  E.  P.,  9316 
Smith,  Horace,  7306 
Smith,  James,  5125 
Smith,  John,  4926,  4943,  5193,  5277,  5329, 

5419,  5846,  11797 
Smith,  Mrs.  H.  Pearsall,  6590 
Smith,  R.  P.,  4034,  11877 
Smith,  Rev.  Henry,  Eng.  (1550-1592;  "  The 

Silver-tongued"  Smith),  249,  601,  736,  824, 

826,  2703,  2814,  2855,  3238.  3417,  3422,  3424, 

4343,  4345,  4668,  4929,  5289,  5865,  8116, 

10217 
Smith,  Rev.  Sydney,  Eng.  (1771-1845),  1120, 


3619,  3878,  6318,  6883,  7002,  8276,  8346, 
8698,  8815,  9249,  9311,  9713,  9723,  9811, 
9817,  10235,  10715,  10802,  11004.  11178, 
11426,  11438,  11439,  12242 

Smith,  William,  D.D..  Eng.  (b.  1814),  3307 

Snced,  John  S.  S.,  10084 

Snyder,  G.  R.,  10167 

Socrates,  Greece  (470-400  B  c. ;  "Father  of 
Philosophy"),  568,  1405,  1906,  2400,  3143, 
8283,  9786,  10583 

Somerville,  Dr.,  9414,  9415 

South,  Robert,  D.D.,  Eng.  (1633-1710).  514, 
517,  527,  953,  1018,  1504,  1566,  1627,  1927, 
2047,  2596,  2597,  2693,  3184,  3290,  3323, 
3078,  4269,  4486,  4659,  4715,  4716,  5573, 
5574,  5691,  5845,  6055,  7416,  7418,  8364, 
8683,  8723,  9502,  9608,  9797,  9829,  9906, 
9988,  11007,  11164,  11310,  11883,  12144 

Southey,  Robert,  LL.D..  Eng.  (1774-1843), 
3453,  8430,  8442,  8447,  8633,  9374,  9934, 
9996,  10526.  10531,  10758 

Southgate,  Henry,  Eng.  (author  of  "  Many 
Thoughts  of  Manv  Minds  "),  11591 

Speed,  7675 

Spence,  1079 

Spencer,  John  (author  of  "Things  New  and 
Old").  London,  1658),  18,  41,"  72,  74,  83, 
136,  138,  148,  181,  195,  2U7,  210,  268,  284, 
289,  379,  429,  430,  504,  520,  544,  558,  561, 
562,  591,  598,  631,  652,  740,  745,  773,  776, 
841,  850,  866,  875,  895,  900,  910,  915,  916, 
922,  930,  932,  933,  938,  939,  943,  964,  966, 
971,  976,  997,  1006,  1010,  1011,  1027.  1029, 
1037,  1039,  1042,  1054,  1063,  10G4,  1099, 
1108,  1113,  1122,  1141,  1144,  1154,  1181, 
1194,  1215,  1258,  1286,  1303,  1312,  1313, 
1314,  1321,  1349,  1368,  1383,  1886,  1400, 
1430,  1433,  1455,  1471,  1472,  1475,  1482, 
1493,  1502,  1505,  1514,  1517,  1542,  1561, 
1568,  1587,  1588,  1591,  1592,  1595,  1596, 
1599,  1633,  1688,  1801,  1882,  1887,  1898, 
1915,  1917,  1928,  1940,  1945,  1992,  1994, 
2008,  2014,  2088,  2090,  2100,  2117,  2157. 
2275,  2331,  2334,  2340,  2356,  2393,  2414, 
2456,  2465,  2478,  2486,  2501,  2523,  2535, 
2563,  2577.  2581,  2595,  2607,  2608,  2616, 
2631,  2633,  2637,  2646,  2664,  2691,  2719, 
2742,  2770,  2774,  2775,  2803,  2821,  2829, 
2841,  2888,  2901,  2908,  2922,  2942,  2953, 
2973,  3065,  3093,  3113,  3117,  3119,  3207, 
3208,  3222,  3225,  3252,  3396,  3411,  3413, 
3419,  3479,  3483,  3489,  3495,  3529,  3542, 
3563,  3589,  3599,  3604,  3639,  3644,  3656, 
3723,  3732,  3764,  3849,  3896,  3909,  3919, 
3973,  3982,  4111,  4112,  4122,  4136,  4191, 
4195,  4218,  4222,  4266,  4278,  4280,  4337, 
4405,  4443,  4465,  4560,  4587,  4712,  4729, 
4734,  4757,  4760,  4763,  4765,  4783,  4858, 
4982,  4990,  5017,  5019,  5024,  5094,  5150, 
5201,  5281,  5302,  5332,  5423,  5446,  5467, 
5496,  5497,  5667,  5670.  5719,  5739,  5752, 
5759,  5789,  5956,  6110,  6133,  6139.  6156, 
6165,  6170,  6175,  6177,  6180,  6200,  6201, 
6207,  6213,  6243,  6252,  6275,  8013 

Sprat,  Thomas,  D.D.,  Eng.  (1636-1713),  7347, 
7614,  10829 

Spring,  Gardiner,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  Mass.  (b. 
1785),  3574 

Spurgeon,  Rev.  Charles H.,En!r.(b.  1834),15,22, 
27.  79.  105,  179,  209,  227.  228,  421,  638,  655, 
660,  668,  679,  700,  712,  737,  749,  759,  783, 


INDEX  OF  PROSE  AUTHORS. 


639 


788,  839,  843,  868.  913,  1047,  1066,  1098, 
1333,  1344,  1395,  1435,  1443,  1463,  1467, 
1633,  1633,  1639,  1631,  1671,  1834,  3130, 
2396,  3480,  3483,  3641,  3653,  3673.  2768, 
2823,  3831,  3843,  3848,  2851,  2879,  2883, 
2936,  2943,  2946,  3001,  3004,  3007,  3120, 
3221  3337,  3381,  3357,  3393,  3436,  3586, 
3637  3674,  3688,  3708,  3710,  3721,  3738, 
3842,  3843,  3868,  3873,  3910,  3911,  3915, 
3917,  3979,  4000,  4087,  4091,  4208,  4317, 
4355,  4357,  4365,  4397,  4425,  4448,  4464, 
4469,  4517,  4543.  4551,  4599,  4676,  4685, 
4727,  4740,  4745,  4748,  4751,  4915,  5013, 
5038,  5083,  5088,  5101.  5163,  5197,  5214, 
5223,  5331,  5346,  5360,  5370,  5395,  5345, 
5356,  5357,  5447,  5463,  5479,  5487,  5545, 
5604,  5605,  5619,  5790,  5791,  5798,  5803, 
5876,  5936,  5970,  5988,  6014,  6043,  6049, 
6135,  6153,  6317,  6319,  6220,  6303.  6361, 
6376,  6381,  6390.  6396,  6399,  6456,  6460, 
6537,  6564,  6673,  6807,  6846.  6987,  7014, 
7100,  7143,  7144,  7304,  7209,  7257,  7276, 
7311,  7351,  7437,  7444,  7487,  7501,  7530, 
7534,  7539,  7574,  7578,  7600,  7639,  7099, 
7708,  7710,  7715,  7737,  7833,  7847,  7957, 
7965,  7998,  8039,  8195,  8309,  8313,  8375, 
8499,  8514,  8530,  8588,  8604,  8730,  8911, 
9033,  9174,  9187,  9271,  9376,  9419,  9556, 
9657,  9693,  9968.  9973,  10154,  10334,  10344, 
10498,  10550,  10645,  10745,  10787,  10941, 
11041,  11049,  11114,  11116,  11140,  11232, 
11243,  11261,  11290,  11528,  11603,  11613, 
11651,  11653,  11703.  11705,  11711,  11713, 
11715,  11738,  11876,  11973,  13001,  13041, 
13178,  13315 

Spurstowe,  William,  D.D.  (d.  1666;  Non- 
coaformist  divine,  3900,  4656 

Stainfortli,  William,  D.D.,  Eng.  (w.  1711), 
11943 

Stanford,  Rev.  Charles,  2906,  3054,  3456,  3684, 
3725,  4124,  5306,  6505,  7734,  84b5,  10458 

Stanley,  Bp.  Edward,  D.D.,  Eng.  (1779- 
1849),  9113 

Stanley,  Dean  Arthur,  D.D.,  Eng.  (b.  1815), 
593,  3910,  6690,  7741,  13093 

Statham,  8735,  11914 

Stebbins,  13183 

Steele,  J.  Dorman,  Am.,  11266 

Steele,  Sir  Richard,  Ireland  (1671-1729;  as- 
sociate of  Addison),  3444,  5715,  8059,  8160, 
8413,  9653,  9687,  10431,  10614,  11537 

Stennett,  Rev.  Dr.,  8064 

Stephens,  Sir  John,  9636 

Sterne,  Rev.  Lawrence,  Ireland  (1713-1768), 
3809,  3535,  5070,  8794,  10783,  11370,  11449 

Stevens,  Rev.  Abel,  LL.D..  Penn.  (b.  1815), 
24,  97,  3945,  4310,  7512,  7793,  7873 

Stevenson,  George,  D.D.,  Scotland,  1396, 
2384 

Still ingfleet,  Bp.  Edward,  D.D.,  Eng.  (1635- 
1699),  9018,  11309,  11727 

Stockton,  Thomas  H.,  N.  J.  (1808-1868),  7213, 
7941 

Stolz,  Alban,  9770 

Stone,  Andrew  L.,  D.D.,  Am.,  9176 

Stork,  T.,  9889 

Stoughton,  Rev.  John,  Eng..  358,  512,  1241, 
1358. .3626,  2791,  2898,  2971,  3330,  4917, 
5713,  5737,  5859,  8334,  10991 

Stowe,  Harriet  Beecher.  Conn.  (b.  1812),  5418, 
8763,  9152,  10936,  11793 


Stowell,  Rev.  Hugh,  Eng.  (b.  1799),  7943, 
10883,  11121 

Strachan,  7128 

Strathan,  Rev.  W.  M.;  4525 

Stretch,  L.  M.,  Eng.  (author  of  "The  Beau- 
ties of  History"),  57,  299,  857,  1840,  3300, 
3301,  3740,  3741,  5759 

Stryker,  Dr.,  10338 

Sturm,  Julius,  6833,  8538,  9398,  10742 

Suckling,  9979 

Summerfield,  Rev.  John,  (1798-1825),  343 

Sumner,  Bp.,  Eng.  (b.  1790).  9037 

Sutton,  Rev.  Christopher  (d.  1629),  10007 

Swift,  Jonathan,  D.D.,  Eng.  (1667-1745),  3804, 
3817,  4181,  4199,  7634,  8071,  8688,  9123, 
10371 

Swinnock,  Rev.  George,  Eng.  (1037-1673), 
3971,  4313,  4365,  4553,  4919,  5811,  7336, 
7573,  7850,  9058,  9323,  9485,  10353,  10445, 
11445,  11580,  11706,  11730,  12269 

Sydney,  Sir  Philip,  Eng.  (1554-1586),  4190 

Tacitus,  Caius  C,  Rome  (b.  about  55),  2803, 
10205 

Tait,  Abp.  Archibald  C,  D.D.,  Eng. (b.  1811), 
536 

Talbot,  Catherine,  Eng.  (1730-1770),  7061 

Talmage,  T.  De  Witt,  D.D.  (popular  Brook- 
lyn preacher),  6567,  6707,  6741,  6756,  6804, 
6959,  7335,  7717,  8774,  8835,  8840,  9523, 
10370,  10274,  10381,  10510,  11135,  11549, 
11733,  11857,  13113,  13170 

Tauler,  13391 

Taylor,  Bp.  Jeremy,  D.D.,  Eng.  (1613-1667), 
86,  174,  608,  867,  980,  1036,  1361,  3143, 
8319.  3398,  3505,  3057,  3313,  3331,  3814, 
4380,  4463,  4667,  4795,  4978,  5003,  5003, 
5061,  5339,  5337,  5481,  5583,  5643,  6173, 
6174,  6411,  6715,  7059,  7783,  7865,  7985, 
8039,  8065.  8593,  8703,  8814,  8877,  9661, 
10005,  10371,  10413,  10505,  10611,  10814, 
10960,  11063,  11074,  11250,  11927,  12002, 
12057,  12060,  12339,  13335,  13344 

Taylor,  Isaac,  LL.D.,  Eng.  (1787-1865),  5566, 
9945 

Taylor,  Thomas,  D.D.,  Eng.  (1576-1633),  8596 

Taylor,  W.  G.,  9999 

Taylor,  Wm.  M.,  D.D.,  K  Y.,  7913,  7930, 
8455,  9757,  9759,  9760 

Temple,  Sir  Wm.,  Eng.  (1638-1699).  100, 
6933,  7503,  9119,  9165,  9356,  9358,  11331 

Tennyson,  Alfred,  D.C.L.,  Eng.  (b.  1810;  Poet 
Laureate),  4774 

Terence  (195-158;  B.C.  Roman  comic  poet), 
417.  4644,  5476. 

Tertullian  (160-340;  one  of  the  Latin  Fathers), 
8164 

Tewksbury,  1343 

Thackeray,  William  Makepeace,  Eng.  (1811- 
1863),   5853,  8944,  8947.  10756,  13390,  13320 

Theophilus  of  Antioch,  7731 

Thiebault,  Dieudonne,  France  (1733-1807), 
10473 

Tholuck,  Friedrich  A.  G.,  Germany  (b.  1799). 
4206,  13017 

Thomas,  David,  D.D.,  Eng.  (editor  of  the 
"Homilist"),,  233,  336,  583,  760.  757,  767, 
1078, 1163,  1407, 1930,  3386,  3915,  3133,  3360, 
3793,  3941,  4046,  4504,  4693,  4960,  5058, 
5170,  5313,  5459,  5478,  5483,  5770,  5851, 
6643,  7695,  8779,  8973,  9375,  11371,  11778 


640 


INDEX  OF  PROSE  AUTHORS. 


Thompson,  Augustus  C,  D.D.,  Ct.   (b.  1812), 

6351 
Thompson,  H.,  8193 
Thompson,  Jos.  Parish,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  Penn. 

(1819-1879),  6786 
Thomson,    Bp.    Edward,   D.D.,  Am.   (1810- 

1870),  364,  388,  555,  1307,  2245,  2362,  3131, 

3993,  5328,   5436,  7008,  7301,  8182,   10113, 

11676 
Thoreau,  Henry  David,  Mass.  (b.  1817),  3966 
Thornton,  Rev.  Wm.  L.,  Eng.  (d.  1865),  5689 
Thorsby,  Rev.  T.  E.,  5732 
Tillotson,  Abp.  John,  D.D..  Eng.  (1630-1694), 

4437,  6611,  7856,  9978,  9981,  10695,  10895, 

10921,  11397,  11726 
Timbs,  John,  Eng.  (b.  1801),  1799,  2026,  3409, 

6465,  8249 
Tindal,  8716 
Todd,  John,  D.D.,  Yt.  (1800-1873),  82,  372, 

1104.    1787,    1818,    1823,   2498,   2547,  3434, 

5040.  5G96,  5806,  6131 
Tolls,  R.,  4375 
Tomline,  Sir  Geo.  P.,  D.D.,  Eng.  (1750-1827), 

5783 
Tonna,  Charlotte  Elizabeth,  Eng.  (1792-1846), 

9032 
Tooke,  Rev.  Andrew,  Eng.  (1673-1731),  529, 

5826 
Toplady,    Rev.    Augustus   M.,  Eng.    (1740- 

1778),   806,  2655,   3000,    3171,    3871,    4907, 

9493 
Townley,  H.,  7964 
Townsand,    Geo.,    D.D.,    Eng.    (1788-1857), 

1859 
Townseend,  Rev.  G.  II.,  8542 
Townson.    Thos.,    D.D.,    Eng.    (1715-1793), 

2905,  10240 
Traill,  Rev.  Robt.  (1642-1783).  9204 
Trapp,  Rev.  John,  En?.  (1602-1069),  80,  696, 

1275.    3069,    3859,   4392,  4804,   5059,   5062, 

5630,  5952,  6506,  6691,    7465,    7591,    8767, 

8955,    89G7,    9270,    9477.  9643,   9669,   9700, 

10226,    10553,    10761,  11103,   11394,  11419, 
'  11487,  11499,  11518,  11936 
Trefit,  W.,  4997 
Trench,  Abp.  R.  C,  Ens.  (b.  1807;  theolodan 

and   poel),    1341,  2163,    2495,    2642.    2913. 

3371,  3784,    3974,    4888,    5339.    5704,   5774, 

5913,  6346,    7031.    7419,    7549,   8053,  8331, 

8931,  8934,  9148,  10062,  10544,  10775.  11077, 

11385,  11615,  11894,  11896,  13030,  13033 
Trench,  Rev.  F.  P.,  7124,  7281,  7639,  7780, 

7917,  8080,    8335,    8379,    8830,   9036,   9557, 

9788,    10786,     10807,    10942,    10944,    10946, 

11158,  11165,  11455,  13224,  13337,  13399 
Trimmer,  Mrs.  Mary  (w.  1830),  10697 
Triual,  Theophilus,  Eng.  11964 
Trower,  Bp.  Walter   John,    D.D.,   Eng.   (b. 

1804),  9365,  10189,  11855,  13035,  13118 
Trumbull,   Rev.    Henry  Clay  (Editor  S.    S. 

Times),  11070 
Trusler,    Rev.    John,    L.L.D.,     Eng.    (1735- 

1830),  10183,  10485 
TuUoch,    John,    D.D.,    Scotland    (b.    1823), 

8203,  8315 
Tupper,  Martin  F.,  D.C.L.,  Eng.   (b.  1810), 

2033,  4015.  4378 
Turnbull,    Rev.    Joseph,     Eng.    (1833-1858), 

10058 
Turner,  Samuel,  Eng.  (b.  1759),    4358,  4898. 

5953,  6077,  9890 


Turner,  Sharon,  Eng.  (1768-1847),  9373 

Tuthill,  E.  B.,  369 

Tuttle.  President.  2282,  63C8 

Tweedie,   W.    K.,    D.D.,    Scot.,   3280,    6096, 

7997,   11176 
Twiss,  Rev.  Wm.,  Ens:.  (1575-1646),  2300 
Tyng,  Rev.  A.  G.,  7288 
Tyng.    Rev.    Stephen  H.,    D.D.,    Mass.   (b. 

1800;     eloquent     pastor     of     St.    George's 

Church,   N.   Y.,  see  introduction  of  First 

Prose).     7567,  11484,  11663 
Tynman,  8279,  10154 

Ullman,  Rev.  Dr.,  Germany  (b.  1796),  10003 
Upham,    Thos.  C,    D.D.,   N.  II.  (b.  1799), 

2280,  4386,  6697,  8109 
Usher,  Abp.  James,  Ireland  (1580-1656),  5189, 

6592,  12003 

Vail,  Albert  Douchty,  D.D.,  N.  Y.  (b.  1835), 
6387,  6583,  6673,  6688,  6861,  7003,  7385, 
7546,  8388 

Vanderkiste,  Rev.  R.  W.  (Missionary  to 
Africa),  1084 

Van  Esse,  Dr.,  386 

Vaughan,  Henry,  Eng.  (1631-1695),  7884 

Venning,  Rev.  Ralph,  Eng.  (1620-1673;  Non- 
conformist divine),  19,  4055,  4337,  4626, 
4945,  4950,  4956,  4993,  5091,  5109,  5164, 
5183,  5184,  5347,  5378,  5290,  5391,  5443, 
5939,  5968,   6038.  6168.  6869 

Victoria,  Queen  of  Eng.  (b.  1819),  10264 

Villiers,  Bp.  Henry  Montague,  D.D.,  Eng. 
(1813-1861),  3635 

Vincent,  John  H.,  D.D.,  Ala.  (b.  1833;  Sec- 
retary of  the  M.  E'.  Sunday-scliool  Union), 
2530.  2858,  3361,  3363,  4327,  6930,  8055, 
10009,  10202 

Viuet,  Alexander  Ra-ndolf,  Switz.  (1797-1847), 
8663. 

Voltaire,  Francois  M.  (1694r-1778;  Freaeii 
Deist),  11779 

Waddington,  V.,  Hamburg,  1216 
Wadsworth,  Charles,  D.D.,  Am.,  11951 
Wakeley,  John  B.,  D.D.,  Conn.  (1809-1875), 

8385,  8423,  9360,  9748,  10841,  12339 
Wakley,  T.,  7784,  7849  * 

Walker,.   James   B.,  D.D.,  Penn.   (b.   1806), 

2083,   2093,    2126,    2629,    2977,   8845,   5180, 

6203,   6304,    6306,  6617,    7334,  9563,  10564, 

10639,   11067,   11408,  11898,  12080 
Walker,  R.  F.,  9668 

Wallace,  Rev.  J.  A.,  Scotland,  2T63,  2994 
Walpole,  Horace,  Enir.  (1717-1797),  9&0I 
Walton,  Izaak,  En?.  1;1593-1683),  5595,  9359, 

9466,  10496,  1131^8 
W^anfcy,  Rev.,  Nathaniel,  Eng.  (b.  1633),  5947, 

7603,  9634,  9740,   9838,  9986,  104S0,  12006, 
Warburton,  EliotiB.,  Ireland,  (b.  1810),  1338, 

8258.  9961. 
Ward,  Rev.   Samuel.  (1577-1630).  389.  12341 
Wardlaw.    Ralph.     D.D.,     Scotland    (1791- 

1853),  1086,  3338,  3444,  4908,  6011,  9010 
Warren,  Bp,  Henry  White,  D.D.,  Mass.  (b, 

1831),  9235,  10284,  12056 
Warren,  J.,  8724 
Warren,  William  F.,  D.D.,  Mass.   (b.  1833), 

3033,  5081 
Warwick,  7480.  7611,  7757,  8458,  8892,  8960, 

9697,  9926,  10709,  11229,  11923 


INDEX  OF  PROSE  AUTHORS. 


641 


Warwick,  Countess  of,  Ireland  (d.  1578),  1120 
Washington,    Gen.    George,  Virginia   (1732- 

1779),   6525 
Watson,    Bp.    R.,    D.D.,    Eng.    (1737-1816), 

8904,   10019 
Watson,   J.,  4930,  6054 
Watson,  Rev.  Uicliurd,  Eng.  (1781-1833),  1250, 

2230,  2806,  2912,    2920,    2927,    5031,    5442, 

6210,  7270 
Watson,    Rev.   Thomas,  Eng:    (d.  1689),  852, 

605,   659,   870,   882,  1660,   1833,  2650,  2884, 

3062,  3339,   3448,    3481,    3482,    3485,    3846, 

3882,  3903.  4573,    4899,    5305,    5348,    5428, 

5435,  5642,   5654,    5665,    5758,    5788,    5821, 

6595,  7295,   7978,   8190,  9361,  9480,  10462 
Watts,    Isaac,   D.D.,  Eng.  (1674-1748),  2147, 

7468,  8092,   8123,   10785,  11327,  12168 
Wayland,   Francis,   D.D.,  LL.D.,  New  York 

(1796-1865),   585,  2638,  7001,   11515,  11544, 

12212 
Weaver,   Richard,  5922 
Webster,  Alonzo,  D.D.,  Vermont,  3555, 11536 
Webster,    Daniel,    New    Hampshire     (1782- 

1852),    396,    3435,    6781,    7808,  8213,    8289, 

9214 
Weibrecht,  J.  J.,  590 
Weir,   5877 
Wellington,  Duke  of,  Eng.  (1769-1852),  8631, 

12186 
Wells,   Mrs.  G.  C.  Amer.,  4536 
Wells,   Ralph,   New  York,   16,  7107,  11206 
Wells,   Rev.   G.  C.   Amer.,  2982,  2984 
Welsh,   John,   7791 
Wesley,   Rev.   John,   Eng.   (1703-1791),   1281, 

1510.   2102,   3159,   4017,    4823,    5176,    5257, 

5785,   5787,   6067,   6068,    6338,    9547,    9665, 

11332 
Wesley,     Susanna,     Eng.    (1669-1743),  7082, 

11505 
West,   R.,  4064 
Whately,  Abp.  Richard,  D.D.,    Eng.    (1787- 

1863),   2032,   3026,  3753,  4047,    4634,    6633, 

6844,   8187,   8799,   9291,  9855,  11632,  11647, 

11649,   11831,    12096,   12151,  12330 
Whedon,    Daniel    D.,    D.D.,  New  York   (b. 

1808),  4822,   5068 
Wheeler,     David    H.,    D.D.,  New  York  (b. 

1829),    12220 
Wheeler,    William  A.,  Mass.  (b.  1883),  2316, 

3278,   5500,    5986,   6058 
Whewell,    William,   D.D.,  Eng.   (1795-1866), 

8196,   8283.   8553 
Whipple,   Edwin  P.,  Mass.    (b.    1819),    487, 

9399 
White,   Henry  Kirke,  Eng.  (1785-1806),  3735, 

4446 
White,  James  R.,  6184 
Whitecross,  John,  Scotland,  1152,1205,1208, 

1435,   1556,   2532,   8075,    3473,    3668,    4137, 

5198,  5882,   5899,   5901,    6188,    6216,    6377, 

6438,  6657,  6687,  6895,    7351,    7345,    7475, 


7674,  7676,  8654,  10018,  10053,  10127,  10447, 

"10794,   10»06,   11167,  11174,  11480 
Whitetield,    Rev.    George,  Eng.   (1714-1770), 

5767,  6949,   7461,  7662,    7062,    8023,    8245, 

8819,    9960,    10055,    10610,    10650,    10961, 

10994,   11131,  11376,    11530,    11601,    11625, 

11684,   12048,  12340 
Whitney,  George  H.,  D.D.,  D.  C.  (b.  1880), 

6280,  12150 
Wilberforce,  William,  Eng.  (1759-1883),  7249 
Wilkins,  Bp.  (1614-1672),  8073 
Wilkinson,   R.,  2229,  4986 
William,  Frederick.  10079 
Williams,    Abp.    John.    D.D.,    Eng.    (1583- 

1650),  6827,  11796 
Williams,  E..  9215,  9598 
Wilmott,  8063 
Wilson,     Bp.    Thomas,    D.D.,    Eng.    (1633- 

1755),  3962,  4027,  4882,  7981,  10990 
Wilson,  George,    M.D.,  Scotland,  (b.  1818), 

454,   7024,  8538,  8534,  10948 
Wilson,  Prof.  George,  Eng.  (1814-1859),  8230, 

9312,   9468,  10671,  12011 
Wilson,    Rev.   J.  G.,  Eng.    (w.    1839),   4224, 

4270,   5282,   6488.  6484,    6664,    8546,    9101, 

9265,   10T27,   10947,  11192,   11262 
Wilson,   Rev.  J.  H.,  Eng.,  291,  292,  293,  370, 

5232,   10014. 
Winslow,  Forbes,  M.D.  (b.  1810),  8885.  8158, 

8251,   10726 
Winslow,  Octavius,  D.D.,  Eng.  (1889-1861), 

7954 
Wirt,  William,  Amer.  (1772-1834).  4181 
Wise.   Daniel,  D.D.,  Eng.  (b.  1813),  265,  507, 

1133,   1134,  1135,  1610,    1811,    1983,    2136, 

2786,   2960,  3188,  3249,    3612,    3808,    4108, 

4143,   5663,  6226,  6233,    6334,    6235,    6237, 

6238,  6348 
Wiseman,    Cardinal    Nicholas,    Eng.    (1803- 

1865),   761.  8950 
Wogan,  William,  Ener.  (w.  1754),  11263 
Woods,  Leonard,   D.D.,  N.  J.,   (1774-1854), 

393 
Woodward,  Rev.  Henry,  Eng.,  7874,  9483 
Wordsworth,    William,      Eng.     (1770-1850), 

11026,  11184 
Worthington,  Dr.,  Eng.,  7134,  9363,  9659 
Wright,  P.  J.,  Eng.  (w.  1843),  5490 

Yeakel,  11578 

Young,  Edward,  D.D.,  Eng.  (1684-1765),  5780 

Young,  Robert,  D.D.,  Eng.  (1820-1865),  1695, 

2722,  6333,  6840,   7392,  7089,  10889,  11573, 

12124 

Zeigler,  3837 

Zimmermann,  Johann  G.  Von,  Switz.  (1738- 

1975).  4851,  8639,  9341.  9640,  9846,   10333 
Zschokke,   Johann   H.    D..    Germany   (1771- 

1848),  7633,   7940,  9357 
Zwiagli,  Ulric,  Switz.  (1484-1531),  5816 


INDEX  OF  SCEIPTUEE  TEXTS. 


The  books  of  the  Bible  are  arranged  in  alphabetical  order.  A  star  before  a  number 
indicates  that  the  Poetical  Volumes  are  referred  to.  The  references  are  not  exhaustive,  and 
more  may  be  found  by  turning  to  the  parallel  passages,  or  to  the  Topical  Indexes. 


ACTS. 

I.  4:  *2952,  11233,  12177 
7:  2422 

8:  2054,  2576,  2999,  3007, 

4493,  9085 
9:  *150-*152,  657,  *3125, 

*3283,  3348 
14:  11496 

23-26:  *2027,  *3760 
25:  3406,  3562 
26:  *2603 

II.  1 :  10937,  11494 

1-4:  *1807,  *3865.  *3866 
2:  *3133,*3867,  4894,  5408, 

9563 
3:  *1806,  8954 
3,  4:  3285,  *4064 
4:  4608,  6326,  12013 

12:  1627 

15:  6777 

17:  2142,  8149,  9555 

22:  10564 

23:  *608,  11194 

29:  10894 

87:  5078.  7556, 10844.  11044 

88:  2990,  8855,  10362 

89:  2194,  3255.  9212 

41:  9554,  11658;  11668 

42:  2284,  5077 

III.  2:  6704 
3-11:  *3161 
6:  2461,*3679 
8:  10028 

17:  *1908 

19:  2354,  4964.  5079,  6068, 

6326,  8592 
22:  394,*3779 

IV.  4:  3381 
10:  3162 

12:  393,  709,  1067,  2925, 

7210,  7648,  7650 
13:  4479 
19:  2297,  5115 
25:  2865 
28:  11150 
29"  11127 

32":  *3280,  5879,  12117 
86:  *3150 
86,  37:  *3149 

V.  2:  *2410,  7446,  10845 
3:  1510,  5688 

5:  2937,  10214 
8:  11302 


12-15:  *3121 

15:  4494,  11679 

28:  7133 

29:  2297,  4168,  10178 

30,  31:  598 

32:  7133 

36:  6874,  8656 

37:  8655 

38:  *2878,  5837,  8102,  8950, 

11822,  12089 
41:  9494 
VI.  3:  7451 

4:  5609,  11143 

5:  9554 
^11.  5:  8597 
6:  7754 
9-12:  *3650 

20:  *3781 

21,  22.  *3804 

23:  3332 

26:  *1878 

32:  4361 

33:  *1634,  5064 

47:  *4046 

51:  8660.  9566,  11599 

55:  *1473,  *4017,  9554 

55-60:  *4018,  *4019 

56:  1718 

58:  4398 

59:  625,*2155,*2803,6096, 
11827 

59,  60:  *3741 

60:  *2252,  7777 

VIII.  2:  7803 

4:  7240,  9160 

5:  4629 

6:  3973 

9:  10291 
10:  *2328 
20:  4945,  10623 
21:  9404 
*   22:  4981 
24:  4548 
26-40:  *3886 
87:  7505 

IX.  1-9:  *3861,  *3864 
1-19:  7521 

6:  *1975 
11:  2234 
15:  11845 
17:  9554 
21:  *3863 
31:  3004 


36,  39:  3593 
36-41:  *3339 

X.  2,  7:  4447 

4:  *2005,  10090 
10:  3963 
10-16:  8943 
12:  4286 
22  ■  *'-'572 

34  i  287,  2545,  3664,  10059 
35:  4173 

38:  615,  1603,  2606,  9107 
42:  698,  6158 
43:  7229,  10888 
44:  9558 
45:  2617 

XI.  15:  7540 
22-26:  *3151 
23:  5000 

26:  414,  8187,  8834 

XII.  2:  *3563 
3-11:  7514 
8-19:  *3896 
5:  *3871 

7:  11191 

8:  2626 

9:  11748 
15:  6490 
17:  6513,  9984 
20:  10460 

XIII.  2:  6125 
9:  9554 

18:  4474 
81:  1751 
41:  5859.  9433 
43:  4408 
52:  9554 

XIV.  3:  3973 
7:  *2141 

11:  *3724 

15:  *2458,  8759,  11036 

15,  17:  1849 

17:  2430,  6606,  9015 

22:  76-92,  *2028,  5764, 

5771,  6381—6413, 

12049 
23:  10602 
27:  10838 

XV.  14:  3995 
18:  4223 
20:  7638 
29:  *1277 
39:  *3735 

XVI.  3:  8170 


644 


ACTS. 


INDEX  OF  SCRIPTURE  TEXTS. 


II.  CHRON. 


XVI.  6-10:  *3725 
6-34:  7961 

9.  8040,  10586 
10:  2741,  4781 
11-18:  *a860 
14:  *3723 
15:  3255 
15,  40:  9633 
19-40:  *3863 
25:  4694 
28:  2681 
29-31:  *3556 
30:  2123,  4093,  7567 
31:  *1229,  2147,  5551, 
8593,  11612,  12074 
38:  5176 
34:  8649 

XVII.  5:  6018,  11533 

6:  24,  8382,  11528 

11:  384,  5228,  6817, 
7248,  9142 

16-22:  *3130 

17:  7490 

18:  4439,  7534,  10983 

19:  10756 

21:  3143,  7022,  9725, 
9730,  10757 

22:  579,  5547.  10360 

24:  9447 

25:  2497 

26:  *286-290,  *753, 
*1108,  *1386, 
*2238,  8080, 4436, 
6866, 10495, 10978 

28:  *1507.  *2516-2519, 
9037,  11323 

29:  2529 

30:  11399-11415 

31 :  *2050,  3427 

32:  *3931,  5028 

34:  *1559 

XVIII.  6:  10836 
8:  2815 

.  10:  11429 
18:  4977 
21:  *1275,  1735 
24:  *1055,  1864 
28:  *3668,  4214 

XIX.  2:  7293 

3:  268,  6683,  7541,7553 

9:  *2716 
12:  *1968 
15:  3007 

19:  4148,  6906,  7239 
20:  409,  7228,  7240 
25:  10791,  10792,  12307 
26:  11027 
27:  4237 
28:  8400 
31:  5679 
86:  1431,  7949 

XX.  7:  *2167.  3658,  11661, 

11858 
9:  4687,  7880 
19:  8946,  5616,  9665 
21:  1844 
24:  544,*1791.  8774,  4848, 

6130.  6897,  8736, 

12345 
25:  4484 
26:  *2558 


XX.  28:  6838,  11668,  11865 
29:  8865,  10955 

30:  *2828 

31:  2037,   *2970,   3961, 

6894,  12194 
32:  *1576,  2676,  9202 
85:  *2278,  5989,  9385 
86:  4540 
88:  8882 

XXI.  1,  3:  9529 
11:  *1786 
13:  3711 

14:  501,  5504 
22:  1967 
28:  1866 
39:  848 

XXII.  3:  *1045,  7191 
18:  8379 

20:  *2256,  8795 

28:  *1388,  *2106,  2381 

XXIII.  1:  7429 
3:  9692 
7:  8094 

30:  *1279 
:vXIV.  4:  7321 

14:  6213 

15:  11456 

16:  950,  7431 

24,  25:  *3426 

25:  *8053,  4704.  5286, 
6173,  6434,  7412, 
7556,  7943,  8493, 
8707,9565,10066, 
10198, 11199 

XXV.  24:  7463 

XXVI.  3:  2806 

6,  7:  9613 
8:  *2669,  5040 
9:  6205 

20:  2652,  4962,  4972, 
6463,  11399 

22:  4416 

24,  25:  8117 

25:  *3426 

27,  28:  *8109 

28:  194,  786,  *3108, 
7207 

XXVII.  4,  44:  *2703 
9:  3573 

22:  8831 
23:  3811 
29:  *3317 
31:  4790 
35:  8780 
44:  *1739 

XXVIII.  1-10:  *3859,  9632, 

10090 
3,  4:  8790 
4:  4648 


I.  11:  4318 
13:  *2958 

II.  4:  4807,  10893 
5:  5894 

8:  8328 

III.  1:  9369 

3:  2396,  2399,  11758 
8:  2263 
10:  9246 

IV.  4:  11069 


IV.  12: 1961,  2914,  5743,  5744, 

7841,"  7850,  8307, 
8424,  9473 

V.  8:  1769,  *2877 

12:  *284,  *539,  *1525 
19:  5320 
24:  11497 

VI.  1 :  1808,  8387 
1,  4:  9292 

3,  7:  3740 
13:  12137 

VII.  2:  5180 

14:  2716,  4479 

VIII.  3:  *2959 

7:  8883,  10475 
10:  *1312,  *1652,  3737 

IX.  2:  *832,  10812 
9:  10016 

13:  12279 

I.  CHJIONICUES. 

V.  20:  6687 

22:  *2957 
IX.  1:  *1248 

XI.  15-19:  *8313 
16-19:  *3184 
17-19:  11982 

XII.  8:  7579,  9554 
33:  1620 

XIII.  10:  2061 

XIV.  17:  *1245 

XV.  26:  9518 

XVI.  4-6:  11945 
15:  382 

29:  3625 
31:  4082 
88:  11057 

XVII.  5-  11891 
27:  9114 

XIX.  18:  *546,  7579 
XXI.  1:  5642 

20:  2626 

21 :  6299 
XXIII.  80:  *1149,  11945 

XXVIII.  9:  1999,  3223 

XXIX.  3:  3076 
5:  *496 

10:  8674 

11:  10811 

12:  *1608,     *1614, 

*1 845, 8040, 3930, 

11039 
14:  *1469 
15:  *1037,     *2115, 

*2501,  *2505 
26-28:  *3304 

II.  CHRONICLES. 

II.  4:  *3424 

III.  12:  5294 
17:  11400 

V.  12,  13:  11945 
13,  14:  *4049 

VI.  26:  4980 
29:  2730 

VII.  1:  6291 

14:  *2546,  *2653 
IX.  1:  3414 
6:  *4007 

XIV.  9-15:  8033 

XV.  2:  5246 


n.  CHRON. 


INDEX  OF  SCRIPTURE  TEXTS. 


I.  COR. 


645 


XV.  4:  5293 
6:  13186 

11:  *840 
18:  *548 
26:  9520 

XVI.  12:  3839 

XIX.  7:  *2066 
11:  1390,  5001 

XX.  1-30:  8033 

7:  *1480,  8890 
11:  488 
15:  *1394 
21 :  2973,  9543 
XXII.  3:  4041 

XXIV.  28:  *2679 

XXV.  9:  1383 
18,  19:  11170 

XXVI.  9,  10,  16:  *4083 

XXVIII.  23:  1932 

XXIX.  15:  *1430 
23:  11735 
28:  *2361 
31:  *492 

XXX.  10:  *2684 

27:  *2540,  4586 

XXI.  4:  3966 
21:  1540 

XXXII.  7:  10353 
7,  8:  9518 
15'  3271 
31:"  *2853, 7976, 11938 

XXXIV.  28:  *2266 

XXXV.  4:  4649 
20-24:  11383 
23-25:  *3655 
25:  10657 

XXXVI.  22:  *1617 

COLOSSIANS. 

I.  5:  *1764 

9:  *2303,  4627,  7139 
10:  *1063,  2593,  2931,  9108 
11:  2793,  4334 
12:  *698,  1897,  2886,  3870, 

3872,  9215,  9421,  9463 
15:  *1718 
17:  4793,  10707 
19:  3723,  7135 
20:  439.  *589,  *3285,  7118, 

7645,  8751 
21:  1888,  4874 
27:  *1860,  3358,  7214 
28:  *490,  4383,  4385,  12196, 

12315,  12335 

II.  6,  7:  1000 

7:  3564,  5493 

8:  *633,  *2495,  4437, 
4440, 10141, 10980, 
10984,  12023 

9:  *1493,  5120,  9081 
12:  3095 

14:  *601,  3663,  7653 
14,  15:  7460 
15:  2384,  2701 
16:  3545 
17:  12099-12101 
18:  793,  3100,  3104 
18,  23:  9681 
21:  1667,  *2001,  3327, 
5633,  5921 


II.  22:  *745,  *862,  12139 

23:  10935 

III.  1:  7651 

2:  1803,  3581 

3:  5491 

4:  2890,  10060 

5:  2959,  11935 

6:  10775 

8:  138-149,  2829,  6496- 
6514 

9:  4906,  8098 

9,  10:  7507 
12:  3802,  6798 
13:  2329,2356,4831,7469, 

8787 
14:  1440 
15:  11948 
16:  2660,  *3050 
16,17:  1001 
20:  4157 
21:  5853 
22:  3027 
22-24:  11669 

23:  2459,  5515,  6965,  7697 
25:  4029 
IV.  3:  10828 

5:  *639,*644,  1786,  *2327, 
*2879,  *3068,  5713, 
5718,  8237,  9641, 
11293,  11330,  11992 

6:  4810,  7098 
12:  4545 
13:  6371 
14:  *3721,  4442 
17:  *2558,  10539 

I.  CORINTHIANS. 

I.  5:  2808,  11136 
7:  3456,  13176 

9:  534,  3153,  7349 
10:  410,  831,  1443,  5867, 

5868.  13116-13131 
12:  *253,  *1056,  7553 
13"  5338 

17:  3489.  4614.  11659 
18:  *596,  1183,  7130,  11656 
20:  *890,  3324 
20,  21 :  *3623 
20  27"  2103 

21 ':  *2'43,  2434,  *2608, 11290 
23,  24:  7131 
25:  4397 

26:  *1997,  9229,  9232 
26,  27:  819 
27:  2985,  5987.  6043,  7227, 

11370 
28:  4138 
28,  29:  7245 
29:  ■••■2578,  4020 
30:  399,  7124,  7830,  9546 

II.  1:  *2801 
1,  2:  3968 

3:  1865,  ■*3564,  3368,  3490, 
4639,  7657,  7887 

4:  2635,  3285,  4618,  9195, 
11046,  11133 

5:  2108 

6,  7:  5214 

7,  10:  348 

9:  *1725,  4438,  8981,  9480 


II.  10:  *2368,  3511,  3170 

11:  *2239,  3798,  7151,  8836 

13:  3123 

14:  1109,  *1240,  1838, 
*3042,  3171,  4085, 
5853,  10687,  13308 

15:  4865 

III.  1:  5008,  9181,  13209 
1,  2:  7;J57 

3:  2863 

4:  5278,  7963,  8496,  9363, 

5:  581,  *2559 

6:  *3027 

7:  1843,  9375 

8:  *2945,  3351,  5081 

9:  7377 

10:  3436,  4104,  5436 
10,  11:  7374 
11:  6621,  7764,  11531 
13:  *1980,  *3052,  2243, 
*2858,  5334,  8743, 
10046,  11715 
14:  1963,  *1973 
16:  ■*1701,  *4053,  5483, 

7377,  9393 
16,  17:  5638 
17:  *1803,  *1816,  5734, 

6893 
18:  ■*2625,   3493,   7289, 

11179 
19:  *2284,  4861,  10116 
20:  3543 
21 :  6995 
22!  *2569,  3725,  4438 

IV.  1:  10546,  10780,  11873 
3:  5197,  lO-iSO,  11131 

5:  *3051,  9346,  10055, 

10830 
6:  4553,   6830,   10859, 

11135 
7:  597,  *1110.  1466,  3041, 

2832,  4664,  5563 
9:  2158,  *2257,  3140 
12:  *1360, 1883,  2351,  6120 
13:  5376,  7935 
16:  2975,  7451 
18:  *1735,  10860 
20:  2635 

V.  3:  7664 

6:  906,  1468,  3646.  4150, 
5349,  7357,  9525 

7:  *3854 

7,  8:  *3168,  8987 

8:  1373,  3667,  5353 
10:  7360 

11:  3559,  5404,  7353 
13:  *2134 

VI.  1 :  3449,  3527,  8095, 10183 
6:  6226 

9:  8301,  8824 
13:  *1186,  3033,  7011 
13:  5910 
14:  *1027 
17:  5864 

19:  6113,6880,6893,10394 
19,  30:  455,  7933 
30:  4881,  5897,  8304.9030 

VII.  3:  *1820,  3108,  iillO 
3-5:  3831 

5:  6387 


646 


1.   COR. 


INDEX  OF  SCRIPTURE  TEXTS. 


1.  con. 


VII.  9:  *3040,  3239,  4918 
10,  11:  3816 
11:  *2628 
15:  2190 
16:  2201,  6025 
19:  4727 
20:  1557,  10850 
22"  *1393 

23-  11343,  11347,  11772 
25:  10512 

29:  2882,  5712,  6993 
31:  *1280-1284,3900,4009 
33:  10429 
34:  3108 

35:  235,  6624,  11110 
38:  10424 
39:  2290,  3827 

VIII.  1 :  *2099,  6779,  10131 
2:  6049 

4:  3152,  9072,  10619 

5:  *1704,  10866 
10:  5675 
13:  4278,  9889 

IX.  7:  5121,  9174 
9:  3972 

9,  11:  10556 
10:  *3028,  3066,  9613 
11:  3966 
16:  1682,  8423 
19:  5465 
21:  10179 

22:  4688,  5457,  5570,5571 
24:  26, 89,  *105-108,  1200, 

4848,  5402,  6428- 

6431,  10261 
25:  1196,  *1734,  *1735, 

5636,  8034,  8628, 

10231 
26:  *2583,  5407 
27:  558,  3949,  4640,  5644, 

6197,  7259 

X.  1:  10406 

2:  2866,  6040 
4:  *1920,   *2691,   5125, 
7894,   11529-11531, 
11758 
10:  4057,  9276 
11:  *1164,  2001 
12:  1469,  1971 
13:  5646,  5665,  6511,  7983, 

10015,  11925 
16,  17-  3664,  8711 
17:  *3424,  3665,  12114 
18:  3665 
20:  *840,  6204 
21:  3067,  10313 
28:  2034 
29:  *2103 
31:  537,  7385 
33:  10796 

33-  *2737.  4625,  5256 
XL  1:  *1163,  1390,  8460 
2:  10451 
4:  -1762 

7:  *3017,  6094,  9354 
9:  *2990 
11:  6085 
12:  2494 

14:  *762,  4100,  10695 
23:  *3712 
24:  4104"  3662,  3665 


XI.  25:  *3714 
26:  *1067 
27-29:  *3715,  5150 
28:  5148,  11641 
30:  6264,  7288 

32:  5773 
34:  11346 

XII.  4:  775,  2450,  4955,  5481, 

8955,  8959,  8966 
4-11 :  2055,  8958 
4^13:  *1467 
5:  *781 

6:  6723,  7516,  8720 
7:  *1812,  3008,  11047 
7  9"  7555 

11':  2452,  2996,  9557 

12:  5873 

12-27:  12114 

13:  3665,  3789,  7048 

14:  *2149,  *2806 

15:  1446 

15-23:  8390 

20-23:  1447 

21 :  2956,  9519 

22:  5459 

24:  12134 

25:  *944,  1595,   5238, 
5868,  7283,  10923 

26:  5564,  7144 

27:  7489 

28,  29:  *2839 

31:  *100,   *110,   2687, 
6449,  8958 

XIII.  1:  6110,  10194 
1-8,  13:  *1467 
2:  10195,  10567 
3:  10433,  11783 
4:  *2073,  3094 
4-8:  341.  586,  587 

5:  4477,  5552,  8786, 

9580,  11881 
5,  7:  10466 
7:  3669 
8:  2726.  2881,  3718, 

10120  . 
9:  2888,  3499,  3609 
10:  *1436,  *1729,  *1768, 

3495 
11:  9271 

12:  349,  *1122,  *1435, 

*1727,*1738,*1751, 

*1755,*1860,*1938, 

2917,  8585,  9433, 

9479 

13:  345.  *1577.  *1857, 

*1867,  *2190,  3676, 

3715,  8578,  9613 

XIV.  7:  11148 

8:  4064,  5600,  8246, 
10607 

9:  11114 
10:  8299 
12:  *1172 
14,  15:  *1072 
14-26 :  6887,  6891 
15:  3843 
19:  2816 
20:  *2294,  9271 
26:  5599,  8115 
34:  6086 
40:  4259 


XV.  1 :  *5,  2450,  1-491 
2:  *2275,  3885 
3:  7456 

4:  5862 
6:  *1642,  1766 
7:  11469 

9:  3049,3088,4006,9453 
10:  446,  2652,  4734 
12-23:  *1030 
15:  3843 
18:  *980,  4506 
19:  3053,  12113 
21:  *1238 
22:  1361,  5319 
23:  11457,  11466,  11470 
25:  3474 
26:  1284 
28:  2478 
29:  3895 
32:  *3404 
33:  193,  470,  889,  904, 

2605,  *2861,  3542, 

3805,  4143,  6580, 

6583,  9059 
34:  5122,  7556 
35:  11460 
35-44:  1268 
36:  5042,  10675 
3&-38:  11454,  11458 
37:  301.  *2667,  5039 
38:  5033,  5039 
40-44:  *2673 
41:  8977 
41,  42:  *1715 
42:  5033 
42-44:  10513 
43:  5036,  11461 
44:  272,  450,  *2435, 11820 
45:  *2129 
46:  11819 
47:  *1009 
49:  6128 
50:  2900 
52:  *728,  *2057,  *2668 

5030,  5038,  7811 

12068 
52-54:  *2673 
53:  *717,  *1432,  *1921 

*2796,  3197 
54:  1272,  *1932,  2926 

3189,  7127,  9791 
55:  *734,*984, 1354, 1754, 

2893,  7200 
55-57:  1274 
56:  489,  1332, 1352,*2109, 

*2753,  5311,  11392 

11397 
57:  1307.1308,1315,1371, 

*2962.  5988,  8225 
58:  *951,  *1977,  2283 

XVI.  1,  2:  862 

2:  2821.  0729,  6734 
9:  3993,  5587,  10828 
9.  10:  *1810 

12:  1396 

13:  434.  485,  551,  5962, 
7586,  12190,  12197 

15:  9632 

19:  *1269,  *1875,  12303 

22:  3380.  6118,  6473, 
9431,  10000, 10328 


n.  COB. 


INDEX  OF  SCRIPTURE  TEXTS. 


DAN. 


647 


n.  CORINTHIANS. 


I.  4:  1521,  5774 
7:  5531 
9:  5119 

10:  1930 

11:  3947,  4597,  10537 

13:  953,  2652,  *3008,  5304 

20:  2539,  4754,  8573 

22:  2911,  2987,  2989,  9556 

24:  2279,  5896 

II.  4:  *537 
9:  10764 

11:  1507,  5332,  5657,  7671, 

8015,  11585,  11976 
12:  10828 
14:  10124,  12158 
15,  16:  9371 
16:  1816,  2632,  2683,  4606 

III.  1:  9464,  11667 
2:  8207,  10533 
2,  3:  9144 
3:  3886,  3935 
4:  9080 
5:  *400 
6:  2360,  2808,  5479,  5484, 

7018,  11147 
12:  4617,4621,5612,6109, 

9147,  11134 
14:  4213,  11773,  11943 
16:  9824 
17'  11^59 
18:  349,  7643,  8023,  9185, 

10487,  11067 

IV.  1:  4412 
2:  4632,  4641,  9585,11615, 

12090 
3:  *1090 

4:  427,  1508,  *3044,  8011 
5:  11123 
6:  3355,  680 
7:  *2565,  3722,  10093, 

10548,  11444 
8:  *817,  7988 
9:  11436 
10:  3812 
12:  *1953 
13:  4609 

16:  *1742,  2655,*2819, 3795 
17:  *605, 1009,  1010,*1761, 

*2817,  9445 
18:  *1 008,  8421,  8600,  9384 
V  1-  1277,*1334,*1743,*2023, 
2885,  5426,  7797, 8420, 
11891 
4:  *961,  *710,  1372,  7831 
5:  9556 
6:  3016,  7161 
7:  2085,  2126,  2143,  2280, 

7781,  8582,  8601 
8:  3019,  4448,  10251 
9:  6128.  10151 
10:  *2053,*2612,  5007, 8078, 

10048 
11:  4501,  5705,  11116 
12:  *1893 
14:  8306 

15:  *2739,  3711,  5880,  8854 
17:  1073,  1082. *2461.  3444, 
4127,4906,7025,7543, 
9303 


V.  18:  4871 

19:  2101,  4873 

20:  676,  *2306,  8506,  11338 

21-  *2629, 3221,11735,11844 

VI.  1:  2678,  10603 
2-  583,  *7e8,  1259,  *2570, 

*2886,  *2887,  3572, 
8690,  4153,  4153, 
4344,  4653,  4709, 
7545,  7631,  7942, 
9206,  10759,  10828, 
11300 
9:  1366 

10:  *1913,  *2044,  *2528, 
2783,  *2788,  9612, 
11730 

12:  7249,  10839 

12,  13:  5500 

14:  *2240,  2243,  3830,3831, 
6583,  10335,  10416, 
10434,  10436,  10901 

15:  9863 

16:  *1701 

17:  4147,  5381,  5355,11381, 
11654 

VII.  1:  4748,  4833,  5637 
4:  3794,  5301,  7583,  8830 
6:  *3787 
7:  7486 
9:  11409 

10:  *3648,  4979,  7486 
11:  3565 
14:  390 

VIII.  3,  3.  13:  9959 
5:  7933 
7:  9197 
9:  *1578,  3683 

11:  3818,  4507 

11,  13:  1513 

13:  3457,  8960,  9753 

16:  1791 

21:  3330,6963,7038,9591 

23:  10910 

IX.  6:  *1470,  3166,  8013 
7:  591,  *1473,  4049,  4105, 

6035,  7049,  7056, 

8956,  8963 
8:  9198 

11:  *1469,  3473 
13:  1639 

X.  1:  3447 
Q.  2313 
4:  841,  *3911,  4535,  5850, 

7317,  7373.  11763 
5:  *3633,   4864,  10107, 

11971,  13234 
10:  4494 
13:  *3403,  3787 
13:  6876 
18:  11029 

XI.  2:  7277,  11373 
3:  ^1038,  *1853,  5639 
4:  .5193 
6:  6669 
9:  4638 

13-15:  .5747 

14:  1503,  3115,  3867,  8009, 

8362,  11587 
15:  3954 
16:  6877 
20:  3866 


XI.  23:  7707 
26:  1676 
38:  6115 

39:  *333,  3960 

XII.  1,  4:  8988 

2,  4:  *1724,  2885,  9421  " 
4:  2775,  2899,  9456,9971, 

10875,  11113 
5,  10:  9884 
7:  2304,  5521,  5770 
9:  *1566,  7188,  7961, 

8188,  9189 
10:  4254,4391,4404,5991, 

8758,  13310 
14:  1839,  3904,  *3977. 

10351 
15:  8365 
30:  1587 

XIII.  4:  735,  736,  2146,  5988, 

12211 
5:  *1162,  1992,  *2738, 
5359,  9713,  11161 
7:  3033 
8:  5836,  5843 
11:  *1375,  *1376,  *1543, 
*3803, 11963,13209 
13:  2111 
14:  2557,  5781,  12058 


I.  4:  1817,  *2717,  5213,  6243, 

11605 
8:  7451 
19:  *3395 

II.  1 :  *918.  1636,  *3765 
17,  18:  10130 

30:  6044 
31:  6047 
33:  10380 
39:  9814 
34,  35:  11778 
35:  *4030 
38:  *3035 
47:  3550 

III.  8743 
10:  4061 
13:  *3985 
16:  *3301 
16-18:  7431 
16-35:  *3443 
17:  4771 

17,  18:  6895 
18:  583 
34,  35:  2891 
25:  *4109,  12043 
29:  4938,  8994,  11256, 
11534 

IV.  3:  3478,  3483,  7378 
16:  2847 

27:  2765,4980,8173,10788 

28-37:  *3822 

30:  114,  5251,  5905,  6455, 

6461,  8459 
32,  33:  *1060 
35:  *2650 
37:  *2579,  4679,  8106 

V.  1 :  *1312,  *3171 
1-30:  *3163 

5:  *829,  *3169,  6180 
6:  1100 
11:  *1614 


648 


DAN. 


INDEX  OF  SCRIPTUEE  TEXTS. 


DETJT. 


V.17-  1575 
20:  9908 

23,  30-  *1060,  11560 
27:  *336,  973,  3408,  5460, 
6679,  8432 

VI.  3:  *1523,  9078 
4:  1004,  *1323 
7:  9866 

7,  8:  8994 

8:  3434 
10:  2203,   2813,  *3297, 

*3300,  6209,  8025 
16:  11071 

16-24:  *3296,  *3399 
18:  *2769 
24:  5698 
27:  1410,  3058 

VII.  3-7:  1482 
8:  5780 

9,10:  *2049.  3412, 10054 
14:  3478 

VIII.  25:  4758 

IX.  1,  2:  8532 
11:  *2752 
15:  6287 
17:  5076 
21:  '--Slig 

24:  4885,  10019 

X.  1:  *1617 

21 :  *240,  *3021,  6778 

XI.  19:  *3517 
21:  2310 
32:  2308 
33,  34:  8756 

34:  2309,  3650,  10047, 
10302 

XII.  1:  6901-6903 

2:  1949,3196,5041,9457, 

11454 
3:  *606, 3192,5456,5602, 

11805 
4:  *2289,  *2592,  3792 
11:  11245 

13:  *1331,  1698.  *2307, 
*3294,  7786,  8344, 
8834 

DEUTKRONOMY. 

I.  17:  491 
21:  1564 
38:  10188 

II.  30:  10396 

III.  23-27:  7961 

25:  *957,  *1754,  *1764 
27:  1765,  *3220,  *3797 

IV.  2:  5227 
6:  6780 
9:  5974 

10:  *1268,  1818,  *2840 
13:  10604 
15,  16:  3146 
16:  *535 
24:  9043 
26:  11192,  12346 
29:  11066 
82:  *2461 
37:  1999 
39:  *1507,  *1511 
VI.  4:  9072 

4-9:  10986 

6:  10338 


IVI.  6,  7:  8280,  8294 

7:  3012,  7010,  11909 
8:  5964 

12:  2334,  8281 

13-22:  10986 

17:  3010 

VII.  3:  3823 
9:  12065 

VIII.  2:  *2376,  *3584,  8052, 

11194,  12177 

2,  3:  8597 

4:  6327,  7473 

5:  *860,  5411 
11:  12110 
12:  9094 

13,  14:  4757,  6188 
15:  *488 
16:  1987 
17:  3930 
18:  6001 
20:  *753 

IX.  6:  *2 

7:  11334 
22:  *4030 

X.  1-5:  7115 
12:  *2401 

12,  13:  10360 
18:  7473 

XI.  1:  *3196 

13:  5389,  10338 

14:  *2620 

16:  1968 

18:  *3021 

28:  10,  765,  12109 

39:  7692 

XII.  5:  12300 

7:  *3636,  10038 
28:  *2686 
31:  2866 
32:  5227 

XIII.  3:  3580 
4:  4161 
6:  *1425 
6-10:  8116 

XIV.  3:  *S040 

XV.  1,  9:  12318 
7-11:  498 

11:  6702-6706 

XVI.  17:  7049 

20:  3022.  3430 
21,  22:  9738 

XVII.  16:  12071 
19:  356 

XVIII.  10,  11 :  8728,  8729 

XIX.  19:  5698 
21:  11479 

XX.  5:  7579 

XXI.  20:  *936,  1658,  1668 
21:  3329 

23:  3980 

XXII.  1-4:  10723 
3:  3458,  8201 
6,  7:  10777 

10:  3830,  6078 

XXIII.  3,  4:  3293 
5:  1988 

6:  8358 
14:  1434 
20:  4013 
31:  *3747 
21,  23:  *2948 


XXIV.  1:  3816 
4:  11978 
10:  10113 
14:  3670 

XXVI.  6:  10838 

XXVII.  1-8:  10776 
8:  *264 

10:  4167 
15-26:121-123,6466, 

7692 
16:  1578,  *2071,  4305 
19:  3428 

XXVIII.  5:  *1503 
22-24:  *2647 
29:  3589 

32:  *2873 

34:  1098 

50:  11759 

52:  5423 

58:  4073 

65:5008,8695,8707 

XXIX.  9:  9595 

18:  *1158,  4270 
19-21:  9863  g> 

20:  13311 
29:  2549 

XXXI.  6:  545,  1124,  7580 
8:  *1306 

10:  12318 
13:  5543 
13:  1837 

XXXII.  2:  465,  *1140,  *2621, 

2628 
4:  *2485,  2548,  5838, 
6123,    8607, 
10706 
6:  *1492,  3167,  3288 
7:  3092 
9:  2522,  10016 

10:  11449 

11:  *2600,  8050 

13:  8853 

15:  *1966,  6183 

23:  *1675 

25:  *2933,  7886 

29:  *686,  995-997, 
1939,  *2121, 
3849,4031,7839 

30:  1846,  4436,  8308 

31:  388,  3268,  3269, 
4913,6792,7336, 
8996.9131,9865, 
9874,  11530 

33:  5433 

33 .  5338 

35 i  *1 643, 7869,11475- 

11481 
37,  38:  *3995 
39:  *853,  4974,  7523, 

11815 
40:  1941,  6666 
43:  6568,  6569 
46:  1777 
49,50:  *3831 
49-53:  *3790 
50:  *3 

XXXIII.  13:  3583 

19:  4317,  10601 
35:  3651,    *3811, 

3783,   8191, 

9303 


DEUT. 


INDEX  OF  SCRIPTURE  TEXTS, 


ECCL. 


649 


XXXIII.  27:  *1484,   1700, 

III.  19:  *2928,  7856 

*2453,  *2635, 

21 :  *663,  1368.  *1 591, 3043 

4897,  12075 

7827,  8979,   9337, 

29:  9518 

11779 

XXXIV.  1-5:  *3787-3789 

IV.  2:  *649,  *1593 

1-7:  7961 

4:  *1098,*1103,1933,3732, 

6:  *3783,  *3793 

*2929,  7719,  8000, 

ECCLESIASTES. 

8396 
6:  7472,  7473,  11253 

I.  1:  8520 

8:  313,  1586,  5861,  10153, 

2:  *2814,*2815,  8041,5861, 

10637 

5911,  12139 

9:  5560,5871,10159,10413 

3:  *2089,  12280 

9,  10:  3407 

4:  *1021,  3079 

10:  3403,  9533 

6:  4794 

13:  193,  193,  1596,  *2920, 

7:  *2150,  4187,  12286 

5870,  8113,  12116- 

8:  467,  508,  ^2713,  *2713, 

12131 

2859,3032,  6122,8062, 

13:  *3333.  4487,7075, 10527 

8533,  10150,  11007, 

V.  1:  *439,  6307,  9366,  9549 

11590,  12293 

3:  *933,  1634,  3657,  4806, 

9:  *2892 

5303,  5588 

10:  3566 

3,  7:  *931 

11:  6134 

4:  *3948,  5953,  5957,  7774 

13:  *2147,  10115 

4,  5:  5397 

14:  *1094,   *1610,  *1663, 

5:  7363,  13175 

59U0,  5910,  8633 

6:  9758 

15:  9300,  9302,  9305 

7:  1631,  8155 

16:  *1192,  3040,  8516 

8:  1305,  *3067 

17:  6043 

10:  5099,  7603,  9098 

18:  3543.  10136 

10-13:  11517 

II.  1:  *1096,  *2511,   *2931, 

11:  8887 

3045,4464,  5906,6061, 

13:  *3765,  6003,  7474,  9330, 

11000,  12143 

11350 

2:  2429,  5907,  10570 

13:  *1373,*1536,  5109,  5993, 

6:  7595 

7481,  9090,  11505 

7:  *2130 

14:  11509 

,8:  4063 

15:  7837 

8,  10:  *2355 

16:  13137 

9,  11 :  2731 

17:  *3367,  9356,  11681 

11 :  886,  5518,  8526,  8951 

18:  13003 

13:  6046,  11015,  12237 

19:  11846 

14:  4032,  4178,  4183 

30:  *3804 

15:  6174 

VI.  2:  3975,  5861,  7603 

16:  1292,  7796,  7877,  8626, 

3:  2835,  11729 

8813 

6:  *1089,  8097 

18:  5997 

7:  *1535,  *2955 

20:  815 

8:  *1371 

21:  1543 

9:  1553,  1585,  11687 

21,  23:  10630 

12:*1541,*2334,6157,10347 

23:  *891.  11034 

VII.  1:  2598.  4070,  7853,  7861, 

25:  9333 

9887,  10681 

20:  572,  5218,  5994,  12317 

2:  *2349, 2702, 7464,7810, 

III.  1 :  *3140,  *2433,  11262, 

8902 

11376 

3:  *2896,  5417,  10170, 

1,  3:  10955 

11789 

3:  *675,  *703,  7819,  7874 

6:  4460 

4:  *2S4R.  3535 

8:  *1069,  2607,  7107 

4,  5:  *1754 

9:  1841,  3204,  5622,  4342 

5:  *34G1 

10:  *645,  *2460,  *4739, 

6:  *31 70,  10584,  11509 

7033,  7315 

7:  1863,  8934 

13:  10634 

9:  *1048 

13:  5477,  8303,  9300,  9303 

10:  11363 

14:  41.  45 

11:  *1553.  *1729,  *3040, 

15:  2565 

*3043,  6175,  9343, 

16:  5369 

13123 

18:  1538 

13:  3607,  8129 

20:  7131 

13:  2451 

31:  5476,  7573 

14:  1962 

S3:  5786,  8513 

15:  *1293,  5716 

34:  3497 

18:  5365 

25:  *1337 

VII.  26:  *3020 

28:  3801,  6088,  12356 
29:  3776,  7970 

VIII.  1:  6041 

5:  *953,  *2432,  8300 
6:  *2200,  *2316,  10575, 

12113 
8:  1375,1731,6167,7754, 

7757,  10150 
9:  3353 
11:  4820,5350,5883,8698, 

10053,  11395 
13:  4958 
15:  10568 
16:  5381 
17:  3486 

IX.  1:  543,  7038 

3:  *793,  *1688,  1973,  9380 
4:  *1334,*1 870,3156,3064, 

5330,  9634,  9940 
5:  3188 
5,  6:  *647 
8:  3976,  10038 
10:  *30,  *1004,  1401,  1536, 
*1949,    *1953,   5514, 
5610,6367,8388,9335, 
11989,  11991,  12163, 
12273 
11:  564,""565,    4424,   9853, 

10583 
12:  4060,  7606,  11717 
14,  15:  11040,  11045 
15:  *1612,  *1984,  12236 
16:  6045 

18:  *1155.  1671,  5335,  7355, 
11045,  11695 

X.  1:  901,  *3158,  9830,  10397, 

11438 

4:  4195 

10:  3487 

11:  *3759 

14:  *3834 

18:  *2098,  3133,  9733 
19:  3761,  4018,  10G35,  10636 

XI.  1 :  374,  338,444-497,  3881, 

6931 
3:  7811,  7874,  9395,  9703, 

13035 
4:  8033 
6:  *1071,1527,*3063,5468, 

8298,  10828,  10830, 

12333 
7:  662,"7730,  11685 
8:  *641,  2785 
9:  *1091,   1317,   *2567, 

*3057,  6236,  7064, 

13321 
10:  6358 

XII.  1:  *993,  *3133,  *3064, 

3780,  4198,  4973, 
7039,  7074,  7630, 
7621,  11301,  11404, 
12317,  13318,  12328 

2:  12337 

8:  10525 

5:  *670,  *1592,  *1733, 
*1823,  3019,  8639, 
9570,  9575 

6:  *713 

7:  *130-153,*1600,*3791, 
3798,  6955,  8318, 


650 


ECCL. 


INDEX  OF  SCRIPTURE  TEXTS. 


EXOD. 


XII.     9787,  11775,  11788, 
11814,  12028 
8:  *103,  112,  6452,  6456, 

6540,  8256,  9343 
9:  4774 
10:  11836-11839,  12266 
11:  8470,  12268 
12:  *278,  *2397,  *2398, 
3544,  5498,  6904- 
6912,  8103,  10212 
13:  2144,  5056,  8208 
14:  1494,  3417,  10821 

EPHESIANS. 

I.  1:  8400 
6:  2672 

7:  440,  *2630,  2679,  4297 

8:  *2638 

9:  *2368,  11371 
10:  7271 
13"  *1562 

14:  2915,^2916,  9173 
18:  *2229,  8379,  11685 
20:  9425 
21:  *1715 

23:  *1493,  *2376,  2478, 
2503,  2536,  3723, 
7277,  9048,  10814 

II.  1:  *1029,   1066,   7744, 

10392 

2:  1510,  *1920,  1925 

3:  *800,  10904,  11699 

4:  *2203,  3907,  10510 

4,7:  *2012 

5:  2386.  8527 

5,6:  2965 

5,  8:  1435,  5172 

6:  7349 

7:  2682,  11372 

7-9:  10105 

8:  *1215,  12311 

9:  1843,  2661,  3923,  5187, 
8604 
10:  3482,  3542,9077,  11361 
12:  *169,  *172,  *813,  *1691, 
3070,   5035,  7804, 
8942,  9037,   9623, 
9872 
14:  3846,  4369,  8943 
16:  *599 
18:  4525,  11084 
19:  7277 

20:  4104,  7570,  8838 
21:  4257,  12114 

III.  1:  *1939,  4402,  9816 
4:  4068 

7:  11380 

8:  3088,  4008,  4745,  9199 

9:  *2642 
10:  6152,  6885 
12:  1516 
14:  4541 
15:  *1262,   3722,   7277, 

8674,  12114 
16-18:  10326 
17:  284,  2117,  5493,  8893 
18:  *2189,  *2200 
19:  2686,  9180 
20:  6915,  11374 
21:  2468,  *4051 

IV.  1:  5163 


IV.  2:  2199,  2329,  4833 

,  9643 

V.  33:  2987,  9686 

3:  *1808,  *2730 

VI.  1:  1576,   4163, 

4304, 

4:  803 

10774 

5:  818,  *1314 

2:  1125,  4164 

5,6:  *782,  8121 

2,3:  4311 

7,  8:  8958 

4:  *2452,  3828, 

4795, 

8:  *2037,  5197 

5852,  7101,  8677 

9:  7698 

6:  2035,  9410,  11670 

10:  2879 

8:  8131 

11 :  1963,  5545,  10911 

9:  10445 

13:  3786.  10002 

10:  6244,  11041 

13-16:  12114 

10-18:  *1001 

14:  1391,  2212,  2283 

11:  1504,  *2852, 

10663, 

15:  *1649,   2733, 

4738, 

1158*  11925 

8518 

11,  12:  *839 

16:  12121 

11-13:  *2964 

17:  1643 

13:  *2961,  7729 

18:  430,  3932,  4088, 

7728, 

13:  207,  2294,  5407, 

5963 

11369 

13-17:  7221 

18,19:  544,  9344 

14:  5840,  9858 

19:  2018,  2278,3558 

5321, 

15:  2124,  4862 

8719 

16:  8560,  8590,  8595 

22:  *2211 

17:  338,  352,  1409, 

2994, 

22-24:  7510 

*3025,  5233, 

5651, 

23:  2858,  7522 

7273 

24:  4905,  4965,  8007 

18:  4551,   4559, 

6701, 

25:  3689,   5831, 

10215, 

7091,  10966, 

11079, 

12097 

12171,  12198 

26:  138,  6498,  6504. 

6506 

19:  3947,  11145 

27:  1500,  1971,  11933 

19,  20:  462 

28:  2817,  8968 

29:  2806,  6106 

ESTHER. 

30:  3005,  6663,7562 

7946, 

I.  7:  2055 

8679,  9560 

20:  6074 

31:  *882,  10376 

22:  5852 

32:  *2069.   3468, 

3845, 

II.  7:  *2216 

4838,  10092,  11939 

7,  15:  33 

V.  1:  2975,  3654,  6203, 

9059, 

15:  *2215 

9779 

IV.  11:  6302 

2:  *2410,   3687, 

6068, 

V.  2:  6303 

10798 

VI.  9:  4139 

2-6:  10481 

VII.  1-10:  *3776 

4:  *2834,  *3006 

3:  *3414 

5:  1141,  2885,  9421 

10:  *3004,  5698 

6:  2502,  6223,  10775 

VIII.  10:  10067 

8:  7934 

15:  *3776 

9:  2687,  9209,  9557 

IX.  4:  *1247,  2724 

10:  2014 

25:  6661 

11:  907,  *1169,  2286, 

9780 

12:  7234 

EXODUS. 

13:  *1219,  1471 

I.  1:  12100 

14:  5363,  7331,  8245 

8-14:  6899 

15:  3235,  7302 

14:  10838 

16:  *26.  260,  1785, 

*2884, 

22:  *3793 

3142,   4146, 

4809, 

II.  1-4:  *3783 

5724,   5729, 

7735, 

3-10:  *3794 

7736,  8039, 

10807, 

5-10:  3799 

11291-11293 

6:  10648 

18:  *933,   *1175, 

*1814, 

9:  *1995 

3342 

10:  33 

19:  *848,   5354, 

10667, 

16-31 :  *3780,  *3803 

11058 

22:  *1430 

20:  2795,   *2860, 

5670, 

III.  1-5:  *3206 

11949,  11971-11997 

1-14:  *3785 

22:  9689 

2:  *2383 

23:  *1920 

2-5:  *3207 

26:  2377,  3880,  6099 

5:  *1634,   4568, 

6201, 

26,27:  5191 

11678,  12302, 

12309 

28:  *2243,  3822,  6075 

8:  *1765 

31:  *2244 

11:  7040 

33:  10417 

13, 14:  2555 

EXOD. 


INDEX  OF  SCRIPTURE  TEXTS. 


JaXiEitL^ 


651 


III.  14:  *948,  *1500,  7317 
19:  6343 

20:  *2339 
32:  7554 

IV.  3-4:  *3341 

10:  *1054,  1861,  10167 

13:  4610 

14-16:  *1,  *3,  6376 

V.  1:  *1389 

VI.  3:  2555 
3:  9989 
7:  *2731 

VII.  9:  10559 

VIII.  3:  2737 
9:  *1926 

10:  7945 
19:  6566,  7938 
32:  7363 
X.  33,  33:  834 

38:  4345,  7003 
XL  3:  *1450,  3718,  10648 
4-7:  *3359,  *3433,  *3892 

XII.  3:  7830 
3-7:  7894 

3-43:  *3855,  10907 
5:  10016 
7,  13:  *758 
7-14:  *3195 
13:  6871 

13,  14:  *3434 
14:  *3357 

20:  6061,  6377 

39,  30:  *3358,  *3433 

33:  3907 

XIII.  3:  6243 
2-12:  7923 
2-17:  10986 

13:  9717 

20:  *1448 

21:  *1641 

21,  23:  *3891,  10188 

33:  *4103 

XIV.  1-31:  *3934-3987 
5-31:  *3883 

15:  4736,  8597,  11335 
16:  *3341 
35:  2954 

XV.  1:  *3938,  13061 
1-9:  *3800 

10:  7951,  12183 

16:  3371 

18:  *1131,  1943 

20,  21:  *3771 

23-35:  593,  *3733,  *3734 

23-27:  *451,  *3386 

26:  *3883 

27:  1543 

XVI.  4:  *783,  10406 

8:  -"877,     1554,     4056, 
8864 

14,  15:  *3731 

21 :  *3239,  *2329 
23:  4059 
30:  *2700 
33:  11945 

XVII.  1:  8597 
5-6:  *3341 
6:  7894 

13:  *1,  *3,  *3331,  4597, 
6276 
XIX.  4.  5487,7295,8329,11379 


XIX.  5:  *407,  *2401,  4161 
10:  11304 

12:  4247,  6303 
16-19:  *3680 
21-25:  6302 

XX.  1-17:  *455,    873,   7339- 

7345 
3:  3150 
4:  3538 
5'  575 

7:  430,   493,  4718-4735, 
5554.  11210-11314, 
11883 
8:  *3699,    5133,    11543- 

11551 
9,  10:  5009,  5138 
10:  *2700,  11857-11859 
13:  638,       *889,       1578, 
*2071,  3683,  4164, 
4304,  7915 
13:  10658 
14:  361 

15:  5496,      7416.      8844, 
9596,  11823,  11824, 
11861 
17:  1152 
18  :  *3680 
18-21:  10460 

XXI.  6:  9369 
14:  6445 
19:  4810 
24:  5044 

24,  25:  11471 

XXII.  3:  5018 

3,  4:  *1902 

4:  7415 
18:  11866 
23:  6360,  10858 
83:  *3986 
34:  3393 
27:  11063 
29:  7923 

XXIII.  1:  *3694,  6433 

3:  195,  3316,  3183, 
3185,3301,  6467, 
8463,  10640 

4-9:  10466 

5-  907 

7:  3177 
13:  2697,  5137 
15:  3458 
30:  4598 
21:  *752 
24:  2863 
24,  35:  8194 

XXIV.  18:  *1387,  3603 

XXV.  17-33:  10504 

XXVI.  1-11:  13114 
33:  *1748 

XXVII.  30:   11664 

XXVIII.  1-39:  *1,  *3,  6376 
3:  3319 

11:  11630 
36:  9896 
41:  7933 

XXIX.  1-28:  *1,  *2.  6276 
20:  9369,9416 

24:  2476 
37:  6446 
40,  41 :  10454 

XXX.  7:  11069 


XXX.  34:  10948 

XXXI.  3:  9554 

15:  *2822,  5138,  11547 

XXXII.  4-31:  *3474 
6:  6993 

8:  11519 
9:  12232 
10:  11801 
26:  4316,  11045 
29:  491 
31:  *1529 

32:  4580,  5075,  5463. 
6901-6903,  9967, 
11770 

XXXIII.  14:  *2424 
18:  *1473 
19:  *1547 
20:  2561 
22  •  3548 

XXXIV.  7:  *1644,3433,4297. 

10503 
29:  3094,  3603 

XXXV.  30,  31:  9554 
35:  3623 

XXXVI.  1:  *3203 
18:  12114 

XXXVII.  7:  10511 
29:  9756 

XL.  10:  12305 

36:  1002,    *2110,  *3427, 

10899 
36-38:  10188 

EZEKIEL. 

L  3:  8542 

5-19:  2642 

20:  3677 

28:  10504 
IL  1:  10731 
6:  8033 

III.  7:  9344 
9:  7579 

17:  11811 
17,  18:  10997 
18:  9304 
19:  7837,  11798 

IV.  17:  2210 

V.  12:  9888 
VIL  7:  *1031 

14:  *3124 
19:  3713,  9093 
25:  6190 
26:  *2695,  11539 
VIIL  3:  *2018 
4:  *1495 
12:  9773,  10478 
IX.  3:  5295 

4:  3443,  6799 
9:  *1095 
10:  3271,  5753 
XL  19:  *1646,     2833,     2854. 
7035,    9344,    9408, 
10733 
XII.  3:  3807 
3:  6187 
24:  8757 
XIIL  7:  9812 

10:  4635,  12096 
21:  5427 
XIV.  3:  *1903,    3144,    3145, 
4553,  4867,  5248 


652 


EZEE. 


INDEX  OP  SCRIPTURE  TEXTS. 


GAL. 


XV.  3,  4:  *1691 

XXXIII.  7:  *2563 

II.  2:  6261,  8625 

8:  3112 

8:  1224 

6:  4285,  8551 

10:  *2463,  11298 

10:  9409,  11344 

16:  2074,  *2285,  3447,  3926, 

21:  *1270 

11:  *1398,   *2965, 

9137,  10087 

XVI.  3:  *1702 

8859,  9345 

20:  2101,  2104,  *2181,  2790, 

6:  11344,  11418 

15:  5968 

2980,   3685,   3726, 

9:  3133 

16:  8802,  9158 

5431,  11633,  11946 

10-12:  *1280 

17:  *91 

III.  1:  5313,  5824,  7130,  9887 

11:  1736 

20:  22,  *2346,  3415 

4:  3144 

12:  7658 

30-33:  9369 

8:  3989 

14:  *2343 

31:  2833,  9099 

10:  4193,  5187 

28:  11591 

34:  7706,  7709 

11:  3105,  3446,  8574 

44:  3817,  7732,  8713 

XXXIV.  2:  10542 

13:  4883,  7649,  7693,  7897, 

47:  5394 

2-11 :  7323,  7323 

10177 

49:  9729,  11021 

8:  4330 

20:  10458 

52:  11692 

10:  *2309,  6266 

33:  3667,  11339 

61:  «2273 

16:  3168,  7569 

23:  7566 

63:  *1774,  *2272,  *2943 

26:  *1560,  5073 

24:  1459,  2057 

XVII.  22-24:  1413 

29:  8214,  7685 

27:  3255 

XVIII.  4:  8447 

XXXV.  6:  *2353,  7563,  7668, 

28:  *446,  500,  558 

5-9:  11522 

8182,  10660 

IV.  1:  *1111 

12:  5023 

11:  *1102 

1,  2:  1821 

13:  5270 

XXXVI.  10:  *2634 

4:  *1014 

14:  *2756 

25:  526,    *1903, 

6:  2487,  3988,  6069,  6073, 

19:  2236,  8465 

*1905,  2967, 

13249 

22:  8811 

4823,  9401 

10:  11386,  11564 

24:  10884 

26:  2846,4130,6326, 

14:  7906 

25:  6127 

10734 

15:  8537 

30:  4081 

37:  4563 

16:  13193 

31:  8033 

XXXVII.  1-10:  5074 

19:  7145 

XIX.  1:  *3705 

1-14:  10016,11454 

21,  31:  7594 

10:  4036 

2:  430 

26:  7889 

XX.  4:  8466 

3:  9783 

V.  1:  1010-1015,  *2104,*2298, 

13:  *1059 

3,  9:  5038 

2382 

15:  5145 

5:  11464 

3:  10780 

15,  16:  11549 

7:  *2671 

4:  3448,  2656,  2663 

18;  4307 

9:  2989 

5:  3054 

28:  6220 

13:  *1599 

6:  2106,  4038 

43:  1987,  2181,  5351 

14:  10737 

7:  2086,  2964,  3015,  4847, 

49:  4288 

19:  12114 

5777,  6850,  10788, 

XXI.  15:  12185 

XXXVIII.  7:  4241 

12000 

■27:  7232 

XXXIX.  14:  4414 

9:  *2907,  3649,  9887, 10965 

XXII.  8:  5142 

XLI.  18:  2036 

10:  3861 

12:  *1528 

XLIV.  24:  5143 

11:  7654,  10797 

13:  *1442,  8077,  9586 

XLVI.  3:  11857 

12:  *2045 

20:  2018 

XLVII.  1:  *2389 

13:  *2926,  3457 

22:  12046 

4:  3591 

13,  14:  1403 

XXIII.  19:  3889 

5:  10346 

15:  1495,  1559,  1588,  4834, 

33:  9957 

5,  8:  3587 

5872,  6828,  7965 

XXIV.  13:  11991 

8:  4186 

16:  4956 

17:  *651,  *666 

9:  9115 

17:  2312,  *2851 

XXVI.  6:  *4077,  *4078 

13:  9443,  12038 

20:  *1783,  5636 

XXVII.  8:  4451 

21:  1666,  11699 

26:  3419,  4451 

EZKA. 

23:  3685,  3837,  3395,  6798, 

27:  8400 

III.  10,  11:  *2360 

8575.  9557 

29,  30;  *2914 

13:  10038 

23,  23:  9208 

XXVIII.  5:  5105 

13,  13:  *4095 

24:  11646 

8:  7774 

13:  3583 

26:  *1880,  1913,4796,9673, 

13:  *2446.  10877 

IV.  15:  2648 

9941 

XXIX.  6,  7:  12071 

IX.  11:  2863 

VI.  2:  *338,  505,  *906,  2199, 

16:  3884 

13:  3104 

3803,  8085,  10094 

XXX.  9:  10599 

X.  2:  9613 

3:  *1251,   4667,  10860, 

XXXI.  7:  2715 

XVI.  44:  6090 

11178,  11644 

9:  10878 

XXXVI.  26,  27:  1076 

3,  4:  213 

16:  9497 

4:  2058, *2738, 3501,11643 

XXXII.  18:  *2757 

6ALATIANS. 

5:  *20S5 

25:  11831 

I.  4:  *909,  1925 

6:  11908 

XXXIII.  2:  2293 

7:  11385 

7:*3799,3606,*4010,4819, 

3-6:  2950 

10:  938,  2033 

5034,  5470,  7233, 

4:  5969,  12193 

17:  12177 

7550,  7999,  8900, 

6:  4307,  7691 

19:  9984 

9103,  11809,  12333 

GAL, 


INDEX  OF  SCRIPTURE  TEXTS. 


653 


VI.  7,  8  *2800 
8:  1950 
9:  483,  1541,  *1543,  2607, 

4417,  4423,  8613 
10:  300,  1845,  *2433,  3510, 

3511,  4250,  8128, 

9895 
14:  *590,  *595, 1177,*1689, 

*3284,  4615,  4880, 

7106,  7637,  7642, 

7653,  8749,  8751, 

9816,  10555 
15:  4728,  4906,  11363 
17:  3810,  3811,7193,7838, 

11601 


I.  1:  *564 

1,  2:  *1507 

2:  *569,  *1017,  4257 

3:  *525,  *1558,  *2153 

5:  *6:37,  7730 
11:  11629,  ni05 
11,  13:  2315  9273 
14:  *3374 
17:  8341 
18:  4095 
20:  6833 
20-22:  *564 
21:  4186 
21,  25:  7979 
24:  *138 
26:  *568,  *1999,  3784,  6997, 

9036,  12055 
26-28:  *33,  *1135,  *1136, 

*2231,  *2226 
27:  *2223,  3772,  6787 
28:  4499,  11820 
81:  9854 

II.  7:  *130-132,   153,   219, 

*1507,  *1924,  *1931, 

*2129,  *2793,  5478, 

6603,  11776 
8:  *3451,  10873,  10881 
8,  9:  *1059,  *2443 
8-14:  *1034,  10873 
9:  *1355,   *2573,   5757, 

7114,  10134,  10137, 

13037,  12038 
10:  2643 

15:  *1032.  *2090,  3248.6111 
17:  716,  *3437,  *2752,  3533, 

3536,  5317,6180,6227, 

7782,  10140 
18:  *1780,  3815,  8726,  9890, 

10413 
21:  5378,  11124 
21,  22:  9066 
21-23:  *3011 
21-34:  *33 
23:  6077 
23:  *2696 
24:  54,  10431 

III.  1:  *837,  *1038,  *1138, 

*2895,  3148,  4284, 

5194 
1-6:  2168 
4:  5885,  8617 
4-5:  *1040 
5:  113-120,  *2079.  2592, 

6447-6462,  11923 


III.  6:  *594,  3772,  7687,  8441, 
10124,  10754 

7-10:  7412 

7,  11:  2227 

8:  11485 

8-19:  *619 

9:  *3092 
10:  8707,  11673 
10-31:  1644 
18:  8617,  12255 
14:  5318 

15:  5326,  7692,  8006,  9199 
16:  5309,  6024 
17:  5310,  10145 
18:  8450 
III.  19:  *18,  *20,*648,  *1583, 
*1594,  6131,  9685. 
6936,  6997,  10693 

20:  *3345 

22:  12038 

23"  *1033 

24!  *1036,  *1460,  7557, 
10880 
rV.  1,  2:  6170 

2-8:  6277 

4:  1911,  6243,  6399,  7894 

5-8:  *3351 

7:  *3268,  9755,  11735 

8:  2705,  10374,  10954 

8-15:  *3208 

9:  *285,  1094,  *3209,  9889 

9-14:  *2352 

10:  *1385,  1726,*2323,.7409 
13:  *2646,  7563,  7984,  9279 
14:  4960 
21:  4065 
22;  *4071 

V.  1:  *2228 
3:  4906 
4:  11306 
5:  1276 
8:  1276 

11:  1276 
21-24:  *3399 
21-27:  *3764 
22:  4956,  7864 
24:  *3402 
27:  1276,  1367 

VI.  3:  1416,  1428,  3916,  9568 
4:  *1607 

5:  *2985,  5913,  9406 

5-7:  *778,  *1073 
11-23:  *1336 

13:  *536,  *790,  9656,  10495 
13:  *1074,  3314 
14:  4033,  12195 

VII.  1:  *424,  2194,  2314 
1-24:  *3325 

7:  *772 

7-23:  *1335 

8,  9:  10730 
11:  *1075 
11-24:  7955 
14:  *3015 
17-33:  *774 
19:  *775 
33,  34:  *776 

VIII.  4:  *778,  *3135,  7179 
8:  *3134 

11:  43.58 
16-31:  *333i 


VIII.  31 :  *1916,  10701 

32:  *3728,  *2953,  *2960, 
*29y6,  4779 

IX.  2:  3799 

6:  *2225,  5050,  6305 
13,  13:  *3915,  *3916 
13:  10504,  11324 
13-15:  *2623 
13-17:  *557 
17:  256 
23:  *2894 

XI.  4:  6135,  6657,  9426 
7:  *3133 

8:  9741 

XII.  1 :  *2501,  8597 
2:  *1606 

6:  8597 
10:  8597 
14:  *2404 
17:  3982 

XIII.  7:  12120 

8:  *1877,  6827 
9:  3859 
10:  *3719 

XIV.  18,  19:  *3761 

XV.  1:  2,5.51,  9054,  11561 
5:  *2798 

6:  1886 

8-17:  *7 

9-21:  10955 
16:  3651 
17:  8744 

XVI.  13:  2258,  2498,  *2618, 

4233,  5919,  8696, 
8965,  9595,  9750, 
9751 

XVII.  18:  4309,  4544 
20:  *3527 

XVIII.  9:  7703 
10-14:  8597 
18:  8G41 

19:  3208,  3953,  6383 
35:  *2687,  10083 
33:  *4005 

XIX.  8:  1848 
7:  13154 
9:  9190 

12-28:  *3776 

13:  10083 

15-36:  751 

17:  *1568,  4394,  4705, 
6190,  6650,  6654, 
8490,  12018 

17-22:  *4120 

20:  2746,6711,7381,9290 

22:  *624 

24:  8669 

26:  6145,  10306 

28:  *4005 

86:  88.57 

XXI.  7:  6238 
10-14:  7179 

14-20:  "3479,    *3480, 

"-3483,  *3484 
15-20:  *3481 
17:  5049 
18:  5989 
19:  9876 

XXII.  1,  2:  8597 

1-15:  *3082,  *3083 
2-18:  2107,  *3524 


654 


GEN. 


INDEX  OF  SCRIPTURE  TEXTS. 


HEB. 


XXII.  10-12:  8533 
11:  2626 

13:  1690,  7894 

XXIII.  2:  *2347 
16:  4016 
17-20:  *3726 
21:  *1595 

XXIV.  17:  12254 
23:  *1139 
53:  1889 

63:  *1144.*3526,11964 
67:  *2206 

XXV.  8:  2928 
29-31:  9796 

29-34:  7045,7413,11035 

31:  11800 

32:  6005 

33:  3424,  6179 

XXVI.  1:  8597 
12:  11626 
24:  2488 

XXVII.  2:  *683 
15-27:  *3543 
22:  7904 
41:  4047 
44:  *3922 

XXVIII.  6-9:  9700 
10-22:  *2016,  *3543 
11:  *310 

12:  *2015,  *3174, 
*3540,  *3544, 
3772,  7159 

12-15:  *3539 

16:  *3512,  4219, 
11061 

17:  *1634,  9447,9644 

18:  5673 

20:  7473 

22:  2461,  8974 
XIX.  20:  *2206.  3374,  6940, 
9968,  11987 

XXX.  1 :  *1957,  9796 

27:  2045,  2047,  3494, 

9632 
30:  643 

XXXI.  3:  8194 
11:  *922 
15:  *2077 
36-42:  7413 
40:  3311 
48:  6063 

XXXII.  1,  2:  *3510 
9'  9683 

10:'  1586,  3103,  7475 

24-32:  1225 

25:  3770 

26:  667,  2137,  *3553, 

11089 
30:  2550 

XXXIII.  9:  7471 
9-11:  7473 

XXXIV.  12:   12231 

XXXV.  2:  11304,  12303 
8:  *1926 

11:  8943 
14:  11945 
15:  *3173 
16-20:  9796 
19,  20:  *;5913 
29:  *1927 
XXXVII.  3:  5643 


XXXVII.  9:  7078 
19:  5552 
20-21:  9959 
25:  5684,  10025 
32:  11524 

XXXVIII.  14:  10657 

XXXIX.  20:  7179 
XL.  8:  1633 

23:  *1983 
XLI.  9:  *1301,  8688,  9078 
34:  11865 
39,  40:  *1523 
39-45:  7179 
45-50:  *3840 
54:  8597 
56:  4748 
57:  *2167 
XLII.    2:  8775 
6:  9171 
15:  4156 
21:  *1643 
36:  8099,  8640 
XLIII.  3:  6243 
9:  11874 
14:  8231 
15-22:  1118 
19-24:  10460 
XLIV.  23:  6302 
XLV.    1 :  *3649,  6944 
7:  4434 
26:  2482 
27:  2692,  8774 
XL VII.  8:  97,  4197,  6415 

9:  *2148,  3619,  8097 
30:  *297 
XLVIII.  7:  *3910 
10:  *2077 
16:  6847 
XLIX.  1 :  *3538,  *3540 

4:  *334,   *1943,  4933, 

9837,  10488 
9:  7154 
10:  *2679 
14:  6140 
23:  8676,  11965 
22-24:  10025 
23:  10955 
26:  *1124 
29:  *1927,  13130 
L.  15:  7412 
17:  3296 
20:  1980,  4782 

HABAKKtrK. 

L  3:  11288 

13:  2631 

14:  5365 

16:  10791,  10794 

IL  2.  11140 

3:  *447,*1307,  *2950,  4755 

4:  2046,  *2638,  4432 

5:  *804,   *1094,   *1372, 

*2712,  2835,  4621 
6:  *1133,  5092,5910,8772, 

9088,  9091,  11504 
9:  *1444,  5210 
11:  4101,  4875,  6063,  6310, 

11474 
13:  3126,  3517,  5775,  12137 
14:  342.  *1114,  *2725 
15:  *1531, 1651-1653,  *2693, 


II.  15:  6291,  8179,  9954 
16:  *888 

19:  3144,  11826 
20:  6209 

III.  1-19:  6781 

2:  5067-5079,10486,10513, 
11492-11497,  12318 

3-5:  *1499 
17,  18:  *453 
18:  3394 

HAGGAI. 

L  5:  *3045,  3588,  7449 

6:  *751,    4377,   7604,    9100, 

9255,  12137,  12397 
9:  *1549 
II.  7:  8942 
8:  10593 
11-13:  7931 

HEBREWS. 

L  1:  *1993 
2:  9041 
3:  749 
7:  12340 
8:  1958,  3479 

14:  21.  *119-126,  131-137, 
*3118,  6387-6395 

II.  1:  4249.  4749,  5979, 10834, 

12204 
2:  *261 3,  3441,6493,10186 
3:  *768,  *769,  995-997, 
*2142,  4118,  4252, 
5178,   5179,   7686, 
10716.  10831,  11574 
6:  3777,  7024 
7:  10378 
8:  227,  232 
9:  *1051,  1195,  7183 
10:  536,  *2962,  7136 
11:  6943 
13:  5440 

14:  4096,  7164,  8617 
15:  *703,  1269.  7243,  7816, 

7875,  10979 
16,  17:  501 
18:  729, *1633, 11929,12041 

III.  1:  394 

2:  2160,  9205 

3:  3739,  10266,  10654 

4:  2489,  9024,  10848 

6:  9613 

7:  *2885.  *2888 

7,  8:  4708 

7-15:  10828  . 

8:  4117 

9:  *1430 
10:  *1117 

12:  *2916,  *3163,  12106 
13:  257,  261.  *796,  *2886, 

4242,  5306,  11698 
15:  638,  2766 
19:  4543 

IV.  1:  4752,  8708,  11446 
3:  5015 

6  ■  898** 

7:  10267,  11991,  13003 

9:  *1757,  *1758.  3707, 

9421,  11447 
11:  1998,5014,5161,10154 
12:  335  5.S4,  *2566,  2994, 
9959,  11815,  12265 


INDEX  OF  SCRIPTURE  TEXTS. 


655 


IV.13:  2534,  4228,  9014,  9049 
14:  *1,*3,*580,  4731,  6276, 

11218 
15:  91,  *866,  5561,  10113, 

11888,  11929 
16:  1434,  *1573,  *1575, 

4109,  9204,  9518, 

11076 

V.  2:  *321,  7365,  8408,  11885 
7:  7961 

9:  2110,  8584,  11572 
12:  *2841.  4689,4691,5601, 

8711,  9270,  10528 
13:  *1192,  8513,  12209 
14:  *2740,  5279,  5887,  11049 

VI.  1 :  4387,  4893,  10940 
2:  *2054 

4:  *584,  *2523.  2995 

6:  16,  7805,  8619,  9022 

7:  5668 

8:  12263 
10:  *1550,  3688 
11 :  205,  2423,  8040 
12:  4336,  11749 
16:  *2400,  9021 
17:  9794 

18:  4418,7768,8414,11366 
18-20:  714 

19:  *1851,  *1852,  *1861, 

3046.  5494,   5656, 

6478-6482,    9613, 

9614,  11828 

20:  4134,6573,6575,10188 

VII.  2:  *3078 
3:  *3761 
4:  2436 
5:  8597 

6,  7:  6283 

19:  *1865,  3528,  9628 

22:  11873,  11874 

24:  7672 

24-28:  *1798 

25:  *382.  435,  *2005,  2386, 
3336,  3847,  5119, 
5272,  7165,  9967, 
11578,  11579 

28:  931,  932,  *3607 

VIII.  2:  2885,  2924 
3:  11558 

5:  *2474 
6:  3848 
12:  3917,  7593 

IX.  4:  2644,  11945 
9:  5153 

12:  *2629 

12,  14:  716 

13,  14:  7894 
14:  955 

15:  3846,4212,7205,10459, 

11944 
22:  *1 73-1 75,  224-234,436, 

*3196,  4885,  6613- 

6622,  7122,  9416 
24:  *1798,  *3249,  3338, 

6573,  6575 
24-26:  *733 
27:  *709,  *733,  1312,  1367, 

12339 

X.  1:  3528,  12099-12101 
2:  *483 

3:  *2431 


X.  7:  6621,  10799 
10:  989 
12:  4589 
15:  2495 
19:  7349 

19-22:  6302,  8989 
20:  2906 
23:  *581,  4744,  4746,  7986, 

12081 
24:  *904,  *1025,  *1170,  1870 
25:  3842,  11107,  12300 
26:  475 
26,  27:  2691 
27:  *2056,  3420,3421,6434, 

7427,  8618,  12150 
28:  10174 
28,  29:  4886 

29:  5179,  7195,  9565,  9804 
30:  11481,  11490 
32:  *2274,  10955- 
34:  *416,  *2940,  3397,  12214 
35:  9423 
36:  *1937,*3464,  4345, 9795, 

10915 
37:  *498,  *1067,  *1068 
38:  1103.  3446,  6662-6678, 
8574,  9632 
XL  1:  *1208,  2087,  3174,8560, 
8562,  8600 
3:  4256 

4:  *665,*1167, 1263,  2718, 
*3046,  4495,  5153, 
5890,  6269,  6277, 
7746,  9893,  12133 
5:  *3401,  10815 
6:  2100,3055,  9421 
7:  *3830.  6555-6559,8597, 

12195 
8:  5924,  8597 
8,  9:  6283 
9:  *1756,  6137 
10:  *1734,  2874,  2927,4450, 

6214 
11:  4741 
12:  *1712 

13:  *2502,  4448,8100,10709 
14:  3593 

16:  188.  *1024,  1476,  1796, 
*2094,  2897,  2928, 
4449,  9421,  9440 
17:  7272,  9959 
21,  22:  *986 

24,  25:  9603 
24-26:  *3786.  10648 

25:  1394.  1898,  4467,  5450, 
6199 

25,  26:  776 

26:  *1723.  5337 

27:  *1793 

32:  3281 

33:  *2258.  11234 

33,  34:  2150 

34:  1499.  *2252,  7579 

35:  *1795,  *2254,  2292, 
2364,  6896,  7876, 
8733.  10438,  11465, 
11851,  12020 

36:  1741,  2154,  3834,  7233 

36-39:  1393.  *1793 

37:  2291,  2959,  7437,  7890 

38:  1191 


fXII.  1:  *125,  332-334,  *2456, 
*2468,  4336,  4827, 
4848,  5308,  6494, 
6514,  6757,  9350. 
9848,  9958,  11966, 
12246 
2:  292,*603,  1184,*2039, 
*2474,  3060,  3653, 
3953,  5392,  5965, 
7162,  7653,  7990, 
8472 
3:  11313 

4:  5347.  7212,  7463 
6:  601,  4762,  7058 
6-11:  76-92.  6381.  6412 
7:  1548,  *1914.  7059 
9:  *1493.  *2658.  4313, 

7057,  11843 
9,  10:  865 
10:  1545 
11:602,  *1023,  *1541, 

*2818,  3389 
13:  1498,1686.4333,8799, 

9833.  11414 
14:  2971,  2974.4824.9451 
15:  2785.  4324.6708,9887, 

9986 
16:  *1188.  2937,  6179 
16,  17:  *3409 
17:  1427,  11406 
18-21:  6302 
23:  1380,  2921,  7377 
32-24:  7801 
23:  *426 

24:  6377.  9964.9998.10461 
25:  4114.  9336,  12289 
26:  12307 

28:  2675.  2922,  9196 
29:  4054 
XIII.  2:  *224.  *1964,  7054, 
9632,  9634 
3:  6727,  10486 
4:  *2249 

5:  *512.  666.  686,1026, 
1045.  *1194,  1566. 
10011,10317,11505 
6:  2273 

7:  10538,  11563 
8:  *2036,  7125 
9:  *1325,  4919 
10:  5167 
12:  5533,  11735 
14:  *751,  1022,  2874, 
7902,  8017,  9421, 
10428 
15:  8016,  11947 
16:  8127 
17:  3950,  4630,  5005, 

11802 
18:  4529 
20:  *2742 
21:  4382 


I.  10:  33-36,  6067-6078,6335- 

6340 

II.  14,  15:  9613 
18:  *2074 
19,  20:  8613 
23:  3908 

I  III.  3:  7443 


656 


HOS. 


INDEX  OF  SCRIPTURE  TEXTS. 


III.  4,  5:  *1501 

IV.  1 :  *538,  5844 
2:  4719 

6:  3155 

7:  10758 

9:  11115 
10:  7000 
16:  6669,  6673 
17:  9733 

V.  13:  9754 

VI.  1:  7523 

3:  *lo54,  7157 
4:  2662,  4971,  7366,  7484 
11:  *1669 

VII.  5:  1664,  1665,  3343 
8:  8141 

9:  *2417,  4206,  10189, 

12167 
13:  9863 

VIII.  7:  5470,  8411,  10276, 

12137 
8:  10016 
13:  401 

IX.  6:  *3763 
7:  *1373 

X.  1:  *2918,  5290,  9961 

2:  2833,  3731,  9843,  11159 
13:  12071 
14:  *2858 
XL  8:  4331,  11799 

XII.  1:  13137 

3:  4584,  5075 
4:  11103 
6:  3914 

10:  362,*1915,  3175,  7136, 
9757 

XIII.  3:  *1131,  5365,  11108 
Q.  53(59 

14!  *442,  *1594,  7884 

XIV.  1:  2663 

3:  2116,  *3034 
5:  *1485,  10293,  11316 
5,  6:  8615 
5-7:  10809 
6:  3419 

7:  3736,4738,5073,8897, 
11521 


I.  1:  9983 

2:  *1983,  3793,  9905 
2  3"  3391 

3:  *1580,  *1981,  3315, 4883, 
6515,  9331, 
10868 
4:  11694 
5:  *793,  5443,  7435,  9406, 

9714,  13153 
5,6:  6144 
7:  3382 
8:  5433 
11-13:  8963 
15"  333^ 

16:  2968,  3880,  6007 
18:  433,  *3280,  4863,  7108, 

7203,  7934,  11756 
19:  10767 
31:  *437,  5126 
23:  *282,  2454 

II.  2,  3:  *3763 
2-4:  *3325 


II.  4:  *1386,  *3290,  *3478, 

3479,  4080,  4357,5961 
5:  3639 
10:  3548 
11:  444,  3086 
13:  *1250 
31:  5133 
22:  10383 

III.  1:  *1370 
10:  1755 

13:  *2913,  7075 
16:  3335,  9660 
17:  3338 
18:  6343 
18-33:  3339 
26:  *3657,  6993 

IV.  4:  7149 

V.  1:  *3537,  7277 
1-5:  6686 

1-7:  8897,  10016 

2:  8334 

7:  10386 

8:  *559 
11:  1661,  8180 
13:  7465 

14:  *104,  *105,  *1478 
15:  *3055,  4376,  9328 
18:  5323 
30:  4457 
30-33:  7092 
21:  2036,  7014 
33:  1057,  8171 
33:  3436 
30:  2086 

VI.  3:  2509 
5:  *746 
6:  2650 
7:  12341 

8:  3994,  7185,  8384,  9137 
9,  10:  9344 
13:  8826 

VII.  2:  8707 
9:  12103 

14:  *1920,  *1940,  *2287, 

*3520,  7119 
15:  *1161,  3354 

VIII.  6:  *2750 
7:  5953 

10:  3374,  5053 

14:  11733 

15:  3186 

18:  5440 

30:  371,394,  4947,6817 

32:  *1440 

IX.  3:  *1669,  9348,  10028 
6:  1925,  2684,8091 

7:  1953,  2641,  7237,  9155 
15:  1955 
18:  2984 
20:  1815 
21:  1491 

X.  3:  *582,  *2237,  2469,  4961, 

12170 
4:  *1476,  4783 
15:  1853,  8311,  9803,  9939 

XI.  1:  7149 
1-9:  *2387 
3:  674 

6:  3939,  4930,7070,10989 
6-9:  *3388,  *2290 
9:  343 


XI.  10:  8983,  10188 
12:  2301 

XII.  1 :  *530,  3405,  4909 
2:  13075 

8:  4263 

6:  3400 
Xin.  1-22:  *3147 

2:  1899,  *2322 
9-11:  11721 

11:  448,  11176,  11181 

14:  1943 

20:  *3138 

21:  *3143 
XIV.  9:  6009 

9-13:  *3984 

13:  4668 

13-14:  *837 

13,  14:  8008 

16:  *104-108 

16-18:  *1790 

18:  8976 

19:  5365 

20:  *297,  *1794 

XVI.  9:  5617 
10:  *3043 

XVII.  3:  *2039 
6:  2419 

14:  *2109 

XVIII.  2:  3383 

XIX.  4:  *3373 
13:  4547 
18:  5559 
25:  *3356 

XX.  5:  2030 

XXI.  3:  5753 
4:  *2515 

8:  5929,  13197 

9:  *1906 
11:  *3103,  *3103 
13:  7644 
14:  1843 

XXII.  13:  *1665,  *3314,  6194 
23:  10505,  10674 

23:  9757 

XXIII.  1-16:  *2914 
10:  3277 

XXIV.  1:  2477 

2:  8661,  11240 
4:  *1008,*1130,*1381 
7:  4958 

8:  4471,  7817,  9324 
15:  5761 

XXV.  1:  *1520,  11389 
2:  *2877 

4:  510,  *2635,  9901, 
11448 

6:  8711 

8:  *707,    1299-1303, 
1336,  1713,  1761, 
2846,  2926,  3300, 
4104,  11910 
11:  11184 

XXVI.  1:  5183 
3:  4364 

3,  4:  5818 
4:  5314 
6:  10038 
7:  *1169,  3340 
8:  7145 

9:  *864. 3986, 11463 
10:  5883 


ISA. 


INDEX  OF  SCRIPTURE  TEXTS. 


ISA. 


657 


XXVI.  14:  *2273 
16:  *2746 

19:  717,  1273,  *2668, 

5027 
20:  4897 
21:  7995 

XXVII.  1:  1978,  4779 
2,  3:  7295 

3:  5972 
5:  4375 
8:  3524 

XXVIII.  1:  *931,  *1338,  8843 

11918 
2:  2017 
3:  4682,  8174 
4:  *1016 
5:  7663 
7:  *937,  *1089,3326. 

8096 
9:  1837 

10:  1825,  1830,  5596, 
5607,    6790, 
7679,  10553 
13:2015,10971,11417, 

11969 
14-18:  9871 
15:  2025,  4769,  9866 
15,  17:  7710,  7893 
16:  *1204,  8513 
17:  3919,  8497 
18:  1639,  9879,  10766 
20:  5758 

XXIX.  6:  9365 

15:  4229,  9876,  10494 

15,  16:  *1894 

20:  11606 

21:  2811,  *2898,  6103 

XXX.  1:  1982,  11705 
2,  3:  12071 

7:  *2950 

10:  2805,  7709,  11132 
15:  5011,  8561 
18:  *1518,  2343,  *2952, 

5368 
19:  2880 
20:  8993 
21 :  7438,  10633 
29:  *2009 
33:  *1772,  2940 

XXXI.  1:  8598,  12071 

XXXII.  1^:  *2287 

2:  *1 561,  4366,  7147, 
7178,  9535 

5,  6:  *1616 

7:  571 

8:  595,  3546,  8928 
10:  *3018 
11:  1807,  3956 
15:  *1355 
15-19:  *2287 
17:  204,  205,  971 
18:  4843 

20:  *3027,  5341,  8614, 
11628 

XXXIII.  1:  5752 

6:  *2082, 9639,11038 

9:  *1134 
14:  *1934, 2943,  3120, 

9499,  11297 
15:  3035,  3242 
15,  16:  6938,  10761 


XXXIII.  17:  453,  *650,  *898, 

2075,2879,7826, 
7859,  9456,  9476 

20:  5471 

20,  31 :  8607 

21:  3610 

22:  2539 

24:  *3494,  9328 

XXXIV.  6:  *3198 
8:  12318 

16:  *244,  *249 

XXXV.  1:  *1341,*1785,*2290, 

9128,9141,11763 
1,  2:  2315,  10028 
1-7:  *2287 
3:  2692 
3,  4:  1413 
4:  3303 
6:  10038 
7:  *3333,  13137 
8:  *1997,  2388,  4743, 

6808,  7316,  8781, 

9537 
8,  9:  *1800 
8,  10:  734,  7798 
10:  *1 139, 1436,  *1767, 

*2023,      10034, 

10669,       10671, 

11771 

XXXVI.  1 :  5423 

6:  5433,12071,12137 

XXXVII.  17:  *1711 
36:  8532 
38:  10663 

XXXVIII.  1:  *711,        *715, 

*1600.  *2744 
5:  152,*1199,7793, 

11684 
10:  3059,       10246, 

10418 
12:  *2883,        3579 

6953,  8841 
17:  *3381,  9158 
18,  19:  11195 
XL.  1 :  *453 

1-31:  *3531 
2:  10889 
3-5:  7173 
5:  3467 
6:  3703,  7779 
6,  7:*1338,  *1384 
6-8:  *369,  6947 
7:  5946 
8:  3639 
11:  1782,  *3287,  *2972, 
3520,  3521,  4301, 
5549,  6751,  7833, 
8645,  8711,  10165, 
10188,  12309 
12:.  *760,   1158,  *1483, 
1799,  2261,  *2725, 
3721,  4258,  4499 
M:  *1883 

15:  *3538, 6051, 7343, 12051 
15,  17:  *1507 
16:  *590 
'17,  18:  *151» 
22:  626 
24:  6135 
26:  *2798 
27:  2344 


XL.  28:  223,  1158,  9025,  9053 
31:  1016,3094,4365,4391, 
5487,  8309,  8339, 
8845 
XLL6:  *549,  9519 
10:  1886,  3480 
13:  3369,  9065,  9377 
14:  8300,  12209 
17:  *2971,  4487,  5449 
18:  *1810 
23:  *1781,  9738 
24:  *2813,  3153 
29:  3335 
XLII.  3:  8570,  13209 

4:  *447,  7153,  7343, 

8613 
7:  1746,  *3327,  3156 
10-12:  499 
11:  11595 

16:  *1638,  6822,  6856 
17:  9730 

30:  *8403,  4181,  4954 
XLIII.  1:  11337 

2:  1266,  *1566,  11332 
5:  11484 
6:  10020 
7:  *2224 
11:  3375 
20:  3459 
23:  3730 
25:  4300 
26:  4751 
37:  5611 
XLIV.  3:  2208,  8671,  9554 
4,  5:  1441 
7:  *2602 
12:  *3087,  4783 
15,  16:  366 
19:  3146 
20:  3173,  13137 
23:  *475 
23:  *1355 
24:  *1481,  9024 
XLV.  1:  3474 
5:  7030 
8:  *1485 
9:  5510,  9063 
15:  2513 
18:  *2224,  3791 
19:  2206,  5117 
33:  8540 
XLVLl:  711 

4:  *3413,  *3416,  4208, 

10808 
8:  *2277,  *3053 
10:  4333,  10133 
XLVII.  4:  11399 

7:  444,  4031,  10163 
9:  *2173 

10:  1833,  3358,  10126 
13:  9740 
15:  9010 
XLVIII.  1:  2374 
2:  12071 
3:  10786 
4:  *2405,  4184 
10:  *66,  *599,  4890, 
6397,    6405, 
12043-12049 
17:  4773 
18:  8517 


658 


ISA. 


INDEX  OF  SCRIPTURE  TEXTS. 


XLVIII.33:  *880,5917,11391- 

LV.  2:  *1427,  2582 

LX.16:  4108 

11398,  11814 

4:  *1687,  10188 

18:  2660 

XTJX.  4:  *1048,  10974,  11569 

5,  6:  *2811 

18-20:  *3070 

7:  2153 

6:  1697,  *2755,  4707, 

19:  3728 

8.  *2885,  10828,  10833 

4970,  5408,  5970, 

20:  3157 

13:  10665 

7787,  9461,  10838, 

21:  8615 

15:  *1716,  *2191,  2210, 

11591,  11631,  11911 

22:  5693,  10398 

3694,3696,10845, 

7:  4394,  *3382,  *2864, 

LXI.  1:  *3108,  2183,  6991, 

11555,  11593 

8800,  10883 

7404,  8847,  11745 

15,  16:  8607 

8:  *2812,  5699 

1-3:  *1560 

16:  704 

9:  688 

3:  13318 

18-23:  *2288 

10:  385 

3:  3781,7514,8615,8853 

23:  9232 

11:  *1976,  2585,  *2593, 

4:  *3634 

L.  1-7:  12071 

4633,  7533 

4,  11 :  *S590 

2:  8033 

12:  *3375 

6:  *1504 

6:  7187 

LVI.  1:  *3591,  *2977,  3435 

7:  *1583,  *3903 

7:  10824 

2:  1615,  5130,  11545 

10:  3445,  4374,  10028 

7-9:  9518 

4:  7580' 

11:  3938 

10:  2252 

7:  11108 

LXII.  1 :  4135,  5073,  7919 

11:  2796,  3164 

10:  3948 

3:  8471,  8878 

LI.  1:  2672,  3092,  6656,  9661 

11:  *1536,  *3218,  *2736, 

6:  4607,  13385 

3'.  *1035,  *2287,   2444, 

7596,  7597,  10938 

10:  5495 

10879 

12:  *2985,  4709,  9951, 

13:  6759,  6760 

6:  *1.07f7,  6149,  8607,  9385 

10684 

LXIII.  1:  *3198,  9178 

7:  *2654 

LVIL2:  *1753,  2895,  7781, 

1-6:  *3854 

9:  1611 

11814 

3:  *4106 

11:  *1710,  *1766,  3399, 

9:  10948 

4:  12318 

10665 

10:  1768 

7:  10099 

12,  13:  7778 

12:  1769 

8:  3750,  5819 

13:  10708 

15:  *1119,  *1693,  1944, 

14:  4782 

14:  2894,  6150 

6107,  8097,  8418, 

15:  6374 

LII.  1:  2218,  4496,9541 

8419,  9667 

16:  684,  2479,  4883 

2:  10951 

20:  553,*876,  39S1,  6013, 

LXIV.  1:  *1386 

3:  10507,  11800 

6171,  9289,  13155 

4:  *1719,  9455 

7:  10551,  11577, 

31:  11814 

6:  *504,  *1384,  1435, 

9:  2693 

LVIII.  1:  1790,  1793,  3964, 

*3111,   *2689, 

11:  2969,  7931,  9549 

4604,  5473, 12839 

3037,  3615,  4415, 

12:  4768 

3:  2233 

7750,7931,10189, 

15:  11831 

3-6:  *1386 

11565 

LIII.  1:  11132 

5:  11849 

LXV.  1 :  1565,  7333,  7545 

2:  4470,  7149,  8858, 

6:  *1388.  *1889,*3764, 

3:  5696 

11863 

3554,  7918 

4:  4019 

3:  715,  3476,  5414,  5943 

7:  3395 

5:  4658,  9124,  10941 

4:  419,  506,  671,  2574, 

7,  8:  1605 

6:  5753 

4024,  4922,  9266 

10:  10783 

14:  *1696,  3399 

5:  *612,  *615,   4104, 

11:  *1699,  3096,  3615, 

17:  6161 

4831.  5520,  6995, 

2743,  6039,  8897, 

17-25:  *2291 

7122,  7199,  7666, 

9114,  11361 

20:  6154,  13225 

8429,  10882 

13:  10587 

23:  *1064 

6:  *616,  3785,   9288, 

13,  14:  1615,   *3696, 

24:  1226 

9826,  11296 

5136,   8033, 

25:  7692 

6-8:  *3888 

11548,  11860 

LXVL  1:  9421 

7:  *614,  681,*3252,3524 

LIX.  1:  8033 

2:  *2483,  12304 

8:  733 

3:  4553 

11:  4212 

10:  10798 

3:  *893 

12:  *2479,  3610 

11:  669,  3446,  4495 

4:  *2067 

13:  3017,  8813 

12:  697,  3338,  3845,7153, 

5,  6:  12137 

14:  11459 

9963 

7:  5687,  11975 

18:  2207,  5701 

LIV.  1 :  5660 

8:  9y33,  12080 

20:  *3633 

4:  8067 

9:  3482 

28:  5132 

5:  7116,  12162 

10:  *2633,  3589,  5433 

24:  *2753 

10:  8607 

14:  *588 

11:  *1633  . 

15:  *1372,  *2236,  10892 

JAMES. 

13,  13:  *3387 

16:  *2006,  ■•*2708 

I.  1 :  2728,  8556,  9984 

13:  7094,   11860-11863, 

17:  6263,  12150,  12344 

2:  1192,  5664,  6975 

11904-11909 

LX.  1:  *3334,  3970,4934,7313 

3:  2133,  4343,  5765,  10918 

14:  2263,  7383 

3:  *3589,  *3408 

4:  *2467,  3208,  3790,  4840, 

LV.  1:  816,*1193,  2883,  2660, 

3-33:  -"3287 

8056,  10916 

3910,  5683,  8711, 

4-9:  *3069 

5:  13339 

10507,10885,11151, 

8:  8147 

5,  6:  5740 

11382,  12205-12207 

11:  1348,2857,4573,8219 

6:  2144,  *3735,  7930,  9978 

JAS. 


INDEX  OF  SCRIPTURE  TEXTS. 


JEK. 


G59 


I.  7:  7039 

IV.  1:  12181 

III.  5:  8482 

8:  *913,  *1185,  1623,  3237, 

2:  *1533,  *2549,  10900, 

10:  8141 

6772,8142,9534,  1232G 

11959 

14:  3221 

9:  1738,  1907,  *2524 

3:  4579 

15:  10543,  11149 

11:  *1282.  3037,  5110,  5653 

4:  2414,  3579,  6176,  7338, 

17:  '•1646 

12:  *1734,  1881,  *2852,  5661 

8380,  8892 

22:  2668 

14:  1468, 1506,  *2856,  *3418, 

6:  2669,  2674,  9188 

IV.  3:  5068 

4098,   5694,  10363, 

'  7:  1663,  2552,  *2855. 5508, 

8:  2481 

11927 

5551,  5659,  6230, 

•  19:  '^2117,  5696 

15:  *3091,  5349,10362,11693 

6228,  6971.  8005, 

30:  *208,  «933 

16:  *1113,  3997 

9595,  10992,  11180, 

V.  3:  9344,  12083 

17:  *844.  2451,  2548.  3625, 

11877.  11930 

5:  *1604 

9008,  9071,  9795,  10280 

8:  *519,  9403,  11649 

6:  10319 

18:  4925,  5228,  11611 

9:  *2348.  5114 

23:  *1691,  6220 

19:  3317,  5628 

11,  12:  592 

26:  *1345 

22:  6805,  7225,  9362 

12:  *949 

27:  7931 

23:  2812,  2820,  3220 

13:  *194,*2890,4153,  4790, 

31:  "1070 

24:  1343,  3219,  3667,  8792 

11991 

VI.  7:  11724 

25:  3,  2335,2489,3529,6286, 

14:  *768,  *1959.  *2113, 

13:  6185 

9361,  10473 

*2585,  *2650,  S190, 

14:  1873,  3004,  5966 

26:  213,  214,  5221,  11689, 

4711,  8878,  10259, 

16:  5017 

12007 

12137,  12218 

19:  5698,  10509 

27:  197,  898,  *2637,  4276, 

15:  6804,6305,9069,10999 

23:  1986,  3467 

4946,   5190,  10084, 

17:  *947,*1772,  3504,7312, 

24:  »]253 

10858 

7804 

25:  8692 

XL  1:  2468 

V.  1:  3981,  4961,  5099 

28:  11395 

2:  *1538.  1645 

1,  2:  11504 

29:  11138 

2-4:  *2520 

1,  5:  5993 

VII.  3:  *3045 

4:  10947 

2:  2221,  5339 

4:  *251,  12071 

5:  789,  *1203,  2119,  2526, 

3:  3978 

24:  •■:-2110,  5276 

2682,  4748 

4:  6863 

28:  10369 

7:  9804 

5:  1806,  4407,  6182,  9820, 

34:  10418 

8:  *2491,  5265 

11003,  11518 

VIII.  3.  7868 

10:  876,  1090,  1333,  1981, 

6:  3437,  5406 

6:  5365 

3531,  3643,5336,5352, 

7:  *2953 

7:  3313,  10829 

6227.  7339,  10777, 

7,  8:  *1079,  *2467 

8:  4372 

11736,  11739 

8:  612.  1011 

9:  3257,  6788, 

6789, 

12:  11259 

10:  2002,  *2400,  2465,  8461 

10127,  12108 

13:  2647,  3903,  5057,  5062, 

11:  *1659,*1878,1880,  2364, 

11:  *1159 

7669.  10466 

2768.4339,4453,5795, 

15:  12063 

14-16:  2148 

8733,  9439.  11939 

17:  11940 

15,  16:  1993 

12:  4723.  5557,  7584,10746, 

18:  *917 

16:  5568,  10994 

10747,  13319 

20:  *2429,  10198, 

10831 

17:  *1202.  6133,7225,7963, 

14:  11680 

22:  2573,  4885, 

4942, 

8558,  8946 

14,  15:  4581 

5616,  7172, 

7685 

18:  *1210,  2620,  3584 

15:  6533,  10563 

IX.  1:  *2845,   5069, 

5616, 

19:  2108 

16:  928,  3247,  *2538,  *2548, 

10017,  10553 

20:  2074 

4534,  4545,4592,8305, 

3:  5834,7579,12084,12136 

21,  22:  1221 

10988 

4:  9904 

23:  2082,  2149,  8853 

17:  4560,  11078 

5:  *1244 

24:  2276 

18:  4725 

7:  5942 

26:  2134,  8603,  8605 

20:  798,  3943,  5454,  8038, 

8:  *1243 

III.  1:  10780 

8303,  11796-11807 

11:  *2021 

2:  7860 

17:  10657 

4:  1971,  2160,  5395 

JEREMIAH. 

18,  19:  *8625 

5:  *897.  2146,3645,  5778, 

I.  1,  8:  9990 

19:  10021 

6708,  6979,  11739, 

11-27:  *3145 

23:  *2284,  3493,4007,5910, 

11742,  12011,  13148 

18:  7579.  9990 

7296,  11182 

5,  6:  1315 

19:  10004 

X.  3:  3867,  11867 

5,  6,  8:  529.  530 

II.  2:  3460, 11373 

3:  *621 

6:  580,  2246,  *2762,  5370, 

6:  *3331 

5:  3153 

5735,  12009 

10:  4192 

7:  2358,  4082 

8:  5374,  6981 

13:  445,  11963   ' 

8:  5749 

9:  ^2228,  12008 

19:  250-253 

10:  1961,  5848 

10:  5555,  8457 

31 :  8615,  8616,  10016 

13:  2566 

12:  9313 

23:  9880,  12137 

15:  1925 

13:  1058,  2443 

25:  *819,  5685 

19:  5503,  9265 

14:  *883,  1924 

28:  11569 

21:  10545 

16:  1105,  8390,  8894 

30:  5762 

24:  *869,  1108,  1551 

17:  *1359,  *1456,  1608, 

34:  1639,  10663 

25:  2200.  2203,  8652, 

9576 

2441 

III.  4:  *1638,  2743 

XL  11-  11698 

660 


JER. 


INDEX  OF  SCRIPTURE  TEXTS. 


JOB. 


XI.  20:  *2858 

23:  12318 

Xn.  1:  *1668,  4859 

2:  9694 

5:  7879 

9:  8141 

10:  7259 

17:  *2372 

XIII.  14:  *2506 
16:  *2530 
17:  4678 

23:  578,  1217,  *2873, 
2764,  3840,  4326, 
7974,  9826, 10701, 
10710 

XIV.  8:  5923 
14:  11130 
19:  3890 

XV.  9:  *720 

16:  402,  5229,5827 
18:  2615,  *2785,  3876, 
12137 

XVI.  7:  *2350 
9:  11366 

12:  3083 
18:  5342 
20:  3145 

XVII.  1:  10258 

5:  5814,  12070 
'   5,  6:  12071 

5-7:  1544 

7:  3047,  12072 

8:  *1635,  2732,  3781, 
12072 

9:  *791,  1106,  2830, 

3776,  7905 
10:  4231,  11441 
11:  1954,  7595,  11504 
13:  12206 
14:  3896 
17:  *870 
22:  5142 
23:  3206,  3209 

XVIII.  3,  4:  9722 

4:  1546,  11036 

6:  11036 
11:  2762 
12:  5331 
20:  3295 
22:  6165 
23:  11737 

XIX.  9:  8654 

XX.  3,  4:  8707 

9:  8244,  11111 
10:  560,  *835,  2246,5208, 
6978,  11287 

XXI.  5:  11722 
8:  10278 

14:  1922 

XXII.  11:  *3062 
19:  *300 

21:  4763,  4764 

XXIII.  1:  *2309 
1,  2:  6.266 
2:  12172 

4:  4330.  10914 

5-8:  *1480 

6:  *2020 
10:  4718; 
11:  3899 
12:  7717' 


XXIII.  23:  *2455,  4320 

24:  *1493,  1509,  2531, 
2538,  2560, 

4218,  10814, 
10817 

29:  11617,  12264 

34:  11559 

39:  9043 

XXIV.  3:  10387 

XXV.  11:  3382 
14:  9882 

15,  17:  12311 
27:  8175 

XXVI.  18:  9993 

XXVII.  3,  6:  *2914 

5:  3585,  3791,  4175 
13:  8032 

XXVIII.  15:  12071 

16:  1337,   *2390, 

7793.  7849 
16,  17:  12318 

XXIX.  13:  *1512,  4553,  5245 
13,  14:  7184 

31:  12071 

XXX.  2:  507 
5:  *3530 

15:  *1629,  3876 

XXXI.  1:  *1836.  8650,  9642 
3:  *1520,*2182,  3686, 

3708,  10354 
12:  *1699,  9193,  9390, 

10028 
13:  *2435,  10028 
14:  1044 
15:  *3911 
18:  *347 
19:  6242,  9886 
21:  3622 
31:  9548 
32:  3109 
33:  9392 
34:  7593 
35:  3259,  4095 
35,  36:  8607 
37:  *1769 

XXXII.  17:  8033 
18:  2720 

19:  4230,  9897 
35:  3825,  5248 

XXXIII.  3:  2504,2518,*2,537 

4556 

5:  4313, 

6:  5849 

11:  4519,  10028 
13:  7443 
14:  10985. 
16:  *302a 
20:  4095 
25:  2277 

XXXIV.  5:  *977 

8:  2382,  3555 
17:  S552 

XXXV.  18:  2006 

XXXVII.  13:  *3575 

XXXVIII.  12.  13:  7282 
XLI.  8:  12030 
XLIV.  23:  7125 
XLV.  3:  *1630 

XL VI.  21:  12170 
XLVII.  2:  *2957 
XLVIII.  2:  3309 


XLVIII.  6:  4706 
7:  5762 

10:  8814,9837,11289 
36:  5108,6004 
44:  *2613,    2745, 
11717 
XLIX.  4:  11504,  11513 

11:  2116,  *2439,  4275 
16:  4676 
L.  5:  4449 
6:  251,  6669 
9:  9757 
34:  *743 
LI.  13:  *2315 
15:  4258 
37:  2927 
37-43:  *3140 
39:  *2772 
57:  9955 


L  1:  12128 
5:  4308 
6:  1501 
6-22:  8597 
7:  *836,  5201,  11588 
8-12:  5657,  10063 
10:  7926 
12:  11928 
20:  8924 

21 :  *2656,  7258,  8586, 10650 
22:  9262 
II.  2:  *838,  9089 

4:  3598,  3605,  7836,  10225 
6:  11928 
9:  5660,  10572 
10:  *1153,  8597,  9262 
11:  5582 
III  10:  5933 
13:  7827 
14:  *2496 
17:  *718,  735, 1306, *2662, 

3516,  5013,  7814 
18:  *1591 

19:  *691,  *704,  4137 
20:  *689,  *813,  *2317, 

3981,  9331 
21:  *810 
22:  7802 
23:  *625.  *726,  *1292, 

1602 
26:  *1037,  *1585 

IV.  2:  *979 
3:  *1042 

7:  3307,  10064 

8:  *1152,  11598 
la:  *1285 
12-21:  *3388 
13:  2316,  *2773 
14:  *1933 
19:  *2339,  6880 
20-22:  9662 

V.  2:  1918,  4320 

6:  *853,  3377,  3890,  8053, 

12066 
7:  *1626,   *1942,  *2147, 
2785,   5803,   9334, 
12063 
9:  10672 

12:  *861,  *1997,  *2330 
13:  *2284 


JOB. 


INDEX  OF  SCRIPTURE  TEXTS. 


JOB. 


661 


V.  14:  6853 

17:  *864,  *2787, 5796,7571, 

9323 
21:  5219 
23:  4443 
26."  *2418,  3835,  9187,  9484 

VI.  4:  *682,   *1630,   6569, 

11709 
8:  *1184 
13:  9717 
14:  *1410,  *1879,  *2319, 

5566 
15:  10272 
15-17:  12137 
18:  4333 
24:  11688 
25:  11090,  11839 
30:  *2835,  5590 

VII.  1:  1360,  *2133,  *2911, 

6125,  102:i4 
2:  11672 
3:  *874 
6:  *2119,  2864,  *3029, 

3596,  3623,  4251 
7:  *919,  *923,  3579,  8151, 

11163 
9:  7330 
10:  *1708 

16;  *410,  2182,  *2929 
17:  *1933,  *2000,  *2222, 
3771,  3777,  9800, 
10385,  10395 
18:  11160 
20:  5358 

VIII.  3:  *811 

7:  *2161,  5387 

8:  4739 

9:  *1020,  *3056,  3159, 

3495,  3539 
10:  1000,  1822 
11:  9692 
13:  3052,  3056 
13,  14:  9692,  9695 
14:  *271, 2759, 3067, 9702, 

12071 
15:  4454 
20:  9518 
IX  4:  10812 
5,  6:  8258 

7:  9027,  9029,  9073,  9740 
9:  *1769 
11:  *1516 
20:  1453,   *2484,  *2588, 

3211,  3451,  9799 
23:  3304 
24:  3579 
25:  *2114,  *2138,  3586, 

10254 
25,  26:  *2428 
26:  *2868,  3579,  3621 
30:  432 
30,  31:  *2008,  3782,  5328, 

11710 
33:  4882,  10458 
X.  1:  *872 

9:  *2230,  *2339 
14:  11725 
16:  5427 
17:  *2367 
20:  3797 
21:  5047 


X.  22:  4260 

XI.  2:  11899 
3 •  *2685 

7:  *761,*1513,  2512,  5784, 
7922 

7,  8:  5055 

7-9:  *1500 

9:  *2724 
10:  *2365 
11:  *2574,  3081,3159,  4268, 

12139 
13:  *964 

16:  *1627,  *2316,  *2867 
18:  5239,  9630,  11450 

XII.  2:  8690 

7:  *1992,  2038 

8:  1828,  *2381 

8,  9:  *1485 

9:  1158 
10:  11439 
25:  *1434,  *1690,  9958 

XIII.  2:  3125 

4:  3754,  4441,  10368, 
12137 

8:  *1989,4332 
12:  *2336 
13:  4055 
14:  2056 
15:  1714,   8589,  8597, 

11521 
17:  *1597 
21,  22:  *1601 
23:  5260 
26:  6257 
27:  *2402 

XIV.  1:  *2334,  3562,  5809, 

6157,  10389,  11848 
1,  2:  10271 

2:  *326,  *1338,  *2120, 
*2335,  3238,  3579, 
3586,  8626,  8763, 
8843 
3:  3187 

4:  3081,  3222,  7318 
5:  *1354,  *2126,  10218 
7:  5031,  9613 
7-15:  11454 
10:  *712 
12:  *1601,  *2668,  *2766, 

5025 
13:  *705,  *1600 
14:  *663,  *699,   *735, 
*1931,*2420,*2942, 
3191,  3195,  8666, 
8903,  9443,  11467 
19:  3071,  10193 
20:  *1596 
21:  10896 
22:  *2848,  2440 

XV.  2:  3505 

3:  2958,  4864 

4:  4564 

9:  11171 
11:  *2785 
12:  *813 
12,  13:  *2354 
14,  *2689 

16:  3308,  9542,  9655 
20:  2821 

21:  4758,  7762,5359,5512, 
5710,  11248 


XV.  25:  11333 
26:  4054 

31:  2558,  *2929,  11624 

XVI.  2:  *454,  520,  10064 
5:  1405,  3452,  3471 
6:  *1632 

16:  *1883 

19:  4328,  9894,  11340 

XVII.  5:  *1327 
7:  5690 

9:  1563,  *2488,    *2617, 

7551 
11:  5716,  11604 
13:  *444,  *1593 
14:  *2220 
17:  *2650 

XVIII.  4:  4323,  5626 
5,  6,  18:  7728 

10:  11754 

11:  *816,  *918,  *1307, 

11394 
14:  *732,  1374,  1727, 

3574,  7754,  7756, 

7775 

XIX.  6:  3890 

14:  *1418,  10781 

21:  *2319 

23:  *276,  *2112 

24:  *755,  *1799,  4372, 

5327,  10933 
25:  205,*479,*1193,1272, 

7851,  8513,  11299 
25-27:  *3626 
26:  *687,  *717 

XX.  4,  5:  3120 

5:  *1653:  *2043,  *2598, 
3387,  3401,  4462, 
5918,  6017,  9707, 
12220 
8:  *920,  5726,  7878 

10:  5019 

11:  6248,  11210,  12329 

15:  11504 

15,  22:  11503 

16:  2753,4465,6578,11706 

18:  5020 

XXI.  6:1959 

*   7:  6304,  12225 
11-13:  *2509 
12:  2780 
13:  *2214,  *2312,  2938, 

3977,  5722,  6215 
14:  2483,  3260,6151,6605 
15:  4814 
18:  *1700 
23:  *674 
23,  24:  7779 
20:  *1588,  *1598,  1748, 

7782,  10646 
30:  10053,  11294 
31:  3176 
32:  *442 
34:  5884 

XXII.  2:  10515 
10:  6165 
14:  7329 

15,  16:  *77r 
16:  2314 
19:  3305 
21 :  2848,  4355 
23,  24:  2577 


662 


JOB. 


INDEX  OF  SCRIPTURE  TEXTS. 


JOHN. 


XXII.  25:  2490 

XXXIII.  17:  5762 

1 

II.  3:  *1034,  5959 

26:  *1488 

19:  *2746,  4282    1 

12:  *1290,  *2350 

29:  3097,  3452 

24:  4395 

13:  *2101,  7486,  8924 

XXIII.  3,  8.  9:  *1512 

XXXIV.  3:  5591 

17:  4626,5068 

10:  5418,  11767 

4:  4797 

23:  *2620 

12:  384 

11;  4049 

26:  *1443,  5667 

13:  9060 

12:  3411 

28:  1635,  2016,  2929,  3001 

XXIV.  1:  11990 

15:  *1583 

28,  29:  9554,  9555 

13:  3793 

19:  *2232,  *2496    | 

32:  2180,  10507 

14:  10659 

20:  *719,  7862, 

10620 

III.  3:  6030,  11156 

15:  9693,  10743 

21:  4224,  10818 

10:  12182 

17:  7816,  8429,  10743 

22:  4223 

13:  *2111 

24:  1723,  7865 

32:  1389,  3505 

14:  1397 

XXV.  3:  3634 

33:  5223,  10244 

15:  9613 

XXVI.  7:  *570 

37:  1554 

16:  9613 

8:  *449,  *1989 

XXXV.  10:  327,  1606, 

2930, 

17:  *2731 

10:  *2601,  *2727,  4775 

5413, 

5925, 

18:  2378 

11:  *1508 

14:  2517,  9073,  10672 

11769 
14,  15:  1632 

JOHN. 

XXVII.  6:  3242 

XXXVI.  4:  4232 

I.  1:  *3022,  6095 

8:  3118 

8:  7917 

3:  *1317 

10:  11106 

10:  *873,  4700 

4:  2824,  3349,  6171,  10280 

16,  17:  5111 

12:  1357 

5:  6171,  7151,  10280 

19-22:  1275 

13:  -"750 

7:  7894 

20:  *683,  *919,  1724, 

18:  1347,  6217, 

7834, 

8:  1526 

*2646 

10229 

9:  681,  2671,  10280,  12316 

20,  21 :  7892 

22:  5596 

11 :  5941,  7176 

21,  22:  *694 

26:  *1611,2617 

2725 

12:  7658,  7659 

X  XVIII.  1:  *1532 

27:  5393 

13:  4123 

5:  *1538 

29:  5785 

14:  753,  *1556,  *3521,  7141, 

6:  *1527 

XXXVII.  5:  *1942,  9002 

7149,  7534,  8251 

10:  2449,  3610 

6:  *2280 

17:  2634,  5829,  7167 

14:  *1663 

8:  *2758 

18:  *1499,  2561 

15:  2582 

8,  9:  9091 

19-28:  *2041 

22:  8632 

14:  571,  578 

21-25:  8320 

24:  *1511,  4228 

16:  1158 

23:  *3629,  7173,  9662 

XXIX.  2:  10908 

23:  2563,  9055 

29:  *609.  681,  3372,  3523, 

4:  11364 

XXXVin.  2:  3272,3273,8448, 

11348 

11,  12:  5892 

11612 

33:  2989,  3285 

12,  13:  1670 

7:  *2362,  *2380, 

43:  3990 

13:  1845,  10655,  10950 

*2519, 

2623, 

45:  3163,  3380 

14:  11526 

*4016, 

10704 

46:  11803 

15:  *1780 

11:  *1151, 

2525 

47:  7792 

XXX.  2:  3575 

*2727, 

10302 

48:  *797 

5:  6229 

14:  5419 

50:  *3820 

12:  *3057 

17:  1341 

51;  7149 

18:  3044 

18:  *1011 

II.  1:  *3217 

23:  *669,  *692,  *1593, 

31:  *1770,  3767 

1-11:  *3216,  *4092,  *4105 

*2339,*3478,8842 

33:  *2436 

5:  4161,  4172 

25:  *2828 

41:  11265 

7-11:  *3768,  9373 

28:  11854 

XXXIX.  5:  3552 

8-10:  8711 

XXXI.  3:  2949 

13:  5917 

9:  7179 

5:  3029 

25:  2751 

13-16:  *4048,  11919 

6:  3408,  3415,  3440 

XL.  4:  *2813,  3089 

15:  *429 

15:  3789 

XLI.  2:  12226 

17:  1792,  6268 

24:  *1537,  2584 

5:  8998 

18:  7792 

24,  28:  *1873,  5090 

9:  *1873 

19-21:  7149 

27:  9314 

22:  *1628 

20:  *292,  5426 

33:  5325 

24:  2840,  8745 

22:  10977 

37:  2923 

XLII.5:  *787,  8513 

23:  8976,  10560 

XXXTT.  6:  4238 

6:  *2924,  4020, 

7486, 

25:  7031 

8:  *2302,3798 

7577,  11413 

III.  2:  *3825,  3974,  *4037, 

9:  *1609,  9240,  9801 

8:  3333,  4584 

4915,  10559 

10:  4236,  10825 

10:  1413 

3:  4124,   4904,   10400, 

18:  *2833 

12:  4203,  10579 

10728.  11627 

XXXni.4:  *1956 

JOEL. 

5:  3002,  4125. 

6:  4272,  10827 

7:  2858.  4895,  6685,7530, 

13:  3770 

I.  2,  3:  8278 

10729 

14:  *1596 

5:  *938 

8:  4794,  4090,  *4104, 6071, 

15:  5384,  8144,  8150 

12:  3398 

6326 

16:  *1678,  8144,  8150 

II.  1:  7285,  11114 

8,  11:  10736 

JOHN. 


INDEX  OF  SCRIPTURE  TEXTS. 


JOHN. 


663 


III.  9:  7384,  10732 

11:  3494,  »523,  11954 

14,  15:  7160,  7180,  7692 

16:  337,  ^1462,  *1486, 

*2012,  *2209,  2519, 

2649,  6976,  7193, 

10337,  10344,  11573 

18:  1933,  3450,  5357,  6784, 

10886,  11603 
19:  9876 
21:  12078,  12090 
30:  *3254,   5247,   8390, 

9662 
31 :  *1006,  5419 
33:  9866  11620 
36:  *1217,*2915.  5854,7692 
IV.  4-42:  *3y54 

6:  *3269,  3354,  *3551, 

3608,  7008 
6-30:  *3548,*4024,*4025, 
*4096 
10:  1072,  4104,  11962 
12:  2561,  11448 
13:  12249 
14:  2989,  4603,  5548,  6677, 

9084 
20,  21 :  *3048 
23:  *3051,  6209,  12309 
24:  9045 
27:  9153 
29,  30:  7392 
35:  10591 
87:  *1971 
38:  3250 
39:  9154 
39-42:  8513 
42:  3361 
46-54:  *3833 
48:  9775 
50:  9841 
V.  1-16:  *3519 
2:  994,  *3176 

2,  3,  4:  5169,  5231 
2-9:  *3175 

3,  7:  10507 
4:  2966,  10851 
7:  9826 
8,  9:  *3177 

14:  *1256 

20:  12054 

21:  7212 

22:  3407 

24:  7505,  9158 

28:  *299,  11455,  11820 

28,  29:  *212,  5027 

29:  *300,  5029 

35:  *2151,  2650,  2979,3637, 

4329,  4600,  9662 
37:  9032 
39:  *247.  378,  1957,  5232, 

6825,  7857,  10969 
40:  *1397,  4504,  8084,  8492, 

8860,  9498 
44:  *1844,  11183 
VI.  5-13:  *3706,  *3708 
6:  2672,  4748 
12:  *639.6927, 11153,11988 
27:  1940.  8263 
32,33,  35:  8711,  11118 
33:  12022 
35:  681,  3075,  6930,  10454 


VI.  36:  5874 
37:  3373,5244,5361,6300- 

6303,  7111,  7169, 

7255,  7528,  7755, 

9973 
44:  1483,  7558,  7792 
48:  *1920 
55:  4264 
63:  *1333,  2654,  *2720, 

2998,  *3023,  8716 
70:  3406 

VII.  6:  1340 
12:  6604,  6609 
17:  403,  *459,  1594,  2629, 

7248,  8525 
21:  9822 
23:  1U079 
24:  1965,  *2346 
37:  391,  2375.  5166,  9771 
38:  8520 

46:  3371,  7191,  7493 
48:  5944,  9229 

VIII.  1-11:  *30y6,  *3097 
4:  3266 
7:  7044 

10,  11:  *2026 

11:  2679 

12,  2319,  4104,  10280 

24:  5S58,  5875 

32:  *1969,  2095,  *2296, 

2382,  8549,  5486 
32,  36:  8848,  8850,10207 
33-40:  6283 
34:  *2939,  5248,  5333, 

5376,  6899 
34,  36:  8849 
36:  *1388,  *2104,  2380, 

3551 
44:  *789,  1511,   3485, 

8004,10371,11707, 

12094 
45:  9878 
45,  46:  *2915 
48:  4690 
51:  10959 

IX.  4:  1255,  1728,  *2393, 
*2394,  3511.  10252, 
10279,  10834,  12274 

7:  5439 
10:  6855 
11:  *3194 
17:  11686 
25:  "3192,  4900 
30:  4954 
31:  11085 
32:  6860 
39:  6858,  6860 
41:  268,  3500 

X.  1:  2918,  9426,  9470,  10109 

3,  4:  785 

4,  5:  *2743.  11677 
5:  11675 

7:  *1920,  4104,  7964 
9:  656,  679 

10:  7909 
11:  4330 
11-13:  11676 
12,  13:  9771 
13:  511,  3955 

14:  681,  689,  2742,  *3989, 
*3991,  8645 


X.  16:  *440,  803,  1440,  *2743, 

5862.  5866,7277,8942, 
11623,  12114,  12115 

17,  18:  7201 

18:  1377 

20:  2236 

27:  294 

28:  1875 

34:  *2220 

35:  10U79 

37,  38:  7167 

XI.  1-4:^1:  *3683,  *3686 
4:  2470 

9,  10:  10828 
11:  1350,  11454 
22:  2653 
23,  24:  *2670 
25:  5043 
28:  *500,  3688 
32:  9662 
32-44:  *3685 
35:  *1620,  *2350 
36:  5616 
3H_44:  *3687 
43-45:  *3681 
49,  50:  8510 

50:  2700,2961,  2963,3556, 
4349,  8212,  9531, 
11557 
XII.  2:  7466 
4:  *2936 
7:  8967 
12-19:  *3583 
20,  21 :  8942 
23-28:  *2701 
24:  11454 
25:  1945,  *2171 
26:  *1850,  2873,  5243, 

9448 
28:  4578 
32:  659,  660,  *1483  2871, 

11117 
35:  *1190,  2995,  10167, 

10770 
35,  36;  10828 
36:  2118 
37:  12104 
43:  4514 
46:  3638,  9840 
48:  3423 

XIII.  1:  7814 

2:  1510,  11583 

5:  8461 

5,  6:  *3425 

7:  *1764,  *1781,  *1783 
10:  8725 
10,  11:  1089 
13:  *393 
14:  5891 

14-16:  1404,  9676 
15:  1997 
.  17:  *2925,  3486,  3609, 
9332 
27:  101,  103,  6729 
32;  2986 
34:  3684,  8211 
36:  *970,  *2399 
37:  *945 

XIV.  1 :  *406,  *580 

2:  *1717,  *1718,  *1726, 
-1743, 1  r48, -••  1763. 


664 


JOHN. 


INDEX  OF  SCRIPTURE  TEXTS. 


I.   JOHN. 


XIV.  6:  *2023,  2878,  2896,  1 

XVII.ll,  21:  837-839 

I.  1:  6864,  6867-6870,  6873, 

2902,  2910,  3014, 

12:  1094 

7121,  7231 

*3732,  7045,  8227, 

14:  12285 

9:  929,  2339,  4299 

9421,  9473 

15:  2959,  5281,  5489, 

II.  1:  3339,  5480,  7153,  9963 

2,  3:  *1746 

11926 

2:  225-232 

3:  1370,  *2265,  9260 

16:  752,  *2502,  5164 

2-6:  1384 

6:  *393,  *1920,  2931, 

17:  3880,  4508,  5829, 

3:  3494,  7520 

5839,  6302,  6303, 

6802 

6:  998-1005,  8473 

7167,  7204,  7533, 

19:  6444,  6445 

7:  49,  6361-6365 

8514,  9339 

20:  3282,  5690 

9:  7299 

8:  7479,  7484 

21:  *901,  3357,  12119 

12:  *671,  1513,  1775,  6241, 

11:  *404 

24:  1709,  7140 

7071,  8807 

13:  7137,  8567 

XVIII.  1:  *3451 

13:  4129,  5197,  12209 

15:  2321,  3709.4166,5666 

1,  2:  *1461 

14:  2140,  *3060,  6239,12323, 

16:  *1800,  1811 

10:  9959 

12324 

17:  5483,  9554,  12080 

14:  3556,  4348 

15:  *3038,  3800,  6138,  6159, 

19:  *1855 

25,  26:  9830 

7338,  8247,  11253 

21:  884,  *2177,  3710 

80:  9739 

15-17:  1414 

23:  *2499,  3683,  4726, 

33:  *3214,  *3622 

16:  *1251,  *2211,  *3041, 

9030 

36:  7252,  8110 

4673,  8772 

26:  *1809,  5480,  9562 

37:  4697 

17:  *862,  *974,  1801,  6170, 

27:  *2481,  4367,  5527, 

38:  5825,10010, 11389, 

11007 

5804,  7844,  10929 

12095 

18:  1749,  4243 

29:  4756 

40:  *3152,  8228 

20:  2983,  3600,  4807,  5860 

31:  *1010 

XIX.  1:  7183,  8510 

25:  *714,  *1437 

XV.  1:  *1920,  5448 

2:  1745,  3376,  10467 

27:  1820 

1:  288,  1549,2043,  2690, 

2-5:  *3287 

III.  1 :  *1486,  10343 

3147,  5756,  6395 

15:  4648 

2:  2870,  4588,  7812,  8910, 

4:  *380,  5863,  7110 

17:  *4083 

10385 

5:  656.  *786,  5930,  7124, 

18-24:  *3291 

3:  3059.  11303 

9826 

23:  5878 

4:  10177 

6:  6669,  7168 

23,  24:  12114 

6:  4952 

7:  *2547,  4592,  11062 

26:  6087 

8:  3485,  7164,  8010 

8:  4022,  10636 

27:  4046 

10:  1938 

9:  10330,  10348 

30:  *3131,  4885 

12:  1297 

11-32:  9172 

36:  7894 

13:  6153 

13:  732,  2409,  3724,  5274, 

37:  3381,  10018 

14:  7527 

8879 

41:  *3451 

15:  3758,  4047,5330,9959, 

14:  10698 

XX.  1,  11-16:  *3748,  *3749 

10571 

15:  *387,   2394,   2398, 

6.  7:  7741 

16:  3362,  3706,  3724,  8316 

10536 

8:  9662 

17:  4107,9521,11023,11886, 

16:  8565 

13:  10009 

11889 

18:  6153,  9117,  11351 

16:  *3746,  *3747,  *3752 

20:  4086,  7414,  11393 

19:  4896 

18:  9554 

22:  4532,  10976 

20:  4405 

19:  3658 

23:  *1212,  10772 

22:  2021 

22:  *1813 

24:  9030 

24:  2712,  3976,  7166 

23:  9849 

IV.  1:  4929 

26:  866,  *2900 

24-29:  *4059,  *4060 

7:  3700,  8224,  10340 

27:  8522 

26:  *2821 

8:  *1395,  9039,  10323 

XVI.  3-8:  *3232 

27:  661,  5856,  9840 

9:  4347 

7:  3721,  7126 

27-58:  *4061 

9,  10:  3727 

8:  *534,  1095,  2993, 

28:  10009,  11032 

10:  1384,  10339 

3008,  7556,  9553 

29:  294.  7112,  8569,8576, 

11:  738 

13:  3000,  5833,  5844, 

8580 

12:  12056 

12080 

30,  31:  *3235 

13:  5485 

15:  *2949 

XXI.  2-11:  *3435,  *3437 

16:  *1502,  *2179,  6067 

16:  *498 

3:  5024 

17:  *2188,  11317 

17:  *3870 

15:  1773.  1780,  *2836, 

18:  *412,*1311, 2255, 4389, 

18:  *1068,  *4100,  7202 

*2839,*2840,3520, 

8701,  8707 

20:  *451,  *2435,  3567, 

5603,  6231,  7078, 

19:  3712.  7522,  7895,9152, 

5415 

7086, 11752,  12209 

10332 

23:  4531,  4585,  7137 

15-17:  7163 

20:  *1673,  3077,  3683 

23-26:  11075 

21:  *2836 

V.  3:  3533,  4030,  5023 

24:  11090 

22:  5008 

4:  512,  *1211,  2112,  2141, 

29:  *2644 

25:  5580 

4129,  5926 

32:  5669 

5:  10364 

33:  *354,  *825,*826,  944, 

I.  JOHN. 

7:  *1578.*2901,  5788,12052 

5774.  5802,  7298, 

I.  1:  *457,  886,  7349 

10:  207,  3443,  6610,  12057, 

12164 

5:  9035,  10285,  12056 

12103 

XVII.  1:  5865 

7:  1503,  1752,  *1802,  2387, 

12:  10277 

11:  3276,  7270 

*2618.  2925,  4134, 

14:  *2554,  9076 

I.   JOHN. 


INDEX  OF  SCRIPTURE  TEXTS. 


I.  KINGS. 


665 


V.  15:  3340 

18:  4953 

19:  11699 

20:  *903,  1593,  3494 

81:  *1906,  7638 


I.  1:  *2091 
8:  3673 


in.  JOHN. 

I.  2:  6098 
5,  6:  9632 
11:  3184 
14:  *1409 

JONAH. 

I.  5-14:  *3634 
11,  13:  11790 

III.  2:  5283 
3:  6800 
5-8:  11412 
9,  10:  1487 

IV.  3:  5616 

4:  *3635,  5630,  9798 
6-10:  *3636,  12137 
10:  2735 

JOSHUA. 

I.  1:  12100 

5:  *1566, 5963, 10011,10013 
8:  3850 
14:  13188 

II.  18:  10090 
18,  31:  *758 

III.  3:  *3643 
7:  5963 

14-17:  *3637 

IV.  6:  10635 

V.  1:  8707 
13-15:  7174 

15:  *1634,  *3652,  6207 

VI.  1-27:  *3578 
6-21:  3576 
8:  4061 

23-25:  9632 

VII.  13,  14:  1794 
14:  *975 

21:  3424.  13295 
21,  25:  6145.  11933 
21-26:  *1526 
24:  11711 
26:  9613 

IX.  21 :  4425,  9677 

X.  1-14:  *3465 
4:  9344 

6:  *3466 

6-14:  *3113 
11:  7283 
13-14:  *3653 
24:  12158 

XIII.  1:  4737 

XIV.  9:  4158 
XX.  3:  11359 

XXIII.  10:  1901,  8304 
11:  5978 

14:  1765,  4655,  4750, 
7783 

XXIV.  14:  7907 


XXIV.  15:  *379,  *583,  *584. 
1257,  *1875, 
3205,2282,2855, 
3571,3572,4701, 
5360,7910,8648, 
11080 

27:  6064 

31:  10026 

JUDB. 

I.  2:  *2480 

3:  *1005,  1790,  2884,  *3067, 
*3656,   4607,   6193, 
13346 
6:  2943,  11294 
7:  *2611,  4816,  11297 
9:  5192,  8453 
10:  5749,  9867 
13:  5365,  7381,  8146,  8552, 

9692,  9830,  9834 
13:  6011 
14,  15:  3422 
15  ■  9901 
16:  *895,  *1326,  2224,  4058, 

7373,  8064,  10905 
18:  4595,  11606 
20:  3564,  5426,  6136 
21:  3705,  8717 
22:  *2839,  11133 
33,  23:  6306 
23:  1928,  6263 


II.  14,  20:  12311 
19:  12232 

III.  8:  12311 
15-22:  3281 

31:  3281,  11045,  11978 

IV.  17-22:  *3554,  *4001 
21:  7995 

V.  1-31 :  *3319 
18:  2198 

20:  *2437,  5117,  7383 
33:  618,  1866,  4120,  10753 
28-30:  *4000 

VI.  11:  4479 
14:  8041 
21:  6399 
34:  9554 
37:  *3167 
37-40:  11387 
39:  2059,  *3467 

VII.  3:  1675,  8707 
7:  7292 

15:  1636 
18:  3281 
22:  7282 

VIII.  24-27:  9959 
28:  4368 

IX.  7,  8:  10869 
14,  15:  11166 
27:  *1669 
83:  *3406 

X.  7:  13311 

15:  *3657,  4998,  5800 
16:  1681 

XI.  1 :  *3927 
30-40:  *3569 
31-39:  *3573 
35:  3777 
37-40:  *8572 


XIII.  4,  13:  5546 
19,  30:  6399 

XIV.  5-14:  *3964 
6:  2723 

14:  *499 

18:  *3167,  8711 

XV.  4:  4797 
13:  3755 
15:  11045 

XVI.  2,  3:  *3258 
3:  7115 

5,  21 :  5313 
31:  *266 
24:  11541 

25-30:  *3959-*3961 
28:  5072 
30:  *3958 
XIX.  15:  3042 

29:  2960 
XXI.  18:  3106 

21:  *3020 

I.  KINGS. 

I.  7:  10199 
42:  13135 

50:  6444,  6445 

II.  3:  *2277,  *3052,  3894 
5,  6:  11295 

11:  7404 
28:  6445 

III.  3:  4530 

5:  *2550,  8148 

9:  10135 
12:  *2299 
13:  3040 
16-28:  3414"  . 
27:  3009 

IV.  29:  *2301 
32:  *2783 
33:  5313 
34:  661 

V.  13-17:  *439 
18:  *433 

VI.  7:  *4050,  4904,  11158 

VIII.  4:  7131 
11:  1730 
18:  9959 

S3.  23:  *4009 

27:  *1509,  2049,  2536 

30:  9431 

38:  *1698 

39:  9931 

56:  11339 

IX.  3:  3739 
4:  3004 

18:  *4033 

X.  1:  *1358,  3414 
1-9:  *3988 

7:  *1255 

XI.  28:  1868,  3248,  12277 
40:  9959 

XII.  8-14:  1114 
13:  7591 
31:  10554 

XIII.  4:  9344.  12139 
7:  3011 

14-26:  *3909 

XVI.  9,  10:  9636 
18:  7409,  7413 

XVII.  1-6:  *1271 
4:  *310 


666 


I.   KINGS. 


INDEX  OF  SCRIPTURE  TEXTS. 


LEV. 


XVII.  8-24:  9632 

6:  2068,  2332.  *3373, 
5894,  8777,  9375, 
9876 
9-16:  *1848 
9-24:  *4113 
12:  9632 

14:  2211,  8778,  8932 
18:  3884,  11716 
23:  626 

XVIII.  17:  6333 

17^0:  *3132,  *3381 
20-40:  3367,  3382 
21:  *770,  3732,  4235, 
4239,5003,7145, 
7265,7913,8141, 
9842 
22,  40:  11045 
24:  2556 
26:  4550 
27:  3877 
38:  6299,  11383 
42:  *3376 
42-45:  *8879 
43:  *3226 
44:  *2159,  11697 

XIX.  1-8:  *8371 
1-9:  *8374 
4:  *884 

5:  2626 

6:  *310 

9-13:  *3377,  *3378 
11,  12:  10711 
11-13:  *1053 
12:  *2748 
20:  *1827 

XX.  3:  *987 
6:  *990 

11 :  6878,  6879 
20: '5541 
28:  9734 
31,  32:  2345 

XXI.  2:  7598 

20:  7412,  7423 
25:  9848 

XXII.  19:  *1730 
28:  4176 
31:  10663 

34:  6567,  7675 
34,  35:  *3113 
52:  4034,  10649 

II.  KINGS. 

I.  4:  9344 

II.  1:  4654 
7-11:  *1052 
8:  *3640 

9:  *2902 
11.'  *530.  1734,  2488, 10435, 

11768 
11,  12:  *3368,  *3369,  *3384 
11-14:  *3383 
13:  *654,  *655,  3967 
14-17:  *3380 
15:  3372 
16:  *3568,  9708 
17:  1795 

III.  13:  2831 

15:  *23.58,  4064 

IV.  1-7:  9203 

6:  *3834,  *3835 


IV.  7:  1379 
8-10:  *3390 
8-37:  9682 

18-34:  *3992,  *3993 

24:  7941 

26:  *989,  1007,1008 

30:  9785 

32-36:  *3393 

40:  *]347 

V.  1 :  5770,  10199 
1-5:  *8812 

7:  3590,  4887 
10:  5169 
11,12:  *2370 
13:  *954,  5486,  10383 
20-27:  6641 

VI.  5-7:  9584 
6:  9340 
8-23:  *3392 
9:  2170 

13-18:  *3389,  *3391 
16,  17:  *2259 
17:  6387 
33:  8053 

VII.  2:  i523 

4:  1080,  11733 
6:  *4028 

VIII.  12:  9283 
13:  *2853 

IX.  22:  7412 

X.  15:  2051,  2853,6098,9313, 

12113 
16:  6265 
16,  17:  12338 

XII.  2:  1833 

XIII.  7:  11987 

XIV.  9:  7379 

XVI.  13-18:  *3116 

XVII.  13:  3905 
17:  3746 
29:  10554 
41:  4966 

XVIII.  13:  1930 
21:  11625 

XIX.  23:  11167 

35:  *2934,  *3983 

XX.  1:  1329,7748,7832,10922 
5:  11102 

9-11:  *2875 

11:  3839,  4983 

13:  374,  4670 

XXIII.  3:  1400 

5:  *1904 

35:  *1173 

LAMENTATIONS. 

I.  1:  11583 
7:  11547 
9:  1956 

18:  *1633 
18:  *3788 
20:  *1832.  7608,  11391 

II.  18:  *2482,  *2846 
19:  1795 

III.  6:  *1441 

6,  7,  *2369 
10:  11936 
30:  *661,  3085 
32:  7316 

23:  *635,   2153,   *2331, 
3913,  10498 


III.  24:  2537 

25:  *1518,  5405 

26:  9613 

27:  *955,'' 3065, 5544, 7073. 

12381 
33:  1552,4282,  7057,12048 
39:  *470,  912,  1493,  5631, 

7284 
40:  11640 
41:  4549 

IV.  1:  *1944,  3779,  8835 
18:  *1747 

20:  9901 

V.  4:  *29,  71,  12205 
9:  4898,  6130 

16:  5442 
18:  4754 
19:  9011 

LEVITICUS. 

I.  6957 
1:  12100 

4:  6613,  7394 

II.  1-3:  10454 
11:  10800 

IV.  2:  12040 

VI.  2-5:  7430 
2-7:  12040 
3-5:  11451 

13:  8017 
13:  13342 
15:  10948 
18:  *3431 
37:  8787 

VII.  11-15:  11945 

VIII.  *1,  *2,  6276 

IX.  11:  11785 

24:  6299,8017.10286,11383 

X.  1,  2:  *3814,  9805 
9:  6089 

12:  11560 

XI.  7:  1014 
32 ■  1639 

XIIL  45,  46:  *2102.  7931 

47:  *927,  1639 
XIV.  14,  17:  9369 
15:  7894 
53:  7179 
XVI.   *3979,  7115 
2:  9552 
30-82:  7894 
30-34:  11600 
31:  6620,  7394 
33:  10714 
36:  7981 

XVIII.  4:  10449 
5:  *2631 

20:  7097 

XIX.  2:  2509,  4825 
11:  1607,  8844 

12:  3752,  9982,  10953 

15:  3301 

16:  5572 

17:  3801,  4993,  11420 

18:  3297,  5059,  11486- 

11491 
26:  11868,  11869 
28:  *653 
30:  5065,  5139 
32:  104,  *2415.   4204, 

4209,  6416,  6422 


LEV. 


INDEX  OF  SCRIPTURE  TEXTS. 


LTIKE. 


667 


XX.  2:  3825 
7:  2977 
24:  *1480,  4917 

XXII.  16:  9805 

XXIII.  3:  5140 
9:  7179 

10:  9348 
10,  11:  11470 
10-14:  7923 
17:  7923 
27:  6618 

XXIV.  14:  420,  6840-6843 
17:  4306 

20:  11478 

XXV.  5:  12318 
8-54:  12318 
9,  10:  8849 

10:  1316,  5949,  8847, 

11745 
35:  4482 

XXVI.  1:  9733 
17:  *563 
25:  11307 
26:  1583 
29:  2210 
30:  9736 

36:  8693,  8707,  11394 
41:  3085 

XXVII.  2:  5950 

17,  18:  12318 
28:  *493,  10589 
32:  7443 

XXVIII.  30:  10592 

LUKE. 

1. 1 :  *2548 
15,  16:  9554 
17:  7077 
26-38:  6495 
27:  10813 
-28:  *3753 
37:  8033 
43:  9554 

52:  *1885,  2598,  4668 
53:  6156 
54,  55:  4750 
63:  *4112 
74:  *2396 
76:  *3633 
78:  7542,  11855 
II.  1-7:  *3238,  *3275 
1:  11903 
4-7:  *422 

7:  *417,  *1962,  *3251 
8:  *2392 
8-14:  *3101 
11:  *257 
13:  2623 

13,  14:  *423,  3226,  *3239 
14:  *259,  1764,  4133 
15:  *418,  *3182 
15,  16:  *3745 
19:  *3248 
21:  *3281 
22-32:  *3998 
25:  4888 
29:  1289,  1753 
30:  5235,  7773 
32:  *3266,  8943,  10280 
34:  2636 
38:  2637 


II.  47:  *3273 
51:  4039 

52:  *370,  *995 

III.  3:  *2041 

4:  *396,  5637 

7:  12310 

8:  2533,  7518 

9:  10587 
11:  4084 
17:  3425,  9493 
21-23:  *3237 

IV.  1-13:  *3365 

4:  11630,  11871 

7:  9096 

9:  11853 
16:  *2821 

23:  1616,  2193,  3543,  5883 
24:  4623 

V.  2:  10008 
4-11:  *3436 
5:  6139 

5,  6:  *3438 
12,  13:  *3693 
12-15:  *3694 
17-26:  *3852 
21:  2344 
24:  9715 

27-29:  *3758,  9662 
32:  *1112,  11734 
33-35:  2232 
37:  6914 

VI.  3:  9104 
4:  8685 
8:  3465 

10:  2145,  9307 

12:  4572,  11807 

14:  7804 

16:  *2894,  5746 

18:  *337 

21 :  *2348,  *2844,  3567 

23:  10028 

24:  8081,  11251,  12214 

25:  2429 

26:  7218 

27:  2341,  8349 

28:  *1985,  8788 

29:  3866,  10751 

31:  2591,  6320 

33:  8126 

34:  2421,  3454 

35:  1890,  3456,  3921,  8130 

36:  *2278,  *2379,  9650 

37'  2338 

38:  296,  299,  591,  *908, 
2460,5045,5053,5105, 
7051,7696,8528,8933, 
8969,  9809,  10204 

39:  2827,  6854 

41:  8682 

41,  42:  2242 

45:  2053,  *2761,  5474,7501, 
9400 

46:  *393,  3227,  10448 

48:  7556.  9365 

VII.  2-10:  10090 
5:  4196 

11-16:  *4102 

11-17:  *2310,*3815,*3817, 

*3818 
11-18:  7743 
12-15:  8532 


VII.  13:  *1624 
15:  4040 
22:  10847 
32:  *2135 
34:  *759 
37:  3376 

37,38:  *3750,  *3751 

37-47:  *3755,  «3757,  9345 

37-48:  *2263 

38:  *520 

41-43:  *3321 

43:  3234,  6307 

44:  *1199 

47:  2676,3908,4296,10334 

48:  *3754,  11720 

VIII.  2:  *2263,  6667,  9513 
5,  11:  5241 

6:  10001 

8:  11135 
10:  4068,  9747 
12-15:  2809 
13:  10070, 
14:  550,  1932 
15:  2819,  9588 
17:  7996,  9539 
18:  2814,  6624,9360,9378 
22-25:  *4040-*4043,*3610 
26-39:  *3445 
41-56:  *3559,  *3945 
43-48:  *4065 
43-50:  8533 
45:  *3491 
47:  *3333 
49-56:  *3563 
50:  5185 
52:  *962 

IX.  1:  *3895 
6:  9355 

11 :  *2032 

16:  3761,  3764 

23:  *591 

25:  *1922,  *1939.  2426, 
*2793,  *2797,  3675, 
4686,  5425,  5435. 
7526,  9786 

26:  1392,  *2025,  11473 

30:  *1714 

38,  40:  7515 

48:  *1613,  *1616 

49,  50:  9977 

51:  *1276 

54:  9959 

55:  *2680,  5255 

56:  4434,  11593 

57:  *600,  8769 

58:  *2501,  3247,  10113 

59:  2319,  8768 

60:  3788,  10188 

61,  63:  4712.  10437 

62: 162-165,682,5048,10306 

X.  5:  *1263 
6:  2191 
7:  4620 

13:  4695 
14:  4815 
15:  9574 
16:  *2306,  5438 
17-20:  8958 
19:  *488,  9300 
20:  1855,  *2402,  3851,  5669, 
7858,  9483 


668 


IXTKE. 


INDEX  OP  SCRIPTURE  TEXTS. 


LXJEE. 


X.  21 :  4527 

XII.  27:  *4006,  8761,  9019, 

XV.  3-7:  *3717 

24:  9134 

10293,  10690 

4:  10321 

25:  *943 

29:  8143 

4,  5:  9200 

25-28:  11570 

31:  2582,  *2640, 2853, 3603, 

5:  11675 

26:  4145 

9194,  11847 

7:  *2651, 3396,4969,5177, 

27,  36:  *2493 

32:  *436 

7548,  10008 

28:  *2686 

33:5755,8552,11785,12031 

8:  2856, 3379, *3997, 11345 

29:  2032,  4436,10721,10723 

34:  *1695,  n817,  2959, 

8-10:  *3716 

29-37:  *3824,*2387 

12033 

9:  10320 

30-37:  *3476,*3955-3957 

37:  3618 

10:  7524 

36,  37:  910.  10721 

39:  12201 

11-24:  *3897-3006 

37:  3461,  10096 

40:  1758,  4857,7807,7854 

11-27:  11207 

88-42:  9632,  *3172,  *3738, 

42:  5497,6232,10780,11753 

11-32:  11206 

*3739,  *3743 

43:  1687,  *2663 

12,  13:  7982,  10274 

39":  1771,  *3744,  9663 

45:  8709 

12,  18:  3599 

40:  6995,  6998 

46:  1699 

13:  2416,4716,6194,11008, 

41:  *896 

47:  *947,*1772,3505,7611, 

11209 

42:  9251 

10044,  10753 

13-24:  *3907 

XI.  2:  2238,  8672,  10108 

47,  48:  *2659 

14,  15:  11203 

2-4:  *2166 

48:  8939 

16:  8070,  12137 

2-5:  3660 

52:  2197 

17:  *1826,  7556 

4:  2342,  2355 

59:  1385 

17,  18:  11205 

5-8:  *3442 

XIII.  3:  1977,  4978,  12194 

18:  336,  2237,  8702 

7:  1369,  8139 

4:  8790 

19:  3862,  7351 

8:  3212 

5:  4982,  11731 

20:  *2209,   3697,  3699, 

9:  2136,  4740,  8564,  9001, 

6:  2418 

11887 

9631 

6-9:  *3426,  6686,  9270, 

20-22:  11204 

10:  *527 

10016 

22-24:  10028 

11:  1999,  2062,  2132,  8774 

7:  *3430,  7300,  7557, 

24:  *2172 

12:  9016 

7082,  10805,  12318 

XVI.  2:  11442 

24:  *2660,  12299 

7-9:  5704 

3:  3506,  8925 

28:  2810,  10558 

8:  3652 

5:  *741,  *3320,  7041 

31:  11766 

10:  11909 

9:  598,  *2219,  10377, 

39:  4431,  9385 

13,  14:  *728 

10573 

41:  *97,  4215,  7923 

18:  9770 

10:  1573,  2298,  3433, 

42:  1691,  4432,  11362 

18,  19:  *3810 

5834,  5837,  8205, 

44:  *1898,  5289,7399,9692, 

19:  5851 

8735,  9413 

9702 

23:  283,  9655 

10-12:  *1169 

46:  *2096,  10176 

24:  943,  2869,4941,8925, 

11:  *3683 

47:  3164 

9490,  10109, 11229, 

13:  1619,  *2217,  4937, 

52:  10124 

11568 

7452,  9061,  11376, 

XII.  1:  9692,  9887 

25:  527,  529,  4710,  4812, 

12029 

1,  2:  3113,  9704 

12017 

15:  *261,  *1897,  2024, 

2:  *22,  581,*1895,*2059, 

26:  11991 

4645,  6199,  8415, 

12051 

26,  27,  4733 

11219 

3:  *2729,  11892 

XIV.  5:  11550 

17:  10174,  10181 

5:  2272,2945,4654,6224, 

5,  6:  5198 

18,  19:  *834 

8829,  11700 

8:  2020 

19-31 :  *3336,  *3933 

6:  *3190 

9:  4639 

20-25:  *3682 

7:  11810 

10:  6588,  9607,  9818 

21:  2287 

9:  8260 

11:  3087,  4663,  11169 

22:  *650,  *727,   *960, 

13,  14:  2197 

12:  4866 

1757,*2475,*2941, 

15:  1142-1154,     2314, 

13:  2274,  6682 

4352 

4201,  5102,  6000 

16,  17:  9657 

23:  6520 

16:  8770 

16-24:  *4021,  8711 

24:  11214 

16-21:  1150 

18:  2182.3223,5366,8491- 

25:  *485,  *1774,  3604, 

16-31:  *3441 

8499,  9454 

3888,  6196,  8081, 

18:  1475 

18-20:  1417 

9510,  10061 

19:  3800,  5251.  8302,11221 

19:  2024 

26:  2943 

20:  *978,   *1018,  1347, 

22:  *3421,  *3423 

27:  2239,  4116,  9789 

1954,  *2132,  4208, 

23:  6681,  11733 

28:  4307,  4616 

4661.  5255.  7793. 

26:  4350 

29:  5690,  6803 

11991,  11995,  12298 

27:  4944 

30:  8019 

31:  5994 

28:*291,4455,4638,12241 

31:  10566 

22:  8767 

30:  *294,  10998 

XVII.  2:  8679 

23:  *924,  *2135 

31:  7470 

3:  11419 

24:  2322 

33:  10837 

4:  11907 

25:  *2863,  4895 

34:  12244 

5:  2132,  8567,  8579 

27:  *567,  *1337,  *1340, 

34,  35:  9830 

10:  1675,  1701,  3923, 

*1343,  *3701,  *3704, 

XV.  2:  4431,  7813 

8315,  9109 

LUKE. 


INDEX  OF  SCRIPTURE  TEXTS. 


UARK. 


669 


XVII.  12-19:  *3696,  *3697 

XXTI 

.  19:  3666,  *4023,  5147, 

II.  7:  11109 

17:  7391 

8780,    10309- 

10:  2487,  3453,  3789 

20:  2628,  2677,  3927, 

10311 

12:  *1045 

9567 

20:  *2167,  5149 

13:  3614 

21:  2826,  9487,  10108 

22-  12024 

III.  1,  2:  *206 

31:  *3877 

27,  SO:  *2023 

2:  4889 

32:  5271,  10909 

31:  7546,  9190,  11926 

3:  *66,*68,*82,*84,*3730, 

33:  2169,  10314 

36:  2718 

4826,  6397 

XVIII.  1:  10157 

39:  *3837 

5:  1205,  6065,8368,11474 

1-8:  *3518,  *3664 

39^4:  *1458-1463 

6:  *2365,  9028 

4:  *2048 

39-46:  *3463 

7:  4876,  10452 

7:  3213,  11089 

42:  1477,  5503,  6086, 

8:  4196,  8076,  9061, 12175 

9:  3922 

9040,  11098 

9:  10375 

9-14:  *3884 

42,  43:  7961 

10:  5079,  6609,  11494 

10:  *2556 

44:  *2155,  *3107,  8691 

13:  3258 

10-14:  *1352,  4430 

45:  *3334 

15:  *466,*1665,  2797,  4782, 

11:  8925 

47,  48:  9692 

6189,  9318,  11255 

13:  390,  518,  *2706, 

55-62:  *3874 

16:  *2276,*2645, 3882, 3885, 

5408,7247,7556, 

61:  *3869 

5695,  9533,  10262 

8853,  9664 

61-63:  8539 

17:  *371,*573,  3377,3378, 

15,  16:  9860 

XXIII.  4:  10010          1 

5162,7261,8030,8031, 

17:  708,  9157 

12:  5857 

8048 

19:  4026 

13-46:  611 

IV.  2:  681,*1920,  1972,*2065, 

20:  *455 

17:  10713 

2735,3360,5120,5206, 

25:  7267 

18:  7916 

5214.  7297,  10280, 

30:  1733 

21:  *3293,  10016 

11527,  11855 

35^0:  *3153 

27,  28:  *3270 

3:  5365,  12158 

37:  *3614 

31:  7682,  11926 

5:  *3730 

40:  *3155 

33:  *306-*308,  *2640, 

MARK. 

41:  *2972 

*3211,  6983 

42:  2079,  12074 

33-38;  *3289 

I.  6:  *3632 

XIX.  1-10:  9632 

34:  672,  1186,  *1360, 

7:  9662,  9771 

1-16:  *4110,  *4111 

4185,  8809 

13:  5657,  11926 

8:  5019 

85:  *3841 

15:  11407,  11411 

10:  1826,  *2209,  3379, 

42:  2354,  11401 

17:  10544,  11136,  11137 

3673,  3785,  3917, 

43:  *652,  *982,  *2007, 

20:  3382 

9145,  10322,10594 

2442,  *4056, 6585, 

23-27:  *3327 

12-27:  10780 

9970,  10873 

24:  9513,  11801 

13:  2072,  6960,   8385, 

44,  45:  *613 

35:  860,  5409 

10217 

46:  1764,  *2154 

40:  7911 

17:  2152,  *2157,  *3031, 

55,  56:  *3811 

40-45:  *2103 

3648,  9494,  10147 

XXIV.  1:  *3811,  *4011,  7179 

II.  1-12:  *3853 

20:  3128,  9276 

1,  6:  *2698,  11858 

3:  11803 

21:  9942 

11:  4605 

7:  2344 

25:  11800 

13-32:  *458 

17:  *759,  10443,  11734 

29-44:  *3587 

13-35:  3395 

22:  10972 

40:  2840,  4619,  6465 

25:  8339 

27:  *2822,  5129 

41:  *3590,  *3618,  5616, 

29:  *381,  *3394 

28:  *2821 

7366,  8057 

32:  200,  1062,  *3396, 

III.  1 :  *3488 

41,  42:  *3318,  11991 

6797,  8515 

1-5:  9:^07 

42:  *583,3570,6166,9568 

38:  11974 

4:  5134 

44:  *583,  9991,,  10828, 

39:  9045 

17:  8327,  *1057,  10841 

10832 

44:  4754,  11242 

29:  1937.  9568 

XX.  9-18:  *3515 

46:  *3213,  11556 

IV.  5:  9159,  9296 

19:  4290 

47:  3992 

9:  11313 

25:  *2810,  7010,  7909> 

49:  11047 

12:  9748 

36:  *1719,  *1932,  10526", 

50:  *3616 

13:  10871 

46:  *1897,  2728 

50,  51 :  *3234 

19:  2719,  6182,  12294 

47:  *1898,  3233 

51:  657 

24:  2803,  3465,  7696,  9810, 

XXI.  2r  3966,  7043,  8186; 
8:  6146 

MALACHI. 

12290 
27:  1900 

18:  4777,  11270 

I.  1: 

10375 

28:  1825,*2594,  4717,  5389 

19:  *2466,  4341,  5296"^. 

4: 

*2441 

10446,  10447,  10703 

9798,  10917 

6: 

2004,  4162,  9008,  11452, 

30:  3178 

24:  2022 

11952 

31:  437,  4659 

25:  9489 

% 

8::  8971 

32:  2732 

26:  *1310 

8: 

596,  10318 

34:  *1915,  *1043 

34:  539. *2131,  3741,9536 

8, 

14:  8967 

35-41:  *4039 

36:  *2970,  5983 

10- 

2431 

36-39:  *3450 

XXII.  4:  7123 

II.  2 

:  424,  6851 

V.  1-19:  *3444 

6:  *2431 

6 

:  493,  3321,  11146 

7:  7805 

670 


INDEX  OF   SCRIPTURE  TEXTS. 


V.  9:  9512 

X.16:  366,  *367,  *2156 

XV.  33:  *608 

9,  13:  11928 

17:  338,  *943 

34:  *607 

15:  4901 

19:  *455 

39:  8943 

18-20:  7961 

21 :  *600,  4021,  5434,  6971 

43:  *3240,  4888 

19:  4943,  7509,  7365 

23:  4961,  5087 

XVI.  1 :  *3255,  *3929 

22-43:  *33G1 

24:  10636 

6:  *1587 

28:  7194 

25:  5089,  7267 

7:  *3875 

36:  1978 

• 

28:  11435 

9:  -^1027 

41:  11818 

30:  746 

12:  *458 

VI.  3:  2043,  *2086 

33:  1240 

13-14:  *3395 

6:  5610,  3261 

38:  7684 

15:  *3120,  3988,  5958, 

11:  4695 

46:  6704 

11121 

12:  5362 

46-52:  *267,  *3157 

16:  2115,2122,3970.4740, 

17:  4693 

49:  9195 

5859,  7921,  8192 

17-27:  9344 

51 :  *3154,  6056 

17:  *3769,  7960,  10003, 

17-29:  *3631 

XL  1-11:  *3589 

10680 

18:  2288 

9-11:  *3263 

20:  3975 

22:  6057 

11-13:  *2918 

25:  *3953 

12-14,  20:  10016 

MATTHEW. 

26:  7412 

22:  *12]2,  2109,  8602 

I.  1:  11942 

31:  5717 

23:  1626 

21:  *2031,  *2034,  3368 

35:  5720 

24:  2102,8232,8565,11102 

II.  1:  *3183 

45-50:  *3615,  *3981 

25:  *1673.  4833,  8799 

1-12:  *3G74,  *3728,  *3729, 

50:  *821,  *2033,  *2477 

26:  2340 

8942,  8943 

56:  *203o 

XII.  1-19:  *3515,*4085,10780 

2:  402,  419,  *4013 

VII.  5:  5982 

9:  8942 

5:  *903 

8,  9:  7343 

17:  7010 

6:  *3179 

9:  *622 

30:  6957 

9:  *34U7,  *4014,  *4015, 

13:  6793 

31:  10723 

5010 

14:  4176 

33:  2259 

10:  *4108 

15:  9386 

33:  *846,  990,  *2196 

11:  *421,  *2412,  *3406 

20:  12153 

34:  *3672 

13:  1637,  6324,  11439 

21 :  1649.  2842.  9395 

38:  12219 

13:  *386 

21,  22:  853.'),  8770 

40:  3232,  9698 

13,  14:  *3361 

22:  4671,  7906 

43:  *1046,  *3773,  3998, 

15:  *3355,  10035 

27:  9.569 

6743,  7043,  10610 

16:  1.597,  10890 

■28:  9198 

43:  7046,  9959 

17:  3985 

30:  *4029 

44:  7445 

18:  *3532,  *3918,  *3918 

37:  *1218 

XIII.  3:  -3114 

III.  1 :  *2041 

VIII.  4:  *3709 

11:  11139 

1-6:  *3628 

6:  8780 

13:  *833,  *1078,  *2434, 

2:  4916 

15:  3120,  9704 

11851 

7:  1247,  3117,9506,12310, 

17:  8560 

22:  3116 

12313 

24:  10210 

28:  7601 

8:  *2633,  4972,  11414 

33:  9662 

33:  5975 

9:  4931,  lOUOO,  11836 

34:  588.  7641 

34-36:  10780 

11:  4503,   10361,  11044, 

85:  4315 

35:  *2332,  *2951 

11495 

36:  *1445,  2426, 

2849, 

37:  *3969,  5938,  13165 

13:  *3678,  3057,  3435,7376, 

3674,  5432, 

6145, 

XIV.  3:  6941 

9421,  9493 

8675,  10508 

4:  3326,  5730,  11999, 

13-17:  *3236 

37:  2228,  8417 

12183 

14:  *2033 

38:  921,   *2025, 

5112, 

8:  16.  1673 

16,  17:  5783 

11035 

9:  9370 

IV.  1:  5652,  11928,  11929 

IX.  5:  2924,  7574 

22:  5751 

1-11:  *4053,  *4054 

14-29:  *3722 

22-24:  *2168,  *3713 

2:  *452,  *1387,  8665 

17-29:  7959 

32-42:  *3458 

3:  377,  9739,  13270 

23:  2128,  10813 

36:  2530.  4485 

4:  10107 

24:  -"^2753,  7512 

41:  *2771 

5:  8320 

29:  *3566.  8168 

66-72:  *3S72,  9662 

6:  6189,  7077,  845^8983 

36,  37;  616 

71:  4724 

7:  11399-11415 

41:  1614,  3331,  4049, 

9646 

72:  *3878 

8:  *2893,  *3267 

43:  9309 

XV.  5:  *3263 

8,  9:  11337,  12387 

44:  *1 7 r 7,^1934,2940,9507 

15:  7183 

9:  5198,  11773 

47:  2067 

16-37:  *738 

10:*3918,  4537 

49:  2578,  4-552 

17:  10467 

11:  6488,  8340 

50:  3675,  4941,  9830 

21:  7639 

16:  3706,  7833 

X.  9:  -742 

22:  *3475,  •*3525 

19:  6837,10544 

13-10:  -3228 

24:  7665 

33:  7173,  9355 

14:  ••371.  2872,  7081, 

7087, 

24-28:  *3290 

24:  11679 

9861 

31:  5892 

V.  2-11 :  6690 

15:  9157,  10108,  10983 

32:  *3770 

3:  9336 

INDEX  OF  SCRIPTURE  TEXTS. 


671 


V.  3-10:  *263,  *263 

4:  *736,  *l62o,  4969 
5:  3854,  1U408 
6:  2910,  4381,  7150,  8478 
7:  1847,  346G,  3921,  9650 
8:  *1489,*2614,  3385,4822, 

4823,  8145 
9:  574,  7190,  10925 
10:  6783 

11 :  4396,  4940,  5369,  7208 
12:  *2945,  10434,  11499 
13:  *2171,  2657,  5897,6664, 

9830,  9887 
14:  *413,  *433,  3627.  5894 
15:  *2944,  5936,  10287 
16:  747,  799,  1002,  1749, 
*2324.  *2917,  3391, 
3398, 3636,  3640,  38^4, 
5976,  7036 
18:  *916,  3531,  5391,  8607, 

12078 
19:  *1605,  *1 61 3,  3642,  9396 
20:  4025,  11956 
23:  11310,  11552 
24:  1688,  3668 
25:  4710,  10040 
26:  1385,  8528 
28:  9959,  11480 
29:  2067,  2940 
30:  1732,  5210,  11553,  11696 
32:  1597 
34:  *2825,  4720,  4723,  5557, 

11210-11215 
35:  4156 
36:  8705 
37:  10744,  10745 
39:  *1157,  1974, *2655,  3860, 

4141,  5058,  7250 
40:  6226 
41:  9682,  11697 
42:  343,  3548 
43,  44:  8931.  10641 
44:  *1080,  1887,  2341,  2346, 
4582,  6968,7238,8351, 
8443 
45:  *641,  2479,  2486,  2500, 

8080 
48:  4384 

VI.  1:  *344,  7050 
2:  *1898 

3:  8953 

5:  11674 

6:  *448,*2553,  4502,  4577, 

6294,  7325-7328 
7:  4558,  4575 
8:  *16,  4594 

9:  *850,  2238,  2500,4587, 
6945,8673,  9016,9421 
9-13:  *2165,  3661 
10:  *231,  *501.*2657,5509 

6036,  10425 
11:  276,  *783,  *1346,  2062, 
*2239,  *3201,  6928, 
8774 
12:  2355,  8804,  11339 
13:  *756,  6472,  8440,  11934 
14:  8809 
15:  2351,  7399,8806,  8808, 

8810.  9709 
16,  17,  *1289 
16-18:  2230 


Yi.  18-; 

28:  11421 

VIII 

17:  671,  723 

19: 

72.  *8U0,  5910,  6002, 

20:  730,  *b253,  5923 

9561,  106:^8,  11504, 

21:  1678 

11511,  12215 

23-27:  *4038 

20:  *2683,   *2872,  5754, 

24-27:  ••3454.4883 

7268,  9471,  12034 

25:  -"-4062,  12041 

21: 

102,  240,  2841,  3692, 

26:  7987 

6200,  11902 

27:  7405,  8111 

22:  ' 

2064.  2070,  8534,  9083 

28-34:  -3329 

23:  3635,  4646,  6862,  7957 

29:  *1760,  5648,11719 

24:  *1529,1621,  3762,4121, 

IX.  1-8:  *3852 

4925,  5257,   5937, 

2:  3443,  7062,  1C828 

7269,  8141,  12282 

9:  4155 

25:  • 

*925,  1642,  *2125, 2250, 

10:  9662 

11870 

12:  1740 

26: 

*315,  4776,  6832 

13:  1001,  3917,  7290,  9692 

28:  • 

*1339,  *1341,  *1344, 

18,  19:  *3944,  *3946 

*3702,  *8703,  5391, 

18-26:  *3557.  -394G 

8761,  10293 

20:  *393 

29: 

1804,  *4008 

24:  *227 

30: 

543,  *2887 

27:  4975,  7539 

31: 

3119 

28:  5032 

32: 

2499,  4109 

29:  2078 

33: 

654,  3480.  3780,  6961, 

36-38:  *3919,  10557 

8198,  9194,  11570 

X.  2 

*3627 

34:  , 

546,  *1160.  1256,  1969, 

3 

9662 

1989,  2267,  *2605, 

4 

8406 

4791,  7005,  7402, 

6 

5292 

9293 

7 

2638 

Vll.  1: 

10045,  10582 

8 

316,  6040.  C648,  10071. 

2: 

412,  9810 

10199,  10628 

3: 

1003,  2242,6689,8105, 

15:  3176 

8684,  8687 

16:  *1958,  7080,  8865 

4: 

4644 

17:  7012 

6: 

7712,  7931.  9827 

19:  1690,4610 

7: 

*529,*2539, 3160, 7184 

21 :  6942 

8- 

5246,  7182 

22:  682,  1879,  2154,  *2487, 

11 

*1539,  3699,  7487, 

2631,  7090,  8343 

10347 

23:  244,  1744 

12 

2590.3542.  3920,4280, 

24:  1693,  1994,  5797 

6320,  12275 

25:  5532,  10972 

13 

*831,  *17T0,  8925, 

27:  2260 

12021 

27-34:  *3193 

14 

1734,   2240.   2936, 

28:  *1309.  *1925,   *2794, 

*3453,  5986,  8927, 

3833,4818,5367,5425, 

9422,  9472,  9490 

8697,  10388,  11780 

15 

*2309,  9692,  9705 

29:  2540,  ■•■2005,  8610,11264, 

16 

169,  172-174,  2622, 

11810 

3584,  5471,  9583, 

30:  *2025,  4788,  4791 

10686, 10696,  11301 

31:  *3189,  4092 

17 

2614 

32:  457,  924.  4915,  4933, 

18 

9826 

7239,  7390 

19 

*1429 

33:  924,  4202 

20 

1069,  2276,  2629,  5882 

36:  6241 

22 

735,  4730 

37:  3366,  4347,  7175,  8646, 

23 

*2757 

10837 

24 

1364,  5123,  9365 

38:  1178,  *1689 

24-27:  *1379.  *3941 

39:  1739,   *2170,   *2260, 

25 

2639.  11529 

*2733,  *2734,  3597, 

26 

*2751,  *3204,  6011, 

4112,  4349 

8837 

42:  *346,  1406,  3287,  9646, 

29: 

3371,  3857 

10091 

VIII.  2 

:  *2035,  7911 

XI.  1:  8194 

5 

-13:  *3227 

2-6:  *2311 

8 

:  3862 

5:  •'-391,  3974,6766,9360, 

10 

:  8942 

10381 

11 

:  *1727,  2910,  2917, 

7-9:  *3260 

2921,  3673,  4869, 

8:  1641 

9427 

13:  *842,  4572,  8241 

12 

:  1252,  4818 

15:  9369,  11135 

14-17:  *3881 

1 

6:  2810 

672 


MATT. 


INDEX  OF  SCRIPTURE  TEXTS. 


MATT. 


XI.17:  11138 

20:  4976 

23:  4815 

23:  *3334 

25:  7070 

28:  158,  *397,  1434,*1654, 
*3008,  2787,  3344, 
3353,  3367,  3916, 
5010,  5013,  5096, 
5441,  5551 

29:  1834,3093,5437,11176 

30:  1172,  8195 

XII.  3:  8999 
4:  7395 

10:  3334 

11:  11550 

13:  2554,  *3486,  9836 

19,  20:  3804 

20:  1704,  *4003,   5306, 

13209 
21:  7198 
23-30:  *3338 
24:  6771 
25:  2189,  8141 
28:  10106 
30:  4133,  5199 
31:  *583,  3006,11720 
33:  145T,  6347,  13036 
34:  4369 
35:  1005,  *1688 
36:  *2899,  *3024,  3208, 

5006,  5375,  5583, 

9050,  11813 
37:  *3058 
39:  7403 
40:  7173,  7894 
41:  *3837 

43:  1797,  3348,  11766 
43:  5660,  13399 
44:  *3357 
45:  7561 
50:  *388,  664,  3768,  6946 

XIII.  3:  *3131,  3173,  4389, 

4603 

4:  1463,  5343 

5:  9159,  9408 

6:  9411 

7:  11504 

8:  767,  11375 

9:  9370 
14:  8614 
15:  3893 
23:  5094,  7055 
23:  11626 
24:  *943 

24-30:  *4036,  *4099 
25:  8119,  11900,  11901 
27:  *1428 
29:  6015 
30:*1670,  2593,  7384, 

9897 
31"  3178 
33:  *3031,  4659,  5779, 

8560 
33:  3178,  9887 
34:  3173,  9763,  10870, 

11664 
36-43  :*3490,*4036,*4098 
38:  9693 
39:  *1669,  11901 
41:  *2715,  5207 


XIII.42:  3953,  5463 
43:  3870 
44:  *3504,  4953,  7360, 

10032,10930,13030 
46:  3161,  3484,  10834 
47:  6139,  9148 
49:  7834 
53:  *3517,  6349,  9764, 

9767, 10843, 11319 
55:  *3086 

XIV.  3:  3384 
3-13:  *3630 
6:  6833 

6-11 :  *3501,  7699 
11:  11489 
13,  14:  *3331 
15-31 :  *3440,  *3707,7053 
33-36:  *3477,  *3268 
23:  *1146 
24:  *4044,*4045 
25:  8532,  9807 
27:  *3033 
28:  *3880 
30:  11565, 11100 
31:  *9 14, 1633, 3038, 8143, 

8630 
36:  5168 

XV.  3:  13033 

4:  3683,  4306,  10891 

6:  *633 

8:  4587,  4930 

9:  1598,5750,5751,  7848 
14:  3318.  6854,  9553 
16-31:  *3710 
19:  5559,7575,7838,11976 
22:  10506 

23-39:  944.  *3331,  *3333, 
*3344,    6081, 
7085,  8943 
25:  11916 
26:  8942 
27:  3043 

XVI.  6:  3117,  4431 
8:  8360 

14:  8330 

15-17:  7391 

18:  *438,  719,  3639,  2951, 

3483,  7386 
19:  3970,  8335 
23:  5640 

24:  4243,  4934,  7641 
25:  *2169,  *3455.  4913, 

5357,  11645 
26:  *2789,  *2793,  *3040, 

3800,  5284,  5430, 

5451,  5996,  6183,. 

11774,  11786 
27:  28,  5084 

XVII.  1,  2;  *4068^ 
1-8:  *1494 
2:  7196; 

4':  *444,  *3500> 
14:  42m 
17:  5855 

20:  *1234.   1525,   1896, 
2091,  2522,  8560 
21:  2231 
34-37:  10563 

XVIII.  3,  3:  *3939,  5304 

3:  *377,  3090,  4104, 
7508 


XVIII.  4:  *997 
6:  5114 
7:  11154 

8:  3943,  5524,  7193 
9:  2067 
10:  *365,  *996,  *1874, 

*1960,   *1963, 

7069,  7080,  9309 
11:  10014,  10320 
12:  541,  5292,  9771, 

10351 
12-14:  *3718 
15:  *1300,  1497,  2249, 

4194,  8683 
18:  8326,  9509 
19:  2448,  4567,  4571, 

4591,  7535 
20:  3869,  4596,6209 
21 :  2357,  11354 
22:  *1834,  6674 
23:  7080 
23-27:  7384 
24:  9826 
25-34:  1383 
27:  3234,  7896 
28:  4354 
32:  *740 

XIX.  1:  *3439 
4-6:  *2351 

5:  3110,   3832,  9690, 

12218 
6:  1360 
7:  3010 
13:  5311 

13:  *3230,  4037,  5539  ' 
14:  *368,  633,  633,  *667, 

*998,  3356,  5540 
17:  3480 
18:  *3830 

20:  4374,  10637,  10719 
21:  241,4188,4482,5243, 

5754 
23:  6521,  6643 
24:  *2973,  5089,  7267,. 

11254 
26:  10812 
27:  *2505,  7448 
28:  2908,12158 
XIX.  29:  1747,  2413,  6751, 
6738,  7511,  IWm 
30:  3858,  10399^ 
42:  7627 
XX..  1-16:  *367T 
6:  *942,  *23ai 
7:  10155 
8:  5085 
§:  5083. 
10:  *1050; 
12:  10161 

15:  *325,  1921,  6753 
16:  1859 
19:  1201 
20-23:  *4114 
22:  *48,  *2784,  7684 
27:  3102,  6453 
30:  3127 
XXI.  3:  *1014 

10,  11:  *3586 
12:  4543 
13:  *431,  *3673 
15:  2684,  4037 


MATT. 


INDEX  OF  SCRIPTURE  TEXTS. 


MATT. 


673 


XXI.  16:  7080,  8559 
17-23:  *3428 
20  ■  338^ 

22:  *1222,  2113,  *2552, 

11091 
28:  *941,  *2487,  *2888, 

*3030,  *3678,  6113 
31:  4025,  7390,  9177 
33-35:  10955 
33-41:  *3513 
42:  703 
43:  10832 
44:  2632,  *2675,  5763 

XXII.  1-14:  *3736,  8711 
4:  *2011 

5-7:  1426 

9:  5461 
11:  3871,  9701 
11-13:  *3452, 8921-8923 
12:  2913,  4650,  10043, 

10717 
13:  *1776,  *2757,  2948, 

5345,  5463 
18:  *1894,  3113 
20,  21 :  4013 
21:  7010 
35:  *2686 
36,  38:  7341 
37:  3363,  4383.  4928, 

6957,  9038 
39:  *2490,  3461 
43:  4839 

XXIII.  1:  *1610 

3:  3115,  5681 
5:  9126,  9708,10986 
8:  2798,  5877,  10780 
9:  *1492 
13:  *2581,5902,  8319, 

9664,  9671 
13:  10111 
13-39:  7692 
14:  3114 
15:  *353,  7552 
16:  4156 
19:  *1805 
23:  4216,  9706 
24:  *1603 
25:  7396 
27:  171.  3323,  4907, 

7334,  9993 
27-31:  9692 
29:  8899,  10516 
29,  30:  *1392 
32:  3651 
33:  7434,  9511 
35:  6277 
37:  *2022,    *2379, 

*3588,  4104 
38:  *2441,  3796 
XXIV.  4:  1599 
5:  1662 
13:  *3985,  7387 
13:  *1079, 1878,4413 
14:  *3033 
20:  6769 
24:  3119 
28:  8375,  11903 
29:  *1075 
82:  3611 
33;  *1747 


XXIV.  35:  6791 
37-39:  *3100 
38:  10418 

41 :  4603,  5688 

43:  *2023,  *3104 

43:  6147 

44:  *733,  1338,  2914, 

3608,  4651 
45:  2157 
46:  1535,  1677,  7815, 

9501 
50,  51 :  1429 

XXV.  1:  *2981 

1-10:  3819,  13166 
1-13:  *40,  *767,*4088, 

*4089 
3:  *4086,  *4087,  8596, 

8770 
4:  *4090 
5:  737 
6:  *730 
7:  2114 
8:  3640,  10390 
10:.  4115,  7948,  8137. 
8139,9488,13016- 
12018 
11:  *2704,  4812,  9487 
13:  1346 
14:  5579,  11896 
14-18:  *4034 
14-30:  *2830,   *4035, 

10780 
15:  *376,*1998,  5575, 
5725.  11895-11898 
16:  4830 
18:  *4033,  11898 
19:  *268,  6164 
20:  8608 

21:  *910,  1617.  1712, 
2296,  3389,  4698, 
5083,  6008,  8220, 
9434,  10913 
23:  5579,  11897 
23:  1045,  10237,  10946 
24:  7170 
25:  *1047,  1156,  5578, 

5579 
26:  11749 
27:  11753 
30:  13139 

31,  32:  3416 
31-48:  *643,  *2053 
32:  7549,  10062 

32,  33,  41:  *2741,  8647 
34:  1305,  3873,  9452, 

9457 
34-40:  *221.  *4094 
35:  3105,  3462: 
36:  1613,  4084,  4433, 

9220; 
36,  38:.  10676 
40:  1609,  3350,  9124, 

10091 
40^5:  *905 
41:  1505,,  *2611,  2939, 

3485,8647,  9508 
45:  *340,  *1772,  4215 
46:  *1118,  *1127,*1934, 

1943,  2942,  3188, 

3606,  4817 


XXVI.  5:  3479 

6:  *1587,  *1591 
8:  1814,  5732 
15:  *398,  2937,  3424. 

6145,  7045,  9149 
23:  4497 
26:  5750,  7305 
26-29:  *2168,  *3200, 
3662,  *4023 
27:  7391 
30:  *3516,  *3839 
31-35:  *3876 
34:  441 
35:  *786 
36:  2699 

36H16:  *1458  -  1463, 
*3233,*3457, 
*3460 
39:  *2154,  5507 
40:  *1889,  12200 
41:  4318,  5645,  5650, 

5975,   10810, 

11924 
42-46:  *3371 
47-50:  *3660 
51  ■  *373 

52':  5051,  5960,  12187 
56:  *3243 
61:  3175 
63:  676 
65:  9693 
67:  5319 
75:  11410 

XXVII.  1-60:  *613,  *737 
2:  3153 

3:  *1793,  3406,  *3663 
3-5;  1146,    *2047, 

*3659,  *3661 
5:  *814,  7984 
7:  *2797 
8:  *3087 
11-15:  610 
18:  1911 
19:  *919,  1635,*3889, 

*3890,  8150 
24:  *3888,  4929 
25:  *608,*3658,  7129, 
26:  7183 
26-30:  *3259 
29:  2317,  3376,  7183, 

7692,  10467 
32:  *588,  *3999,  7639 
33:  6983 
34:  7412 
35:  2129,  2427,  7665, 

8824,  8917 
35-38:  *3341,  *3288 
35,  39:  *607 
88:  *4058 
42:  *614,  5876 
45:  *3609 
46:  7760,  7766 
50:  *609 
52:  5037 
55:  6076 

XXVIII.  1:  6083 
1-10:  *3930 
2-4:  *3256 
6:  *684 

9:  10964 


674 


MATT. 


INDEX  OF  SCRIPTUEE  TEXTS. 


1.  PET. 


XXVIII.  17:  1639 

19:  1563, 2557,  *3335, 
3991,  7540, 
8737,  9133, 
9135,  13053 
20:  *2034,3351,6996, 
9999,  11594, 
13189 

MICAH. 

I.  2:  9369 
8:  8998 
9;  11735 

II.  3:  7598 
7:  9564 

10:  *69,  *1016.  *1756,  5016, 
*3661,  *2666,  6112, 
8050 

III.  5:  10924 

11:  *541,*1534,  9357,9993, 
12071 

IV.  3:  *3393,  4357,  5961,7333, 

11884,  12183 

3,  4:  *3390 

5:  3145 
13:  11484 
13:  9087 

V.  3:  1953 

VI.  7,  8:  10934 

8:  *1881, 3026, 3914, 10069 
9:  5399,  9974,  11533 
13:  1990 

VII.  3:  4000 

5:  *1409,  3406 

9:  5539 
10:  13158 

14:  *1785,  5410,  11764 
16,  17:  2258 
17:  7609 
19:  3918 

NAHUM. 

I.  3:  6014,  12227 
7:  1749 

10:  1657,  3330 
15:  3841 

II.  1:  5764 

7:  2992,  *3839 

III.  18:  *856 
19:  7435 

NEHEMIAH. 

I.  3:  2711 

II.  1-5:  *3823 
19:  2424 

III.  4:  8033 
15:  *3750 

IV.  9:  5939 

17:  6949,  11105 
VI.  11:  7039 

VIII.  4,  8:  11390 
10:  11064 
15:  2660 

IX.  3:  5768,  7394 
5:  *1506 

6:  3494 

13:  *3383,  11369 
13,  19:  10188 
17:  3411 
19,  37:  3915 
^I.  3:  10919 
17:  11945 


XII.  8,  27,  31:  11945 
37:  8033 

37,  28:  4066 
43:  10206 

XIII.  15,  16:  11549 
17:  11547 
18:  5144 

XIX.  7:  3904 


I.   1:  12100 
5,2:  4346 

IV.  7:  *3424 
21 :  681 

32:  10301       "*. 

V.  6:  7393     ..  .  <:^  - 
30:  12250      ^^'■■ 

VI.  3:  900       '  "■  ^ 
14:  7923         ;• 

X.  2:  12068 

XI.  1 :  *468,  736!* 
5:  5678 

11:  11030 

23:  *3487,  8033 

28'  9977 

29:'  1916,  8390,  10164 

XII.  3:  3857 

6:  *922,  3857 

XIII.  13:  7581 

23:  *2167,  *3410,  *4084 
26-31:  8033 
27:  *4012 
30:  12135 

XIV.  1-10:  8033 
8:  2911 

15:  2185 

18:  2535,  2744 

19:  1449 

24:  2318,  4160 

XV.  9:  2476 
25  ■  225 

30  i  4657,  11164,  11165 
33-36:  11551 

XVI.  1-35:  *3676 
22  ■  *2230 

26:  *1152,  1970,  *2863 
30:  8941 
46-49:  9964 
48:  10460 

XVII.  8:  10903 
10:  11945 

XVIII.  5:  10460 

30:  8594,  10535 

XIX.  1-10:  7931 
3-6:  7894 

11-33:  7931 
16:  11718 

XX.  1-13:  *4003 

11 :  *3333,  *3943 
33-29:  *3,  *3073 
28:  *3073 

XXI.  4:  9817 
8:  3653 

9:  1198,  3655,  7894, 

7961 
17:  4263 

XXII.  6:  5131 
17:  9600 
41:  *3148 

XXIII.  1-13:  *3148 
3:  *3780 


XXIII.  8:  7694 

10:  *679,  765,  *959, 
1773.  6398,7795, 
11533 

19:  4175 

23:  9121,  10520,  11913 

24:  10939 

XXIV.  9:  3302,    5565,    7695, 

10341,  12131 
17:  *1920,  *2808,  4103, 

5214 
21,  22:  *3671 

XXV.  14:  *1943 
XXVII.  13:  *2266 
XXX.  2:  5949,  12213 
XXXTT.  7:  8075,  9817 

11:  2318 

13:  4159 

23:  594,     947,    1566, 
*2676,        2745, 
9283,9833,5054, 
5307,  5316 
XXXIII.  9,  10:  1543 

38,  39:  *3 
XXXV.  13:  4898,  11359 

15:  714 

30:  7434 

33:  11486 

OBADIAH. 

I.  3:  4883,  5793 
7:  *1343 
15:  *465 

I.  PETER. 

I.  3:  *1396,  1858,  3683,  6023, 

6871,  8313,  8314,  8318 

3:  1030,  1873,  3063,  3913, 

9633,  9679 
4:  *974,  *1728,*1735,*1767, 

9431,  10033 
5:  733,  3099 
6:  5647 
6,  7:  *1230 

7:  2131,  3613.  5641.  5655, 
5759,  8597,10577.12045 
8:  *9,6285,*1307,3467,3363, 
6385,  8580,  8599,  9973 
9.  8583 
10:  1857,  1860 
11:  *1745,  3883 
13:  5830,  9136 
13:  3068,  9630, 10967,  11596 
14:  *1330  * 

14,  15:  569 
15:  10393 
17:  *3883,  5714,  7853,11423, 

11983 
18:  5091,  6619 
18,  19:  6873 
19:  713,  10331,  10689 
31 :  3098,  3054,  3069 
33'  4135 
34:  *1026.  *2335,  2474,  3579, 

7835,  8980 
24,  25:*1341 
25:  344,  2625,5821 
II  1  •  3759 

2:  *2840, 4908, 12208, 13209 
4:  1096,  10549 
4,  5:  13114 


I.  PET. 


INDEX  OF  SCRIPTURE  TEXTS, 


675 


II.  5:  *439,*2551,2672,*3051, 

8748 

6:  5815 

6,  8:  7570 

7:  *1218,  3703 

8-10:  8711 

9:  *415,  523,  792,  4136, 

5938,  7219,  7643 
10:  7279 
11:  *1013,  2313 
12:  2009 

13,  14:  *2809,  *2810,  9169 
16:  3545,  8845,9692,  10205 
17:  *1849,  3679 

19:  *1913,  11282 
20:  *1300,  5217,  10801 
21 :  21,  24,  434,  1994,  5532, 
7134.8471,8477,10230 
21-24:  685 
23:  *2464,  11636 
24:  *597,  655,  7122,  11300 

III.  1:  6552,  9688 
1,  2:  6234 

2:  *2275,  3286 

3:  1643,2226,8157,10855, 

10856 
4:  1824,3518,3861,10857, 

12254 
6:  6024 
7:  *845 

8:  *552,  853,  1129,  *1454, 
*2826,  3809,  4475, 
7590,  10645,  11016, 
11017,  11018,  11890 
9:8480,  *1361,  3318,5222 
10:  2178,  8407 
12:  5972 
13:  1995 

14:  651,*1660,  2291,  10436, 
10441,  10960 

14,  17:  603 
15:  8187 

16:  6309,  7418,7998,11491 
18:  3439,  10118 
19:  *1555 
20:  *1518,  2314 
21:  9080 
rV.  1:  5312 

3:  *1945,  *2388,  10807 

4:  *1174,  2012,  8494 

6:  22,  *2569,  5006,  6158, 

7736,  9346,  10054 
6'  2996 

7:'  *1077,  1877,  4593 
8:  3678,  8454 
9:  3072,  3295,  9632,  9637 
10:  318.  509,  1998,  2456, 

6748,  10780 
12:  545,*867,*1036,  *2252, 
*2858,  5767,  5769, 
12044 
13,  13:  835,  1006 
13:  1193,  *2255,  3397,  5526 
14:  1181,  10961 
15:  514-517,  6974 
16:  7579,  11331 
17:  *1070 
18:  2883 

19:  *2658.  *2795,  *2819, 
4997 
V.  1:  *968,  *1474,  *1722,  9441 


V.  2: 

3: 
4: 

5: 

7: 


9: 
10; 

12; 
14 
20: 


3958,  4923,  7277,  8190, 

11118 
*1165 
*1709,  4352,  7659,  7662, 

10780,  12060 
3098,  11754 
158-161,  *296,*311,  551, 

*1065, 2991, 4638, 5805, 

6525-6530,  6995,  7200 
*838,  *839,  945,  1244, 

1509,  5200,  5401,5434, 

5663.5980,8012,  11584 
1624,  5794,  11931 
1770,  *2897,  3909,  4392, 

9183,  9444 
*2640 

*2076,  5083 
2475 

n.  PETEK. 

I.  1:  *1205,  2090 
3:  5939,  12168 

4:  2539,  *2596.  4740-4752, 
10462,  11232 

5:  1539,  *2497,  7579 

6:  11918 

9:  2337,  12293 
10:  1197,  1537,  4419 
11:  *650,  *981.  *1706,  *2305, 
3883,  2925,  2933,  5790, 
9419,  9421 
13:  11891 
14:  *680 

16:  2071,  4609,  9434 
17:  1358 
18:  4879 

19:  6799,  11244,  12160 
20:  376,  4755.  6770,  11243 
21 :  6767,  9932 

II.  1:  4929,  5600,  8118,  9524 
3:  *561,  2577,  3969,10072, 

10078 
4:  132,  *837,  2941 
5:  2314,  8164,  11921 
6:  1168,  1423  • 
7:  *893,  8857 
7,  8:  *891 
10:  2646,  *2810,  5371,  4656, 

9170,  11168 
13:  *2168,  9830 
14:  *558,  *894,  4314,  5329 
15:  1620,  3243 
17:  9693 

18:  109,  6441,  12145 
20:  554,  3303,  6181 
22:  *1697,  2571,5953,6536, 
6539.  6663-6678,7931, 
11220 

III.  3:  5319,  11608 

3,  4:  *1077,  10363,  11335 

7:  13384 

7-10:  8249,  8350 

g.  *2596 

lo':  *672,  *744,  *3667,  6141 
11 :  3005 
13:  *911,*1130,1947,*3428, 

*3036,  5821,  10447 
13:  4751 
14:  1677 
15:  2353,  3653 
16:  *408,  2637,  6795, 11615 


III.  17:  249,  258 

18:  *1573,*2639, 2658, 2666, 

2688,2734,4386,5488, 
5947,  9184 

PHILEMON. 

I.  10:  7549 

14:  2459,  6034 
19:  4866 

PHILIPPIANS. 

I.  6:  2654 
8:  5569 
9:  10447 

11 :  2630,  2685 

12:  *1619,  9899 

15-18:  8390 

19:  9554 

20:  1330,  1715,  7213 

21:  *697,  *985,  1695,  1703, 
2425,  6896,  7794 

23:  *680,  *688,  *961,  1282, 
1763, *1 763, 3466, 3898, 
3301,7211,7754,7759, 
7836,  8329,  10326 

27:  *1315,  1443,  2000,  *2833 

28:  2291 

29:  2391 

30:  5447,  12191 

II.  1:  *1318 
1,  2:  878 

3:  9678,  10616 

4:  *2174,  8930,  9103 

5:  6128 

6-8:  683,  9161,9658,10006 

7:  *388,  696,  3353,  3359 

8:  *1320,  1376,  1693,  7647, 

10773,  10778 
9:  *393.  727,  2183,  3365, 

9392,  10003 
10:  2845,  3367,  7310 
11:  933 

13:  *1005,*1303,  1358, 1855; 
2084,   2147,  10311, 
11567,  11571 
14:  40.53 
15:  2073,  3626,  7177,  7313, 

8350,  9648,  10385 
17:  1519 
31:  5364,  11645 
39:  11437 

III.  1:  *3046,  4909 
2:  8943 

6:  6365 

7:  *3734,  3963,3671,4944. 

5154 
8:  2603,  3490,  4611,  6186, 

7335,  7913,  9494 
10:  2285,  5525 
12:  *1172.  1581,  *1941, 

2320,  4381,  10941 
13:  *2085,3121,4388,11895 
14:  *1171,  1563,  *2013, 

*2484,  *3066,  4379, 

4406,  4699,  4828, 

4848,  9710,  10921, 

11228 
15:  3122 
16:  *2692,  9711 
17:  1869,  3944,  8475 


676 


PHILIPPIANS. 


INDEX  OF  SCRIPTURE  TEXTS. 


PROTEKBS. 


III.  19:  *1106,    1876,     *3044, 

4465,     5534,     7236, 

8401,  11188,  11544 
20:  1057,6195,9064,9896, 

10815 
21:  567,  *3366,  4171,  6889, 

6890,  8982,  11856 

IV.  1 :  *2619 

3:  1953,  6901-6903,  9486, 

11337 
4:  605,  3388,  4910,  10037 
5:  *542,*946,  *1174,  2013, 
*3849,  .  3999,  4002, 
4281,  10612 
6:  160,  161,  *313,  *2539, 
4532,6529,6995,7004, 
7376,  9361,  10097 
7"  3393 
8:  573,  1452,  3033,  5826, 

5934,  9589,  9710 
9:  2006 

10:  *2430,  4340 
11:  509,  1026,  1042,  1043, 
1557,  2769,  7303,8513 
12:  740 

13:  1395,  1524,  5118 
19:  706,  2957,  4110,  5817, 
10712 

PROVERBS.  " 

I.  1:  10623,  11260 
4:  *885,  12322 

5:  *1039,  1116, 1827,  *2081, 

3537,  10191 
6:  4774 
7:  *1281,  *2386,  4179,  5594, 

8519 
8:  4038,  8670,  9864,  9891, 

9892,  10655 
8  9:  *994 
lb:  '*93-96,  109,  479,  1117, 

6440-6443,  8467 
16-18:  1473 
17:  5663,  7356 
18,  19:  9097,  9256 
19:  *2313,  2584,  7597 
22:  *3599.  *2947,  11653 
24,  26:  14S2 
24-31:  *157,4,  11201 
26:  2271,  5216.  6608 
26,  27:  5364,  9873; 
27:  *2649,  11392 
29:  6143 
31:  *1115,  10423 
32:  1909,  1910,  4764,  5002, 

11349 
33:  *1306,  5156 

II.  3,  5:  432 

4:  5235,  6053,  11616 
10:  1451.  .8499 
11 :  *885,  1567,  8071,  9845 
16:  2763 
16-19:  10902 
22"  133:^ 

III.  3:  800,  2862,  10533, 12093' 
3,  4:  3028 

4:  12098 

5,  6:  8194,  12108 

7:  7333 

8:  1613,  *1950 

9:  2370 


III.ll:  5763 

12:  1107,  *1399 

13:  *1650,*3498,2781,2786, 

9333,  9334 
13-17:  12169,  13240 
13-18:  *3000,  *3003,  10278 
14:  *1443,  10930 
15:  3578,  6054,  7763 
16:  6057,  9608,  11095 
17:  1531,*2513, 4169, 4446, 

4953 
18:  *1651,  13037 
19:  2567,  4090,  4775,  6044 
22:  6986 
23:  4576 

24:  *3770,  5383,  11747 
35:  *1991,  2254 
29:  10720 
31:  *878 
32:  11139 
33:  *1988,  12156 
34:  3084,  9670,  9672 
35:  2324 

IV.  1:  *993 

3:  *1 395,  *1404, 3698,4045 

6:  *3946 

7:  1839,  6046,  11957 

8:  4753,  7864,  8331,  9597 
14:  *3861,  5674 
14,  15:  897 
15:  *464,  557,  7711,  11309, 

11932 
16:  5061,  7670 
18:  *405,  579,  4390,  9275 
19:  3158 
22,  23 :  10148 
23:  *1080,  2822,  2834,2851. 
5254,  5984,9389,9397 
25:  2069 

26:  480,  2750,  7914 
27:  2765,  3774 

V.  2:  1568,  4573 
3,  4:  *2512 

11-13:  *2649 

15:  *33«8 

18:  8114 

31 :  *1487,  10834 

33:  11717 

VI.  1:  11874 
3:  *1416 

6:  133,  3136,  3314,  440T, 
9831 

6-9:  1082a 

8:  1798 

9:  3131 

9,  10:  9846: 

9-11:  *3772 
10:  2019 
lOi  11:  5356 
13-^15:  8066 
12,  13,:  8623 
13;:  11580 

14:  *881,  1559,  2011.  8410, 
16,  19:  156a 
17:  10661 
18:  8409 
20:  4044 
21:  *3719 
23:  368,  5225 
25:  *2212 
27:  *2855,  5643,9825,11933 


VI.  28:  *780,  983,  1985 
32:  5270,  10466 
34:  *2933 

VII.  5-23:  *2512 

7:  7096,  7544,  12325 
13,  26:  11712 
17:  10948 
22:  13223,  12224 
22,  23:  3183 

VIII.  1 :  *3001 
4:  10632 
5'  *1351 

8,'  11,  19:  *2999,  *3003, 
6054,  9100 

12:  *147,  *148,  182-186, 
*2607,  6570,  11284 

13:  9823 

15:  3429,  10749 

17:  341,  638,  689,  1063, 
1776,  6251,  7073, 
7519,  10987 

18:  *2683 

23,  33:  6259  , 

31:  *628,  1797,  7643 

34:  5405 

IX.  1-5:  8711 

4:  10787,  10788 

6:  2328 

7:  3164.  5399 

g.  *1039 
10 !  2266.  3600,  4445 
11:  5625 
12:  5223 
16,  18:  11009 
17:  *748 

X.  1 :  *1297.  *2781.  6994.  8678 
2:  8079,  11504.  11517 

4:  1533.  3348.  5513,  5706, 
8037.  9095,  9310.  9850 
5:  3507.  10828 
7:  *656.  *3063.  3184.  4071, 
4073,5689,10065,10677 
9:  483,  *1841.  4438,  11189 
13:  3679.  10335 
13:  *3300 
14:  3488 
15:  *2529,  4492 
16:  10359 
17:  1407,  2348,  4990,  7723, 

11433 
19:  579,  3656,  5303,  5583, 

11899 
20:  2856,  6006 
21 :  *803,  3934,  7977 
24:  4583 
27:  4051 
28:  *1181,  3031,3063,6011, 

9613,  12227 
29:  2949,  8041 

XI.  2:  1851 

3:  5364,  7439.  11189 

4:  *2978.  3760,  5104,  9088, 
12216 

5:  3319,  7869 

6:  1168 

7:  1733,  9637 

9:  *1896,  *3078,  8623 
12:  *2749 
13:  5236,  5573 
14:  1115,  8043,  11873 
16:  *3014 


PROVERBS. 


INDEX  OF  SCRIPTURE  TEXTS. 


PROYERBS. 


677 


XI.  17:  3464,  5565,  7674,  9651 
18:  *2838,  5080,  11503 
19:  1926,  9306 

21:  *2609,  4076,9284,9313, 

10080 
23:  *3012,  6079,  9743 
23:  2029 
24:  296,  305,  308,  1814, 

*1187,  3390,  4014, 

4377,  8972,  10204 
25:  *1471,  1613,  3548 
29:  9569,  12137 
30:  1655,5467,10975,11796 

-11807 

XII.  1:  4989 
3:  10995 

4:  6021,  12253 

5:  3263,  5116 

7:  *1875 

8:  *456,*1691,3938,4801, 
6048,  11030 
10:  *129, 150,  1204,  *2075, 
3078,  3459,  3466, 
3470.   6515-6519, 
10095 
11:  1813 
14:  *1978,  4789 
15:  *1349,  2031,4662,7014 
16:  11381 
17:  *3512 
18:  11743 
19:  *2907,  5830 
21:  *1987 
22:  3745,  6133 
23:  8770 

24:  1893,3508,  4420 
25:  *1456, 1874,3691,6107 
27:  3514 

XIII.  1 :  *2781 

4:  1894,  *1900,  *1951, 
2717,  3141,  6124, 
8236,  10357 
5:2179,3748,5912,10370 
7:  *2527,  *3683,  3547, 
5107,  8970,  9099, 
10993 

10:  4835 

11:  *3089,  2435,  5519, 
6003,  10156 

12:  *1477,  9613 

14:  *857,  *2233,  *3003 

15:  5143,  7473.  12027 

16:  2327,  5990 

17:  3298,*2528, 

20:  5403,7362,8468,8936, 
9059 

24:  *2450,  2643 

XIV.  1:  *2246,  *2989,  *3013 
2:  3360 

3:  4891 
5:  493,  12098 
8:  4799 
10:  *1632,  *1682,  4279, 

6191,  10430 
11:  5315 
12:333,1522,1531,*1694, 

8342 
13:  *1446,  *1652,  *2312, 

3977 
14:  510,*1093,2748,7476, 
10038 


XIV.  14,  16:  1558 
15:  11285 

16:  *1350,  2325,  11913 

17:  *1674,  5624 

18:  10124 

20:  41,*1422,2412,*2476, 

5993 
21:  *1660,  *2525 
23:  *1179,  3139,  4378, 

5519,  6121,  9855, 

11222 
26:  *478,  10597 
29  ■  3205 
30:  *ri00,  1906,  1919, 

8390 
32:  *700,1345,1375,1767, 

*1872,*2687,7855 

8228 
34:  *2372 

XV.  1 :  *823,  3855,  5623,  6105 
2:  3487.  3493 

3:  2533,  4335,  5919, 9050, 
10818 

4:  6101 

5:  2003,  11283 

6:  5108,  11506 

7:  *1313,  11126 

8:*765 

9:  3135 

10:  4992,  6330-6334 
12:  11607 
13:  *355,  604,  1489,  7374, 

9113.  9113 
13-15:  *2847 
14:  *1041,  3491 
15:  606,  *820,  1580 
16:  1554,7473.7477,11504 
19:  *1900,  4784,  8033 
20:  *2449,  4035 
21:  2000,  *2043,  *2512, 

3241,  3404,  6050 
23:  *2069,3303,3510,5469, 

6098,  13269 ' 
24:  10278 
25:  *2577 
26:  5584,  5693 
27:  *2314 
28:  1831 
29:  10683 

30:  *1254.  2603,  4071 
33:  *1888,  3096,8413,9668 

XVI.  1:  864,  4546,  11068 
2:  2533 

3:  5693 

4:  12223 

7:  1517,  4443,  8353 

8:  5202 

9:  4784,  11275 
15:  9017 
16:  1044,  *1538,  2583, 

5091 
18:  4668,  11175 
19:  3104 
20:  2773 
21:  11286 

23:  *2302,  3324,  3493 
33:  3933,  9399 
35:  7907,  8633 
38:  11314 
39:  *1168 
30:  *370 


XVI.  31:  *85,  93-104,  *3413- 
3430,  4197-4310, 
6419-6423.  10805- 
10810.  11980 
33:  *1615,  *1793,  *2732, 
4319,  4948,  5249, 
5250,  5621,  11635, 
11916 
83:  *91,  *92,*2601,  3729, 
10580 
XVn.  2:  *2533 

3:  8597,  12046 
5:  *2476,  9988 
6:  2004.  *2451 
9:  *1414 
13:  10033 

13:  3387,  9903,  9905 
14:  1033,  *1648,  6709, 
6715,10308, 10455 
15:  10066 

17:  *1401,*1407,*2186, 
*2319,  2394,  2408, 
*2827,  8875,  8878 
19:  4663 
20:  5743 

22:*823,9268,9319,9413 
24:  *1274,  4181 
28:  172.  *2749 

XVIII.  1 :  *2624,  3502,  10117, 

12107 
4:  5586 
6:  4836 
8:  5574 
9:  1811.  1813,  8529- 

8531,  11996 
10:  7147.  7178 
11:  11504 
13:  *2577.  3098, 11174, 

11743 
14:  5795,  11433 
16:  *1465,  2713 
19:  1023 
20:  *1323 
21  ■  5737 
22:  *2989,  3814,  6026, 

8941,  12329 
24:  *1421,  *1423,  2393, 
2400,  5888,  8869, 
8883,  9165 

XIX.  1 :  476,  3020,  3240,  9943 
2:  9350,  9743 

3:  *1188,  *1399,  1556, 

2328,  2391,  4052, 

8863,  11915 
6:  *1408,  2397,  2415 
7:  10573 
9:  3749 

11:  8796,  10466.  13313 
13:  5320,  8068,  10863, 

12338 
14:  *3993,  3817.  6037 
15:  2316,  *2773.  3131, 

3245,  3509,  3534 
17:  306,  308.  6184,6523, 

6739.  6741,  7042. 

10098,  10574,11500 
18:  *871,  *1866,  7081, 

9613 
19:  4321 
20:  *686,  8430 
22:  3453,  10089 


b  <  b     PROVERBS.       IKE 

)EX  OF  SCRIPTURE  TEXI 

'S.       PROVERBS. 

XIX.  33:  *513,  3791,  11038 

XXIII.  3:  6611 

XXVI.15:  *1946,  3347,  9738 

36:  4305 

5:  *1376,  2589,  *2683, 

17:  523,  10134,  11311 

29:  *2068 

5098,  6004.  8378, 

18:  3364 

XX  1:  *936.  1669,  5910,  9949 

11508.  11513 

20:  1387,  *3762,  5574, 

3:  *1350,   4831,  7690, 

6:  8390,  9351 

6980 

10456 

7:  *1061,  *1089,  2772, 

23:  9693 

4:  9717,  12379 

3180,  3181,  3983 

35:  3174,  3750,  8751, 

6:  *1321,  *1323,  2151, 

14:  1938 

9696 

2157,  9124,  9709 

17:  13324 

26:  10202 

7:  10893 

20:  1653 

28:  *1339,  2307,  8753 

8:  2065 

21:  *1901,  *2773,  3136, 

XXVII.  1:  *771,*1431,*1441. 

11:  1604,  5542,  6013,7068, 

4486 

*2568,   *2586, 

9593 

23:  *2071,  10898 

*3889,   3486, 

13:  *1213 

23:  *3083,  *2908,  4692, 

3617,4154,4653, 

14:  1574,  3344,8045,11032 

5845,12076 

4703,6707,7734, 

15:  *2288,  *2866,  3505 

26:  *494,  *533,  *1683, 

8907,   10886. 

17:  *748,  6939 

*1 684, 2844,3860, 

11198,   11199. 

19:  *1333 

5289,  8693,  8963, 

13005 

21:  *1377,  4142,  6003, 

9391 

2:  443,  1853,  4005, 

11510,  11515 

29:  *3002.  8181,  11540 

9341 

23:  3296 

29,30:*932,1665,*2994 

4:  *1104,1908,*3019. 

24:  1689,  *3136, 2365,  4781 

31:  1656,  *2993,  6039 

*3824,  8389 

25:  *3948,  5951 

31-33:  9953 

5:  4987 

27:  946,  947,  1004,  7426 

83:  4469,  5311,  6329, 

6:  *1403,  1774, 1788, 

28:  3473,  3914,  11368 

7436 

1789,7679,9693 

39:  4305,  10804 

85:  1455 

7:  *1664,*2510,4059, 

XXI,  2:  5496 

XXIV.  1:  *1098 

4458,  4468 

4:  *435,  *2576,  4617, 

2:  11741 

8:  7982 

13146 

3-5:  *2083 

9:  *1417,  2415 

6:  1386,  11504 

4:  3496,  6001,  10358 

10:  *1400,    *1407, 

8:  4834,  5116 

5:  1895 

*1411 

9:  *3988,  12330 

9:  5694 

15:  4371,  5230 

10:  *807,  *1676 

10:  518-521,   *1366, 

16:  9887 

12:  4813 

3940,  5793 

17:  *1433,  3401,  7353, 

17:  4463 

11:  4983 

11341 

19:  *2674 

12:  *2052,  2533,  3295, 

19:  *3143,  3403 

20:  *1427,  8771,  8893- 

10823 

20:  1579,  *3954,  6148, 

8896 

13:  1565,  *3494,  5589 

6224,  9504 

23:  5741 

19:  3389,  5404,  8861- 

21:  13143 

24:  *3577 

8864 

33:  359 

25:  *805,  *3004,  3137, 

21:  *1943,  *1944,  9838 

XXVIII.  1:  458,  461,  *919, 

8347,  3535 

25:  4991 

1131,   *1305, 

36:  9721 

29:  11490 

*3686,   6839, 

31:  2751 

30,  31 :  3135,   10718, 

6934,   7579, 

XXII.  1:  584,  *1544,  *1545, 

11794 

8331,   8707, 

*3371,  2596,  3599, 

33:  *1946,*1948 

9381,  11396 

3600,  4070,  9110, 

XXV.  8:  2424 

5:  2563,3410,4783, 

9111,10678,  11436 

11:  3316,  5475,  5501, 

6304 

2:  *1370,  4489 

6104 

6:  5893 

3:  1336,  4800,  8531, 

12:  614 

7:  888,  5403,  11693 

11875 

17:  2404 

8:*1443,    8914, 

4:  896,  *1886,  3084, 

19:7450,  9718,  9904, 

11475-11481 

10598,  13313 

10403,  12071 

10:  1984,  *3531 

6:  630,  *999,   1839, 

21 :  *1081,  1885,  8356 

11:  3935,4687,  5993 

*3313,  3015,  3216, 

22:  1893 

13:  5914,  7395,  9219, 

3541,  6354,  7073, 

24:  6019 

11843 

8390,  9573,  10895 

25:  4131 

14:  *1658,2169,2779, 

7:  *2539 

26:  9830 

2839,    3217, 

8:  2800 

27:  3925,  5253,  11653 

9338,11703 

9:  600,  *1198,  *1468, 

38:  *3457,  4337,  5354, 

15:  10466 

3464,  6136 

5362 

18:  8141 

11:  *1836,  3031 

XXVI.  1:  *1347 

19:  3252 

13:  8033 

3:  7693 

20:  *1839, 2289, 3386, 

15:  5604,  6353,  7082, 

4:  *3763,  3317,  6977 

6003 

8033 

5:  5909 

23:  5999,7597,11510 

24,  35:  7356,  9976 

7:  10871 

23:  2306 

29:  511,513,5511,4433, 

11:  10489 

25:  11839 

4483,  4808,  8335. 

13:  443,  473,  5375 

26:  1342,5272,11632, 

8935,  9349,  9856, 

13:  3737 

13069 

10146,  13377 

14:  3139,  5898,  6337, 

27:  4483,  11021 

XXIII.  3:  8104 

9980,  12173 

28:  5978 

PROVERBS. 


INDEX  OF  SCRIPTURE  TEXTS. 


679 


XXIX.  1:  1206,  1418,  1725, 

3207 
2:  4074,  10683 
4:  2454,  6939 
5:  *1331,  6344,  8752 
6:  464,  *754,  *2641 
8:  4322 
10:  7359 
11:  11691,11893 
15:  1822,  5266,  8240, 

7093 
18:  *1668,  2773,  2797 
20:  12007 

23:  *930,  *1846,  1849, 

4674,  9606, 11173 

24:  10900,  11711 

25:  1707,  2121,  2263, 

2558,  *2903, 3370, 

5156,  7389 

XXX.  7:  9988 

8:  *2976,  4003,  5106, 
7482, 11503-11519 

12:  4685 

13:  12144 

15:  1153,  1479,  *1662, 
*3005,  3763,  4468, 
6172,  9278,  9394 

16:  2704.  7597 

17:  8083,  10897 

20:  8590 

25:  *2378,  9821,  9933, 
9936 

28:  6129 

XXXI.  1:  11086 
6:  10950 

10:  *2245,  6235,  9688 

11:  *2241 

12:  *2991,  6020 

13,  19:  183,  6023 

15:  1787 

21:  2222 

23:  6028 

25:  10491 

26:  *2069,  12014 

27:  7860,  9851 

28:  *1819,  2003.  3013, 

4034,  10651 
29:*1107,*3014,10654, 

12257 
30:  275,  *1303,  *1304, 

8519,  5910,6022, 

9839,  11031 
31:  *3016,  6089 


1.1:  1117,  11953 
2:  3850,  10463 
3:  *1132.  2420,  2732,  7215, 

10404,  10585 
6:  1522 

II.  2:  *1560 

3,  4:  2514,  4814 
6:  *389,  3477,  12348 
7:  *753,  9130 
12:  9559,10051,11405,11732 

III.  3:  461 
6:  4696 

IV.  1:  *2536 

4:  4841,  11431 

5:  5810 

6:  3876,4458,5056,9035 


IV.  7:  *1654,  10027 
8:  *2768,  10472 

V.  2:  5441 

3:  *2330,  4562,9474,10642 
6:  3746 

9:  *1328,  2305.  10367 
11 :  *1206,  8014 

VI.  3:  12306 
6:  *2843 
7:  *1631 

VII.  5:  9601,  4277 
10:  2485,  4277 
11:  9287 

16:  *1195,  *2004.  6661 

VIII.  1:  *1496, 2527, 4072, 9044 
2:  248, *991, 5543,  6241, 

6658,  6659,  8559 
3:  117,  *1485.  *3035, 

10697,  11991 
4:  *2000,  3775,  3777, 

7024,  9496 
5:  *1507,  3794 
6:  *577,  3784,  3799 
8:  2541 
9:  *1495,  9006,  9068 

IX.  1:  *1687 

6:  2186,  9123,  12184 

9:  5798,  11358 
12:  3101,  9659 
14:  *2636 
15:  2867,  5341 
16:  *302,  9285 
17:  2941.  2953,6530,8139, 

9287,  9415 
18:  4849 

X.  5:  2495 
6:  5314 

7:  9997,  11883 
8:  3305 
17:  3101,  11156 

XI.  3:  8839,  9013,  9021 

4:  2493,2891,4226,10820 

XII.  1:  *2062,  5884 

2:  *1330,  1619,  2303, 
3310,  5908,  8141, 
8754 

3:  11178 

5:  5158,  10839,  11020 

6:  *237,  5821,  8513 

XIII.  6:  2738 

XIV.  1:  168,  *1878,6143, 6610, 

8770,  9005 
2:  *2985,  9616 
3:  5420 
5:  2838,  9503 
6:  4111,  4487,  7334 

XV.  2:  3023 

2-5:  577,  8945 

4:  *505, 2300,4402, 10760 

XVI.  1:  10398 

3:  7523,  11006 

5:  *900.  *2173,  2537, 

9052,  11032 
6:  *2471,  *2921,  3701, 

4351 
8:  8993 
9:  5026 
10:  *1028 
11:  687.  *724.  *1437, 

*1731,  1948,  3190, 

6852,  8912 


XVII.  1:  *2544.  *2555,  4373. 

4595 
2:  *1108,  *2496 
3:  8055 
5:  1929,  5989 
8:  2714,  8444 
14:  *1784,  2771,  3604, 

3742,  3800,  4490. 

5097,  11024 
15:  1581,  1707,  2875, 

2935, *3970, 3971. 

11454,  11795 

XVIII.  2:  1760,  5124,  5240 
3:  *1769 

4:  2817 

5:  4959 

9:  688,  *763 
10:  *1508 
13:  *856 
18:  5433 
20:  *1838,  3030 
23:  4768 
27:  3803,  4673 
28:  629 
30:  370 
33:  7708,  8033 
35:  2444,  6553 

XIX.  1:  *572,  4089,  11365 
1-5:  *2382 

2:  1529,  3182,  4094 
3,  4*  *1504,  *1517 
4:  *1973,  3275 
5:  1680,  11854 
7:  5228,  6777,  6798 
g.  331^5 

10:  250, *2721, 5091,6806, 
6818.  6819,  8711, 
10462.  11614 
11:  872,  6775.  12315 
12:  *1302.  1927,  2689. 
4926,  5237,  8681. 
11740 
13:  5340,  11164 
14:  11812 

XX.  5:  2301.  *2322,  7551 

XXI.  4:  *1928,3193,5446,7729 

XXII.  1:  7760 
2:  *2392 
4:  *1223 

6:  5171,  7991 

7:  *2684 

9:  *1869,  3066 
10:  1020 
11:  *975 
12:  10955 
19:  9523,  10886 
23:  4510 
25:  5953 
28:  4080 

XXIII.  1:  9316 

1-6:  1304,  4803 

2:  3851,  8711,  9771, 

11109 
4:  345,  *673.  *731, 
1330.  1696,  1705, 
2265,  2891,  5619, 
5660,  7209,  7788, 
8221,  8704 
5:  5667,  7683,  9633 
6:  *356,  *956,  *96r,, 
4742,  7254,  8789 


680 


rSALMS. 


INDEX  OF  SCRIPTURE  TEXTS. 


PSALMS. 


XXIV.  1:  *574,  1160,  7115 
2:  4786,  9047 

4:  5188 
7:  *417 
7-10:  *3128 
8:  10105 

XXV.  7:  *3059,   3280,  3597, 

6248,  6256,  8287, 
10479 
9:  2741,  4527 
12-14:  1462 
15:  2215 

XXVI.  1:  7198 

2:  5258,11047,11642 
6:  4929 
7:  2044 
8:  3075 

9:  *2775,  2938,  9514 
10:  *283,  *539,   2588, 
6936 

XXVII.  1:  *1309,  2273 
3:  *1345 

4:  3075,  8824 

5:  5125 

7-10:  *150    -    152, 
*2154,  4539 

8:  *2569 
10:  *2438,  5538 
11:  *1640 

XXVIII.  1:  5920 
3:  2176 

XXIX.  1,  2:  *2531 
2:  2973 

10:  2491,  *2966 

XXX.  4:  8342 

5:  *1079,  *1623,  2501, 
9259,10029,10643 
6:  *1374,  11247 
11:  2348,   *2847,   7954, 
10028 

XXXI.  1:  11262 
2:  *2691 
5:  2317 
7-  3900 

12:  *649,  2187,  *2402, 

5439,  10781 
15:  *722,  *1354,  4792 
18:  3746,  10-373 
24:  *281,  *1863,  3066, 
9613 

XXXII.  1:  1102.  4295,  9177, 

11665 
2:  *1358,  2548,  4293 
5:  *476,  4491 
7:  *2318,  4911,8993, 

9535 
8:  1638,  10828 
9:  9299,  10308 
10:  *2320,  10504 

XXXIII.  1:  4909 

•      3:  *764,  11059 

4:  11520 

5:  *1552, 2613,4089 

8:  2502 

9:  *577 
10:  11274 
12:  9329 
13,  14,  15:  708 
17:  7700 
20:  9054 

XXXIV.  1:  425,  7060,  11318 


XXXIV.  6:  7547 

7:  *119-126,   131- 
137,2259,6387- 
6415,  9813 
8:  2052,  2611,  4950, 

8711 
9:  6058,  12178 
11:  *993,  1783 
14:  4362 
15:  *2537,  *2837 
17:  1434 
18:  *517,  *521,  1047, 

*1681 
19:  11849 

XXXV.  5:  11128 
7:  4395 
8:  1472 

13:  3096 

14:  *1402,        *2344, 

10341,  10653 
16:  9692 
17:  4992 
19:  *2760 
27:  743 

XXXVI.  2:  *1330, 2311, 7908, 

11634 
6:  2785,  10949 
8:  *1667,    *2348, 

2901,  8711 
9:  *1380,  2374,6246, 

9179,  10505 

XXXVII.  1:  *2354.    8391, 

8395,   8861, 
12223 
2:  8398 

3:  5813,8125,8557, 
4:  8342,  11073 
5:  2159,  3878,  4766 
6:  3306 

7:  1912,     1917, 
*1938,  7483, 
8391,   8862, 
11088 
8:  138-149,  2390, 
4325,   5620, 
6496-6514 
11:  3856 
12:  10073 
13:  *638 
16:  *2295,  7480 
17:  4786 
18:  2880 
21:  1380 
23:  331 
24:  9086 
27:  9101 
28:  4788,  11272 
31:  4133 

35:  *1636,4765,5365 
86:  8254 

37:  716,  1331,  1332, 
1708,   4356, 
7843 
38:  1168 
40:  *2903,  5816 

XXXVIII.  2-6:  7560 

3:  *819,  3083 
4:  1424,  *2447 
7:  3534 

11:  *1424 

13:  *2763 


XXXVIII.  18:  1389 
20:  3292 

XXXIX.  1 :  5739 

3:  *506,  1902,12336 
4:  *711,*715,*1383, 
1958,    3613, 
7107,   7829, 
7835,  10249 
5:  1805, *2930, 3045, 
5715,   5903, 
9439,   10218, 
10219 
6:  *892,    *2130, 
*2790,   3044, 
5110,   5997, 
12141 
9:  8347 

11:  274,  *2339,  7956, 
5901,   9242, 
9243,  12139 
12:  *1015,    *2504, 

4448,  6162 
13:  3797,  5047,  5707, 
7842 
XL.  2:  3653,5171,6656,7189, 
7565, 11430, 11573 
3:  *530,  *2448,  2738, 

11783 
4:  *2903,  12073 
5:  6849,  10499 
6:  *2632.  5155.  6623, 

8843,  10799 
8:  *1488,  3887,  5229 
10:  11577 
14:  6055 
XLI.  1:  4482 

3:  *1910,  3168,  5296, 

10012,  11683 
9:  9903 
XLII.  i:  2520,  6210 

2:  2569,  5421,  6206, 

11781 
3:  10393 

5:  1485,  *1856,  9518 
6:  7707 
7:  7978 
8:  5412 
11:  1485,  1590 
XLIII.  2:  8312 
3:  *1640 
5:  426,  9615 
XLIV.  6:  12069 
19:  1630 
XLV.  5:  9766 
7:  10028 
8:  1979 
9:  1163 
10:  3818 
11:  *1521 
14:  4904 
XLVI.  1:  *757,  9518 
2"  2259 
4-!  *729.  *1561,  *1815, 

3844,  9151 
5:  9518,  9523 
7:  1123 
9:  4443 

10:  4842,  4844,  5895, 
11431-11434 
XL  VII.  1:  11595 

3:  3474,  4171 


PSALMS, 


INDEX  OF  SCRIPTURE  TEXTS. 


PSALMS. 


681 


XLVIII.  2:  *1709 

3:  2544,  11951 
4:  5812 
9:  3852 
10:  7792 
12:  12848 
XLIX.  3:  11349,  11968 
4:  4289 
5:  4091 
7:  7897 
8:  5429 
9:  *676 
10:  *690,  7827 
11 :  *1249,  *2650,  6135 
12:  *852,  *1246,  3038, 
8626,  9598,  9609 
13:  3806 
14:  1336,  *2332,  9277, 

10646 
15:  *707,  11793 
17:  1147,  1148,  1288 
18:  *1201,  5516,  12130 
20:  3036,  9337 
L.  2:  8964 
3:  *635 
8:  5288 
10:  2547 
12:  9031 
14:  11950 

15:  2063,  4576,  5808,  9034, 
10253,  11094,  12062 
16:  11119 
18:  1983 
21 •  2543 
22!  2334,  3886,  6198,  9043, 

10478 
23:  1059,  4523,  11056 
LI.  1:  3901,3906,  9147 
5:  *795,  4268,  7977 
6:  2608 
8:  12306 
10:  2850,  4508 
11:  7562 
13:  2978 
15:  7486 

17:  516,  *533,  1046,  *1352, 
*1681,  *2410,  4963, 
7486,  10936 
LII.  1 :  2505,  2612 
2:  5738 

4:  *553,  *2761,  5373 
5:  *2611 
6:  2270 
8:  10404 
9:  11057 
LIII.  1:  *1965,  *1967,  10706 

5:  *1062,  2838 
LIV.  4:  5565,  8733 
LV.  1-23:  386 
3:  1882 
4:  *694,  7774 
6:  *155,  *824,   *1120, 
*1308,  *4107,  9438, 
10436 
7:  2857 
8:  *2714,  2892 
11:  7310 
15:  *971,  7776 
16:  8555,  8653 
17:  *1143,  *2545 
19:  6142,  12157 


LV.  22:  *295,*827,1685,  6953, 
6995 
23:  *2353,  4051,  4957, 
7720,  11955,  12220 
LVI.  8:  *2482,  5618 

11 :  459,  4693 
LVII.  1 :  1450,  *2714,  2544 
2:  11101 
3:  *2910 
4:  12012 
8:  1784 
10:  *2279,  3911,  5832, 
8607,  10510 
LVIII.  3:  3303,  3747,  4271, 
7975,    10213, 
10368 
4:  9887 
5:  11001 
LIX.  4:  4649 

6:  4427,  7930 
7:  3262 
12:  420,  3753,  5556 
16:  *2334,  2485,  3919 
LX.  2:  8257 

4:  266,  2302,*2469,*2961 
11:  319,  9518 
LXI.  2:  667,  11162 
3:  *757.  8292 
5:  *1784,  4967 
LXIL  1:  1702 
4:  3561 
5:  *1183 
8:  3669:  4536 
9:  1804,  3767,  5904, 

9242,  12138 
10:  4013 
LXIII.  1:  *2163,  4811 
2:  4500 
5:  8711,  10039 
8:  2321,  9051 
11:  2173,  12087 
LXIV.  3-6:  561 
6:  *1273 
8:  5742 
10:  2915 
LXV.  2:  *2546 
4:  6208 
5:  *2439 
8:  *1148 
11:  *2422,  *3054 
12:  *2375 
13:  *2380,*2384 
LXVL  3:  11878 
7:  2493 
12:  11767 
13,  14:  5954,    5956, 

12301 
13-15:  *2747 
18:  4554 
LXVIII.  1:  1073 

5:  8672,  11238 
6:  *1260,  6375,  8642 
8:  *2541 
9:  *1554 
10:  1348,  4481 
18:  *150-152,  *684, 
5197,    6573- 
6575,    7115, 
9554,  11468 
19:  *1579, 2695, 3897, 
9218 


LXVIII.  20:  10248 
34:  *1560 
LXIX.  4:  3031 

9:  12346,  12347 
12:  1654,  5113 
13:  10501,10828 
16:  3915 
28:  3563 
30,  31 :  1433 
34:  *2409,  *2724   ■ 
LXXL  1:  5817 
3:  2548 
5:  *1857 

9:  1756,  *2420,  10810 
12:  2547 
14:  9613,  10969 
17:  3216,  5604 
18:  10806 
LXXII.  10:  8943 
14:  3670 
16:  817 
LXXIII.  1.  *1803 

2:  1929.  8724 

3:  2563,  4760,  6192, 

11250 
4:  1375.  3574,  7526 
6:  *1249,    4676, 

11032,  12296 
7:  5433,  7981,  94181 


10:  7683 
11:  9803 
12:  4763 
17-20:  7804 
18,  19:  7714 
19:  *701,  5719 
20:  *920,    *2120, 
*2145,   3579, 
3620,  5726 
22:  *1909, 3093,  3254, 

9674 
24:  241,  *1474,  2472, 

8975,  9487 
25:  *970,  2774,6177 
26:  2537,  9052 
28:  11092 
LXXIV.  1:  5558 
5:  *1249 

17:  *2728,*2998,3611 
19:  4528,  12209 
20:  7933,  9417 
LXXV.  5:  3803,  4669 
6:  4753,  11671 
7:  *1014,  3481,4643, 
8255 
LXXVI.  4:  1763 

10:  6218.  6219,  6222 
11:  438,  *2948,  5955, 

12174 
12:  *685 
LXXVIL  1:  7515 
2:  3169 
3:  3875 
6:  3889 
8:  8573 
12:  *2833 

19:  *1507.       *2604, 
4787,  8784 
LXXVIII.  2:  9760 
3:  *1223 
8:  5276 


682 


PSALMS. 


INDEX  OF  SCRIPTURE  TEXTS. 


PSALMS. 


LXXVIII.  9:  5926 
14:  11271 
17:  2754,  11702 
19:  1591 
20:  2548,  3945 
25:  4785,  10406 
34:  5294,  8532 
69:  *2380 
LXXIX.  1-3:  *2559 
iiXXX.  4:  11709 
5:  9264 
6:  5398 
8:  7613,  10016 
a-ll:  8897 
12,  13:  10955 
13:  10521 
14:  808 
LXXXI.  6:  *2447 
7:  2063 
15:  2552 
LXXXII.  5:  *1458 
7:  *693 
11:  10811 
LXXXIII.  3:  7260 

18:  2555,9989 
LXXXIV.  2:  4936,5452 
3:  5441 
3,  4:  *3049 
4:  4512 
7:  10221 
10:  3076,  6208 
11:  663,868,  *1570, 
2493,      2553, 
7716,      8211, 
9182.  11772 
LXXXV.  10:  *2283,       3442, 
4885,  6617 
11:  *2909 
12:  *1540 
LXXXVI.  2:  7505 
3:  *788 

5:  2343,         2535, 
8798,  11493- 
11497 
7:  2092 
10:  9023 
LXXXVII.   2:  12348 
4:  *1828 
5:  *1829        ^ 
6:  *1830,     2164, 
6836 
LXXXVIII.   3:  11792 
9:  *1199 
10:  *660,      1717, 

11793 
12:  *1435,*2153, 

2332 
13:  4561,  10644 
15:  *3058,  8897 
18:  2395,  2411, 
5563 
LXXXIX.  1:  9216,   10500, 
11951 
2:  10504 
5:  *2532,   7785, 

9015 
9:  *1508 
14:  2515,  3431 
14,  28:3769 
15:  9130,9316 
16:  *1359,  10504 


LXXXIX.  18:  97928 
19:  918 

34:  2562,4741,7872 
37:  8607 

47:  *2119,  *2881, 

3569,  5708, 

10232, 10273, 

11390, 11986 

XC.  1:  9000 

2:  1946,  9010 
4:  *3056 

5:  2026,  2314,  10255 
5,  6:  7749,  7754 
6:  10249 
9"  *2131 
10:  618,  3576,  3594,  5428, 

5709, 10270 
10,  12:  *2116 
11:  8700 

12:  *644,  *1125,  2027, 
*2128,  *2570,  *2874, 
3324,  5727,  5731, 
7735,  7738,  10217, 
11981,  11979-11997 
13:  *2293,  *3071 
XCI.  1:  7928 

3:  1671,  11267 
4:  *2911,  5186,  8607 
5:  1931 
6:  3595 

7:  *1354,  3582,  7713 
9,  10:  1589 
11:  *2009,  2209,  4788, 

7706,  11278 
14,  15:  481 
16,  *2127 
XCII.  1:  4516 

2:  *636,  *2395 
5:  *1497,  2327 
12:  742,  *1604,  5890, 
7215,  9273,  10865 
12-14:  10809 
13,  14:  2616,  3868,  9545 
14:  *2414,  3575,  4207, 
4210 
XCIII.  2:  *1482 

3,  4:  10795 
5:  9544,  12305 
XCIV.  3:  *3071,  12149 
7:  8992,  10823 
8:  *1283 
9:  8995 
11:  9395 
12:  5596 
17:  9518 
18:  10504 

19:  *1274,*1899,*2865, 
5697,  7337,  8018 
20:  10180 
23:  4789 
XCV.  7:  280,  10267,  10828, 
12003 

7,  8:  4713 
8:  *2606 

8,  9:  7947 
10:  1926 

XCVI.  1:  *763 

2:  *2707 

3:  *1497 

8:  1521 
XCVII.  2:  *1499 


XCVII.  9:  *1498 
10:  11704 
11:  1871,  10028 
XCVIII.  4:  11059 
8:  2281 
9:  8406 
XCIX.  6:  4557 
C.  3:  2497,  9012 
4:  6203,  9442 
5:  *2906,  5830 
CI.  2:  6719,  10943 
2,  3:  1396 
5:  9660 
7:  *1840 
CII.  4:  6284 
6:  3311 

7:  *2014,  *2779 
11 :  1802,  *2118,  10243 
14:  1445 
17:  4109,  4480 
18:  382 
20:  *2454 

25:  *1457,  4792,  10691 
26:  *1077,  *2364,  6149 
cm.  2:  2337,3879,3898,5670, 
10476 
3:  *1341,  4932,  9358 
4:  3902,4883,4884,5151, 

7950 
5:  *1380,  *2414,  *3061, 

6246,  12332 
8,  11 :  2523 

13:  *1294,  2088,  *2507, 
3697,  4452,  8674, 
10504 
14-16:  *16,  *678 
15:  10470 
16:  10239.  10647 
17:  *2278,  3903 
19:  *949,  3477 
20:  *1233,  10763,  11055 
21:  *1504 
CIV.  2:  1161,  10280 

3:  449,  1161,  *2057 
4:  *1503,  12337 
5,  6:  1161 
10:  8711 
15:  3876,  10028 
19:  11854 
22:  11855 

23:  *1141,  *2392.  10158 
24:  1019,1161,4097,4775, 

5886,  8372,  8538 
25:  *2408 

29:  *1591,  *2745,  8714 
30.  31 :  1161,  3624 
33:  1711,  2923,  4513 
34:  *1910,  10464 
CV.  2:  4518,  4804 
20:  3555 
40:  2323 
42:  4747 
44,  45:  2697 
CVI.  1:  2505 
2:  *1498 
14:  1481 
23:  10460 
24:  9868 
28:  5125 
29:  6568 
33:  5630 


PSALMa 


INDEX  OF  SCRIPTURE  TEXTS. 


PSALMS. 


683 


CVI.  36,  37:  537,  *840 

46:  *1878 

48:  121-123,  6465,  6466 
CVII.  6:  8533,9156 
g.  *25R2 

9:  187,  188,  721,  *2164 
10:  1810 
16:  8033 
19:  8533 

23-30:  8533,  11619 
24-39:  *2407,  2408 
29,  30:  343,  4845 
30:  *1661,  2905,  4840 
41:  *1784 
CVIII.  1 :  2455,  8706 

2:  *2379 
CIX.  4:  4566 
13:  2597 
14:  4041 
17:  11212 
23:  11672 
ex.  2:  11280 
CXI.  1:  4520 

3:  7566,  9004 
5:  2277,  2323 
7:  2562 
9:  5066 
10:  *2497,3600,4515,4517 
CXII.  1:  290 

2,  3:  9593 

5:  1569,  4802 

6:  3387.  9105,  9123 

7:  *1655 

9:  9118 

10:  *1101,  1920,  12221 
CXIII.  9:  4042,  11523 
CXIV.  3:  *958 
CXV.  1 :  2465,  *2535 

2:  7503 

3,  8:  9731,  9733 
5:  8992 

6:  9378 
8:  3146 
14:  *2634 
CXVI.  2:  4569 

8:  1730,  2353,  4283, 

7873 
6:  2695 

7:  *2664,  11449 
11:  *1242 
12:  *1578,  3896 
12,  14:  8991 
13:  6300 

15:  1346,  1363,  1759, 
7891,  8216,  8230 
17:  11950 
CXVIII.  6:  5816,  8997 
12:  *1565 
17:  3199 
19:  8319 
23:  7570 
23:  8570 
24:  5133 
CXIX.  3:  5680 
3:  10815 
4:  3007 
5:  *339 
7:  5336 
8:  4399 

9:  339,  570,   6233, 
13334 


CXIX.  11 :  507,  2508.  4133, 
9548,  10483 
14:  10465 
16:  10473,     10484, 

10936,  11605 
17:  5745 

18:  350,  2068,  6766 
19:  *2502 
20:  *153,  *156,  *187, 

10305 
31:  6776 

33:  870,  4846,  4899 
33:  1698 
34:  *3503 
45:  *3296,  3549 
49:  8587 
50:  9405 
54:  *2782 
57:  2575,  9053 
59:  11399,11973,12334 
60:  *766,  *2585,  4714, 
7944,9106,11302, 
12015 
63:  *461 

64:  1800,  2515,  3910 
65:  *1318 
67:  73-92,  *853,  6381- 

6413 
68:  2505 
71:  *875,  *1189,  2417, 

10578 
72:  653,  5235 
73:  7462 
75:  *873,  5506,  J1431, 

11434 
81:  3057 
89:  8607 
90,  91 :  2568 
96:  3210,  4380 
97:  234,  363.  6774 
103:  4926.  5846,  6768, 

8711 
105:  843,  6096,  10166, 

11235 
106:  *3618 
113:  5703,  6843,  8141 
117:  4766,  8631 
120:  4361 
121:  3043,  3320 
133:  11874 
138:  346,  6785 
139:  *335,  393,  5334 
130:  1515,  5333 
134:  *2764,*2913, 10840 
139:  12345 
140:  6100 
151:  *847 
156:  10496 

160:  347.382,8607,11535 
162:  8070 
163:  3179,10372 
165:  4365 
168:  4337 
173:  9518 
174:  *2164 
176:  3675,10480 
CXX.  3:  5736,  10303,  10307, 
12010 
5:  6137 
CXXI.  1:  *1478.  *1479,*1741, 
10088 


CXXI.  3:  10317 

3:  5379.  5979 
3,  4:  5157,  8107 
4:  4788,  5973 
5:  7155 
7:  4574 
CXXII.  1 :  4559,  6303 

4:  6209 
CXXIII.  1:  *1479 

3,  4:  1018,  1019 
CXXIV.  1-5:  8997 
CXXV.  1:  1239,  7386,  12073 
3:  10169 
5:  1684 
CXXVI.  1:  11748 
4:  5074 

5:  *1630,         *1673, 

*3043,     *3983, 

5416,        10038, 

11910 

6:  *1670,*1671, 11498 

CXXVII.  1:  4766,  4893,  7155 

2:  *3767, 4360,5381, 

11096,  11746 
3,  5:  *1657,  *2974 
4:  7078 
5:  9331 
CXXVIII.  1 :  4917 

3:  639,*1266,7078, 

11701 
3,  4:  *1834,  *1835 
4:  *1876 
CXXIX.  4:  5333 
CXXX.  1:  *2155,  5791 

4:  4298,  8803 
CXXXI.  1 :  *2579 
CXXXII.  13:  12348 
CXXXIII.  1:  *1267,      *1835 

3193,  9347 
CXXXV.  4:  10016 
6:  11618 
13:  10470 
17:  9374 
CXXXVI.  5-8:  1163 
8:  11855 
9:  *2391 
23:  5649 
25:  4788 
CXXXVII.  1:   *2038,  *3137 
1-6:  309,  *3225 
5:  2472,        2963, 

10483 
6:  *1833,  *3473 
CXXXVIII.  3:  400,  6309 

3:  *2434,    4218, 
8675,  8676, 
9048,  13135 
3-10:  *1491 
6:  4673,  10705 
CXXXIX.  7:  7994,  8313 
7-10:  10816 
10:  4780 
11:  10819 
13:  4331 

14:  451,  453,  *849, 
*3331,  *3794, 
6881,  6885, 
7613,  9308. 
9379,  9398 
16:  *794,  10379 
17:  *507,       *1515. 


684 


PSALMS. 


INDEX  OF  SCRIPTURE  TEXTS. 


EEVELATION. 


CXXXIX.  17:    *2486,    4091, 
5691  -  5700, 
7467 
22:  1885 

23:  *629, 3082, 5259, 
5268 
CXL,  8:  *2762,    8755,    9897, 
11744 
12:  *2687 
CXLI.  1:  *1151,  2092 

2:  *1150,  *2542,  4565 
4:  9829 
5:  4986 
9:  3186 
10:  8077 
CXLII.  2,  4:  3919 

4:  *311,  3467,    4435, 
5088,  5458,  5461. 
5569,9178,11360, 
11797 
CXLIII.  4:  *809 

5:  *2271,  4182,7615, 
7617,       10698, 
10700 
9:  12313 
CXLIV.  1 :  *207 
2:  9058 
3:  *1999 
4:  1802,*2234,  3568, 

10220 
12:  *1876,  6247,  7078 
14:  *469,  7371,  7372 
15:  2477,  4082 
CXLV.  1,  2:  4515 
2:  4512 
3:  2560 
9:  2602,  2610 
10:  *2S84,  *2531.  4524, 

11950,  12283 
11:  3478,  3482 
13:  6097 
15:  631 
17:  2484 
18:  *519,  *847 
19:  *808,  *1753,  4583 
CXLVI.  2:  *1510 

5:  1666,  9341,  9618 
8:  *269,  2066 
9:  3270 
CXLVII.  1 :  4510 

3:  *1626. 2731, 5763, 

7569,  9263 
4:  *1507 
5:  *161 1,2507,9033, 

9883 
6:  3858 
9:  *1346,  4785 
10:  5910 
11:  4570,  8697 
13:  8232,  8651 
14:  *1671 
15'  *302'' 
CXL VIII.  i:  29I2,  4509 
3:  *2922,  11052 
3,  8:  2623 
5:  1162 
7:  *2727 
9:  *1356 
10:  4521 
13:  *1500,  4069 
CXLIX.  4:  10468,  *12943 


CL.  *1482,  11950 

REVELATION. 

I.  3:  389,  *2723,  2804,  4756 
4:  2997 

5,  6:  2933 

6:  *407,  1720,  *2396,  3048, 
4136,  7179,  7219, 10104 

7:  *2061 

8:  656,  3193,  12099 

9:  *3856,  11858,  11859 
10:  *638,  2155,  *2821,  3658 
20:  7277 

II.  3:  *1365,  4401 
4:  249-262,  6669 

5:  *2634,  *3403,   10832, 

11403,  11791 
7:  *597,  *1 059,  *2445,  9369, 

9421,  12037 
9:  5634,  5885 
10:  1012,  1126,  *1236, 1672, 

1194,   *2253,  2295, 

*3033,  4162,  5086, 

5967,   7026,   7659, 

8340,  9434 
13:  *2258,  3833,  10440 
16:  11402 
17:  5181,  5214,  6312,  9638, 

10242,  10406 
21:  11415 
22:  4968,  10828 
25:  3065,  4911,  7952 
29:  *1679 

III.  1:  2361,  7281,  9703 
1,  15:  810 

2:  *2968,  3736 

3:  1359 

4:  1737,  *1 787,  *1 955, 7451 

4,  5:  2981 

5:  748,  1399,  2926,  *3914, 

6902,  10028,  11337 
8:  5422,  10828 
11:  1199,  3065,4628,  7661, 

11033 
12:  829,  9421,  11920 
14:  7931 
15:  8242 
15,  16:  3733 
16:  *402,  12316 
17:  429,  1137,  4680,6151, 

7971,  9777 
18:  *928.  1646,  2066.2583, 
6859,   8513,  8536, 
11784 
19:  *349,  *865, 1549,*2786, 

5766 
20:  *459,  *531,  678,  1872, 
2825,  *3245,  3665, 
5422,  9382 
21:  10060,  12060 

IV.  1:  9460 
2,6:  *3047 
2-11:  *1717 

3:  *3915.  10504 

4:  1692,  *2057 

8:  *2665,  11546 

8-10:  2919 
10:  2933,  7301 
11:  *1496,  7128,  7206 

V.  3:  2422 

5:  7154,  7186 


V.  8:  1714,  *2005,  10466 

9:  *965,  1444,  *3274,  6868, 

9466,  10668 
10:  2908 
12:  7128 
13:  *3047 

VI.  *3509 
2:  3474 
8:  7845 
9:  2960 

10:  *441,  *2263 
11:  *973,  9479 
12:  *3982 
12-17:  *1007 
13:  10276 
15,  16:  3426 
15-17:  10049,  10058 
16:  *534,  3419,  3422,12311 
17:  *642,  *643,*2056,  3420, 
6272,  12311 

VII.  3:  3443 

4,  9-17:  *1049 

9:  *659, 5927,  7662,7840, 
8727,  12158 

9-17:  *1736,  1759 
13,  14:  *1801,  *2261 
14:  433,  440,  2120,  7750, 

9420,  9453 
14-17:  11562 
15:  *1720,  9421 
15-17:  *1713,  *2023 
16:  5685,  9684 
17:  *1637,  9479 

VIII.  13:  2626,  3177 

IX.  1-11:  *4070 

2:  2941,  11941 

4:  797 

6:  1484,  11398 
10:  11610 
11:  *2872 
20,  21 :  6204,  11408 

X.  1 :  10504 

6:  1960,  2494,*2870,  3585, 

5710,  5711 
9:  *3037,  4461 
10:  *3039 
XL  12:  *1737,  8226 

15:  1951,2930,4778,11804 
17:  10590,  11463 
18:  5081,  5084 
19:  2885 

XII.  1:  2934,  6117,  11855 
9:  *2854,  3148 

10:  1503 

11 :  371,  651,  5406,  9533, 
12061 

XIII.  8:  1262,  4879,  4887, 

9486,  11337 
10:  5051,  5960 
14:  10565 
16:  3813 

XIV.  2:  *1732,  4488 

3:  9467,  9478,  10154, 

10665,  10670 
4:  2320,  7447,   7658, 

8799,  10944 
6:  2641 

7:  4099,  6434,  10051 
10:  2948,  6010 
11:  2943,  2946,  *2965, 
12019 


REVELATION. 


INDEX  OF  SCRIPTURE  TEXTS. 


ROMANS. 


685 


XIV.  12:  11563 

13:  *646,  *664,  *963, 
*2662,  2708,  6134, 
6844,  7739,  12283 

14:  8475 

15:  *3921 

XV.  2:  *1732 
3:  7801 
4:  2257 
7:  12311 
8:  *439 

XVI.  6:  7673,  7677 
10:  7728 

16:  *3123 
17:  *2869 

XVII.  4:  *1284 
5:  3443 

6:  *2255,  3834,  10439, 

10956 
14:  2161,  7301 
15:  9479 

XVIII.  1-24:  *3141 

2:  2822,  5442,  7931, 

11028 
5:  5334,  5349 
6:  5916 
7:  *441,  6135 
7,  8:  4660 
17:  5103 

XIX.  1:  1766 
2:  7676 

3,  4:  *90,  6434 

6:  *441,  712,  7613, 9167, 
9467, 10704, 11561 

7:  7277,  7278 

7-9:  *2092,*2093,*2980 

8:  6623 

9:  *967,  *1650,  3384, 

7773 
10:  11025 
12:  3475 
13:  12262 
14:  12059 
16:  10105 
20:  5733 

XX.  1-15:  2052 

2:  1630,  *2709.  5318 
4:  1743,  3813,4403,12158 
6:  7791 

10:  *1775,  9515 

12:  *299,*475,*794,  1311, 

3176,  3409,  4328, 

5537,   6901-6903, 

10041,  10262, 11462 

13:  *298.  *443,  *1594, 

*2668,  *2726 
14:  *2672,  9504 
15:  *1773,  *1779 
XXL  1:  1801.  *2023,  6149 

2:  *428,  *1712,  *1761. 
7277. 10028, 12162 
2-27:  *3070 
g.  *3532 

4:  *972,  *2440,  2877, 
*2982,  9468 

5:  *2388 

6:  *1380,  2379,  2383 

7'  1388 

8:  *1771,  *2611,  3744, 
5858,  10202 

9:  *972,  *2023,  3221, 


XXI.  9:   7277,  7278,  10338 
10:  *981,  9437 

10-22:  *1717 

13:  2910 

16:  2878,  10738 

18:  *2023,  5984 

18-23:  2889,  7309 

22:  2885 

23:  *965,  *1763,  2876, 

8982,  10280 
25:  9469 
27:  2920 

XXII.  1,  2:  *1707,   *1717, 

1763,  *2444, 
2446 
1-6:  *3070 

2:  594,  2625,  2910, 
5757,7114,10876, 
10878,  12038 
3:  6324 
4:  2875 

5:  431,  *708,  6861 
7:  5166 
9:  *765 
11:  6012,  7847,  8911, 

10758,  11991 
12:  4911,  5080 
13:  12101 

14:  3873,  5758,  9491 
15:  2938,  2947,  8839, 

10372 
16:  681.  *2808,  4104, 

10280 
17:  *1051,  1335,  2383, 
3345,  4132,  4931, 
8223,  8315,  9975 
18:  10507,  10508 
19:  *245,  6543,  10119 
20:  1719,  *3098,  *3099, 
4132,  6347,  6351 
21 :  8227,  9199,  9270 


I.  1-32:  335,  1097 
2:  4746,  11231 
6:  *1548 

7:  5160 

14:  *741,  10780 
16:  2542,  2624,  2640,  7579, 

11566 
17:  3446,  8574 
18:  5835,  6221,  9559 
20:  2023,  6606,  9024,  9454, 

12123 
21:  *1690.  3289,  7728,  8770, 

9025,  9215,  12127 
22:  1840,  *2575,  *2642, 11186 
23:  *1904,  3148 
24:  *2212 
25:  *242 
26:  9825 
28:  3260,  4984,  4985,  9009,, 

9745 
28-32:  1465,  797a 
29:  2847 
31 :  9835 
32:  53311 

II.  1:  11048: 
2:  10059 
3:  10076 

4:  2535,  3716 


II.  5:  3208,  6016,  9410,  11713, 

12311,  12314 
6:  *2060,  *2612 
7:  1015,  *1249,  1523,  1680, 
*1848,  *2123,  4335, 
8193,  9781,  12233 
8:  12077,  12091 
8,  9:  1234 
10:  *1257,*1847,*3456,9897 
13:  11657 

14,  15:  *1703,  9784 
15:  *480,  *486,  974,  *1762, 

7410,  7419,  9003 
16:  *2050,  3423 
17:  4421 
17-24:  9830 
20:  2358,  *2838,*2840,  5603, 

8820 
21:  *1994,  5595,5682,9526, 

10639,  11051,  11905 
21-24:  9138 
22:  *1907,  11119 
23:  5881,  9836 
23-25:  2828,  11219 
25:  4729 
28:  2361,  5188 
29'  2362 

III.  i,  2:  *246,  *2040,  5228 
3:  *1778,  4177,  9500,9875 
8:  *2759,  5945 

12:  1750 

13:  4466,  6578 

16:  *2317,  3984 

19"  5350 

20:  2925,7263,7564,10180 

24:  9191 

25:  1185,  7511 

26:  3431,  10074 

27:  10942 

28:  9143 

29:  1625 

31:  3532,  10074 

IV.  5:  10324 
7:  11418 

11-16:  8942 

14:  10186 

15:  6220 

18:  7783,  8533 

18-21:  8597 

20:  *1232,  4751,  8577 

20,  21 :  1628,  2127 

25:  5258,  11844 

V.  1 :  3447,  4363,  10922 

2:  1516,  1696,  *1858,  2076, 

4525 
3r  *603,  1187,  *2464,  4342, 

5661,.  5772,  9816 
4:  *1191,  2042,  8513 
5:  *1868,  3052,  6067 
6:  *1193i.  10507,  10687 
7:  1694,  2235,  2961,  2700, 

5274,.  7.885 
8:;  732.  2521,  3734,  4349, 
5152.  6376,  9125 
:  10^  1889,  *2154,  4872,  7143 
:  11:  2794 

:  12 :  2165.*2437,  *2752,  5350, 
9613,  10384 
12,  14.  18:  1461 
13:  2912 
14:  10390 


686 


KOMAIIS, 


INDEX  OP  SCRIPTURE  TEXTS. 


BTJTH. 


V.  15:  *1569,  2385,  5174 
15,  20:  *2012 

16:  5175 
19:  *1239,  1577 
20:  7564,  8854,  8856 
21:  9199 

VI.  2:  8059 

6:  5312,  7576 

7:  7791 

11:  4171,  7746,  9080 
13:  *2833,  9063,  11580 
14:  *1576 

16:  *1645,  5249,5333,7537 
22:  2664 

23:  *1770,  4818,5306,5345, 
6756,  7109,  9788 

VII.  2:  3826,  10780 
7:  874,  3530 

12:  87 fi,   3533 

14:  6899,  10184 

15:  532 

18:  6032,  10688 

21:  2167,  7568 

21-25:  9388 

23"  *2961 

24!  1349,  1454,  3708,  6590 

33:  6037 

VIII.  1:  *1228,  3449,  6590, 

7383,  10085 
3:  10181 
6:  1264,  1679,   3939, 

7224,  7336,  8314, 

11816 
7:  1458,  3756,  4267 
9:  11042 
11:  488 
12:  10780 
13:  4105 
15:  33-36,   6335-6340, 

6067-6073,  8707 
15,  16:  12248,  12249 
15-17:  9075 

16:204-214,  6590-6599, 

6066-6069,   6073, 

7783,  10735 

17:  690,  2299,*2818,.5526 

18: 1192.4353,7912,8913, 

9428 
18-20:  9613 
19:  *1003,  9613 
20:*1237,2163,2166,5420 
20-23:  6997 
21:  3557,  7821,  10207 
22:  *2919,  3725,  5319, 

6160 
24:  *1854,  2125,  3051, 

7197,  9613 
24,  25:  *1861,  9619 
25:  *2940,  4344 
26:  3160,  4592,  5480, 

9965,  11083 
26,27:  3338 
28:  503,  *2202, 2565, 4740, 

7019,  8978,  11266 
29:  *1239,  2330,  2843, 

3727,  11196 
29,  30:  *1051 
31:  3550,  7924 
32:  2767,  4350 
34:  224-232,  3334,  6613- 

6622,  9963 


VIII.  85:  4287,  4401,  7066, 

XII.  12: 

*969,  *1864,  *1870, 

7116 

3512,  3735,  4338, 

38,  39:  935,  1356,  2670 

4555,  4590,  11081 

IX.  3:  2603,  5465,8383,11770, 

13: 

3073,  9633 

12126 

14: 

1976,  2347 

5:  2491 

15: 

5562,  6116 

6:  4173,  4727,  11244 

16: 

202,  915,  *1251,  3455, 

7:  9553 

3473,  4370,  9666, 

8:  10734 

9679 

19:  2341,  8101,  9060 

17: 

1975,  8360,  8361,  9587 

20:  5204,  7979,  8063,  8448 

19: 

*2681,  3299,  5058, 

22:  2535,  5654,  12311 

8801,  11486-11491 

28:  11804 

20: 

1884,1893,3456,5063, 

X.  1:  3335 

8359,  8931 

2:  1904,  6270,  6275 

21: 

497,  1533,  1891,  1979, 

3:  2676,5273,10514,11651 

3107,  3463,  8355, 

4:  7138,  7685 

11708 

9,  10:  927 

XIII.  1 

.  *3809 

10:  8560,  12304 

4 

10910 

12:  *1109,2547,11104,11872, 

7 

*1254,  *1843 

12338 

9 

10723,  11994 

14:  9372 

10 

3717.  5886,  9211 

15:  4636,  9135,  11577 

11 

*1747,  2019,  6264, 

17:  2819 

11804,  13203 

18:  *1560,  9162 

13 

*638.  *2871,  *2880, 

20:  2810 

7585 

XI.  2:  *1241,  2330 

13 

387,*933,  1660,7578, 

3:  3897 

9590 

6:  8852 

14 

*2848-2850,  5632- 

7,  8:  9344 

5636, 11876, 11917 

14:  *1066,  5455 

XIV.  1 

2077 

16:  *1804 

2 

1605 

17:  4903,  9213 

4 

10047 

17-21:  10016 

5 

2383,  8113 

18:  *117,  *118,  127-129, 

6 

4949,  9116 

*2831.  6474-6477 

7 

*1970,  3279 

20:  2135,  *2579, 4666, 7587, 

8 

1362,  7878 

10523 

10 

3416,  8299 

21 :  *2039,  4087,  5122 

11 

10041,  10061 

22:  3300,  8046 

12 

*2060,  4076,  4599, 

23:  9313 

5004.  7400, 10057, 

24:  4902,  7538,  8897,  8942, 

11440,11787,11979 

10450 

14 

3341 

25:  10019 

15 

8474 

29:  4177 

17 

3010,  3283,  10108  , 

33:  *2604,  9055 

18 

2593,  2618 

XII.  1:  985-989,  1519,  *2551, 

19 

3231,  5872 

3577,  3601,  5153. 

21 

3230 

7203,  7441,  7923, 

22 

2114,2791,3229,  3256 

10497,  11879 

23 

5859 

2:  5748,  6987,  10730, 

XV.  1: 

503,  5248,  5261,  8787, 

11388,  12026 

11647 

3:  1850,   1935,   1936, 

2: 

5291,  8123 

*2735,  5252,  11637 

4: 

5229 

4:  12114 

5: 

1996,  4337 

4,  5:  1439 

10: 

9223 

5:  2799,  5865,  12116 

13: 

*1209,  2097 

6:  1836,  *5.  2450,  5577, 

30: 

3947 

6988,  *2806 

XVI.  1 

1964 

7:  5602,  5606,  11904 

2: 

7451 

8:  2462,  7056 

5: 

3869 

9:  *1986.  3693,  5324, 

7: 

1600 

5677,  8439,  10952 

17: 

7283 

10:  124,  351,  *2072,  3681, 

18: 

8402,  10924 

4478,  5256,  5267, 

19: 

3489,  8027 

6366,  7591,  9602, 

20: 

9430,  12118 

9649,  10861,  1128 

23: 

9623 

11:  12,  271,  1514,  1683, 

25, 

26:  *1571,  5224 

1950,  2717,  3249, 

5517,  8030,  6312, 

KUTH. 

6964,  9853,  12283 

I.  1-22  •. 

*8947-*3953 

I.  SAHX7EL. 


INDEX  OF  SCRIPTURE  TEXTS. 


80KG  OF  SOL. 


687 


1.16:  7146 
17:  *1413 
19-31:  *3819 
20:  *1911 
21:  *855 

II.  12:  12072 

19:  *640,  *3470 

III.  1-18:  *3947-*3953 

I.  SAMUEL. 

I.  6:  *1399 
11:  5950 
15:  4542 
17-27:  *3976 
24:  *3489 
26:  4156 

28:  9857,  10653 

II.  1:  10306 
2:  7226 

3:  9050,  10831 

6:  *668,  4938 

7:  3368,  10580 

8:  3481 
18:  *3968 
26:  *995 
30:  2370,  8021,  8335,  9608, 

9611,  11377 
36:  10803 

III.  4-10:  *3966 
12:  4409 

13:  *2450, 4310,7102,  10895 
18:  4999,  5300,  5505,  5806 
19:  10576 

IV.  1-11:  *3122 
8:  4144,  9131 
9:  *550,  8481 

14:  *2913 

31 :  *1495,  3163,  3164, 3796 

V.  1-4:  *524 
1-10:  *3122 
3:  3151,  7159 

VI.  6:  2281,  3766 
12:  *3767 

19:  2549,  7687 

VII.  12:  9518,  11945 

VIII.  3:  6935 

IX.  2:  3T65 

X.  5:  4063 

5,  6:  *2360 
9  ■  28*^3 

XII.  3:  3241,  5021,  6937 
7:  *1579 

24:  *1945 

XIII.  14:  7733 
21:  9898 

XIV.  4.  8127 

6:  4080,  9175 

6,  7:  *3637 
29:  *2158,  3642 
41:  10357 

XV.  22:  4165,  7589,  10762, 

10771 
28:  1423,  5277 
24-28:  *3977 
26:  12161 

XVI.  7:  *1688,  *1693,  *2436, 

4225 
12:  *3302 
33:  *3310,  *3973,  11728 

XVII.  1-53:  *633,         *3471, 

11045 


XVII.  4-11:  3473 
5:  4506 

23:  3711 

34-37:  3305 

38-53:  *146,         *3307, 

*3308 
40:  *3306,*3363 
43-51:  *3473 
47:  12185,  13189 
51:  1493 
55:  4156 

XVIII.  1:  *2199 
5:  4473 
6:  1232 

7:  *1788,  *3315 

9:  1911,  8390 
17:  1796,  5899,  9527 
20:  10421 
20-28:  34 
25:  10493 

XIX.  4-7:  10460 
13:  8816 

XX.  3:  2376, *2744, 2906,  9785 
17:  3702,  3714 

18:  10585 
19:  *3420 
31:  7533 

XXI.  8:  8306 
9:  1194)6 

13:  1674 
15:  3308 

XXII.  9,  15:  2175 

XXIV.  9:  5373 
16-19:  7413 

XXV.  1:  *3967 

3:  2193,  8089 
14-35:  10460 
21:  3292 
26:  4156 
39:  11814 

XXVI.  21 :  *1080,  11335 

XXVII.  5:  8707 
7-25:  *3398 

20:  1488 

XXX.  7:  2742 
16:  10028 

XXXI.  1:  *3469 

II.  SAMUEL. 

I.  4:  6325 

17-27:  *3974,  *3975 
19"  2753 

23:  1350,  *3805,  7794 
35:  *3766 

36:  *3175,  *2208,  3685,  3726, 
10355 

II.  6:  10100 
19:  9885 
26:  *2958 

III.  27:  *1893 
39:  10199 

33:  1739,  8217 

V.  10:  3717 
34:  *3428 

VI.  6,  7:  4081,  9959 

11:  858,  *1831,  *3833 

VII.  8,  9:  *1606 
9:  2714 

18:  9669 

19:  2373,  5387 

23:  *1497,  2507 


VII.  29:  2720 

IX.  7:  9217,  10090 
8:  *2036,  9217 

X.  12:  *547,  8194,  8197 
XL  11:  9792 

XII.  3,  3:  3523,  10869 

7:  4601,  0550,  10883 
13:  7394 
30-23:  7092 
21:  7104,  7457 
23:  331,  833,  330,  7458, 

7459 
23:  *360.  *1744.  *1750, 

*1755,  *2627,  4870, 

9453,  11483 

XIII.  15:  *2178 
18:  7984 

XIV.  2,  3:  10869 
13'  *'1733 

U':  *2122,  9570,  10234 

XV.  5:  9693 
6:  2855 

36:  5-203,  11432 
30:  *3838 

XVI.  7:  *2073 
17:  2414 

XVII.  15-23:  *3309 
23:  *543 

XVIII.  3:  *1795 
5:  2446 
8:  9900 
9:  6169 

18:  10634 
24-32:  3084,  3085 
38,  31:  4311 
33:  "S,  7487,  10657 

XIX.  6:  *1409 
30:  5247 
•34-37:  *3160 
35:  4468 

37:  *18S3 

XXI.  7:  10090 

8-10:  *3935-*3939 

XXII.  1':  *633 

3:  4770,  9058 

4:  4511 
14:  8588 
29:  *1200 
35:  *2956 

36:  *1454,  2727,  4927 
37:  8724 
40:  6240 
45:  5550 
46:  2552 

XXIII.  1:  *3616 
1-4:  *631 
3:  3438 

4:  5807,  9465 

5:  9638 
10:  12161 

13-17:  *3095,  *3185, 
*3312 

XXIV.  10-17:  *3303 

14:  *3311.3911,  11840 
24:  6131,  8965 

SONG  OP  SOLOMON. 

I.  2:  10028 

3:  *385,  3364,10007 
5:  11773 
8,  10:  *3009 


688         SONG  OP  SOL.        INDEX  OP  SCRIPTURE  TEXTS.  l  timothy. 


II.  1:  *160,*1753,*1930,  3357, 

*3943,  4103,  5314, 

6581,  9337 
2:  *3010,  *3704 
3:  7377,  8897,  10037 
4:  7567,  8711 
11:  *841,  *3997,  3611,3938, 

11817 
11-13:  *3807,  6759,  6760 
13:  *1339,  *1343,  *3738, 

5073,  8765.  10038 
14:  5133,  7715,  7735 
15:  *3159,  3345, 3756,  *3899, 

*2935,  3641,  3646, 

5388,  5776,6660,7381, 

9535,  9578,  10396, 

11739,  11750 
16:  *838,  *1654,  5869,  7873, 

10393,  10399 

III.  4:  1565,  5443 
6:  10948 

11:  4039 

IV.  6:  *3567 

10:  *1686,  9477 

11:  3893 

13:  *1694,  7377,  7444 

13-15:  8897 

15;  6039 

V.  1:  3403,  8711 

3:  *531,  *3010,  7156 
10:  10188 

16:  *1406,  4694,  4909,  7117, 
7836 

VI.  1:  *1890 
3:  *899 
4:  *435 

VII.  6:  *3176 
VIII:  5:  7158 

6:  *1099,  1915,  *3017, 
*3194,  3347,  3704, 
5436,  8399,  10353 

7:  *3184,  *3198,  *3307, 
3363,  3707,  10338, 
13034 

I.  THESSAXiONIANS. 

1.3:  9613 
4:  3659 

5:  3999,  5183,  10605 
6:  3008,  2331 
7:  *1166 

8:  9080,  9886,  9887 
10:  5305 
11.5:  9693 
6:  *3304 
8:  3951,  4633 
10:  998,  1059& 
11:  8333 
13:  *1740,  3093 
16:  3651 

III.  3:  *1913,  *3816,   5799, 

11434,  11850 
10:  3138 
11:  3743 

IV.  1:  3665,  9176,  11350 
4:  9606 

8:  5434 
11:  *100,  3410,  3349,4189, 

6449,  6460 
13:  *335-331,  330-338, 

*651.  9616 


iV.15-17:  *3665 

16:  38,  *40-43,  6345-6353 

17:  *1935,1952,*3363,  5790 
V.  1:  *3141 

2:  *638,  6147,  10053 

2  3"  1336 

3':  *'695,  1699,  7811,  7881, 
9393 

6:  *3968,  5380,5981,12111, 
12199 

6,  8:  5401 

7:  10742,  10743 

8:  2130,  8560,  9613 

9:  9565 

10:  1709 

12,  13:  10546 

13:  *3308,  3800 

14:  *1936,  3573 

15:  3297,  5060 

16:  *3636,  4910 

17:  *843,  4537,  8016,  9547, 
11073 

18:  3099.  11947 

19:  1333,  *3859,  3003,  5971, 
7383,  7698 

21:  8072 

23:  170-175,770,  2600,6546, 
6547 

23:  5189,  11581 

23,  24:  9550 

24:  9551 

35:  4548 

II.  THESSALONIANS. 

1.7:  11443 
9:  *1440 
10:  2640 
11:  5598 

II.  3:  9407 
4:  11036 
9:  5196 

10:  *3710 
10,  11 :  5314 
13:  *3514,  *3857 
13:  1859,  6730,  8318 
16:  *1567,  3986,  9635 
17:  8189 

III.  1:  3038,4573,8461,10541, 

11145 

2:  5857 

6:  3805 

7:  3803,  10408 
10:  5738,  8133,  8133,  8773 
11:  3513,  5209 
13:  3516,  4411 
15:  4994 

I.  TIMOTHY. 

I.  4:  3071,  5159 
6:  413 

8:  7039.  7579 
9:  13315 
13:  3909 

15:  *386,  390,  *1863,  *1883, 
*3097,3088,  4373,5384, 
5658,  7333.  7390,  9153, 
9613,9675,10605,11958 
16:  3973,  10353 
17:  7137 
18:  11761,  11733 


I.  19:  *1316,  3083,  5445,5464, 

7433,  9359 
30:  3937 

II.  1 :  5673,  9965 

3:  *3137,  3034,  7388,  9080 

4:  5166,  5170,  5880 

5:  3337,  3847,  4871,  10457 

6:  236-333,  6633 

8:  *3557,  4563 

9:  *939,  1638,  1640,  1646, 
1647,  3339,  *3336, 
4671,  8159,  10615, 
13351 
10:  6333 

14:  13255 

III.  2:  3944,  7451,  9635, 11534 
3:  3585,  8093  • 

4:  3953,  5353,  8068 

5:  *1563 

7:  5346 

8:  1618,  3709,  8184 

9:  3081 
11:  *1335 
15'  7513 
16-  *1338,  5787,  5789,  9838 

IV.  1:  3313,  4773 

3-  *484,  964,  *1647,  1991, 

5634,  7417,  9833 
3:  5667 
4:  1650 
5:  10523 
6:  9375,  11663 
7:  *1179,  7320 
8:  *1533,  *1930,  3570, 
2573,  2581,  5957, 
4912.  8501,  9078, 
11367,  11368 
10:  2089 
13:  1610, *361 5,  5605,8464, 

8479.  8483 
13:  4850-4856,8130,11337- 

11331 
14:  *980,*1466, 3453, 10714 
15:  11967 
16:  5454,  7003 
V.  1:  4355 
3:  9150 
3:  9417 

4:  *3500,  3693,  3853 
5:  4533 
6:  *3514,  3793,  3740,  6163, 

11009 
8-  644,  *1396,  *8837,  4303 
13:  *303,  514-517,  3130, 
5307,6974,9716,11599 
14:  3338,  5593 
17:  *3561 
18:  3973,  1043€^ 
30:  *844 

31 :  4638,  4647,  10539 
33:  *887,  5679,  7454,  8446, 

9581 
34:  580,  *1153,  4959 
35:  *1977 
VI.  4:  1573,  1914,  5553 

5:  *739,  1570,  4048,6178, 

9083 
6:  *515,  1033,  1037,2579, 

4951.  7346.  7479 
7:  1144,  1313.3469,4011. 
5104,  7780 


1.  TIMOTHY,        IIS 

FDEX  OF  SCRIPTURE  TEXH 

VI.  8:  1036,  7473 

III.  4:  10988,  12024 

9:  *2213,  4010, 5111,7600, 

5:  324,  *1362,  2359,4266, 

9091,  9093,  11504 

4914,  7264,  8816, 

10:  1145,  4015,  5100,  5108, 

8817,  8819,  9080, 

5995,  6166,  10631 

11044,  11083 

11:  *2304,  9095 

7:  2100,  2333 

13:  291,*1126,  1176,8317, 

8:  242,  9291 

8604,  8738 

12:  4400,  4405,10957 

16:  *1498,2513,2560,  2561. 

13:  7973,  10565 

8975,  10280 

15:  396,  635,  *1304,  4858, 

17:  *264,  4687,  5093,  6004, 

5224 

7531,  8598,  11505, 

16:  240,  358,  6794,  11613 

12217 

17:  8773 

18:  4017,  5101,  9087 

IV.  3:  1056,  3515,  4116,  4988, 

19:  *291,*1 878, 6250,  6950, 

9153,  11143 

8836,  12151 

3:  4634,  11135 

20:  *3718,  5215,  9877 

4:  5165 

21:  4733 

5:  1520,   1964,   *1913, 

*3967,  3971,  5538, 

II.  TIMOTHY. 

10913,  13303 

I.  5:  4043,  7401,  9037,  9891, 

6:  *738,1839, 4613, 10379, 

11088 

11155 

6:  5723,  10361 

7:  *1334,  1713,  3048,  9863 

7:  8703 

8:  *1438,  5083,  8595 

9:  525 

10:  6145,  6585,  6543,8768 

10:  353,  *1123, *1557,  *1935, 

10,  11:  *8721 

3198, 11378 

11:  *3785 

12:  210,  311,  212,  293,  1843, 

13:  8793,  10213 

2361,  6539,  6595,  7113, 

14:  3546 

7776,  7790 

17:  *1618,  10955 

13:  3360,  8831 

15:  1470 

TITUS. 

II.  3:  269,  *1 362.  *2777,  3987, 

I.  3:  *1432.  *1939,  3058, 3194, 

8781,  11759-11763 

4747 

3,  4:  2760 

5:  10853 

4:  2445,  3581,  8034 

7:  5639 

7:  1429 

7,  8.  9:  418 

9:  *2723,  10958 

10:  3691,  5586 

10:  8783 

13:  3543,  10611 

11:  *706 

15:  *483,  5553,  7420 

12:  *1865,*2254, 2299,  5580, 

16:  *1336,  3229,  4729,  4785, 

6245,  7075,   7090, 

4914,  4984,  7398, 11320 

10442,  10595 

II.  3,  5:  10945 

13:  4942,  5859 

4:  4033 

14:  4631,  8043 

5:  *1829' 

15:  1601,  2015,  2485,  *2560, 

6:  6255 

5283,  5499,   8987, 

7:  *2462,  10539,  10921 

9756-9772,   10748, 

7,  8:  *2562 

10864,  11658,  11668 

8:  *2801,  7451 

17:  9887 

11 :  2676 

19:  695,  2516,  6809,  6811,. 

13:  *2124,  10364 

8607 

13:  *1860,  3060,  8436 

20:  9722 

14:  794,  1093,  *2631,  9729 

21:  12152 

15:  10550,  11650 

22:  *2459,3738,11005. 12325 

III.  1:  10779 

23:  811 

3:  14^,  *2763, 3864, 3867, 

24:  *1454,  1561,8746,8948, 

5473,    6660-6662, 

11048 

6977-6982,  8454 

25:  3865,  10912 

3:  8770,  9353 

26:  *2711,*3754,6031,11589i 

5:  3506,  3795,3913,3934, 

III.  3:  3696,  3167,  3394,  3836, 

4899 

7597,  11648 

6:  9554 

2,  7,  13:  1465. 

7:  *1871,  *3133,  3445, 

3:  70,  71,  4735 

10086 

4:  3091,  3365,  44«3,  5910, 

8:  *951,  3619 

2EPHANIAH. 


689 


9:  1571,  4831,  8043 
14:  3631,  8588 

ZECHARIAH. 

I.  3:  11899 

5:  1336,  *3336 

II.  4:  *926,  5686 

5:  153,  2768,  11257 
8:  4778,  8537 

III.  1:  4255,  11586 

2:  189,  5173,  5193 
4:  3444,  10085 
6:  *1415 
8:  7149 

IV.  1-7:  *3868 

6:  *1813,  7916.9193,9564 
7:  *1069,  *4115,  8083 
10:  1486,  *2161,  2416,2498, 
*2898,  3644,  5387- 
5395,  5775-5780, 
6280,8002,8370,9930, 
10300,  11750,  13133 

V.  l"'4338,  4733,  5348,  7693 

VI.  15:  7375 

VII.  6:  3290 
10:  11881 
12:  2839 
14:  11242 

Vin.  5:  477,  *2156,  6919 
16:  5843 
17:  3803 

IX.  13:  11141 
17:  9006 

X.  1:  4538,  8563 
3:  *454 

3:  7579 

7:  10038 

10:  *3860 

XI.  12:  5444 

XII.  8:  5987 

10:  *531,  3001.  10018 
Xm.  1:  681,  *1568,  *1920, 
*3023.  2875,  2705, 
8840,  9179 
7:  3439 

9:  *66,  *68,  84,  4889, 
6397 
XIV.  2:  9991,  10018 

7:  *603,  1365,  *2051, 
6731,  7S33,  10333 
8:  *3139 

ZEPHANIAH. 

I.  5:  3734 
8:  1649 

11:  13186 

13,  15:  1467 

14,  15:  *643,  643 
18:  3418,  7599,  7603 

II.  13-15:  *3836 

III.  4:  1599 
5:  *2064 
9:  11215 

17:  4067 


TOPICAL  INDEX  TO  FIRST  PEOSE. 


Eeference  is  always  tnadd  to  the  illnstrations  by  number.  The  numbers  refer  to  synonymoBi  or 
related  general  subjects,  or  to  scattered  illustrations  of  the  topic  in  the  Index.  A  dash  between  two 
numbers  indicates  that  all  between  them  are  referred  to. 


Abilities,  1.  2.  534.  635.  18S6.  2072.  2073.  2450-2456. 

322S-3224.  5575-5579. 
Absent-Mindedness,  3.  10.  11.  2332-2337. 
Abstinence,  4-9.  189.  281.  770.  1650-1671.  2236.  5632- 

5626.  6039.  6040. 
Abstraction,  10.  11.  3.  2336. 

Action,  12-20.  21-23.  24-28.  1388-1401.  1634.  6111-6131. 
Actions,  21-23.  12-20.  24-28. 1603-1618.  2276.  6132-6136. 
Activity,    24-28.    12-20.  21-23.  1533-1542.  2650.  2821. 

2868.  3248-3253.  3506-3517. 
Adaptation,  29-32.   527.  763.  1158.  1161.  2651.  4425. 

4775. 
Adoption,  33-36.  3445-3451.  3689.  4123-4126. 
Adornment,  37.  275.  1643.  1736.  2216-2229.  4272-4274. 
Advent,   38.   1166.   1677.  3415-3427.    3819.   6139.  6141. 

6147. 
Adversity,  39-46.  75-92.  320-330.  794.  1545-1552.  1980. 

2417.  3669-3672.  5294-5301.  5791-5809. 
Advice,  47.  48.  1112-1117.  6233-6238. 
Advocate,  49.  3333-3340.  3645-3348.  5480. 
Atfectation,  50-52.  202.  203.  1849-1854.  5251.  6252. 
Affection,  53-71.  2235.  2862.  184.  3675-3721. 
Affections,  72-74.  794.  865.  4318^323. 
Affliction,  75-92.  39-46.  320-330.  251.  1006-1009. 1187- 

1193.  2610.  3377.  5305.  5294-5301.  5791-5809. 
Age,  93-104.  2607.  3456,  3575.  4197-4210. 
Aged,  101-104,  618.  1078.  3456.  4197-4210, 
AGKICULTUKE,  1542.  3248-3253. 

Aim,  105-108.  771.  3047.  3601.  3654.  3655.  4827-4830.  5068. 
Allurements,  109-111.  195.  1220-1232,  4436-4471.  6306. 

5639-5665. 
Ambition,  112-120.  909,  1869,  1870,  3766,  4664-4687. 
Amen,  121-123. 
Amiabilii;y,  124.  3452-3471, 
Amusements,  125.  126.  195.  537,  538,  1221-1232.  4849, 

4877,  4878.  5674-5680, 
Ancestry,  127-129.  3508. 
Angel,  130.  131.  367.  1267.  1826. 
Angels,  130-137.  247.  1757. 
Anger,  138-149.  1052.  1069.  2481.  4318-4323.  6820-5631. 

6217-6.219. 
Anoials,  150.  2751.  3466.  3929. 
Annihilation,  151.  1268.  3187-3201,  5419-5452. 
Answer   to   Prayer,    152-156.   864,  1226,  3333-3340, 

4526-4593. 
Antiquity,  157.  4736-4739. 
Anxiety,  158-161,  505.  639-543.  2250.  1489,  1490.  1553- 

1558.  ,1562-1564. 
Apostasy,  162-166.  249-262.  2169-2171.  2681, 
Apostate,  166.  913,  ,1725,  1768,  1932,  2937,  3406.  3832, 
Apostles,  167, 


Apostolic  Succession,  168.  169. 

Appearances,  171-174.  182.  186.  421.  3112-3117,  5304. 

Appearance  of  Evil,  170.  172.  175.  2600, 

Appetite,  176.  5279.  6030. 

Applause,  177.  178,  2473.  1861-1865, 

Ark,  179.  679,  783. 

Armor,  180.  181.  841.  1409-1411.  2551.  4355,  4766-4772. 

5156-5158. 
Art,  182-186.  544.  1826.  4381.  4382. 
Aspiration,  187.  188.  112-120.  909.  1045.  1869.  1870, 
Associates,  189-191.  789.  888-908.  1709.  1985. 
Association,  189-201.  751.  752.  888-908.  1970.  5402-5404. 
Assumption,   202.    203.    50-52.    2525.    1849-1854.    3767. 

4370.  449G. 
Assurance,  204-214.  1855.  2338.  3S10-3S12.  6068-6073, 
Atheism,  215-223.  376.  451.  3256-3274.  5210.  5211. 
Atheist,  220-223.  1722-1731.  2049,  3210.  3256-3274. 
Atonement,  224-232.  432-440.  3439.  5520.  6532.  6152, 
Attention,  233-235.  2482. 
Avarice,   236-246.    1136-1154.    2582-2589,    3713.    3760- 

3764.  3778-3780.  4112, 
Awakening,  1202.  1203.  1453,  5067-5079. 

Baby,  247.  248.  3791.  4033, 

Backslider,  249.  250.  166.  844.  918.  2681.  3406,  3832, 

Backsliders,  251-253.   774.  810.  833.  834.  843,  1094. 

1932. 
Backsliding,  254-262.  162-168.  189.  843.  1732, 
Badge,  263.  738.  1178.  1187.  3810-3813.  4726-4736. 
Balls,  264.  265.  1220-1232.  4230. 
Banner,  266.  2301.  2302. 
Baptism,  267.  268.  3255. 
Battle,  269.  270.  942-945.  1176.  4061.  5600.  5958-69«7. 

5926. 
Beauty,  271-275.  3820. 

Beggars,  276.  1037.  3350.  4352.  4366.  4479-4484. 
Begging,  277.  862.  1142. 
Beginning,  278-283.  4867.  3647-3650, 
Beginnings,  281-233.  5387-5395. 
Believers,  284-289.  735-752.  2074-2146, 
Believing,  290-295.  2483.  2074-2146. 
Beneficence,  296-309,  103.  310-319.  586-600.  2467-2404. 

3546-3543. 
Benevolence,  296-319.  586-600.  2457-2464.  3546-3548. 
Bereavement,  320-330.  622-625.  635.  1007.  1265-1376, 

3147.  4301.  4997-4999.  5502-5510. 
Best,  331.  2337.  4775-4794.  6972.  5973. 
Besetting-Sins,  332-334.  5305-5352.  5639-5665. 
Bible,   335-407.    12.    635.    4132.  4133.    4211-4214,  4784- 

4756.  4658.  6224-5235. 
Bigotry,  403-416.  1439-1440.  4644^048,  6238, 


TOPICAL  INDEX. 


691 


Biography,  417.  464474.  3562-3624. 

Bishop,  418.  541.  1501.  1959.  2291.  4598-4637. 

Blame,  419.  559-^63.  1506.  1659.  2738. 

Blasphemer,  420.  166.  1347. 

Blessed,  421.  1671.  3854-3858. 

Blessing,  422.  678.  1275.  1816. 

Blessings,  423-426.  3896-3002, 

Blindness,  427-431.  408.  414.  678.  2066-2070.  3589.  3678. 

Blood   of  Jesus,  432-440.  225.  229.   713.  1761.  2120. 

2387. 
Boasting,  441-448.  1993.  2595.  2652.   2831.  3922-3926. 

4430-4432. 
Body,  419-456.  151.  1301.  2312.  2313.  5025-5043. 
Boldness,  457-463.  204.  924.  933-941.  1723.  2273.  2820. 
Book,  464-167.  379.  392.  3563.  4850-4856. 
Books,  461-474.  379.  392-405.  406.  4143-4151.  4850-4856. 
Bounty,  2504.  2518.  423-426.  3896-3902. 
Boyhood,  475.  646.  616.  618.  6241-6259. 
Boys,  476-484.  474.  493.  619-650. 
Bravery,  485^93.  457^63.  2251.  2273.  5899. 
Bread,  491^97.  2210.  2211.  3105.  4785. 
Bribery,  1109-1111.  1275.  3025.  3240-3242. 
Brotherhood,  498-501.  638.   777.   780.   803-805.  2284- 

2286.  3680.  3708.  5863-5873. 
Brothers,  502.  504.  63-65.  69.  637.  ^681. 
Burden,  505.  506.  158-161.  546.   1075.  1279.  1349.  5092. 
Business,  507-513.   522-526.    639.  550.   1339.  3506-3517. 

4188-il91.  5999.  6001. 
Busy-body,    514-517.   559.   5207-5209.   5369-5376.   6572- 

5574.  5592.  5735-5742. 

Calamities,  518.  320-330.  3669-3672. 

Calamity,  519-521.  3985-3987. 

Calling,  522-526.  1855-1860. 

Callings,  527.  507-513.  1867.  1868.  4188-4191. 

Calumny,  529-531.  5207-5209.  5369-5375. 

Calvinism,  532.  533.  1598-1602.  1855-1860.  4643. 

CAPrVClTY,  534.  535.  1.  2.  1836.  2450-2456.  5675-5679. 

Capiain,  536. 

Cards,  537.  538.  1088.  2427.  2428.  3365. 

Care,  539-543.  158-161.  2539. 

Carelessness,  544.  635.  636.  4867. 

Cares,  545-554.  505.  506.  3799. 

Caste,  555.  500.  786.  2545.  2757. 

Catechising,  556.  3601.  5603-5612. 

Caution,  557.  558.  1682.  4638.  4797-4802. 

Censor,  559.  1003.  2211.  2738. 

Censoriousness,  560.  772.  1171.  2737.  4371. 

Censure,  561-563.  419.  588.  1171.  2248.  2249. 

Chance,  564.  565.  29-32.  1158-1172. 

Change,  566.  567.  1044.  1066.  1073.  5923-5925.  6142. 

Character,   568-585.    775.    790.   791.  1938.  4379-4392. 

4494. 
Charity,  585-600.  296-319.  2457-2464.  3546-3548. 
Chastisement,  601.  602.  1107.  1108.  1545-1552. 
Chastity,  603.  1410.  2067.  2364.  3559. 
Cheerfulness,  604-610.  94.  776.  3010.  2767-2797.  3383- 

3405.  3977. 
Child,  611-615.  280.  341.  607.  610.  807. 1319.  1604.  2081. 

3682. 
Childhood,  616-618.  475.  646.  2234.  2240. 
Children,  619-650.  247.  248.  689.  1278.  1279.  1773-1775. 

2643.  2872. 
Choice,  651-654.  241.  762.  1733.  1855-1860.  3604.  5115. 
Christ,  655-734.  162.   210.  224-232.  407.  432-440.  921- 

924.  1593.  1594.  1626.  1994.   2393.   2394.   2790.   2826. 

2873.  3229.  3490.  3722-3726.  5561.  6930. 
Christian,  735-752.  3711.  284-299. 
Christianity,  75.3-769.  680.  854.   856.  871.  2570-2581. 

2622-2641.  4438.  4912-4956. 
Christlans,  770-802.  234-289.  693. 1700-1721.  6159-6165. 


Christian  Union,  803-805.  498-501.  738.  777.  818.  U39- 

1446.  5863-5873.  6877-5879. 
Church,  806-841.  638.  666.  1814.  4778.  842-847. 
Churches,  842-847.  806.  841. 
Churlishness,  772.  2306.  2389-2392.  2737.  43T1. 
Circumspection,  850.  4797-4802. 
Citizen,  848.  849. 

Civility,  851-803.  1128-11 U.  4472-4478. 
Civilization,  854-856.  769.  821.  847.  877. 
Clemency,  857.  1884.  1891.  2430.  390^-3921. 
Closet,  858-860.  3351.  4577. 
Coincidence,  863.  864.  564.  565. 
Collection,  862.  276. 
Colors,  861. 
Comfort,  865-869.   75-92.  320-330.  345.  391.  926.  958. 

1006-1009.  1080.  1755.  2747. 
Commandments,  870-876.  575.  3480.  3529.  3533. 
Commerce,  877.  3022. 
Communion,  878-887.  200.  668.  1709.  1778.  3351.  5489. 

5490. 
Companions,  888-897.  192-201.  898.  1985. 
Company,  898-908.  469.  1709.  1970.  2938.  3351. 
Comparison,  909.  681.  3172-;U78. 
Compassion,  910.  911.  669.  729.  869.  2544.  3352.  3903- 

3921.  4452.  4453. 
Complaint,  912-914.  1219.  2737.  2738.  4052^030.  4338. 

5503. 
Compromise,  419.  1411.  2032-2036.  2765. 
Conceit,  915.  916.  1169.  1170.  2961.  2963.  3767.  5276. 
Concord,  917.  1897.  279S-2S00.  4355-4369. 
Condemnation,  918.  1975.  1095-1106.  6220-6224. 
Conduct,  919.   920.    786.   795.  1452.  1821.   1857.   1858. 

3637. 
Confessing  Christ,  921-924.  268.  269.  457.  458.  921- 

924.  1732-1749.  2037.  2038.  2915. 
Confession,  92.^930.  921-924. 
Confessional,  931.  932.  2048.  2.354. 
Confidence,   933-941.  204-214.   773.   1239.   1315.   1760. 

2106.  2252.  2488. 
Conflict,  942-945.  269.  270.  1283.  5958-5967. 
Conflicts,  942-945.  2312.  5958-5967. 
Conscience,  945-984.  1606.  2083.  2414.  2791.  3206.  4921. 

4957^961. 
Consecration,  985-990.   1747.  2413.  4272.  4966.  5243. 

5550.  5551. 
Consequences,  991.  992.  4813-4821.  5024.  5080-5086. 
Consideration,  993-997.  1016.  1017.  1322.  1430.  1431. 

1940.  2618.  4455. 
Consistency,  998-1005.  174.  175.  369.  1388-1401.  1610. 

1631.  2364. 
Consolation,   lOOG-1009.   320-330.   391.    622-625.    638. 

865-868.  1871-1875.  4922. 
Constancy,  1010-1015.  1126.  1388-1401.  1945.  3686. 
Contemplation,  1016.  1017.  1080.   1609.   2068.   3849- 

3856.  4891. 
Contempt,  1018.  1019.  5222-5223. 
Contention,  1020-1025.  777.  811.  1587.1588.1595.1869. 

3770.  4831-4838. 
Contentment,  1026-1045.  740.  1188.  1190.  2674.  2767- 

2797.  5203.  5204. 
Contrition,  1046.   1047.  1071.   2345.   3084-3086.   4373- 

4375. 
Controversy,  1048-1053.  1570-1572. 
Conversation,  1054-1002.  5475.  6476.  6580-5588.  6095- 

6110. 
Conversion,  1063-1091.   87.   230.  667.  873.  1773-1775. 

2234.  2449.  2654.  41234126.  4899-4908. 
Convert,  1092.  1893.  4127-4129.  4131. 
Converts,  1093.  1094.  402.  807.  1624. 
Conviction,  1095-1106.  31.  709.  951.  1453.  1459.  1467. 

1873,  2253. 


cm 


lOPICAL  INDEX. 


Correction,  1107.  1108.  154iH552.  118T-1193. 

Corruption,  1109-1111.  1113.  1454.  2828.  2831.  3805. 

Counsel,  1112-1117.  47.  48. 

Counsellors,  1118.  1119.  2855. 

Courage,    1120-1127.    457-463.    485.  493.   800.   933-941. 

5899. 
COURTEST,  1128-1131.  851-853.  3802-3809.  4472-4478. 
Courtship,  1132-1135.  3106.  3111.  3559.  5634. 
Covetous,  1136-1141.  3978-3980. 
COVETOUSNESS,    1136-1154.    236-246.    2221.    2582-2589. 

3760-3764. 
Cowardice,  1155-1157.  1127.  2251.  2254. 
Creation,  1158-1162.  185.  451.  452.   1796-1803.   3773. 

4089-4105.  4258.  5886.  6137-61f4. 
Creator,  1103.  215-220.  2494.  2496.  2497.  4246-4261. 
Credulity,  1164-1166.  3773.  6547. 
Crime,  1167.  1482.  1640.  2744.  2745.  5305-5352. 
Criminals,  1168.  5355-5368.  6008-6017. 
Crisis,  239.  629.  1391.  1866.  3570-3572.  5360.  4152-4155, 

4240-4253. 
Criticism,  1169-1171.  3403-3414. 
Cross,  1172-1186.  513. 

Crosses,  1187-1193.  1545-1552.  3567.  5759-5773. 
Crown,  1194-1200.  670.  1188.  2863-2935.  5082. 
CauciFixiON,  1231-1203.  661.  1376.  1377. 
Cruelty,  1204-1208.  409.  669.  2222. 
Cure,  1209.  520.  671.  1299.  1740.  2660.  2829. 
Curiosity,  1210-1214. 

Curses,  1215.  1216.  423.  424.  1816.  4361.  6309.  5310. 
Custom,  1217.  2743-2761.  4675.  5887.  5888. 
Cynic,  1218.  2738.  2241.  2737.  2738. 

Damage,  1219.  2220. 

Dancing,  1221-1232.  264.  265.  1429. 

Danger,  1233-1247.  47.  180.  181.  189.  368.   442.  1210- 

1215.  1676.    1929-1931.   3207.    3209.   3573.  4393-4395. 

5315. 
Darkness.  1248-1254.  427-431.  662.   801.   1728.    1871. 

2085.  2265. 
Daughter,  58.  2085.  2265,  3682. 
Day,  1255.  1255.  395. 
Day  of  Grace,  1257-1259.  1416-1429.  3205-3209.  4152- 

4155.  4240-4253.  4701-4714. 
Dead,  1233-1234.  741.  810.  1263-1375.  1692-1772. 
Death,  1233-1375.  131.  205.  232.  341.  622-625.  642.  728. 

1182.  12i5,.  1692-1772.  2425.  2701-2708.  3574. 
Death  of  Christ,  1376.    1377.   224-232.  432-440.   672. 

725.  726.  2702. 
Debt,  1373-1383.  228.  3399.  4879-4888. 
Debtor,  13S4.  1385.  4353.  4354. 
Deceit,  1386.  1387.  1437.  1619.  2172-2179.  2830,   3744- 

3754. 
Decision,  1388-1401.  255.  651.    658.    1117,    1267,    1733. 

1977,  3603.  .3774.  5000-5003.  6048.  6049, 
Deed,  1402-1404.  2960-2963.  6111-6131. 
Deeds,  1405-1408.  12-23.    2386.    45.34.    6132-6136.    2593- 

2597, 
Defence,  1409-1411.  153.  180.  181.  841,  4535.  4765-4772. 
Degraded,  1412-1414.  179.  659.    703.    1248-1254.    1826. 

2672.  3378.  5420. 
Deity,  1415.  2470-2369.  5781-5789. 
Delay,    1416-1423.    495,    4112-4118.    4240-4253.    4649. 

4056-4662.  4701-4714.  3569.  3356. 
Deliberation,  1430-1432.  993-997.  1016.  1017.  4891. 
Deliverance,  1433-1435.   174G.  3653.  4766-4772,  4996, 

6156-3158. 
Deliverer,  1435.  2159,  701.  6205.  5208. 
Delusion,  1437.  2213.  1386.  1337.  3997.  5255. 
■  Demons,  132.  891.  1438.  1500-1511, 
DenominaT'ONAlism,  1439.  1440.  408-416.  836-839. 
DenominaIIONS,  1441-1446.  935,  5238. 


Dependence,  1447-1451.  6989-5891. 
Deportment,  786.  795.  919.  1452. 
Depravity,   1453-1471.   427-431.   671.   801.   1109-1111 
2162-21G8.  2675.  2828.   2331.   2842.   3081-3083.   42W« 
4271.  5305-5352. 
Despair,  1482-1488.  207.  1725.   1768.  3261.   3308.   3809. 

3874-3878. 
Despondency,  1489.  1490.  771.  776.  3874-3878. 
Designs,  1472.  1473.  4454.  4455.  60.50-5054. 
Desire,  1474.  187.  183.  1762.  3016.  3019.  3228.  6592. 
Desires,  1475-1481.  3331.  3332.  6055-6058. 
Destiny,  444.  3623.  2305-2373.  3085-3937. 
Detection,  1566.   1494.   1632.   2243.    2745,    3113.    3120. 

4221-4233.  4813-4821.  6307.  5316, 
Detraction,  529-531.  1491-1495.  1497.  6369-5375. 
Deviation,  1498.  171-175.  6387. 
Development,  669.  570.  1494.  1336.  2072.  3786.  3890, 
Devil,  1500-1510.  1630.  6192-5201.  5860. 
Devils,  1511.  132.  891. 
Devotion,  1312-1516.  384.  694,   1784.   2151-2161.   2965- 

2985.  4822-4826. 
Devotedness,  1518-1520.   384.   858-860,    878-887.  1743. 

2287-2299. 
Difficulties,  1521-1530.  355,  1562-1564, 
Difficulty,  1531,  fe32.  2627.  3704, 
Diligence,  1533-1542.  511.  781.  1857.  1858.  .2015,  3613, 

6511-5319,  5710-5731. 
Disappointment,  1543.  1544.  3620.  6157. 
Discipline,  1545-1552.  39-46.  75-92.  545.  548.  601,   602, 

1107.  1108.  1187-1193.  1524.  1525. 
Discontent,  1553-1555.   112-120.    1026-1045.   1556-1658. 

1573-1586.  1605.  3931-3984.  5930-5911. 
Discontentment,  1555-1558.  5202.  6157.  5900-6911. 
Discord,    1559-1561,    811.  917.    1020-1025.    1587.    1588. 

1595.  2189. 
Discouragement,    1562-1564.    776.    1482-1488.     1543. 

1544.  1871-1875. 
Discovery,  1566. 1566.  958.  1632.  2058,  2059,  2243.  364T. 

4178-4183. 
Discretion,  1567-1569.  3408-3414.  6041-6054, 
Discussion,  1570-1572.  1048-1052. 
Dishonesty,  595.  1573.  1574.  2317.  4233.  6495. 
Disinterestedness,  1575.  3755.  5251.  5255.  5257. 
Disobedience,  1575-1573.  2335.  5305-5352. 
Dissatisfaction,  1579-1585.  912-914.  1026-1045.  156S- 

1558.  1605.  2858.  3042.  5420.  6148. 
Dissension,  1587.  1588.  1595.  1596. 
Distrust,  1589-1591.  158.  151.  1623-1625.  5552.  5553. 
Divinity,  1592.  1415.  2476-2569. 
Divinity  of  Christ,    1593.    1594.    672.   676.  677.  688. 

633.  725.  1626. 
Divisions,  1595.  1587.  1588.  1596.  5863-6873.    5877-5879. 
Divorce,  1597.  3816.  3814-3832. 
Doctrine,  1598-1602.  532.  633.  1592.  1855-1860. 
Doing  Good,  1603-1514.  15.  494-497.   615.   799.  1118. 
1119.    1412.   1413.   1963.  1964.  1976.  2589.  2590.  2593- 
2595.  2099.  2785.  6890-5396. 
Doing  Right,  1015.  173.  315.  2853.  5115-5518. 
Doing  Well,   1616-1618.    19.    1974.    2869.  3595,  424*. 

6007.  6008. 
Double-Facednebs,    1618.  1619.  2032-2036.  3243,  412»-- 

4683.  4937. 
Double-Mindedness,  1620-1622.  2324-2328,  3243,  3311. 

4689.  6898.  5937. 
Doubt,  1623-1625,  208.  209,  158»-1591.  5552,  5553,  58SS- 

5359. 
Doubting,  1525-1623.  290-295. 
Doubts,  1629.  6853-5859. 
Dragon,  1630.  1978.  1963-1986.  6660. 
Dreams,  1631-1637.  4384.  5159. 
Dress,  1638-1649.  2216-2229.  4671. 


TOPICAL  INDEX. 


693 


Drinking,  1654-1652.  4-9.  3326-3330. 

Drunkard,  1653-1655.  3682. 

Drunkards,  1670.  1671.  176.  281. 

Dkunkenness,  1656-1669.  4-9.  176.  897.  3326-3330.  5632- 

5636. 
Ddtt,  1672-1691.  522-526.  786.  921-924.  1093.  1184.  1289. 

2330.  3780.  4024-4023.  4157-4172.  4173-4177. 
Dying,  1602-1699.  1260-1375.  2376.  2386. 
Dying  for  Others,  63.  65.  66.  732.  1377.  1694.  2151. 

2235.  2408.  2521.  2700.  5274. 
Dying  Testimonies,  1700-1772.  670.  1699. 

Early   Conversion,  1773-1775.   438.   689.    807.  1063. 

1068.  1776-1783.  3405.  6241. 
Early  Piety,  1776-1783.  481.  624.  638.  807.  1500.  1773- 

1775.  2079.  2234.  4920. 
Early  Rising,  1784-1787.  4932. 
Early  Training,  1788.  1789.  627.  629.  630.  641.  1167. 

1816-1841.  2132.  2563.  2564.  3216-3218.  3541. 
Earnestness,  1790-1795.  1351.  1515.  3577.  4116.  4507. 

6260-6275. 
Earth,  1796-1801.  185.  451.  452.  1158-1162.  1898.  4090- 

4105.  6137-6174. 
Earthly  Glory,     1804.   2180-2188.   2465-2475.    3034- 

3045.  5900-5911.    - 
Earthly  Greatness,  1805.  2709-2727.  5900-5911. 
Ease,  1806-1808.  3245-3247.  3534.  3535.  4840-4845. 
Economy,  1809-1815.  2416.  5706. 
Education,  1816-1841.  396.  630.  640.  641.  1562.  3536- 

3544.  3576.  5499. 
Effort,   1842-1848.    106.    1603-1614.    2864.    4426.    6453- 

5456. 
Egotism,    1849-1854.   50-52.   202.   203.  1935.  2334.  6263. 

5266.  5275. 
Election,  1855-1860.  525.  651-654. 
Eloquence,  1861-1SG5.  1S4.  396.  2436.  9660. 
Emblems,  681.  909.  3172-3178. 
Emergency,  1853,  2G2.  623.  2062.  2063. 
Employs>ent,  1867,  1S68.  507-513.  527.  1339.  4188-4191. 
Emulation,  1869.  1870.  112-120.  137.  188.  1020-1025. 
EncO¥RAGEJXDNT,  1871-1875.  495.  776.  1562-1564.  2089. 

2355-2357.  4740-4752. 
End,  187G.  38.  1166.  ISOl.  2701-2707.  3563. 
End  of  All  Things,  1S77.  2169.  2474. 
End  of  the  World,  3415-3427.  6139.  6141.  6147. 
Endurance,  1878-1881.  210.  682.  814.  2151-2161.    3065. 

3704.  4406-4424. 
Enemies,  1882-1890.  3702. 
Enemy,  1S91.  1892.  1975.  1976.  2942.  3453. 
Energy,  1893-1S96.  1848.  4485.  5511-5519. 
Enjoyment,  1807.  1898.  1026-1045.  2767-2797. 
Enterprise,  1899.  1893-1896. 
Enterprises,  1900.  1402-1408.  4454.  4455. 
Enthusiasm,  1901-1905.  1790-1795.  6260-6275. 
Envy,  1906-1924.  2722.  2801.  2802.  3346.  3347.  5698. 
Error,  1925-1928.  1630.  2172-2179.  5819-5851. 
Escape,  1929.  1930.  699.  143^1435.  4996. 
Escapes,  1931.  4393-4395. 
Estate,  1932.  1933.  522-527.  4188-4191.  5477. 
Esteem,  1934-1936.  1949-1954. 
Eternity,  1937-1962.  1223.  2880.  2942.  2943.  2946.  3187- 

3201.  4616. 
Evangelist,  1962.  1963. 
Evidence,  1964-1967.  757.  760.  763.  766.  768. 
Evil,   1968-1986.    170.    175.    529-531.    1118.    1119.   2592. 

37G2.  5044.  5045.  5305-5352. 
Evils,  1987-1989.  1167. 

Exaggeration,  1990.  1991.  2172-2179.  3744-3754. 
Examination,  1992.  4178-4183. 

EXASIPLE,   1993-2012.    174.   194.   685.   1007.   2236.  2743. 
3562-3624. 


Excess,  2013.  2014.  4281.  3999-4003. 

Excellence,  2015.  572.  829.  3922  3926.  4753.  6210. 

Excitement,  2016-2018.  2276-2283. 

Excuses,  2019-2025.    509.   813.   1417.   1674.   3210.   3223. 

5366.  5555. 
Existence,  2026-2028.  3562.  3624. 
Expectation,  2029-2031.  2091.  3046-3071. 
Expediency,  2032-2036.   1411.  1619.   2172.   2176.  2179, 

2765. 
Experience,  2037-2057.  757.  1063-1091.  1095-1109.  262». 
Experiment,  2058.  2059.  767.  156.  1565.  1566. 
Extravagance,  2050.  2061.   1866.   2212.  2213.   2221. 

2224. 
Extremity,  2062.  2063.  2092.  2210.  4786. 
Eye,  2064.  2065.  233.  771.  4223. 
Eyes,  2066-2070.  427.  431. 

Fable,  2071.  3172-3178.  4288-4290. 

Faculties,  2072.  2073.  1.  2.  534.  535.  2450-2456.  5575- 

5579. 
Faith,  2074-2146.  290-295.  612.  3446.  4542.  4359.  4863, 

4865.  5810-5818. 
Faith  and  Works,  2147-2150.  <133.  6136. 
Faithfulness,  2151-2161.  236.   A014.  1015.  1045.  1199, 
1518-1520.   1677.   1698.   2287-2^99.   2301.    2302.  4161. 
4164.  4406-4424.  5926.  5927. 
Fall,  2162-2168.  274.  1453-1471.  2535.  3562.  3772.  3779. 

3794.  3796. 
Falling,  2169-2171.  162-166.   249-262.  2656.  2657.  2662. 
Falsehood,  2172-2179.  1386.  1387.  2093.  3560.  3561. 
Fame,  2180-2188.  2469.  2473.  3034-3045.  4069-4073.  4995. 
Family,  2189-2199.   2643.   2005.  2544.   3009-3019.   310&- 

3111.  4033-4046.  6019-6028. 
Family  Piety,  2200.  3229.  3869. 
Family  Prayer,  2201-2206.  614.  3229.  2208.  2209. 
Familt  Religion,  2207.  2200-2206. 
Family  Worship,  2208.  2209.  279.  2065.  2201-2206. 
Famine,  2210.  2211.  494-497.  2322.  2323. 
Fanatic,  2212.  1437. 

Fanaticism,  2213.  1164-1166.  1437.  2060.  2061.  2958. 
Fancy,  2214.  2215.  3179-3182.  3.308.  3309. 
Farewell,  1062.  1735.  4317. 
Fashion,  2216-2229.  1638-1649.  1807.  4647. 
Fasting,  2230-2233.  3084-3086. 
Fate,  444.  2365-2373.  3985-3987. 
Father,   2234-2240.  66.  67.  71.  907.  1125.  2005.  2343. 

2500.  3728.  4301-4313.  4543. 
Fault-Finder,  2241.  1218.  2737.  2738. 
Faults,  2242-2249.  588.  593.  1845.  2190.  3641-3656.  3678. 

5161. 
Fear,   2250-2272.   386.   441.    491.   782.  976.  1088.  1098. 

1155-1157.  1241.  1943.  2502.  6012. 
Fearlessness,  1703.  2273.  2834.  457-463.  1120-1127. 
Feast,  2274.  2275.  4316. 
Feeling,  2276-2283.  2010-2018. 
Fellowship,  2284-2286.  498-501. 
Fidelity,  2287-2299.  1010-1015.  1698.  2151-2161.  2300- 

2302.  2364.  2963. 
Firmness,  2300.  1388-1401.  5491-5494. 
Flag,  2031.  266.  2302.  5495. 
Flatterer,  2303.  2304-2311.  3044. 
Flattery,  2304-2311.  3044. 
Flesh,  2312.  2313.  449-456. 
Flood,  2314. 
Flowers,  2315.  3376. 
Fogy,  2316. 
FoLLOwiNS   Christ,  2317-2321.   785.  3183-3186.   4396 

4405. 
Folly,  2324-2328.  1147.  1954.  2387.  4650.  6152. 
Food,  2322.  2323.  2210.  2211. 
Foebeakance,  562.  2199.  2329.  3651.  3652.  3905-3921. 


G94 


TOPICAL  INDEX. 


Foreknowledge,  2330.  4221-4233. 
Forewarning,  2331.  5962-5967.  4654.  4655. 
FORGETFULNESS,  2332-2337.  341.  3.  10.  11. 
Forgiveness,   2338-2357,   229.    1186.   3399,    4292-4300. 

4940. 
Formalism,  2358-2362. 171.  258.  774.  791.  810.  843.  844. 

2418.  3730-3736.  4547.  4914. 
Fortitude,  2363.  2364.  1945.  2151-2161.  1010-1015.  2963. 
Fortune,  2365-2373.  444.  3619.  3729.  3985-3987, 
Foundation,  692.  719.  1096.  2853.  5123-5125. 
Fountain   of  Life,  2374-2379.  687.  2851.  5985.  5683- 

5685. 
Freedom,  2380-2382.  1298.  1692.  2095.  3549-3557. 
Free  Grace,  2383-2338.  227.  228.  687.  816.  2661.  2663. 

3046.  3399.  3697.  3699.  4928.  5177. 
Fretfulness,  2389-2392.  2737.  2738.  4371.  5220.  5221. 
Fruitfulness,  288.  662.  807.  2417-2420.  4717.  5890-5896. 
Fruits,  169.  495.  2664.  991.  992.  4813-4821.  508(*^86, 
Friend,  2393-2395.  2410-2414.  846. 
Friends,  2110-2414.  2928.  2930.  4868-4870. 
Friendship,  2396-2409.  498-501.  685.  1335. 
Frugality,  2415.  2416.  1809-1815.  6706. 
Funeral,  2421.  3S17.  4050. 
Future,  2422-2424.  3436.  3486.  3606.  6012. 

Gain,  2425.  2426.  2570-2581.  3760-3764.  4237.  4912.  5087- 

5111.  5992-6006. 
Gambling,  2427.  2428.  537.  538.  2289.  3236. 
Gayety,  2429.  264.  265.  1220-1232.  2216-2229.  3977. 
Generosity,   2430.   857.  1884.  1891.  2431.  3693.  354ft- 

3548.  3755. 
Genius,  2432-2440.  2709-2718. 
Gentlebian,  2441-2444.  3802-3809. 
Gentleness,  2445-2447.  3452-3471, 
Geologist,  2448.  4102.  4103. 
Geology,  2449.  2353.  4089-4105. 
Gifts,  2450-2456.  1.  2.  634.  635.  819.  1836.  2072.  2073. 

3965.  5575-5579. 
Giving,  2457-2464.  295-319.  586-600.  3546-3548. 
Glory,  2465-2475.   1177.   1303.   1696.  1720.   1804.  2889. 

2890.  2909. 
God,  2476-2569.  276.  1158-1163.  1415.   1702.    1764.  1941. 

1946.   2468.   2610-2613.   2644.    2720.    3472-3477.  3727. 

3728.   4069.   4072.   4089-4091.   4217^2.33.   4452.  4453. 

6972.  5973. 
Godliness,  2570-2681.  2603-2609.  3538.  4443-4448.  4912- 

4956. 
Gold,  2582-2589.   236-246.    1136-1164.    3760-3764.   4009- 

4018.  5087-5111.  6992-6006. 
Golden  Rule,  2590.  2591.  1118.  1119.  4278-4280.  4866. 
Good,  1118.  1119.  2591.  2592. 

Good  Deeds,  2593-2595.  1402-1408.  1769.  2386.  5134. 
(JOOD  Name,  2596-2602.  4069-4073.  4995. 
Good  Works,  2614-2621.  3022-3926. 
Goodness,  2603-2609.  2484.  3781.  5489.  5490. 
Goodness  of  God,  2610-2613. 
Gospel,  2Q22-2641.  226.  680.  1172-1186.  3626.  3528.  4213. 

5166-5187. 
Gospels,  2642. 
Government,  2043-2648.  632.  814-816.  4167-4172.  4318. 

5262. 
Grace,  2649-2684.  597.  687.  2338-2357.  2383-2388.  2506. 

3482.  5166-5187. 
Graces,  2685-2692.  5946-6947. 
Gratitude,  2693-2700.  923.  1034.  1436.  4883. 
Grave,  2701-2708.  1265-1375.  2893.  3562. 
Gravity,  2709.  1790-1795.  5004-6007.  5401. 
Great  Men,  2709-2718.  112-120.  443.   521.    1348.   1931. 

2431-2439.  2719-2727.  6900-5911. 
Greatness,  2719-2727. 179.  1325,  1787,  1804. 1805,  2507. 

3096.  5900-5911. 


Greeting,  2728.  1062. 

Grief,  2729-2731.  320-330.  5414-5418.  5613-5619. 

Growth,  2732-2736.  673.  742.  846.  893.  1476.  1499. 1982. 

2658.  2665.  2666.  2669.  2685-2692.  4386. 
Grumblers,  2737.   2738.    659-563.   845.   912-914.   2410. 

4052-4060. 
Guardian,  2739.  132.  133.  6399.  6972.  5973. 
Guidance,  2740-2742.  135.  422.  1931.  2096, 
Guide,  2743.  3602. 
Guilt,  2744.  2745.  230.  231.  946.  947.  954.  959.  962.  963. 

966.    975.    976.    1095-1106.    1639.    1640.    2838.    3303. 

3002-3007.  4957-4961. 

Habit,   2746-2761.    176.   549.    1632.    1823.    2723.    3747. 

1774.  5323. 
Habits,  2762-2764.  2746-2761. 
Half-Measures,  2765.  419.  1411.  2032-2038. 
Happiness,  2767-2797.  204-214.   421.  508.   604-610.  613. 

743.  1307.  1681.   1754.   1771.  2043.    2097.    2608.    3783. 

4440. 
Hardening   the   Heart,   2766.   948.   957.   964.   965. 

1223.  1357.  1423.  2278.  274.  2766.  2839.  4112.  4118. 
Harmony,    2798-2800.    917.     1897.    4355-4369,     6877 

5879. 
Hatred,  2801.  2802.  830.  2574.  2631.  6153.  3755-3759. 
Health,  4932.  1784-1787.  5293-5301. 
Hearers,  2803-2814.  178.  3075.  3076.  6214.  6215. 
Hearing,  2815-2820.  336.  6099.  6201-6213. 
Heart,   2821-2862.   240.    704.    1144.   2117.    3145.    3358. 

4549. 
Heathenism,  2863-2867.  104.  590.  871.  1310.  3144-3152. 

6035. 
Heaven,   2868-2936.  431.   1718.  1769.  2775.    3014.  3359. 

4868-4870. 
Heaven  and  Hell,  2936. 
Hell,  2937-2964.  1937.  4990.  4813-4821. 
Help,  2955-2957.  133.  319.  783.  2062.  2063.  2991.  4217. 
Heresy,  2958.  2213. 

Hermit-Life,  2959.  6402.  5046.  5047.  5409.  5410. 
Heroism,  2960-2963.  457-463.  484-493.  914.    1402.    2155. 

2294.  5256.  5406.  * 

High  Life,  1898.  3739-3743.  5090-5111. 
HINDERANCES,  1075.   1521-1532.   1932.    2019-2025.    2413. 

2964.    3230.  3231.  3027.  3827.  3831.  4847.  5799. 
Holiness,  2966-2085.  84.  432-440.  1688.  1752.  2509.  2920. 

4379-4392.  5188-5191. 
Holy  Spirit,    2986-3008.    358.    823.    1095.    3220.   3721, 

6478-5484. 
Home,  3009-3019.  610.  693.  769.    2189-2199.    2245.    2894- 

2890.  4033-4046. 
Honesty,  3020-3033.    488.    1118.    2020.  3240-3242.  3319- 

3321. 
Honor,  3034-3046.  448.  484.  744.  1325.  1745.  1804.   1805. 

2180-2188.  2596-2602.  5900-5911. 
Honoring  Parents,  1125.  2234-2240.   4157-4172.  403*- 

4046.  4301-4313. 
Hope,  3045-3071.  204-214.    426.    704.    1767.    1948.    3098. 

2897.  3673. 
Hospitality,  3072-3074.  592.  2210.  2211.  3295. 
House  of  God,  3075.  3076.  2803-2820.  6201-6215. 
Humanity,  307T-3080.  3452-3471.  4428.  4433-4430.   5560- 

6569. 
Human  Natcke,  3081-3083.  1453-1471.  3077-3088.  443»- 

4436. 
Humiliation,  3084-3086.    730.  1046-1047.  1179.  2345.. 

4373-4375.  4962-4982. 
Humility,  3087-3104.  418.  446.  1111.    1179.   1750.    2609. 

2652.  4430.  4431.  6049. 
Hungry,  2210.  2211.  3105.  4785.   494-497.  3072-3074. 
I  Husband,  3106-3111.  3706.  2189-2199.  4033-4046.   6019- 
1         6023. 


TOPICAL  INDEX. 


695 


Htpocrist,  3112-3117.    182.    1386.    1387.    1618.   1619. 

4430-4432. 
Hypocrite,  3118-3120. 

Idea,  3121.  3122.  4234-4239.  5689-5694. 

l»EA.s.  3123.  3124.  5695-5703. 

Identity,  3125.  4425.  5247-5250. 

Idlenlss,   3125-3143.    1633-1542.   1806-1808.    3245-3247. 

3534.  3535.  6239. 
Idolatry,  3144-3148.  366.  711.  2154.  2528.  2520.     2863- 

2S66. 
Idols,  3149-3152.  3144.  3148.  6201-6215. 
Ignorance,  3153-3165.  360.  478.  1035.   1164-1166.  1248- 

1254.  1741.  2422.  2561.  2865.  3410. 
ILLIEERALITY,  3166.   3167.  777.   1136-1154.   1814.    2457. 

2402.  4741.  40S9. 
Illnes.s,  3168.  3169.  1343.  1344. 

Illumination,  3170.  3171.  358.  1099.  1104.  2015.  3156. 
Illustration,   3172-3178.  362.   681.   909.    1838.   2071. 

3542.  4288-4290.  4614.  4774. 
Image,  695.  2486.  2S43.  3686. 

I.MAGINATI0N,  3179-3182.  464.  2214.  2215.  3308.  3309. 
Imitation,  3183-3186.  12.  105.  695.  750.  892.  905.  1993- 

2012.  2317-2321. 
I.MM0RTALITY,   3187-3201.   494.     1937-1962.    2187.   3606. 

3884.  5419-5452. 
Impatience,  3202-3205.  4334-4345. 
Impenitence,   3206-3209.   1308.   1416-1429.  2492.  2766. 

4984.  4985. 
Imperfection,  3210.  760.  776.  3211.  4379-4392. 
Importunity,  3212.  3213.  3333-3340.  4526-4593. 
1.MPRACTICABLE,  3214.  4505-4508. 
Impressions,  3215-3220. 1823.  2543.  2991.  3179-3182.  2214. 

2215.  4654.  4655. 
Improvement,  157.  2732-2736.  4736-4739. 
Imputation,  3221.  5119-5122.  3222-3224. 
Inability,  3222-3224.  2525.  1453-1471.  5987-5991. 
Inactivity.  3225.  3125-3143.  3534.  3535. 
Inappropriateness,  3226.  2932. 
Incarnation,  3227.  733.  696. 
Inclination,  3228.  1474-1481.  3312-3315.  6055-6058. 
Inconsistency,  3229-3236.   998-1005.  1208.  1227.  1993. 

2193.  4553.  5150.  5937. 
Inconstancy,  3237.  3238.  1619-1622.  3311.  5898.  6156. 
Incontinence,  3239.  603.  3558.  3559.  3737. 
Incorruptibility,    3240-3242.    1109-1111.    3020-3033. 

3319-3321. 
Indecision,  3243.  2324-2328.  2833. 1620-1622.  3732.  4239. 

4933. 
Indifference,  3244.  4119-4122.  6008-6018.  6175-6200. 
Indolence,  3245-3247.  1806-1808.  3534.  3535. 
Industry,  3248-3253.  183.   781.   1812.   1867.  1868.  2410. 

2433.  3506-3517.  6111-6131. 
Inebriate,  3254.  176.  1653-1655.  1670.  1671. 
Infant  Baptism,  3255.  267.  268. 
Infidel,  3256-3258.  220-223. 
Infidelity,  3259-3267.  215-220.  365.  371.  376.  715.  2434. 

5210.  5211.  5853-5859. 
Infidels,  3268-3274.  220-222.  354.  386.  471.  1374.  1375. 

1722-1731.  3574.  4913. 
Influence,  3275-3286.  194.  465.  473.  474.  674.  577.  635. 

745.  1224.  3625-3640.  6234. 
Ingratitude,  3287-3294.  2334.  2337.  2737.  2738.  4677. 

4735. 
Inheritance,  575.  691.  746.  2508.  2537.  3725.  5080- 

5086. 
INHOSPITALITT,  3295.  3072-3074. 
Injuries,  3296-3299.  2338-2357.  5057-5063. 
Lnjustice,  3300.  3301.  3428-3441.  6226-6230. 
Innocence,  3302-3307.  2744.  2745.  4322-4826. 
Insanity,  3308.  3309.  1489.  1490.  4077.  3874-3878. 


Insignificance,  3224.  2525.  3629.  4191. 

Insincerity,  3310.  4735.  5553. 

Inspiration,  366.  371.  400.  873.  5224-6235.  4754-t75«W 

3973-3976.  5055.  6056. 
Instability,  3311.  105-108.  778.  1213.  1620-1622.  1801. 

4239,  5898. 
Instinct,  3312-3315.  1474-1481.  3605. 
Instruction,   3316.    630.    640.    641.    1816-1841.    6eO». 

5612. 
Insult,  3317.   3318.   2590.  2591.  4192.  4278~4280.  4795- 

4796. 
Integrity,  3319-3321.  3025.  3043.  3240-3242. 
Intellect,  3322-3325.  3630.  3931-3940.  3941-3943. 
Intemperance,   3326-3330.   4-9,    176.    281.   1650-1671. 

5632-5636.  6039.  6040. 
Intentions,  3331.  3332.  1472.  1473.  4827-4830. 
Intercession,  3333-3340.  697.  2813.  3212.  3213.   3645- 

3648.  4526-4593.  5067.  5069.  5075.  5076. 
Intolerance,  3341.  408-416.  4644-4648. 
Into.XICATION,  3342.  3343.  1656-1659. 
Invitation,  3344.  3345.  754.  1513.  2383.  2375, 

Jealousy,  3346.  3347.  411.  582.  1906-1924. 

Jesus,  3348-3376.   91.    341.   432^40.   2844.   2845.   3565. 

3653-3655. 
Jewels,  3377-3379.  3578.  3942,  5162.  5934. 
Jews,  3380-3382. 
Joy,  3383-3405.  85.    102.  210.  749.  758.  870.   1077.  1303. 

1714.  1769.  2194.  2348.  2637.  2901.  4909.  4910. 
Judas,  3406.  166.  2937.  4984.  4985. 
Judge,  3407.  3408-3427. 
Judging,  172.  593.  599.  760.  1405. 1975.  2262.  2562.  2563. 

2571.  3787. 
Judgment,  3408-3414.  259.  949.  1933.  5050-5053. 
Judgjient-Day,  3415-3421.  580.  698.  1677.    1933.   5460. 

6139.  6141.  6158. 
Justice,  3428-3441.  2515.  3300.  3301.  3408-3414.  4299. 
Justice  and  Mercy,  3442.  3903-3931. 
Justification,  3443-3451.  229.  718.  2101.  4292-4300. 

Kindness,  3452-3471.  637.  669.  940. 1402-1406.  1882-1892. 

1979.  2192.  3077.  3078. 
King,  3472-3477.  3047.  3429. 
Kingdom  of  Christ,  2826.  655-734.   3478.  3479.  2622. 

2642. 
Kingdom  of  God,  3480.  3481.  4775-4794. 
Kingdom  of  Grace,  3432.  2649-2684. 
Kingdom  of  Heaven,  3483.  3484.  2868-2935. 
Kingdom  of  Satan,  3485.  1500-1510.  5192-5201. 
Knowledge,  3486-3505.  395.  576.  1440.  1816-1841.  2103. 

2515.  2516.  4221-4223.  4868-4870.  5268. 

Labor,    3506-3517.    12-28.    1533-1542.    2030.    3248-3253. 

5024.  5511-5519.  6111-6131. 
Lady,  3518.  3519.  2445-2447.  3802-3809.  6233-6235. 
Lamb,  3520-3524.  807.  4329.  5292. 
Law,  223.  3526-3533.  6226. 
Laughter,  3525.  5306-5398. 
Laziness,  3534.  3535.  3325. 1806-1808.  3245-3247. 
Learning,  3536-3544.  1788.  1789.  1816-1824. 
Liberalism,  3545.  6857.  5880-5883. 
Liberality,  3546-3548.  296-319.  586-600.  2457-2464. 
LiBiRTY,  3549-3557.  2380-2382. 
Licentiousness,  3558.  3559.  176.  770.  3239. 
Lies,  3560.  3561.  2172-2179.  3744-3754. 
Life,  3562-3624.  369.  417.  475.  919.  1255.  1256.  1302. 13181 

2026-2028.  3047.  4S27-4830.  25.32. 
Little  Things,    3647-3650.   278-283.    5387-5395.    5775- 

6778. 
Long-Suffering,  3651.  3652.  2329.  4452.  4453. 


696 


TOPICAL  INDEX. 


Light,  362»-3640.  S58.  700.  745.  747.  784.  825.  826.  1721. 

1972.  2118.  2293.  2639.  2995.  3976. 
LiTEKATUUE,  364.  379.  380.  388.  464-474.  4850-4856. 
Little  Sins,  3641-3646.  735.  736.  957.  1981.  5388. 
LOOKIJJG   TO   Jesus,    3653-3655.    878-887.    1628,    6166- 

5187. 
Loquacity,  3656-3657.  1863.  5580-5588. 
Lord's  Dat,  3658.  5128-5145.  5537. 
LouD's  Prayer,  3659-0661.  2238.  2355. 
Lord's  Supper,  3662-3668.  5146-5150. 
Losses,  3669-3672.  444.  510.  710.  2754.  5103. 
IX)ST,  3G73-3675.  354.  475.  699.  735.  736.  1726. 1768.  2228. 

2672.  2849.  4307.  5292. 
Love,  3676-3721.  53-71.  256.  502.  1887.  2106.  2261. 
Love  of  Christ,   3722-3726.    17.  702.   703,  711.   1376. 

1377.  1760.  3687. 
Love  of  God,  3727.  3728.  73.  1763. 
Luck,  3729.  2365-2373.  3619.  S985-3987. 
Luoewarimness,  3730-3736.  737.  162-166.  254-262.  2358- 

2362.  3244. 
Lust,  3737.  3738.  3239.  3558.  3559. 
Luxury,  3739-3743.  751. 1639. 1640.  2924.  3133.  4757-4765. 

5948.  5993-6006.  « 

Lyisg,  3744-3754.  2172-2179.  3560.  3S61. 

Magnanimity,  3755.  1575.  1882-1890.  2430.  2719-2727. 

2960-2963. 
Malevolence,  3756.  1906-1924.  2801.  2802. 
Malice,  3757-3759.  1915.  2801.  2802. 
Mammon,  3760-3764.    236-246.    1135-1154.  3713.    4009- 

4018.  5087-5111.  5992-6006. 
Man,   3765-3800.   449-456.    1950.    2522.   2526.   3081-3083. 

3890-3895.  5419-5422.  5562. 
Manhood,  3801.  2441-2444.  4136-4139. 
Manners,   3802-3809.    1821.   851-853.    1128-1131.  4472- 

4478. 
Makks,  3810-3813.  263.  341.  785.  797.  3615, 
Marriage,  3814-3832.  1132-1135.  1597.  2586.  6075. 
Martyrdom,  3833.  2154.  2292.  4396-4405.  6241. 
Martyrs,  3S34.  651.    1010-1015.   1126.  1395.  1732-1749. 

2161.  2291.  2292.  2317. 
Maturity,  3835.  2732-2736.  4379-4392. 
Meanness,  3836.  445.  594.  3160.  3167.  4376.  4377.  5263- 

6268. 
Means,  3831-3841.  2955-2957. 
Means   of  Grace,  2679.  3842-3844.  2815-2820.   3868. 

3869.  4509-4593. 
Mediation,  3845-3848.  224-232.  3333-3340. 
Meditation,  3849-5853.  993-997.  1016.  1017.  1609.  1952. 

2069.  4031.  4891. 
Meek,  3854-3858.  2445-2447. 
Meekness,  3854-3867.  3087-3104.  4649-4651. 
Meetings,  3868.  3869.  4594-4597. 
Meetness  for  Heaven,  1897.  2043.  3870-3873.  4649- 

4651.  4857, 
Melancholy,  3874-3878.  1605.  1482.   1490.  3308.  3309. 
Memory,  3879-3889.  906.   973.   1083.   1407,   2026,   2332- 

2337.  3409.  5229.  5689. 
Men,  3890-3895.  3765-3801.  3077-3083, 
Mercies,  423-426.  3896-3902. 
Meecy,  3903-3921.  910.  911.  2515.  2523,  2535,  3411.  3697- 

3709.  4452.  4453. 
Merit,  3922-3926.  572.  829.  2015.  4753.  6216. 
Millennium,  3927-3929.  95.  818.  5961. 
Millionnaire,  3930.  3978-3980. 
Mind,  3931-3940.  1816-1841.  3134.  3322-3325. 
Mtnds,  3941-3943.  2709-2727. 
Minister,  3944-3951.   177.   462.   1520.   1750-1767.  4572, 

4320-1331. 
Ministers,  3952-3961.  4572. 
Ministry,  3962-3972.  3094.  4598-4637. 


Miracles,  3973-3976.  451.  452.  2211.  4786,  2092,  4291. 

Mirth,  3977.  604-610.  2429.  3383-3405. 

Misers,  3978-3980.  4011.  1146.  1136-1141. 

Misery,  3981-3984.   75-92.   1681.   2729-^731.   4281-4283. 

5414-5418.  5520-5533. 
Misfortune,  3985-3987.  519-521.  1980.  3669-3672. 
Missions,  3988-3996.  282.  827.  2461.  3998.  4417. 
Mistakes,  3997.  213.  1437.  5255. 
Mite,  3998.  3647-3650.  5387-5395.  5775-5778. 
Moderation,  3999-4003.  2013.  2014.  2652.  3581. 
Modesty,  4004-4008.  3539.  3087-3104. 
Moments,  1533-1542.  2015.  4808-4812.  5710-5731. 
Money,  4009-4018.  2582-2589. 
Monument,  4019.  4876. 
Moralist,  4020-4023.  707.  780.  781.  5434. 
Morality,  4024-4029.  1081.  1672-1691.  4688-4692.  5931- 

5944. 
Morals,  4030.  395.  756.  1414.  5115-5118.   5945-6947. 
Mortality,  4031.  4032.  1317.  1265-1375.  2275.  4137. 
Mother,  4033-4046.   53.   59.   61.   635.  864.   1824.   2003. 

2189-2199.  2739.  3009.  3696.  3698.  3699.  6019-6028. 
Motives,  4047-4049.  16.  304.  315.  316.  696.  1962  4688. 

4692.  4858-4865. 
Mourning,  4050.  1370.  2729-2731. 
Murder,  4051.  3757.  5269.  5270.  5534.  5535. 
Murmuring,  4052-4060.  912-914.  2737.  2738. 
Music,  4061-4067.  3889.  5355.  5412.  5413. 
Mutability,  566.   567.   1044.   1066.  1073.  4449.  4450. 

5923-5925.  6142.  6156. 
Mystery,  4068.  1326.  3600.  4291.  4787.  5236.  6237. 

Naked,  4084.  1638-1649. 

Name,  4069-4073.  663.  684.   704.   708.   786.   787,   2180- 

2188.  2527.  2596-2602.  3365, 
Nations,  4074-4083.  374. 
Natural  Man,   4085-4089,    427-431,    801.    1453-1471. 

2859.  4267-4271, 
Nature,  4090-4105.   317.  1158-1162.  2494.   2496,   2497. 

3585.  4717.  5886.  6137-6174. 
Necessity,  4106.  532.  533.  2380-2382.  4643, 

Need,  4107-4111.  631.   643.  678,   706,  2955.  4378.  4486- 

4492. 
Neglect,  4112-4118.  260.  375.  475.  788.  1259.  1416-1429. 

1684.    3206-3209.    3599.    3569,    4240-4253,    4656-4662 

4701-4714.  5178.  5179, 
Neighbor,  3461.  5560. 

Neutrality,  4119^122.  3244.  6008-6018.  6175-6200. 
New  Birth,  4123-4126.  1063-1091.  2823.  4899-4908. 
New  Creature,  4127-4129.  1063-1092. 
New  Heart,  4130.  1063-1091.  1329.  2846,  1092. 
News,  4131.  356.  2622-2041. 

New  Testament,  4132.  4133.  341.  481.  3716.  4212-4214. 
New  Year,  4134.  4135. 
Nobility,   4136-4139.   498.   776.   789.   2015.   2709-2727. 

2908. 
Non-Resistance,  4140-4142.  4355-4369.  5958-5961. 
Novels,  4143^151.  464-474.  4850-4856. 
Now,  4152-4155.    1257-1259.   1416-1429.   1845.  4240-4253. 

4701-4714.  4976. 

Oaths,  4156,  4718-4725.  5553-5559. 

Obedience,  4157-4172.  479.  1108.  1552.  1576-1578.  2257. 

3709. 
Objection,  1019.  2019-2025.  2964.  3627. 
Obligation,   4173-4177.    1384.    1385.    2384.   5004.600T. 

5497.  1672-1691.  4740-4752. 
Observation,  4178-4183.  1992. 
Obstinacy,  4184.  4185.  6036.  5276.  5277. 
Occupation,  4188-4191.  507-513.  522^27.  1867. 
Ocean,  4186.  4187. 
Offence,  4192.  3617.  3318. 


TOPICAL  INDEX. 


697 


0FFENCE8,  4193-4195.  1058.  1181.  S298-S299. 
Offerings,  4196.  2450-2456.  5151-5155. 
Old  Age,  4197-4210.  93-104.  495.  618.  1078.  1328. 
Old  Testament,  4211-4214.  335-407.  4132.  4133. 
Omission,  4215.  4216.  4112-4118. 
Omnipotence,  4217.  711.  1241.  2525.  2530. 
Omnipresence,  4218-4220.  938,  2531.  2536.  2538.  3027. 
Omniscience,    4221-4233.   709.  1704.   2498.  2532,  2533. 

5919.  5972.  5973. 
Opinions,  4234-4239.  3121-3124.  4805.  «i685-5703. 
Opportunity,  4240-4253.  629.  1258.  2715.  3535.  4152- 

4155.  4701-4714. 
Opposition,  4254.  4255.  4396-4405.  5112-5114.  5222.  5223. 
Oratory,  183.  396.  1861-1865.  2436.  5860. 
Ordeal,  2554.  2566.  5759-5773.  4508.  5022. 
Order,  4256-4261.  4454.  4455.  4639. 
Ordinances,  4263-4266.  267.  268.  3662-3608.  5146-5150. 
Original  Sin,  4267-4271.  1453-1471.  2162-2168.  3081- 

3083. 
Ornaments,  37.  275.  1643.  4272-4274. 
Orphans,  4275-4277,  478.  612.  686. 
Others,  4278-4280.  419.  2338-2357.  3511. 
Overdoing,  4281.  2013.  2014.  3999-4003. 

Pain,  4281-4283.  75-92.  1329.  1708.  3981-3984.  6414-5418. 

5520-5533. 
pantheis.m,  4284-4286. 
Papist,  4287.  5126.  5127. 
Parables,  4288-4290.  2090.  3172-3178. 
Paradoxes,  4291.  427-431.  3973-3976.  4068. 
Pardou    4292-4300.   229.   1102.    1186.   2338-2357.   2405. 

3443-3451. 
Parents,  4301-4313.  57-62.  70.  71.  619-650.  1125.  2004. 

2234-2240.  4033-4046. 
Parsimony,  4314.  4315.  236-246.  1136-1154.  1814.  3166. 

3167. 
Parties,  4316.  2274.  2275.  891-908.  2643-2648. 
Parting,  4317.  1735.  1002. 
Passion,  4318-4323.  138-149.  176.  4427.  5620-5631.  6217- 

6219. 
Passions,  4324-4328.  1478.  5436.  2016-2018.  3676-3721. 
Pastor,  4329.  4331.  1094.  3944-3961.  4598-4637. 
Path,  4332.  4333.  262.  734.  895.  2931. 
Patience.   4334-1345.  592.  1026-1045.   1878-1881.   1830. 

612.  3860.  4406-4424. 
Patriotism,   4346-4351.  1678.  2155.   2198.  2296.  2961. 

3556.  3701. 
Pauper,  276,  1037.  4352.  3462.  4366. 
Payment,  4353.  4354.   591.   598.   2694.   3432.   3464-3468. 

4866.  5050-5054.  5080-5086. 
Peace,  4355-4369.  950.  971.  1239.  1329.  1708.  2199.  2848. 

4140-4142.  5008-5017. 
Pedantry,  4370.  60-52.  202.  203.  4663. 
Peevishness,   4371.  2389-2392.  2737.  2738.   560.  6220. 

5^21. 
Pbh,  4372.  362.  464-474. 
PunTENCE,  4373-4375.  1046.  1047.  1095-1106.  3084-3086. 

4962-4982. 
Penuriousness,    4376.  4377.   1814.   236-246.  1136-1154. 

3166.  3167. 
Penury,  4378.  276.  4107-4111.  4479-4484.  4486-4492. 
Perfection,    4379-4392.   2965-2985.    3602.    3210.    3835. 

4822-4826. 
Peril,  4393-4395.    180.    181.  442.  692.  773.    1233-1247. 

3569.  5359. 
Persecution,  4396-4405.  441.  835.  1010-1015.  1181.  2631. 

2960.  3397.  3833.  3834.  5222.  5223.  5816. 
Perseverance,  4406-4424.  480.  1523.   1562-1564.  1697. 

1830.  1848.  1S71.  2607.  2963.  3065.  3704.  4454.  5926. 

2927. 
PebsoNj  4425.  3125.  5477.  5247-6250. 


Personal  Effort,  4426.  802.  942.  1412.  1413.  1603- 

1614.  1842-1848.  6453-5456. 
Persons,  4427.  4428.  3890-3895. 
Perversion,  4428.  2172-2179.  3059. 
Pets,  4429. 
Pharisaism,  4430-4432.  441-448.  1993.  2418.  3112-3117. 

4726-4735. 
Philanthropy,  4433-4435.  1334.  2961.  3077^M80.  345». 

3471.  5560-5509. 
Philosophy,  4437-4440.  398.  4380.  2103.  5213 -5215. 
Physicians,  4441.  4442.  422.  2961. 
Piety,  4443-4448.  384.  1512-1516.  2074-2146.  2570-2581. 

2965-2985.   3651.    3652.   4912-4956.    5188-6191.    6650- 

6659. 
Pilgrimage,  4449.  4450.  850.  3086.  6162. 
Pilot,  4451.  690.  939.  5464. 
Pity,  4452.  4453.  910.  911.  1933.  3905-3921. 
Plans,  4454.  4455.  1472.  1473.  1900.  450^4510. 
Pleasure,  4436-4471.  125.  126.  429.  1695.    1772.    6337. 

6163.  6238. 
Politeness,  4472-4478.  851-853.  1128-1131.  3802-3809. 
Poor,  4479-4484.   68.   310.   631.   789.    1277.    3350.  4352. 

4366. 
Popularity,  177.  178.  2473. 
Possible,  4485.  3214. 
Poverty,  4486-4492.  762.  819.  1027.  1028.  1151.  2043. 

4366.  4107-4111.  4479.  4484.  6931. 
Power,  4493-4504.  674.  577.  768.  1324.  2008.  2009.  2525. 

2670.  4217. 
Practice,  4505^508.  3487.  5681.  5682.  3214.  4454.  4455. 
Praise,  4509-4525.   712.   1433.  1711.    1717.  2912.  5657- 

6673. 
Prayer,  4526-4593.  152-156.  422.    481.  805.    841.  85»- 

860.  864.  2447.   2503.  2518.    3101.  3212.   3213.   333i. 

3340.  3512. 
Prayer-Meetings,  4594-4597.  3868.  3869. 
Preacher,  4598-4600.  177.  3944-3972.  4572.  5068.  5850i.. 
Preaching,  4601-4637.  1183.  2482.  2638.  3172-3178.3368. 

3526-3533.  5282-5287. 
Precaution,  4638.  557.  558.  6235. 
Precedence,  4639.  4256-4261. 
Precept,  4640.  4641.  2006.  2007.  3316.  3526-3533.    4774. 

5603-5612. 
Precocity,  4642.  1773-1783.  1788.  1789. 
Predestination,  4643.  632.  533.  2380-2382.  4106.  6037. 

6038. 
Prejudice,  4644-4648.  408-416.  1439-1446.  5238. 
Preparation,  4649-4651.  1688.  1758.   1954.  2884.  3565. 

3870-3873. 
Present,  4652.  4653.  1956.  1957.  4152-4155.  6710-5731, 
Presentiment,  4654.  4655.  1931.  2331.  5062-5967. 
Pkeservation,  1929-1931.  4766-4772.  4775-4794.  6972. 

6973. 
Presumption,  4556-4662.    3651.  3767.  5215-5219.  6340. 

6008-6017. 
Pretension,  4663.  50-52.  202.  203.  4370. 
Pride,  4664-4687.   202.   441-448.    793.   915.   916.   1849- 

1854.  1924. 
Principle,  4688.  4689.  4047-4049.  4858-486$.  4827-4830. 
Principles,  4590-4692.  4024-4030. 
Prison,  4693.  4694.  453. 
Privileges,  4695-4698.  4240-4253. 
Prize,  4699.  28S4.  1194-1200.  4846-4848.  5080-5086. 
Probation,  4700.  3562-3624.  5759-5773. 
Procrastination,  4701-4704.    2S0.    1416-1429.    1937. 

3206-3209.  3569.  4112-4118.  4240-4253. 
Prodigality,  4715.  4715.  3697.  3699.  4976. 
Productiveness,  4717.  288.  2417-2420.  5890-5896. 
Profanity,  4718-4725.  492.  2886.  4156.  5553-5569. 
Profession,   4726-4735.   171.   263.   822.    889.    921-924, 

3112-3117.  4430-4432. 


698 


TOPICAL  INDEX. 


Progress,  4736-tT39.  255.  845.   1827.   2M6.   2732-2736. 

3792. 
Promises,  4740-4752.  337.  1872.  2115.  2539.   4173-4177. 

5297. 
Promotion,  4753.  1872.  1045.  2015.  5890-5896. 
Prophecy,  4754-4756.  335-407. 

Prosperity,  4757-4765. 1932.  2412.  3739-3743.  5511-5519. 
Protection,  476^4772.  153.  ISO.  649    1407-1411.  1433- 

1435.  1929-1931.  2485.  5156-5158, 
Protestantism,  4773.  830.  753-769, 
Pro^tekbs,  4774.  3172-3-;78. 
Providence     4775-4794.    3&-45.    75-92.    331.    631.    863. 

854    1242.  1635.    1929-1931.    2116.    2485.   2540.    3202. 

352*.  4030. 
Provocation,  4795.  4796.  145.  3317.  3318.  3651.  4192- 

4195. 
Prudence,  4797-4802.  557.  559.  1434.  4455.  6041-6054. 
P.1ALMS,  4803.  4804. 

PCBLic  Sentiment,  4805.  1217.  4232-4239. 
PltLPIT,  4806.  4807.  2635.  3944-3972.  4601-4637. 
PONCTOALITT,  4808-4812.  1533-1542.  5710-5731. 
Punishment,  4813-4821.  854-856.  976.  1333.  1491.  1492. 

2260.  2530.  2G32.  2636.  2937.  2954.  6010.  6014. 
PCRITT,  4822-4826.  84.  432-440.    2377.    2378.    2965-2985. 

5188-5191. 
Purpose,  4S27-4S30.    105-108.   3654.   3655.   3331.    3332. 

4858-4865. 

Quarrels,  4831-4838.  831.  2197.  1020-1025.  3770. 
Quenching  the  Spirit,  3570.  3572.  5321. 
Question,  4839.  2422-2424. 

Quietness,  4840-4845.  1239.  1806-1808.  2848.  4355-4369. 
5008-5017. 

Race,  4846-4848.  1200.  1243.  4699. 

Races,  4849.  125.  126. 

Reading,  4850-4856.  337.  358.  384.  464-474.  1835.  2541. 

4143-4151. 
Ready,  4S57.  642.  705.  1088.  1319.  1329.  1339.  134.  1372. 

1748.  3603.  3870-3873.  4649-4651. 
Reason,  4853-4865.  5055.  5056.   4047-4049.   4688.   4689. 

4827-4830. 
Reciprocity,  4866.  3464-3468.  4273-4280.  2590.  2591. 
Recklessness,  4867.  544.  635.  636. 
Recognition,  4868^870.  2393-2410.  2868-2935. 
Reconciliation,  4871-4874.  33-36.  224-232.  1888.  1889. 

2338-2357.  6066-6073. 
Record,  4875.  21.  1061.   3009.   4019,   4101.  4328,   6327. 

5334. 
Recovery,  4876.  249-253. 
Recreation,  4877.  4878.  125.  126. 
Redeemer,  701.  224-232.  432-440.  1437. 
Redemption,  4379-4888.  224-232.  432-440.    726.    2381. 

2382.  2542. 
Refinement,  4889.  4890.  2441-2447.  3518.  3519. 
Reflection,  4891.  795.  993-997.  1016.  1017.  2543.  3849- 

3853.  5685-5694. 
Reform,  4892-4896.   937.   2060,   4907,    1063-1091,    4433- 

4436. 
Reformers,  458-461.  830.  1124. 
Refuge,  4897.  4898.   714.   1450.  2544.   3903-3921.  5156- 

5158. 
Regeneration,  4899-4908,  1063-1091,  2850,  2846,  4123.- 

4128. 
Regret,  475.  906.  1005-1106.  5414-5418.  4957-4961. 
Rejoicing,  4909.   4910.   1307.  1342.   1734.    2043.    2637, 

3383-3405.  5667-5673. 
Relief,  4911.  4996.  2955-2957. 
Religion,   4912-4956.   102.    755-802.    1172-1186.     1833. 

2003.  2037-2057.  2570-2581.  4443-4448.  5166-5187. 
Remorse,   4957-4961.   715.   946-984.   1205,    1724.   2744. 

2745. 


Repentance,  4962-4982.    1046-1047.    109&-1106.    134S. 

1344.  2339.  3084-3086.  4154.  4373-4375. 
Reprieve,  4983.  2329.  3651.  3652.  4452.  4453. 
Reprobate,  4984.  4985.  166.  447.  320&-3209.  3406.  600»- 

6017.  6220-6224. 
Reproof,  4986-4994.  1003.  1064,  1742.  2248.  2249.  2289. 

5968-5971. 
Reputation,  4995.  585.  2596-2602.  3751.  4070.  4073. 
Rescue,  4996.  1433-1435.  1929.   1930.   2682.   3464.   3708, 

4766-4772.  4911.  5166-5187. 
Resignation,  4997-4999.  320-330.  1273.  5502-5510. 
Resolution,  5000-5003.  438.  1388-1401.  6029-6035. 
Responsibility,  5004-5007.  22.  423-426.  456.  646.  895. 

3221-3224.  3500.  4076.  4173-4177. 
Rest,  5008-5017.  571.  933.  1766.   2707.   2708,   4355-4368. 

4840-4845. 
Restitution,  5018-5022.  1075.  2817. 
Restlessness,   620.   542.   978.   5008.   5016.    1570-158d, 

3311.  5898. 
Restraint,  5023.  4740-4752.  5704.  5705. 
Results,  5024.  169.  3510.  991.  992.  4813-4821V 
Resurrection,  5025-5043.  151.  450.  567.  717,  1709. 
Retaxlation,  5044.  5045.  1663.  1726.  1975. 
Retirement,  5046.  5047.  2959.  5409.  5410. 
Retreat,  5048.  5049.  255.  5600. 
Retribution,  5050-5054.  164.  1347,  1984.  2948.  4353. 

4354.  4428.  4789.  5698.  6220-6224. 
Revelation,  5055.  5056.  335-407.  4858-4865. 
Revenge,  5057-5063.  3317.  3318.  3296-3299. 
Reverence,  5064-5066.  3084-3104.  6201-621S. 
Revivals,  5067-5079.  385.  465.    1866.    1930,   5453-5467. 

5560-5569. 
Reward,  5080-5086.  86.  591.  598.  748.   771.   776.   1193- 

1200.  1739.  2159.  2299.  2546.  3464-3468.    4813-4821. 
Rich,  5087-5089.  2547.  5992-6006. 
Riches,  5090-5111.  236-246.  520.  2120.  2426.   2582-2589. 

2683.  3760-3764.  5992-6006. 
Ridicule,  5112-5114.  1651.  5222.  5223. 
Right,  5115-5118.  579.  870-873.  969,  1615,    2852,  4024- 

4030.  5931-5947. 
Righteousness,  5119-5122.  1346.  2570-2531. 
Rock,  5123-5125.  692.  719.  1560.  2548. 
Romanism,  5126.   5127.  378.  385.  416.  931.  932.  1084 

1442.  4773.  5159. 
Ruin,  4-9.  1650-1671.  3796.  6225. 
Ruling  Passion,  1144.  1320.   1712.  2420,  2749.  2560. 

3335.  4318-4323. 

Sabbath,  5128-5141.  170.  3658.  5537. 
Sabbath-Breaking,  5142-5145.  1167.  870-878. 
Sacrament,  5146-5150.  267.  268.  3662-3668.  4262-4266 
Sacrifice,  5151-5155.  224-232.   702.  1743.    2519,   353'« 

4196. 
Safety,    5156-5158.    690.    692.    1707.    2121.    1433-1435. 

4766-4772.   4897.  4898.  4996.   5239.  5240. 
Sailors,  180.  699,  728.  2121,  4720. 
Saints,  5159-5165.  284-2S9,  787.  1307.  1512-1520,   4443. 

4448. 
Salvation,    5166-5187.   87.  92.  667.   679.   720.    2122. 

2123.  2338-2357.  2383-2388.  4822-4826. 
Sanctification,  5188-5191.    432-440.  2965-2985.  4822, 

4826. 
Satan,  5192-5201.  109.  945.  1500-1510.  3485. 
Satiety,  5202.  3041.  3042.  4468.  1556-1558.  5900-5911. 
Satisfaction,  5203.  5204.  678.  721.   1026-1045.  1706. 

2674.  2767-2797. 
Saviour,  5205.  5206.  224-232.  655-734.  1436.  1765, 
Scandal,  5207-5209.  514-517.  5369-5375.  5735-5742. 
Scepticism,  5210.  5211.  215-223.  3259-3274.  5853-5859. 
Scholar,  5212.  482.  1305.  1539.  1818-1841.  34£2.  5500. 
Science,  5213-5215.  183.  394.  4437-4440. 
Scoffer,  621ft-5219.  420.  1347.  6222.  5223. 


TOPICAL  INDEX. 


699 


Scold,  5220.  5221.  23S9-2392.  2737.  2738.  4371, 

Scorn,  5222.  5223.  1018.  1019.  4254.  4255.  5216-5219. 

SCRIPTUKES,  335-407.  5224-5235.  4132.  4133.  4211-4214. 

Secret,  5236.  5237.  1306.  3600.  4068.  4787. 

Sects,  5238.  408-416.  1441-1446. 

Security,  5239.  5240.  212.  257.  .285.  821.  2485.  5156- 

5158. 
Seed,  5241.  5242.  767.  1463.  1774.  3881.  4468-5471. 
Beeking  Christ,  5243-5246.  179.  280.  656.   676.  1067. 

1351.  2375.  2376.  4373-4375.  4962-4982. 
Self,  5247-5250.  3125.  4425. 
Self-Complacence,  5251.  5252.  915.  1849-1854. 
Sei.f-Confidence,  916.  941.  1169.  1170.  3767. 
Self-Control,  5253.  5254.  5252. 
Self-Deception,  213.  5255.  3997.  1437.  5261. 
Belf-Denial,  5256.  5257.  770.  1683.  4272.  4944. 
Self-Examination,  5258-5260. 
Self-Fokgetfulness,  5261.  1575. 
Self-government,  5262.  2827.  5253.  5254.  2643-2648. 
Selfishness,  5263-5267.  503.  1849-1854.  4577.  4578. 
Self-knowledge,  5268.  3501. 
Self-Murder,  5269.  5270.  5534.  5535. 
Self-reliance,  648.  5511.  1893-1896.  2300.  5253.  5254. 
Self-Kighteousness,  5271-5273.  432.  1081.  2676.  3922- 

3926. 
Self-Sacrifice,  5274.  2961.  2963.  3461.  4580.  5072. 
Self-Sufficiency,  5275.  1849-1854.  5900-5911. 
Self- Will,  4184.  4185.  5276.  5277.  412.  6036. 
Sense,  5278.  5279.  3322-3325.  3931-3940. 
Sensibilities,  5280.  3312-3315. 
Reparation,  5281.  125.  126.  197.  792.  5354. 
Sermons,  5282-5287.  4601-4637.  4806.  4807, 
Service,    5288-5291.   257.   5962-5967.   6111-6133.    6201- 

6215. 
Shame,  921.  925.  930.  1018.  1019,  2624. 
Sheep,  5292.  3520-3524. 
Shepherd,  3520-3524.  4329. 
Shouting,  3384.  3400.  4509-4525. 
Sickness,  5293-5301.  81.  82,  389,  1343.  1344.  3168.  3169. 

4581.  4932. 
Silence,  5302.  5303.  1751,  2677. 
Simplicity,  5304.  5819-5850. 
Bin,  5305-5352.  274.  332-334.  716.   1095-1106.  1349.  2744. 

2745.  3G41-3646.  3713.  5142-5145.  5913-5922. 
Sincerity,  5353.  3310.  4735.  5912. 
Singing,  5355.  3889.  4061-4067.  5412.  5413, 
Singularity,  5354.  5231. 
Sinner,   5356-5362.   3067.   1167.   1168.   5913-5922.   6220- 

6224. 
Sinners,  5363-5368.  702.  703.  4813-4821.  6008-6018. 
Sister,  637.  5444. 

Blander,  5369-5375.  514-517.  529-531.  1229,  2597, 
Slavery,  5376.  5377.  72.  315,  2151,  2380-2382,  2767. 
Sleep,  6378-5386.  737.  1350. 
Small  Beginnings,   5387.    281-283.    3647-36M.    5775- 

5780. 
Small   Things,  5388-5395.   281-283.    1773.  3347-3650. 

5775-5780. 
SMILEii,  5396-5398.  3108.  3525.  3583. 
Smoking,  5399.  5400.  5921,  5732-5734. 
Sobriety,  5401.  1790-1795.  2709. 
Sociality,  846.  1671.  1985.  2396-2409. 
Society,  5402-5404.  189-201.  789.  8S8-908.  2921. 
Soldiers,  5405-5408.   336.  391,  1088.  1122.  1123.  1306, 

2127.  5962-5969.  5926. 
Solitude,  5409.  5410.  2959.  5046.  5047. 
Son,  5411.  57.  59-62.  1512.  3692.  4162.  4164. 
bONGS,  5412.  5413.  399.  4061-4067.  5355. 
Sorrow,   5414-5418.   75-92.   520.   2729-2731.  3623,  4281- 

4283.  5414-5418.  5774.  5520-5523, 
BOUL,  5419-5452,  13,  449,  455,  456.  1327.  1958.  3187-3201. 


Soul-Saving,  5453-1458.  541.  647.  786.  798.  1094,  1320, 

3866.  4435.  5067-5079,  5569. 
Souls,  5457-5467.  5560-5569, 
Sowing,  5468-5471.  494,  495.  1774,  5241.  5242, 
Speaking,  5472-5474.  921-930.  5580-5588. 
Speech,  5475.  5476.  1054-1062.  6095-6110. 
Sphere,  5477.  1689.  1932. 1933.  4425. 
Spirit,  430.  3797.  5478-5484.  2986-3008.  5419-5452. 
Spiritual  Life,  5485-5488.  1512-1516.  2094,  2603,  4123- 

4126.  4899-4908, 
Spiritual-Mindedness,  5489,  5490,  197.  647.  87S-887. 

1476.  1512-1520.  1803. 
Stability,  5491-5494.  2300.  1388-1401. 
Standard,  5495.  266.  2301.  2302, 
Stealing,  5498.  1573.  1574.  2817.  4233. 
Stewardship,  5497.  4173-4177.  4700.5004-6007, 
Study,  5498.  5212.  5499.  5519. 
Strife,  777.  1020-1025,  1587,  1588,  4831-4839. 
Stupidity,  5500.  5212. 
Style,  5501.  4256-4261. 
Submission,    5502-5510.   75-77.   2129.    2552.   4997-4999. 

5300.  5550.  5551,  6036.  6038, 
Success,   5511-5519.    263,    1401,    1533-1542,  1846.   1893- 

1896.  3514.  4757-4765. 
Suffering,  5520-5533.  75-92.  419.  724^726.  1331.  2793. 

2794.  4281-4283.  5414-5418, 
Suicide,  5334.  5335.  1490.  5269.  5270. 
Sun,  5536.  662.  687.  2553.  2637,  4453. 
Sunday,  5537.  3658.  4949.  6128-5145, 
Sunday  School,  5538-5543,  556.  641.  647.  160*.  6594- 

5612. 
Sunday-School  Teacher,  5544.  6545,  5594-5612. 
Superintendent,  5546.  5538-5543. 
Superstition,  6547.  596.  1164-1166.  2213.  2863-2S66. 
Supplies,   5548,  631,   642,   721,   2062,   2063,  2153.  22U. 

4107-4111, 
Support,  728.  2322.  3223.  2485.  2499.  6549. 
Surrender,  5550.  5551.  985-990.  5502-5510. 
Suspicion,  5552.  5553.  976.  1589-1591.  1623-1629. 
Swearing,  5554-5559,  4718-4725,  4158, 
Sympathy,  5560-5569.  137.   174.  484,  3903-3921.  4433- 

4436.  4452.  4453. 

Tact,  5570.  6571,  634.  535, 

Tale-Bearek,  5572-5574,  614-517,  5592.  5369-5875.  6735- 

5742. 
Talents,  6575-5579,  1,  2,  634,  535,  2072,  2973.  2450- 

2456. 
Talk,  5580-5582.  5472-5474.  6095-6110, 
Talkers,  5583.  5584. 
Talking,  5585-5588.  1054-1062. 
Taste,  5589-5591,  651-654, 
Tattling,  5592,  5572-5574,  5369-5375. 
Tax,  5593. 

Teacher,  5594-5598.  6544.  5545. 
Teachers,  5594-5602.  611-650. 
Teaching,  5603-5612.  233-235.  556,   1788.  1788.   331«. 

5304. 
Tears,  5613-5619.  3583. 
Temper,    6620-5631,    138-149.    2481.   4318-4323,    6217- 

6219, 
Temperance,  5632-5636,  4-9,  189,  281,  1650-1671. 
Temple,  5637.  5638. 
Temptation,  5639-5665.  332-334,  109-111,  181.  187.  195. 

1230.  6192-5201. 
Tests,  5666.  2554.  2556.  2571.  3709,  3710,  3867,  4508.. 

5022. 
Thankfulness,  5667-5671,  425,  2795,  4909,  4910, 
Thanksgiving,  5672.  5673.  1744.  5667-5671,  4509-4525. 
Theatre,  5674-5680.  195.  1058,  1998,  3571. 
Theory,  5681.  5682.  4505-4503. 


700 


TOPICAL  INDEX. 


Thibst,  6«83-5«85.  2520.  5985^ 

Thought,   6685-5694.    198.   201.    3121-3124.   4234-4239. 

4391. 
THOtGHTS,  5695-5703.  552.  945.  4221.  4234-4239. 
Threatening,  5704.  6705. 
Thrift,  5706.  1809-1815.  2415.  2416. 
Time,  5710-5731.  280.  781.  1722.  1784-1787.  1960.  4808- 

4812, 
Tobacco    5732-5734.  5399.  5400.  5921. 
Tongue,   5735-5742.    2303-2311.   6592.   6369-5375.   6572- 

5574. 
Tracts,  5742-5745.  3998. 
Traitors,  5746.  5752.  6753. 

Transformation,  6747.  5748.  93.  894.  4588.  5466.  5749. 
Transmigration,  5749.  5747.  5748. 
Transubstantiation,  6750.  5751. 
Treachery,  5752.  6753.  5746. 
Treasures,  5754-5756.  3377-3379.  4953. 
Tree  of  Life,  5757.  5758. 
Trials,  6759-5773.  75-92.  320-330.  1006-1009. 1704.  2554. 

2556.  4700.  5414-6413. 
Tribulation,    5774.   39-40.    75-92.   320-330.   771.   794. 

1006-1009.  5791-6809. 
Trifles,   6775-5780.   16.   1773.   2190.  2779.   3469.    3641- 

3650.  3998.  5387-5395. 
Trinity,  5781-5789.  700.  2557. 
Triumph,  5790.  1696.  1754.  1692-1699.  2926.  4700.  6926. 

5927. 
Trouble,   5791-5809.  39-46.  75.  92.   545-564.   771.   794. 

865-868.  1006-1009.  2857. 
Trust  in  God,  5810-5818.  159.  2074-2150.  2558. 
Truth,   6819-5850.    1925.   2994.    4603.    6115-5118.    6931- 

6944. 
Truth  and  Error,  5851.  1925-1928.  5819-5850. 
Truthfulness,  1388.  2172-2179.  3023.  5831.  3841.  5843. 

6847.  6912. 
Tyrants,  6852.  4496. 

Unbelief,  6863-5859.  215-222.  427-431.  3256-3274.  6210. 

5211. 
Unction,  6860.  2649-2684.  4493-4504. 
Unfbuitfulness,  288.  1058.  6704.  2358-2362. 
Unhappiness,  5861.  253.  978. 1553-1558.  2181.  2182.  3874- 

3878.  3981-3984. 
Uniformity,  5862.  6878. 
Union,  5863-5873.  498-501.  803-805.  818.  836-839.  1439- 

1446.  2798-2S00. 
Unitarianism,  5874.  5876.  439.  676.  683. 
Unity,  5877-5S79.  498-501.  833.  834.  836-839.  2523.  2534. 

2559.  5863-5873. 
Univebsalism,  5880-5883.  2943.  3574.  4635.  6884.  6885. 
Universalists,  5884.  6885.  5880-6883. 
Universe,  5886.  1158-1162.  1796-1802.  4089-4105.  6137- 

6174. 
Unready,  1722.  1726.  1699.  1961.  2914.  6008-6018.  6175- 

6200. 
Unthahkfulness,  425.  3287-3294.  2737.  2738. 
Usage,  5887.  688S.  1217.  2746-2761. 
Use,  5889.  1217.  29-32.  4505-4508. 
Usefulness,   5S90-5896.   1404.   1512.    1615.    1603-1614. 

1831.  2593-2595.  3593. 
USELESSNESS,  5897.  3597.  3618.  5704. 

Vacillation,  8898.  1213.  1619-1622.  4239. 

Valor,  5899.  485^93.  1120-1127.  2960-2963. 

Vanity,  5900-5911.  441-448.  620.  1727.  1802.  3543.  4686. 

5202.  6169.  6172. 
Veracity,  5912.  493.  633.  2172-2179.  2562.  5819.  6850. 
Vice,  5913-5922.  5305-5352.  3641-3646.  2744.  2745.  6008- 

0019. 


Vicissitude,  5923-5925.  1044.  1066.  1073.  4449.  4450 

3620.  566.  667.  6142.  6156. 
Victory,  5926.  5927.  1371.  1713.  1761.  2140.  2926.  4700 

6790. 
Vigilance,  6928.  5929. 181.  423.  850.  4099.  4593. 
Vine,  6930. 

Virtue,  5931-6944.  519.  3040.  4024-4030.  5115^118. 
Virtues,  6945-5947.  2685-2092.  4039. 
Voluptuousness,  6948.  3739-3743.  4757-4767.  5992- 

6006. 
Vow,  6949.  6950.  4196.  5331.  5841.  5843.  6847. 
Vows,  6951-5957.  4740-4752.  4196. 


Want,  1813.  1815.  4107-4111.  4479-4484.  4486-4492. 
War,  5958.  5961.  269.  270.  1176.  2131. 
Warfare,  5962-5967.  269.  270.  812.  942-945.  2822. 
Warning,   5968-6971.  368.  984.  1221.  1637.  1246.  1247. 

3640.  4986-4994.  6224. 
Watchcabe  of  God,  6972.  5973.  331.  543.  939.  2499. 

2564.  2739.  4221-4233.  4775-4794.  6399. 
Watchfulness,  5974-5984.  181.  850.  4097.  4593,  6928. 

5929. 
Watchword,  279.  499.  713. 
Water,  6986.  2374-2379.  2520.  5683-5685. 
Way,  5986.  262.  734.  895.  2931. 
Weak,  5987.  6988.  269.  783.  2088.  2145.  2146. 
Weakness,  5989-6991.   831.    840.    1449.    2692.    638T- 

5395. 
Wealth,    5992-6006.    236-246.    2426.    3760-3764.   3930. 

4687.  4757.  4565. 
Well  Doing,    6007.    6008.    19.    1616-1618.    1974.    2869. 

3595,  4242. 
Wicked,   6009-6017.    891.    894.   1374.  2029.  2948.   4765. 

4813-4821. 
Wickedness,  6018.  3067.  1167.  3641-3646.  4813.  4821. 
Wife,  6019-0028.  53.  54.  185.  759.  2290.  3013.  3106-3111. 

3685.  3686.  3827.  .3830.  4033-4046.  6074.  6075. 
Will,  6029-6035.  683.  1338-1401.  3704.  5000-.5003. 
Wilfulness,  6036.  2572.  4184.  4185.  6276.  5277. 
Will  of  God,  6037.  6038.  532.  633.  4643. 
Wine,  6039.  6040.  4-9.  1650-1671.  5632-5636. 
Wisdom,  6041-6054.  1567-1569.  3408-3414. 
Wisdom  of  God,  29-31.  2566-2508.  6044.  6051.  425»- 

4261. 
Wishes,  6055-6058.  1474-1481.  3328. 
Wit,  6059-6062.  3322-3325. 

Witness,  6063-6065.  708.  1751.  921-924.  1732-1749. 
Witness  of  the  Spirit,  6066-6073.   204-214.  1856. 

2333.  3810-3812. 
Wives,  6074.  6075.  3106-3111.  4033-4046.  6019-6028. 
Woman,    6076-6087.    1768-1772.  1963.  1964.  2229.  608»- 

6094.  6233-6235. 
WoiMEN,  6038-6094.  6076-6087.  6019-6028. 
Word,  6095-6100.  655-734. 
Words,   6101-6110.   187.   3471.   3656-3657.   4475.   4478. 

5580-5588. 
Work,  6111-6131.  263.  615.  802.  3374.  3506-3517.  4495. 
Works,   6132-6136.    708.   2074.   2084.   2147-2150.   2566 

2568.  2614-2621.  3615. 
World,    6137-6174.   1158-1162.   1341.   1796-1803.   2111. 

3375.  4089-4105.  5886. 
WORLDLINESS,    6175-6188.    72.  92.   639.    553.    554.  751. 

1481.  1781.  3800. 
Worldling,  6189-6200.  449.  4961.  1722-1731. 
Worship,  6201-6213.  2912.  2919.  2093.  2303-2820.  3076. 

3076.  3144-3152.  6064-5066. 
Worshippers,  6201-6215.  2803-2820.  2863-2866, 
Worth,  6216.  3922-3926.  2015.  672.  829. 
Wrath,    6217-6219.    138-149.    6017.    4318-4323.    6620- 

6631. 


TOPICAL  INDEX. 


701 


Wbath  of  God,  6220-6224.  M8,  1975.  2481.  2937-2954. 

4813-4821. 
Wreck,  6225,  4-9.  1650-1671.  3071. 
Wkong,    6226-6230.  1925-1928.    1968-1986.    3300.    3301. 

5305-5362. 

Tearotno,  187.  188.  1474.  3016.  3019.  3592,  6«8»-6«86. 
TouHQ,  6231.  6232.  476.  MO.  2423. 


Young   LadT,  6233-^235.   1132-1135.  1357.  1827.  222& 

3305.  3559. 
Young  Man,  6236.  6237.  1132-1135.  1834.  3603. 
Young  Men,  6238.  6239. 
Young  Soldiers,  6240.  2012.  5405-5408. 
Youth,  6241-6259.  93. 117.  3303.  1774.  6231.  6232. 

Zbai,,  «2eO-«276.  lOU,  1092.  117^.  1790-17M.  SfiCa. 


TOPICAL  INDEX  TO  SECOND  PEOSE. 


Reference  is  always  made  to  the  illustrations  by  number.  The  numbers  refer  to  synony 
mous  or  related  general  subjects,  or  to  scattered  illustrations  of  the  topic  in  the  Index 
A  dash  between  two  numbers  indicates  that  all  between  them  are  referred  to.  This  volume 
begins  with  number  6276. 


Aaron,  6276. 

Abel,  6277. 

Abilities.  6278-6282.  6986-6988.  7554.  8549. 

9228-9254.    9945-9949.    11894^11899. 
Abraham,  6283. 

Absence,  6284.   10304   7978.  6852. 
Absent,  6285.  6286.  9972.  12125. 
Absent  Mindedness,  8791.  8792.  6284. 
Abstemiousness,  6287.  8264.  8663-8665. 
Abstinence,    6288-6293.    8166-8181.    11189. 

11230.   11847.    11917.    11918. 
Abstraction,  6284.    6294.  8791.    8792. 
Absurdity,  6295.   6296.   8770-8772. 
Abuse,  6297.  6298.  6851.  11977.  9987.  9998. 

11755. 
Acceptance,  6299.  6300.  7169.  7255.  10948, 
Access,  6301-6303.    7111.    8989.  11061. 
Accident,  6304.  6305.  6688.  7019.  7020.  8069. 
Accommodation,    6306.   10861.    10862. 
Account,  6307.  10888.    11094.    11441.    7901. 

10041-10062.    7896-7899. 
Accuracy,  6308.   8135.   8456.   11963. 
Accusation,  6309.   9924.   10923.   6977-6982. 

10610. 
Accusers,  6310.   6863.   7409. 
Acquiescence,  6311.  7471-7485. 11431-11434. 

11839-11843. 
Acquittal,  6312.    9204.   10882-10889. 
Act,  6313.   8547.   8548.  9103-9109. 
Action,  6314-6322.    9850-9856.    12271. 
Activity,  6323-6325.    7225.    10145-10159. 
Actor,  6326.    7233.    7540.  8242.   11954. 
Adam,  6787.    9066. 
Adaptation,  6327.    6328.    6306.    7244.   7303- 

7306.   8191.  8247.   8791. 
Adder,  6329.    6578.   11610. 
Admonition,  6330-6334.    7571-7573.  11419- 

11422. 
Adoption,   633.5-6340.    11261.    10728-10737. 
Adornment,  6341-6343.    10855-10857. 
Adulation,  6344.   8457.   8752-8757. 
Advent,  6345-6352.    12068. 
Adversity,  6353-6356.   8875.  10063,    10064. 

10578-10584. 
Advice,  6357-6360.   6758.    6839.  8179.  8670. 

10423. 
A.DVOCATE,  6361-6365.   9962-9967. 

702 


Affability,  6366.   6367.   9112.   9113.    9679. 

10536. 
Affectation,  6368.    6369.    9660.    6586-6589- 
Affection,  6370-6380.    6948.    7163,    10323- 

10355. 
Affliction,     6381-6412.     6353-6356.    8048- 

8056.    11767-11771.    11848-11851.    12041- 

12049.    12062-12067. 
Age,  6413-0418.  7727.  12326-12334. 
Aged,    6419-6423.    10804-10810. 
Agents,    9939,    11440-11441.    11829.    8859, 

8860. 
Agitation,  6424.  6432.  7474.  7489-7492.  8072. 
Agreements,  6425.  10760-10761.  9606.  8368. 
Agriculture,  6426.  6427.    9098.   12182. 
Aim,   6428-6431.   6988,    7036.    10921.  11305. 

9959^9961. 
Air,    6432.    11442. 

Alarm,    6433.    6434.    7284.   12192-12196. 
Alcohol,    6435.  6436.    11540.  11541. 
Allegories,  6437. 

Alleluia,   6438.    7801.    8975.    11052-11060. 
Allotment,    6439.   8199.    8828-8835.   10155. 

11032.    10995.    7385.  7386. 
Allurements,  6440-6442.  6467-6472.  10664. 

10902.  11000-11010.    12325. 
Almighty,    6443.    10811-10813. 
Altar.  6444-6446.    11366. 
Ambition,  6447-6462.  8057.  8625-8637.  8983- 

8987.  9571.  9597-9609.  8948.  11166-11188. 

8254-8256. 
f  Amendment,  6463.  11351-11356.  11649. 
America,    6464.    7630. 
Amen,    6465.    6466. 

Amiability,   7374.   6366.    6367.    9112.    9113. 
Amusements,   6467-6472.    6680.    6993.    6994. 

7698-7703.     8333.     llGOO-11010.      11341. 

11342.   11953-11955. 
Anathema,   6473.    7891-7696.    9809.  9810. 
Ancestors,    6474.   10890-10898. 
Ancestry,   6475-6477. 
Anchor,    6478-6482.    11828. 
Anecdotes,    6483-6486. 
Angels,     6487-6495.      7070.      8340.      9277, 

10763. 
Anger,     6496-6514.     7975.     99'".  6.     10902- 

10906.   10914^10916. 


TOPICAL   INDEX. 


03 


Animals,  6515-6519.  8609.  9299.  9631.  9933- 

9936. 
Answers  to  Prayer,  6520-6523.  6724  7515. 

8563-8565.   11061-11108. 
Antipathies,  6525.  6G55.  11154.  7009.  8535. 
Anxiety,  6526-6530.  6991-6998.  7004.  8107. 

11250.  11881.  8789.  8790. 
Apology,  6531.  8491-8499. 
A posta^y,  6532-6542.  6663-6678.  6994.  8619 

-8621.  8808.    7932. 
Apostate,   6543.   7661. 
Apostles,    9162.   10977.   12335. 
Appetite,  6544.   8262-8264.    9684.   9685. 
Appearance,   6545.   8160.   8186. 
Appearances,  6546.  6547.  6698.  8438.  8714. 
Applause,   6548.    6549.    7659.    8309.   10231. 

10516.   11029-11031. 
Applications,   6550.   11141.   11149. 
Argument,  6551-6554.  7489-7492.  8073.  8093. 

10303.    11341.    11342. 
Ark,   6555-6559.    7278.   10960. 
Armor,   6560.   7221.   7273.   8996.   9923. 
Army,    6561.    11759-11762. 
Arrogance,   6562-6565.    11168.    6586-6589. 
Arrow,  6566-6569.    7675. 
Art,  6570-6572.  7498.    9310-9312.   10975. 
Ascension,    6573-6576.   7116.    7133. 
Asceticism,  6577.  9124.  9526.  10934.  10935. 

11765. 
Asp,  6578.  6329. 
Aspiration,  8487.  11816.  12299.  9536.  10305. 

11816.    7150.    7980-7982. 
Associates,   6579.  6580.  6670.  7353-7362. 
Associations,  6581-6585.    6538.    7168.  8726. 

8865-8892.  11757.  11758. 
Assumption,    6586-6589.    6368.    6369.    6562- 

6565.    6874-6879.    7377-7379.    7904.   9822. 

9823.   10859.    10860.   10931.   11166. 
Assurance,    6590-6599.    7116.    7755.    8807. 

12248.    12249. 
Astronomy,  6600.   6601.  7613.    9740. 
Asylum,   6602.    6445.    11357-11360. 
Atheism,    6603-6608.     7230.     8044.    12102- 

12106.    9867-9878. 
Atheist,  6609-6612.  6792.  6793.  9862.  9879- 

9882. 
Atonement,     6613-6622.    €803.     6863-6873. 

7637-7657.    9150.    9288.    11342.    11343. 
Attainments,   6623.    8484-8487.    7678-7681. 
Attention,    6624.   6625.   9360-9378. 
Attraction,    6626.   6627. 
Austerity,    66'.!8.    6576.   6888.    9124.   9526. 

10935. 
Author,  6629-6631.  6634.  6900.  8311.  8393. 
Authority,    6632.    6633.   7387.   1080L 
Authorship,    6634.   8730.   6629-6631. 
Autobiography.  6635.   6831. 
Autumn,  6636.    6637.   6852.   10189. 
Avarice,  6638-6654.   7053.  7595-7606.  7751. 

8077.    9087-9100.  9255.  9256.  10621-10631. 

10938.    12294-12297. 
Aversions,  6655.   10529.   11154.   6525. 
Awakening,  6656.    6609.   7434.   7556-7569. 

Babel,  6657.    9426. 

Baby,  6658,    6659.   6754.   7077.   9858-9861. 
Backbiting,  6660-6662.    6977-6982.  11741- 
11744. 


Backslider,    6663-6678.    6532-6543.     7259 

7281.   8619-8621.   8724. 
Balance,  6679.   7920.   10083. 
Balls,  6680.   7698-7703.   8612. 
Banquet,  6681.   6682.  8709-8711. 
Banner,  7118.   7154.   8749.    7952. 
Baptism,  6683-6685.   7540.    7541.  8737.  9858. 

10324.    11821. 
Barrenness,  6686.    7601.    7682.   12102 
Battles,  6687.   6688.  6631.  6966.  8699.  3738. 

8739.    12001.    12161. 
Beam,  6689,   S681-8690.   6712.    6862. 
Beatitudes.  6690.   7208.    6844-6852. 
Beauty,  6691-6697.   8761-8767.  9354.  10944 
Beggar,  6698.    6699. 
Begging,  6700-6706.    7040.    7280. 
Beginning,   6707-6717.     6317.     6921.     7381, 

9290.    11066.    11693.    11739. 
Behavior,   6718.     6719.    7387.    7590.    9102 
Belief,  6720.  7181.  7505.  7753.   8554-8606. 

10824-10827.   12072-12074 
Believers,    6721.     6722.     7253.    7207-7224 

7253-7270.  12075. 
Bells,  6723.  11983. 
Beneficence,   6724^6745.    7041-7056.   8125- 

8134.   8928-8932.   8965-8974. 
Benefits,     9215-9227.     9911.     10496-10501. 

7041-7043. 
Benevolence.  6746-6750.   8081.   10204 
Bereaved,  6751.    10650.    10657.    7893. 
Bereavement,   6752-6755.    7455-7461.   8639. 
Besetting  Sin,  6756.  6757.  8684  9258-9268. 

9958. 
Best,  6758.   8135.   8965.    10946. 
Beulah,  6759.   6760. 
Bible,    6761-6826.   7359.    7624.   8344.  9931- 

9132.   11474   11611-11617.    11942-11944 
Bigotry,  6827-6830.  6942.  7673.  7965.  8043 

8094    9353. 
Biographies,  6831.   10235.   6635. 
Birds,  6832.    11810. 
Birthdays,  6833-6835.   9271. 
Birth.  6836.   10728-10737. 
Birth  of  Christ,  7119.    9828. 
Bishop.  6837.   6838.   11865. 
Blame,  6839.    7015.   7016. 
Blasphemy,    6840-6843.    9802-9805.    11606, 

11560.   11210-11215. 
Blessed,  6844.    6845.    7208.   7739.  9081. 
Blessing,  6846-6852.  6915.  7683.  7725.  8999. 

9860.   10496-10501.   11746. 
Blindness,   6853-6862.    6692.    6822.   11685- 

11687. 
Blood,  6863-6866.   7409.   8691.   9416. 
Blood    of    Christ,    6867-6873.    7120-7122. 

7637-7657.   9998.    10907.    11723. 
Boasting,  6874-6879.  7050.  7587.  7925.  8304. 

10941.   12148. 
Body,    6880-6893.    702  i.    8712.    8713.    8758. 

8759,  9308-9310.    9354.  9379-9398.  10394, 

11454-11467.  11795. 
Boldness,  6894^6898.  7573-7589.  7817.  6922- 

6925. 
Bondage,  6899.  9291.  6991.  6992.  11745. 
Book,  6900.  6583.  10212.  10379.  11152.  11153. 
Book  of  Life,  6901-6903.  6543.  8314. 
Books,   6904-6912.   6629-6631.    7680.  10294 

10295.  11152.  11153.  11326-11331. 


704: 


TOPICAL  INDEX. 


BoREOWiNG,   6913.   9969. 

*F?oTTT  Fs     6914 

Bounty,'  6915.   6916.  7683.  9031.  9203. 

Boys,    6917-6921.   7182.    9530. 

Bravery,  6922-6925.  6894-6898.  7579-7589. 

11601.    11760.    12135.   12136. 
Bread,    6926-6929.  7604.  8773-8780. 
Bread  of  Life,  6930.   8711. 
Bread  upon  the  Waters,  6931.  8964-8974. 
Brevity,  6932-6934.  11661,  11995. 
Bribery,  6935-6939. 
Bride,   6940.  7278.  8827.  12240.  12218. 
Broken  Things,    6941.    7894.    9413. 
Brothek,    6942-0944.   7163. 
Brotherhood,  6945-6947.  7270. 10495. 12113- 

12121. 
Brothers,  6948. 

Bc/iLDiNG,  6949-6952.  8965.  8836-8839. 
Burden,  6953.  6954.  7142.  11723.  6526-6530. 
Burial,    6955,  6956.  7013.  8900-8902.  9862. 

12004.  10657. 
Burnt  Offering,  6957.  10798-108«0. 
Business,   6958.    6973.   9436.   10198.    11069. 

11222. 
Busy-bodies,  6974.   10454.   10455.   11539. 

Calamity,  6975.  6976.  8332.  10578-10584. 
Calmness,  7125.   7376.   8404.   10694.   11316- 

11318. 
Calumny,  6977-6982.  6660-6662.  7746.  7998- 

8000.    9164.   11597-11599.    11741-11744. 
Calvary,  6983.   6984.  7664-7667. 
Calvinism,    6985.    7921.    7922.     8313-8318. 

11150.    11151. 
Capacity,  6986-6988.  6278-6282.  6697.  8955- 

8962.   11894^11899. 
Capital,  6989.    6990. 
Caprice,  8715.   6655. 
Captives,  6991.   11745.   10906. 
Captivity,  6992.    6899.    9286. 
Cards,  6993.   6994.    7915.   8474.  8920. 
Care,  6995-6998.    6526-6530.    6961.     10165. 

11810. 
Carelessness,  6999-7002.6520. 10718. 11164- 

11168. 
Cares,  7004.   7005.   7302.   9000.   10553. 
Caricature,  7006.   7007.  7233.   8457. 
Caste,  7008.    7009.    7245. 
Catechism,  7010.  8238-8240. 
Caution,  7011.   7012.  7096.  7302.  7449.  7711. 

7949.    8440.   11248.    11283-11286.  11785. 
Ckmeteries,  7013.    6955.     6956.    8900-8902. 

9223-9227. 
Censoriousness,    7014.    8075.    8680.    7998- 

8000. 
Censure,  7015.  7016.  6839.  7571-7573.  7632- 

7036. 
Ceremony,    7017.   7018.  6463.    7276.    8814- 

8823 
Chance,  7019.    7020.    9019.     10695.     11365. 

12123.    6304.    6315. 
Change,  7021-7024.  7025.  7508.  7759.  8141- 

8143.   8524.   8715.   8841-884.3.  9837.  9838. 

10756-107.58.    12026.   12157. 
Character,     7025-7040.     6949-6952.     6989. 

9228-9254.    9942.     9943.     10405.     10940- 

10947. 
Charities,  7041-7043.  8953-8963.  6724-6745. 


Charity,  7044-7056.  6724-6750.  6945.  8965- 

8974.   10204.  11998. 
Chastisements,  7l67-755a.  8047-8056. 12062- 

12067. 
Cheerfulness,  7060-7066.  6470.  7209.  7374. 
9112.      9113.      9316-9343.     10169-10171. 
11752. 
Chemistry,  7067.   6881.   6885.   7318. 
Child,    7068-7071.  6917-6921. 
Childhood,    7072-7076.   8232. 
Children,    7077-7104.    8559.    8676.    8678. 

10165. 
Chivalry,    7105.   9649.    10861. 
Choice,  7106-7109.  7258.  8208.  8417.   9498. 

8192. 
Christ,  7110-7206.  6345-6352.  6361.  6444. 
6482.  6555.  6558.  6559.  6573.  6867-6873. 
6943.  6946.  7388-7392.  7637-7657.  7664- 
7667.  8110.  8111.  8251.  9161.  9535.  9627. 
9658.  9828.  9962-9967.  9998-10015.  10106. 
10107.  10112.  10188.  10343.  11467-11476. 
11844.  11873.  11855.  12262. 
Christian,  7207-7224.  7205.   10164.  10987- 

10991. 
Christian  Union,  12113-12121.  6945.  6947. 

8726. 
Christianity,  7225-7252.   9078-9086.   9128- 

9162.  10586.  11365. 
Christians,    7253-7270.    7388-7392.     85ia- 

8527. 
Church,  7271-7301.  6556.  7144.  7225-7252. 

8012.  8674.  10937.  12348. 
Circumspection,   7302.  8350.  12165.  12197- 

12203. 
Circumstances,  7303-7306.  7037.  7385.  7386. 

8437.  8438. 
Cities,  7307.  7308.   7309-7311. 
City,  7309-731L  12236. 
Civility,    7312.    6366.    6367.    7590.     7591. 

9102. 
Civilization,   7313-7315.   6646.   7241.   7966. 

8442.  9685.  10115.  10596-10604. 
Claims,  7316.   6915.   6916. 
Cleanliness,  7317.   7318. 
Clemency,  7319-7321.   7143.    9648. 
Clergy,    7322-7324.      10536-10558.    10910- 

10914.    11109.   11289.   11290. 
Closet,  7325-7328.   8016.  8026.  9381.  10643- 

10645.    11061-11108. 
Clouds,  7329.   7330.   7729.    9316.   8563. 
Cold,  7331.  7287. 
Comfort,  7332-7338.   6488.  6751.  6811.  6867. 

7455-7461.    7593.    7613.  11232. 
Commandments,  7339-7346.    9396.   10179. 
Commendation,  7347.   8752-8757.  6548.  6549. 
Commerce,  7348.  6969. 
Communion,    7349-7352.   6590.    7168.     7292. 

7325-7328.    8109.   9064.   9448.    9999. 
Companions,  7353-7355.   6670.   8865-8892. 
Company,  7556-7562.  6579-6585.  9186. 11757, 

11758.   12320. 
Compassion,  7363-7366.   7054.    10992-10994 

11939. 
Competence,  7367.   7471.   7477. 
Competition,  7368.   6968.   7719.   8879. 
Complaining,  7369.   7370.   10663.  8861-8864 
Complaint,   7371-7373.    6953.    8099.     996a 
10244.   10932. 


TOPICAL  INDEX 


705 


Complaisance,    7374.    11634.  11637.    7377- 

7379. 
Compliment,  7375.   7590.   7591.   9102. 
Composure,  7376.   7176.   8404.   10612. 
Conceit,  7377-7379.   6474-6476.   7308.  8309- 

8312.   11634. 
Concession,   7380.   7381.    8794-8812.   11138. 

11139. 
Condemnation,  7382-7384.  6310.  7409.  7556- 

7569.   7691-7696.   7804.   9836. 
Condition,  7385.  7386.  7303-7306.  7367.  6439. 
Conduct,  7387.  6718.  6719.  7429.  7969.  8434. 

10268.   10407-10411. 
Confessing  Christ,   7388-7392.  8515.   9154. 

11216-11220. 
Confession,    7393-7399.    6499.    7415.    8097. 

8810.    9279. 
Confessional,  7400.    7851. 
Confidence,    7401-7406.     6590-6599.     6809. 

7226.    7928.   10989.   12069-12075. 
Confinement,  7407.  9815.  9816.   7201.    7407. 

7900.   11191. 
Conflict,  8012.   11829.   11830.   7468-7470. 
Conscience,  7408-7438.   9003.   11391-11398. 

11823. 
Conscientiousness,   7439.    9918-9926.   7408- 

7438. 
Consciousness,  7440.   7527.   7888.   12273. 
Consecration,  7441-7448.   7200.  7923.  8991. 

9853.   11024.    11876-11879.  11982. 
Consideration,  7449.  7203.  7910.  7949.  8342. 

11349.   11350. 
Consistency,  7450-7454.  8482.  11048-11051. 
Consolation,    745.5-7461.    6406.    6751-6754. 

6870.  7332-7338. 
Constancy,   7462.    7463.    8745-8748.    11822. 

9794. 
Contemplation,  7464-7467.  6601.  8540.  9002. 

10462-10465.  10697.   10698.    1078^-10785. 

11349.   11563.   11964-11976. 
Contempt,  7256.   9351-9353. 
Contention,    7468-7470.     8066-8068.     9643. 

9741.   11306-11314.   11288.   11505. 
Contentment,   7471-7485.    6530.    9316-9343. 

11038. 
Contracts,  960''    10760.  10761.  6425.  8368. 
Contrition,  7486-7488.    6614.   6674.    11399- 

11415.   7556-7569.   10936. 
Controversy,  7489-7492.  8042.  11602.  8072. 

8073. 
Conversation,  7493-7504.  7353.  7358.  10307. 

10308.    12266-12270. 
Conversion,    7505-7545.     6326.     6335-6340. 

6419.   6723.  7567.  7912.  8524.  9157.  9212. 

9213.    9565.   10728-10737.   11361-11363. 
Converts,  7546-7555.  7207-7270. 
Conviction,    7556-7569.    6566.    6567.    6656. 
7129.    7382-7384.   7771.   8204.  8702.  9282. 
11141. 
Co-operation,   8603.   11064.  11092.  11105. 
Corner  Stone,  7570.  8838. 
Correction,    7571-7573.    6330-6334.    6390- 

6410.  7082.  8240.  8690.  11419-11422. 
Corruption,     7574^7578.    7931.    7970-7977. 

9824.  9825. 
Counsel,  8670.  9388.  6357-6360. 
Courage,  7579-7589.  6894-6898.  9527-9533. 
12135.  12136. 


Courtesy,  7590.  7591.  8869.  8944^8949.  9103 

9895.  8334.    10407-10411. 
Courtship,   7592.    7732.  8612.   10413-10416, 

11246. 
Covenant,   7593.    7594.    7783.    7872.  11231- 

11239. 
Covetousness,  7595-7606.    6638-6654.  8971. 

9087-9100.  9255.  9256.  9750-9752. 
Cowardice,     7607-7611.     7774.     8691-8708. 

7450. 
Creation,     7612-7618.     8247-8253.     10690- 

10711.    12284-12292. 
Creator,  7619-7621.  6832.  7979.  8767.  8995. 

9019.     9024.     9379-9398.     10706.     11325. 

12105. 
Credulity,  7622.  7626.  9279-9289. 
Crime,  7623-7626.  9538.  10658-10662.  11541. 

11692-11725. 
Crisis,   7627-7631.   7546.   7737.  7910.  7941- 

7948.    8136.    10684.    10257.    12001-12003. 

11536. 
Criticism,  7632-7635.  6632.  7848.  9055.  9915. 
Critics,  7636.  11755.  7014. 
Cross,     7637-7657.     6613-6622.    6867-6873. 

6954.    6983.    7664-7667.    8009. 
Crowns,  7658-7663.  7128.  8195.  8340.  9434. 

10104. 
Crucifixion,  7664-7667.    7130.    7760.  9161. 

10977.  11721. 
Cruel,  7668.   12124.  12020. 
Cruelty,  7669-7677.  6469.  9417.  10095. 
Culture,  7678-7681.  8272-8298.  9937.  9938 
Cumberer,    7682.   12035.   12036.   10493. 
Cup,    7683.   7684.    8179. 
Cupidity,    6641.   9255.    6638-6654. 
Cure,   7685.   7686.   7172.   7435.  8098.  8132. 

9092.    9303. 
Curiosity,   7687-7690.   10756.   10757. 
Curses,   7691-7696.    6473.   9809.    9810. 
Custom,   7697.    8657-8661.  9290-9306.  9462. 

9778-9780. 
Cynic,   7014.   8075.   10571.   10572.   8680. 

Dancing.   7698-7703.   6472.   6682.    6680. 

Dandy,   7704.   8165.  8785. 

Danger,  770.5-7725.  7354.  7682.  8724.  9300. 

9304.   10949.   11624.   11625,   11732. 
Daniel,   7726.    9078. 
Dark  Ages,    7727,  6413-6418. 
Darkness,  7728-7731.  6853-6861.  7329.  7330. 

8569.   10742.  10473. 
Daughter,   7732.   6371.   8948. 
David,    7733.   7734. 
Day,  7735.   7736.   10643-10645. 
Day  of  Grace,   7737.   10828-10833. 
Days,   7738.   12317.   11979-11997. 
Dead,  7739-7747.   6844. 
Death,   7748-7892.   6636.    6751.  6809.  7899. 

7902.  8216.  8231.  8704.  9242.  9575.  10012. 

10:;J55.  10646.  10647.  10979.  11523.  12035. 
Death-bed,    7893.  7425.  7767.  9616.   11402- 

11406.  8216-8228. 
Death  of  Christ,    7894.   7895.  7164.   7456. 

7664-7667. 
Debt,  7896-7900.   9183.   7152.   7384.   11343. 
Debtor,    7901.    6307.   11344-11348. 
Decay,     7902.     7903.     6420.     8281.    10525 
,     10646.   10647.   8841-8843. 


706 


TOPICAL  INDEX. 


Deceit,  7904-7906.  7756.  8362  11289.  11674. 
Deception,    7907.    7908.    7956.    8184.   8510- 

8512.    9692-9709. 
Decision,  7909-7920.  6318.  6895.  7027.  7039. 

7997.  8743.  8745-8748. 10114.  10744-10747. 

11189.    11305.    11435.    11436.    12173. 
Decrees,  7921.   7922.  8313-8318.  8666-8669. 

6985.   11150.    11151. 
Dedication.    7923.    7441-7448. 
Defeat,   7924.   8550-8553.   10998.   10999. 
Defects,  7925.  6368.  6704.  9799-9801.  9884. 

9885.    9987.    9988. 
Defenck,  7926-7930.  6560.  7716.  9370. 11357- 

11360.    11256.    11257. 
Defilement,  7931.   8615-8618.    7970-7977. 
Degeneration,  7932.  8019.  8409.  8615-8618. 

12153.   7970-7977. 
Degradation,  7933.   11203-11207. 
Degraded,    7934.    7935.    7390.    8408.    8856. 

9200.    10443.    11203-11207. 
Degrees,  7936.    7937.    9597-9610. 
Deity,  7938.    7940.   8989-9070.    9989.   12052 

-12058. 
Delay,  7941-7948.  6707.  10714.  11197-11202. 

12015-12018. 
Deliberation,  7949.  7190.  7203.  7449.  7910. 

8342.    11349.    11350. 
Deliverance,    7950-7954.    6387.  6991.  7282. 

7514.   8414.   8532.   11191.   11429.   11430. 
Deluge,  7955.   8760. 
Delusions,    7956.    7957.    8816.    7904-7908. 

8844.   12096.   11754. 
Demand,   7958.   10008.   10712.   10713. 
Demerit,  7121.  7475.  9799-9802. 11524^11527. 

11651. 
Demoniac,  7959. 
Demons.   7960.    8003-8012. 
Denial,  7961.  7641.  8045-8047.  9063.  11635. 

11636.   11453. 
Denominations,  7962-7965.  6827.  6828.  8094. 

8113.   9431.    11623. 
Dependence,    7966-7968.    6874-6879.    7316. 

12208-12211. 
Deportment,  7969.   7387.   6718.   6719.  7429. 

7969.    10407-10411. 
Depravity,  7970-7977.  6672.  7574-7578.  7731. 

7933.   8380.  .8439.  8450.    861.5-8618.  9117. 

9380-9413.  '9653-9656.  10685-10689.  10362 

-10364.   11692-11725. 
Desertion,  7978.  i6852,  6285.   6286. 
Designer,  ,7979.;6603.  7619,  9012.  9019.  9024. 
Design^,  10998.  1099.9.  11629.    10517-10519. 

9959-9961.    6428-6431. 
Desire,   7980-.7982.   6453.   6447-6462.    7482. 

9318.   10305.  12221.    12241. 
Despair,  7983-7989.  6663.  7804.  7805.  7946. 

9630.  11.733. 
Despondency.  7990-^992.  10469.  7062.  9691. 
Destruction,  7993.  7000.  7,705-7725.  11294..^ 

11300.  12149.  12150. 
Detection,  7'994-7996.    7563.    9701.    M818- 

10823.  12220-1222,7. 
Determination,  ,799.7.  7909-,7.920.  •99&9-9961. 

11305.   11435,    11436. 
Detraction,   7998-8000.    8454.  .8457.   6977- 

0982.   7014, 
Development,  8001,   8002.  -8912.  >9269-.9275. 

11223-11229. 


Devil,  8003-8012.  7959.  7960.  8015.  lioSS- 

11589.   11707.   6534.   9512. 
Devotion,  8013-8029.  6371.  7146.  7441-7447. 

11982.    11816.    11562-11564. 
Diamond,  8030.  8031.  8048.  8285.  9747.  10930. 
Die,  8032.    9497-9516. 
Difficulties,  8033-8036.   6489.   8331.    9138. 

10159.   10253.   10788.    10968.    11371. 
Diligence,  8037-8041.    10964-10974.    11986 

11988.   11992, 
Disagreements,  8042,  8043.  6633.  6827.  6828. 

7283.    10923, 
Disappointment,  8044-8046.  7961.  8097-8102. 

8978.   9413.   11590.   11591. 
Disbelief,  8047.  6603-6612.  8144.  9500,  9840. 

9841.   9862-9882. 
Discipline,     8048-8056.     6353-6356.     6941. 

7057-7059.     9387.     9974.     11636.    11707- 

11771,   12041-12049. 
Discontent,     8057-8065,     7369-7373.    7598. 

8096-8102,   8861-8864,   10663. 
Discord,  8066-8068.  7468-7470. 11306-11314. 

11830. 
Discoveries,   8069.   8070.    7994-7996,   8002. 

9433.    10031.    11605. 
Discretion,    8071.   7039,  7011.  7012.  11283- 

11286.    12235-12240. 
Discussion,    8072.    8073.    6424.    6551-6554. 

7489.    8091.    8092. 
Disease,  80'74,  6399.  9285.  9356-9359,  11113. 
Dishearteners,  8075.  7012. 
Dishonesty,   8076-8079.    6929.    7010.    8208. 

8844.   8914.    9915-9917,   11824. 
Disinterestedness,   8080.   8081,   8484^8487. 

8928-8932.   7105,   12126, 
Disobedience,  8082-8084,  6374.  7083. 10897. 

11334,   8615-8618, 
Disobliging,   8085,  10376,  7668-7677.  12114. 

12124. 
Dispatch,    8086.    9349.    9350.     6919,    7074. 

8100,    9795-9798.   12154. 
Disposition,   8087-8089.  8057-8065.  9829. 
Disputation,  8091,  8092.  8072.  8073.    6551- 

6554. 
DispuTATiousNESS,   8093.   11306-11314. 
Disputes,    8094,   8095,   8042,   8043, 
Dissatisfaction,  8096-8102.  6385.  7369-7373. 

8057-8065.    8381.     11507,    11647.    11590. 

11591. 
Dissipation,   8103.   8104.   8171.   8174.  8236. 

9950-9958. 
Distance,   8105. 

Distinction,    8106.    7936.    7937.    9597-9610. 
Distrust,   8107.    6526.    0530.   11881.   8143- 

8146. 
Diversity,  7284.  7776,  8712.  8723.  12147. 
Divine  Love,  8108.  8537.  9017,  9121.  10323 
Divine  Union,  8109.  7349-7352.  8726.  8727. 
Divinity  of  Christ,  8110.  8111.  713L  7192. 

10559-10567. 
DmsiONs,    8112.     8113.     7283.    7962-7965. 

12113-12120. 
Divorce,  8114.  9689. 
Doctrine,  8115-8121.  11957.  11958. 
Dogmatism,    8122-8124,    10824-10827.   9524. 

9525. 
Doing  Good,   812.5-8134,    6323,    6724-6750. 

6931.  7194.  8207.  8303-8308.  8614.   910*- 


TOPICAL  INDEX. 


707 


9109.  9332.  10015.   10975.   109T6.  11796- 

11807.  12129-121.33.  12279. 
Doing  Well,  8135.  8965.  8966.  10946.  6758. 
Doomsday,  8136.  10054-10062. 
Door,  8137-8140.  9489. 
DOUBLEMINDEDNESS,    8141.    8142.    8510-8512. 

6952.  7266.  9830-9836. 
Doubt,  8143-8146.  6599.  6604.  8107.   11602. 

11603. 
Doves,  8147. 

DREAM.S,  8148-8155.  7518.  9044.  11748. 
Dress,    8156-8165.     6341-6343.    8657-8661. 

6545-6547.  9778-9780. 
Drinking,  8166.  8103.  8104. 
Drunkard,   8167-8172.    7552.     7957.     8466. 

8792.  10424.  11351-11356. 
Drunkenness,   8173-8181.  6435.  6436.  8103. 

8104.  9950-9958. 
Ddelist,  8182. 
Dullness,    8183.    9826.    9827.    6920.    7856. 

8032.  10380. 
Duplicity,  8184. 8453.  8510-8512.  8622.  9830- 

9836.  790J^7908.  9996.  9997. 
Duration,  8185.  8342-8344.  8416-8433.  9782- 

9793.  11772-11802. 
Duties,  8186-8190.  7421.  8191-8215.  11670. 

11671. 
Duty,    8191-8215.    6668.    7185.    8525.    9062. 

9132.    10762.    10779.    10781.  12129-12133. 
Dying,   8216-8227.  6809.  6873.   7188.  7748- 

7893.  11402-11406. 
Dying  for  Others,   6373.   6376.   7786.  7885. 

9686. 
Dying  Testimonies,   8228.   8216.   8220. 

Eagles,   8229.  11279. 

Ear,  8230.   9368-9378. 

Early  Death,   8231.  7749.  7761.  10004. 

Early  Piety,   8232.  6917.  7071.  7086.  7519. 

9731.  10987-10989.  12328. 
Early  Rest,   8233. 
Early  Risers,   8234-8237. 
Early  Training,  8238-8240.  7084. 7098.  7099. 

8272-8298.  8364-8367.  9234.   11019. 
Earnestness,   8241-8246.  7914.  8215.  8382- 

8388.    8490.    11125.    11568.  11655.  12335- 

12349. 
Earth,  8247-8253.   7612-7621.   9437.  12122. 

12123.  12284-12292. 
Earthly  Glory,  8254-8256.  6447-6462.8975- 

8988.  9597-9610. 
Earthquake,  8257.  8258.  10391. 
Ease,    8259.    8260.    8301.   9292.    9846.  9847. 

9715-9730.  11749. 
Ei.sT,  8261.  11854    11855. 
Eating,  8262-8264.  8301.  8302.  9844.  10556. 

9684.  9685.  8654. 
Eccentricity,  8265.  6988,  7068.  9713.  9714. 

10387. 
Economy,  8266-8271.  €289.  6913.  7896.  8893- 

8896.  8970. 
Education,  8272-8298.  7678-7681.  8239.  8240. 

8534.  9572.  9743.  9817-9819.  10115-10143. 

10162.  10190-10196.   11126.   11904-11909. 
Effects,  8299.  8300.  8411.  9886.  10266.  6313. 
Effeminacy,  8301.  8302.   12208-12211. 
Effort,  8303-8308.  6931.  8503.  8504.  10964- 

10974.   6313-6326.   8033-8041.  8125-8134. 


Egotism,  8309-8312.   6562-6565.   7377-7379. 

11634.  11644. 
Election,  8313-8318.  6901-6903.  698.5.  ]  il5... 

11151. 
Elevation,     8319.    8331.   8398.    8458.  8459. 

11865.  8254-8256.  9231-9254. 
Elijah,  8320. 
Elisha,  8321. 
Elocution,  8322.   10842. 
Eloquence,   8323-8328.   6702.  10609.  10841. 

10843-10846.  11811.  11812. 
Elysium,  8329.  10872-10881. 
Emancipation,  8330.  8369.  8845-8848,  1 L745. 

10205-10211. 
Eminence,   8331.   10146.    10864.    8254-8256. 

9228-9254.  8975-8988. 
Employment,    8332-8338.    6958-6973.   6314- 

6325.     9850-9856.     10145-10161.     10790- 

10794. 
Emphasis,  8339.  8323-8328. 
Emulation,  6968.  7719.  8879. 
Encouragement,  8340.  8341.  8473.  8852-8857. 

9517-9523.  11032.  11231-11239. 
End,  8342-8344.  6350.  12223.  8185.  11672. 
End  of  the  World,  8249.  8250.  8345.  10050- 

10062.  12284.  6345-6352. 
Endurance,    8346-8348.    6541.    6896.   8343. 

8736-8738.  8824-8826.  9753. 10433-10442. 

10921. 
Enemies,  8349-8363.  6949.  7404.  8449. 
Energy,   8364-8367.  8382-8388.    8241-8246. 
Engagements,  8368.  6425.  9606.  10700.  10761. 
England,  8369.  8330.  11226. 
Enjoyment,     8370-8378.     7332-7338.    7471- 

7485.  9316-9343.  11000-11010. 
Enlightenment,  8379.  7556-7569.  9553-9568. 

12107.  12108.  9937.  9938. 
Enmity,  8380.  9351-9353.  8349-8363. 
Ennui,  8381.  8132.  11590.  11591. 
Enthusiasm,    8382-8387.   8027.  8523.  10383. 

8241  8246.  12335-12347. 
Envy,  8389-8399.   9985.    9986. 
Ephesus,  8400.    7234.   8632. 
Epicure,  8401.  8402.    8709.    10611.    8262- 

8264. 
Epigrams,  8403.   11260. 
Epiphany,  8943. 

Equality,  7780.   7827.   7865.   11682. 
Equanimity,  8404.   9113.  10611.  10612.  7376. 

11316-11318. 
Equity,    8405.     8406.     10065-10084.    9915- 

9917.   10172-10187.  11294. 
Equivocation.  8407. 8622-8624.  10213-1021G. 

10367-10373.   10951. 
Erring,  8408.   9345.    9346.    10955.    11729- 

11734.   12220-12227. 
Error,     8409-8413.    '8118.      12076-12098. 

12153-12156.   11692-11725.    9911-9914. 
Escape,    8414.    7950-7954.     10816.    11357- 

11360.   11429.    11430.    11565-11579. 
Esteem,    8415.     9597-9609.    10000.     10516 

11438.   11637.    11650. 
Eternity,  8416-8433.  6950.  7776.  8185.  8903- 

8913.   9010.  9782-9793. 
Etiquette,  8434.    7590.    7591.   8869.  8944 

8949.   9103.    9895.  10407-10411. 
Evening,  8435.  11864. 
Events,  8436.   6314-6322.   8547.  8548. 


708 


TOPICAL  INDEX. 


Evidence   8437.    7229.    7783.  8318.  12246. 

12247. 
Evil,  8438-8453.  6440-6442.  6708-6710.  7974. 

11472.   11692-11725.   12153-12156. 
Evil  Speaking,  8454.  6660-6662.  9926. 11741- 

11744.   6977-6982.    7998-8000. 
Evolution,  8455.   8001.   8002. 
Exactness,  8456.    6308.   8135.   11963. 
Exaggeration,  8457.  7006.    7007.   7233. 
Exaltation,  8458.   8459.  11865. 
Example,  8460-8483.  6325.  6552.  6831.  7134. 

7450-7454.    8413.    9548.     10230.     10921. 

11048-11051.    11687.    11562-11564. 
Excellence,  8484-8486.  8053.  10921.  10940- 

10947.   8080.   8081.   8331. 
Excelsior,  8487.  8541. 
'Excess,  8488.  8489.  9084.  8529-8531. 
Excitement,  8490.  8714-8723.  11653. 
Excuses,  8491-8499.  6531.  6746.  7170.  11219. 
Execution,  8500.  6429-6431.  10998.  10999. 
Exercise,  8501.  8502.  6886.  8549. 
Exertion,    8503.   8504.    8303-8308.    10964- 

10994.  8033-8041.  8125-8134. 
Exhortation,  8505.  8506.  9973-9975. 
Existence,  8507.  8508.  7188.  10217-10279. 
Expectation,  8509.  12227.  7980-7982.  9612- 

9630.  7401-7406.  12069-12071. 
Expediency,   8510-8512.   6551.    7432.    7697. 

8453.  11015.  8141.  8142. 
Experience.   8513-8527.    7403.    9154.    8379. 

7505-7545.  6590-6599. 
Experiment,    6609.    7248.    7249.  6482.  6609. 

6817.  6971.  7241.  10847. 
Extortion,  8528.  8076-8079. 
Extravagance,  8529-8531.  6916.  8488.  8505. 

11208.  11209.  11514.  11813.  9820. 
Extremity,  8532.  7950-7954.  7983-7989. 
Eyes,   8533-8540.    6853-6861.    6885.   12197- 

12203.  12165. 
Ezbkiel,  8541. 

Fables,  8542-8545. 

Facetiousness,     8546.     7060-7066.    10022- 

10024.   9994.    9995.  12242-12245. 
Facts,     8547.    8548.    8436.    11959.    12076- 

12096. 
Faculties,    8549.    6278-6282.    7222.   6986- 

6988.   10523-10534.    11894-11899. 
Failure,  8550-8553.  6542.  6959.  6973,  7259. 

10237.  10790.    10908.   10999.  12233. 
Faith,  8554-8606.    6593.    6720.   6928.  7401- 

7406.  10014.  12069-12075. 
Faithfulness,  8607-8614.  6894-6898.   7090. 

7212.  7;,90.  8731-8739.  9015.    9527. 
Fall,  8015-8618.    7970-7977.    10685-10689. 

7932.   8438-8453.    11692-11725. 
Falling,  8619-8621.  'G663-6678.  7932.  6532- 

6543.   7259.    7281. 
Falsehood,  802'^-8624.   8407.   10201-10203. 

10213-10216.    10367-10373.   10951.  10952. 

12076-12098. 
Fame,  8G25-8G37.    6447-6462.    8908.    8975- 

.8988.  9110.  9111.  9597-9609.  11 '.66-11188. 

11426-11428. 
Fajiiliaritv,  8638.   8698.   88o5. 
Family,  8639-8647.    7082.  7702.  3o;>v    9166. 

9321.    9569-9579.    9642.    9643. 
Family  Prayer,  8648-8653.   6666. 


Family  Religion,  11080.   12303. 

Famine,  8654.   6568.   7604.   9685.   IIOJI. 

Fanaticism,  8655.   8656.   8529-8531. 

Farewell,  7877.   7814.   10899. 

Fashion,  8657-8661.  6341-6343.  7704.  815fM 

8164.   8679.    9778-9780. 
Fastidiousness,  8662.   6655. 
Fasting,  8663-8665.   6287.   9681.   6628. 
Fatalism,  8666.   8667. 
Fate,  8668.  8669.  10578-10584.  11150.  11151. 

10357-10360. 
Father,  8670-8679.  8465.  8477.  8702.  10348. 

10890-10898.   10992. 
Fault-finder,  8680.  8099.  9276. 10541.  10550. 

11609.   7014.   10642. 
Faults,  8681-8690.  6712.  6862.  10941.  6689. 
Fear,  8691-8708.    6526.    6608.    6943.    7581. 

7588.  7607-7611.  7778.  9281.  9506.  11700. 

11940.    11941. 
Fearlessness,  7817.    6894-6898.    7579-7589. 
Feast,  8709-8711.   6681.   6682.  8896.  10714. 
Features,  8712.   8713. 
Feeling,  8714-8723.    6559.    6908.    7790. 
Feet,  8724.  8725.    10166.    11678. 
Fellowship,  8726.  8727.  8877-8892.  11885- 

11890.    12113-12121. 
Fetish,  8728.  8729.  7459.  9257.  9509.  10986. 
Fickleness,  7266.   8980.   9837-9839. 
Fiction,  8730.    107.54.    10755. 
Fidelity,  8731-8737.  6960.  7421.  7661.  8197. 

8554.  8606-8614.  8824-8826.  11759. 
Fighting.    8738.    8739.    9527.    11760-11762. 

6687.  6688.  12189-12192. 
Figures,   8740.  12099-12101. 
Fire,   8741-8744.    8776.    9507.    12342.  9414. 
Firmness,    8745-8748.    6541.    11435.    11436. 

11929.  12078.  12326.  10786.  10787.  12232. 
Flag,  8749-8751.  7118.  7952. 
Flattery,  8752-8757.  6344.  7746. 
Flesh,  8758.   8759.  7578.  11891.  6880-6893. 
Floods,  8760.    7955. 
Flowers,     8761-8767.     6612.     6742.    8843. 

10690-10696.  10293. 
Following   Christ,    8768.  8769.  9778-9780. 

8607-8614.  10188.  10433-10436. 
Folly,   8770-8772.    6295.    6296.  6502.  6650. 

6874-6879.  6993.  7877.  7957.   8434.    8491. 

9193.  9432.  9929. 
Food,    8773-8780.    6926-6930.    8557.    8932. 

10406.  11870-11872. 
Fools,  8781-8783.  6610.  9845.  10675. 11833- 

11835. 
Footsteps,   8784. 
Fop,  8785.  7704.  8165. 
Forbearance,      8786-8788.        10915-10918. 

10503-10512.  8108.  10992-10994. 
Foreboding,   8789.    8790.  6526-6530.    9811- 

9814.  7765.  7890. 
Foresight,  8791.  9821.  10818-10823. 
Foretaste,  9556.  10027-10039. 
Foroetfulness,  8792.  8793.  6284.  8067.  8281. 

9043.  9361.  9912.  9913. 
Forgiveness,  8794-8812.    6312.    7321.   8443. 

8449.  9172-9206.  10882-10889. 
Forgotten,  8813.  10781.  11462.  11737. 
Formalism,    8814-8817.     7274.    7287.    9374. 

9692-9709.  11082.  11356. 
Formalist,  8818. 8819.  7018.  7264.  7963.  7017, 


TOPICAL  INDEX. 


709 


Forms,  8820.  8821. 

Formulas,  8822.  8823.  11528. 

FoRTiTDDE,     8824-8826.     7373.     8346-8348. 

10915-10918.    9527-9533. 
Fortune.  8827-8835.  6304.  6305. 8255. 10357- 

10360.   10578-10584. 
Foundation,  8836-8839.     7286.    7764.  8760. 

9013.    9365.    9612.    11529. 
Fountain  of  Life,  8840.  9115. 
Frailty,  8841-8843.    6874-6893.    7779.  8902. 

10189.   10646.    10647.    11891.  12218. 
Fraternity,  6945-6948.  7292. 12113-12121. 
Fraud,  8844.  12096.   8622-8624.  7907.  7908. 
Freedom,    8845-8851.    8269.    8330.    10205- 

10211.   11745.    7227.    7514. 
Free  Grace,  8852-8857.   6667.  7182.   9172. 

9206.     9345.     9346.     10502-10512.     10605. 

10882-10889.   11151.   11382.  11565-11579. 

12206.   12207. 
Free  Thinker,  8858.  6781.  7427.  9879.  11607. 
Free  Will,  8859.  8860.  11440.  11441.  12233. 

12234. 
Fretfulness,  8861.   8862.  9687.  9688.  9795- 

9798.   11609.   9276. 
Fretting,  8863.  8864.    11842.    12014. 
Friends,  8865-8876. 
Friendship,  8877-8892.   6585.  12327. 
Frugality,     8893-8896.     8266-8271.     8710. 

10928.   8970. 
Feuitfulness,  8897-8899.   8306.    9108.  9209. 

9213.   9269-9275.    10767.  11626.  11965. 
Funerals,  8900-8902.  6955.  6956.  7013.  9862. 

12004.   10657. 
Future,  8903-8911.   6324.   7776.  8416.  9612- 

9630.   10385.   10909.   12035. 
Futurity,  8912.  8913.  8416-8433. 

Gain,  8914.   8915.   8013.  9052.   9075.  9078- 

9086.    9194.    11367.    11221.   11222. 
Gambling,  8916-8919.    6994. 
Gamester,  8920.  6993. 
Garments,  8921-8924.   6327.    9861. 
Gates,   8925.  8926.    7875.  8219.  9442.  9472. 
Gayety,  8927.  7060-7066.  8370-8378.  10169- 

10171.  10570. 
Generosity,    8928-8932.    9315.    9366.    8080. 

8081.  10204.  8953-8974. 
Genius,   8935-8941.    7991.   8265.  9228-9254. 
Gentiles,  894:2.  8943.  8462.  10025. 
GENTLEfJAN,  8944-8947.  11883. 
Gentleness,  8948.  8949.  6553.  6798.  10089- 

10103. 
Geology,  8950. 
Getting  on,  8951.  9100.  11221.  11222.  11247- 

11255.  11503-11519.  12212-12217. 
Ghosts,  8952. 

Gifts,  8953-8963.   9181.  9188.  6724-6745. 
Giving,  8964^8974.  6640.    6648.    6700-6706. 

672^6750.  7041-7056.    8928-8932.  10204. 

11998. 
Glory,  8975-8988.    6447-6462.    7219.    7643. 

7662.  8226.  9134.  9182.  9438-9444.  10104. 

8254-8256. 
God,    8989-9077.     6443.     6503.     7938-7940. 

8108.  8576.  8672-8674.  9167.  9989.  10811- 

10823.  11032.  12052-12058. 
Godliness,  9078-9086.  7479.  8013-8029.  8195. 

9052.  9075.  11365.  10987-10991. 


Gold,  9087-9100.   6638-6654.  L0377.  1059a 

10621-10631.    11504-11518. 
Good,  9101.  8125-8134 
Good  Breeding,  9102.  9112.67  8.  6719.  7678- 

7681. 
Good  Deeds,  9103-9109.  8207. 
Good  Name,     9110.     9111.     10678.     11426- 

11428. 
Good   Nature,  9112.  9113.  6501.  706U-7066. 

8087-8090.  11914-11916.  11752. 
Goodness,    9114-9123.    7250.    10490.    9078- 

9086.  10987-10991. 
Good  Works,  9124-9127.  8604.  9109.    9386. 

11651.  10513-10516. 
Gospel,  9128-9162.    6567.  6783.  6991.  7087. 

7225-7252.  7770.    8711.    8840.    8852-8857, 

9172-9206.  9973-9975.  10177. 10206. 10207. 

10586.  11565-11579. 
Gossip,  9163.  9164.  7998-8000.  10307.  10308. 

11597-11599. 
Government,  9165-9170.    7980.    9021.    9057. 

9577.    10040.    10065-10084.    10172-10187. 

11453.  11423.  11424. 
Governor,  9171.  10040. 
Grace,  9172-9206.    7250.    7510.   8852-8857. 

8961.    9001.    9341.    10502-10512.    11565- 

11579. 
Gracefulness,  9207.   6691-6697. 
Graces,  9208-9211.  8575.  9659-9683.  10642. 
Grafting,  9212.   9213.   7124.   7538. 
Grail,  9214. 
Gratitude,    9215-9222.    6517.     6800.     7193, 

10097-10103.   11595.   11945-11S48. 
Grave,  9223-9227.    6955.    695u.    7U13.   7015. 

7865.   8979.    9446.    12004. 
Great,  9228-9241.   8254-8256. 
Great  Men,    9233-9240.    7493.   7499.   8934- 

8940.   10194.   10534.   12281. 
Greatness,   9241-9254.    7862.    8106.    8254- 

8256.  8319.  8975-8988.  9023.  10002.  10748. 

10749. 
Greed,  9255.  6638-6654.  7863,  9394.  10038. 

7595-7606.   10377. 
Greediness.  9256.   10938. 
Greegree,  9257.   8728. 
Grief,  9258-9268.  10657.  6752-6755.  10657. 

7893.    11402-11406. 
Growth,  9269-9275.  6319.  6708-6717.  7029, 

7215.     7620.     9184.     9848,     11223-11229, 

11705.   11778. 
Grumblers,    9276.    7014.    7023.    7369-7373, 

8680.    9795-9798.   10663. 
Guidance,  9277.    7289.   6943. 
Guides,  9278.    10188. 
Guilt,     9279-9289.     7409-7438.     7623-7626. 

9745.   10658-10662.   11673.   11692-11725, 

Habit,  9290-9306.    6317.   6757.   7029.    7381, 

7700.  7848.   8845. 
Hands,     9307-9314.     9094.     11063.     11553. 

11696.   11956.    7939. 
Happiness,     9315-9343.     6389.     7060-7066. 

7332-7338.    7471-7485.    7795.     8370-8378. 

8704.   10027-10039.   12274. 
Hardening  the  Heart,    9344.  7363.    7941. 

8679.  9296.    11703.    7698.   11720. 
Hardship,  8722.    9516.  10600.  12027.  11826. 
Harlots,  9345.   9346,   7390.  9200. 


710 


TOPICAL  INDEX. 


Harmony,    9347.    6887.    8066-8068.    11266. 

12113-12120. 
Harshness,  10095.  7668-T677.   11609. 
Harvest,  9348.   6636.   10217.   11809.   11900. 

11901. 
Haste,  9349.   9350.   6919.   7074.   8086.  8100. 

9795-9798.  10586.   10886.   12154. 
Hatred,     9351-9353.     6942.     8358.     10376. 

10720.   7256.   8380.  8085. 
Head,  9354. 
Healing,  9355.   11680. 
Health,  9356-9359.   6886.   6990.   10148. 
Hearers,  93G0-9367. 
Hearing,     9368-9378.     9142.     9279.     6624. 

6625. 
Heart,  9379-9413.   6379.   6380.    7110.  7146. 

7214.  7905.   8962.    9344.  9512.  10108. 
Heat,  9414.   8741-8744.   8776.   12342. 
Heathen,  9415.   8117.    9731-9735. 
Heathenism,  9416.  9417.  6375.   8274.  11866- 

11868.    9731-9738.   10586-10607. 
Heaven,  9418-9496.    6600.    6601.  6759.  6760. 

7128.    7309.    7466.   7830.  7964.  8372.  8981. 

8982.    9561.   10738. 
Hell,  9497-9516.    7739.   8139.    9450.    9503. 

9866.    9970.    9971.   10041-10062.  12020. 
Help,  9517-9523.  8733.  10003.  10253.  11870- 

11872.  10089-10103. 
Helplessness,  8200.   9826.   12208-12211. 
Heresy,  9524.    9525.    6826. 
Heritage,    7205.    7254.    8445.    8713.    9173. 

10034.  11032.  8827.  10110.  10111. 
Hermits,  9526.    6777.    9124.    9526.    11763- 

11765. 
Hero,  9527.  9528.  9246.  11522.  12287. 
Heroism,  9529-9533.  6918.  8214.  8346.  9137. 

10654. 
Hesitation,    9534.    9842.    9843.    9978-9980. 

8141.   8142.    9837-9839. 
Hiding  Places,    9535l   11531.   11357-11360. 
High  Priest,  6573-6575.  95.52.  12265.  6276. 
Higher  Life,  9536.  7724.  7224.  7408.  11816. 

12064.   8013-8029. 
HiGHVTAY,  9537.     9470. 
History,    9538.     9539.    7006.    8908.    10235. 

11328. 
Hobby,  9540.   11040. 
Holiness,  9541-9551.  6864-6873.  9401-9403. 

9451.    9896.    11303.   11304.    11580.   11581. 
Holy  of  Holies,  9552. 
Holy  Spirit,  9553-9568.    6609.  7233.   7556- 

7569.     7916.    8716.    8954.    10937.    11042. 

11083.   11720. 
Home,  9569-9579.    8201.    9642.    9643.   8639- 

8047.    10649-10655.    10890-10898. 
Honesty,  9580-9596.  6699.  6962.  9918-9926. 

9942.    9943.   12237. 
Honor,  9597-9610.   6390.   6477.   6705.  7217. 

7413.    7658-7663.    7936.   8331.  8625-8637. 

9020.  9119.  9452.  9582.  9668.  10491.  11084. 
Honoring  the  Lord,  9611.  8368.  9176.  10546. 

12103. 
Hope,    9612-9630.    6478-6482.    6665.    7290. 

7648.   8509.    11465.   11734. 
Hopelessness,  7983-7990.  9453.  9703.  9872. 
Horse,  9631.   6515.   6518. 
Hospitality,  9632-9638.   7176.   9910. 
Hospitals,  9669. 


Hours,  9640.   9641.   11979-11997. 
Household,    9642.    9643.    8641-8647.   9569- 

9579.    10890-10898. 
House,  9644.    9645.    9569-9579. 
Humanity,  9646-9652.  6945-6948.  7238.  9140. 

10379-10404.    10978.   11805. 
Human  Nature,  9653-9656.   10378-10404 
Humbug,  10547. 
Humiliation,  9657.  9658.  8459.  10006.  10112. 

9258-9268.   11767-11771. 
Humility,  9658-9683.  7806.  8059.  8925.  902S. 

9245.  10466-10468.  11754. 
Hunger,  9684.  9685.  6926-6930.  7052.  8654. 

11118.   11037.    11038. 
Husband,  9686-9690.    10412-10432.    12228- 

12231.    9642.  9643. 
Hypochondriac,  9691.    9775.   10469.  10633. 
Hypocrisy,    9692-9699.    7262.    7446.    7906. 

8708.    10994.   11220.  11674. 
Hypocrites,  9700-9709. 

Idea,  6932.   7314.   11964-11976. 

Ideal,  9710.    9711.   9136. 

Idealism.  9712.    9773-9777. 

Idiosyncrasy,  9713.   9714.  6988.  7068. 10387. 

8265.   11040. 
Idleness,    9715-9730.     9846.     9847.     10542. 

10753.   8259,   8260.   11749. 
Idolatry,  9731-9735.  6519.  7097.  9385.  9415- 

9417.    11633.   9128-9162. 
Idols,  9736-9738. 
If,  9739.   8192.   7627-7631. 
Ignorance,    9740-9749.    6787.     6788.    6789. 

6824.  7308.    7528.  7724.  7727.  8536.  9733. 

9915.  10127.  10672-10675. 
Illiberality,    9750-9752.   6638-6654.    7055. 

11646.  7595-7606. 
Ills,    9753-9755.     8450.     8451.     9911-9914. 

11680-11684.  10578-10584. 
Illustrations,  9756-9772.  6437.    6483-6486. 

7135.  8542-8548.  8740. 10868-10871. 11260. 

11664. 
Imagination,  9773-9777.    7088.    7784.  9712. 

10724.    9710-9712. 
Imitation,  9778-9780.  7133.  8460-8483.  8661. 

8820.  9692-9709.  10921.  8768.  8769. 
Immensity,  9781.  7617.  9883.  10510.  10795. 
Immortality,  9782-9793.    6955.    7152.    8218. 

8416-8433.  8903-8913.  9123.   9491.  10388. 

11772-11862. 
Immutability,  9794.    9028.   9071. 
Impatience,    9795-9798.    10529.    6496-6514. 

8680.   8861-8864.  9976. 
Imperfections,  9799-9802.  8203.  8793.  9711. 

10548.    10607.   10608.    9884. 
Impiety,  9803.  9805.   11560.   11606-11608. 
Impossibility,  9806.    9807.   8364^8367. 
Impracticable,  9808.   9820.   10131.   11832. 
Imprecations,  9809.  9810.  6613.    6840-6843. 

11210-11215.   7691-7696. 
Impressions,  9811-9814.   11162.   11163. 
Imprisonment,  9815.  9816.  7201.  7407.  7900. 

11191. 
Improvement,  9817-9819.  11223-11229.  7678- 

7681. 
Improvidence,  9d20.  9821.  8529-8531.  11208. 

11209.   11813.   11996. 
IIjipudknce,  9822.   9823.   6586-6589. 


TOPICAL  INDEX. 


711 


iMPUKiTt,   9824.   9825.  119'?5.  11976.   7574- 

7578.   7932.   7933. 
Inability,    9826.    9340.    9806.    9807.   12070. 

8183.  11833-11835. 
Inappropriatenkss,     9827.      10335.      10900. 

10901.   8183. 
Incarnation,  9828.  7149.  7199.  9041.  10006. 

10105.   10112.   10018. 
Inclination,  9829.    8684.    9959-9961.   8087- 
^  8089.   10656.    10549.    12241. 
Incomprehensiblity,  12054.   8989-9077. 
Inconsistency,  9830-9836.   6322.  7226.  7259. 

7398.  7450-7454.  8677.  9864.  11662.  11048. 

11524. 
Inconstancy,    9837-9839.    6922.    7021-7024. 

7266.   8980.    12157. 
Incredulity,  9840.    9841.   8117. 
Indecision,   9842.    9843.    7913.    9534.    9739. 

9978-9980.   6544. 
Indigestion,  9844.   8262-8264. 
Indiscretion,  9845.   8770-8772. 
Indolence,   9846.    9847.    7386.   8259.    8260. 

9715-9730.   83dl.   8292.    11749. 
Indulgence,  9848.    7075.    7102.    7981.   9976. 

10365.    10366.    11647.   11247-11255. 
Indulgences,  9849. 
Industry,  9850-9856.  6314-6325.  8020.  8037- 

8041.   8236.  8332-8338.  8833.   8935.  9095. 

10145-10159.  12271. 
Infancy,  9857.  10527. 
Infants,  9858-9861.   6658.  6659.  7077-7104. 

9927.   6574. 
Infidel,  9862-9866.   6781.   6609-6612. 
Infidelity,  9867-9878.  6603-6612.  7235.  8554. 

10244.  12102-12106. 
Infidels,  9879-9882.  6499.  6792.  6793.  6812. 

7248.  7249.  7839.  9131.  11602.  11603. 
Infinity,  9883.  9781.  10339.  8989-9077. 
Infirmities,    9884.    8758.   8759.   9987.    9988. 

9799-9802.    10548.    10607. 
Infirmity,  9885.    12208-12211. 
Influence,    9886-9899.    6629.     7033.    7095. 

7747.   8299.  8460-8483.  9115.  9118.  9160. 

10289.    10290.    10533. 
Ingratitude,  9900-9909.   9022.  9056.  12127. 
Inhospitality,  9910.    9632-9638. 
Injuries,  9911-9913.   8794-8812. 
Injury,  9914.    9940.    9941.    12329. 
Injustice,  9915-9917.    10065-10084. 
Innocence,  9918-9922.   6383.    11427. 
Innocency,  9923.   6312. 
Innocent,  9924-9926.  7439. 
Innocents,  9927.    10890. 
Inquiry.  7687-7690. 
Inquisition,  9928.   11712. 
Insanity,    9929.    6421.    6602.    8182.    10489. 

10633. 
Insensibility,  7331.  7869.  8719.  9293.  11135- 

11138.    11706.    7002. 
Insignificance,  9930.   11465,   8301.    8302. 
Insincerity,  8708.    9873.    12304. 
Inspiration,  9931.  9932.    6786.    6974.  6608. 

7229.  11242-11245.  11474. 
Instability,    6952.    7266.   7697.    8141-8143. 

8980.  9837.  9838.    9844.    9845. 
Instinct,  9933-9936.   6372.  7609.  7927.  8695. 

10710.  11220. 


Instruction,  9937.  9938.  6910.  10190-1019ft 

8238-8240.  11904-11909. 
Instruments.  9939.  7282.  9310-9312,  9989. 

10449-10451.  12011. 
Insult,  9940.  9941.  10796.  10797.  1128L 

11282. 
Integrity,  9942.  9943.  6935-6939.  7463.  8476. 

9579-9596.  9918-9926.  11189. 11726.  12128. 
Intellect,  9944-9949.  7230. 7678-7681. 8272- 

8298.  10523-10534. 
Intemperance,  9950-9958.  6435.  6436.  6544. 

7625.  8103.  8104.  8166-8181. 
Intentions,  9959-9961.  6428-6431.  9941. 

10998.  10999.  11629.  11305.  1143.5.  11436. 
Intercessions,  9962-9966.  6523.  8305.  10457- 

10461.  11075-11091. 
Intercessor,  9967.  6361-6365.  6573-6575. 

7153.  10458-10461. 
Interest,  9968.  9969.  7796.  10009.  11032- 

11034.  6989. 
Intermediate  State,  9970.  9971.  10872- 

10881. 
Invention,  8069.  10958.  11912. 
Invisible,  9972.  6285.  7112.  7720.  8580. 

8599.  12125.  6853-6862. 
Invitation,  9973-9975.  6681.  10347.  11803. 

8505.  8506.  9128-9162.  10113. 
Irascibility,  9976.  10200.  10932.  11914- 

11916.  10200.  10902-10906.  11306-11314. 
Irregularity,  9977.  10517-10522. 
Irresolution,  9978-9980.  6544.  9534.  9842. 

9843.  8141.  8142.  9837-9839. 
Irreverence,  9981.  9982.  9803-9805.  6840- 

6843.     , 
Isaiah,  9983. 

James,  9984.  11469. 

Jealousy,  9985.  9986.  8389-8399. 

Jeering,  9987.  9988.  6297.  6298.  11755.  7550. 

Jehovah,  9989.  7938-7940.  8989-9070. 

Jeremiah,  9990. 

Jerusalem,  9991-9993.  10738. 

Jesting,  9994.  9995.  10022-10024. 

Jesuit,  9996. 

Jesuitism,  9997.  7906.  10766.  7904-7908. 

8184. 
Jesus,  9998-10015.  7110-7206.  7664-7667. 

8472.  9064  9392.  11121-11123. 
Jews,  10016-10021.  6618.  6992.  7180.  10043. 
Jewels,  10094,  7658-7663. 
Jokes,  10022.  9994.  9995.  12242-12245. 
Joeing,  10023.  10024.  8546. 
Joseph,  10025. 
Joshua,  10026. 
Joy,  10027-10039.  6596.  6861,  7060-7066. 

7524.  7548.  7813.  8070.  8370-8378.  8849. 

9348.  10206.  11605.  11683. 
Judge,  10040.  6939.  10084. 
Judgment,  10041-10053.  6546.  6893.  7034. 

8148.  9882.  10054-10064 
Judgment  Day,  10054-10062.  6345-6352. 

6566.  7745. 
Judgments,  10063.  10064.  6633.  6679.  12170. 

11474-11481.  12149.  12150. 
Justice,  10065-10084.  7581.  8405.  8406.  9915- 

9917.  10172-10187.  11294 
Justification,   10085-10087.   9918-9926. 

10882-10889. 


712 


TOPICAL  INDEX. 


Keeper,    10088.     7926-7930.     9277.    11256. 

11257.    11261-11280.   8595. 
Kindness,    10089-10103.     6515-6517.     7250. 

8130.    10751.    10752.    11885-11890. 
King,  10104.   10105.    6733.    7219.    7865. 
Kingdom,  12205.    10106-10111. 
B:ngdom  of   Christ,    10106.    10107.    7225- 

7252.    9132.    9172-9206.   10108.    10109. 
K INGDOM  OF  God,  10108.  6685 
Kingdom   of    Grace,    10109.     9199.     12312. 

8852—8857. 
Kingdom  OF  Heaven,  10110.   10111.    8140. 
King'3  Son,  10112.    9457. 
Knocking,  10113.    9382.    7566-7569.    9973- 

9975. 
Knot,  10114. 
Knowledge,  10115-10143.  6797.  7216.  8272- 

8298.     9458.     9937.     9938.     10523-10534. 

10190-10196. 
Koran,  10144.   10618-10620. 

Labor,  10145-10159.  6314^6325.  8263.  8332- 

8338.  9249.  9850-9856.  10790-10794. 12271. 
Laborers,  10160.    10161. 
Ladies,  10162.  10163.   8948.    10424.   12251- 

12261. 
Laity,  10164.   10914.   11115. 
Lambs,  10165.    7443.   11676.   11677. 
Lamp,  10166.   10167.   12166.   10280-10290. 
Language,    10168.   12266-12270. 
Laughter,  10169-10171.    10570.   11752. 
Law,    10172-10187.    6332-6334.   6425.    6554. 

7469.  7565.  8095.   8405.  8406.  9143.  9171. 

10925. 
Laziness,  7386.  9715-9730.  9846.  9847.  8259. 

8260.   11749.   7223. 
Leader,   10188.    6943.    7289.    7988.    10910- 

10914.   12041.   8768.   8769. 
Leaf,  10189. 
Learning,  10190-10196.   7678-7681.   10115- 

10143.   11831.   11832.   8272-8298. 
Legends,  10197.   12023. 
Leisure,  10198.   11979. 
Lepers,  10199.  7391. 
Letter,  10200.  10933. 
Liars,      10201-10203.     10213-10216.     8407. 

8622-8624.  10367-10373. 
Liberality,    10204.    6724-6750.    7041-7056. 

8928-8932.  8953-8974. 
Liberty,     10205-10211.    7427.    7514.    7821. 

8269.  8330.  8845-8848.  11745. 
Library,  10212.  10294.  10295.  11326-11331. 

6900-6912. 
liiEs,  10213-10216.  8497.  8407. 
Life,  10217-10279.   6831.    7025-7040.    7211. 

7  738.  7864.  8507.  8508.  9089.  9144.  10379- 

10404.  11193-11196.  12189-12191. 
Light,  10280-10290.  6853-6861.  7213.  7431. 

7728.  7731.  7822.   8105.   8379.   8533-8540. 

9035.  9244.  10166.  10167.    11235. 
Lightning,  10291.  11911.  11912. 
Likeness,  10292.  9036.  9059. 
Liking,  11902. 
Lilies,  10293.  8761. 
LionofJudah,  7154.   7186. 
Literature,  10294.  10295.  6904-6912.  7636. 
7887.    10933.    11011-11014.    11319-11323. 
11326-11331. 


Little  Foxes,  10296. 

Little  Sins,  10297  10299.  7212.  7417.  1029^ 

10777.  6707-671'. 
Little   Things,    1;)300-10302.     6951.    704a 

9525.  10193.  12050.  12051. 
Living,  7188.  8507.  8508. 
Logic,  10303.  11136.  6551-6554. 
Loneliness,  10304.  9999.  6284.  6285. 
Longing,  10305.    7150.    9460.   11781.   12337. 

12340.  8487.  7980-7982. 
Looking  Back,  10306.  11473.  6663-6678. 
Looking  to  Christ,  7162.  7180.  8585.  8768. 

8769. 
Loquacity,  10307.  10308.  9163.  9164.  7998- 

8000.  11597-11599. 
Lord's  Prayer,  8804.  8808.  9396.  11339. 
Lord's    Supper.     10309-10313.     7349-7352. 

8809.  11552.  10470.  10851. 
Losses,     103^=^-10318.     9020.     9099.     9641. 

10300.  10578-10584.  11981.  7371-7373. 
Lost,  10319-10322.    7290.   7390.  7629.  7804. 

7805.  9145.  11203-11207,  11675. 
Love,  10323-10355.   6370-6378.  6948.   7089. 

7145.  7163.  7175.  7992.  8108.  8886.   9038. 

9039.  9145.  9211.  9329.  9968.  10089-10103. 
Lover,  10356. 
Luck,  10357-10360.  8828-8835.   8668.   8669. 

10578-10584.  6304.  6305. 
Lukewarmness,  10361.  10753.  11749.  12316. 

8818.  8819.  12293-12297. 
Lust,  10362-10364.  9825. 
Luther,  Martin,  8803.  7937.  8006.  8081.  8155. 

9027.  9054.  11680. 
Luxury,    10365.   10366.   11247-11255.   9848. 

11503-11519.  12293-12297. 
Lying,  10367-10373.  8408.  8622-8624.  10201- 

10203.  1095L  10952.  12076-12098. 

Magic,  10374.  11005.  10291. 

Majesty,  9120. 

Malachi,  10375. 

Malevolence,  10376.  10883.  8085.  9351-9353. 

Mammon,  10377.  6638-6654.  7267.  7595-7606. 

9100.  9255.  11503-11519. 
Man,   10378-10404.   6545.   6997.   7300-7306. 

9621.  9782-9793. 10217-10279. 10487-10495. 

10523.  10693. 
Manhood,  10405.    7025-7040.  10748.   10749. 

11650.  12321-12325. 
Manna,  10406.  8773-8780. 
Manners,   10407-10411.    6718.    7387.    7497. 

7590.   7969.   8644.    8820-8823.   8944-8949. 

9207.  11016-11019.  11537.  11538. 
Marks,  8624.  11601.  11701.  11725. 
Marriage,   10412-10432.    6695.  6940.    7324. 

7592.   8114.  8642-8647.  8886.  9317.  9321. 

12228-12231. 
Martyr,  10433.  6896.  7071.  8736.  8824. 
Martyrdom,  10434-10436.  11962. 
Martyrs,    10437-10442.    6277.    7090.    7583. 

8733.  9104.  10595.  10953-10963. 
Masses,  10443.  10939. 
Masters,  10444.  10445.  11670.  11071. 
Materialism,  9454.  10866.  10867.  11325. 
Maturity,  10446.  10447.  6387.  9187.  10531. 

11993.  10940-10947. 
Meanness,  10448.    9247.  7256.  11645-11^'. 

10938. 


TOPICAL  INDEX. 


713 


Means,  10449-10451.  7282.  8583.  9175.  9939. 

9310-9312. 
Means  of  Grace,  10452.  10453.   6965.  10481. 

10851.   11041.   11192.  12300-12309.  9360- 

9378.    11107. 
Meat  Offering,  10454. 
Meddlesomeness,  10455.   6974.   7014. 
Meddling,   10456. 
Mediation,   10457-10459.    6302.    6613-6622. 

7153.    11343-11348. 
Mediatcs,    10458-10461.    6361-6365.    9042. 

11874.   9(567.   8573-6575. 
Meditation,   10462-10465.  6601.  7464-7468. 

7829.   10783-10785.   11349.  11350. 
Meekness,    1C466-10468.    8480.    9657-9683. 

9026.    9245.   10762-10779. 
Melancholy,  10469.  7062.  9691.  7990-7992. 

7983-7989.    11733. 
Memorial,  10470.  6537.  10533.  10634.  10635. 
Memory,   10471-10486.    7076.    9105.    10061. 

11390.   8813.   8792.   8793. 
Men,   10487-10495.   6866.   10378-10404. 
Mercies,     10496-10502.     6848-6852.     6915. 

7683.   8588.   9008.    9215-9227. 
Mercy,  10503-10512.  6617.  7319.  7320.  9172- 

9206.  9973-9975. 
Mercy  Seat,  7792. 
Merit,  10513-10516.  6409.  8484-8487.  8331. 

11524-11527.   11651. 
Messiah,  10018.   9828. 
Method,  10517-10519.   10848-10850.    9977. 
Methodism,  10520-10522.  7963.  8854.  10852. 
Mind,  10523-10534.   6545.  6886.    7678-7681. 

8272-8298.  9248.  9945-9949.  11653.  12107. 

12108. 
Ministers,  10535-10554.   8242.  8474.  10782. 

10997.   7322-7324.    10910-10914. 
Ministry,    10555-10558.   7322-7324.   11109- 

11149.  11656-11668. 
Minute,  10621.  10684. 
Miracles,    10559-10567.    6832.    7166.    7521. 

7614.    8111.    9203.    9355.    10199.     10680. 

10406. 
Mirth, 10568-10570.  8927.  7060-7066.  8370- 

8378.  10169-10171.  10570. 
Misanthrope,   10571.    10572.   10642.   12256. 

8075.  8680. 
Miser,  10573.  10574.  9091.  9099.  9298. 
Misery,  10575-10577.  8057-8065.  8181.  9753- 

9755.  11253.  12112.  7983-7989. 
Misfortunes,  10578-10584.  6304.  6305.  6975, 

8828-8835.  9293.  9940.  10314-10318. 
Missed,  10585.  8813. 
Missionaries,  10586.  10587. 
Missions,    10588-10607.    6701.    7049.    7348. 

7541.   8650.   8956.    9128-9162.   9415-9417. 

9731-9738.  10856. 
Mistakes,    10608.   10609.   8287.   8686.   9758. 

11109. 
Mistrust,   10610.   7406,   6309.   9924.  11250, 

11881. 
Mites,  10611.  7046.  11751.  12050.  12051. 
Moderation,  10612.  10613.  6688.  7376.  7723. 

8489.  9238.  11283-11286. 
Modesty,  10614-10617.  9658-9683. 
Mohammed,  10618. 
Mohammedanism,  10619.   10620.  6801.  9511. 

10144.  11086. 


Moments,  10621.  7628.  10568.  10569.  10684. 

11979-11997. 
Monasticism,  6577.  9124.  9526.  10934.  10935. 
Money,  10622-10631.  9087-9100.  6638,  6654 

10377.  10573.  10621. 
Monitors,  10632.  10470. 
Monomaniac,  10633.  G524.  9691.  9775.  10469, 
Monument,  10634.  10635.  6537.  9123.  10470. 

11822.  12283. 
Moralist,  10636.  8816-8819.  8899.  9702. 

10685-10689.  10728.  11651.  11731. 
Morality,  10637.  10638.  6320.  7121. 
Morals,  10639-10641.  9587.  12257. 
Moroseness,  10642.  8G80.  8699.  9276.  10541. 

7014.  10550.  10571.  10572. 
Morning,  10643-10645.  9465.  10029. 
Mortality,  10646.  10647.  7748-7892.  7902. 

7903.  8841-8843.  8216-8227. 
Moses,  10648. 
Mothers,  10649-10655.  6370.  7091.  7202. 

8240.  9798.  9891.  10345.  10890-10898. 

11087-11089.  11593.  12126. 
Motives,  10656.  7056.  8187.  10252.  10549. 

10990.  11332.  11333.  10530. 
Mourning.  10657.  6751-6754.  7092.  7455- 

7461.  7742.  8639.  8900-8902.  8924.  9258- 

9268. 
Murder,  10658.  10659.  6942.  11396-11398. 
Murderer,  10660-10662.  7424.  7994-7996. 
Murmuring,  10663.  7485.  8101.  8680.  8861- 

8864.  9262.  7369-7373. 
Music,  10664-10671.  6398.  7275.  9466.  9467. 

11728.  11783. 
Mutability,  7866.  7902.  7903.  8254^8256. 

9837.  9838.  12157. 
Mysteries,  10672-10675.  7151.  7922.  9055. 

9840.  9841,  10267.  10374. 

Naked,  10676.  6327.  11784. 

Name,  10677-10682.  7214.  9110.  9111. 

Nations,  10683.  10684.  7630. 

Natural  Man,  10685-10689.  7121.  7574- 

7578.  7933.  8615-8618.  8817. 
Nature,  10690-10711.  6328.  6692.  7612- 

7621.  8247-8253.  8761-8767.  9770.  10868. 

11827.  12122.  12123.  12284-12292, 
Necessities,  10712.  10713.  11150.  11151. 

12178-12180.  7958.  8504. 
Need,  10008.  7958. 
Neglect,  10714-10718.  6871.  7686.  7941- 

7948.  8491-8499.  8675.  9043.  11197-11202 

12015-12018. 
Neighbors,  10719-10723,  7691,  8685. 
Nerves,  10724. 
Nervousness,  10725.  8490, 
Nervous  System,  10726. 
Net,  9148.  10544.  11137. 
Neutrality,  10727. 
New  Birth,  10728-10737.  6836.  7505-7545. 

7977.  9086.  9212.  9213.  11361-11363. 
New  Jerusalem,  10738.  12059.  12348,  9991- 

9993. 
Newspapers,  10739.  11287. 
New  Testament,  12095. 
New  Year,  10740.  6527. 
Night,  10741-10743.  9469. 
No,  10744-10747.  12319.  6440-6442, 
Nobility,  10748,  10749,  6474-6477.  942Sii 


714 


TOPICAL  INDEX 


NoBODT,  10750. 

Non-Resistance,  10751.   10752. 
Nothing,  10753. 

Novels,  10754-10755.   8019.   8730. 
Novelty,  10756.   10757.   7022.    9149    10958. 

7687-7690. 
Now,    10758.    10759.    10620.    11160-11163. 

12001-12003.   7627-7631. 

Oaths,  10760.    10761.    9313.   10951.  10952. 

11210-11215. 
Obedience,  10762-10779.   6377.   6805.   7448. 

8082-8084.   8584. 
Objections,   6771.    6795.    7170.   7236.   7977. 

9819.   11108.   8491-8499. 
Obligation,  10780.  8186-8215.  8887.  31439- 

11441. 
Oblivion,   10781.   11364.   8792.    8793.    6284. 

8067.    9043.    9361.    9912,    9913. 
Obscurity,  10782.    9949.   9930. 
Observations,    10783.    10784.    7234.     8105. 

8300.   10254.    11817. 
Observers,  10785.   8784.   11960.   11961. 
Obstinacy,     10786.  10787.  7463.  8745-8748. 

10396.   12104.   12232.    12326. 
Obstruction,  10788.  6281.  6850.  7173.  8033- 

8036.    9090.    9138.   11518.   10532. 
Obstructionist,  10789.    7012.    7285.   10835. 
Occupation,  10790-10794.  6426.  6427.  6958- 

6973.   8332-8338.    9850-9856. 
Ocean,  10795.   11618.   11619. 
Offense,  10796.   10797.  11281.  11282.  7380. 

7381. 
Offerings,  10798-10800.  6957.  10456. 10948. 

11735.  11553-11559.  6444^6446. 
Office,  10801.  10802.  6454.  6632.  6633. 
Office  Seekers,  10803.  6460.  836^. 
Old,  10804.  6413-6418. 
Old    Age,   10805-10810.    6413-6423.    6473. 

7023.  7031.  7312.  9178. 10251. 10531. 11980. 
Old  Testament,  12099-12101. 
Omnipotence,  10811-10813.  9047.  9060. 
Omnipresence,  10814-10817.  7112.  7174.  8993. 

9048.  9644.  10011.  11594.  11976. 
Omniscience,  10818-10823.  7126.  8992.  9014. 

9049-9051.  8989-9077. 
Opinions,  10824-10827.  6317.  10640. 
Opportunity,  10828-10833.  7532.  7737.  7941- 

7948.  8128.  9205.  11996.  12001-12003. 
Opposer,  10834.  10789. 
Opposition,  10835-10837.  6776.  6783.  10953- 

10963. 
Oppression,  10838.  10839.  8122-8124. 11745. 
Oppressor,  10840. 
Orator,  10841.  10842. 
Oratory,    10843-10846.    8322-8328.    11811. 

11836-11838.  11812. 
Ordeal,  10847.  8743.  8790. 11866.  6482.  6609. 

7265.  12041-12049. 
Order,   10848-10350.    6603.    10991.    11380. 

10172-10187.  10517-10519. 
Ordinances,  10851.  6683-6685.  10309-10313. 
Organization,  10852. 

Originality,  10853. 10854.  6904. 11139. 11660. 
Ornaments,   10855-10857.   6341-6343.   8162. 

10094.  11188.  12134. 
Orphans,  10858. 

Ostentation,  10859.  10860.  8785.  10931. 
50 


Others,  10861.  10862.  8494.  8687. 
Ownership,  11032-11034.  6989.  9473. 

Pain,  10863.   11096.   11848-11851.   12020. 
Paine,  Thomas,  6304.    9865.    10268. 
Painters,  10864.   10478.   11006.   11157. 
Palm  Tree,  10865. 
Pantheism,  10866.   10867. 
Parables,  10868-10871.   9770. 
Paradise,  10872-10881.   6453.   8329. 
Pardon,     10882-10889.     7122.     7393-7399. 
7954.  8794-8812.  9158.  9172-9206.  10085- 
10087.   11418. 
Parents,  10890-10898.  6474^6477.  7097.  7732. 

9892.    10774.   10649-10655. 
Parker,  Theodore,  7438.  9893.  10471. 12089. 
Parsimony,  9750-9752.   10935. 
Parting,  10899.   8877.   8814. 
Partner,  10900.   11105. 
Partnership,  10901.   8603. 
Passions,     10902-10906.     6496-6514.     9409. 

9825.   9976.   11914-11916.   12201. 
Passover,  10907.    6871. 
Past,  10908.   10909.    11482. 
Pastor,  10910-10914.  10553.   11109.   12172. 
Patience,    10915-10918.     8056.    8824-8826. 

8346-8348.    12176.    12177. 
Patriotism,  10919.   10920.   8212.   8348. 
Patterns,    10921.    8460-8483.    9710.    9778- 

9780.    10230.   11048-11051. 
Peace,    10922-10929.     8464.    8561.    11316- 

11318.   11443-11450.    7376. 
Pearls,  10930.   8030.   8031. 
Pedantry,  10931.   11114. 
Peevishness,    10932.    11306-11314.    11914- 

11916.  9976.  8861-8864. 
Pen,  10933.  9899.  10200.  11884. 
Penalty,  10777.  11294-11300. 
Penance,  10934.  10935. 
Penitence,  10936.  6674.  7488.  11399-11415. 

6614.  11631. 
Pentecost,  10937.  11044.  12013.  9553-9568. 
Penuriousness,  10938.  10573.  10574.  10448. 

10377.  6638-6654.  7595-7606. 
People  10939.  10443. 
Perfection,  10940-10947.  7026.  7231.  8484- 

8487.  8500.  9077.  11827. 
Perfumes,  10948.  10007.  10798.  11821. 
Peril,  10949.  7705-7725.  8201.  11165.  11724. 

8414.  11592-12074. 
Perishing,  10950. 10319-10322. 11203-11207. 

11429.  11430.  11565-11579. 
Perjury,  10951.  10952.  11474. 
Persecution,  10953-10963.  6776.  6783.  7132. 

7660.  9927.  10433-10442.  10837. 
Perseverance,     10964-10974.     6951.     7576. 
8215.8343.  9817-9819.  10912. 11799. 11801. 
11846. 
Personal  Effort,  10975.  10976.  632.3.  7040. 
8125-8134.  8303-8308.  9975.  10964-10974. 
11796-11807.  12171. 
Pestilence,  6568.  9888. 
Peter,  10977.  11410.  11668. 
Philanthropy,  10978.  6945-6948.  7238.  914a 

9649-9652.  8865-8876. 
Philosophy,  10979-10984.  11605. 
Photography,   10985.     7033.     9134.     10487 
11067.  U737. 


TOPICAL  INDEX. 


715 


Phylacteries,  10986.  11866-11869. 

Pictures,  10478.  10985. 

Piety,  10987-10991.  7300.  9078-9086.  11038. 

11365.  12237. 
Pity,  10992-10994.   7048.   7319.   7363-7366. 

9152.  11885-11890. 

Place,  10995.  10155.  10790.  6439. 
Plagiarists,  10996.  11319-11323.  11660. 
Plainness,  10997.  9147.  9251.  11127.  11134. 

11140. 
Plans,    10998.    10999.    9136.    10517-10519. 

11604.  8500.  6429-6431. 
Plants,  11820.  9667. 
Pleasure,    11000-11010.    6440-6442.    6756. 

7332-7338.    7680.   8177.   8370-8378.   8526. 

9316-9343.  10709.  10930. 
Pledge,  9638.  11847.  11624.  11873. 
Poetry,  11011-11014.  6571.  9774. 
Poets,  9233.  11321.  11322. 
Poison,  6329.  6578.  11709. 
Policy,  11015.  8510-8512. 
Politeness,  11016-11019.   6366.  6367.  6718. 

7017.  7590.  7591.  10407-10411. 
Politics,    6460.    6633.    8362.   8851.   10801- 

10803.  11645.    9165-9171. 
Poor,  11020-11024.  6698.  6733.  9360.  11037. 

11038.  11503.  7402.  12216.  11035. 
Pope,  11025,  11026. 
Popery,  11027.  11028.  6826.  11535. 
Popularity,  11029-11031.  7389.  7654.  9149. 

11381. 
Portion,  11032.  11241.  8713.  9173. 
Possession,  11033.  11034.  6989.  9473.  11241. 
Pottage,  11035. 
Potter,  11036.  12152. 
Poverty,  11037.  11038.   7402.   11020-11024. 

12216.  6698.  6733.  9360. 
Power,  11039-11047.  6632.  7168.  7239.  7293. 

7510.  9053.  9085.  9310-9312.   9398.    9414. 

10605.  11091. 
Practice,    11048-11051.    6805.    8187.   8501. 

8502.  10984.  11064.  11092.   11105.   11119. 

11657.  11898.  12167. 
Praise,  11052-11060.  6438.  6548.  6549.  7347. 

7734.  7801.  8527.  11595.   11949-11951. 
Prayer,  11061-11105.  6301-6303.  6521-6523. 

6609.  6687.  6846.  6966.  7325.  7328.    7523. 

8241.  8478.  8648-8653.  9156.  9198.    9631. 

10540.  10541.  10858.  11496. 
Prayerlessness,  11106.  9803-9805. 
Prayer  Meeting,  11107.  11108. 
Preacher,  11109-11116.  7322-7324.  10536- 

10558.  10901-10904. 
Preaching,  11117-11149.   7122.  8145.  9147. 

9153.  9756-9772.    10206.    10207.     11289. 
11656-11668. 

Precocity,  7069.  8935.  12330. 
Predestination,    11150.    11151.   6985.  7921. 

8313.  8318.  8666-8669. 
Preface,  11152.  11153. 
Prejudice,  11154.  7009.  8535.   10529.  6655. 
Premonition,  7765.  7849.  7890:  8789.  9811- 

9814. 
Preparation,  11155-11159.  6611.  7173.  7757. 

7851.  7917.  8424.  8921-8923.  9475.  10196. 

11836.  11908. 
Present,  11160-11163.   8136.  10759.  12001- 

12003.  10620.  11979-11997. 


Preservation,  7950-7954  8414.11256.11257. 

11561.  11870-11872. 
Presumption,     11164-1  168.     7316.     11173. 

11913. 
Pretension,  8865.    6586-6589.   6562-6565. 
Pride,  11169-11188.  6447-6462.  6586.  6589 

6634.   6874-6879.   8163.   8458.  8459.  9906. 

10127.   11637.  12137-12146. 
Principle,  11189.  6680.   10639-10641. 
Printing,  11190.   10739. 
Prison,  11191.   7213. 
Prisoners,  9815.   9816. 
Privileges,  11192.  6848.  8139.  9075.  10828- 

10834.    11231-11239. 
Prize,  7658-7663.   8628.  9530.  11498-11502. 
Probation,  11193-11196.  8859.  8860.  10243. 

12041-12049.    12225. 
Procrastination,  11197-11202.   6707.  7941- 

7948.    9206.   10714.    12005.    12015-12018. 
Prodigal,   11203-11207.    7195.    8856.   9172. 

10347.   7932-7934. 
Prodigality,  11208.  11209.  8529-8531.  9820. 

9821.   11813.   11996. 
Profanity,  11210-11215.    6841-6843.    7584. 

7695.    9981.    9982.    11808.    11882.   11883. 

10760. 
Profession,  11216-11219.  7262.   9411.  9852. 

10790-10794.    7388-7392. 
Professor,  11220.   7207-7224. 
Profit,    11221.    11222.   11333.   11334.   8914 

8915.   11241.   11367. 
Progress,   11223-11229.    7240.    7315.    9155. 

9269-9275.   10659.   9817-9819. 
Prohibition,  11230.   11541.   11722. 
Promises,    11231-11239.    8573.    8588.   9606. 

9625.   12081.    10760. 
Promptness,  11240.  6318.  7917.  9206.  11291- 

11293.  9349.    9350. 
Property,  11241.   11221.   11222. 
Prophecy,  11242-11245.   6992.   7229. 
Proposal,  11246.   7592.   10412-10432. 
Prosperity,  11247-11255.  6384.  6741.  7246. 

8951.    12224.   9848.   12293-12297. 
Protection,  11256.  11257.  6488.  6560.  7710. 

7713.  7926-7930.  9054.  9537.  11273.  11278. 

11357-11360.   11561. 
Protestant,    11258.    11259.     11290.    11355. 

11389.   11822. 
Proverbs,  11260.   8403. 
Providence,  11261-11280.  6304.  6305.  6327. 

6439.    6488-6495.    7020.   8761.  8773-8780. 

9517-9523.    10316.    10597.    11076.   11156. 

11245. 
Provocation,  11281.  112  B2.  9940.  9941. 
Prudence,    1128a-11286.    6967.    7011.  7302. 

7449.  8071.  12235-12240. 
Publicity,  11287.  10739. 
Pugnacity,  11288.  8738.  8739.  11306-31314. 

11829.  11830.  10922-10929. 
Pulpit,  11289.  11290.  10536-10558.  11112. 
Punctuality,     11291-11293.     11240.     6318. 

7917.  9206.  9349.  9350.  11291-11293. 
Punishment,  11294^11300.  6569.  6617.  6893. 

7354.    7691-7696.    7994^7996.   9490    9515. 

10041-10062.  11360.   10172-10187.  11474- 
11481.  12149.   12150. 
Purification,   6864^6873.   8725.   8840. 
Puritanism,  11301.  11302. 


716 


TOPICAL  INDEX. 


PPKITT,    11303.    11304.    6547.    9151.    9202. 

9401-9403.  9541-9551.   11756. 
Purpose,  11305.  6428-6431.  7909-7920.  9959- 

9961.  10260.  11435.  11436. 

Quarrels,  11306-11314.   7469.   7470.   8066- 

8068.  8873.  9643.  8091-8095. 
Quenching   the  Spirit,    7561.    7698.   8679. 

11720. 
Quickness,  11315.  9349.  9350.  11242-11245. 
Quietness,  11316-11318.  8561.  10922-10929. 

11443-11450. 
Quotation.  11319-11323. 

Races,  9892.  10402. 

Rain,  8563. 

Rainbow,  11324. 

Rationalist,  11325.  8858. 

Reading,    11326-11331.    6806.    6807.    6813. 

6816.  6904-6912.  7185.  7887.  10754.  10755. 
Reason,    11332.    11333.    8006.    8582.    8591. 

9936.  10303.  10530.  10656. 
Rebellion,    11334.    8082-8084.     8615-8618. 

9190. 
Rebuke,  11335.  6507.  6330-6334.  7571-7573. 

8454. 
Reciprocity,  11336.  7242.  8964.  8972.  10097- 

10103.  12290. 
Recklessness,    7000.     7714.     7907.     11164- 

11168. 
Recognition,  11337.  11483. 
Recommendation,  6775.  11368.  11861. 
Reconciliation,    11338.    11339.   6498.    7399. 

8114.    10651.   11306.   11552. 
Record,  11340.  6543.  6901-6903.  7384.  7433. 

8299.    9894.    10041.   10262.   10821.   10985. 
Recovery,  10579. 

Recreation,  11341.   11342.   6467-6472. 
Redemption,  11343-11348.  6613-6622.  7637- 

7657.    7897.    9203. 
Reflection,  11349.   11350.  7464-7468.  7494. 

10462-10465.    11395.    11482.   11964^11976. 
Reform,    11351-11354.     6463.     8134.     8246. 

9977.   10095.   10733.   12343. 
Reformation.     11355.    11356.    7171.    8168- 

8170.   11258.    11649.   11492-11497. 
RiiFUGE,     11357-11360.     7111.     7147.     7178. 

7715.   8850.    9058.   6445. 
Regeneration,    11361-11363.     6685.     7505- 

7.545.    9212.    9213.   10392.   10728-10737. 
Regrets,  11364.  7857.   11703.   10306. 
Rejoicing,  8849.    10027-10039. 
Religion,    11365-11389.     7106-7109.     7502. 

7505-7545.    7637-7657.    8491-8499.    9078- 

9086.  9128-9162.  9275.  9303.  10586,  10708. 

10987-10991.   11565-11579. 
Remembrance,  11390.  7076.  8813.  8792.  8793. 

9105.   10061.   10461-10486. 
Remorse,    11391-11398.     7409-7438.     7668. 

8182.   8151.   10661. 
Renunciation,  8646.  8925.  8926.  7441-7448. 
Repentance,  11399-11415.  6674.  7351.  7486- 

74&8.   8592.    10936.   11631. 
Repetition,  11416.  11417.  9938.  10552.  11969. 
Reprieve,  11418.   10503-10512. 
Reproof,     11419-11422.     6330-6334.     7015. 

7016.    7571-7573.   8690.    9513. 
Republics,  11423.   11424   9165-9170. 


Reputation,  11426-11428.  7027.  7028.  7035. 

8415.   9110.    9111.    10024.    10677-10681. 
Rescue,    11429.   11430.    7189.    11565-11579. 

11805.   8414. 
Resignation,     11431-11434.     8551.     11839- 

11843.   6311.  7471-7485. 
Resolution,  11435.   11436.  7462.  7909-7920. 

8525.   8824.   7997.   9959-9961. 
Respect,  11437.   11438.    8939.    116.50. 
Responsibility,    11439-11441.    6893.     7946. 

8186-8215.  8859  9404. 10759. 11259.  11711. 
Respiration,  11442.  6432. 
Rest,  11443-11447. 11450.  7842. 10154. 11546. 

6464.  8561.  10922-10929. 
Restitution,  11451.  7415.  7430. 
Restoration,  11452. 
Restraint,    11453.    7249.    7926-7930.   8238. 

10611.  10612.  11758.  12226.  7961. 
Results,  9885.  9886.  10266.  8299.  8300. 
Resurrection,     11454-11467.     6883.     6889. 

6890.  7743.  11795.  11820.    11858. 
Resurrection  of  Christ,  11468-11470.  6555. 

7179. 
Retaliation,    11471.    11472.    7674.    11486- 

11491.  11780.  12149.  12150. 
Retreat,  11473.  7918.  11878.  12135.  12196. 

10306.  11164.  11136. 
Retribution,  11474-11481.  6661.  6841.  7696. 

8528.  9284.  9809.  9810. 10952.  11280.  12024. 

12149.  12150. 
Retrospection,  11482.   11716.    10461-10486. 

10908.  10909.  11964-11976. 
Reunion,    11483.    11484.    7794.  8223.  8329. 

8640.  9439.  9463. 
Revelation,  11485.  6761-6826.  11611-11617. 
Revenge,  11486-11491.  8801.  11472.  11780. 

12149.  12150.  8528. 
Reverence,  9981.  9982.  11678. 
Revivals,  11492-11497.  11145.  11796-11807. 
Reward,    11498-11502.    6319.    6411.    6735. 

7658-7663.  7861.  9088.  9418-9494.  10097- 

10103.  11805.  12059.  12061. 
Riches,  11503-11519.  6650.  6741.  6823.  7268. 

9087-9100.  9189.  9232.  9471.  9777.  12029- 

12034.  12212-12217. 
Ridicule,  7550.  9987.  9988. 
Right,  11520-11522.  6313.  7409-7438.  1006.5- 

10084.  12076-12096. 
Righteous,  11523.  10865. 
Righteousness,    11524-11527.    7150.    11051. 

10513-10516.  9078-9086. 
Risk,  9336.  7000.  11439-11441. 
Ritualism,  11528.  7017.  7018.  8814-8822. 
Rock,  11529.  11530.  7286.  9365.  11827. 
Rock  of  Ages,  11531. 
Rod,   11532.    6353-6356.    6381-6412.   8048- 

8056.  11839-11843. 
Rogues,  11533.  11541. 
Romanism,  11534.   11535.    7400.   7553.  9519. 

9996.  9997.  11025-11028.  11385. 
Rubicon,  11536.  11164.  7627-7631. 
Rudeness,  11537.  11538.  10407-10411. 
Ruling  Passion,  6642.  7454.  7799.  7838. 
Rum,  11540.  7970.   7993.  11722.  6435.  6436. 

8166-8181.  9950-9958. 
Rumors,  11539.  11598.  11599.  11287. 
Rumseller,  11541.  6971.  11230. 


TOPICAL  INDEX. 


717 


Sabbath,  11542-11546.  11857-11859. 
Sabbath-breakers,  11547.  11548. 
Sabbath-breaking,  11549-11551. 
Sacrament,  11552.  7349-7352.  10309-10313. 
Sacrifice,    11553-11559.    6863-6873.    6957. 

8962.  10861.   10862.   10798-10800.   10993. 

11593.  12126. 
Sacrilege,  11560.  9802-9805.  10554.  11919. 

6840-6843.  11164-11168. 
Safety,  11561.  6445.  6478-6482.  6984.  7226. 

11256.   11257.  7950-7954.  11G24.  11625. 
Saints,     11562-11564.     10423-10442.   8013- 

8029.  9441-9551.  11816. 
Salvation,    11565-11579.    6300.   6613-6622. 

6815.   7685,    7686.    11592.    11723.   31964- 

11976. 
Sanctification,    11580.    71581.    6864-6873. 

7923.  9541-9551.  10085.  11303.  11304. 
Sardis,  11582. 
Satan,  11583-11589.  6534.  8003-8012.  9512. 

11237.  11922-11933.  12197-12203. 
Satiety,    11590.     11591.     6540.    8097-8102. 

8381.  9604.  8044-8046. 
Satisfaction,  7181.  7367.   7441-7485,   7860. 
Saved,  11592.  12074.  7546-7555. 
Saviour,  11593-11596.  8857.  9125. 
Scandal,     11597-11599.     6974.     7998-8000. 

10307.   10308.    9163.   9164. 
Scape-goat,  11600.   11844. 
Scars,  11601.   8624.   11701.   11725. 
Sceptics,  11602.  11603.  11606-11608.  11702. 

10675.   12102-12106.  9862-9882. 
Schemes,  11604.   10998.   10999. 
Schools,  8292.   11653.   11904-11909. 
Science,    11605.    7243.    8122.    8950.    10138. 

10979-10984.   11095.   10190-10196. 
Scoffers,    11606-11608.    6603-6612.     9803- 

9805.   9862-9882. 
Scolding,   11609.    8688.    8099.    7014.    9276. 

10541.   10550.   10642.   8861-8864. 
Scorpion,  11610. 
Scourging,  7183.   7187. 
Scriptures,   11611-11617.  6761-6826.   9931. 

9932.   11942-11944. 
Sea,  11618. 
Seal,  11620. 
Season,  11621.   11143.   11276.   11817-11821. 

12269.   10828-10833. 
Sea  Voyage,   11619. 

Secrets,  11622.  11689.  11740.  11892.  11893. 
Sects,  11623.  6827.  6828.  7962-7965.  9431. 
Security.    11624.    11625.    8594.    6468-6482. 

6984.   7950-7954.   11561. 
Seed,  11626-11630.   8450.    9159.   12270. 
Seeking  the  Lord,  11631.   6300.    7106-7109. 

7184.   7203.    7263.    7393-7399.   7505-7545. 

7911.    10001. 
Self,  11632.   11633.   6635.  7476.  7908.  8279. 

11634-11652.   8.309-8312. 
Self-conceit,  11634.  6549.  8309-8312.  6562- 

6565. 
Self-control,  11635. 11636.  6496-6514.  8092. 

8502.   8786.   8404. 
Self-esteem,    11637.     12137-12146.     10513- 

10516. 
Self-examination,  11638-11643.  6496.  11161. 
Self-importance,    11644.    8309-8312.    6586- 

6539. 


Selfishness,  il  645-11 647.  6565.  8085.  8662. 

9061.    913t     9637.    10318.    11648.    11652. 
Self-knowledge,  7888.   12273. 
Self-love,  11648.   9848., 
Self-reformation,  11649.  6463.  11351-11356. 
Self-respect,  11650.   10491.    11437. 
Self-righteousness,  11651.  9109.  9124^9127, 

10513-10516.    11525.    10636. 
Self-seeking,  11652.   8310.  8768.   12307. 
Sense,  11653.  10724.  6278-6282.  6982-^988. 
Sensibility,  8714-8723.    8490. 
Separation,  11654.  7283.  7299.  8647,  10062. 

10899.   12285.    8112.    8113. 
Seriousness,  11655.    10269.   11789. 
Sermons,    11656-11668.    8244.    8479.    9756- 

9772.   10536-10558.   11112-11117. 
Servant,  11669.   6899.   10989.  12011.  12282. 
Service,  11670.   11671.   11765.   r227L 
Shadow,  11672. 

Shame,  11673.    6958.   7607.   11692. 
Shams,  11674.  6586-6588.   8844.    9692-9709. 
Sheep,  11675.    10165.   11676.    11677. 
Shepherd,  11676.  11677.  6799.  7549.  10165. 

10911.   11675. 
Shield,  8595.   11256.   11257. 
Shoes,  11678.    8724.   8725. 
Sick,  11679.   11680.    9639.   8074. 
Sickness,    11681-11684.    6399.    8074.    9285. 

9356-9359.   11113.   9753-9755. 
Sight,    11685-11687.   6853-6861.   8533-8540. 

10280-10290. 
Silence,   11688.    11689.    6513.    7709.    10215. 

10928.   11812.    11892.   11893. 
Simplicity,  9251.  9147.  10997.  11127.  11134. 
Sin,   11692-11725.   6689.   6711.   6715.    6756. 

6757.    7409-7438.    7574-7578.    7623-7626. 

7728-7731.    7931.    7970-7977.    8439-8450. 

9035.    9201.    10296.    10299.    12153-12156. 

11729-11740. 
Sincerity,  11726.  11727.  7907.  8623.   11111. 
Singing,  11728.  6398.  6515.  7060.  7209. 10664- 

10671.  11052-11060. 
Sinners,    11729-11734.    6310.    7216.    8772-. 

12220-12227.  7623-7626. 
Sin-offering,  11735.  6899.  7310.  9279-9289. 
Sins,  11736-11740.  6578.  7652.  11750. 
Slander,    11741-11744.    6309.    6534.   6660- 

6662.  6977-6982.  8454. 11597-11599.  12014. 
Slavery,    11745.    f829.    6899.    6991.    8167. 

9266.  10906.  833C.  8369,  8845-8848. 10205- 

10211. 
Sleep,  11746-11748.  8233.  8234. 
Sloth,  11749.  7223.   9715-9730.  7386.  9846: 

9847.  8259.  8260. 
Small  Sins,  11750.  8736.  9885.  10296.  10299. 
Small  Things,  11751.  7436.  8341.  9848, 12050. 

12051.  10611.  7046. 
Smile,  11752.  7060-7066. 
Smoking,  11753.  11999.  12000. 
Snares,    11754.   7324,   11589.  11711   11583. 

11922-11938.  6440-64^^. 
Sneering,  11755.  6297,  6298.  9987.  9988, 
Snow,  11756.  9420. 
Society,  11757.  11758.  6579-6585.  6905.  6911. 

7353-7362.  8727.  8865-8892.  12320. 
Soldiers,    11759-11762.   9494.   10919.   656L 

6687.  6688.  12181-12188. 
Solitude,  11763-11765.  7225.  6577.  9626. 


TOPICAL  INDEX. 


718 


80LOMON,  11766.  6540.  8526. 
Sorrow,  11767-11771. 6353-6356.  6381-6412. 
7486-7488.  8048-8056.  9258-9268.  11848- 
11851.  12062-12067. 
Soul,   11772-11802.   6400.   6478-6482,  6884. 
6893.  6955.  7440.  7717.  7869.  8779.  8903- 
8913.  9748.  9782-9793.  10523.    11100. 
Soul  Saving,  11803-11807.  6429.  7505-7545. 
7744.    8028.  8147.   8303-8308.  9172-9206. 
9973-9975.    10093.    10913.    10950.    10975. 
10976.   11116.  11492-11496.  11796-11802. 
Sowing,  11808.  11809.    9348.  11900.  11901. 
Sparrows,  11810.  8610. 
Speaking,    11811.    6932-6934.    9163.    9164. 

8323-8328.  10841-10846. 
Speech,  11812.  7493-7504.   12266-12270. 
Spendthrifts,  11813.  11996.  8529-8531.  9820. 

9821.  11208.  11209. 
Spirit,  11814.  11815.  9007.  9032.  9560-9565. 

9782-9793.  11772-11802. 
Spirituality,  11816.  7145.  9046.  9423.  11971. 

12309.  8013-8029.  9078-9086. 
Spring,  11817-11820.  9628, 
Sprinkling,  11821. 
Spuroeon,  Charles  H.,  11845. 
Stability,  11822.  7551.  11761.   11762.  7462. 

7463.  8745-8748. 
Stealing,   11823.    11824.    8076-8079.    8844. 

9280.  9596.   11956.    11994. 
Stewards,  11825.  11894. 
Stones,  11826.  8748.  9408.  11921. 
Stoning,  11827. 
Storms,  11828.  8760. 
Strife,    11829.    11830.   10922-10929.   11288. 

7468-7470.  8738.  8739. 11306-11314. 
Study,  11831.  11832.  6807.  6920.  8103.  8236. 

8272-8298.  8937.  10115-10143.  10741. 
Stupidity,    11833-11835.    6920.    7856.   8032. 

8183.  10380.  9826.  8781-8783. 
Style,  11836-11838.  7848.  12266.  12270. 
Submission,   11839-11843.  6311.  7380.  7381. 
7441_7447.      8221.     11098.     11431-11434. 
11532.  11876-11879. 
Substitute,  11844.   6618.   7138.   9158.   9288. 

11300.  11600.  7885.  9686. 
Success,    11845-11847.    6430.     6831.     6967. 
7040.  8553.  8951.  9153.    9252-92.54.    9593. 
10357-10359.    10964-10974.    11247-11255. 
12324. 
Sudden  Conversion,  7233.  7515-7540.  7545. 

7586.    9195.  9558. 
Suffering,    11848-11851.    6381-6412.    6529. 

6896.  7639.  8347.  8824^8826. 
Suicide,  11852.  11853.  8466.  10615. 
Sun,  11854.  11855.  7297.  9445.  10281-10290. 

11864.  8261.    11856. 
Sunbeam,  11856. 

Sunday,  11857-11859.  11542-11550. 
Sunday-school,     11860-11863.     6917.    7086. 

11904^11909. 
Sunset,  11864.  8435. 
Superintendence,  11865. 
Superstition,  11866-11869.  7459.  7626.  8578. 

8728.  8729.  9257.  9509.   10986. 
Supplies,  8594.  12178.  8773-8780. 
Support,    11870-11872.    6401.     6402.    6722. 
7217.     7402.    8621.    9174.    9629.    12208- 
12211. 


Surety,     11873.     7137.    11299     6613-6622. 
11343-11348.  11844. 

Suretyship,  11874. 

Surprise,  11875.  7881.  11937.  12154. 

Surrender,  11876-11879.  7206.  11839-1184a 

11399-11415.  7441.  7448. 
Suspense,  11880.  8136-8143.  9842.  9843. 
Suspicion,  11881.  10610.  11250.  6309. 
Swearer,  11882.  11883.  11210.-11215.  6840- 

6843. 
Sword,   11884.    10185.   11743.  12181-12188. 
Sympathy,  11885-11890.   6976.   7319.   7363- 

7366.  7487.  8408.  11023.  11939.  12254. 

Tabernacle,  11891. 

Taciturnity,  11892.  11893.  11688.   11689. 

Talents,     11894-11899.     6986-6988.     7170. 

8955-8962.  8549.    10523-10534. 
Tares,  11900.  11901.  11809. 
Taste,  11902.  6988. 
Taxes,  11903.  11002.  12183. 
Teacher,  11904-11908.  7191.    9237.  10714. 
Teaching,  11909.  8483.  9937.    11416.  11417. 

6624.  6625.  8272-8298. 
Tears,  11910.  7366.   7778. 
Telegraph.  11911.  11912.  10291. 
Temerity,  11913.  11164-11168. 
Temper,  11914-11916.  6496-6514.  8066-8068. 

8087-8089.  9112.  9976.  10932. 
Temperance,  11917.  11918.  6288-6293.  8166- 

8181.  9950-9958.    11230. 
Temple,     11919-11921.     6892.     9393.    9644. 

9991.  10399.    11791. 
Temptation,  11922-11938.  6514.  7546.  7872. 

9090.  10810.    11583-11589. 
Tenderness.    11939.    10165.     12331.     7363- 

7366. 
Terror,    11940.     11941.    7873.     8691-8707. 

8839 
Testament,  11942-11944. 12099-12101. 12095. 
Tests,  6482.  6609.  6817.   6971.    7059.    7231. 
7247.  7248.  7265.  8055.  8940. 10847.  11902. 
12041-12049. 
Thankfulness,  11945-11948.    9215-9222. 
Thanksgiving,     11949-11951.     7193.     8780. 

11052-11060.  6398.    11728 
Theatre,    11952-11955.    6468.    6472.    8375. 

8927. 
Theft,     11956.    8076-8079.     11823.    11824. 

11994. 
Theology,  11957.   11958.   8115-8121.   8989- 

9077.  9524.    9525. 
Things,  11959.  6941.  7894.  9413.  8436.  8547. 

8548.  6313-6322. 
Thinkers,  11960.  11961.  8784.  9233-9240. 
Thirst,  11962.  12205-12207. 
Thoroughness,  11963.  6308.  8135.   8456. 
Thoughtlessness,  12331.  6284.  6294. 
Thoughts,    11964-11976.    6583.    6904-6912. 
8937.    9395.    10107.    10395.   10783-10785. 
10947.  11350.  11960.   11961. 
Threats,  11977.  9067.  10765. 
Threshing,  11978. 

Time,   11979-11997.  7735-7738.  7834.   8037- 
8041.  8234-8237.  9263.  9640.  9641.  10217. 
10807.  11672.  10568.  10569.  10621.  10684 
Tithes,  11998.  7443. 
Tobacco,  11999.  12000.  10649.  11763. 


TOPICAL  INDEX. 


719 


To-day,    12001-12003.     10759.     7627-7631. 

10758. 10759.  10620.  11160-11163. 
Tombs,  12004.  6955.  6956.   9223-9227.  7013. 

9206.  10714. 
To-morrow,  12005.  7941-7948.  6707.  11197- 

11202.    10714.  12015-12018. 
Tongues,     12006-12014.     6660-6662.     8457. 

11688-11691.  11741-11744. 
Too   Late,    12015-12018.   6663.  7207.  7837. 

7941-7948.  8817.  9206.  9489.  10831. 11197- 

11202. 
Torment,  12019.  7437.  7462.  9287.  9490-9515. 
Torture.  12020.  7462.  7876.  8733. 
Tracts,  12021.  12022.  8419.  1217L 
Tradition,  12023.  10197. 
Traitor,  12024.  9088. 
Tranquillity,    7376.    8517.    10742.    10922- 

10929.  11316-11318.  7176.  8404. 
Transformation,  12025.  12026.   6851.   7329. 

7330.  7934.  11388.  7505-7545. 
Transfiguration,  7196. 
Transgressor,  12027.    11692-11725.  11729- 

11734. 
Transmigration,  12028. 
Treasure,    12029-12034.    6818.    6819.    7260. 

9087-9100.  9561.  12212-12217.  12314. 
Tree,    12035.    12036.    7300.    10805.    12035. 

12036.  12128. 
Tree  of  Life,  12037.  12038. 
Trees,  12039.  7215.  7682.  8826. 
Trespass,  12040.  12027. 
Trials,     12041-12048.     6482.     7248.     7249. 

8048-8056.  8597.  9418-9494.  11254.  11767- 

1177L 
Tribulation,  12049.  6381-6412.  6941.  12041- 

12048.  11767-11771.  12062-12067. 
Trifles,    12050.    12051.    6321.    7924.    9578. 

10300-10302.  10558.  10610.  1175L  12205. 
Trinity,     12052-12058.     8989-9070.     9553- 

9568.  9989. 
Triumph,    12059-12261.    7127.    7301.    7886. 

8225.  9177.  10012.  12158-12164. 
Trouble,    12062-12067.     6353-6356.     6381- 

6412.    10224.   11767-11771.    11848-11851. 
Trumpet,  12068.  12193-12196. 
Trust,  12069-12071.  7197.  7198.  7401-7406. 

8554-8606.  9069.  9277.  11872.  8509. 
Trust  in  God,  12072-12074.  6721.   6722. 
Trusting,  12075.  6720-6722. 
Truth,    12076-12996.    7167.     9150.     11147. 

11520-11522.  8547.   8548. 
Truthfulness,    12097.    12098.    7439.   12088. 

1215L 
Trying,  12075.  9124-9127. 
Types,  12099-12101.  6446.  10798-10800. 
Tyranny.  8122-8124.  8697.  10838-10840. 

Unbelief,     12102-12106.    6557.    6603-6612. 

8047.  9840.  9841.  9862. 
Uncertainty,    6952.  7021-7024.    7902.  7903. 
Understanding,    12107.    12108.   8379.  9937. 

9938.  9944^9949.  10523.  10524. 
Unfaithfulness,    12109-12111.     6532-6543. 

7218.  8612.  8677.  10714-10718. 
Unfruitfulness,    6686.    7601.    7682.  12102. 
Unhappiness,  12112.  7598.  8057-8065.  9289. 

9334.    9579.    10889.    10575-10584.    11621. 

12155.  12156. 


Union,  12113-12120.  6887.  7270.  8308.  9347 
Unity,  12121.  6821.  6866.  689L    7377-7379. 

8112.  8113.  9072.  9493. 
Universe,    12122.    12123.    7612-7621.   9068. 

9644.  10690-10711.   12284-12292. 
Unkindness,  12124.  12114.  7668-7677.  8085. 

11609.  10376. 
Unreliability,  10403.  9692-9709.  9837-9839. 
Unseen,  12125.  6285.  9972.  7112.  7720. 
Unselfishness,    12126.    7883.    11889.    8080. 

8081.  8484-8487.  11553-11559. 
Unthankfulness,  12127.  9900-9909. 
Uprightness,  12128.  9942.  9943.  11527. 
Usefulness,  12129-12133.  7294.  8897-8899, 

10537.  11832.  12152.  12261. 
UsELEssNESs,  7929.  10493.  7682. 
Utility,  12134.  7067.  12129-12133. 

Yalor,    12135.     12136.     7579-7589. 
Vanity,    12137-12146.     6368.     6369.     6540. 

6874^6879.   7330.   8254-8256.  8813.  8841- 

8843.     9322.     9609.     10880. 
Variety,  12147.     7284.     8712.     8959. 
Vaunting,  12148.     6874^6879. 
Vengeance,  12149.  12150.  7623.  7675.  8790. 

11391-11398.    11474-11481.    12310-12314. 
Veracity,   12151.     12076-12098.     7439. 
Vessel,  12152.     11036. 
Vice,  12153-12156.  8167.   8409-8413.   8439- 

8450.     11692-11725.     12027. 
Vicissitude,  12157.   7021-7024.    6222.    7266. 

8980.     9837-9839. 
Victory,  12158-12164.     6438.     6387.    6688. 

7154.  7220.  7301.  9162.  9494.  10865.12059. 

12061. 
Vigilance,  12165.  9398.  12189-12191.  12197- 

12204. 
Virgins,  12166. 
Virtue,   12167-12169.     9608.     10639-10641. 

9580-9596.    11520-11523.    12097.    12098. 
Visitation,  12170.  12171.  11021.  6353-6356. 

10578-10584.     8048-8056. 
Visiting,  12172.     10910-10914. 
Volition,  12173.    12233.    12234.    7106-7109. 

7909-7920.     8859.     8860. 
Voltaire,  9863.     11779. 
Vows.  12174.  12175.  6534.  7441-7447.  7721. 

7889.     8737.    9858.    10589.    10760.  1076L 

12213. 

Waiting,  12176.  12177.  10915-10918. 
Wants,  12178-12180.  8504.  9052.  10712. 

10713.  11150.  11151.  7958.  10004. 
War,  12181-12188.  9537.  9598.  8738.  8739. 

6687.  6688. 
Warfare.  12189-12192.  7221.  7653.  11922- 

11933.  7289.  8261.  11760-11762. 
Warning,  12193-12196.  6433.  6434.  6566. 

7285.  7438.  7709.  7793.  7917.  8150.  9993. 

10997.  12315. 
Watch-carr,  6489.  9000.  9051.  9517-9523. 

11810.  9277.  9278.  11261-11280. 
Watchfulness,  12197-12202.  9389.  11922- 

11933.  12165.  12189-12191. 
Watching,  12203.  12194.  7104.  7302.  8533- 

8540. 
Water,  12205-12207.  6677,  11962. 
Wat,  7173.  7204.  9537. 


720 


TOPICAL  INDEX. 


"Wat  of  Life,  9470.  10278. 
Weak,  12208.  8301.  8302.  8200. 
Weakness,  12209-12211.  7245.  7293.  7924. 

79C7.  8312.  8570.  9240.  9534.  9940. 
Wealth,  12212-12217.  6989.  8678.  9087- 

9100.  9471.  10365.  10366.  11504-11518. 

12029-12034. 
Wedding,  12218.  6940. 
Weeping,  11910.  7366.  7778. 
Welcome,  12219.  6421.  8219.  9464. 
Wesley,  John,  8676.  8864.  9612.  10852. 

6338.  8523.  8602.  9251. 10628. 10653. 11129. 
Wicked,  12220-12227.  6503.  7195,  7310. 

11255.  11692-11725.  11730-11734.  12027. 
Wife,  12228-12231.  6552.  7732.  8606.  8941. 

9066.  9687-9690.  10649-10655. 
Willingness,  8190.  9828.  9959-9961. 
Willfulness,  12232.  8082-8084. 10786. 10787. 

12104. 
Will,  12233.  12234.  8859.  8860.  9829. 

11024.  12173. 
Wine,  6329.  7684.  9950-9958. 
Wisdom,  12235-12240.  11260. 
Wisdom  of  God,  8791. 
Wishes,  12241.  6749.  6750.  9829.  7980- 

7982.  6447-6462. 
Wit,  12242-12245.  10022-10024.  11315. 
Witness,  8744.  7388-7392. 
Witnesses,  12246.  12247.  6488-6495.  6939. 

8522.  8437. 
Witness  of  the  Spirit,  12248.  12249.  6338- 

6340.  6590-6599. 
Wives,  12250.  12228-12231. 
Woman,  12251-12261.  9890.  10162.  10163. 

10354.  10649-10655.  12228-12231. 


Word,  12262-12265.  11812. 

Words,  12266-12270.  8220.  8227.  8228. 

10168.  11148.  11837.  11838.  11899. 
Work,  12271.  12283.  6314-6325.  8037-8041. 

8263.  8937.  9077.  9850-9856.  10145- 

10159.  10279.  10790-10794.  11559.  11670. 

11671. 
World,  12284-12292.  7612-7621.  8247-8253. 

10690-10711.  12122.  12123. 
Worldliness,  12293-12297.  6987.  7269.  7671. 

8248.  8892.  11654.  10361. 
Worldling,  12298.  12299.  7892. 
Worship,  12300-12309.  6646.  6505.  6892. 

8479.  8814.  8820-8823.  9018.  9368-9378. 

10452.  10453.  11678. 
WoRTHLEssNEss,  9878.  8301.  8302.  9930. 

11465. 
Wrath,  12310-12304.   6496-6514.   8700. 

10711.  11294-11300.  12193-12196. 
Wreck,  12315.  6282.  6478-6482.  7020. 
Wreckers,  12316. 
Wrong,  9911-9917.  8438-8453. 

Years,  12317.  12318.  6527.  10740.  11997. 
Yes  12319. 

Young,  12320.  12326-12334.  7072-7076. 
Young  Men,  12321-12325.  7779.  8093.  8940. 

10378-10405.  10487-10495. 
Youth,  12326-12334.  6712.  6923.  7621. 

8467.  11847. 

Zeal,  12335-12347.  7039.  7252.  8241-8246. 

8382-8388.  10236.  10361.  10587.  11132. 

11733. 
ZiON,  12348.  7271-7301.  7225-7255. 


TOPICAL  INDEX  TO  FIEST  POETEY. 


Reference  is  always  made  to  the  poems  or  extracts  by  number.  The  numbers  refer  to  synony- 
mous or  related  general  subjects,  or  to  scattered  illustrations  of  the  topic  in  the  index.  A  dash 
between  two  numbers  indicates  that  all  betweeu  them  are  referred  to. 


Aaron,  1.  2.  1798. 

Abilities,  3-6.  37.  382.  1039-1045.  1901,  1465-1467. 

Abraham,  7.  1480. 

Absalom,  8. 

Absence,  9-11.  1890.  2453.  2454.  2264-2266. 

Abstinence,  12-15.  748.  931-938.   1151.  2848-2850.  2993- 

2995. 
ACCIDENT,  93.  2601-2605.  319.  328. 
Accomplishment,  330.  1000.  1454.  1455. 
Acquiescence,  1C17.  68.  227.  230.  601.  1190.  2812.  2813. 

873. 
Action,  18-28.  2084-2090.  3026-3035. 
Activity,  29-32.  1178.  1179.  2394.  1949-1954.  1061.  1680. 
Adam,  S5.  36.  C07. 

Adam  and  Kve,  33.  34.  1135-1138.  1032.  1033 
Adaptation,  37.  8e6.  2829.  1780.  1993. 
Adieu,  38,  1275-1279.  1542.  2453.  2454. 
Admiration,  39.  1201. 
Adoption,  1232.  2438.  2439. 

Adornment,  137.  140.  1380-1285.  924-9J(J.  1475.  9797. 
Advent,  40-42.  441.  2023.  1073-1077.  2049-2061.  3036. 
Adversity,  4;i-52.  64-72.  631.  864-872.  2783-2788. 
Affectation,  53.  118.  1&4.  185.  3735.  1454-1456. 
Affection,  54-63,  2174-2210.  1401-1426.  1093. 
Affliction,  64-72.  43-52.  304.  305.  2783-2783.  225-231, 

2896.  1G18-1633. 
Age,  74-81.  254-256,  3057-3065.  2116.  2128. 
Aged,  82-^5.  187.  356.  2413-2430. 
Agency,  73.  379.  139(M398. 
Alleluia,  90.  2530-2535. 

Allotment,  91.  93.  2601-2605.  853.  1218.  1616.  2136.  663. 
Allurements,  9.3-96.  180.  746-751.  779.  780.  1009.  2851- 

2856. 
Alms,  97.  192.  337-346.  221-224.  146. 
Ambition,  98-111.  444.  1006.  1245-1258.  1843-1850.  1602- 

1617. 
Ambricv  112-115.  1084.  2921,  2108. 
Amiability,  2847.  1454-1456. 

Amusements,  116.  833.  3861.  2862.  683.  317.  1094.  1096. 
Ancestry,  117.  US.  1616. 
Angels,  119-128.  078.  2015.  1333,  1874. 
Anger,  127.  2457.  1673-1078.  1151. 
Anim.vls,  128.  129.  584.  2574.  2288. 
Annihilation,  130-133.  699.  1921-1935.  2789-2798,; 
Ants  133.  1091 

Anxiety,' 134.  310-316.  1159.  1160. 
Apostasy,  200.  437.  434.  2047.  2894.  2797. 
Apostles,  i;5.  136. 
Apparel,  137.  1?8.  924-930.  1280-1285. 
Appearances,  139-141.  344. 
Applause,  456.  1249.  1326-1332. 
Argumej-t,  142.  143.  739.  885.  890. 
Ark,  424.  1555. 

Armor,  144-146.  1001.  2777.  757.  758. 
Art,  147.  148.  2814. 
Artifice,  149.  437.  746-751 
Ascension,  150-153. 

Aspiration,  1S3-158.  801-808.  9163.  2164. 
Associates,  401-404.  2774.  2775. 
Association,  159-164.  407-470.  2270-2276. 
Assurance,  105.  153.  479. 
AstroN'omy,  108.  1769. 
ATHEISM,  167-170.  1040.  1965.  2915.  2916. 
Atheist,  171.  172.  1457.  1878.  1966.  1987. 
•Atonement,  173-177.  1.  5SS-C04.  607-616.  2629-2632. 
Attainment,  178.  179.  154.  465.  824.  1201.  1602-J617 
Attraction,  180.  181.  1483.  1707.  1818,  ^§6, 
Authorship,  183.  183.  3357.  2153. 
ALTHORiTi-,  184.  185.  851.  852, 
4.OTUMN,  186.  187,  2111, 


Avarice,  188-194.  557-561.  1021.  1525-1538.  676.  2736. 

Aversion,  195.  1673-1676. 

Awakening,  516-521.  624.  531-534.  583.  584.  606. 

Babe,  196-199.  1955-1964.  2973.  999.  2156. 

Backsliding,  200,  434.  534.  2047.  2894.  2797. 

Banishment,  201.  1240.  710.  1025.  1939.  2237. 

Banner,  425.  588-604.  2323. 

Baptism,  202-204. 

Battle,  205-2U7.  411.  1878.  2777.  2956-2964. 

Beauty,  208-318.  361.  444. 

Beginning,  1643.  1C47.  1048.  2157-2162.  2898-2899.  2751. 

Being,  219.  230.  1180.  3109-3150. 

believing,  16.  17.  478,  479.  1303-1232. 

Bells,  2388.  161.  2371.  2393. 

Beneficence,  221-224,  837-346.  2103. 

Benevolence,  .337-346.  2103.  97.  193.  221-224.  1468-1473. 

Bereavement,  225-231.  736.  498-503,  646-738. 

besetting  Sin,  232.  2703.  2456.  1117. 

Bible,  23.3-350.  2719-2723.  3031.  2643. 

Bigotry,  251-253.  739.  781.  2405.  2730.  903.  1272. 

Birthday,  254-256.  1708. 

Birth  op  Christ,  257-260.  1940,  417-424. 

Blame,  201.  321.  323.  647.  1603. 

Blessedness,  263.  283.  368.  646.  664.  1889.  498-503. 

Blessings,  264.  1778.  1579 

Blindness,  265-270.  695.  625-639. 

Bliss,  2250.  271.  1700.  2042-2046.  1650-1668. 

Body,  272.  208-218.  1333,  1334.  1583.  1586.  2667-2073. 

Boldness,  273.  281.  544-551.  2927. 

Books,  274-280.  14S5.  1799.  2034.  2397.  2393. 

Bravery,  281.  413.  373.  1544-1551.  2927. 

Bread,  452.  1348-1348. 

Bribery,  282-284.  1535.  535-541. 

Brother,  385.  43.  657.  2071.  1433. 

Brotihsrhooi?,  286-290.  440.  447.  1385.  1386.  1877 

Building,  201-294.  331.  439.  1172.  1173. 

Burden,  295.  298.  908.  134.  310-316. 

Burial,  297-300.  .557.  1430.  2347-2350. 

Burial-ground,  301.  442-444.  1583-1601. 

Business,  303.  37.  848.  1063-1065.  1949-1954. 

Busybody,  303.  2894.  2695,  2715,  2759-2763. 

Cain  2353.  919. 

Calamity,' 304.'305.  43-52.  453.  2319,  2320i 

Calvary,  306-.303.  607-616. 

Captives,  309.  1939.  2327. 

Care,  310-318.  134.  1159.  1160. 

Caste,  333.  691.  934.  925.  3496.  2232.  1108-lUl. 

Cause,  317-319.  2346.  ISO.  181. 

Caution,  320.  1194.  2829.  2607. 

Censure,  321.  333.  647.  1113.  1603.  261.  2763. 

Ceremony,  333.  334.  1830.  1363. 

Chance,  319,  336.  93. 

Change,  335-339.  695.  1754.  1130-1134. 

Character.  3;i0-338.  291-294.  1771.  2109-2150^ 

Charity,  337-348.  97.  1467.  2028.  221-224^  2174-2210. 

Chastisement,  347-349.  360.  864-873.  64-72; 

Chastity,  350-353.  803.  2314-2617.  779. 

Cheerfulness,  354-358.  2413.  24.5a  2847. 

Childhood,  357-363.  9S7-li)00.  668. 

Children,  364-378.  196-199.  617.  2156. 

Choice,  379.  .37.  1137.  1049-1051.  1396-1398. 

Christ,   380-404.  1.  173-177.   588-604.  607-616.   737.  73-3 

1458-1463.  1920.  150-153.  257-200.  417-123.  903.  2034- 

2037.  2690.  2691.  2287-3293.  2714. 
Christian,    405-407.  333,   1388,  1439,   1523.  1524.  3202- 

1232. 
Christianity,  408.  409.  446.  1203-1232.  2496-3500. 
Christians,  410-416.  1522,  1523. 

721 


722 


TOPICAL  INDEX. 


Christian  TTnion,  425.  440.  1421.  1425.  1654  457-460. 

CHRISTMAS,  417-423.  257-260. 

Chdrch,  424-441.  411.  409.  781.  782.  1049.  2021-2023. 

CHURCHTARD,  442-444.  1583-1001.  310. 

Cisterns,  445. 

Civilization,  446.  447.  2809.  2810.  1039-1045. 

CLERGY,    1.   53.    145.    146.    1165.   2304-2309.   2558-2566. 

2608. 
Closet,  448.  1146.  2553.  25S6.  2537. 
Cloud,  449.  2620.  2621.  2242. 
Comfort,  450-154.  479.  498-503.  1067.  1068. 
Commandments,  455.  742. 
Commendation,  450.  472.  1249.  1326-1332. 
Communion,  457-460.  380.  381.  384.  522.  623.  1314-1318. 
Companions,  461.  462.  1400-1416. 
Company,  463.  464.  S774.  2775. 
Compassion,  1878.  2072.  2506.  2507. 
Compensation,  4G5-407.  265.  S38.  221.  224.  2004. 
Complaint,  468-471.  1311.  1399.  2354. 
Compliments,  472.  456,  11326-1332. 
Conceit,  473.  63.  118.  27.35. 
Concentration,  474. 
Condemnation,  475.  1228.  2653. 
Conduct,  552-554.  429. 
Confession,  476.  477.  2633.  2025.  2598. 
CONFIDENCE,  478.  479,  603.  1401.  1409.  1202-1238. 
Conflict,  207,  839.  881-S&3.  1324. 
Conscience,  480-490.  3007. 
Consecration,  491-496.  16.  17.  380.  381.  1687. 
Consequences,  607.  951.  1069.  1070. 
Consideration,  686.  885.  752.  606.  507. 
consistency,  497.  1609.  a34. 
Consolation,  498-503.  225-2.30.  450-453. 
Constancy,  504.  505.  1400.  2184.  1943.  1944. 
Contemplation,  606.  507.  457-460.  686.  1608. 
Contentment,     508-515.     1089-1093.    1650-1667.    1821. 

2525. 
Contrition,  510-521.  2-182.  24&3.  2008. 
Controversy,  142.  143.  252.  739, 
CONVERS.VTION,  522.  523.  739.  2832.  2833. 
Conversion,  624-528.  1228.  1226.  2652. 
Convert,  529.  530.  411.  2020. 
Conviction,  531-534.  616-521.  2482.  24a3,  2652. 
Corruption,  535-541.  282-284.  634.  840.  2513. 
Counsels,  542.  864.  626.  1186.  2781. 
Country,  643.  2469-2473.  2809.  2810. 
Courage,  544^551,  281.  412.  273,  2927. 
Courtesy,  552-554.  1454.  1455w. 
Courtship,  555.  556.  2597. 
CoVENAvr,  657.  491-498.  2622. 
Covetousness,.  658-561.  188-194. 
Cowardice,  562.  663.  1.305-1311.  2680. 
Creation,  504-577.  33-36.   128.   1006-1023.    2221.  2373- 

2384.  2922. 
Creator,  678.  1481.  1507.  760-765.  1479-1521. 
Credulity,  579.  2915. 
Creed,  580.  681.  2730.  781.  782.  2642. 
Crime,  1113-1117.  1342.  1072.  1442. 
CRISIS,  582-684.  2885.  2429-2434.  2406,  2885-2887. 
Critic,  .j5S5.  1258.  1103. 
CriticiS-M,  586.  587. 
Cross,  588-604.  1689. 
Crosses,  ^iUS.  2783-2788.  64-72. 
Crown,  606.  981.  1009.  2253.  2583. 
Crucifixion,  .fi07-C16.  737,  738. 
Cruelty,  ;129.  2074.  2764.. 
Curiosity,  ,-617. 
Curse,  "618.  619.  1014.  2352. 
Custom,  .62a-623.  1280-1285. 

Dancing,  68.^?,  -8776.  3017. 

D.\NGER,  624.  583.  584.  920.  1015. 

Darkness,  ,625-629,  1190.  1690.  1749. 

Daughter,  630.  -SS.  2215.  2216. 

David,  ,631-633, 

Day,  634-041.  783.  -2133.  2151.  "  -" 

D4Y.OP  Judgment,  642.  643.  912.  2049-2061. 

Days,  ,644.  -045. 

Dead,  ,640-606.  J402.  11705-1765.  1770-1779. 

Death,  ,667-736.   368.  869.   1413.   2305.  2334-2339,  887- 

991. 
Death  op  Christ,  737.  738.  173-177,  688-604.  607-616. 

1193. 
Debate,  739.  142,  143,  268. 
Debt,  740.  741.  1205.  2029-26.33. 
Decalogue,  742.  455.  2064^2068. 
Decay,  743-745.  208-218.  1130.1334.  667-736. 
Deception,  746-751.    1117.    it49.    779.    780.    1892-1898. 

■  -2754. 
Deolsio{J,  752.  €.33.  :&34.  885.  1325.  2618.  2619. 
Decrees,  753.  829.  .&30.  1051.  1354.  1942.  1641. 
Deeds,  754-756,  1543.  1788.  1069.  1211. 
Defence,  757.  758.  144-146. 
Deqrawed,  759.  1112.  H041-2243. 


Deity  760-765.  1479-1522.  2900.  2901. 

Delay,   766-771.    294.   683.   584.  772.    3053.   2385.   23e«. 

2585-2587. 
DELiBER-iTiON,  886.  686.  506.  507. 
DELIGHT,  1488.  1765.  2042-2046. 
DELUGE,  772-778.  557.  424.  1.335.  1336.  746-751., 
DELUSION.  779.  780.  886.  1990.  2043. 
DENOMINATIONS,  781.  782.  251-253.  2730. 
Dependence,  783-786.  2972. 
Deportment,  552-554.  429 

DEPRAVITY,  787-796.  1691.  1688.  1697.  1237-1241. 
Desertion,  797.  2014. 
Design,  79S-800.  89.  474.  2004. 
Desire,  801-808.  857.  1656.  153-158.  2163.  2164. 
Desol.vtion,  809-819. 
Despair,  812-819.  2457. 
Despondekcy,  820-828.  809-811.  1891. 
Destiny,  829.  8:^0.  319.  582-684.  2119.  2883. 
Destruction,  mi.  829.  2609-2613.  910.  911. 
Detection,  832.  978.  1545.  1894.  919.  643.  2049-2061. 
Determination,  633.  834.  1325,  2618.  2619. 
Detraction,  835.  1545.  2759-2763. 
Devil,  836-840.  427.  754.  2709.  2710.  1038. 
Devotion,  841-850.  16.  17.  380.  381.  457-459.  808.  304fti 

3051.  2500. 
Dignity,   851.   852.    1928.   2224-2226.   1026.  2396.  184»i 

1850. 
Diligence,  1949-1954.  2487-2489. 
Dirge.  648.  962.  2778.  1430.  1692. 
Disappointment,  853-863.  178,  179.  445. 
Discipline,  864-873,  347-349,  439.  853.  1045.  1188. 
Discontent,  874-880,  641.  893-896.  1399. 
DISCOPD,  8S1-8&3.  897. 
Discouragement,  884.  812-819.  853-S63. 
Discretion,  885.  37.  320.  2007.  2999-3003. 
Discussion,  142.  143.  252.  639. 
Disease,  667.  669.  711.  876.  1910.  2744-2747. 
Disenchantment,  886.  779.  780.  896.  978. 
Dishonesty,  887.  282-284.  536-541. 
Dishonor,  888.  1610.  2715. 
Disobedience,  889.  1045. 
Disputant,  890.  252.  2a38. 
Disquiet,  891.  892.  1700.  2666. 
Diss-VTiSFACTiON,  893-896.  445.  874-880.  1094-1096. 
Dissension,  897.  881-883. 
Distance,  898.  2403.  2404. 
Distrust,  914-917,  '2824. 

Divine  Union,  899-901.  380.  381.  383.  1654.  2024. 
Divinity  op  Christ,  902.  382.  380-404.  1920. 
Dogmatism,  903.  251-253. 

Doing  Good,  904-909,  29.  30.  340.  2321.  1046-1048. 
Doing  Right,  19.  281,  2686.  2687. 
Doing  Well,  910.  26.  268.  1163.  1078.  1079. 
Doom,  911.  912.  829.  830.  2756.  2776. 
Double-Mindednrss,  913.  3042-3045.  2013.  1185. 
doubt,  914-917.  2915-2916. 
Dreams,  918-923.  2016. 
Dress,  924-9S0.1.37.  138.  1280-1285. 
Drunkenness,  931-9S8.  2001-2003. 
Duty,  939-955.  268.  1787.  1539.  465.  2321. 
DYING,  956-986.  646-736.  1406.  2384-2339. 

Early  Death,  987-991.  368.  369.  689.  720.  3014.  856. 

Early  Piety,  992-998.  357-378. 

Early  Training,  999.  1000.  1043.  2840.  2841.  2781, 

EARNESTNES.S,  1001.  1005.  2121.  2128.  2129. 

Earth,  1006-1023.   1355.   1356.  564-577.  2373-2384.  303ft. 

3041. 
EARTH  AND  HEAVEN,  1024.   1025.  1436.  1766-1768. 
Earthly  Glory,  1026.  1246-1258.  1843-1854. 
Easter,  1027-lOSO.  684. 
Eating,  1180.  1106.  1312.13. 
Echo,  lOSl.  465-467. 
Eden.  1033-1038.  33-35.  2442-2446. 
Education,  10.':9-l045.  232.  999.   1000.  1993-1995.  2078- 

2083.  2099.  2100. 
Effort,  1040-1048.   1001-1005.  939-955.  1071.  1072.  904- 

910. 
Egotism,  1326-1332.  13.  2735. 
Elect,  1049-1051.  439.  75?   S79.  1396-1398. 
Elijah,  1052.  1053.  1348.  i565. 
Eloquence,  1054-1058.  587.  2801.  2802. 
Elysium,  1059.  2442-2446.  1705-1765. 
Eminence,  1060.  851-852.  1607-1617. 
Emotions,  1061.  1062.  2740.  1176.  1177.  1627.  2864. 
Employment,  1063-1005.  302.  32. 
Emulation,  10G6.  98-111.  1171-1173. 
Encouragement,  1067,  1068.  962.  498-503.  1490.  450-454. 
End,  1069.  1070.  474.  2487-2489. 
Ende.'VVOR,  1071.  1072.  1046-1048. 
End  op  the  World,  1073-1077.  40-42.  642.  643.  910.  911. 

1007.  2870. 
Endurance,  1078. 1079.  1363-1366  1067. 1068. 1754,  8147, 

2487-2489. 


TOPICAL  index: 


723 


EN-EjnES,  1080.  lOSl.  1545.  ISST-lSCl. 

Ekhrgy,  1082.  1083.  1097.  273. 

England,  1081-1088.  1836. 

Enjoyaient,  10S9-1093.  1650-1003.  20-12-2046.  2525-2528. 

Ennui,  1094-lunO.  893-S!)G.  2712.  2713. 

Enterprise,  1097.  910.  1873.  1082.  1083. 

Envy,  1098.  1105.  2.351.  2017-2019. 

Epicure,  1106.  USD.  13.  1312. 

Epitaph,  1107.  2122. 

Equality,  1108-1111.  690.  691.  704.  2496.  332. 

Erring,  1112.  759.  1041. 

Error,  1113-1117.  1151-1161.  1910-1912. 

Esteem,  456.  39.  1201.  27;:5.  118.  222S-2231. 

Eternity,  1118-1129.  2965.  1490.  2054.  1021-1935. 

ETiQUE'rrE,  1454.  1455.  1820.  552-554. 

Evanescence,  1130-1134.  2113.  2114.  325-329.  2364-2367. 

Eve,  1135-1138.  33-36. 

Evening,  1139-1150.  636.  640. 

Evil.  1151-1161.  286.   754.   1113-1117,    1392.  1540.  1910- 

1912.  2751-2754. 
Examination,  1162.  640.  2422.  2677. 
Example,  1162-1170.   1402.    1789.   1609.  1551.  1968-1980. 

20.  2474. 
Excellence,  1172.  1173.  1602-1617.  291-294.  2277. 
Excelsior,  1171.  153-158. 
Excess,  1174.  1175.  2510.  1195.  1196. 
Excitement,  1176.  1177.  1061.  1062.  2912. 
Excuse,  887.  942.  1047. 
Exercise.  1178.  1179.  18-32.  1063-1065. 
Exile,  201.  710.  1025.  1240. 
Existence,  1180.  219.  220.  2109-2150. 
Expectation,  1181-1184.  318.  853-863. 
Expediency,  1185.  11S6.  1564.  1465.  913. 
Expenditure,  1187.  1194.  1427. 
E-CPERrENCE,    1188-1193.    865.    451.    403.    1228.    2020. 

2447. 
Extr.\.vagance,  1194.  1187.  1427.  SSO.  1282. 
EXTRE.HES,  1195.  11B6.  1605.  1174.  1175. 
Eyes,  1197-1200. 

Eailure,  120(.  1605.  178.  179.  2814.  2815.  1941. 
Faith,  1202-1232.  7.  580.  581.  1667.  1154.  1858.  2903.  2904. 

478.  479. 
Faithfulness,  1233-1236.  145.  1407.  1164.  1078.  1079. 
Fall  ok   SLin,  1237-1241.   34-36.   201.  619.    607.  1137. 

1138.  787-796. 
Falsehood,  1242-1244.  1S40.  2929. 
Fajie,  1245-1258.  VS.  943.  98-111.  1060.  2055.  1026.  1602- 

1017. 
Family,  1259-1267.  1817-18S6.  1874-1876.  2071. 
Family  Worship,  1263.  1269. 
Famine,  1270,  1271.  1346-1348. 
Fanaticism,  1272.  579.  251-253.  1783. 
Fancy,  1273.  1274.  191C-1919. 
Farewell,  1275-1279.  '68.  964.  965.  1542. 
Fashion,  1280-1285.  431.  924-930.  620-623.  2797. 
Fasting,  1280-1290.  2101. 

Fate,  1291-1293.  582.  583.  693.  829.  830.  1367-1377. 
Father,    1294-1299.    59.    752.   1866.    2071.   1492.  2449- 

2452 
Faults,"  1300-1302.  1382.  1603. 
Favor,  1303.  1304.  22.  1612.  1566-1576. 
Fear,    1305-1311.   723.    134.    410.    480-490.   '2457.    663. 

663. 
Feast,  1312.  1313.  1180.  1106.  2092.  2093.  2338. 
Fellowship,  1314-1318.  425.  440.  457-460.  2827. 
Fidelity,  1319-1323.  945.  1233-1236.  2487-2489.  ' 
Fight,  1324.  839.  SS1-8S3.  2956-2964. 
Firmness,  1325.  833.  752.  1641.  2618.  8619. 
Flattery,  132S-1332.  472. 
Flesh,  1333.  1334.  272.  2667-2673. 
Flood,  1335.  1336.  772-778. 
Flowers,  1.337-1344.  1471.  2001. 
Foes,  1345.  1080.  1081.  1357-1361. 
Food,  1346-1348.  452.  2239. 
FOOL,  1349-1351.  97S.  2152. 
Forbearance,  1352.  1353.  2755.  2278-2283. 
Foreordin.\tion,  1354.  753. 
Forest,  1S55.  1356. 

Forgetfulness,  695.  2402.  1790.  815.  979.  2153. 
Forgiveness,  1357-1301.  2447.  2448.  1985.  1980. 
Formality.  1362.  SZi.  324.  2544. 
FORTIt-UDE.  1363-1366.  1078.  1079. 
Fortune,  1307-1377.  91.  92.  1291-1293.  2601-2605. 
foundations,  1373.  1379.  1726.  2690.  2601.  2497. 
Fountain  op  Life,  1380.  .306.  1568.  2705.  2750. 
Frailty,  13S1-1384.  2;i.4-2;B9. 
Fraternity,  1385    1386.  286-290.  1423. 
Freedom,    1387-1394.    112-115.    286.    1086.    1228.    2104- 

2108. 
Free   Grace,  1395.   432.    759.    1228.   2263.  1051.  1566- 

1576. 
Free  Will,  1396-1398.  73.  379.  1239.  1089.  8883. 
PRETFULKliSS,  1399.  468-471.  1399. 


Friends,  1400-1416.  CCC.  2S27. 
Friendship,  1417-1420.  504.  2598.  172T. 
rRUG.\LiTY,  1427.  1187,  1194.  1427. 
Fruitfulness,  1423.  1429.  1CC9^1071.  2263. 
FUNER.A.L,  1430.  297-300.  2347-2350. 
Future,  1431-1441.  1781.  1782.  2889.  2890. 

Gain,  1442.  1443.  967.  1522. 

Gambling,  1444.  1445. 

Gayety,  1446.  354-356.  823.  2312. 

Generosity,  1447.  2103.  221-224.  337-348. 

Genius,  1448-1453.  1996-2000. 

Gentlem.«j.  1454.  1455.  553-554. 

Gentleness,  1456.  2847.  2069-2075. 

Geology,  1457.  567.  1017. 

Gethsem.UsE,  1458-1403.  1035.  2155 

Ghosts,  1474.  2S03-2S06.  754. 

Gifts,  1465-1467.  337-346.  407. 

Giving,  1468-1472.  97.  221-224.  337-346.  97.  908. 

Glory,  1473-1478.  650.  685.  690.  1495.  1570.  1729.  102& 

1245-1258. 
God,  1479-1521.  757.  760-765.  1730.  1942.  1473.  1611.  57^ 

2900.  2901.  2423-2426. 
Godliness,  1522.  1523.  405-416.  2124.  2496-2500. 
Goi,D,  1525-1538.  lSS-194.  C76.  1878.  2217-2219.  2328. 
Golden  Rule,  1539.  939-955. 
Good,  1540.  1541.  904-908. 
Good-by,  1542.  38.  1275-1279. 
Good  Deeds,  1543.  754-750.  1550.  2363. 
Good  Name,  1544.  1545.  2654. 
Goodness,  1546-1551.  1.523.  1524.  1604.  1605.  187S. 
Goodness  ok  god,  1552.  568. 1547. 
Good  Works,  1553.  2284-2286.  2088.  2689. 
Gospel,  1554-1502.  424.  1.506-1575. 
Government,  1563-1565.  1015.  1186.  2809.  2810.  2457. 
Grace,  1566-1576.  1913.  1395,  2278-2283. 
Graces,  1577.  337-;;46.  1851-1873,  2174-2205. 
Gratitude,  1578-1582.  2S59.  1981-1984. 
Grave,  1583-1600.  297-:i01.  1261.  1926.  , 
Graveyard,  1601.  442-444. 
Great  Men,  1002-1006.  1014. 
Gre.\tness,  1C07-1617.  1235.  1236.  149T. 
Grief,  1618-1633.  225-231.  651.  2347-2350.  64-73.  1683. 
Ground,  1634.  1660.  1603.  2094. 
Growth,  1635.  1636.  2(339.  1420.  791.  2467. 
Crumbling,  408-471.  1.399.  2354. 
Guidance,  1637-1641.  2571.  2601-2605. 
GUILT,  1642-1644.  34-36.  1237-1241.  703.  2751-2754.  2333, 

Habit,  1645.  13.  1151.  1115. 

Habits,  1646-1649.  1117. 

Happiness,  1650-1668.  1089-1093.  2042-2046. 

Harvest.  1669-1672.  1428.  1429. 

Hatred,  1673-1676.  127. 

Health,  1178.  1179. 

Hearing,  1077-1679.  .337.  429. 

Heart,  1680-1702.  2789-2793. 

Heathenism,  1703.  1704.  699.  1059.  2411.  1902-1905. 

Heaven,    1705-1765.     751.    1059.    2023.    646-666.    2021'. 

2023. 
Heaven  and  Earth,  1766-1768.  1436.  1024. 1025. 
Heavens,  1769.  166.  2922.  2395. 
Hell,  1770-1779.  732.  a37.  1*34  20U.  2609-2613. 
Self,  1780.  904-908.  944.  2827. 
Hereafter,  1781.  1782.  1431-1441. 
Heresy,  17&3.  1272.  251-253. 
Heritage,  1784.  1595.  1021. 
HERMIT  Life,  1785.  565.  1355.  2779.  878Q 
Heroes,  17S6-1794.  1060.  1245-1258. 
Heroine,  1795. 

Heroism,  1796.  1797.  1602-1017. 
High  Priest,  1798.  1.  2. 
Hindrances,  1172.  845.  1844.  2703: 
History,  1799.  264-270. 
Holintsss,  1800-1805.  928.  1649.  491-496, 
Holy  Spirit,  1806-1816.  2548. 
HOME,  18l7-ia36.  543.  1733.   1259-1267.  1774-1776.  2071, 

1657.  1695.  1733.  2473. 
HONESTY,  1837-1841.  1255.  2527.  2232. 
HONOR,  1842-1850.  407.  415.  674.  1026.  1245-1258.  1414. 
HOPE,  1851-1873.  50.  9G9.  970.  1734.  2457.  1437. 
HOUSEHOLD,     1874-1876.     1259-1267.      1817-1836.     2240* 

2251. 
Humanity,  1877-1879.  2316-2318.  2220-2238.  2490-2492. 
Humility,  1880-1869.  2924.  1812.  1236.  2326. 
HUSBAND,  1890.  10.  2987-2992. 
HYPOCHONDRIA,  1691.  809-S19.  2267-2269. 
Hypocrisy,  1892-1898.  746-751.  1352.  2309.  2484, 

Ideas,  1899.  2294-2303.  2863-2866. 
Idleness,  1900.  1901.  1194-1196.  1945-1948.  2773.  8098, 
Idolatry,  1902-1905.  840.  1524.  1703.  1704.  ■ 
IDOLS,  1906.  1907. 


724 


TOPICAL  INDEX 


loKORANCE,  1908.    1909.    2078.    2080.    19S7.   lOTO.  1431. 

14(5.  1441. 
ILLNESS,  1910.  60T.  669.  67.3.  2744-2747.  2440. 
ILLS,  1911-1913.  1151-1161.  2440.  2744-2747.  2319-2320. 
ILLUSION,  1914.  779.  7S0.  74(>-T51. 
Illustration,  1915.  1013.  251G-2519. 
Imagination,  1910-1019.  1273.  1274.  780. 
IMMA^-UEL,  1920.  1940.  802.  .^80-404. 
Immortality,  1921-19.35.   130-132.   1118-1129.  705.  1705- 

1779.  2789-2793. 
IBTPAUTIALITY,  704.  2064-2068.  1108-1111. 
Impatience,  1936-1938.  2464-2468.  2949-2953. 
Impenitence,  2327.  2380.  2417. 
IMPRESSIONS,  1627.  1061.  1063. 
lUPRiSONMEXi',  1939.  2227.  1018.  201.  2296. 
Incarnation,  1940.  257-200.  1578. 
incompleteness,  1941.  2085.  2115.  1«w. 
INC0MPREHE>'S1BLE,  1942.  1498-1500.  1519.  9368.  2369. 
inconsistency,  334.  497.  1609. 
Inconstancy,  1943.  1944.  1185.  325-329.  1130-1134.  2364- 

2367. 
incorruptibihty,  1735.  505. 
Indecision,  2013.  334.  1948.  913. 
Independence,  2298.  2;j01.  1325. 

INDOLENCE,  1945-1948.  133.  542.  1900.  1901.  1083.  2773. 
Industry.  1949-1934.  18-28.  1063-1065. 
Infants,  1955-1964.  196-199.    671.  2973.  999. 
INFIDELITY,  1965.  167-172.  130-132.  2915.  2916. 
Infidels,  196G.  1967.  1151.  171.  172. 
Influence,    19G8-1980.    1695.    1007.    1162-1170.    2297. 

2917. 
Inoratitude,  1981-1984.  2282.  1443.  2747. 
Inheritance,  15.J8.  1593.  1594.  1784. 
Inhumanity,  2764.  15C5.  2074.  2237.  1168. 
Injuries,  1985.  1986.  1.357-1361. 
Innocence,  1987.  1988.  1446.  350-353. 
Inquiries,  1989.  1663.  1038. 
Insanity,  1990.  2043.  779.  730.  2236. 
INSPIR.VTION,  249.  240.  2719-2723. 
IN.ST1NCT,  1991.  1992.  2379.  2373.  1565. 
INCTRUCTION,    1993-1995.    1039-1045.    999.    1000.    2836- 

2841. 
Integrity,  1235.  1454.  505.  1837-1841.  2284. 
Intellect,  1996-2009.  1448-1453.  2294-2303. 
INTEMPERANCE,  2001-2005.  901-938.  2093-2095.  2693. 
INTENTION,  2004.  26.  793-800.  89.  2346.  2618.  2619. 
Intercession,  2005.  2006.  1798.  1. 
Intermediate  State,  2007.  2011. 
Invention,  2717.  2374. 

INVITATION,  2008-2012.  770.  1737.  2755.  1504.  1395. 
Irresolution,  2013.  334. 
ISOLATION,  2014.  809-811.  1250.  1409.  2073.  2779.  2780. 

JACOB,  2015.  2010.  1225. 

JEALOUSY,  2017-2019.  2458.  1098-1105. 

Jehovah,  2020.  700-765.  147y-15:;:l. 

JERUSALE.M,  2021-2023.  2372. 

Jesus,  2024-20  7.  1855.  ESO-404.  617-616.  2742.  2743. 

Jews,  20:8-2040.  175.  2021.  2022.  2290.  1501. 

JOHN,  2011. 

JOY,  2042-2040.    972.    1089-1093.    1050-1658.  2448.  2458. 

15^1.  1488.  1705.  2.375. 
JUDAS,  2047. 
JUDGLNa,    2048.    321.    322.  336.  2520.   1013.  1616.   2058. 

2:J46. 
JUDGMENT,  2049-2001.  6.  642.  643.  1073-1077.  2741. 
JUST,  2062.  2033.  2088.  2GS9.  2303. 
Justice,  2064-2038.  1169.  2053.  2048-2061. 

Kindness,  2039-2075.  1080.  1081.  1450.  2847. 
King,  2393. 

Kingdom  op  Christ,  389.  390.  2287-2293.  2023. 
Kisses,  2073.  2077. 

Knowlboge,   2078-2083.    1039-1045.   2099.    2100.    2999- 
3003. 

Labor,  2084-2090.    18^31.    1063-1066.    1949-1954,    3026- 

S003. 
liADiE",  2091.  2215.  2216.  3009-3020. 
liAMD,  2092.  20,13. 
Land,  2094.  1034.  1663. 

Languagb,  2035.  522.  523.  1054-1053.  2801.  8808. 
liAUQOTER,  2:12.  823.  1446. 
Law,  2093.  2097.  455.  2034-2068. 
Laziness,  2098.  irOO.  1901.  1945-1948.  2773. 
Learning,  2099.  2109.  1059-1045.  2078-2083. 
Lent,  2101.  12SO-li:no. 
Leper,  2102.  2370.  2005.  927. 
Liber.u.ity,  2103.  221-224.  1468-1472. 
LIBERTY,  2104-2103.  1087-1094.  2589-2,595. 
Life,  2109-2153.  20.  24.  1013.  1180.  706.  219.  2220-2235. 
Light,  2151.  2152.  269.  413.  433.  1190.  2917.   2944, 
Limbo.  2J53.  l:>J9-i;:5l. 
Litany,  2154.  1811.  2155,  392.  612. 


Little  Children,  2156.  196-199.  1955-1964. 

Little  Things,  2157-2162.  1236.  2898.  2899. 

longing,  216.3.  2164.  666.  801-808.  153-158. 

Lord's  Prayer,  2165.  2166.  850. 

Lord's  Supper,  2167.  2168. 

Losses,  2169-2171.  639.  644.  2247.  853. 

Lost,  2172.  j574.  1770-1779.  2797. 

LOT,  2173.  1616.  91.  »2.  2001-2605.  663, 

LOVE,  2174-2210.  54-63.   858.   1502.   S.3T-346.  2480.  2490- 

2492. 
LOVE  OF  Christ,  2209.  2200. 

LOVE  OF  GOD.  2182.  1.396.  1486.  1502.  1520.  1693.  2012. 
Lust   2211    2212    2512 

LUXURY,  2213.  2214.  2682.  2683.  2973-2978.  2450. 
Lying,  1243-1244.  1840.  2929. 

Maiden,  2215.   2216. 

MADNESS,  1.349-1351.  2152.  1990. 

Magnanimity,  337-346.  1447.  1357-1361. 

Malevolence,  1098-1105.  1673-1676.  127. 

Malice,  167.3-1676.  127. 

Mammon,   2217-2219.   188-194.  557-561.  1525-1638.  2688. 

2683.  2973-2978. 
Man,  2220-2235.  505.  1507.  1877-1879. 
MANIAC,  2236.  1282.  2043.  1990. 
Mankind,  2237.  2238.  1877-1S79.  2277. 
Manna,  2239.^^83. 
Marriage,    ^40-2251.    33-35.    1890.    1874-1876.    2987- 

2992. 
Martyrdom,  2252-2255.  2702. 
Martyrs,  2256-2262.  945.  1476. 

MARY  MAGDALEN,  2263.   1200. 

MATURITY,  1742.  1635.  1636.  1171-1173.  2484-2486. 

Meanness,  1610.  2299.  2736.  2737. 

MEDIATION,  506.  507.  2015.  1126.  1461.  1462.  1756.  1761. 

2005.  2006. 
Meekness,  12:^6.  1473.  1880-1889. 
MEETING,  2264-2266.  1744.  2678.  2679. 
Melancholy,  2267-2269.  2457.  809-819. 
Memory,  2270-3276.  285.  1774.  2645.  2804.  2.377. 
Men,  2277.  2220-22.35.  2237.  ?e38. 
Mercies,  1578.  1579.  264. 
Mercy,  2278-2283.  740.  741.  1518.  1395.  1566-1576.  3629- 

2632. 
MERIT,  2284-2286.  604.  1172.  1173.  1602-1617. 
Messiah,  2287. 

Millennium,  2288-2293.  436.  2033. 
Mind,  2294-2003.  31.  1603.  1996-2000.  2682. 
Minister.  2304-2309.  1.  53.    145.    M6.    273.    1745.    8462: 

24G3.  2608.  1249. 
Miracles,  2310.  2311.  135.  267.  2102.  2314 
Mirth,  2312.  542.  823.  1446. 
Miser.  23i;a-2315.  188-194. 
Misery,  2316-2318.  809-819.  1S77-1879.  22.37. 
Misfortune,  2319.  2020.  1911-1913.  2100-2171.  2227. 
Missions,  2:^21-2025.  409.  437.  2287-2293.  1703.  1704. 
moderation,  542.  946.  1174.  1176. 
MODESTY,  2320.  552-554.  1S80-18S9. 
moments,  2327.  2807-2SS4. 
MONEY,  2328.  188-194.  557-501.  1525-153& 
monuments,  2275.  2284. 
MORALITY,  455.  Oil. 
Morning,  2.329-2303.  a34.  636. 
MORTALITY,   2334-2339.   1020.    1021.    2131.  646-736.  936- 

986. 
Moses,  2340.  2341.  2383. 

MOTHER,  2342-2345.  57-63.  058.  2071.  2191.  2449-2452. 
Motives,  2346.  192.  2004.  180.  181. 
mourning,  2;J47-2350.  8.  225-231.  368.  373.  1506,  1964. 
MURlJER,  2.051-2053.  919.  £820.  2047. 
Murmuring,  2.054.  468-471. 
Music,  2055-2363.  12.3.  1056.  1732.   2782.  2303. 
MUTABILITY,  2-064-2307.  '^i25-029.  1100-11.34.  1944. 
Mystery,  236a  2369.  614.    1928.   2642.  1431.  1435.  1578. 

1942. 

Naaman,  2370. 

NAME,  2.371.  1544.  1545.  112.  1476.  2654.  2910. 

NATIONS,  2;72.  112-115.  603.  10S4-10S8. 

NATURE,  2073-2084.  400.    1006-102:1    i;i55.  1356.  564-577. 

3000-0041.  29G0. 
Need,  1004.  1508.  1014.  2002.  2954.  2955.  2270. 
NEGLECT,  2:585.  2386.  294.  947.  766-771.  1466.  1773.  2585- 

2587. 
NEIGHBOR,  2387.  1002.  1166. 
NEW  YE.UI,  2088-2:90.  2421.  2422.  S054.  3055. 
NiGllT,  2o01-2095.  625-629.  1749. 
NOAH,  772-778. 

NOBILITY,  2096.  1548.  2228.  851.  852.  1602-1617.  2624. 
Novels,  2097.  2098.  276-280. 
Now,  2:399.  2567-2570.  2867-2888. 

Oaths,  2400.  1249.  836.  2825. 
Obedience,  2401.  459.  752.  845.  889.  94ft 


TOPICAL  index: 


725 


Obligation,  939-955.  2659.  1S86-139S, 

Oblivion,  2402.  695.  979.  2153.  ,    ^^ 

Observation,  2403.  2404.  981.  1162.  2346.  5878.  898. 

Obstinacy,  2405.  251-253.  1116.  1183. 

Occasion,  2406.  582-581.  2429-2434. 

OCEAN,  2407-2409.  1088.  2724-2727. 

Offerings,    2410-2412.    7.    192.    1701.    491-496.    2948. 

2551. 
OLD  AGE.  2413-2420.  74-85.  187.  2111.  1179. 
Old  Year,  2421.  2422.  2388-2390.  3054.  3055. 
Omnipotence,  242;^.  1479-1521.  2552. 
Ojinipresence,  2424.  2425.  1491.  1509.  2376.  1511.   2033. 

2376. 
Omniscience,  2426. 
Onward,  2427.  2428.  2110.  2081. 
Opinions,  1186.  2403.  2134. 
Opportunity,    2429-3434.     582-584.    2406.   2522.   2523. 

2321 
Order,  2435.  2436.  2096.  2097.  2692. 
Original  Sin,  2437.  34-36.  1237-1241. 
OBPIliNS,  2438.  2439.  1737. 

PAIN,  2440.  1903.  1062.  1911-1913. 

Palestine,  2441. 

Paradlse,  2442-2446.  1032-1038.  2021-2023. 

P.1RDON,  2447.  2448.  740.  1357-1361. 

Parents,  2449-2452.  57-63.  2.342-2345.  1294-1299. 

Parting,    245.3.   2454.    38.    1275-1279.  1413.   1419.   1542. 

2741.  2203-2260. 
PASSION,  2455.  2456.  127.  1151. 
Passions,  2457-2459.  1700. 
Past,  2460.  2461.  3056.  2421.  2422.  2867-2884. 
Pastor,  2462.  2463.  2558-2566.  2304-2309. 
Patience,   2464-2468.  2398.    227.    1936-1938.   2949-2953. 

2399. 
PATRIOTISM,  2469-2473.  1085.  1087.  1186.  2810. 
Pattern,  2474.  1162-1170. 
Pauper,  2475.  2476.  340.  2524-2529. 
Payment,  221.  224.  465-467.  2675.  2076. 
Pe.vce,  2477-2481.  406.  1752.  1732.  2660-2605. 
Peevishness,  468-471.  1399. 

Penitence,  2482.  248:3.  516-521.  2008.  834.  2651-2653. 
Perfection,  2484-2486.  1493.  1800-1805. 
Perseverance,  2487-2489.  1078.  1079.  2081.  1067.  1068. 
PiliL.tNTHROPY,  2400-2492.  286-290.  2764.  1877-1879. 
Philosophy,  2493-2495.  1942.  2G95.  2717.  2718. 
Piety,  249(^-2500.  405-416.  2637-2640. 
Pilgrim,  2501-2505.  1015.  1023. 
Pity,  2506.  2507.  1878.  1493. 
Pleasure,  2508-2515.  444.  748.  1016.  653.  1446. 
Poetry,  2516-2519.  1918.  2582.  1167.  1706. 
Politeness,  552-554.  1454.  1455.  1283.  1892. 
Position,  2520.  91.  92.  1060.  1607-1017.  2525. 
Possession,  2521.  2169. 
Possibility,  2522.  2523.  2429-2434. 
Poverty,  2524-2529.  2232.  2475.  2476.  91.  896. 
Power,  2202.  1968-1980.  2428.  2997. 
Praise,  25S0-2535.  91.  1510.  764.  1521.  1482.  1496.  1505. 

2859.  2860. 
Prayer,  2530-2557.  S75.  377.  756.  1146.  1225.  1461.  2016. 

1001.  1575.  21G5.  2166. 
PREACHER,  2558-2562.  1.  53.  2462.  2463.  2304-2309. 
Preaching,  2503-2566.  26U8.  2801.  2802. 
Present,  2567-2570.  2.398.  2864-2887. 
PRESENTIMENT,  2571.  2572.  2404.  919.  922.  2905. 
Press,  2573.  274-280.  2589. 
Pride,  2574-2581.  444.  2450.  2515. 
Principles,  1186.  2403.  2134. 
Prison,.  1939.  2227.  1018.   201. 
Privacy,  2582.  2674.  383.  2779.  2780. 
Prize,  2583.  606.  465-467. 
Prod.vtion,  2584.  1398-1398.  2230.  1998.  1137. 
PROCRASTiN-lTiON,  25S5-25S7.  760-771.  1574.  2511.  719. 
Profanity,  S^jH.  1249.  2-100.  2825. 
Profession,  2588.  1226.  2598.  1897. 
Progress,    2589-2595.    1114.     1386.    2460.    2634.    2388. 

2963. 
Promise,  2590.  2424. 
Proposal,  2597.  556. 
Prosperity,  2508.  2599.  1652. 
Protection,  2600.  757.  758.  144-146.  920. 
Providence,    2601-2605.  310-316.   722.   753.  2015.  2136. 

2852.  1631-1041. 
Provocations,  2606. 

Prudence,  2607.  320.  133.  1187.  2999-3003. 
Pulpit.  2608.  2558-2566.  2.301-2;^09. 
PUNisiLMENT,  2609-2613.  480-490.  1934.  947.  1770-1779. 
Purity,  2614-2017.  928.  350-353.  1800-1805.  2500. 
Purpose,  2618.  2619.  68.  474.  798-800.  204. 

Quarrels,  1416.  1418.  2244.  1628. 
Questions,  1989.  1663. 

Quietness^  §«,  ^m,  2782.  1147.  1655.  2477-3481.  S6W- 
2665. 


BAIN,  2620.  2621.  641.  449. 

Rainbow,  2622.  557.  1989. 

Rationalism,  2623.  1965-1S07. 

READING,  2624.  276-2S0.  2719.  2397.  2398. 

Readiness,  723.  730.  396.  1123.  679.  715. 

Reason,  2625.  1227.  1942.  199(>-2000.  1489.  199a.^ 

Recognition,  2026.  2027.  2670. 

Reconciliation,  2628.  516-521.  1357-1361. 

Record,  755.  2421.  3056. 

Recovery,  673.  1363. 

Redemption,    2629-2632.   173.   174.  2642.  2049.  399.  74«'' 

741. 
Reflection,  2677.  1139.  1763.  506.  507.  2863-2866> 
Reform,  2633.  26.34.  14. 
Refuge,  2635.  2600.  870. 
Regeneration,  2651.  524-630.  1646.  2020. 
RE.IOICING,  2636.  2042-2046.  2641. 
Religion,    2637-2644.    405-416.    1523.    1524.    1202-133a.. 

2496-2505. 
Remembrance,  2645.  2270-2276. 
REMORSE,  2646-2649.  480-490.  812-819.  971.  1643:  ' 
RENOWN,  2650.  2654.  1249-1258. 
Repentance,    2651-2653.    2041.     1286.    516-521.    2483. 

2483. 
Reproof,  47.  1403. 

REPUTATION,  2654.  674.  1544.  1545.  2.371.  1245-1258. 
Resentment,  2655.  1985.  1986.  1357-1361. 
RESIGNATION.  2656-2658.  16.  17.  450-453.    228-231.  2818. 

2813.  2401. 
Resolution,  2618.  2619.  833.  834.  764.  752. 
Responsibility,  2659.  1239.  73.  1396-1398.  2584. 
REST,  2660-2665.  16.  17.  310-316.  1757.  1597.  1600.  2477- 

2481. 
Restlessness,  2666.  891.  892.  1700.  1094-1096. 
Results,  667.  951.  1069.  1070.  2790.    2800.  3056. 
Resurrection,  2667-2673.  707.  1594.  2726.  2310. 
Resurrection  op  Christ,  684.  1028-1030. 
Retaliation,  11.57.  1674.  1676.  1985.  1986. 
retirement,  2674.  383.  2582.  2779.  2780. 
Retribution,  2675.  2676.  343.  2004.  703.  2609-2613. 
Retrospection,  2677.  1162.  2272-2276. 
Reunion,  2678.  2679.  700.  1719.  1727.  2264-2266. 
Revenge,  2680.  2681.  2457.  1985.  1986.  1.357-1.361.  2933. 
REWARD,  2253.  2945.  221.   224.   465-467.  952.  1432.  1438. 

1705-1765. 
Riches,  2682.  2683.  444.  91.  896.  905.  2213.  2214. 
Ridicule,  2684.  2685. 

Right,  2686.  2687.  951.  2589.  19.  281.  2460. 
Righteousness,  2688.  2689.  399.  971.  2020.  2303. 
ROCK  of  Ages,  2690.  2691. 
ROMANISM,  441.  477. 
RUIN,  743.  744.  831. 
RULES,  2692.  2435.  2436.  2096.  2097. 
RULING  Passion,  2456.  1117.  2703. 
RUM,  2693.  2001-':003.  2868-2885.  2914. 
RUMOR,  2694.  2695.  2758-2763. 

Sabbath,  2696-2701.  1758.  2821.  2822. 

SACRAMENTS,  202-204.  2167.  2168. 

SacrifJIe,  2702.  1476.  7.  2252-2262.  3046. 

SAFETYr920.  1076.  2201.  2600-2606.  2946. 

Sailors,  2703.  920.  718.  2341. 

Saints,  2704.  2050.  1759.  17.36.  1980.  899-901.  9952-2262. 

SALVATION,  2705-2708.  2.370.  1193.  2020.  2629-2632. 

Sanctification,  526.  2616.  1800-1805. 

Satan,  2709-2711.  836-840.  2895.  1038.  113T.  1138. 

Satiety,  2712.  2713.  89:3-896.  1094-1096. 

Saviour,  2714.  380-404. 

Scandal,  2715.  2094.  2095.  2759-2763. 

scepticism,  167-172.  19U5-1987.  2915.  2916. 

Scholar.  111.  992-998.  2836-2841.  2277. 

school,  2716.  1039-1045. 

Science,  2717.  2718.  166.  567.  844.  2493-2495.  1C39-104*' 

Scriptures,  2719-272:3,  233-250.  2744. 

Sea,  2724-2727.  2407-2409. 

SEASONS,  2728.  186.  187.  2807.  2996-2998. 

Secrets,  2729.  2582. 

Sects,  27.30.  251-253.  781.  782. 

SEEKING  GOD,  8.34.  2706.  1512.  1513.  1516. 

Self,  2731-2733.  524. 

SELF-CONTROL,  27.32.  1615.  1792.  2457. 

Self-denial,  2734.  1850.  2788. 

Self-Esteem,  27:35.  53.  118. 

SELP-B.XAMIN.YTION,  640.  1162.  2422. 

Selfishness,  2736.  2737.  1422.  2731-2733. 

Self-knowledge,  2738.  2731. 

Self-Love,  2739.  2174. 

SELF-RiGirrEOUSNESS,  971.  1352.  1.359.  2703. 

Self-sacrifice,  1476.  2702.  2252-2262. 

SENSIBILITY,  2740.  2000.  2835.  1061.  1062. 

Sep.vration,  2741.  9-11.  1419.  2453.  2454 

SHAME,  888.  2025.  2947. 

Siiephebd,  2742.  2743. 

SHBOUD,  2744.  2815.     ^ 


726 


.topical:  indejo 


Sickness,  2744-2747.  CW.  1910.  2440.^ 

Silence,  2748.  2749.  47.3. 

SiLOAM,  2750.  1380.  2705. 

Sin,  2751-2754.  4.35.  llllWlir.  1151-1161.  1642-1644.  1461. 

1402.  2984.  2985.  2431. 
BniTNER,  2755-2757,  1440. 
SiSTEK,  657.    2071. 
Bky,  2758.  17C9. 

BLANDER.  2759-2763.  2694.  2695.  703.  835.  2715.' 
Blavery,  2704.  2913.  2957.  1387-1394. 
Bleep,  2765-2772.  272.  980.  2016. 
Slugo.urd,  2773,  1900.  1901.  1945-1948.  2098. 
Society,  2774.  2775.  159-164.  461^64. 
Sodom,  2776. 

Soldier,  2777.  2778.  425.  1001.  2956-29G4. 
Solitude,  2779.  2780.  460.  809-811.  2014.  1785.  2582. 
Son,  27S1.  1784. 

Songs,  2782.  251(>-2519.  2355-2363.  848. 
Sorrow,  278.3-2788.  43-52.  64-72.  1832.  2896-2897.  2250. 
SOUL,  2789-2798.  583.  137.  1514.  1600.  128.  129.  1680-1702. 

1118-1129.  581-608. 
Sowing,  2799.  2800.  1980.  1669-1672.   2262. 
Speech,  2801.  2802.  1054-1058.  1456.  2832-2834.  2300. 
Spirit,  280.3-2806.  662.  2789-2798. 
Bpiritual-Mindedness,  16.  17.  269.  400.  450.  457-459. 

fPRiNG,  2807.  2728.  2996-299a  &41. 
TAB,  2808.  2917. 
STATE,  2809.  2810.  1186. 
Stewardship,  2584.  2a30.  2831. 
Strength,  28J1.  1506.  382. 

Submission,  2812.  2813.  16.  17.  2554.  501. 1190.  2656-2658. 
Success,  2814.  2815.  2829.  853.  3034.  3035.  2489. 
Suffering,  2816-2819.  43-52.  64-72.  206. 
BmciDE,  2820.  814.  819.  2047. 
Sunday,  2821.  2822.  2696-2701.  1758. 
SURRENDER,  2823.  491-496.  533. 
Suspicion,  2824.  914-917.  2916.  1160. 
BWEARING,  2825.  836.  1249.  2400. 
Sympathy,  2826-2828.  286.  460.  1633.  1879.  8143.  2507. 

Tact,  2829.  .37.  320.  1194.  1186. 

Tale-Bearing,  2694.  2695.  303.  2758-276a 

Talents,  28;i0.  2831.  3-6.  376.  2284.  910. 

Talking,  2832-2834.  522.  523. 

Taste,  2835.  2740.  2518. 

Teacher,  28.36-2a39. 

Teaching,  2840.  2841.  378.  1915.  999.  1000.  1993-1995. 

Tears,  2842-2846.  520.  1199, 

Temper,  2847.  1399. 

Temperance,  2848-2850.  13-15.  447.  931-938. 

Temptation,  2851-2856.  836-840.  2709-2711.  2431. 

Test,  2857.  2858.  231.  2162. 

Thankfulness,  2859.  1578-1582. 

Thanksgiving,  2860.  1669.  1771.  2530-2535. 

T1IE.ITRE,  2861.  2862. 

Thought,  2863-2866.    460.  1694.  1763.  1899.   2297.  2294- 

230;3. 
Time,  2867-2884.  26.  582-584.  2388-2390.  2421.  2327.  2885- 

2890.  3056.  2567-2570.  2585-2587. 
To-D.^.Y,  2885-2888.  1747.  2398.  2567-2570. 
Jo-MORROW,  2889.    2890.    1160.    2010.    1431-1441.    2511. 

2585-2587. 
TRANSFORMATION,  1138.  1.394.  2673. 
Transmigration,  2891.  2892.  2595. 
Travel,  2893.  1023.  1177.  2738. 
Tre.^chery,  2894.  434.  918.  2047. 
Treason,  434.  918.  2894. 
Tree  of  Life,  2895. 
Trials,    2896.    2897.   64-72.   225-231.   347-349.    863-873. 

12;^2. 
Trifles,  2898.  2899.  1422.  897.  954.  2157-2162. 
Trinity,  2900.  2901.  760-765.  1578. 
Triumph,  981.  2940.  2941.  1786-1797. 
Trouble,  2902.  43-52.  64-72.  2783-2788. 
Trust  in  God,  2903.  2904.  310-316.  29,  1190,  1208-1232. 
Truth,  2905-2911.  217.  1793.  2406. 
Tumult,  2912.  1176.  1177,  882. 
Tyranny,  2913.  2764.  2452. 

XntB,  2914  ; 


Unbelief,"  2915.  2916.  1917.  914-91'5'.  iW-lW.  1WB-I9<ff, 

Unfaithfulness,  2917.  905.  2S;i0.  2309. 

Unfbuitfulness,  2918.  1063.  1670. 

Unuappiness,  2919.  1659.  874-880.  891-896.  1094-1096. 

Union,  2920.  2921.  404.  1084. 

Unity,  425.  440.  1421.  1425.  1654.  22.38.  2963. 

Universe,  2922.  564-577.  1769.   2373-2384. 

Unreadiness,  1574.  2109.  701. 

Unthankfulness,  2933.  1981-1984.  1443. 

Unworthiness,  2924.  1802.  1880-1889.  25.35. 

Usefulness,  2925.  2926.  956.   1650.  2399.  2703. 

Uselessness,  1180.  1690.  1947.  24. 

Vacillation,  913.  2013.  1185.  1943.  1944.  334. 

Valor,  2927.  1786-1797.  1544-1551.  281.   27.3. 

Vanity,  292S-2931.  445.  853-863.  1008.  2234.   2603. 

Variety,  2932.  5.  91.  332.  2149. 

Vengeance,  2933.  2934.  919.  2049-2061.  2776.  2966. 

Veracity,  494. 

Vice,  2935-2939.  1113-1117.  1642-1644.  2751-2754.  2984. 

2985. 
Vicissitude,  325-329.  2364-2367.  1130-1134. 
Victory,  2940.  2941.  734.  984.  706.  1786-1797. 
Vigilance.  441.  434.  1077.  2967-2970. 
Virtue,  2942-2947.  1668.  2686.  2687.  2506.  2284. 
Voluptuousness,  2213.  2214.  2082.  2683.  2973-2978. 
Vows,  2948.  2747.  2410-2412.  491-496. 

WATTING,  2949-2953.  447.  2420.  1067.    1068.    107a   1079. 

1518. 
Wants,  2954.  2955.  1014.  1538.  1664.  2218.  3052. 
War,  2956-2960.  206.  1394.  1878.  2:551.  1476-1478. 
Warfare,  2961-2964.  207.  1688.  1324. 
Warning,  2965.  624.  922.  919.  1934.  715.  1075.  1600. 
Watchcare  op  God,  2966.  1487.  1579.  2119 
Watchfulness,  2967-2970.  441.  1077.  434.  2429-2434 
Water   2971 

Way,  .396.  1645.  1800.  1975.  831.  2504. 
Weakness,  2972.  951.  1225.  1540.  1702.  1791.  2601. 
Wealth,  2973-2978.  905.  2213.  2214.  2682.  2683.  2000. 
Wedding,  2979-2981.  2092.  2093. 
Weeping,  665.  2982.  2983.  2842-2846.  2347-2350. 
Wickedness.    2984.   2985.    2052.  2935-2939.    1113.  1114 

1642-1644.  2;351-235;i. 
Widowhood,  2986.  225-231. 
Wife,  2987-2992.  1890.  1029. 
Wilfulness,  1110.  1188.  2405. 
Will,  73.  1396-1398. 

Wine,  2993-2995.  2001-2003.  931-938.  12-15. 
Winter,  2996-2998.  2728.  2280. 
Wisdom,  2999-3003.  2233.  1192.  885.  2078-2083.  37. 
Wisdom  of  God,  2999.  873.  1507. 
Wishes,  3004.  801-808.  3005.  153-158.  2163.  2164. 
Wit,  3006.  3007.  1996-2000.  2498. 
Witness,  .3008.  1188-1193. 
Woe    27'56    2757 

Woman,  3009-3020.  1285.  2208.  2500.  1135-1137.  2091. 
Wonder,  1769.  1928.  194C.  176.  2368.  2:569. 
Words,    3021-3025.    986.    2o69.    2801.    2802.    2095.  2832- 

2834. 
Work,  3026-3033.  18-31.  1063-1065.  2084-2090. 
Works,  3034.  30.35.  1069.  1553.  2814.  2815.  2275. 
World,  30:36-3041.  1073-1077.  1768.  564-507.  237.3-2384. 
WORLDLINESS,  3042.  93-96.  430.  913.  188-194  1280-1285. 
Worldling,  3043-3045.  2131. 
Worship,  3046-3051.  393.  566.  765.   1521.  841-«50.  2530- 

2557.  2:380. 
WORTH,  3052.  509.  1426.  1616.  1171-1173.  2284-2286. 
Wrath,  3053.  911.  947.  2933.  2934.  2776. 
Wrong,  951.  1113-1117.  1151-1161.  2751-2754. 

Tear,  3054.  3055.  2388-2390.  2421.  2423. 

Yesterday,  3056.  2460.  2461. 

Young  Lady,  2215.  2216. 

Youth,  3057-3065.  81.  327.  885.  955.  1132.  1192. 

Zeal,    3066-3068.    145.  742.    885.    1001-1005.    342.  1088. 

1083. 
ZION,  S06»-307L  424-441.  2021-2023,  WS-^12S&.  3335. 


INDEX  OF  FIEST  LINES  AND  AUTHOES 
TO  FIEST  POETET 


A  babe  in  a  house  is  a  well-spring 
A  babe  in  glory  is  a  babe  forever 
A  barking  sound  the  shepherd 
A  beggar  asked  an  alms 
A  beggar  of  Shiraz  once  had  a 


AtlTHOR 
Ttipper 
Bic7cersteth 
Wordsioorth 
a.  Browning 
Oriental,  tr. 


Abide  in  me,  I  pray,  and  I  in  Thee  H.  B.  Stowe 

Abide  with  me ;  fast  falls  the  Lyte 

A  boat  at  midnight  sent  Moore 

Abou  Ben  Adhem  (may  his  tribe  Hunt 

About  the  joys  and  pleasures  of  Pollok 

Above  all  things  raiUery  decline  StilUngJleeC^ 

Above  the  seas  of  gold  and  glass  Sowe 

A  bright  or  dark  eternity  in  view  Wilcox 

Absurd  longevity  I    More,  more  it  Young 

A  callow  bird  of  not  so  many  days  Aldrich 

A  change  from  woe  to  joy,  from  Nicoll 

A  Christian  is  the  highest  style  Young 

A  creature  of  a  more  exalted  kind  Ovid,  ir. 

A  critic  was  of  old  a  glorious  name  Churchill 

A  day,  a  day  of  glory  Tr,  by  Neale 

A  deadly  paleness  in  her  cheeks  Tooke 

A  Deity  believed,  is  joy  begun  Young 

Adieu  I  adieu  1  what  means  adieu  Montgomerv 

Admire  the  goodness  of  Pollok 

A  dreary  place  would  be  this  earth 

Ae  fond  kiss  and  then  we  sever  Burns 

A  faithless  heart,  how  despicably  Young 

A  few  days  may — a  few  years  must  Burns 

A  fool  1  a  fool !    I  met  a  fool  i'  the  Shakespeare 

A  fount-o'ershadowing  tree  stands  Oriental,  tr. 

A  fragrant  piece  of  earth  salutes  Tr.  hy  Alger 

After  the  Christian's  tears 

After  the  joys  of  earth 

A  furloughed  soldier,  here  I  Tr.  hy  Alger 

A  good  that  never  satisfies  Drummond 

A  government  on  freedom's  basis  Sale 

Ah  1  child  1  the  stream  that  brings  Barnes 

Ah  1  don't  be  sorrowful,  darling 

Ah  1  dying  sinner,  think  on  death 

Ah !  five-and-twenty  years  ago  Tr.  by  Alger 

Ah  I  how  unjust  to  nature  and  Young 

Ah  1  hush  now  your  mournful  Prudentius,  tr. 

Ah  !  look  thou  largely  with  lenient  Mrs.  Wiitney 

Ah  me  I  this  is  a  sad  and  silent  Bethune 

A  home  in  heaven  !  what  a  joyful  Eunter 

A  host  of  angels  flying  D.  Smith,  tr. 

Ah  1  silly  man,  who  dream'st  Fletcher 

A  husband  who  many  years 

Ah !  what  would  the  world  be  to  Longfellow 

Ah  I  whence  yon  glare  Shelley 

Aim  at  the  highest  prize  Mant 

A  jewel  is  a  jewel  still,  though  Tr.  by  Alger 

A  just  man  cannot  fear  Jonaon 

A  king,  who  by  the  public  mouth  Oriental,  tr. 

Alas  1  how  light  a  cause  may  move  Moore 

Alas  I  how  neglectful  Swain 

AUb  I  I  have  nor  hope  nor  health  Shelley 


NUMBER 

999 
1963 
1234 

224 
1331 

3S0 

381 

11 

2491 

1523 

B54 

67 

2109 

82 

602 

700 
1842 
2226 

586 

417 
1105 

765 

38 
2659 

365 
1277 
1608 
1433 
1351 

94 

160 
1439 
1440 
1599 
2089 
1564 

908 
2413 
2965 
3063 
1096 
1589 

321 
1601 
1733 
671 
2732 
2953 

374 
2959 

89 
2286 
1987 
1611 
897 
769 
895 


AUTHOR 
Alas  I  our  young  affections  run         Byron 
Alas  1  they  had  been  friends  in  Coleridge 

Alas  1  what  differs  more  than  man    Wordsioorth 


A  life  of  honor  and  of  worth 

A  little  bird  I  am 

A  living,  breathing  Bible 

A  little  flock  I    Yes,  even  so 

A  little  learning  is  a  dangerous 

A  little  longer  still — patience 

A  little  theft,  a  small  deceit 

A  little  while,  and  He  shall  come 

A  little  word  in  loudness 

All  are  architects  of  Fate 

All  are  but  parts  o&one 

All  are  not  taken  I  there  are  left 

Alleluia,  alleluia  1 

All  evils  natiual  and  moral 

All  haU  1  thou  noble  land 

All  haU  1  Thou  noblest  Guest 

All  hope  on  earth  forever  fled 

All  is  dying ;  hearts  are  breaking 

All  is  of  God ;  if  He  but  wave  His 

AH  is  vanity  which  is  not  honesty 

All  knowledge  is  not  nourishment 

All  may  be  heroes :  "  The  man 

All  nature  a  sermon  may 

All  nature  seems  at  work 

All  night  the  lonely  suppUant 


Manrique,  tr 
Guyon,  tr. 
Woodbridge 
Bonar 
Pope 


Whittier 
Longfellow 
Pope 

E.  B.  Browning 
Tr.  by  Bonar 
Young 
Allston 
Luther,  tr. 
Dale 

Spitta,  tr. 
Loioell 
Tupper 
Willis 
Male 

Spegel,  tr. 
Coleridge 
Tr.  by  Trench 


AU-potent  Flattery,  universal  lord  Pope 

All  powerful  is  the  penitential  Hayes 

All  praise  to  Thee,  my  God  Ke7i 

All's  for  the  best ;  be  sanguine  Tupper 

All  that  in  this  wide  world  we  Bryant 

All  that  I  was — my  sin — my  guilt  Bonar 

All  that's  brightest  must  fade  Moore 

All  the  world's  a  stage  Shakespeare 

All  things  are  altered,  nothing  is  Ovid,  tr. 

All  things  are  big  with  Herbert 

All  things  that  are  on  earth  Tr.  by  Bryant 

All  things  that  we  ordained  Shakespeare 

All  thought — They  once  were  Pollok 

All  truth  is  calm  Bonar 

All  vice  to  which  man  yields  Tr.  by  Alger  i 

Almighty  God,  Thy  piercing  eye  Watts 

Almighty,  hear  Thy  children  raise  Bryant 

Almighty  Judge,  how  shall  Herbert  • 

Alone,  amid  life's  griefs  and  perils 

Alone  I  walked  the  ocean  strand  Gould 

Alone  to  land  upon  that  shore  Faber 

Alone  with  Thee  I  alone  with  Thee  B.  Palmer' 

A  Lord  I  had ;  to  Him  I  brought  Herbert 

A  lowly  man — He  takes  my  sins  Hobertson 

A  man  I  knew  who  lived  upon  a  Young 

A  man  In  his  carriage  was  riding 

A  man  may  cry  church  !  church  1  Hood 

A  man  once  eat  with  his  good  wife  Tr.  by  Alger 

A  man  there  came,  whence  none  Allingham 

727 


NUMBER 
2459 
1418 
5 
2123 
1939 

233 

43& 
10391 
107» 
293S> 
294» 
2069' 

291 

220 

2656 

90 

1912 

1084 

260 
1863 
2036 
2C03 
1839 
1040 
1792 

315 
3029 

510 
1329' 

617 

636- 
^136' 
1504 
2285 
113+ 
2135 
2365 
S00& 
2182 
2320> 

880' 
290& 
2613 

794 
1019 
2049 

90T 

2462 

95& 

S83 

526 

382 

1S27 

896 

1368 

843 

2858 


728 


INDEX  OF  riRST  LINES  AND  AUTHORS. 


AUTHOR  KUMBER 

A.  man  through  Syria's  ueserts         Ruckert,  tr.  2131 

A  man  to-day  the  gloiy  of  his           Pollok  2236 

Ambition  is  the  -vice  of  noble  souls  Mant  100 

Am  I  a  coward                                  Shakespeare  B62 

Amid  all  life's  quests                         Bailey  2238 

A  mighty  realm  is  the  land  of           Bryant  921 

A  million  beats  of  man's  united        Tr.  by  Alger  1493 
A  millstone  and  the  human               Yon  Logau,  tr.      1680 

A  moaning  cry  as  the  world  rolls  1071 

Among  the  beautiful  pictures            A.  Cary  285 

Among  the  sons  of  men  how  few      Churchill  2017 

A  monk,  when  his  rites  sacerdotal    Jane  Taylor  336 

Amy  died — Dear  little  Amy               Ingelow  357 

A  mystic  cup  was  mixed  of               Tr.  by  Alger  2437 

An  aged  Sultan  placed  before  his     Tr.  by  Alger  1495 

An  atheist  is  ever  the  most               Tupper  2915 

And  all  these  lines  are  underscored  Greenwell  1163 

And  all  you  men,  whom  greatness    Cowley  2338 

And  art  Thou  grieved,  sweet  and      Herbert  1808 

And  as  the  waxing  moon  can  take    Ingelow  1483 

And  at  Oriel's  signal  came                Bickersteth  1732 

And  can  it  be,  that  I  should              C.  Wesley  1228 

And  can  then  true  philosophy           Ragg  245 

And  could  we  choose  the  time           Chaucer  674 

And  did  He  rise                                 Young  ['  153 

And  first  of  dying  friends                  Young  j225 

And  freedom  thus,  of  old,  so  often    Percival  1390 

And  greedy  avarice  by  him  did  rido  Spenser  191 

And  have  I  measured  half  my           C.  Wesley  1513 

And  how  I  bless  night's  consecrating  Young  2395 

And  is  there  care  in  heaven              Spenser  122 

And  is  this  the  prime                        Coleridge  2731 

And  lo  !  the  glories  of  the                 Lowth  631 

And  lo  I  upon  the  extreme  vergs      Bickersteth  1706 

And  may  I  still  get  there                  Eunter  828 

And  messages  from  shipwrecked      Ingelow  1818 

And  next  to  him  malicious  Envy      Spenser  1103 

And  Noah  went  up  into  the  ship       Ingelow  772 

And  now,  unveiled,  the  toilet           Pope  1280 

And  oh  1  what  changes  we  aU           Barnes  2367 

And  O  !  if  perchance  there  should    W.  A.  Butler  926 

And  on  the  throne                              Bickersteth  2052 

Androcles  from  his  injured               Coicper  2075 

And  shall  I  e'er  again  thy  features    Mant  2670 

And  since  in  God's  recording  book    Alexander  475 

And  slight  withal  may  be  the           Byron  2270 

And  sometimes  in  my  house              P.  Cary  2972 

And  so  the  Word  had  breath             Tennyson  1556 

And  still  from  Him  we  turn  away     Clinch  1902 

And  thou,  gray  voyager  to  the           Whittier  3055 

And  there  lives  not  a  victim  of          Dewart  1437 

And  there  were  hypocrites                 Bickersteth  1771 

And  these  vicissitudes  tell  best  in     Byron  1189 
And  we  talk'd — oh,  how  we  talk'd  t  E.  B.  Browning      622 

And  what  art  thou,  thou  idol           Shakespeare  323 

And  whence,  then,  came  these  439 

And  when  the  fadeless  crown            Bickersteth  2259 

And  when  Time  sweet  opiates           Clinch  502 

And  who,  that  walks  where  men  of  Wordsworth  162 

And  wilt  thou  now,  that  God            Jfant  2847 

And  yet,  fair  brow,  no  f abUng           Campbell  2622 

And  yet  the  fate  of  all  extremes        Pope  2403 

And  yet,  what  god-like  gifts              WilUa  1466 

An  Eastern  prince  his  vizirs  once  3010 

Angels  are  men  of  a  superior  kind     Young  '  121 

An  honest  man  is  still  an                   Davenport  1841 

An  orphan,  through  the  world          P.  Cary  2438 

Another  feature  in  the  ways  of  God  Pollok  91 

Another  hand  is  beckoning  us           WhiUKr  1402 


ATTTHOB  KUUBEB 

A  novel  was  a  book                           Pollok  2397 

Answer  me,  burning  stars  of  night  Eemana  663 

Anywhere  with  Jesus,  says  the  2024 

A  parent  ask'd  a  priest  his  boy  to  477 

A  i)en  to  register ;  a  key                    Wordsworth  2276 

ApUgrim,  bound  to  Mecca,  quite     Tr.  by  Alger  470 

A  pining  sceptic  towards  a                Oriental,  tr.  2499 

A  present  Deity  in  aU                        Grahame  2376 

A  priest  by  Heaven  ordained            Dewart  2516 

A  plague  upon  them  1  r  heref ore      Shakespeare  618 

ApoUyon,  Baalim,  Beelzebub             Bickersteth  1704 

A  rare  thing  is  faith,  and  friendship  Tupper  1409 

Are  old  people  bow'd  by  weak'ning  Barnes  1742 

Are  there  on  earth  (let  me  not  call    Young  131 

Are  virtue,  then,  and  piety               Young  2497 

Are  we  not  brothers                          Shakespeare  1119 

Are  we  not  creatures  of  one  hand     Manzoni,  tr.  288 

Art  may  tell  a  truth                         R.  Browning  14T 

Art  thou  weary,  art  thou  languid     Stephen,  tr.  397 

As  Adi,  with  the  youthful                 Tr.  by  Alger  1596 

As  a  girl  with  ready  smile                  Howe  2246 

As  a  thief  bent  to  unheard  the          Milton  2695 

As  by  the  churchyard  yew  my          Nant  443 

As  by  the  shore,  at  break  of  day       Moore  2106 

Ascend,  beloved,  to  the  joy               Bonar  2092 

As  custom  arbitrates,  whose             Byron  623 

As  felt  the  gross  Material                   Pollok  2647 

As  frost  to  the  bud,  and  blight  to     Tupper  1422 

A  shipwrecked  sailor  on  a  desert      Dewart  2417 

Ask  what  prevailing,  pleasing           Moore  2932 

Asleep  in  Jesus !    Blessed  sleep        M.  Mackay  980 

As  'mid  tl*e  ever-roUing  sea  2063 

A  smith  at  the  loom  and  a  weaver    Tiipper  37 

As  one  in  days  of  old  would  fly          Townsend  3049 

As  'plains  the  homesick  ocean           Osgood  2163 

As  precious  gums  are  not  for            Dryden  723 

A  sprout  of  evil,  ere  it  has  struck      Tr.  by  Alger  1158 

As  some  of  us,  in  trust,  have  made  Butler  540 

As  some  rare  perfume  in  a  vase        Stowe  1686 
As  the  heart-strings  only  render  Adam  of  St.  Victor,  tr.  867 

As  the  rose  doth  its  fragrance            Tr.  by  Alger  164 

As  through  the  artist's  intervening  Prior  1751 

As  through  the  land  at  eve                Tennyson  2623 

As  't  pleases  God,  so  it  pleases  me    J.  Friedrich  501 

A  strong  and  mailed  angel  1078 

A  strong  tower  is  the  Lord  our  God  Luther,  tr,  757 

As  two  embracing  palms,  whose        Ken  2990 

As  we  do  turn  our  backs                    Shakespeare  1410 

As  wrapt  and  hidden  in  the  stone's  Mant  1043 

A  tender  mother  lives                        More  2191 

At  evening  to  myself  I  say                C.  Wesley  640 

At  every  motion  of  our  breath          Montgomery  584 

Atheist,  forbear :  no  more                  Watts  171 

A  thing  of  beauty  is  a  joy  forever     Keats  212 
A  thought  lay  like  a  flower                E.  B.  Brownini     2864 

A  thousand  gnats  make  up                R.  Browning  2606 

A  thousand  years,  and  years  on         Coxe  1125 

A  thousand  yearn  a  poor  man            Tr.  by  Alger  2434 

At  midnight,  in  his  guarded  tent      Halleck  1476 

A  traveller  through  a  dusty  road      C.  Mackay  2161 

A  true  good  man  there  was                Chaucer  2462 

A  truth  it  is,  few  doubt,  but  fewer    Young  2142 

At  summer  eve,  when  Heaven's         Campbell  898 

Auspicious  hope !  in  thy  sweet          Campbell  1863 

Authority  intoxicates,                         Butler  185 

Avaunt  thee,  horrid  War                  Bickersteth  295>* 

Ave  Maria !  blessed  be  the  hour        Byron  1144 

Avenge,  O  Lord,  Thy  slaughter'd     MtUan  2263 

A  very  little  goodness  goes  for  much  1648 


INDEX  OF  PIBST  LINES  AND  AUTHORS. 


729 


AUTHOR  NUMBER 

A  vintner  at  the  point  of  death  Bilrger,  tr.    -.  88 

A  voice  from  the  desert  comes  Drummond  396 

Avoid  a  villain  as  you  would  a  Oriental,  tr.  464 

Awake,  my  soul,  and  with  the  sun  Ken  2330 

Awake,  my  soul,  lift  up  thine  eyea  Barbauld  345 

Awake,  my  soul  1  not  only  Coleridge  1505 

Away  from  his  home  and  the  Runter  1321 

Away,  then,  causeless  doubts  and  Lyte  940 

Away  with  custom  1  'tis  the  plea  Layard  623 

Away  with  death — away  White  1927 

Away  with  my  fears  C.  Weuley  254 

A  weaver  sat  one  day  at  his  loom  P.  Gary  2474 

A  wife's  a  man's  best  piece ;  who  Shirley  2992 

A  wiad  came  up  out  of  the  sea  Longfellov)  637 

A  wretched  thing  it  were  to  have  Trench  1694 

A  year  has  ended — ^let  the  good  Percival  2676 

Ay,  Justice,  who  evades  her  Sale  2053 

Ay,  thou  art  for  the  grave  JBryant  2S45 

A  young  maiden's  heart  Kemble  1692 

A  youngster  at  school,  more  sedate  Cowper  887 

Bear  Thou  my  burden.  Lord,  who  Bonar  827 


Beats  there  a  heart  withm  that 
Beautiful,  beautiful  childhood 
Beautiful,  sublime,  and  glorious 
Beautiful  Zion,  built  above 


Behold,  the  Eridegroom  cometh 
Behold  the  child,  by  Nature's 
Behold  the  happy  man,  his  face 
Behold  the  inexorable  hour  at 
Behold  I  the  mountain  of  the 
Behold  the  sua,  that  seem'd  but 


Best  unbar  the  doors 
Be  thou  clad  in  russet  weed 
Ee  thrifty  but  not  covetous 
Better  than  gold  is  a  thinking 
Better  through  life  barefooted 
Between  a  wise  magician 
Between  broad  fields  of  wheat 
Between  divine  alid  human  life 


Tr.  by  Falconer  1701 

Willis  361 

Barton  2724 

Gill  1709 


Beauty  and  Truth,  though  never  Buchanan  158 

Beauty  is  but  vain  and  doubtful  Shak^peare  213 

Beauty — may  that  of  holiness  be  Gould  803 

Be  calm  in  arguing :  for  fierceness  Herbert  142 

Be  firm  I  one  constant  element  Holmes  1325 

Before  Elisha's  gate  Newton  2370 

Before  the  seas,  and  this  terrestrial  Ovid,  tr.  509 

Before  us  now  it  rose,  builded  Bickersteth  1717 

Begin  the  day  with  God  Bonar  635 

Be  great  in  act  as  you  have  Shakeapeare  1609 

Behold  an  emblem  of  our  human  Wordsworth  891 

Behold  a  patriarch  of  years,  who  Tupper  85 

Behold,  fond  man  Thomson  2996 

Behold  that  daughter  of  the  world  Tupper  1284 

Behold  the  bed  of  death  670 


Tr.  by  Moultrie  40 

Pope  116 

Tupper  2915 

Young  095 

Bruce  2326 

Wither  1145 


Behold  the  world— Rests,  and  her  White  2394 

Behold  where  yon  pellucid  Smxirt  2494 

Be  kind  to  each  other  Swain  2072 

3e  kind  to  thy  father,  for  when  2071 

Believe  me,  if  all  those  endearing  Moore  2184 

Beloved,  it  is  well  1209 

Benaath  Moriah's  rocky  side  MChej/ne  2850 

Beneath  this  stony  roof  reclined  Warton  1785 

Be  not  afraid  to  pray  Coleridge  2550 

Be  not  proud,  but  now  incline  Eerrick  327 

Be  patient  I  oh,  be  patient  I  2467 


E.  B.  Browning  2103 

Burns  2527 

Herbert  1187 
2866 

Tr.  by  Alger  2988 

Oriental,  tr.  2598 

Bead  1830 

Tr.  by  Alger  1524 


AUTHOR 

NUMBER 

Herbert 

2926 

E.  0.  Smith 

2638 

Cowper 

2835 

•   95T 

Priest 

1728 

Bonar 

1764 

Tr.  by  Alger 

2004 

Newton 

593 

Southey 

671 

Mant 

64 

P.  Palmer 

234 

Ken 

3411 

Machen 

579 

Bryant 

2263! 

Dana 

261* 

Herbert 

1160 

Graham 

267 

Shakespeare 

1984 

Between  the  acting  of  a  dreadful      Shakespeare  1996 

Between  the  dark  and  the  daylight  Longfelloxo  69 

Between  two  breaths  what                Holmes  2113 

Betwixt  heaven,  earth,  and  skies      Ovid,  tr.  1258 


Be  useful  where  thou  livest 
Beware  of  doubt — faith  is  the 
Beware  of  too  sublime  a  sense 
Beyond  life's  raging  fever 
Beyond  these  chilling  winds 
Beyond  the  smiling  and  the 
Bikasur  had  of  penance 
Bitter,  indeed,  the  waters  are 
Black  horror  I  speed  we  to  the 
"  Blessed  are  they  that  mourn 
Blessed  Bible  I  how  I  love  it 

Blest  Charity  1  the  grace  long-  Ken 
Blessed  credulity,  thou  great 
Blessed,  yet  sinful  one,  and 
Blest  are  the  pure  in  heart 
Blest  be  the  God  of  love 
Blind,  poor,  and  helpless,  Bartimeas  Graham 
Blow,  blow,  thou  winter  wind 

Blue  bends  the  sky  above  1698 

Blynde  obstynacye  Huntingdon  178S 

Bold  spirit  1  who  art  free  to  rove  Wordsworth  109T 

Boast  not  the  titles  of  your  Jonson  ;.  IIT 

Bound  upon  the  accursed  tree  Milmati  61* 

Break  Oblivion's  sleep  Sigourney  1995 

Breathes  there  the  man  with  soul  Scott  2471 

Brethren,  arise  Bonar  lOlO 

Bright  as  the  pillar  rose  at  Campbell  1448 

Bright  as  the  skies  that  cover  thee  Willis  630 

"  Bright  portals  of  the  sky  Drummond  151 

Bring  then  these  blessings  to  a  Pope  1610 

Bring  the  thrilling  scene  Sigourney  1463 

Bring  us  the  higher  example  E.  B.  Browning      446 

Brittle  beauty,  that  Nature  Earl  of  Surrey        211 

Brutus  and  Caesar,  what  Shakespeare  2371 

Build'st  thou  on  Wealth  1  its  1379 

But  aU  in  vain :  no  fort  can  be  Spenser  2856 

But  aU  our  praises  why  should  Pope  225 

But  as  his  joys  are  double  Herbert  2902 

But  as  I  mused,  there  crowded  Bickersteth  2966 

But  as  it  sometimes  chanceth  Wordsworth  826 

But  conscience,  in  some  awful  Cowper  490 

But  deem  not  thou  some  Southey  2372 

But  despite  as  their  doom  whom  Seattle  812 

But  dream  not  helm  and  harness  Whitlier  1786 

But  first  Messiah  spake  Bickersteth  2672 

But  happy  they,  the  happiest  of  Thomson  1876 

But  if  there  be  who  follow  Paul  Keble  131* 

But  man  He  made  of  angel  form  Pollok  222S 

But  me,  not  destined  such  delights  Goldsmith  1177 

But  mightiest  of  the  mighty  Boioring  2573 

But  never  more  than  once  Euripides,  tr.  303 

But  no,  alas  1  we've  never  seen  Moore  2242 

But  not  even  pleasure  to  excess  Thomson  J8510 

But  now  the  fourth  day  Bickersteth  664 

But  one  of  our  household  number  P.  Cary  2453 

But  quiet  to  quick  bosoms  is  a  heU  Byron  1066 

But  scarce  observ'd  the  knowing  Johnson  2217 

But  see  where,  in  the  clear  Pollen  2391 

But  soft,  my  friend ;  arrest  the  Cotton  2569 

But  strange  indeed  the  distribution  Pollok  1997 

But  there  was  one  in  foUy  father  Pollok  2314 

But  these  young  scholars  Emerson  666 

But  the  unfaithful  priest  Pollok  2309 

But  'tis  some  justice  to  ascribe  Davenant  1908 

But  to  my  mind — though  I  am  Shakespeare  620 

But  true  religion,  sprung  from  Henry  More  2637 

But  what  of  all  the  joys  of  earth  Pollok  1641 

But  what  or  who  are  we,  alas  I  Wither  1469 

But  when  good  Saturn,  banish'd  Ovid,  tr.  79 


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'INDEX  OP  fIRST  LINES  AND  AUTHORS.' 


AUTHOR  KUMBER 

But  when  I  go— to  my  lone  bed  Sigourney  658 

JJiit  when  the  silence  and  the  'Willla  1998 

Cut  when  we  in  our  viciousnesa  Shakespeare  2936 

But  where  to  find  the  happiest  Goldamith  2470 

By  all  means  use  sometime  to  Herbert  1162 

By  ceaseless  action  aU  that  is  Cowper  1179 

By  day  she  woos  me,  soft  C.  G.  Soasetti       3041 

By  myself  walking  Lamb  1891 

By  nature  peaceable  and  frail  Southey  1428 

By  nature's  law  what  may  be  Young  768 

By  Nebo's  lonely  mountain  Alexander  2340 

By  no  means  run  in  debt  Herbert  1427 

By  Satan's  subtlety  beguiled  C.  Wesley  2450 

By  the  poor  willow's  oil  and  meal  Newton  1348 

By  trifles,  in  our  common  ways  Punahon  282 

By  weakest  ministers,  the  Almighty  Jenner  2565 

Call  back  the  dew  Dickens  8180 

Call  now  to  mind  what  high  Akenside  4 

Can  I  not  sin,  but  Thou  wilt  be  Eerriek  3008 

Can  I  see  another's  woe  Blake  2507 

Canst  thou  tell  me  what  ia  Oriental,  tr.  190 

Canst  thou  thy  body  on  thy  bed  Mant  2542 

Careful  without  care  I  am  C.  Wesley  313 

Careless  seems  the  great  Avenger  Lowell  2960 

"  Carry  me  across  1 "  Craik  906 

Ceaselessly  the  weaver.  Time  Burleigh  2883 

Cease,  ye  tearful  mourners  Clemens,  tr.  299 

Chains  of  my  heart,  avannt,  I  say  ^eble  181 

Cheerful,  O  Lord  !  at  Thy  2501 

Child,  amidst  the  flowers  at  play  Semana  2539 

Child,  by  God's  sweet  mercy  given  Syrus,  tr.  229 

Child  of  day,  thou  knowest  not  Landor  1961 

Child  of  my  love,  "  LEAN  HARD"  295 

Child  of  sin  and  sorrow  Hastings  2282 

Children  are  what  the  mothers  are  Landor  2343 

Children  of  wealth  or  want  Holmea  1111 

Children,  that  lay  their  pretty  Craik  2658 

Christian,  to  arms  I  behold  in  sight  P.  Palmer  144 

Christ  the  Lord  is  risen  to-day  C.  Wesley  1027 

Cities  have  been,  and  vanished  Percival  743 

Cities  of  proud  hotels  Emerson  793 

Clad  in  a  robe  of  pure  and  spotless  Neale  428 

Cleon hath  a  million  acres  Mackay  2525 

CUme  of  the  unforgotten  brave  Byron  1387 

Cling  to  the  Crucified  Bonar  2027 

Close  the  door  lightly  721 

Close  up  the  Lodger,  Time  8421 

Columbia,  Columbia,  to  glory  Dwight  114 

Come  and  deck  the  grave  with  Monsell  1590 

Come  and  sit  by  me  Byron  815 

Come  away  Herbert  91  g 

Come,  be  happy  1  sit  near  me  Shelley  2316 

Come,  blessed  of  my  Heavenly  221 

Come,  bring  thy  gift.    If  blessings  Herbert  494 

Come,  disappointment,  cornel  White  860 

Come  forth  I  come  on,  with  Sach,  tr. .  1430 

Come  hither,  ye  faithful  418 

Come,  Holy  Ghost,  our  souls  inspire  1814 

Come  labor  on  2487 

Come  I  let  us  arise,  and  press  to  904 

Come,  Lord,  and  tarry  not  Bonar  41 

Come,  O  come  I  In  pious  lays  Wither  764 

Come,  O  my  soul,  thy  certain  ruin  1934 

Come,  O  Thou  Traveller  imknown  C.  Wesley  1225 

Come  then,  AflBiction,  if  my  Swain  72 

Come,  then,  tell  me,  sage  divine  Akenside  1477 

Come  to  Calvary's  holy  mountain,  Montgomery  300 

Come  to  the  land  of  peace  1737 
Come,  ye  faithful,  raise  the     t/ioAn  ofDamaaata,  tr>  1028 


Come,  ye  thankful  people 
Companion  none  is  like 
Compared  with  this  amazing 
Composed  of  many  thoughts 
Congenial  HOPE '.  thy  passion 


AUTHOR  NUMBER 

Al/ord  1609 

Vaux  2865 

Montgomery  S035 

Pollok  276 

Campbell  3060 


Conscience,  what  art  thou  ?  thou  Young  487 

Consider,  man,  weigh  well  thy  J.  Gray  1109 

Corruption  is  a  tree,  whose  Beaumont  536 

Could  I  command  with  voice  or  Montgomery  1467 

Could  I,  from  heaven  inspired  Cowper  2390 

Could  not  that  wisdom  which  Herbert  ^    2644 

Could  the  wine-cup  teU  its  story  2994 

Could  we  with  ink  the  ocean  fill  1486 

Countless  chords  of  heavenly  Mackay  157 

Courage,  O  faithful  heart  Littlewood  2980 

Crabbed  age  and  youth  Shakespeare  2240 

Creation,  which  had  groan'd  Bickersteth  2290 

Creator  I  let  Thy  Spirit  shine  Burleigh  2525 

Cross,  most  adored,  to  thee  I  give  Tr.  1689 

Custom  does  often  reason  overrule  Earl  of  Rochester   622 

Custom  forms  us  all  Gill  623 

Custom,  'tis  true,  a  venerable  Thomson  622 

Cyrus,  the  dreaded  arbiter,  a  1617 

Dare  to  do  right  O.  L.   Taylor  19 

Dare  to  think  though  others  frown  281 

Dark  is  the  night,  and  fitful  Duryee  1825 

Daughter  of  Jove,  relentless  T.  Gray  51 

Day  and  night  my  toils  Wordaworth  2666 

Day  by  day  the  manna  fell  Conder  783 

Day  dawned ;  within  a  curtained  Procter  2122 

Day  divine,  when  in  the  temple  Gill  1807 
Day  of  vengeance,  without        Thomaa  of  Celano,  tr.   643 

Days  come  and  go  Bonar  1129 

Day-stars  I  that  ope  your  eyes  at  Smith  1341 

Dead.    There's  an  answer  to  E.  B.  Browning      647 

Deal  gently  with  us,  ye  who  read  Holmes  1941 

Dear  Chloe,  while  the  busy  crowd  Cotton  1821 

Death  have  we  hated,  not  Morris  2117 

Death  in  the  pot !  'tis  always  C.  Wesley  1347 

Death  is  a  fearful  thing  Shakespeare  694 

Death  is  here  in  spirit,  watcher  Tupper  717 

Death  is  short  and  life  is  long  C.  G.  Bossetti  958 

Deathless  principle,  arise  Toplady  672 

Death  opens  her  sweet  white  Bailey  705 

Death's  at  my  door,  walks  to  my  Zwingli,  tr.  C73 

Death,  the  old  serpent's  son  Taylor  2337 

Death,  thou  wast  once  an  uncouth  Herbert  663 

Death  worketh  Bonar  1952 

Deem  not  that  they  are  blest  alone  Bi-yant  65 

Deep  is  the  sea,  and  deep  is  hell  Tupper  2579 

Delay  not,  delay  not,  O  sinner  Hastings  770 

Delightful  task  I  to  rear  the  tender  Thomson  378 

Desire  himseU  nms  out  of  breath  lialeigh  805 

Desire  of  every  land  I    The  nations  Pollok  3069 

Despair  not,  Virtue,  who  in  Prince  818 

Detraction  's  a  bold  monster,  and  Massinger  835 

Dim  as  the  borrow'd  beams  of  Dryden  2623 

Ding  dong !  ding  dong  Holmea  2912 

Disappointment  rather  seemed  Pollok  854 

Discord,  a  sleepless  hag,  who  never  Wolcot  881 

Dismissed  to  glory  with  a  kiss  of  668 

Does  the  dark  and  soundless  river  Cooper  660 

Does  the  road  wind  up-hiU  C.  G.  Bosaetti  2147 

Domestic  happiness,  thou  only  Cowper  1657 

Domestic  Love  !  not  in  proud  palace  Croly  1827 

Do  no  sinful  action  Alexander  304 

Do  not,  as  some  ungracious  Shakespeare  2463 

Don't  catch  the  fidgets ;  you  have  Holmea  1176 

Dost  thou  not  know— That  of  all  More   .  1303 


ETOEX  OP  FIRST  LINES  AND  AUTHORS. 


731 


(AUTHOR 

B  0  Ibou  thy  precious  eecrets  Oriental,  tr, 

Doubt  is  the  eternal  shade  by  Harris 

Pread  is  the  leisure  up  above  Ingelow 

Dresim  on  !    Though  Heaven  may  Solmes 


Dream'st  thou  of  heaven 
Drop,  drop,  slow  tears 
Drop  follows  drop,  and  swells 
Drums  and  battle-cries 
Dust  receive  thy  kindred 
Dusi;  to  dust,  it  mingleth  well 
Duty,  like  a  strict  preceptor 


NUMBER 
2729 
916 
1518 
1914 
1719 
520 
1973 
E.  B.  Browning    2473 


Remans 
Fletcher 


Sonar 
Tupper 
Wordsworth 


Duty  !  Religion  I     These,  our  duty  Young 


Each  creature  holds  an  insular 

Each  day  his  face  grew  thinner 

Each  day  its  duty  brings 

Each  day  you  have  is  but  a  steed 

Each  night  we  die 

Each  petty  hand — Can  steer  a 


E.  B.  Browning 
Massey 

Alger 

Young 

JonBon 


Early  from  heaven  it  was  revealed   PolloJc 


Earth  fainted  at  her  childi-en'a 

Earth  has  nothing  sweet  or  fair 

Earth  hath  its  gems  around 

Earthly  things — Are  but  the 

Earth's  children  cleave  to  Earth 

Earth's  cup — Is  poisoned 

Earth  shall  be  ocean 

"  Earth  to  earth,  and  dust  to  dust 

Earth,  what  a  sorrow  lies  before 

Easier  to  smite  with  Peter's 

Eating  of  the  Tree  forbidden 

E'ene  all  religious  courses  to  be 

*'  England,  with  all  thy  faults  I  love  Cowper 

England,  with  all  thy  faults  I  love    Byron 

Envy  at  last  crawls  forth  from 

Ere  last  year's  moon  had  left  the 

Erewhile,  on  England's  pleasant 

Error  is  a  hardy  plant ;  it 

Essential  honor  must  be  in  a 

Eternal  Hope  1  when  yonder 

Eternal  troubles  haunt  thy 

Eternity !  eternity !  how  long 

Eternity  I  eternity  I    Thou 

Eternity's  vast  ocean  lies  before 

Eternity,  the  various  sentence 

Even  I — But  I  can  laugh  and 

Even  in  a  palace,  life  may  be  led 

Even  in  the  happiest  choice 

Even  to  the  best,  the  wise,  and 

Ever  complaining 

Ever-eating,  never  cloying 

Ever  let  the  fancy  roam 

Ever  with  Thee,  Almighty  Love 

Every  end  is  happiness,  the 

Every  one  that  flatters  thee 

Existence  may  be  borne,  and  the 

Eye  hath  not  seen 

Faint,  and  worn,  and  aged 

Pair  girl !  by  whose  simplicity 

Pair  is  the  sight,  by  Israel's 

Fair  shines  the  moon,  Jerusalem 

Fair  wert  thou,  in  the  dreams 

Faith,  firmness,  confidence 

Faithful  cross  I  above  all  other 

Faith,  Hope,  and  Love  were 

Faith  is  a  living  power  from 

Faith  lights  us  through  the 

Faith  like  a  mustard-seed 

Faith,  like  an  unsuspecting  child 

Faith  of  our  fathers  1  living  still 


Bickersteth 

Silesius,  tr. 

Bowring 

White 

Bryant 

PoUok 

Byron 

Croly 

Bonar 

Whittier 

Fortunatus,  tr. 

Herrick 


Cowley 

Judson 

Bryant  •, 

Tupper 

Phillips 

Campbell 

Lucretius,  tr. 

Wulffer,  tr. 

Montgomery 

Young 

Young 

Wesley,  Jr. 

Arnold 

Lytton 

Tupper 

Swain 

Swift 

Keata 

Paulin 

Tupper 

Barnjleld 

Byron 

Eayea 

Clarlt 
Mant 

Bayard  Taylor 
ffemans 
Tupper 
Fortunatus,  tr. 


Davenani 
Tupper 
Fry 
Faber 


1583 
2671 

955 

132 
2143 
1235 

941 
2138 
2327 
1563 

287 
1336 

401 

573 
2365 
1006 
1008 

776 
1594 
1007 
1889 

694 
2974 
1087 
1085 
1100 
1957 
1584 
1243 
1414 
1857 

892 
1118 
1127 
1128 
2054 

513 
1173 
2247 

725 

408 
2876 
1274 
2424 
1069 
2319 
1364 
1725 

629 
2615 
1267 
2022 
1059 
2927 

697 
1474 
1232 
1219 
3030 
1204 


12231 


False  friends,  like  insects  in  a 
False  world,  thou  ly'st 
Fame  is  the  spur  that  the  clear 
Fame,  the  great  Ul,  from  small 
Farewell,  a  long  farewell,  to  all 
Farewell,  farewell  1  is  often  heard 
Farewell  I  if  ever  fondest  prayer 
Farewell,  ye  gilded  follies 
Far  from  these  narrow  scenes  of 
Fashion,  leader  of  a  chattering 
Fate  is  a  hand — It  lays  two  fingers 
Father  of  all  I  in  every  age 
Father  of  heaven  and  earth 
Fathers  alone  a  father's  heart  can 
Father,  who  to  us  hast  given 
Faults  in  the  life  breed  errors  in 
Fear  no  more  the  heat  o'  the  sun 
Fear  ye  the  festal  hour 
Few  are  the  clear,  strong  spirits 
Fierce  was  the  wild  willow 
Fight  thou  with  shafts  of 
First  appetite  enlists  him 
First  Envy,  eldest  bom  of  hell 
First,  mightiest  Deity  1  Eternal 
First  offer  incense ;  then  thy  field 
First  seek  an  object  worthy 
First  time  he  kissed  me 
First,  what  is  true  ambition 
Five  hundred  princely  guests 
Flattery  sticketh  like  a  burr 
Fling  out  the  banner  I  let  it  float 
Flowers,  wherefore  do  ye  bloom 
Flung  to  the  heedless  winds 
Fly  drunkenness,  whose  vile 
Fly,  envious  Time,  till  thou  run 
Foiled  by  our  fellow-men 
Fool,  again  the  dream,  the  fancy 
For  aU  that  God  in  mercy  sends 
For  aught  that  ever  I  could  read 
For  beauty  hideth  everywhere 
For  Destiny  does  not  Uke 
Foremost  Old  Age,  his  natural 
Forever  with  the  Lord 
For  forms  of  government  let  fools 
Forget  them  not :  though  now 
Fer  I  dip  into  the  future,  far  as 
For  look  again  on  the  past  years 
For  me  He  left  His  home  on  high 
For  right  of  freedom  when  man 
For  shamefast  harm  of  great  and 
For  thee  was  a  house  buUt 
For  them  the  fulness  of  His  might 
For  though  the  judge.  Conscience 
For  to-day  the  lists  are  set,  and 
Fortunes  are  made,  if  I  the  facts 
Fortune  the  great  commandress  of 
For  when  I  feel  my  virtue  fail 
For  within  the  hollow  crown 
Fountain  of  song,  its  prayer 
Four  infernal  rivers,  that  disgorge 
FraU  art  thou,  O  man 
Frail  creatures  are  we  all 
Fresh  glides  the  brook  and  blows 
Friend  after  friend  departs 
Friends  counsel  quick  dismission 
Friendship  is  no  plant  of  hasty 
Friends,  I  have  breathed 
From  Adam  to  his  youngest 
From  a  daxk  cloud^^a  dtpp  ^  rain 


AUTHOR             NUMBER 

1403 

Quarles 

2929 

Milton 

1257 

Tooke 

1253 

Shakespeare 

161* 

Cook 

1542 

Byron 

1273 

Quarles 

180 

Steele 

1716 

Cowper 

1281 

Tr.  by  Alger 

693 

Pope 

2557 

ITemana 

1149 

Young 

1294 

Farningham. 

1413 

Cowper 

1302 

Shakespeare 

648 

Hemans 

2312 

Percival 

1050 

AnatoUus,  tr. 

2477 

Herrick 

2328 

Cowper 

1116 

Porteua 

2351 

Melendez,  tr. 

1493 

Herrick 

87 

Tr.  by  Dryden 

2201 

E.  B.  Browning 

2076 

Young 

110 

Tr.  by  Trench 

1319 

Tupper 

1330 

Doane 

2322 

Montgomery 

1989 

Luther,  tr. 

2256 

Bandolph 

931 

Milton 

2880 

Arnold 

1432 

Tennyson 

2592 

E.  I.  Tupper 

2859 

Shakespeare 

2178 

Tupper 

215 

Emerson 

2590 

Porteua 

669 

Montgomery 

1923 

Pope 

285T 

Hemana 

649 

Tennyson 

2292 

Bryant 

1114 

386 

Tr.  by  Alger 

1794 

Wyatt 

814 

Longfellow 

1593 

Jenner 

135 

Davenant 

483 

Tupper 

2887 

Crabbe 

1377 

Chapman 

1371 

Watts 

109 

Shakespeare 

687 

Hogg 

1858 

Milton 

1779 

Tupper 

S553 

Coleridge 

1382 

Lytton 

2700 

Montgomery 

'1412 

Young 

1623 

Baillie 

1420 

Bickersteth 

2219 

Montgomerp 

206O 

Oriental,  tr. 

1881 

732 


INDEX  OP  FIRST  LINES  AND  AUTHORS. 


From  desolated  hearths,  Irom 
From  his  brimstone  bed 
From  lips  divine,  like  healing 
From  Nature's  constant  or 
Prom  realm  to  realm,  with  cross 
From  that  day  forth  no  place 
From  the  bough 
From  the  eternal  shadow 
From  the  recesses  of  a  lowly  spirit 
From  the  throne  of  the  highest 
From  this  hour  the  pledge  is 
From  thy  false  tears  I  did  distil 
FuU  many  mischiefs  follow 
Full  of  vows  and  full  of  labor 
Full  short  his  journey  was 
Gather  up,  O  earth  I  thy  dead 
Gather  ye  rose-buds  while  ye  may 
Genius  !  thou  gift  of  Heaven 
Gentle  pilgrim,  tell  me  why 
Gently  I  took  that  which  ungently 
Gird  Thy  sword  on,  mighty 
Give  !  as  the  morning  that  flows 
Give  me  enough,  saith  Wisdom 
Give  me — Leave  lo  enjoy  myself 
Give  me  honors,  what  are  these 
Give  me  my  scallop-shell  of  quiet 
Give  me  the  lowest  place 
Give  me  the  panoply  of  war 
Give  me  three  grains  of  com 
Give  thy  thoughts  no  tongue 
Glory  and  praise  to  Jehovah  on 
Glory  of  God  1  thou  stranger 
Go  and  dig  my  grave  to-day 
Go  boldly  on.     Do  what  is  right 
Go,  buy  thee  new  lands 
Go,  climb  the  rugged  Alps 
Go  count  the  sands  that  form 
God  and  the  soul  are  two  birds  free 
God  beholds  thee,  wretch,  though 
God  entrusts  to  all 
God  fashioned  man  from  out 
God  gives  us  men.     A  time  like 
God  hath  a  voice  that  ever  is 
God,  In  the  Gospel  of  His  Son 
God  is  a  name  my  soul  adores 
God  is  Good  I    Each  perfumed 
God  keeps  a  niche 
God-lilce  shapes,  and  forms 
God  liveth  ever 
God  loves  from  whole  to  parts 
God  might  have  made  the  earth 
God  moves  in  a  mysterious 
God  of  mercy,  God  of  grace 
God  of  the  thunder  1  from  whose 
God's  boundless  mercy 
God  sends  His  teachers  into  every 
God's  ways  seem  dark,  but,  soon 
Go,  feel  what  I  have  felt 
Go  from  me.     Yet  I  feel  that  I 
Gold!  gold!  gold  I  gold 
Gold  1  gold  1  in  all  ages  the  curse 
Gold  is  the  greatest  god 
Gold  is  the  woman's  only  theme 
Gold  many  hunted — sweat 
Go,  let  me  weei) — there's  bliss 
Go,  little  Book  I  from  this  my 
Good-by,  proud  world !  I'm  going 
Good  deeds  in  this  world  done 
Erood  Hamlet,  cast  thy  nighted 


AT3TH0R             NUMBER  | 

1823 

Coleridge 

838 

1625 

Prior 

762 

Darwin 

2492 

Wordsworth 

2353 

Milton 

,  '36 

Whittier 

654 

Bowring 

2546 

Knox 

677 

Moore 

2248 

Byron 

1675 

Spenser 

127 

1002 

Lowell 

667 

Bowring 

298 

Herrick 

3064 

Crabbe 

1449 

Barbauld 

2504 

Coleridge 

1300 

389 

1468 

Tupper 

2976 

Fletcher 

[280 

fferrick 

1844 

Raleigh 

2502 

C.  G.  Sossettt 

1887 

Talbot 

2964 

Mrs.  Edwards 

1270 

Shakespeare 

1416 

Lyte 

2530 

Guyon,  tr. 

1473 

Arndt,  tr. 

606 

Upham 

268ti 

Hunter 

2683 

Juvenal,  tr 

99 

Upham, 

2189 

Tr.  by  Alger 

1514 

Scott 

1894 

Edmeston 

376 

Aldrich 

3015 

3052 

Cook 

1517 

Beddom 

1571 

Watts 

1503 

1552 

E.  B.  Browning 

1907 

Milton 

840 

Zehn,  tr. 

1490 

Pope 

2203 

Rowitt 

1343 

Cowper 

2604 

Jane  Taylor 

476 

Milman 

1501 

Herrick 

2279 

Lowell 

1993 

Wliittier 

2051 

2002 

E.  B.  Browning 

2177 

Hood 

1527 

Benjamin 

1526 

Juvenal,  tr. 

1529 

Anacreon,  tr. 

1535 

Pollok 

1536 

Moore 

2482 

Southey 

274 

Emerson 

543 

Tr.  by  Alger 

1543 

Shakeipeare 

1622 

Good  name  in  man  and 
Good  name  was  dear  to  all 
Good  striving 

Go,  silly  worm,  drudge,  tmdge 
Go,  soul,  the  body's  guest 
Go  thou  in  life's  fair  morning 
Go  to  thy  rest,  my  child 
Go  when  the  morning  shineth 
Go,  worship  at  Immanuel's  feet 
Grace  'tis  a  charming  sound 
Grace,  triumphant  on  the  throne 
Great  day  1  for  which  aU  other 
Great  honors  are  great  burdens 
Great  man  I  the  nations  gazed 
Great  prophet  of  our  God 
Great  system  of  perfections 
Great  truths  are  dearly  bought 
Great  truths  are  portions  of  the 
Green  be  the  turf  above  the 
Guard  thy  faith  with  holy  care 
Guilt  is  the  source  of  sorrow 
Habitual  evils  change  not 
Had  he  lived  and  fallen 
"Had  I  a  tho-.isand  hearts  I'd 
Had  not  the  milder  hand 
Had  the  cat  wings,  no  sparrow 
Had  this  effulgence  disappeared 
Hail,  friendship ;  since  the  world 
Hail,  heavenly  voice,  once  heard 
HaU,  holy  love  I  thou  word  that 


AUTHOR 
Shakespeare 
Pollok 
Oriental 

Sylvester 
Baleigh 


mniBEB 

1545 
1544 


749 
994 


Sigourney  989 

Bell  2553 

Watts  1920 

Doddridge  1576 

Cowper  2689 

Young  2056 

Jonson  851 

Pollok  2713 

Watts  394 

Young  1492 

Bonar  2908 

Lowell  1969 

Halleck  1426 

Whitman  1216 

'  Howe  1644 

I  Rowe  1646 

D.  Gray  988 
Von  Plettenbaus,  tr.  1687 


Quarles  2283 

Tr.  by  Alger  3005 

Wordsworth  1148 

Holford  1417 

Mant  664 

Pollok  2190 
Bernard  of  Clarvaux,  tr.  738 


Hail,  thou  head  1  so  bruised 

HaU  to  the  day,  which  He 

Hail  to  the  Lord's  anointed 

Half  a  league,  half  a  league 

Half  mankind  maintain 

Hallelujah !  I  beUeve 

Happy  soul !  thy  days  are  ended 

Happy  the  child  whose  youngest 

Happy  the  man,  and  happy 

Happy  the  man  who  wisdom  can 

Happy  the  man  whose  wish  and 

Happy  the  spirit  released  from 

"  Hard  by  Truth's  temple 

Haric,  how  the  watchmen  cry 

Hark,  my  soul,  how  everything 

Hark  1  the  faint  bells  of  the  sunken  Mueller,  tr. 

Hark  the  rustle  of  a  dress  Lowell 

Harps  of  eternity  I  begin  the  song    Pollok 

Haste,  my  spirit,  fly  away 

Haste  not :  the  flying  courser 

Haste,  traveller,  haste  !  the  night 

Hast  thou  attempted  greatness 

Hast  thou  e'er  seen  a  garden  clad 

Hast  thou  named  aU  the  birds 

Hast  thou  not  seen,  impatient 

Has  virtue  charms  ?    I  grant  her 

Have  you  never  felt  the  pleasure  of 

Have  you  not  heard  the  poets  tell     Aldrich 

Have  you  not  seen  Ufcw  pent  Mant 

Have  you  read  in  the  Talmud  Longfellow 

Ha  1  yon  burst  of  crystal  splendor    Bonar 

Heap  on  more  wood  1  the  wind  is     Scott 

Heard  you  that  knell 

Hear,  Father !  hear  and  aid  Hemant 

Hear,  Gracious  God  Medley 

Hearken  unto  a  verser  Herrick 

Heart  gazing  mournfally 

Hear  then  the  truth  :  'Tis  Heaven   Pop^ 

Hear,  then,  what  faith  ,  Pollok 


Mant 

Montgomery 
Tennyson 
Cowper 
Mowes,  tr. 
C.  Wesley 
Watts 
Horace,  tr. 

Pope 
Hunter 

C.  Wesley 
Austin 


Oriental,  tr. 

Collyer 

Herrick 

Bowring 

Emerson 

Watts 

Young 


2698 
1560 

550 
2631 
1207 

960 

992 
2568 
S003 
2137 

984 
2907 

839 
2532 
2271 
2576 
1483 

677 
2468 

624 
2489 
1699 
1353 
1016 
2943 
1361 

196 
2669 
2005 
1761 

420 
2869 
1903 
2706 
2517 
25 
1196 
1209 


'INDEX  OP  PIRST  LINES  AND  AUTHORS. 


733 


AUTHOR 

Pollok 

Pope 

Larcom 

Schmolk,  tr, 

Dryden 

Bonar 

Bickersteth 

Perdval 
Tupper 
Shakespeare 
Ford 

Fletcher 
Tupper 


Coleridge 
Montgomery 


More 
Bonar- 


Jonson 
Bryant 


Hear  thon,  in  brief 

Heaven  from  all  creatnres  hidea 

Heavenly  Father,  I  wonld  wear 

Heavier  the  cross,  the  nearer 

Heav'n  has  to  all  aHotted,  soon 

He  came  a  leper,  all  unclean  and 

He  foreknew — That  arch-imperial 

He  gave  me  back  the  bond 

He  had  a  two-fold  nature 

He  hath  built  up,  glorious 

He  is  a  good  divine  that  follows 

He  is  a  noble  gentleman  withal 

He  is  a  path,  if  any  be  misled 

He  is  a  poor  warder  of  his 

He  is  the  freeman  whom  the  truth   Cowper 

He  is  the  happy  man  whose  life        Cowper 

He  lives  who  lives  to  God  alone        Cowper 

He  liveth  long  who  liveth  well  Bonar 

He  loves  this  world  of  strife  Baxter 

Hence,  all  you  vain  delights 

He  prayeth  well  who  loveth  well 

Heralds  of  creation  1  cry 

Here  are  the  prude,  severe,  and  gay  Blair 

Here,  as  her  home,  from  mom  to      Smart 

Hera  bliss  is  short,  imperfect 

Here  in  Thy  royal  presence,  Lord 

Here  is  no  bootless  quest 

Here  is  one  that  wishes  to  live 

Here  is  the  free  spirit  of  mankind 

Here  is  the  spring  where  waters 

Here,  Uka  a  shepherd  gazing  from    Young 

Here  may  the  band  that  now  Fletcher 

" Here,"  might  they  say,  "shall        T.  Moore 

Her  suffering  ended  with  the  J.  Aldrich 

He  sat  within  a  silent  cave  Croley 

He's  Christ's  embassador  Mant 

He  sleeps,  forgetful  of  his  once         Percioal 

He  slept  beneath  the  desert  skiea 

He  that  from  dross  would  win  the    Montgom,ery 

He  that  has  nature  in  him  must         Madan 

He  that  is  proud  eats  up  himself       Shakespeare 

He  that  negotiates  between  God        Cowper 

He  that  of  greatest  work  is  finisher  Shalcespeare 

He  that  shall  rail  against  his  Creech 

He  to  His  own  a  comforter  will         Milton 

He  took — Some  handfuls  of  the        Bickersteth, 

He  transgresseth  yet  again  I'upper 

He  was  a  man — ^Who  stole  the  Pollok 

Ho  was  of  that  stubborn  crew  Butler 

Hew  Atlas  for  my  monument  D.  Gray 

He  who  ascends  to  mountain-tops     Byron 

He  who  flies,  In  war  or  peace  Thomson 

He  who  once  sins,  lUic  him  Juvenal,  tr. 

He  who  once  wept  with  Mary  Willis 

Higher,  yet,  and  higher  Buchanan 

High  on  the  world,  see  where  Holmes 

High  walls  and  huge  the  body  Garrison 

Him  God  bsholding  from  His  Milton 

Him  there  they  found  Milton 

His  courtiers  of  the  caliph  crave       Tr.  by  Trench 

His  eloquence  is  classic  in  its  style    Hale 

His  eye  no  more  looked  onward         Lytton 

His  lecture  to  the  sad  young  E.  Potoe 

HJs  name  was  Doubt,  that  had  a      Spenser 

His  nature  is  too  noble  for  the  Shakespeare 

His  real  habitude  gave  life  and         Shakespeare 

His  youth  was  innocent  Bryant 

Ho,  all  who  labor,  all  who  strive        Qrne 

Holy  Bible  1  book  divine 


NUMBER 
2577 
1431 

928 

605 
1375 
8035 
1241 

740 
1606 

182 
1994 
1455 

400 
2654 
1388 
1658 
2124 
2127 
3043 
2269 
2538 

575 
1588 
1581 
1025 
1802 
,1721 
84 
2108 
2720 

ia3 

1731 

113 

982 

507 

2306 

1453 

2016 

68 

1580 

2581 

2563 

318 

2715 

1809 

2221 

2984 

1898 

252 

103 

1250 

2489 

1642 

62 

156 

2643 

2296 

1339 

11S8 

1333 

1058 

2649 

1052 

917 

1837 

330 

2415 

1949 

8719 


AOTHOR 

neber 
Sioain 
Trench 
Pope 
Addison 
Young 
Clough 
Pope 
Adams 
Crowley 


Dobell 

Perdval 

C. 


Holy,  holy,  holy,  Lord  God 

Home's  not  merely  four  square 

Honey  in  the  lion's  mouth 

Honor  and  shame  from  no 

Honor's  a  sacred  tie — the  law  of 

Hope,  eager  hope,  the  assassin 

Hope  evermore  and  believe 

Hope  humbly,  then,  with 

Hope  leads  the  child  to  plant  the 

Hope,  of  all  ill  that  men  endure 

Hope  of  all  passions  most  befriends  Young 

Hope  sets  the  stamp  of  vanity  on      Cowper 

Ho,  sailor  of  the  sea  I 

How  awful  is  that  hour,  when 

How  backward  man  himself 

How  beautiful  is  genius  when 

How  beautiful  it  is  for  man  to  die     Willis 

How  blest  the  sacred  tie  that  binds  Barbauld 

How  cheap— is  genuine  happiness     Barker 

Howe'er  it  be,  it  seems  to  me 

Howe'er  'tis  well,  that  while 

How  false  are  men,  both  in  their 

How  false  is  found,  as  on  in  life 

How  goes  the  fight  with  thee 

How  great  the  task  to  guard  thee 

How  great  (while  yet  we  tread 

How  idly  of  the  human  heart 

How  is  it  o'er  the  strongest  mind 

Howl,  howl,  ye  ships  of  Tarshish 

How,  like  a  moimting  devil  in 

How  many  feel,  tliis  very  moment 

How  meanly  dwells  the  immortal 

How  oft  that  virtue,  which  some 

How  poor,  how  rich,  how  abject 

How  proud  we  are  I  how  fond  of 

How  sad  a  sight  is  human 

How  seldom,  friend,  a  good 

How  shall  I  describe 

How  shall  I  speak  thee,  or  thy 

How  shoJl  my  cold  and  lifeless 

How  shalt  thou  bear  the  cross  that  Faber 

How  shocking  must  thy  summons    Blair 

How  sleep  the  brave,  who  sink  to      Collins 

How  speaks  the  present  hour 

How  sweet  it  were,  if  without  Hunt 

"How  sweetly,"  said  the  trembling  Moore 

How  sweet  the  days  we  yearn  for       Lytton 

How  vain  a  thing  is  man 

Hctv  wisely  Nature  did  decree 

Humble  we  must  be,  if  to  heaven 

Humilit}'  is  the  softening  shadow 

Hurrying  on,  hurrying  on 

Husband  and  wife  1  no  converse 

Hush  the  loud  cannon's  roar 

Hypocrisy,  the  only  evil  that 

"  I  am  almost  there  1  " 

I  am  he  1 — It  is  enough  to 

I  am  not  old — I  cannot  be  old 

I  am  old  and  blind 

I  am  waiting  by  the  river 

I  asked  an  aged  man,  with  hoary 

I  asked  of  Time  from  whom  those 

I  asked  the  heavens,  "  Wliat  foe  tc 

I  ask — What  He  would  hate  this 

I  believe  in  God  the  Father 

I  bring  fresh  showers  for  the 

I  came  and  saw,  and  hoped  to 

I  cannot,  cannot  say 

J  cannot  cpldly  pass  him  by  . 


Tennyson 

Wyatt 

Crown 

Jane  Taylor 

Bonar 

Ingelow 

Young 

Willis  . 

Swain 

B.  Taylor 

Willis 

Thomson 

Watts 

Fronde 

Young 

Watts 

Young 

Coleridge 

Pollok 

Cowper 

Ariosto,  tr. 


KUMBKR 

2901 
1817 
2167 
161C 
1849 
1868 
1001 
1859 
1869 
1870 
1864 
1861 
2342 

489 

261 
1452 
2807 
1315 
1664 
1543 
2511 
1242 
1188 

207 
2185 

606 
2079 
2893 
2914 

102 
2317 
1334 

779 
2220 

929 
1652 
1604 
2611 
2573 

632 
1126 

701 
2472 
3028 
1874 


Dryden 

585 

Marvel 

1199 

Herrick 

1884 

Tupper 

1886 

2428 

Dana 

1926 

Johns 

1877 

Milton 

1895 

991 

Bailey 

836 

Tupper 

2414 

Lloya 

269 

735 

Marsden 

2884 

2877 

Montgomtry 

608 

Holland 

44 

680 

Shelley 

449 

Bonar 

1324 

231 

Montgomery 

1108 

734: 


INDEX  OF  FIRST  LINES  AND  AUTHORS." 


ATJTHOR 
1  cannot  find  Thee  t    Still  on  Scudder 

I  cannot  make  him  dead  Fierpont 

I  charge  thee,  fling  away  ambition    SiMkespeare 
I  count  the  hope  no  day-dream        Mant 
Idle  causes,  noised  a  while  Tupper 

I  do  believe,  you  think  what  now      Shakespeare 
I  do  confess  that  I  abhor  and  Hood 

I  fain  would  be  thy  pupil  Sigourney 

If  apostolic  gravity  be  free  Cowper 

If  dead,  wo  cease  to  be ;  if  total        Coleridge 
I  feel  the  mighty  current  sweep        Bryant 
1  f  3el  within  me  unsubdued  C.  Wesley 

If,  gracious  God,  in  life's  green        Bembo,  tr. 
If  hoarded  gold  possess'd  the  Anacreon,  tr. 

If  iu  thy  heart  no  sunlight  Ungers   Dewart 
If  it  must  be ;  if  it  must  be,  O  God  D.  Gray 


If  little  labor,  little  are  our 

If  loftier  posts  superior  state 

If  mean  or  costly  dresses  through 

If  men  of  good  Uves 

If  the  celestials  daily  fly 

If  there  is  happiness  below 

If  the  wanderer  his  mistake 

If  this  great  world  of  joy  and 

If  this  mute  earth — Of  what  it 

If  thou  art  merr}',  here  are  airs 

If  thou,  O  Death,  a  being  art 

If  thou  wert  by  my  side,  my 

If  thou  wouldst  have  thy  charms 

If  to-day  thou  tum'st  aside 

If  we  cannot  have  all  we  wish 

If  we  knew  the  woe  and  heartache 

If  well  I  knew  the  tuneful  art 

If  we  with  earnest  efforts  could 

If  what  I  wish  is  good 

If  when  the  Lord  of  Glory  is  in 

If  ye  tell  of  the  sadness  and  evil 

If  yet  the  Holy  Spirit  deigns 

If  yon  bright  stars,  which  gem 

If  you  cannot  on  the  ocean 

I  gave  my  life  for  thee 

I  gazing  up,  a  glorious  pile  beheld 


Merrick 

Mant 

Tr.  by  Alger 

Middleton 

Ingelow 

Fitzarthur 

Cowper 

Wordsworth 

Wordsworth 

Heylyn 

Tr.  by  Alger 

Heber 

Moore 

Lynch 

Swain 


C. 

Trench 

C.  Wesley 

Keble 

Cook 

Jenner 

Leggett 

Gates 

Pope 

"I  give  and  I  devise"  (Old  Euclio  Pope 

I  go  to  life  and  not  to  death  Bonar 
I  had  a  dream.    A  narrow 

I  had  a  friend  that  lov'd  mo  Lryden 

I  had  a  seeming  friend  Tupper 

I  have  a  fancy  ladies  are  like  HaXe 
I  have  a  never-failing  bank 

I  have  learned— This  doctrine  Cove 

I  have  neither  the  scholar's  Shakespeare 

I  have  seen — A  curious  child  Wordsworth 

I  have  seen  the  objects  of  Tupper 

I  have  ships  that  went  to  sea  B.  Gray 
I  hate  dependence  on  another's  will  Crown 

I  heard  a  bell :— There  is  a  Ingelow 
I  hear  it  singing,  singing  sweetly 

"  I  hear  thee  speak  of  the  better  ffemana 

I  hold  the  sceptre  in  my  hand  Upham 

I  knew  that  age  was  enriched  Tupper 

I  know  He  is  Almighty  Blckersteth 

I  know  myself  now,  and  Shakespeare 


NUMBER 
1516 

360 

107 

2626 

2694 

799 

2496 

2727 

1165 

1922 

1434 

787 

516 

676 

629 

726 

2088 

1715 

924 

1170 

2572 

1266 

596 

2064 

178 

235 

985 

2987 

2176 

398 

509 

1936 

2359 

843 

264 

1904 

2422 

1816 

2678 

2321 

909 

1258 

189 

697 

831 

1425 

1472 

2091 

1203 

1930 

22SS 

213 

1326 

1873 

786 

873 

2940 

2094 

2202 

1192 

2709 

852 


I  know  not  if  the  dark  or  bright  Dean  of  Canterbury  478 

I  know  not  what  the  future  Whittier  2605 

I  know  not  what  will  befall  me  16 

I  know  that  my  Redeemer  lives  Medley  479 

I  know  that  thou  hast  gone  to  Sereey  698 

I  lay  me  do^vn  to  sleep  314 

'  like  the  ancienti  Saxon  phraao  Longfellow  301 


AUTHOR 

I  live  among  the  cold,  the  false  Chandler 

I'll  carve  our  passion  on  the  bar  Watts 

I'll  do  my  best  to  win,  whene'er  Herrick 

ru  give  my  heart  to  Jesus  Pollard 

I'll  go  to  Jesus,  though  my  sin  Jones 

I'll  introduce  thee  to  a  single  Pollok 

I'll  tell  thee  what  is  heU  Starkey 
I  look  to  Thee  in  every  need,  ant 
I  love  and  have  some  cause  to  love  Quarlea 

I  love  to  muse  when  none  are  Barton 
I  love  to  teU  the  story 
I'm  a  lonely  traveller  here 

I  may  not  hope  from  outward  Coleridge 

I'm  fading  away  to  the  land  of  Hunter 

Immortal  Love,  forever  full  WhiZtier 

Immortal  were  we,  or  else  mortal  Young 

I'm  not  too  young  to  sin  JVoeZ 

I  mourn  no  more  my  vanished  Whittier 

Impelled  with  steps  unceasing  Goldsmith 

In  age  and  feebleness  extreme  C.  Wesley 

In  all  men,  from  the  monarch  Tupper 

In  all  my  wanderings  round  Goldsmith 
In  all  our  way  through  life  the 

In  alms  regard  thy  means,  and  Herbert 
In  amaze  I  asked  what  meant  such  Bickersteth 

In  ancient  records  it  is  stated  Longfellow 
In  ancient  times,  the  sacred  plough  Thomson 

In  bower  and  garden  rich  Doane 

In  colleges  and  haUs  in  ancient  Cowper 

In  days  of  old,  on  Sinai,  the  Lord  Cosmas,  tr. 

In  days  of  old,  when  holy  prophets  Tr.  by  Trench 

Induce  not  precocity  of  intellect  Tupper 

In  due  observance  of  an  ancient  Wordsworth 

I  need  a  cleansing  change  within  Coleridge 

I  need  not  follow  the  similitude  Willis 

I  need  Thee,  precious  Jesus  Whit^fleld 

In  either  hand  the  hastening  Milton 

In  every  object  here  I  see  Newton 
In  evil  long  I  took  deUpht 
In  good  King  Charles's  golden 

In  his  furrowed  fields  around  us  Allia 

In  hope  of  that  immortal  C.  Wesley 

In  man  or  woman,  but  far  most  in  Cowper 

In  May,  when  sea-vrinds  pierced  Emerson 

In  mind,  in  matter,  much  was  Pollok 

In  my  boy's  loud  laughter  ringing  Craik 

In  nature  there's  no  blemish  Shakespeare 

In  paths  unknown  we  hear  Whittier 

In  proud  humility  a  pious  Tr.  by  Alger 

Inquirer  cease  1  petitions  Johnson 

In  restless  pain  we  heave  and  Punshon 

In  science,  learning,  all  Pollok 
In  seasons  of  grief  to  my  God 

In  Shiraz  grows  a  tree,  within  Tr.  by  Alger 

In  silence  wise  men  oft  Oriental,  tr. 

In  slumbers  of  midnight  the  Dimond 

Inspiring  thought  of  rapture  Campbell 

In  that  home  was  joy  and  sorrow  Craig 

In  the  beginning  was  the  Word  Longfellow 

In  the  bonds  of  Death  He  lay  Luther,  tr. 

In  the  corrupted  currents  of  Shakespeare 

In  the  cross  of  Christ  I  glory  Bowring 

In  the  dark  winter  of  affliction's  Jewsbury 

In  Thee  my  powers,  my  treasures  Scudder 

In  the  floods  of  tribulation  Pearce 

In  the  good  man's  breast  Layard 

In  the  hour  of  trial  Montgomery 

In  the  hours  of  my  distresa  Merrick 

In  their  midst  I  saw  Bickersteth 


MUMUKH 

746 
2030 
2210 

533 

834 
1688 
1774 
1515 
1488 
1598 

403 
1023 
1093 

981 

393 
1445 

993 

356 

859 
83 
1251 
1822 
1557 
97 
1745 

754 
86 

504 
1045 
1494 
1352 
1043 
1955 

628 
1115 
2032 
1033 
2725 

615 
1185 
S027 

226 
53 

209 

1943 

63 

1546 

795 
1880 
2543 
1037 
2642 
2690 
8037 
2849 

920 
1871 

675 
3022 

684 
2066 

695 

71 
1712 

499 
549 
2155 
1811 
2261 


INDEX  OP  FIRST  LINES  AND  AUTHORS. 


735 


In  them,  we — Who,  but  for  them 

In  the  nine  heavens  are  eight 

In  the  quiet  nursery  chambers 

In  the  silent  midnight 

In  the  stUl  air  music  lies  unheard 

In  this  one  passion  man  can 

In  thy  discomrse,  if  thou  desire  to 

In  thy  fair  brow  there's  such  a 

In  time  of  service  seal  up  both 

In  token  that  thou  shalt  not  fear 

In  vain  do  men 

In  vain  doth  the  assassin  dark 

In  vain  the  sage,  with 

In  weariness  and  pain 

I  often  say  my  prayers 

I  once  was  a  stranger  to  grace 

E  place  an  offering  at  Thy  shrine 

I  praised  the  earth,  in  beauty 

I  pray  thee,  cease  thy  coimsel 

I  remember  the  days  when  my 

I  said  to  sorrow's  awful  storm 

Is  all  the  counsel  that  two  have 

I  sat,  and  gazed  upon  my  sunny 

I  saw  a  Moslem  work  upon 

I  saw,  and  lo  I  a  countless  throng 

I  saw  one  man,  armed  simply 

I  saw  two  maids  at  the  kirk 

I  say  to  thee,  do  thou  repeat 

I  see  the  crowd  in  Pilate's  hall 

I  see  through  the  gathering 

Is  fasting  then  the  thing  that  God 

Is  he  not  sailing 

"  I  should  be  happy,"  with  a  look 

Is  it  indeed  so  ?    If  I  lay  here 

Is  it  in  words  to  paint  you 

Is  it  not  strange,  the  darkest 

Is  it  well  to  wish  thee  happy 

Is  not  the  way  to  heavenly  gain 

I  sought  Thee  round  about 

I  sought  to  do  some  mighty  act  of 

la  sparkling  wit  the  world's 

I  stand  like  one  has  lost  his  way 

I  stand  without  here  in  the  porch 

Is  the  Bridegroom  absent  still 

Is  there  a  brilliant  fondling 

Is  there  a  little  orphan  child 

Is  there  for  honest  poverty 

Is  this  a  fast — to  keep 

la  thLs  a  time  to  be  cloudy  and 

Is  this  the  way,  my  Father  ?    'Tis 

la  this  thy  place,  sad  city,  this 

Is  ihy  cruse  of  comfort  failing 

I  stood  outside  the  gate 

I  stood  within  the  grave's 

It  addeth  immortality  to  dying 

It  came  upon  the  midnight  clear 

It  came  upon  us  by  degrees 

I  teU  you  hopeless  grief  is 

It  fortifies  my  soul  to  know 

I  thank  Thee,  Lord,  for  using 

It  happened  on  a  solemn 

It  happen'd  when  a  plague 

It  hath  pleas'd  the  devil 

I  think  of  thee  I  my  thoughts  do 

I  think  that  a  little  bhd  will  sing 

I  think  we  are  too  ready  with 

I  think  when  I  read  that  sweet 

It  is  a  dang'rous  thing 

It  is  ft  monitory  truth,  I  ween 


AtTTHOR  NUMBER 

Lytton  279 

Oriental^  tr,  263 

375 

Coxa  531 

869 

Pope  2156 

Herbert  623 

Dryden  350 

Herbert  1677 

Alford  203 

Spenser  515 

C.  Wesley  758 

Pope  2346 

C.  Wesley  308 

Burton  "2544 

McCheyne  2020 

Guyon,  tr.  495 

Heber  1024 

Shakespeare  1633 

Cook  1819 

Stoddard  544 

Shakespeare  1421 

905 

Oriental,  tr.  2844 

Toplady  1049 

Norton  2566 

Stoddard  2979 

Trench  1395 

Bonar  610 

A.  .Gary  1167 

Quarles  1286 

Tegner  1673 

Ingeloxo  2241 
E.  B.  Browning       60 

Young  1966 

Keble  453 

Tennyson  2243 

Lyte  2890 

Heywood  1512 
954 

Cowper  2498 

Howard  1639 

Longfellow  781 

Bonar  441 

Wordsworth  2106 

Alexander  2439 

Burns  2232 

Herrick  1288 

Bryant  2375 
1638 

Heber  2021 

Mrs.  Charles  S38 

Pollard  527 

Clive  1591 

Tupper  183 

Sears  423 

Aldrich  198 

E.  B.  Browning  1629 

Clough  2906 

Bonar  2308 

Cowper  458 

Swift  6 

Shakespeare  930 

E.  B.  Browning  56 

Craik  692 

E.  B.  Browning  469 

Luke  867 

Shakespeare  480 

Tr.  by  Alger  691 


It  is  a  weary  hill 

It  is  in  one  choice  handful 

It  is  in  vain, — I  see,  to  argue 

It  is  my  natal  day  1    Another  year 

It  is  not,  as  you  conceive,  a 

It  is  not  death  to  die 

It  is  not  from  his  form,  in  which 

It  ia  not  growing  like  a  tree 

It  is  not  they  who  idly  dweU 

It  is  not  well  to  brood 

It  is  the  constant  revolution 

It  must  be  so.    Plato,  thou 

It  needs  not  guards  in  front  and 

I  too  have  poised  the  heart  of 

It  opened  the  niggard's  purse 

I  travell'd  once  a  rocky  road 

Its  bitterness  the  heart  alone 

It's  my  honest  conviction 

It's  not  the  martial  host 

It  travels  onward,  this  old  world 

I  turned  to  thee,  to  thousands,  of 

It  was  a  brave  attempt 

It  was  a  golden  eventide.    The  sun 

It  was  a  time  of  sadness — and  my 

It  was  good,  it  was  kind,  in  the 

It  was,  his  own,  the  subject  of 

It  was  noon 

It  was  withal  a  highly  polished 

It  were  a  goodly  and  glorious  sight 

I've  a  mighty  part  within 

I've  been  thinking  of  home 

I've  found  a  joy  in  sorrow 

I've  known  the  pregnant  thinkers 

I  venerate  the  man  whose  heart 

I  walk  as  one  who  knows  that  he  is 

I  want  to  be  an  angel 

I  was  no  stranger  in  a  strange 

I  waste  no  more  in  idle  dreams 

I  watch  the  circle  of  the  eternal 

I  wear  not  the  purple  of  earth-bom 

I  weep  but  do  not  yield 

I  weigh  not  fortune's  frown  or 

I  will  not  dream  in  vain  despair 

I  worship  Thee,  sweet  Will  of  God 

I  would  have  gone ;  God  bade  me 

I  would  not  enter  on  my  Ust 

Jesu  is  in  my  heart.  His  sacred 

Jesu,  lover  of  my  soul 

Jesu— name  all  names  above 

Jesus,  and  shall  it  ever  be 

Jesu,  Saviour,  Son  of  God 

Jesus'  holy  Cross  and  dying 

Jesus,  I  my  cross  have  taken 

Jesus  is  God  1  the  solid  earth 

Jesus  is  our  Shepherd 

Jesus  Uves,  and  so  shall  I 

Jesus,  my  all,  to  heaven  has  gone 

Jesus,  still  lead  on 

Jesus,  the  friend  of  human 

Jesus,  while  He  dwelt  below 

Jesu,  whither  shall  I  go 

Joyfully,  jojrfully,  onward  I  move 

Joyful  words — we  meet  again 

Joy  is  a  fruit  that  will  not  grow 

Joy  is  a  goblet  that  soon  is 

Joyous  and  far  shall  our 

Just,  and  strong,  and  opportune 

Just  as  I  am — without  one  plea 

Justice  herself,  that  sitteth 


AUTHOR  17UMBEB 

Trench  824 

Crashaw  S555 

Butler  143 

Mant  256 

Ford  2267 

Malan,  tr.  680 

Cowper  1999 

Jonaon  1636 

910 

Dinniea  877 

Cowper  1094 

Addison  1931 

Oriental,  tr.  195 

Bickersteth  1530 

Pollok  111 

Upham  948 

Percival  1682 

White  334 

Mackintosh  1797 

Bonar  1077 

Byron  1632 

Watts  1123 

Bickersteth  150 

591 

Cook  1441 

Pollok  1089 

Willis  7 

Pollok  1892 

Mant  426 

Watts  2683 

Kirby  1763 

Crewdson  451 
E.  B.  Browning    1054 

Cowper  2561 

Bonar  1015 

996 

Bickersteth  1750 

Osgood  1945 

Lowell  1392 

Cook  2873 

Bonar  347 

Sylvester  513 

Whittier  2950 
2401 

C.  O.  RossetU  873 

Cowper  2074 

Herbert  70 

C.  Wesley  2714 

Theoclistus,  tr.  2031 

Grigg  2025 

Bonar  2029 
Bonavetitura,  tr.    599 

Lyte  600 

Faber  903 

Stowell  S843 

Gellert,  tr,  1856 

Cennlck.  1800 

Zinzendorf,  tr.  1637 

Barbauld  203T 

Hart  1461 

C.  Weslet/  20ft 

Hunter  727 

Montgomery  2265 

Newton  2045 

Bayard  Tayjfr  8273 

Hemant  665 

Tupper  466 

Elliott  8008 

4>Uk/  S» 


73G 


INDEX  OP  FIRST?  LINES  AND  AUTHORS; 


Justice,  when  equal  scales  she 
Just  such  is  the  Christian  ;  his 
Keep  your  undrest,  familiar  style 
Kneel  down  by  the  dying  sinner's 
Know,  he  that — Foretells  his 
Knowledge  and  wisdom 
Knowledge  holdeth  by  the  hilt 
Knowledge  is  not  happiness 
Know  that  Holiness  keeps  her 
Know  then  this  truth  (enough  for 
Know  well,  my  soul 
Labor  in  the  path  of  duty 
Labor  with  what  zeal  we  will 
Lamb  of  God,  I  look  to  Thee 
Land  of  the  West,  though  passing 
Last  night  I  drew  up  my  account 
Last  night,  on  coughing  slightly 
Late,  late,  so  late  1  and  dark  the 
Late  to  our  town  there  came  a 
Launch  thy  bark,  mariner 
Laws,  as  we  read  in  ancient 
Lay  down  thy  burden  here 
Lead,  kindly  Light,  amid 
Lean  not  on  earth ;  'twill  pierce 
Learn  liom  yon  orient  sheU 
Learn  more  reverence,  not  for 
Leaves  have  their  time  to  fall 
liemira's  sick ;  make  haste  ;  the 
Let  Baalim  his  empire 
Let  come  what  will,  I  mean  to 
Let  falsehood  be  a  stranger  to  thy 
Let  him  that  will  ascend  the 
Let  me  go  where  saints  are 
Let  me  not  to  the  marriage  of 
Let  no  man  trust  the  first  false 
Let  not  your  heart  be  faint 
Let  others  boast  them  as  they 
Let  pensive  memory  trace 
Letters  joined  make  words 
Let  them  that  vi'ould  build 
"Let  there  bo  light ! "  O'er 
• '  Let  there  be  light  I "    The 
Let  the  wind  blow,  and  billows 
Let  to-morrow  take  care  of 
Let  ns  be  content  to  work 
Let  us  love  while  life  is  young 
Lie  down,  frail  body,  here 
Lie  in  the  lap  of  sin,  and  not 
Life,  believe,  is  not  a  dream 
Life,  death,  and  hell,  and  worlds 
Life  I  I  know  not  what  thou  art 
Life  is  much  flatter'd,  death  ia 
Life  is  onward :  use  it 
Life  is  coming,  Death  is  going 
Life  is  too  short  to  waste 
Life's  cares  are  comforts ;  such  by 
Life's  gayest  scenes  speak 
Life's  mystery — deep,  restless 
Life's  sunniest  hours  are  not 
Lift  up  thine  eyes,  afflicted  soul 
Light  for  the  Persian  slcy 
Light  human  nature  is  too  lightly 
Like  as  the  culver  on  the 
Like  as  the  damask  rose  you  see 
Like  a  toad  within  a  stone 
Like  a  vessel  at  sea,  amid 
Like  doctors  too,  when  much 
Likeness  of  heaven 
Idko  one,  who  doom'd  o'er  distant 


AUTHOR  NUMBER 

Denham  2067 

Watta  405 
1820 

Ware,  Jr.  959 

Davenant  304 

Cowper  2083 

Tapper  20T8 

Byron  2080 

Welthem,  tr.  1803 

fope  1668 

Whittier  2119 

Cranch  214 

Longfelloio  2085 

«?.  Wesley  370 

Cook  112 

Herrick  2629 

D.  Gray  689 
Tennyson  707 
Perkins  1968 
Southey  Tm 
Beattie  2097 
Bonar  296 
Newman  1640 

Toung  1012 

Eaflz,  tr.  1985 

E.  B.  Browning  2231 
Hemana  702 
Young  8018 
Bickersteth  537 
Shakespeare  833 
Havard  1244 
Seneca,  tr.  2582 
Eartsough  1718 
Shakespeare  2186 
Young  1642 

Latrobe  406 

Coe,  Jr.  1404 

Jane  Taylor  1264 

2158 

Harvey  1378 

Botffman  1558 

Eoffman  2152 

C.  Wesley  1851 

Swain  1160 
E.B.  Browning  2157 
Percival           '       2183 

Bonar  1597 

Shakespeare  2855 

Bronte  354 

Watts  753 

Barbauld  21J,'2 

Young  706 

2010 

Bonar  2591 

Emerson  23 

Young  1005 

Young  23:36 

Siowe  2368 

Whittier  914 

Montgomery  230 

Sigourney  2324 
E.  B.  Browning     875 

Spenser  9 

Wastell  2335 
2).  G.  Roasetti       2211 

Eervey  141 

Pope  143 

Shea  2408 
801 


Like  other  tyrants,  Death  delights 
Like  to  a  bride,  come  forth,  my 
Like  to  the  falling  of  a  star 
Linger  not  long.  Home  is  not  home 
Listed  into  the  cause  of  sin 
Listen  1  the  Master  beseecheth 
List  to  the  dreamy  tone  that 
"  Little  by  Uttle,"  the  tempter  said 
Little  children,  yoimg  and  aged 
Little  drops  of  water 
Little  I  ask ;  my  wants  are  few 
Little  of  all  we  value  here 
Live  for  something ;  be  not  Idle 
"Live  while  you  live,"  the 
Lo  1  a  hundred  proud  pagodas 
Lo !  here  spread  out  the  plains 
Lo,  I  am  watching  quietly  every 
Long  did  I  toil,  and  knew  no 
Long  pored  St.  Austin  o'er  the 
Long  while  I  sought  to  what  I 
Look  aside  to  lack  of  faith,  the 
Look  at  the  selfish  man 
Look  humbly  upward,  see  His 
Look  in  my  face ;  my  name 
Look  Nature  through :  'tis 
Look  not  upon  the  wine  when 
Look  on  this  beautiful  world 
Look  on  this  edifice  of  marble 
Look  round  our  world  ;  behold 
Look  up,  my  soul,  pant  toward 
Lord  I  come  away 
Lord,  how  could'st  Thou  so  much 
Lord,  how  I  am  all  agae,  when  I 
Lord,  I  believe  thy  precious  blood 
Lord,  I  have  lain 
Lord,  I  have  shut  my  door 
Lord,  in  my  silence  how  do  I 
Lord,  in  the  strength  of  grace 
Lord,  many  times  I  am  a 
Lord  of  the  harvest  I  Thee  we 
Lord,  the  lights  are  gleaming  from 
"  Lord,  Thou  art  great  I  "  I  cry 
Lord,  what  am  I,  that  with 
Lord,  when  we  search  the  human 
Lord  !  who  art  merciful  as  well  as 
Lord,  with  what  bounty  and  rare 
Lord,  with  what  care  hast  Thou 
Lost  in  darlmess,  girt  with 
Lost  I  lost !  forever  lost 
Lost!  lost!  lost 
Lo  1  the  feast  is  spread  to-day 
Lo  the  poor  Indian,  whose 
Love  and  Time  with  reverence 
Love  God,  love  truth,  love  virtue 
Love  has  neither  past  nor  future 
Love  is  not  to  be  bought 
Love  is  the  root  of  creation 
Love  me  if  I  hve 
Love  not  the  world 
Love  strong  as  death,  nay 
Love  thoti  thy  land,  with  love  far 
Love  1  what  a  volume  in  a  word 
Lower  the  sails  of  pride,  rash 
Lo !  when  the  boatman  stems 
Lo  1  when  the  buds  expand 
Lo,  where  the  Stage,  the  poor 
Lo  1  where  yon  cottage  whitens 
Madam,  withouten  many  words 
Made  of  dust— And  thus  allied 


AUTHOR  KtntBEll 

You7ig  3058 

Eerrick  275 

King  2114 

-.890 

C.  Wesley  2355 

Funakon  3026 

Cook  850 

2162 
363 

2159 

Eolmea  2954 

Eolmea  1132 

1064 

Doddridge  2144 

Trench.  1906 

W.  Eolmea  3045 

2951 

Zyte  1654 
761 

Spenser  1200 

Tapper  1217 

Eolmes  2836 

Dry  den  177 

Z>.  G.  Bossetti  8523 

Young  1924 

Willis  2993 

Bryant  2593 

Benjamin  431 

Pope  508 

Watts  VIM 

J.  Taylor  42 

Eerbert  1205 

Eerbert  788 

.;■.  Wesley  174 

Quarlea  1429 

AtJcinson  448 

Eerbert  1381 

C.  Wesley  496 

Trench  2924 

Gumey  1671 
665 

Seidel,  tr.  1497 

De  Vega,  tr.  2010 

Montgomery  1691 

Southey  2551 

Eerbert  1578 

Eerbert  232 

Tersteegen,  tr.  625 

Longfellow  2047 

Sigourney  639 

Alford  2168 

Pope  1762 

Bryden  2205 

Pollok  1656 

Eowe  2197 

Swain  2207 

Longfellow  2179 

Procter  2199 

Bonar  S038 

Bo7iar  2200 

Tennyson  1180 

Tupper  2175 

Tupper  3059 

Eolmea  1210 

Crabbe  21.S 

Sprague  2801 

Dawes  1831 

Wyatt  2597 

Bickersteth  23S0 


INDEX  OF  FIRST  LINES  AND  AUTHORS. 


737 


AOTnOR 

Sonar 

Smart 

Young 

Southey 

Prince 


Hake  haste,  0  man,  to  live 
Man  at  homo,  within  himself 
Man  hard  of  heart  to  man 
Man  hath  a  weary  pilgrimage 
Man  hath  two  attendant  angela 
Man  (ingenious  to  contrive  his  woe  Bally 

Man  is  an  animal  imfledgcd  Montgomery 

Man  is  a  watch,  wound  up  Herrick 

Man  is  no  star,  but  a  quick  coal  Herbert 
Man  is  responsible  for  ills  received  Young 
Mankind  is  mad  Young 

Manldnd's  a  monster,  and  the  Ovid,  tr. 

Manna  to  Israel  well  suppUed  Neioton 

Man  of  conscience — man  of  reason  Bronte  ' 

Man's  greatest  btrenjth  is  shown  Young 
Man  shall  be  blessed,  as  far  as  man  Young 

Man's  home  is  everj-where  Sigourney 

Man's  life's  a  book  of  history  Ifasson 

Man's  pica  to  man  is,  that  he  Quarlea 

Man's  work — how  much  the  word  Hale 

Man,  the  caged  bird  that  owned  Trench 

"  Man  wants  but  little  here  below  Adams 

Man  with  raging  drink  inflam'd  Butler 

Many  believed,  but  more  the  Pollok 

Man  yields  to  custom  as  he  Crabbe 
Many  there  are  and  dry 

Many  things  having  full  reference  Shalcespeare 

Mark  the  soft-falling  snow  Doddridge 

Matron !  the  children  of  whose  Bryant 

Meanwhile  on  earth  the  quick  Bickersteth 

Meanwhile  the  earth  increased  Follok 

Meanwhile  the  Son  Milton 

Medals,  ranks,  ribands,  laoe  Byron 
Meeting  vfith  Time,  "  Slack  thing,"  Herbert 


Men — Can  counsel,  and  apeak 

"Men  may  hve  fools,  but  fools 

Mercy  for  all  Thy  hands  have 

Men  said  at  vespers :  All  is  well 

Methinks,  if  ye  would  loiow 

Methinla  it  is  good  to  be  here 

'Mid  pleasures  and  palaces  though    Payne 

'Mid  pleasure,  plenty,  and  success     Cook 

'Mid  visions  of  eternal  light 

Wild  as  the  glances  of  angel  eyes 

Mind  is  as  the  quicksilver,  which 

Mind  of  nobler  stamp 

Mine  and  yours 

Itline  eyes  t«7e  seen  the  glory 

Mine  eyes  He  closed,  but  open 

Mine  ! — what  rays  of  glory  bright 

Moderate  tasks  and  moderate 

Money,  thou  bane  of  bliss,  and 

More  strange  than  true 

More  sweet  than  odors  caught 

More  things  are  vsTOught  by 

Morn  came :  but  the  broad  light 

Mom  is  the  time  to  act 

Mother  Earth,  are  the  heroes  dead    Proctor 

Much  beautiful  and  excellent  and     Pollok 

Much  in  sorrow,  oft  in  woe 

Must  I  not  do  all  I  can 

Must  Jesus  bear  the  cross  alona 

My  author  and  disposer 

My  conscience  is  ny  crown 

My  crimes  awake,  and  hideous  fear  Watts 

My  days  pass  pleasantly  away  Saxe 

"Hi's  dear  Redeemer  and  my  God         C.  Wesley 

My  drunkenness  is  not  a  fault  ot       Tr.  by  Alg^f 

lly  dwelling  had  been  situate  SlckerstetA 


Shakespeare 

Pollok 

C.  Wesley 

Wliittier 

Southey 

Knowles 


Tupper 

Ttcpper 

Emerson 

Sows 

Milton 

Arnold 
Herbert 

Shakespeart 
Wordsworth, 
Tennyson  , 
Procter 
Embury 


WJiite 
C.  Wesleu 

Allen 

Milton 

Southwell 


NUMBER 

SO 

84U 

2933 

874 

126 

2222 

22C5 

1003 

1913 

2043 

778 

22C9 

1247 

1635 

73 

1829 

2112 

2536 

S034 

2227 

2955 

935 

242 

622 

430 

474 

1554 

2172 

S036 

2985 

571 

1475 

410 

1621 

673 

1051 

1879 

305 

444 

1833 

45 

2006 

186 

1899 

2298 

1021 

S06 

1135 

2596 

1174 

660 

1918 

1317 

2540 

774 

1142 

1789 

1407 

2932 

1202 

588 

JISO 

510 

534 

8419 

173 

934 

125 


My  fairest  child,  I  have  no  song  to 
My  faith  looks  up  to  Thee 
My  friend  is  shipwTeok'd  on  th« 
My  God,  how  wonderful  Thou 
My  God,  I  heard  this  day 
My  God,  is  any  hour  so  sweet 
My  God  once  mixed  a  harsh  cup 
My  hair  was  black,  but  white 
My  heart  leaps  up  when  I 
My  Jesus  has  gone  up  to  heaven 
My  latest  sun  is  sinking  fast 
My  life  is  like  the  summer  rose 
My  life's  a  shade,  my  days 
Mylo,  forbear  to  call  him  blest 
My  mother !  when  I  learned  that 
My  native  land  1  'mid  thy  cabin 
My  Testis  in  heaven,  my  rest  is 
My  sins,  my  sins,  my  Saviomr 
My  son,  thou  wilt  dream  the 
My  soul,  amid  this  stormy  world 
My  sou]  forecasts 
My  soul  is  growing  sick 
My  soul,  there  is  a  country 
My  spirit  lost  all  consciousness  of 
My  stock  lies  dead,  and  no 
My  sweet  wee  nurseling 
My  trust  is  in  the  cross ;  there 
My  whole  though  broken  heart 
Napoleon,  Frederic,  Charles,  and 
Nature  and  Nature's  laws  lay 
Nature  has  placed  thee  on  a 
Nature  hath  framed  strange 
Naught  of  merit,  or  of  price 
Nay  deem  not  thus — no 
Nay,  shrink  not  from  the  word 
Nay,  stoop  not  thus  I    Thou 
Nay,  'tis  not  that  we  fancied  it 
Nearer,  my  God,  to  Thee 
Never  go  gloomily,  man  with  a 
Nevertheless,  O  sinner,  harden 
Never  was  a  marvel  done  upon 
Never  with  blast  of  trumpets 
New  occasions  teach  new  duties 
Next  him  v.as  Fear,  all  arm'd 
Next  him  went  Grief  and  Fury 
Night  is  the  time  for  rest 
Nobody's  healthful  without 
No  fearing,  no  doubting,  Thy 
No  gain,  but  by  its  price 
"No  God  1  no  God  I "  the  simplest 
"No,  I  cannot,  cannot  yet 
No  joy  is  true  save  that  which 
No  matter  whether  'twas  a  sharp. 
No  more  a  charnel-house,  to.f  ence 
No  more  at  Doles  or  at  Delphi 
No  more  to  hear,  no  more  to  see 
None  are  so  surely  caught  when, 
None  sends  his  arrow  to. the  mark 
No.  night  shall  be  in  heaven 
No,  no,  it  is  not  dying 
No  pause,  no  rest,  no  visual  line 
No  radiant  pearl,  which,  cresteii) 
Nor  custom,  nor  example,  not 
Nor  exile  I,  nor  prison,  fear 
Nor  happiness,  nor  majesty 
Nor  riches  boast  superior  worth 
Nor  time,  nor  place,  nor  chance 
Nor  was  the  general  aspect 
No  shadows  yonder 


AtTTnOR  iroyBER 

Klngsley  358 

E.  Palmer  393 

Persius,  tr.  343 

Faber  1520 

Herbert  2224 

Elliott  2545 

Tr.  by  Alger  48 

Tr.  by  Alger  329 

Wordsworth  2146 

Mason  1746 

Haskell  2941 

Wilde  1384 

Grossman  6S1 

Watts  1613 

Cowper  2344 

Burleigh  2003 

Lyte  69 

Mo7isell  521 

Hale  1826 
B.  C.  Chapmxn     1120 

Bickersteth  427 

Gould  1356 

Vaughan  1752 

Bickersteth  1293- 

Herbert  1573 

Bichardson  57 

Quarlea  598 

Baxter  493 

Percival  105 

Pope  2374 

Holmes  484 

Shakespeare  335 

2630 

Holmes  1113 

Barton  127G 

Judson  2304 

Bonar  855 

S.  F.  Adams  847 

Tupper  823 

Tupper  153 

Tupper  1211 

2848 

Lowell  2406 

Spenser  1307 

Spenser  1630 

Montgomery  2S92 

Aleyn  1173 

T.  Gray^  fr.  551 

Tupper  3032 

Sigourney  103 

Hunter  1574 

Bonar  1735 

Watts  1739 

Keble  15S7 

Bethuna  1005 

Ingelota  2986 

Shakespeare  1350 

Cowper  2013 

1749  ■ 

Malan,  tr,  674 

Burleigh.  S054 

Darioin  2823 

Massinger  2612 

Guyon^  tr,  1567  . 

Shelley  1615  , 

Cotton  8213 

Qua7-le9  899 

PolloK  2289 

BontiT  1713 


738 


INDEX  OF  FIRST  LINES  AND  AUTHORS. 


No  eingle  virtue  we  conld  most 
No  stem  recluse 
Not  all  at  once — He  yielded  to 
Not  all  in  vain  do  sorrows 
Not  at  once — In  men  or  angels 
Not  at  the  battle  front — writ  of  in 


ATTTHOR 

Dryden 

Sickersteth 

Follok 

Dewart 

Sickersteth 

Craik 


Not  from  his  head  was  woman  took  C  Wesley 

Not  from  the  flowers  of  earth  Cooper 

Not  from  the  dust  my  sorrows  "Watts 

Nothing  but  may  be  better,  and        Tupper 

Nothing  comes  free-cost  here  Herrick 

Nothing  faili  of  its  end.    Out  of       Whittier 

Nothing  is  dead  but  that  which         Young 

"Nothing  to  do  I "  in  this  world 

No ;  'tis  tho  tal.i  which  angry 

Not  myself,  bnt  the  truth 

Not  now,  my  child — a  little  more 

Not  on  a  praycrless  bed,  not  on  a 

Not  on  the  gory  field  of  fame 

Not  so  quickly,  fretted  spirit 

Not  to  the  ensangxiined  field 

Not  to  the  swift  nor  to  the  strong 

"  Not  unto  us,  O  Lord,  not  unto 

No  war,  or  battle's  sound 

Not  with  the  light  and  vain 

Not  words  alone  it  cost  the  Lord 

Now  came  stUl  evening  on 

Now  I  feel— Of  what  coarse  metal    Shakespeare 

"Now  I  lay  me" — say  it,  darling 

Now  let  us  repose  from  our  care 

Now  RhaU  the  mangled  stump 

Now  sober  industary,  illustrious 

Now  starting  up  among  the 

Now  that  tho  Bun  is  gleaming 

Now  the  sun 

Now  the  third  and  fatal  conflict 

Now  Thou,  by  whom  the  world 

Now  was  the  sun  in  western 

Now  with  the  cross,  as  with  tho 

No  wrath  of  men  or  rage 

Number  the  grains  of  sand 

O  Antioch,  thou  teacher  of  the 

Oaths  terminate,  as  Paul  observes 

O  birds  from  out  the  east 

O  blest  of  heaven,  whom  not  the 

O  blest  repentance,  in  thy 

Observe  the  dying  father  speak 

Observe  the  risujg  lily's  snowy 

O  chUd  !  0  new-bom  denizeiji 

O  come  in  life's  gay  morning 

O  coirid  I  hope  the  wise  and 

O  could  thy  grave  at  home 

O  day  of  rest  and  gladness 

O  Death  1  thou  great  invisible 

O  Death  1  with  what  an  eye  of 

O'er  life's  humblest  duties  throwing  Whittier 

O'er  the  rocks  we  climb 

O  ever-earnest  sun 

Of  age's  avarice  I  cannot  see 

O  fairest  of  creation 

O  faith,  thou  workest  miracles 

Of  aU  antagonists,  most  charity 

"  Of  all  good  wqrks  of  men 

Of  all  the  causes  which  conspire 

Of  all  the  creatures  both  in  sea  and  Herbert 

Of  all  the  notable  things  on  earth     Saxe 

Of  all  the  phantoms  fleeting  in         Pollok 

Of  comely  form  she  waa  fvilok 

O  fear  not  thou  to  die 


Churchill 
Donar 

Mercer 

Deicart 

Sonar 

Smollett 

Whittier 

O.  L.  Taylor 

Milton 

Sonar 

Covoper 

Milton 


Edmeston 
Tupper 
Bruce 
Pollok 

Soioring 
Tr.  by  Trench 
Gerhardt,  tr. 
Milton 
Herbert 
ffeiTick 

Chester 
Cowper 

Akenaide 

Mitchell 

Swift 

Thomson 

Longfelloio 

Pryant 

Arnold 

C.  Wordsworth 

Colton 

Pollok 


Sonar 

Benharn 

Milton 

Faber 

Davenant 

Tr.  by  Al^tf 

Pope 


NtTMBER 

3014 
301 
1948 
1619 

700 

17S7 

son 

1781 

1G5 

1301 

407 

1976 

1932 

942 

481 

2275 

2399 

1146 

1791 

642 

548 

2687 

25:35 

259 

401 

1226 

2090 

1101 

377 

2699 

3056 

1954 

2668 

23.33 

1141 

1229 

388 

619 

409 

2619 

659 

414 

2400 

2660 

1917 

2652 

2920 

1337 

1959 

993 

703 

297 

2696 

709 

728 

1191 

879 

1003 

188 

35 

1215 

1104 

1553 

2575 

118 
1249 
2512 


AumOR  NUMBEB 

O  fierce  desire,  the  spring  of  sighs  Srandon  803 

Of  its  own  beauty  is  the  mind  Byron  1018 

Of  lunacy — Innumerous  were  the  Pollok  1990 

Of  man  immortal !  hear  the  lofty  youny  1921 

Of  oil  and  cassia  one  the  Persius,  .  .  2411 

Of  olden  times,  the  fashion  waa  Tupper  1044 

Of  old  sat  Freedom  on  the  Tennyson  1086 

O  for  the  coming  of  the  end  3071 

O  for  the  peace  which  floweth  Crewdson  10C8 

Of  pleasure  next  the  final  Young  2513 

O  Freedom ! — ^thou  art  not  as  poeta  Bryant  1391 

Of  all  the  trees  that  in  earth's  Pollok  1804 

Oft  expectations  fail,  and  most  Shakespeare  1183 

Oft  have  I  wished  a  traveller  Harney  2838 

Of  the  deep  learning  in  the  schools  Little  2560 

Oft  in  my  mansion  would  Sickersteth  1714 

Oft  in  the  stUly  night  Moore  2274 

Oft  weeping  memory  sits  alone  1727 

O  gather  roses  whUe  they  blow  Gleim,  tr.  771 

O  glorious  paradise !  O  lovely  T/ieophanes,  tr.     2445 

O  glorious  world  1  thou  art  deck'd  670 

O  God  I  how  beautiful  the  Cook  1569 

0  God  I  methinks  it  were  a  Shakespeare  1661 

0  God  1  my  sins  are  manifold  Heber  1357 

0  God,  thou  bottomless  abyss  Breithaupt,  tr.      1484 

0  great  bard  ! — Ere  yet  that  Coleridge  1607 

0  happiness  of  blindness !  now  Detiham  265 

O  happiness  I  our  being's  end  and  Pope  1665 

O  happy  house  !  Where  thou  art  Spitta^  tr.  1875 

O  happy  soul  that  lives  on  high  Watt»  1606 

O,  have  you  not  heard  of  a  1561 

Oh  1  be  thou  zealous  in  thy  youth  Tr.  by  Alger  3065 

Oh  1  bring  us  home  at  last  1753 

Oh,  cursed,  cursed  Sin  Pollok  2852 

0  hearts  that  break  end  give  no  Holmes  2318 

O  hearts  that  never  cease  to  yearn  651 

Oh  I  extravagance  saileth  in  Stoettn  1194 

Oh  for  the  robes  of  whiteness  Smith  673 

Oh,  happy  once  in  Heaven's  Heber  2441 

Oh  happy  thay  who  reach  that  a48 

Oh  happy  you  1  who  blessed  with  Tighe  1653 

Oh  1  have  yc  not  marked  on  2688 

Oh  I  how  impatience  gains  upon  Tighe  1184 

O  how  portentous  is  prosperity  Young  2599 

Oh,  how  the  thought  of  God  Faber        .  2486 

Oh,  how  will  crime  engender  Colman  1155 

Oh,  how  wondrous  is  the  story  More  1940 

Oh,  I  am  Queen  with  a  despot  rule  Cook  2529 

Oh,  if  we  are  not  bitteriy  deceived  Willis  1333 

Oh,  is  it  not  a  noble  thing  to  difi  Willis  145 

Oh  it  is  excellent  Shakespeare  184 

Oh,  it  is  very  sweet  to  live  Judson  1013 

Oh  I  it  is  worse  than  mockery  to  Whittier  1332 

Oh,  luU  me,  lull  me,  charming  air  Strode  2358 

Oh  I  my  offence  is  rank  Shakeapeare  2646 

Oh !  never  wear  a  brow  of  care  823 

Oh,  no — not  even  when  first  we  Moore  2192 

0  Holy  Saviour,  Friend  unseen  Elliott  384 

O  how  happy  are  they  C.  Wesley  630 

0  how  weak — Is  mortal  man  Wliite  9650 

Oh,  Paradise  must  fairer  be  Siickert,  tr.  2446 

Oh,  say  not  thou  art  left  of  God  Newman  797 

Oh  I  selling  of  rum  is  the  best  Burleigh  2693 

Oh,  that  I  could  but  mate  him  Maturin  1676 

Oh !  the  brave  and  the  good  Bailey  1605 

Oh  I  the  world  is  but  a  wordj  Shakey>ear«  1447 

Oh  think,  my  son,  how  wild  Dale  1060 

Oh  Thou  who  dry'st  the  mourner's  Moore  162P 

Ob !  timely  happy,  timely  wiae  Kettle  SSiSl 


INDEX  OF  FIRST  LINES  AND  AUTHORS, 


739 


Aurnon 

Oh  tronbled  soul,  why  thus  Cpkam 

Oh  1  weep  for  those  that  wept  by  Byron 

Oh,  weep  not  for  the  dead  M.  E.  Brooka 

Oh  what  stupendous  mercy  shmes  Rippon 

Oh,  what  terror  m  thy  forethought  P.  Damiant,  tr, 

Oh  1  who  can  strive  White 

Oh  1  who  shall  lightly  say  iJRat  Baillie 

Oh,  who  would  cease  to  love  Judson 

Oh !  who  would  cherish  life  Wliite 

Oh,  why  should  the  spirit  of  Knox 

Oh,  yet  we  trust  that  somehow  Tennyson 

O,  I  have  passed  a  miserable  Shakespeare 

O  Imperial  Babylon  1  whore  is  the  Tr.  hy  Alger 


NUMBE21 
2G00 
203S 

660 
1S59 

732 
1119 
1254 
2204 

893 
2334 
1540 

918 
1130 
19S8 
2019 
134G 

250 
1411 

753 
2673 
1881 
2130 
2250 

501 
1237 

372 

169 

266 

253 
2213 
2837 
2343 
1304 

201 


0  innocence,  the  sacred  amulet  Chapman 

O  jealousy — Thou  ugliest  fisnd  Ifore 

0  King  of  earth,  and  air,  and  sea  Heber 
"  O  lady  fair,  these  silks  of  mine  Wliittier 
Old  friends  and  true  friends  Scrantom 
Old  Ironsides  at  anchor  lay  Morris 
Old  men  that  on  their  staff  Pollok 

0 1  learn  that  it  is  only  by  the 
O,  life  and  all  its  charms  decay  Percival 
O,  Ufo  is  not  perfect  with  iTassey 
O  life  misspent  I  O  foulest  waste  VTard 
O  Life  1  without  thy  checkered  Wordsworth 

0  little  feet  1  th  't  such  long  years  Longfellow 

0 1  lives  there,  heaven  1  beneath  Campbell 
O  loss  of  sight,  of  thee  I  most  Milton 
O  love-destroying,  cursed  Bigotry  Pollok 
O  luxury — Bane  of  elated  life  Dyer 
O  man,  forget  not  thou  earth's 
O  man,  whOe  in  thy  early  years  Burns 
O  momentary  grace  of  mortal  man  Shakespeare 
On  a  fair  ship,  borne  swiftly  Tr.  by  Trench 
On  Alpine  heights  the  love  of  God  JTrummacher,  tr.  1479 
O  Nature  !  what  had'st  thou  to  do  Shakespeare  1S93 
Once  in  the  light  of  ages  past  Montgomery  2173 
Once  more  in  the  matter  of  Tupper  1201 
Once  (says  an  author,  when  I  need  Pope  2003 
Once  staggering  blind  with  folly  Oriental,  tr.  223 1 
Once  Sultan  Nushirvan  the  Just  Oriental,  tr.  1109 
Once  the  demon  enters  Chellis  2001 
Once  this  soft  turf,  this  rivulet's  Bryant  2911 
Once  to  every  man  and  nation  Lowell  5S2 
One  adequate  support  Wordsworth  603 
One  cross  the  less  remains  for  me  Bonar  604 
One  day  a  blind  man  chanced  to  Gellert,  tr.  1780 
One  family  we  dwell  in  Him  C.  Wesley  440 
One  Father,  God,  we  own  Frothlngham  782 
One  foot  on  earth,  and  one  on  sea  Bale  2870 
One  more  unfortunate  Hood  819 
One  said,  "Better  a  single  drop  Tr.  by  Alger  2515 
One  sole  baptismal  sign  Robinson  1314 
One  struggle  of  might,  and  the  633 
One.  Eim  by  day,  by  night  ten  Toung  lOS 
One  sweetly  solemn  thought  P.  Cary  1747 
One  sweet  word  of  holy  meaning  Newbury  2903 
O,  never  from  thy  tempted  heart  1365 
On  every  himian  soul  there  Ues  Tr.  by  Alger  791 
One  year  among  the  angels  Larcom  1708 
On  high,  where  no  hoarse  winds  Garth  1373 
On  his  pale  brow  the  drops  are  Bale  1458 
On  Horeb's  rock  the  Prophet  stood  1053 
Only  a  few  more  burdens  must  we  Ormaby  1067 
Only  a  tomb,  no  more  Bonar  1595 
Only  to  Satan  true  Baxter  789 
Only  waiting  till  the  shadows  2420 
O  North,  with  all  thy  vales  of  390 
On  Truth's  substantial  rock  W.  Solmei           1862 


AUTHOR 

Baring-Gould 

Johnson 

Dryden 

Shakespeare 

Faber 

Cowper 


Onward,  Christian  soldiers 

On  what  foundations  stand  the 

On  what  strange  grounds  we 

O  opportunity !  thy  guilt  is 

O  Paradise  1  0  Paradise 

Opening  the  map  of  God's 

Open  thine  arms,  O  death,  thou 

0  poverty  of  pride  1  O  foiU  More 

Oppressed  vAVa.  noonday's  Bonar 

Order  is  Heaven's  first  law  Milton 

Orpheus,  with  his  lute,  made  Shakespeare 

0  sacred  Head  I  now  wounded  Gerhardt,  tr. 

O  safe  at  home,  where  the  dark  Bonar 

O  Saviour  I  whose  mercy  severe  in    Grant 

O  send  me  down  a  draught  of  I.  ve    Ersk  tne 

0  serpent  heart,  hid  with  a  Shakespeare 

Or  shall  I  say.  Vain  word  Clough 

O  shame  to  man !  Devil  with  Devil  Milton 

O  sometimes  gleam?,  upon  our  Whittier 

O  streams  of  earthly  love  and  joy      Bonar 

O  that  estates,  degi-ees,  and 

O  that  mine  eye  might  closed  be 

O  the  bm-dens  of  the  dreams  that 

0  there  are  gardens  of  the 

O  !  there  is  one  affection  which  no 

O,  the  wrath  of  the  Lord  is  a 

O  thou  child  of  many  prayers 

O  Thou  eternal  One :  whose 

O  Thou  great  Power !  in  whom  I 

0  Thou  most  terrible,  most 

O  Thou  Patron  God 

O,  Thou  so  weary  of  Thy  self- 

O  thou  sweet  king-killer,  and 

O  Thou  unutterable  Potentate 

O  Thou !  whose  balance  does  the 

O  thou  world,  great  nurse  of 

O  Time  I  who  know'st  a  lenient 

O  treacherous  conscience  1  while 

0  luioxpccted  stroke,  worse  than 

O  universal  mother,  who  dost 

0  unseen  Spirit !  now  a  cahn 

Our  aim  is  happiness 

Our  blest  B,edeemer,  ere  He 

Our  Father 

Our  Father,  God,  who  art  in 

Our  funeral  tears  from  different 

Our  habits,  costlier  than  LucuUus 

Our  Ufe  is  two-fold ;  sleep  hath  its    Byron 

Our  lives  are  rivers  gliding  free        Manrigue,  tr. 

Our  many  deeds,  the  thoughts  that  Faber 

Our  purses  shall  be  proud,  our  Shakespeare 

Our  remedies  oft  in  ourselves  do       Shakespeare 

Our  waldng  dreams  are  fatal  Young 

Our  youth  is  like  the  opening  day     Loitd 

Out  of  shadow  into  sunlight  Chellis 

Out  of  the  fertile  ground  He  caus'd  Jfllton 

Out  of  the  shadows  of  sadness  Ryan 

Over  the  river  they  beckon  to  me      Priest 

O  watch  and  pray  1  for  thou  hast 

O  what  a  patrimony  this  Young 

O  what  a  thing  is  man  I  how  far       Herbert 

O  what  a  treasure  is  a  virtuous  Cliapman 

O,  what  is  man,  great  Maker  Batiea 

0,  what  is  woman — what  her  smile 

O  where  are  kings  and  empires  now  Coxe 

O,  when  will  death  Young 

O,  who  can  hold  a  fire  in  his  band  /Shakespeare 

O  world,  O  life,  O  time  Shelley 

0  world  thy  slippery  tums  Shakespeare 


Shakespeare 
Ellwood 
Alger 
Watts 
Percival 
Knox 
Longfellow 
Bershavin,  tr, 
Wolton 
Tlghe 
Young 

Shakespeare 
Borov,  tr. 
Young 

Bowles 
Young 

Milton 

Shelley 

Sterling 

Armstrong 

Auber 

Bernard 

A.  Judson 

Young 

Cowper 


NtTMBESt 

425 

104 

1293 

2431 

2441 

2126 

703 

2574 

001 

24.':& 

23C1 

C0» 

616 

886 

1860 

750 

1048 

883 

2460 

93 

541 

803 

2522 

2442 

54 

2353 

2216 

1507 

2616 

esa 

628 
2967 
1528 

763 

760 
1328 
S867 

485 
IOCS 
1011 

634 
1051 
1813 
21C(> 
2165 
2350. 

930 

92.'1 
2150 
1977 

138 
10&3 

271 
2133 

627 
1034 

983 
1744 
2983 
1929 
1G44 
2989 
2228 
S012 

438 
710 

780 
1090 
141S 


740 


INDEX  OP  FIRST  LINES  AND  AUTHORS. 


AUTHOR  NUMBER 

O  worship  the  Kin?                            Cfrant  1521 

O  worthy  gift  of  heavenly  love  Selwyn  1562 

O  years  gone  down  into  the  past  P.  Gary  511 

O  ye  wha  are  sae  gnid  yoiursel'  Burns  322 

O  ye,  whose  hearts  in  secret  Sigourney  24C5 

Pain  and  sin  are  convicts,  and  toU  Tupper  1153 

Pain,  my  old  companion,  pain  C.  Wesley  2440 

Pain's  furnace-heat  within  me  Sturm,  tr.  68 

Passion,  when  deep,  is  stUl  Percival  2455 

Patiently  received  from  Thee              C.  Wesley  1156 

Patriots  have  toil'd  and  in  their  Coioper  2254 

Pause  not  to  dream  of  the  Osgood  2084 

Peace  be  to  this  habitation  G.  Wesley  1263 

Peace,  peace ;  it  is  not  so.    Thou  VaugJian  864 

Peace  upon  peace,  like  wave  Bonar  2479 

Peace  1  what  can  tears  avail  Procter  2454 

Pearls  before  swine :  this  is  an  old  Tupper  950 

Perceiv'st  thou  not  the  process  of  OviA,  tr.  2141 

Perhaps  thou  dost  but  try  me  Lillo  2853 

Perishing  splendors,  pass  away  Hastings  745 

Perseverance,  dear  my  Lord  Shakespeare  1846 

Perseverance  is  a  virtue  Havard  2489 

Persuade  them  then  Wither  1311 

Philosophy— Did  much  Pollok  2495 

Physician  of  my  sin-sick  soul  Newton  792 

Pilgrim,  burdened  with  thy  sin  2503 

"Pity"  thee!    Soldo  Willis  2506 

Placed  for  his  trial  on  this  Gowper  2584 

Place  me  on  some  desert  shore  Tupper  2301 

Pleasantly  comost  Thou  Gallagher  1140 

Pleasure  admitted  in  undue  Govsper  1117 

Pleasure's  the  mistress  of  ethereal  Young  2509 

Poet  and  seer  that  question  caught  Brown  2293 

Pointiiis  to  such  well  might  Itogera  371 

Policy  counsellcth  a  gift,  given  Tupper  1465 

Poor  frighted  men  at  sea  Howard  1850 

Poor  heart,  lament  Herbert  845 

Poor  indeed  thou  must  be  List  1974 

Poor  in  my  youth,  and  in  Gowper  2975 

Poor  soul,  the  centre  of  my  sinful  Shakespeare  137 

Power  above  powers  I  O  fianiel  1057 

Praise  a  fool,  and  slay  him  ;  for  Tupper  456 

Praise  my  soul,  the  King  of  Lyte  1510 

Praise  the  Lord  of  Heaven,  praise  Browne  2534 

Praise  to  God,  immortal  praise  Barbauld  2860 

Prayer  is  the  soul's  sincere  desire  Montgomery  2548 

Prayer  svirjiasses  human  Barton  2537 

Prayer,  the  Church's  banquet  Herbert  2541 

Present  example  gets  within  our  Young  1168 

Press  to  the  mark  (the  Spirit  Shakespeare  2484 

Primeval  Hope,  the  Aonian  muses  Gampbell  1865 

Productive  v.as  the  world  Pollok  278 

Profoundcr,  profounder  Emerson  328 

PiTidcnco,  thou  virtue  of  the  Nabb  2670 

PupU,  gonuino  wisdom  learn  Tr.  by  Alger  2383 

Quovedo,  as  ho  tolls  his  sober  Gowper  3007 

Eabia,  sick  upon  her  bed  Oriental,  tr.  349 

Rashly,  nor  of^fcmcs  truly  Tupper  2048 

Beceive  thy  scourge  by  others  Earl  of  Surrey        348 

Redeem  wo  time  Young  26 

Regard  no  vice  as  small               •  Tr.  by  Alger  2100 

Rejoice  for  a  brother  deceased  C  Wesley  667 

Rejoice  thou;;h  storms  assail  thee  2636 

Religion,  first,  be  made  your  S.  Wesley,  Jf,        2893 

Religion's  all.     Descending  from  Young  2640 

Rent  were  at  once  the  Qoodgates  Mant  424 

»i^pnnt  I  repent  1  repei  t  Longfellow  2041 

Reserve  will  v.onnd  it ;  and  Young  J400 

Best  of  the  weaiy  Monsetl  387 


Rest,  weary  dust,  lie  here  an  hour 
Rest,  weary  soul 
Return,  my  soul,  unto  thy  rest 
Ridicule  is  a  weak  weapon 
Right  from  the  hand  of  God 
King  out,  wUd  bells,  to  the  wild 
Rise  from  your  dreams  of  the 
Rise,  my  soul  1  and  stretch  thy 
Rise,  said  the  Master,  come 
Roek'd  in  the  cradle  of  the  deep 
Rock  of  Ages,  cleft  for  me 
Roll  on,  thou  sun,  forever  roU 
Roll  round,  strange  years 
Rome,  whose  majesty 
"  Room  for  the  leper  I  room 
Rude  was  his  garment,  and  to 
Sabbaths  are  threefold 
Sad  is  our  youth,  for  it  is  ever 
Said  I  not  so — that  I  would  sin 
Saint  Augustine  I  well  hast  thou 
Salvation  !  oh  the  joyful 
Satan  is  busy  in  planting 
Saviour,  is  there  anything 
Saviour !  when,  in  dust,  to  Thee 
Say,  is  your  lamp  burning 
Saj',  my  soul,  what  preparation 
Say  thou  not  sadly,  "never,"  and 
Say,  what  is  gospel-preaching 
Say  what  is  honor 
Say,  where  full  instinct  is  the 
Say,  who  can  mourn 
Say  why  was  man  so  eminently 
Scattered  o'er  various  fields  by 
Sceptic,  whoe'er  thou  art,  teU,  if 
Science  moves,  but  slowly,  slowly 
Scorn  not  the  slightest  word  or 
Searching  those  edges  of  the 
Search  starry  mysteries  overhead 
Securely  cabined  in  the  ship 
See  Aaron,  God's  anointed  priest 
See  before  us  in  our  journey 
See,  high  in  air  the  sportive 
See  its  power  expand 
See  Judah's  promised  king,  bereft 
Seokest  thou  rest,  O  mortal 
Scemcth  not  Love  at  times 
See  the  professor  laboring 
See  the  rivers  flowing 
See  the  shining  dew-drops 
See  where  the  tree  its  richest 
See  yonder  cloud  along  the  west 
"  Servant  of  God,  well  done 
Serve  not  thy  belly  with  such 
Service,  there  is  rest 
Shall  I  bo  slave  to  every  noble 
ShaU  I  desert  him  now 
Shall  man  alone,  whose  fate 
Shallow  artifice  begets  suspicion 
She  had  seen — All  of  earth's  year 
Sheik  Schubli,  taken  sick,  was 
She  is  coming,  my  own,  my  sweet 
She  saw ;  she  took ;  she  ate 
She  stood  outside  the  gate  of 
She  taught  us  how  to  live 
Should  the  well-meant  songs 
Should  you  ever  be  one  of  a 
Shrink  not  from  suffering 
Shun  delays,  they  breed  remorse 
Shun  pride,  O  Rae  ! — whatever 


AUTHOR 

>TTMBKB 

Bonar 

1586 

2663 

Montgomery 

2664 

Tupper 

2684 

Lowell 

2500 

Tennyson 

2388 

3067 

Seagrave 

416 

Alford 

2011 

Willard 

2407 

Toplady 

2692 

Goethe 

2922 

Craik 

2371 

May 

1799 

Willis 

2102 

Spenser 

319 

Herrick 

2701 

Be  Vere,  tr. 

2140 

Herbert 

2943 

Longfellow 

1172 

Watts 

2707 

Quarles 

2711 

Kimball 

2410 

Grant 

2154 

2917 

Spitta,  tr. 

1039 

Kemble 

1856 

Mant 

2564 

WorOsworth 

1843 

Pope 

1992 

Sigourney 

661 

Akenside 

2302 

Bowring 

1265 

Glynn 

486 

Tennyson 

2594 

1046 

Ingelow 

1457 

Allingham 

1435 

Lynch 

2904 

Newton 

1 

Bryant 

712 

Young 

1372 

Sprague 

617 

Gowper 

632 

Tupper 

2663 

Trench 

2209 

Holmes 

913 

Procter 

1471 

1547 

Holmes 

2854 

Beecher 

1131 

Montgomery 

730 

Tr.  by  Alger 

1106 

Blckersteth 

1720 

Ingelow 

2134 

Hentz 

2181 

Young 

2061 

Gongreve 

149 

Bickersteth 

197 

Tr.  by  Alger 

1424 

Tennyson 

2194 

G.  Wesley 

1197 

2490 

Burleigh 

1551 

Ken 

2357 

Gook 

2971 

Vpham 

871 

Southwi]l 

766 

Hood 

3578 

INDEX  OF  FIRST  LINES  AND  AUTHORS. 


'41 


Bhnn  snch  as  lounge  thronprh 
Bickness  is  a  school  severe 
Bilence  1   though  the  flames 
Since  Adam's  famdly,  from  first 
Since  brass,  nor  stone,  nor  earth 
Since  o'er  Thy  footstool  here 


AUTHOR 

Holmes 

Elliott 

Crailc 

Young 

Sliakespeare 

iriihlenberg 


Six  years  had  passed,  and  forty  ere  Crabbe 

Slight  those  who  say  amidst  Herbert 

Slowly  fashioned,  link  by  link  Davis 

Smiling,  a  bright-eyed  seraph 

Smite  on  1  It  doth  not  hurt  me  Vpham 

So  artists  melt  the  sullen  ore  of 

So  build  we  up  the  being  that  we  Wordsworth, 

So,  Christian  !  though  gloomy  Patterson 

So  deiar  to  heaven  is  saintly  Milton 

So  dying  men  receive  vain  Datenant 

So  fair  Is  man,  that  death  Quarles 

So  fallen  !  so  lost !  the  light  Wliittier 

So  from  the  heights  of  will  Holmes 

Softly ! — she  is  lying  Eastman 

Softly,  softly  falleth  the  snow  Chapman 

Softl}'  the  penitent 

Soldiers  of  Christ,  arise  C.  Wesley 

Solemnly,  momiifuUy  Longfellow 

Solemn  praise — And  prayers  Lettice 

So  live  that  when  the  mighty 

So  many  good  lessons  Skelton 

So  many  worlds,  so  much  to  do  Tennyson 

Some  angel  guide  my  pencil  Young 

Some  are  serving,  some  Home 

Some  deluded  minds  Hayes 

Some  dreams  were  useless — moved  Pollok. 

Some  fretful  tempers  wince  at  Cowper 

Some  go  to  church,  proud  humbly  Young 

Some  love  the  glow  of  outward  Sioain 

Some  of  their  chiefs  were  princes  Dryden 

Some  of  your  hurts  you  have  cured  Tr.  by  Emerson 

Some  other  kind  of  wits  must  Dryden 

Some  plaj'  for  gain ;  to  pass  Heath 

Some  say  that  Idssing  "s  a  sin 

Some  seem  to  live — Whose  hearts  Bailey 

Some  spot  there  is,  some  cherished  Boxoring 

Something  light  as  air — a  look  Moore 

Sometime,  O  Lord  1  at  least  in  Wither 

Sometimes  a  light  surprises  Newton 

Sometimes  I  upward  lift  mine  Upham 

Sometimes  we  feel  the  wish  across  Bailey 

Son  of  the  carpenter,  receive  C  Wesley 

Soon  and  forever  Monsell 

Soon  as  himself  man  Imows  Tr.  by  Alger 

Sore  was  the  famine  throughout  Grahame 

Sorrows  humanize  oiu:  race 

Sorrow,  suspense,  desire  Oriental,  tr. 

Sorrow  was  a  ship,  I  found  Ingeloio 

Bo  said,  he  raised,  according  to  Ingeloio 

Boul  of  the  world,  AU-seeing  Eye  Peter 

Bouls  of  men  1  why  will  ye  scatter  Faber 

Sounds  the  trumpet  from  afar  Bonar 

Sour  discontent,  that  quarrels  Blackmore 

Sovereign  Euler  of  the  skies  Byland 

So  when  of  old  the  Almighty  Dryden 

So  willingly  doth  God  remit  Milton 

Bow  on  in  faith 

Bo  work  the  honey-bees  Shakespeare 

Spake  full  well  in  language  quaint  Longfellow 

Speak  not  of  vengeance  Layard 

Speak  the  height  of  honor  Massinger 

Bpeak  gently !  it  is  better  far  Bates 

Bpirit  1  whose  life-sustaining  Eemans 


NUMBER 
2S79 
2810 
2252 
2053 
210 
1729 
Y4 
2692 
1640 
1958 
2897 
1081 
331 
600 
351 
454 
2234 
2894 
1398 
602 
22S0 
2483 
1001 
2393 
1559 
1124 
645 
120 
1523 
2149 
81G 
923 
1399 
435 
463 
1943 
1159 
2C98 
1444 
2077 
1090 
1828 
2244 
1443 
452 
1801 
1009 
2086 
498 
1349 
1271 
2169 
2873 
1062 
2151 
2426 
2012 
2961 
877 
1354 
2632 
657 
1971 
1505 
1339 
2081 
1848 
1456 


Spite  of  all  the  fools  that  pride 
Sporting  through  the  forest  wide 
Stand  but  your  ground,  your 
Stand  the  omnipotent  decree 
Stand  up  for  the  cold-water 
Stars  are  of  mighty  use :  the  night 
Stay,  mortal,  stay ;  nor  heedless 
"  Staj'  tin  I  bring  the  cup  which 
Stem  Daughter  of  the  Voice  of  God 
Stern  Duty  rose,  and  frowning 
StDl  hope  I  still  act !     Be  sure 
Still  shines  the  light  of  holy 
StiU  seems  it  strange  that  thou 
StUl,  still  without  ceasing 
Strange  glory  streams  through 
Stronger  than  thunder's  wmged 
Study  with  care,  politeness 
Such  dupes  are  men  to  custom 
"  SuHer  that  little  children  ccme 
Summer  ebbs ;  each  day  that 
Sun  of  my  soul  1  Thou  Saviour 
Surely,  yon  heaven,  where 
Survey  the  mugnet's  sympathetic 
Suspended  on  the  cross  1     On  His 
Sweet  are  the  joys  of  Home 
Sweet  are  the  thoughts  that 
Sweet  babe  I — She  glanced 
Sweet  baby,  sleep  I  what  ails 

Sweet  E^en  was  the  arbor  of 

Sweet  is  the  pleasure 

Sweet  peace,  where  dost  thou  dwell  Herbert 

Sweet  ScnsibDity  1  thou  keen 

Sweet  stream,  that  winds  through 

Sweet  the  moments,  rich  in 

Swiftly  and  straight  each  tongue 

Take  of  some  bitter  tree  a  shoot 

Talents  angel-bright 

Taulor,  the  preacher,  walked  one 

Tears  are  not  always  fruitful 

Te'J  him  that  his  very  longing 

Tell  me  not  in  mournful  numbers 

Tell  me,  some  god  I  my  guardian 

Tell  me  the  old,  old  story 

Tell  me  the  song  of  the  beautiful 

TeU  me,  where  is  fancy  bred 

TcU  me  why  the  ant 

Tell  me,  ye  winged  winds 

Ten  poor  men  sleep  in  peace  on 

Thank  God  for  Uttle  children 

That  awful,  that  tremendous  day 

That  fair  female  troop  thou  saw'st   Milton. 

That  Garden,  where  of  old  our 

That  glorious  burst  of  winged 

That  gi'cat  Day  of  wrath  and 

That  mighty  faith  on  me  bestow 

That  monster.  Custom 

The  abuse  of  greatness  is,  when 

The  advocate  for  him  who  offered 

The  Almighty  King 

The  angry  word  suppressed,  the 

The  animals  as  once  in  Eden 

The  appearance,  instantaneously 

The  ark  received  her  freightage 

The  AssjTian  came  down  like 

The  Author  God  Himself 

The  Autumn  is  old 

The  band  of  thy  resolve  is  a  fine 

XUe  Banyan  of  the  Indian  isle 


AUTHOR 

ArilCEB 

Stillingfleet 

£580 

Howitt 

2156 

Ken 

545 

C.  Wesley 

1076 

G.  L.  Taylor 

12 

Vaughan 

413 

983 

Hvmery  tr. 

299.'» 

I  V.'urdsworth 

94!» 

Wulfe 

939 

Sterling 

1953 

Whittier 

1164 

Young 

1S28 

Giiyon^  tr. 

123(> 

Musseij 

736 

Horace.^  tr. 

1525 

Stillingfleei 

E52 

Cowper 

621 

Graham* 

366 

Longfellow 

2118 

Keble 

1143 

Bonar 

1743 

Smart 

2493 

Layard 

607 

Bowrlng 

1P24 

Greene 

2295 

Cunningham 

199 

Wither 

1968 

Fletcher 

1035 

Dwight 

266E 

Herbert 

2481 

More 

2S40 

Coicper 

2215 

Shirley 

6(B 

Keble 

1806 

Oriental,  tr. 

2373 

Yoting 

2284 

Whittier 

121S 

Bonar 

2928 

Dscheladeddin 

tr.  153 

Longfelloio 

20 

Young 

719 

395 

Massey 

2427 

Shakespeare 

1273 

Prior 

1991 

Mackay 

1663 

Oriental,  tr.. 

503 

2973 

Hodgson 

672 

Milton 

3020 

1460 

Tupper 

S023 

Tr.  by  Neal 

643 

C.  Wesley 

1222 

Shakespeare 

13 

Shakespeare 

103 

Pollok 

284 

Hayea 

2423 

More 

1S34 

Pollok 

2288 

Wordsworth 

1705 

Bickersteth 

13S5 

Byron 

2934 

Pollok 

249 

Hood 

187 

Tr.  by  Alger 

im 

431 

742 


INDEX  OP  FIRST  LINES  AND  AUTHORS, 


The  bell  strikes  one.    We  take  no 
The  bigot  theologian  in  miirate 
The  bird,  let  loose  in  eastern  sides 
The  birJs,  against  the  April  wind 
The  bird  that  soars  on  highest 
Tlie  hiid  that  to  the  evening  sings 
The  black  camel.  Death,  kneeleth 
The  lilessings  which  the  poor  and 
The  Uoolc  is  opened  and  the  seal 
The  book  of  God  1    And  is  there  a 
The  l)oy  stood  on  the  biiming  deck 
Thel)ranch  is  stooping  to  thy  hand 
The  brave  man  is  not  he  who  feels 
The  breaking  waves  dashed 
The  briglit,  l)lack  eye,  the  melting 
The  brightest  blossom  soonest 
The  'broolis  rush  downward  to  the 
The  business  of  the  world  is  child's 
The  chariot  1  the  chariot 
The  cliarms  of  eloquence 
The  cheerlul  supper  done 
The  cbUd  loans  on  its  parents 
The  child-like  faith,  that  asks 
The  Christian's  faith  hath  many 
The  churl  who  holds  it  heresy 
The  clock  is  on  the  stroke  of  six 
The  cloud-capt  towers,  the 
The  cocoa-palm  leaves  infidels 
The  cows  are  lowuig  along  the 
The  crisis  of  man's  destiny  is  now 
The  cross  it  standeth  fast 
The  cui-fcw  tolls  the  knell  of 
The  daily  labor  of  the  bee 
The  day  is  cold,  and  dark,  and 
The  death-bed  of  the  just  I  is  yet 
The  deeds  of  reasonable  men 
The  deeds  which  selfish  liearts 
The  deed  yo  do  is  the  prayer  ye 
The  distaff,  needle,  aU  domestic 
The  distant  prospects  always  seem 
The  doors,  that  knew  no  shrill 
The  duht  instead  of  water  drank 
The  earth  gave  symptoms  of 
The  earth  is  full  of  discords,  for 
The  earth  is  full  of  life 
The  earth  sad-sweet  is  deeply 
Thee  have  thousands  sought  in 
The  epoch  ends,  the  world  is  still 
Thee  we  adore,  eternal  Name 
The  fairest  action  of  our  hun^an 
The  fairest  pearls  that  northern 
The  Pallen  looked  on  the  world 
The  family  is  a  little  book 
The  feeble  sea-bird,  blinded 
The  fine  and  noble  way  to  kill  a  foe 
The  fire  of  God  is  soon  to  faU 
The  first  time  that  the  sun  rose  on 
The  flags  of  war-like  storm-birds 
The  flying  rumors  gather'd 
The  foe  behind,  the  deep  before 
The  foolish  camel  begged  of  AUah 
The  fountain  of  my  heart  dried  up 
The  gift  to  King  Amphion 
The  glories  of  our  birth  and  state 
The  glorious  sim  is  gone 
The  God  of  Abraham  praise 
The  God  of  nature  and  of  Grace 
The  golden  age  was  first ;  when 
The  golden  opportunity 


AUTHOR             NUMBER 

Tou?ig 

2874 

Pollolc 

251 

T.  iloora 

155 

Wliutier 

2957 

Montgomery 

1888 

Swain 

1970 

Tr.  by  Alger 

733 

Talfourd 

346 

Bally 

2059 

Mant 

246 

Hemana 

1320 

Smedley 

748 

Baillie 

546 

Hemana 

2505 

Holmes 

1198 

Percival 

990 

Upham 

901 

Trench 

302 

Milman 

2057 

Embury 

1056 

Burns 

1269 

Williama 

1200 

Keble 

12';i 

Pollok 

403 

Sprague 

553 

Howitt 

1298 

Shakespeare 

744 

Tr.  by  Alger 

799 

SC2 

Tupper 

2885 

Bonar 

598 

T.  Gay 

442 

J.  Qray 

2379 

Longfellow 

641 

Young 

679 

Pollok 

755 

Dewart 

1230 

Burleigh 

756 

Pollok 

1285 

White 

1181 

Thomson 

1946 

Bickersteth 

1073 

Pollok 

1075 

882 

Dana 

2129 

1014 

Trench 

1395 

Arnold 

75 

Watts 

678 

Carew 

1986 

2198 

Carmichael 

1532 

1259 

Holmea 

2718 

Aleyn 

1080 

Keble 

911 

E.  B.  Browning 

61 

Wliittier 

2960 

Pope 

2695 

Neale 

1030 

Tr.  by  Alger 

1103 

Maturin 

809 

Wordsworth 

2360 

Shirley 

685 

Ware,  Jr. 

626 

Olivsra 

1480 

Montgomery 

574 

Tr,  by  Dryden 

76 

3430 

The  good  man's  hope  is  laid 

The  good  man  suffers  but  to  gain 

The  gospel's  glorious  hope 

The  great  human  whhlpool 

The  Greeks  said  grandly,  in 

The  groves  were  God's  first  templea  Bryant 

The  hand  that  rounded  Peter's 

The  happy  Christmas  comes  once 

The  harp  at  Nature's  advent 

The  harvest  dawn  is  near 

The  harvest  of  the  earth  is  fully 

The  heart  has  tendrils  like  a  vine 

The  heart  is  Like  the  slry 

The  heart — the  heart  I  oh  1  let  it 

The  heavenly  home  is  bright  and 

The  heavens  are  a  point  from 

The  highest  glory  is  not  where 

The  husbandman,  who  sluggishly 

The  Uls  that  darken  life 

The  immortal  gods 

Their  glory  faded,  and  their  race 

Their  lost  they  have,  they  hold 

The  keenest  pangs  the  wretched 

The  king  was  on  his  throne 

The  lady  lay  in  her  bed 

The  lamp  of  revelation  only  shows 

The  latter  rain — it  falls 

The  leaves  arovmd  me  falling 

The  Life  above,  the  Life  on  high 

The  light-house  founded  on  a  rock 

The  lion  craved  the  fox's  art 

The  lion's  feet,  the  lion's  lips 

The  little  children  on  the  stairway    Larcom 

The  lopped  tree  in  time  may  grow 

The  Lord  our  God  is  clothed  with 

The  Lord  will  grace  and  glory 

The  lost  days  of  my  life  until 

The  love  of  praise,  howe'er 

The  man,  perhaps 

The  marriage  supper  of  the 

The  master  came  one  evening 

The  man  that  doth  wed  a 

The  melancholy  days  are  come 

The  mi.'3;hticr  man,  the  mightier 

The  might  of  one  fair  face 

"  The  mighty  power  that  formed 

The  mind  has  no  to-day 

The  mind  that  broods  o'er  guilty 

The  miser  must  make  up  his 

The  mistakes  of  my  life  are  many 

The  moon  was  shining  yet 

The  Iloor's  abused  by  some 

The  morning  flowers  display  their 

The  mother  in  her  office  holds  the 

The  multitude  of  angels  with  a 

The  muse  disgusted  at  an  age 

Then  before  all  they  stand 

Then  ceremony  leads  her  bigots 

Then  is  the  time — For  those 

The  noble  heart  that  harbors 

Then  straight  to  Envy's  cell  she 

Then  to  side  with  Truth  is  noble 

Then  why  this  ceaseless,  vain 

The  oak-tree's  boughs  once  touched 

The  ocean  looketh  up  to  heaven 

The  old  Scj^hians — Painted  blind 

The  oracles  are  dumb 

The  outworn  rite,  the  old 

The  owlet  Atheism 


AT7TH«»             VmiBER 

Whue 

1S72 

Goiasmith 

49 

Sigourney 

1555 

Craifc 

2931 

E.  B.  Browning 

1G59 

Bryant 

1355 

Emerson 

293 

Tr.  by  Krauth 

422 

Whittier 

2380 

Burgess 

1672 

Pollok 

1074 

J.  Bowring 

1041 

Byron 

1685 

Cook 

1318 

Hunter 

1743 

Jones 

572 

Punshon 

2702 

Pollok 

2386 

Eastbum 

1700 

Massinger 

846 

Cowper 

2039 

Ingelote 

2042 

Byron 

1900 

Byron 

829 

Hood 

340 

Coioper 

243 

Very 

2620 

S.  F.  Smith 

2111 

St.  Teresa,  tr. 

661 

Montgomery 

433 

J.  Gay 

878 

Buchanan 

2258 

Larcom 

944 

Southwell 

326 

White 

1508 

Montgomei-y 

1570 

D.  G.  liossetti 

644 

Young 

2533 

Bally 

46 

Bickersteth 

2093 

Oriental,  tr. 

2023 

Skelton 

2245 

Bryant 

1338 

Shakespeare 

1009 

J.  E.  Taylor 

S009 

Watts 

2251 

Hervey 

2294 

Byron 

488 

Prior 

894 

Locke 

1883 

Willis 

1459 

Shakespeare 

2610 

S.  Wesley,  Jr. 

369 

2345 

Milton 

123 

Berkeley 

115 

Pogers 

2991 

Cowper 

324 

Thomson 

1337 

Spenser 

515 

Tooke 

1C99 

Lowell 

1793 

Horace,  tr. 

2S15 

1635 

W/iitlier 

2409 

Chapman 

1376 

Milton 

258 

Wliittier 

2634 

Colhidge, 

xn 

INDEX  OF  FIEST  LINES  AND  AUTHORS, 


743 


AUTHOa  KlfMBER 

The  pall  was  settled  Willis  8 

The  Paradise  below,  well  named  Biclerstetk  2443 

The  parlor  spaniel,  when  he  Southcy  2313 

The  past  is  a  dream  Tr.  by  Alger  2143 

The  path  of  sorrow,  and  that  path  Cowper  8G5 

The  pilgrim  and  the  stranger,  who  E.  J,  WJiittier  222 

The  pious  man — In  this  bad  While  1214 

The  Poet  sees  Longfellow  2021 

The  poor  man  counteth  not  the  Tupper  465 

The  potter  must  have  his  day            Tupper  2717 

The  preacher's  merit  rate  not  by  Brown  2559 

The  present!  what  ia  it?  2570 

The  Prophet  once,  sitting  in  Bayard  Taylor      3001 

The  pulpit,  therefore  (and  I  name  Cowper  200S 

rhe  pure,  the  bright,  the  beautiful  Dickens  1072 

The  quality  of  mercy  ia  not  Shakespeare  2278 

The  rascal,  thinking  from  his  Tr.  by  Alger  333 

There  are  a  number  of  us  creep  Watts  USD 

There  are  a  sort  of  men,  whose  Shakespeare  473 

There  are  dark  hours  of  sadness  Novalis,  tr.  817 

There  are  gains  for  all  our  losses  Stoddard  80G3 

There  are  hopes — Promising  well  Willis  179 

There  are  in  this  loud,  stimning  Keble  1696 

There  are  moments  in  life  Percival  2677 

There  are  points  from  which  we  Bailey  2404 

There  are  throe  lessous  I  would  Schiller,  tr.  1577 

There  are  who  fondly  call  upon  Bickersieth  653 

There  arc  who  sigh  that  no  fond  Keble  oil 

There  be  three  grand  principles  Tupper  2900 

There  be  who  have  made  themselves  Tupper  2219 

There  breathes  no  being  but  Holmes  2518 

There  came  a  httle  chUd,  with.  670 

Therefore,  love  and  believe  Longfellow  1221 

Therefore,  now  a  last  good-night  Arndt,  tr.  604 

Therefore,  their  latter  journey  Morris  2418 

There  hand  in  hand,  firm  Bonar  2983 

There  in  her  don,  lay  pompous  May  2214 

There  is  a  book,  who  runs  may  Keble  1485 

There  is  a  bird  who,  by  his  coat  Bourne,  tr.  2713 

There  is  a  calm  for  those  Montgomery  IGOO 

There  is  a  dungeon  in  whose  dim  Byron  55 

There  is  a  fairy  skiflC  Tupper  2890 

There  is  a  family  on  earth              '  Kelly  415 

There  is  a  fire-fly  P.  J.  Bailey  31 

There  is  a  fire  that  has  its  birth  Percival  1014 

There  is  a  fountain  fill'd  Coioper  2705 

"  There  is  a  God,"  aU  nature  cries  Montgomery  1965 

There  is  a  heaven  yet  to  rest  my  Shirleji  450 

There  ia  a  holy  city  1730 

There  is  a  land,  of  every  land  the  Montgomery  2473 

There  is  a  land  of  pxire  delight  Watts  1765 

There  is  a  lamp  whose  steady  light  Belts  239 

There  is  an  eye  that  never  sleeps  2547 

There  is  an  hour  of  iieaceful  rest  Tappan  1757 

Vhcre  is  a  joy,  which  angela  well  Mant  S050 

Thsre  is  a  place  in  a  black  and  Ford  1776 

Thero  is  a  place  where  my  hopes  Bunter  1726 

There  is  a  power — ^Jlightier  than  Bickersteth  1643 

There  is  a  power — Unseen,  that  Thomson  2001 

There  is  a  precious  day  Montgomiery  638 

There  is  a  pure  and  tranquil  wave  Ball  2139 

There  is  a  Reaper,  whose  name  ia  Longfelloui  S68 

There  is  a  River,  deep  and  broad  Hum  1815 

There  is  a  solemn  hymn  goes  up  2384 

There  is  a  spot  of  consecrated  Elliott  1575 

There  is  a  story  told  WJiittier  2480 

There  is  a  stream,  which  issues  Mason  1810 

There  in  a  stream  whose  narrow  tide  729 

There  is  a  tide  in  the  affairs  of  Shakespeart  8439 

44 


AUTHOR  NDJTBER 

There  is  a  tirad,  wo  know  not  when  Alexander  583 

There  is  a  twilight  dawning  Percival  2107 

There  is  no  death  I     The  stars  go  Lytton  714 

There  is  no  flock,  however  watched  Longfelloio  227 
"  There  is  no  God,"  the  foolish  saith  E.  B.  Browning    1878 

There  is  no  greater  evil  among  Tupper  2')77 

There  is  no  joy  unmixed  with  Dewart  2044 

There  is  no  pause  in  the  vast  2S6iJ 

There  is  no  power  in  holy  men  Byron.  4S3 

There  is  no  spot,  or  high  or  low  Boicriiig  18CS 

There  is  to  whom  all  things  Tapper'  2290 

There  is  some  soul  of  goodness  Shakesx)ear&  1161 

The  rich  man's  son  inherits  lands  Lotoelt  1784 

The  roots  of  fairest  bloom  lie  Bickersteth  2Su5 

The  roseate  hues  of  early  dawn  Alexandei  1767 

The  rout  is  Folly's  circle,  which  Cowper  1283 

There's  a  charm  in  deliv'ry  Welby  1055 

There's  a  fount  about  to  stream  Mackay  2589 

There's  a  good  time  coming,  boys  Mackay  447 

There's  a  grim  one-horse  hearse  Noel  2476 

There's  music  ever  in  the  Idndly  JfcKellar  2S63 

There's  no  dearth  of  kindness  Massey  2073 

There's  not  a  star  the  heaven  can  Keble  821 

There's  naught  so  monstrous  but  Lillcf  2938 

There's  winter  on  the  hills  Punshon  8101 

There  wanted  yet  the  master-work  Milton-  2221 

There  was  a  people  once  by  wisest  Oriental,  tr.  1847 

There  was  a  time  when  meadow  Wordsworth  1925 

The  sacred  book,  its  value  Cowper  2257 

The  saints  on  earth,  when  sweetly  Ken  1738 

The  saints  should  never  be  Cowper  1806 

The  scale — of  being  is  a  graduated  Willis  S32 

These  are  the  crowns  that  we  Bonar  1734 

The  seas  are  quiet  when  the  winds  Waller  -  80 

These  are  Thy  glorious  works  Milton  838 

The  seasons  came  and  went  PoUoK  2382 

These,  as  they  change.  Almighty  Thomson  2728 

The  seed,  the  insentient  seed  Thomas  9667 

The  seraph  Abdiel,  faithful  found  Miltoti.  1233 

These  stars  though  unbeheld  Milton-  130 

These  violent  delights  have  Shakespeare  1195 

The  sexton  tolling  his  bell  at  Emerson  1166 

The  shades  of  night  were  falling  Longfelloio  1171 

The  sick  in  body  call  for  aid  Young  796 

The  sickliest  leaf  Sigourney  1340 

The  silent  volume  listeneth  Tupper  26134 

The  sixth,  and  of  creation  last  Milton  128 

The  slaves  of  custom  and  Cowper  1645 

The  smallest  bark  on  life's  Bolton  1978 

The  solemn  hymn,  to  ancient  Bogart  2356 

The  solemn  movmtain  hfts  its  1967 

The  space  of  sev'n  continued  Milton  1033 

The  spacious  firmament  on  high  Addison  576 

The  Spu-it  of  God  Bey  181? 

The  spirits  I  have  raised  Byron-  810 

The  spring-tide  hour  Monsell  841 

The  stall-fed  ox,  that  is  grown  fat  Quarles  1981 

The  star  is  not  extinguished  when  Bonar  707 

The  stately  homes  of  England  ITemans  1836 

The  stoutest  armor  of  defense  is  Tupper  355 

The  strong  right  arm  is  only  2639 

The  sun  gives  ever ;  so  the  earth  1470 

The  Sim  of  justice  may  withdraw  Bally  2065 

The  tempting  stream,  with  Milton  1775 

The  theatre  was  from  the  very  first  Pollok  2862 

The  thing  we  long  for,  that  we  are  Lowell  2164 

The  thirsty  rivers  drink  their  A.  Btonte  2930 

The  time  for  toil  has  passed  Akers  1670 

The  tongue  is  the  key  of  the  Tr.  by  Alger  3300 


iM 


INDEX  OF  pmsT  Lines  and  attthors. 


AUTHOR  NUMBER 

The  tongues  of  dying  mea  Shakespeare  986 

The  trodclen  worm  ^vill  turn  again     C.  Wesley  1157 

The  true  friend  is  not  he  who  holds  TV,  by  Alger  1403 

The  trump  of  God  by  Michael  Bickersteth  3047 

The  miheliever — Despising  reason  Pollok  172 

The  valley  stream  is  frozen  B.  Taylor  2998 

The  value  ot  a  thought  can  P.  J.  Bailey  24 

The  venom  clamors  of  a  jealous  Sliakespeare  2019 

The  very  elements,  though  each  be  Cowper  832 

The  voice  ot  free  grace  cries  Thornhy  1568 

The  waMiig  cock,  that  early  Gascoigne  2332 

The  wall  said  to  the  nail  Tr.  by  Alger  317 

The  weakness  we  lament  Johnson,  1305 

The  whcol-s  of  fortune,  rapid  in  its  Warren  1374 

The  wicked  giant,  BaU,  had  Tr.  by  Alger  139 

The  wild  woods  are  my  chosen  Percival  460 

The  winds  that  played,  now  brisk  Barnes  1853 

The  winter  being  over  Collins  2997 

The  winter  night  of  the  world  2963 

The  wise  and  active  conquer  N.  Howe  1082 

The  wise  man,  said  tlie  Bible  Pollok  2233 

The  Wise  (minstrel  or  sage),  out  Lytton  277 

The  witnesses  are  heard :  the  Young  1933 

The  woman  singeth  at  her  E.  B.  Browning      848 

The  word  of  the  Lord  by  night  Emerson  1389 

The  world  can  neither  give  nor  Mason  868 

The  world  for  sale,  hang  out  the  Eoyt  3040 

The  world  goes  up  and  the  world  Kingsley  325 

The  world  in  aU  its  boasted  Hayev  1026 

The  world  is  full  of  poetry  Percival  2519 

The  world  is  still  deceived  with  Shakespeare  140 

The  world  is  too  much  with  us  Worclsioorth  3042 
The  world  is  very  evil            Bernard  of  iforlaix,  tr.   2U23 

The  world  is  wise,  for  the  world  Faber  2919 

The  worldling  first  of  all  Pollok  3044 

The  world's  a  room  of  sickness  Keble  2070 

The  world  wants  men — large  2277 

The  world  with  stones  instead  2928 

The  wounded  heart  is  prone  Southey  2354 

!rhey,  and  they  only,  amongst  all  Cowper  2040 

They  are  aU  gone  into  the  world  Vaughan  050 

They  are  gathering  homeward  Leslie  675 

They  are  God's  minsfring  spirits  Mant  124 

They  are  mockery  all— these  sides  Hoffman  1095 

They  came  on— Bearing  a  body  Willia  2310 

They  eat— Their  daily  bread  and  Lamb  167 

They  err  who  measure  life  by  Procter  2128 

They  gave  to  Thee  Jeremy  Taylor      2412 

They  grew  in  beauty,  side  by  side  Bemana  1261 

They  hear  His  voice  Bonar  2843 

They  know,  who  thus  oppress  me  Guyon,  tr.  457 

They  love  their  blessed  Leader  Upham,  404 

They  say  that  esteem  is  a  diamond  Percival  39 

They  say  this  life  is  but  a  wreath  Judson  2125 

They  say,  who  Imow  the  life  divine  Keble  2253 

They  talk  of  short-lived  pleasure  Bryant  2364 

They  tell  me  a  solemn  story,  but  it  715 

They  tell  me  I  am  shrewd  with  ETowe  1406 

They  that  have  power  to  hurt  Shakespeari  535 

Thick  as  billows  of  the  seas  Bungai/  938 

Th'  infernal  serpent ;  he  it  was  Milton.  837 

Think,  and  be  careful  what  thou  Byron.  807 

Thmk  deeply,  then,  O  man  Young  2225 

Think  not  too  meanly  of  thy  low  Jlolmea  379 

Think'st  thou  there  are  no  serpents  Baillla  1&'96 

Think'st  thou  there  is  no  tyranny  Byron  2913 

Think'st  thou  to  be  concealed  Sigoumey  2645 

Think  you,  indeed,  Fate  tca  unkind  2526 

This  book  is  all  that's  left  me  now  MorrU  841 


iUTHOR  KUITBEB 

This  Book  unfolds  Jehovah's  mind  3021 

This  holy  book  I'd  rather  own  236 

This  is  not  my  place  of  resting  Bonat  2CG1 

This  is  the  desert,  this  the  Young  1020 

This  is  the  hour  when  memory          Wilson  1139 

This  is  the  slowest,  yet  the  Davies  1G79 

This  man  of  half  a  million  Southey  344 

This  pretty  bird,  oh  1  how  she  flies   Bunyan  915 

This  world  is  all  a  fleeting  show  Moore  751 

This  world  is  but  the  rugged  Matirique,  tr.        2148 

This  world  that  we  so  highly  prize    Baffles  445 

Those  evening  bells  !  those  T.  Moore  161 

Those  that  fly  may  fight  again  Butler  563 

Those  we  love  can  never  perish  Bedell  2266 

Thou  art  gone  to  the  grave  Heber  1592 

Thou  art  in  heaven,  and  I  am  Bonar  653 

Thou  askest  why  Christ,  so  lenient   Lytton  1213 

Thou  blind  man's  mark ;  thou  Sidney  SOI 

Thou  cam'st  not  to  thy  place  by  Trench  92 

Though  all  our  violets,  sweet  Craik  2416 

Though  aU  the  precious  C.  Wesley  2588 

Though  earth  has  stUl  many  a  Barton  1707 

Though  hearts  brood  o'er  the  Massey  2567 

Though  history  on  her  Mo7itgomery  27 

Though  its  inhabitants  Bickersteth  2007 

Though  the  mills  of  God  grind  Tr.  by  Longfellow    2675 

Though  they,  each  tome  of  human  442 

Thought  is  deeper  than  all  speech  Cranch  2014 

Tliou  hast  a  charmed  cup  Bemans  1256 

Thou  hast  a  mind ;  intellect  Tupper  2229 

Thou  hast  seen  many  sorrows  Tupper  134 

Thou  hop'st  with  sacrifice  of  Persius,  tr.  192 

"Thou  know' st  the  words.  King  Aytoun  1C83 

Thou,  Lord  1  art  all  in  all,  and  Bowring  1500 

Thou,  Lord,  who  rear'st  the  Sterling  1481 

Thou  must  be  true  thyself  497 

Thou  must  chain  thy  passions  Cook  2457 

Thou  palsied  earth,  with  noonday  Beber  613 

5'hou  'rt  passing  hence,  my  Bemaiis  i657 

Thou  sail'st  with  others  in  this  Berrick  2946 

Thou  shalt  have  no  gods  Watts  455 

Thou  Shalt  have  one  God  only  Clough  742 

Thou  sparkling  bowl      «  Pierpont  15 

Thou,  too,  O  Church  1  which  here  4S2 

Thou,  too,  sail  on,  O  Ship  of  Longfellow  S921 

Thou  to  whom  the  world  unknown  Collins  1310 

Thou  that  would'st  find  Tr.  by  Alger  2733 

Thou  unrelenting  Past  Bryant  2461 

Three  himgry  travellers  found  a  Oriental,  tr.  1533 

Threescore  and  ten,  by  common  Blanche  2116 

Thrice  blessed  is  the  man  with  Bood  2303 

Thrice  happy  nation  I    Favorite  Bodson  2040 

Thrice  happy  1  thrice  blest  the  Pollok  S291 

"Through  me,  ye  go  into  the  Dante,  tr.  17T7 

Through  night  to  light  I  And  Kosegarten,  tr.        603 

Throughout  the  world  if  it  were  Wyatt  472 

Through  the  blue  immense  E.  B.  Browning       23 

Through  the  love  of  God  our  Bowly  1667 

Thundering  and  bursting  Arnold  78 

Thus  began — Outrage  from  lifeless  Milton  1238 

Thus  came — The  day  that  many  Pollok  2050 

Thus  did  a  choking  wanderer  Tr.  by  Alger  2973 

Thus  ever  in  the  steps  of  grief  Woodbridge  1628 

Thus  far  did  I  come  laden  with  Bunyan  ^47 

"Thus  it  is  written."    Where?  Alliugham  903 

Thus  rims  Death's  dread  Young  683 

Thus  said  Jesus :  "Go  and  do  lioscoe  1539 

Thue  some  retire  to  nourish  Cowper  2674 

Thus  stood  they  mixed  Pollok  Si^ 


INDEX  OP  FIRST  LINES  AND  AUTHORS. 


745 


Thus-then  to  man  the  voice 
Thus  they  the  representative  of 
Thus  was  beauty  sent  from 
Thy  functions  are  ethereal 
Thy  great  name — In  all  its 
Thy  life's  a  warfare,  thou  a 
Thy  mother's  joy,  thy  father's 
Thy  neighbor  f    It  is  he  whom 
Thyself  and  thy  belongings  « 
Thyself  first  know — then  Iotb 
Thy  thoughts  are  here,  my  Gort 
Thy  way,  not  mine,  O  Lord 
Thy  word  is  Uke  a  garden,  Lor.i 
Thy  works,  not  mine,  O  Christ 
Till  lovQ  appear,  we  live  in 
Time  hath  a  wallet  at  his  back 
Time  is  earnest,  passing  by 
Time  is  Uke  a  fashionable  hof* 
Time  is  weeping  on  the  earth  for 
Time's  glory  is  to  calm  contending 
'Tis  a  blessing  to  live,  but  a 
'Tis  a  fearful  building  upon 
'Tis  but  in  that  which  doth  create 
'Tis  but  one  family — the  sound  is 
'Tis  coming  up  the  steep  of  time 
'Tis  education  forms  the  common 
'Tis  ever  thus — 'tis  ever  thus 
'Tis  first  the  true  and  then  the 
'Tis  from  high  life  high 
'Tis  granted,  and  no  plainer  truth 
'Tis  heaven  begun  below 
'Tis  her  privilege 
'Tis  home  where'er  the  heart  is 
'Tis  just,  that  God  should  not  be 
'Tis  night,  and  the  landscape  is 
'Tis  night :  behold,  as  if  by  death 
'Tis  not  because  I  sprung  from 
'Tis  not  for  man  to  trifle 
'Tis  not  the  food,  but  the  content 
'Tis  not  the  infant's  feeble  grasp 
'Tis  not  the  stoic's  lesson  got  by 
'Tis  not  the  want  of  time,  nor 
'Tis  not  the  wealth  that  makes 
'Tis  not  to  cry  God  mercy 
'Tis  past — the  sultry  tyrant  of  the 
'Tis  pleasant  purchasing  our 
'Tis  roUgion  that  can  give 
'Tia  said  that  a  lion  will  turn 
'Tia  sweet  to  think  when 
'Tis  the  last  rose  of  summer 
'Tis  the  su'uUme  of  man 
'Tis  thus  we  gain  by  losing 
'TIS  time  this  heart  should  be 
'Tis  with  our  jndgments  as 
'Tis  woman's  to  nourish  affection's 
'Tis  your  office,  spirits  bright 
To  aim  at  thy  own  happiness 
To  be  or  not  to  be,  that  is  the 
To  cheer,  to  help  us,  children  of 
To  close  the  eyes  on  earth 
To  critic  cold  and  sly  God  never 
To-day  is  added  to  our  time 
To-day  while  the  sun  shines 
To  do  or  not  to  do ;  to  have 
To  gUd  refined  gold,  to  paint 
To  heaven  approached  a 
To  him  who,  in  the  love  of  Nature 
Toil,  and  be  glad  1  let  Industry 
Toil  on,  faint  not,  keep  watcil 


AnTH<^R            KUMBER 

Pope 

2378 

Pollok 

1032 

AJcenslde 

217 

Wordsworth 

1678 

Bailey 

1516 

Quarlea 

647 

Dobell 

S59 

2387 

Shakespeare 

2944 

Young 

2839 

Bonar 

237 

Bonar 

2C57 

ModOir    . 

248 

Bonar 

899 

Waller 

2196 

Shakespeare 

1983 

1004 

Shakespeare 

1279 

Burleigh 

724 

Shakespeare 

2878 

mtchell 

1585 

Smith 

2851 

Lytton 

2863 

Edmeston 

1262 

Massey 

1386 

Pope 

1043 

836 

Bonar 

2435 

Pope 

2530 

Cowper 

1000 

Swain 

131G 

Wordsworth 

2377 

1695 

Ouyon,  tr. 

2174 

Beattie 

844 

Mant 

272 

S.  Wesley,  Jr. 

1882 

Bonar 

2121 

Herrick 

1313 

2028 

JSowe 

731 

3053 

Seneca,  tr. 

2396 

Quarlea 

2633 

Barbauia 

1769 

Byron 

539 

Masters 

2641 

Byron 

2617 

Curry 

1782 

Moore 

462 

Coleridge 

1385 

Bonar 

2170 

Byron 

813 

Pope 

2058 

3017 

PUst,  tr. 

119 

Tupper 

1650 

Shakespeare 

663 

Bayard  Taylor 

2464 

Mant 

1773 

Tr.  by  Alger 

1489 

Montgomery 

2SSS 

Clark 

2886 

C.  Wesley 

17 

Shakespeare 

2485 

Tr.  by  Alger 

2704 

Bryant 

2339 

Thomson 

1050 

Bonar 

2488 

Toil  on  1  toil  on  1  ye  ephemeral 
To  Jehovah,  God  of  might 
To  keep  the  lamp  alive 
To  languish  for  his  native  air 
To  live  in  darkness — ^in  despair 
Toll  for  the  fair 

To  me  remains  nor  place  nor  time 
To  mortal  men  great  loads 
To-morrow,  and  to-morrow,  and 
To-morrow,  did'st  thou  say  ? 
To-morrow,  whispereth  weakness 
Too  late  I  stayed — forgive  the 
To  other  sight  of  horrible  dismay 
To  overcome  in  battle,  and  subdue 
To  picture  that  cold  pride  so  harsh 
To  purchase  heaven,  has  gold  the 
Torches  were  blazing  clear 
Tossed  with  rough  winds,  and 
To  see  what  gems  lie  hidden 
To  tell  the  Saviour  all  my  wants 
To  teU  thy  mis'ries  will  no 
To  the  soiuid  of  timbrels  sweet 
To  think  for  aye !  to  breathe 
To  thy  heart  take  faith 
To  weary  hearts,  to  mourning 
To  what  am  I  reserved  ?    Great 
To  what  gulf — A  single  deviation 
To  whom  do  Uons  cast  their 
To  whom  thus  Michael :  "Death 
To  whom  thus  Michael  with 
To  you,  your  father  should  be  as  a 
Tread  softly — bow  the  head 
Trembling  before  Thine  awful 
Trip  lightly  over  trouble 
Triumphant  faith 
Trouble,  and  loss,  and  grief,  and 
True  faith  and  reason  are  the 
True  faith  nor  biddoth  nor 
True  happiness  had  no  localities 
True  happiness  is  not  the 
True  liberty  was  Christian 
True  love  is  but  a  humble 
True  modesty  is  a  discerning 
Trust  is  great  in  either  world 
Trust  not  these  seas  again 
Trust  payeth  homage  unto  tmth 
Truth  is  eternal,  but  her  ofiBuence 
Truth  is  in  each  flower 
Truth,  Modesty,  and  Shame 
Tumble  me  down,  and  I  will  sit 
Turn  thou  thine  eyes  from  each 
Turn  to  the  prudent  ant  thy 
'Twas  a  lovely  thought  to  mark 
'Twas  in  the  prime  of  summer 
'Twas  when  the  sea's  tremendous 
Two  altars  are  upreared  in 
Two  barks  mot  on  the  deep  mid-sea 
Two  birds  within  one  nest 
Two  faithful  needles,  from  the 
Two  hands  upon  the  breast 
Two  of  far  nobler  shape 
Two  spirits  met 

Two  went  to  pray  ?    O,  rather  say 
Two  worlds  there  are.     To  one  our 
Tyme  is  a  thing  that  no  man 
TjTJes  of  eternal  rest,  fair  buds 
Ulysses,  sailing  by  the  Siren's  isle 
Unconfined — By  shroud  or  coffin 
Under  a  spreading  chestnut-tre* 


AtTTHOR 

SCMBEB 

Sigourney 

1951 

Bonar 

1498 

Cowper 

786 

C.  Wesley 

688 

Colton, 

1740 

Percivat 

208 

Guyon,  tr. 

900 

Herrick 

2534 

Shakespeare. 

25S5 

CottOTK 

258S 

Tupper 

2889 

Spencer 

2881 

Pollok 

947 

Milton 

179« 

Hood 

1897 

Johnson 

1537 

Hemana 

889 

2033 

Massey 

1938 

Cowper 

385 

Randolph 

471 

Mllman 

2981 

Allston 

1935 

Hooper 

1220 

Whittier 

2466 

C.  Wesley 

1641 

Byron 

1643 

Baillie 

3655 

Milton 

668 

Milton 

150a 

Shakespeare 

1299 

Bowles 

2475 

Hillhou&e 

135a 

830 

Tatham 

1224 

C.  Wesley 

853 

Quarlea 

1227 

Bailey 

3031 

Pollok 

1660 

Sheridan 

1663 

Pollok 

2104 

Lowell 

2208 

Coiopet 

2328 

Tupper 

2916 

Bonar 

862 

Tupper 

1838 

Lowell 

2909 

Bacon 

2910 

Tr.  by  Dry  den 

77 

Herrick 

3369 

Tr.  by  Alger 

95 

Jonson 

133 

Hemana 

134^ 

Hood 

919 

1295 

Churchill 

3046. 

Hemana 

1419^ 

1835 

Akenside 

163 

Cratk 

884 

Jfllton 

33 

P.  Palmer 

2305 

Crashaio 

2556 

176» 

Skelton 

2433 

Barton 

2697 

Trench 

96 

AldHch 

1464 

Longfellow 

2087 

746 


INDEX  OF  rmST  LINES  AND  AUTHORS. 


Unfading  Hope  I  when  life's  last 
Unfathonable  sea  1  whose  waves 
Unhappy  he  who  does  his 
Unhappy  he  I  who  from  the  first 
XJnto  fair  conclusions  argueth 
Unwelcome  insight 
Up  above  the  thoughts  that  know 
Up  and  down  his  gardens  paced 
Up  from  the  meadows  rich 
Upheaving  pillars,  on  whose  tops 
Up  hither  hke  aerial  vapors 
Upon  that  burning  waU 
Upon  the  white  sea  sand 
Up !  'tis  no  dreaming  time 
Up !  up,  my  friend  I  and 
Upward  they  toiled  the  mountain 
Taria,  there's  nothing  here  that's 
Vast  chain  of  being  !  which  from 
Verily,  there  is  nothing  so  true 
Verily,  they  are  all  thine ;  freely 
Vice  is  a  monster  of  so  frightful 
Vilest  of  the  sinful  race 
Violent  fires  soon  bum  out 
Virtue  alone  can  give  true  joy 
Virtue  I  how  many,  as  a  lowly 
Vishnu  asked  Bal  to  take  his  choice 
Vital  spark  of  heavenly  flame 
Virtue  distressed  to  Faith  applied 
Virtue,  like  God,  whose  exceUent 
Voices  f  amUiar  as  my  mother 
Voracious  learning,  often 
Wait,  Abstainers,  every  year 
Wait,  for  the  day  is  breaking 
Wait  thou  for  time :  the  slow 
Want  sense,  and  the  world  will 
War,  famine,  pest,  volcano 
Warp'd  by  the  world  in 
Warriors  and  statesmen  have  their 
Watch,  for  the  time  is  short 
Watch  1  watch  I  the  subtle  peril 
Watch,  ye  saints,  \vith  eyehds 
Weak  and  irresolute  is  man 
Weak,  foolish  man  1  will  Heaven 
Weak  is  the  will  of  man,  his 
We  aU  are  children  in  our  strife 
We  are  living,  we  are  dwelling 
We  are  not  worst  at  once 
We  are  standing  on  the  threshold 
Wearied  and  worn  with  earthly 
We  clutch  our  joys  as  children  do 
We  come  not  with  a  costly  store 
We  drive  the  furrow  with  the 
Weep  for  the  dead  1  God  bids  you 
Weep  not  for  them  1  it  is  no  cause 
We  find  the  fiercest  things  that 
We  gather  up  with  pious  care 
We  grant  although  he  had  , 

Weigh  me  the  fire :  or  canst  thou 
Welcome,  dear  book,  soul's  joy 
Welcome,  dear  feast  of  Lent 
We  leave  now  behind  us 
Well  does  Jacob's  ladder  suit 
We  look  at  man,  and  wonder  at 
We  must  behold  no  object 
We  overstate  the  ills  of  life 
We're  drawing  near  to  Jesus 
We're  going  home,  we've  had 
Were  I  as  base  as  is  the  lowly 
Were  we  as  rich  in  cliaritj  of  deed 


AtrrnoB 

KtTMBEB 

Vampbelt 

669 

Bhelley 

2868 

Persius,  tr. 

2587 

Thomson 

811 

Tupper 

885 

Wordsworth 

25TI 

1766 

Trench 

987 

Whittier 

2469 

A.  Cary 

1450 

Milion, 

2153 

PoUok 

1773 

Brown 

2171 

Sigourney 

3068 

Wordsworth 

2381 

Studley 

775 

Watts 

876 

Pope 

219 

Tupper 

2710 

Tupper 

129 

Pope 

2937 

C.  Wesley 

493 

Shakespeare 

1175 

2046 

M.  Brooks 

2947 

Tr.  by  Alger 

£002 

Pope 

734 

345 

PoUok 

2943 

Bickersteth 

2627 

Young 

2099 

14 

Townaend 

2952 

Hooper 

1937 

Swain 

1538 

Young 

2237 

Byron 

1674 

Norton 

3010 

29G9 

Punshon 

434 

P.  Palmer 

2970 

Cowper 

1383 

Pope 

2945 

Wordsworth 

1919 

B«He 

1092 

Bp.  Coxa 

1005 

1648 

2389 

606 

Croat 

228 

421 

A.  Cary 

1397 

Mant 

2347 

1964 

Cook 

1983 

C.  Wesley 

655 

Butler 

3 

Herrlck 

1519 

Yaughan 

2721 

Uerhert 

1287 

Bonar 

411 

2015 

Cowley 

704 

Byron 

2260 

E.  B.  Browning     1911 

Farmer 

3033 

1710 

Sylvester 

1322 

Lytton 

839 

AtTTHCR  NUIXBEB 

We  sat  by  Babel's  waters ;  and  c  or    Hervey  309 

We  scatter  seed  with  careless  hand    Keble  1980 

We  see  but  half  the  causes  of  our     Lowell  319 

We  shape  ourselves  the  joy  or  fear    Whittier  1438 

We  sing  the  praise  of  Him  who        Kelley  589 

We  speak  of  the  realms  of  the  blest  Mills  1724 

We  strive  with  earthly  imaginings    Curry  1122 

We  tread  one  path  to  glory               Spitta,  tr  1405 

We've  no  abiding  city  here    .            Kelly  1023 

We  wait  beneath  the  furnace-blast    Whittier  1394 

We  watched  her  breathing  through  Hood  677 

We  wear  the  chains  of  pleasure          Young  2514 

We  weep  wjien  we  are  bom               Aldrich  2595 

What  a  poor  value  do  men  set  on      Shirley  1723 

'WTiat  ara  these  in  bright  array         Montgomery  1759 
What  are  we  set  on  earth  for            E.  B.  Browning        18 

What  art  Thou,  mighty  One  ?             Wliite  1511 

What  blest  examples  do  I  find           Watts  995 

What  boots  tha  oft-repeated  tale        Byron  1478 

What  different  dooms  our                   ITood  1370 

What  e'er  I  ask,  I  surely  know           C.  Wesley  2554 

Whate'er  man's  destiny  may  be         Tr.  by  Alger  830 

Whate'er  my  God  ordains  is  right     Rodigast,  tr.  873 

Whate'er  oiu'  thoughts  or  purpose      Upham  953 
Whate'er  the  anguish  of  my       Baron  von  Caniiz,  tr.  2034 

Whate'er  the  passion,  knowledge      Pope  514 
Whate'er  thou  pm-posest  to  do           Tr.  by  Bowring      294 

What  equal  torment  to  the  grief        Spenser  1631 

Whatever  hypocrite  austerely            Milton  2249 

Whatever  lies — In  earth,  or  flits  in    Ovid,  tr.  2891 

Whatever  sceptic  could  inquire  for   Butler  890 

What  feels  the  body  when  the  soul    Ovid,  tr.  2892 

What  has  this  bugbear  death  to        Lucretius,  tr.  699 

"  What  hast  thou  for  thy  scattered  Howe  1072 

What  hid'st  thou  in  thy                    Hem,ans  2726 

What  horror  seest  thou  in  that        Lucretius,  tr.  1778 

What  household  thoughts                 Hemana  238 

What  if  the  little  rain  should             Cutter  1047 

What  is  Ambition  ?    'Tis  a  glorious  Willis  98 

What  is  a  trifle  ?  a  thoughtless  2899 

What  is  death  ?  oh  1  what  is  death  71S 

What  is  death?    'Tis  to  be  free         Croly  690 

What  is  death — To  him  who  meets  Hurdis  71(» 

What  is  eternity  ?    Can  aught            Gibbons  1121 

What  is  fanatic  phrenzy  scorn'd        Cowper  1273 

What  is  genius  ?    'Tis  a  flame  1451 

What  is  hallow'd  ground                    Campbell  1034 

What  is  hope  ?    The  beauteous  sun  Swain  1854 

What  is  its  earthly  victory                  Willis  2081 

What  is  man — If  his  chief  good         Shakespeare  1901 

What  is  it  that  you  would                  Shakespeare  1845 

What  is  that  which  I  should  turn  to  Tennyson  282 

What  is  the  existence  of  man's          Hing  2120 

What  is  the  good  man  and  the  wise  Oriental,  tr.  2385 

What  is  the  greatness  of  a  fallen        Trench  12-ii 

What  I  is  the  jay  more  precious  than /SAa/tespeare  925 

What  is  the  little  one  thinldng           Holland  1956 

What  is  there  like  a  father  to  a  son  Encwles  1297 

What  if  the  sinner's  magazines         Blatkmore  2938 

What  is  the  world  ?  tell,  worldling   Sylvester  3039 

"  What  is  thy  creed  ?  "  a  hundred    Holmes  581 

What  is  thy  worship  but  a  vain         Trench  148 

What  is  true  knowledge                     Zfant  2083 

What  laws,  my  blessed  Saviour         Heermann,  tr.  176 

What  made  the  man  of  envy  what    PoUok  1098 

What  man  so  wise,  what  earthly       Spenser  747 

What  may  this  mean                          Milton  1137 

What  makes  a  hero  ? — not  success     H.  Taylof  1788 

What  men  gain  fairly — that  they     Sheliij/  25i2) 


INDEX  OP  FIRST  LINES  AND  AUTHORS. 


747 


Y'D&t  might  be  done  if  men  were 
Vhat  multitudes  the  curse  shall 
What  no  human  eye  hath  seen 
Wha.t  place  can  bo  for  us 
What's  fame  ?  a  fancied  life  in 
What  shall  I  do  to  be  forever 
What  shall  I  do  with  aU  the  daya 
What !  since  the  prcetor  did  my 
What  then  ?    Why,  then  another 
What  though  before  me  it  is  dark 
What  though  the  ancient  dragon 
What  use  the  preacher's  truth  and 
What  'vaileth  them  to  skip 
When  a  deed  is  done  for  Freedom 
When  adversities  flow 
When  adverse  winds  and  waves 
When  all  the  year  our  fields 
When  all  Thy  mercies,  O  my  God 
When  AmruzaU  describes 
When  another  life  is  added 
When  at  first  from  vulue's 
When  by  the  bed  of  languishment 
Whence,  but  from  Heaven,  could 
When  clouds  are  seen  wise  men  put 
When  cruel  deeds  are  done 
When  Death  strikes  down  the 
When  doom'd  to  poverty's 
When  every  scene,  this  side  the 
When  fain  to  learn,  we  lean 
WTien  fh-st  my  soul  enlisted 
When  first  thou  camest,  gentle 
When  first  thy  eyes  unveil,  give 
When  first,  to  make  my  heart  His 
When  flowing  garments  I  behold 
When  Fortune  smiles  and  looks 
When  fumes  of  \\'ine  do  once  the 
When  gathering  clouds  around  I 
When  God  came  down  from 
When  gratitude  o'erflows  the 
When  haughty  expectations 
When  I  consider  how  my  life  is 
When  I  gaze  on  the  Ught  of  yon 
When  I  sm'vey  the  wondrous  cross 
When  I  was  young  1    Ah,  woful 
When  Jordan  hushed  his  waters 
When  languor  and  disease 
When  lovely  woman  stoops  to 
When  man  in  error  gropes 
When  man  is  bom  anew 
When  man  is  waxing  frail 
When,  mar.+hall^d  on  the  nightly 
When  mortal  man  resigns  his 
When  Moses  waved  his  mystio 
When  Music,  heavenly  maid 
When  nursed  with  skUl  what 
When  o'er  earth  is  breaking 
When  on  a  day,  the  gates  of 
When  once  thy  foot  enters  the 
When  one  is  past,  another  care 
When  one  that  holds  communion 
When  on  my  new-fledged  wings  I 
When  on  Sinai's  top  I  see 
When  on  the  fragrant  sandal-tree 
When  other  things  are  broken 
When  prayer  delights  the  least 
When  remedies  are  past  the  griefs 
When  rismg  wind  and 
When  shall  Thy  love  constrain 
When  shall  we  meet  again 


AUTITOB 

vxnuxeM 

Mackaf/ 

1423 

C.  Wesley 

1947 

Lange,  tr. 

1764 

Milton 

1700 

Pope 

1253 

Schiller,  tr. 

943 

Kenihle 

10 

Persius,  tr. 

1393 

Cretodson 

310 

1190 

0.  Wesley 

750 

Oriental,  tr. 

337 

Wyatt 

1091 

Lowell 

286 

Lilly 

1401 

Sigourney 

2811 

Wither 

2602 

Addison 

1579 

Tr.  by  Alger 

2095 

1070 

Scott 

1647 

Young 

679 

Dryden 

240 

Shalcespeare 

320 

Tr.  by  Alger 

2648 

Dickens 

690 

Campbell 

1866 

43 

Ingelow 

2369 

Newton 

146 

Norton 

58 

Vaughan 

2329 

Newton 

524 

Jlerrick 

927 

1367 

Lucretius,  tr 

932 

Grant 

866 

Mllman 

2311 

Lillo 

15S2 

Wordsworth 

1182 

Milton 

268 

1756 

Watts 

590 

Coleridge 

81 

Campbell 

257 

Toplady 

1910 

Goldsmith 

353 

Tr.  by  Alger 

1154 

Grtnfield 

2651 

Brown 

2208 

Wliite 

402 

C.  Wesley 

722 

Newton 

2341 

Collins 

2458 

Shenstona 

2716 

2425 

Tr.  by  Alger 

2188 

Herbert 

429 

Jlerriclt 

310 

Cowper 

1979 

1711 

Montgomery 

307 

Edmeston 

1360 

Tr.  by  Alger 

1681 

Trench 

2519 

Shakespeare 

1634 

2033 

Q.  Wesley 

401 

2264 

AXJTHOlt  D 

When  the  black-lettered  list  to  W.  B.  Spencer 
When  the  dang' reus  rocks  are 

When  the  first  larvas  on  the  Sblmes 

When  the  frantic  raptures  in  your  Armstrong 
\Vhen  the  hours  of  day  are  numbered 

When  these  brief  trial-days  are  Gellert,  tr. 

When  the  sky  is  black  and  Luther^  tr. 

When  the  sun  sets,  shadows  that  Lee 

When  this  passing  world  is  done  McCheyne 

When  those  we  love  on  earth  Montgomery 

When  thou  a  fast  would'st  keep  Barton. 

When  Thou  dost  favor  any  action  Herbert 

When  thou  dost  purpose  aught  Herbei'f 

When  thou  hast  drained  Tr.  by  Alger 

When  thou  wouldst  take  a  lazy  Persius.,  tr. 
When  through  the  deep  waters 

When  time  seems  short  and  death  Bethuna 

When  to  the  common  rest  that  Bryant 

\Yhcn  urged  by  strong  temptation  Baillie 

When  we  are  yoimg,  this  year  we  Morris 
When  wo  hear  the  music  ringing 

When  wounded  sore  the  Alexander 

When  young,  and  full  of  sanguine  C.  Wesley 

Where  are  the  heroes  of  the  ages  WJdte 

Where  art  Thou  ?    Thou  I  Source  Tow?isend 

Where'er  a  human  heart  doth  wear  Lowell 

Where'er  I  turn  my  restless  eye  Melendez,  tr. 

Where'er  the  power  of  ridicule  Akenside 

Wherefore,  it  is  wise  and  weU  Tupper 

Where  high  the  heavenly  temple  Logan 

'SVhere  is  comfort  ?  in  division  Tennyson 

Where  is  the  fame — Which  the  Shelley 

Where  is  the  fire  which  once  Herbert 

Where  is  the  troubled  heart  Campbell 

Where  is  your  heathen  brother  Sigourney 

Where  no  shadow  shall  bewilder  Bonar 

Where  pilgrims  seek  the  Prophet's  Lynch 

Where  shall  we  bury  our  shame  Moore 
yfhere  that  innumerable  throng 
Where  the  fair  valley  spread  her 
Where,  thy  true  treasure 
Which  is  the  weakest  thing 

While  m  this  sacred  rite  of  thine  Smith 

■Wliile  thirst  of  praise  and  vain  Montague 

^Vhile  this  immortal  spark  of  Blacldock 

Whither  leads  the  path  Lowell 


1260 

718 
229T 

93r 

656 
1436 

825 
130S 

741 
2349 
1269 
22 
2618 
2609 

194 
1566 
1193 
2062 
47 
52 
1765 
2703 

273 
1790 
1499 

28a 
1491 
2685 
1915 
1793 
2273 
124« 

138 
51) 
2323 
2679 
2115 

683 
175S 

777 
2000 


Who  after  wisdom  flies  must  guard  Oriental,  tr. 


Who  are  the  bless'd 
Who  art  th^.u  so  wondrous  fair 
Who  calletli  thee,  Heart 
Who  can  beUeve  w  Va.  common 
Who  can  forget,  ntver  to  be 
Whoever  fights,  whoever  falls 
Whoever  thinks  a  faultless  piece 
Who  feels  that  God  and  Heaven's 
Who  has  good  deeds  brought  well 
Who  has  this  Dook  and  reads  it  not 
Who  is  as  the  Christian  great 
Who  ii  the  Creator  love,  created 
Who  is  the  honest  man 
Who  learns  and  loams 
Whole  houses,  of  their  whole 
Whom  call  wo  gay  ?    That  honor 
Wliom  do  we  dub  as  gentleman 
Whom  first  we  love,  you  know 
Whom  God  hath  made  the  heads 
Who  shall  guess  what  I  may  be 
"  ^Vho  shall  be  greatest  in  Thy 
Who  that  a  watcher  doth  remain 


Grinjlelri 
Bolls 
Young 

E.  B.  Browning    1702 

204 

352 

2923 

205 

2508 

202 

1248 

1084 

1290 

419 

2063 

587 

290 

1550 

2723 

407 

413 

505 

2100 

804 

1448 

1454 

2187 

1268 

3057 

997 

1631 


Prince 

E.B.  Browni7ig 

Swift 

Fletcher 

Emerson 

Pope 

Lowell 

Tr.  by  Alger 

C.  Wesley 
Coleridge 
Herbert 
Oriental,  tr. 
Juvenal,  tr, 
Cowper 
Cook 
Lytton 

Tupper 

Trench 


748 


INDEX  OF  FIRST  LINES  ANI)  AtTTHORS. 


Who  that  1  as  feelings  would 
Who,  that  surveys  this  span 
Who,  think'st  thou,  in  the  courts 
Who,  when  tlie  pilot  warns 
Who  would  be  cleansed  from  every 
Who  would  roly  upon  these 
Who  wrapt  destruction  up  in 
Why  art  thou  cast  down,  my 
Vriiy  comes  this  fragrance  on  the 
Why  lliO,  a  moment  ?  infinite 
Why  should  I  fear  the  darkest 
Why  should  immortal  bow  to 
Vfhy  should  we  count  our  life 
Why  this  longing,  this  forever 
Why  t'lis — Will  lu3  your  priests 
Why  thus  longing,  thus  forever 
Will  Fortune  never  come  with 
Wisdom  divine !  who  teUs  the 
Wisdom,  whose  fruits  are  purity 
Wise  men  ne'er  sit  and  waU  their 
Wise  in  his  day,  the  heathen 
Wishing,  of  all  employments 
V/ith  blood — but  not  his  own 
With  caution  taste  the  sweet 
Willi  creeping,  crooked  pace  forth 
With  eloquence  innate  his  tongue 
With  equal  foot,  rich  friend 
With  fatal  and  disastrous 
With  God  'tis  one 
With  him  went  Hope  in  rank 
Within  the  gates  of  hell  sat  Sin 
Within  the  heart  of  ev'ry  man 
Vmiiiii  the  old  cathedral  dim 
Witliin  this  ample  volume  lies 
Within  this  lowly  grave  a 
With  joy — with  grief,  that  healing 
With  notions  fraught,  the 
Without  haste  1  without  rest 
With  scanty  line  shall  reason 
\7ith  scrupulous  care  exact,  he 
With  silence  only  as  their 
With  the  year — Seasons  return 
With  trembling  hand 
With  what  an  awful  world 
With  what  clear  guile  of  gracious 
With  what  unknown  delight 
Woe  came  to  man  in  Eden 
Woe  to  thee,  wild  Ambition  I  I 
Woe  to  the  worldly  man,  who 
Women  are  angels  wooing 
Woman's  heart  and  gentle  hand 
Wonder  of  wonders !     On  the 
Words  are  mighty,  words  ar^ 
Words  are  things  of  little  cost 
Work  for  time  is  flying 
Would  I  deKsribe  a  preacher 


AUTHOR 

Clare 
Moore 
Mant 
Mant 
Allia 
Webster 
I'ounff 
Sachs,  tr. 
Daviea 
Young 
Neioton 
Judson 
Bale 
Wlnslow 
Shakespeare 
Winslow 
Shakespeare 

C.  Wesley 
Moore 
Shakespeare 

D.  Gray 
Young 
Concler 
Cowper 
Spenser 
Dryden 
Sorace,  tr. 
Bickersteth 
BaiUie 
Spenser 
Milton 

Tr.  by  Alger 

Scott 
Bryant 
Young 
C.  Wesley 
Goethe,  tr. 
Bally 
Pollok 
Wiittier 
Milton 
Sigourney 
Thomson 
Wilkinson 
Jane  Taylor 

M.  A.  Brooks 

King 

Shakespeare 

Hale 

A*.  Palmer 


Bonar 
Cowper 


KTJMBER 

2449 
1245 

159 
2433 
1805 

784 

553 
2528 
1502 
«130 

870 
1133 

255 
2925 
1534 

952 
1308 
SOOO 
2000 

S63 

711 
3004 

175 
1151 
190D 
2563 
1291 
84 
1G93 
1SG7 
1770 
1097 
2722 

244 
1795 

611 
2452 

946 
2025 

283 
1618 

270 
2 

570 

459 
1960 

202 

101 

559 

555 
S013 

614 
S025 
3024 
3031 
2568 


AtTTjfon        mniBEB 

Tr.  by  Alger  2583 

Wilcox 
Jonson 
Dach 
Monsell 
Mant 
Bonar 
Bickersteth 
C.  Wesley 


Wouldst  the  honey  BtUl  taste 

Wouldst  thou  from  sorrow 

Wouldst  thou  hear  what  man 

Wouldst  thou  inherit  life 

Wouldst  thou  learn  the  depths  of 

Wouldst  thou  the  mansions 

Wrapt  in  a  Christless  shroud 

Wrapt  in  impervious  mists 

Wretched,  helpless,  and  distressed 

Ye  are  stars  of  the  night,  ye  are 

Ye  bold  to  explain,  describe 

Ye  golden  lamps  of  heaven 

"  Te  have  a  land  of  mist  and 

Ye  mariners  of  England 

Ye  mindful  merchants,  that  with 

Ye  nymphs  of  Solyma !  begin  the 

Ye  paint  me  old  1  and  why 

Ye  powers  who  rule  the  tongue 

Yc  quietists  in  homage  to  the 

Yes,  batter  'tis  to  die 

Yet  send — Ev'n  then,  in  silent 

Yes — flowers  have  tones — God 

Yes  I  I  answered  you  last  night 

Yes,  it  was  the  mountain  echo 

Yes — loving  is  a  painful  thrill 

Yes  1  rather  than  be  poor 

Yes,  Thou  didst  die  for  me,  0  Son 

Yes,  thou  mayest  weep,  for  Jesus 

Yes,  'tis  a  mine  of  precious 

Yes,  'tis  God's  presence  gives 

Yes,  'tis  the  hand — Of  death  I  feel 

Yes,  we  do  diHer  when  we  most 

Yet  cease  1  not  to  struggle 

Yet  be  not  surety  if  thou  be  a 

Yet  disappointed  J05'S  are  woes 

Yet  do  thy  work  ;  it  shall 

Yet  grieve  thou  not,  nor  think 

Yet  heaven  hath  angels  watching 

Yet  in  thy  thriving  still  misdoubt 

Yet  is  there  one  more  cmsed  than 

Yet  man,  fool  man  !  here  buries 

Yet  not  with  man  His  Holiness 

Yet,  O  !  the  thought  that  thou  art   Cowper 

Yet  there  be  others,  that  wUl  Tupper 

Yet  well  thy  soul  hath  brook'd  the   Byron 

Yet  within  thy  human  bosom 

Ye  writers  of  what  none  mth 

You  havo  already  gone  too  far 

You  may  as  well  go  stand  upon 

Your  hoards  are  great,  your 

Your  voiceless  lips,  O  flowers 

You  satisfy  your  anger 

You  say  to  me — wards  your  affection  Herrick 

Youth  is  not  rich  in  time ;  it  may      Young 

Zion  ia  our  hotoe  BlcXerateth 


ifoore 

C.  Wesley 

Doddridge 

Sigour7iey 

Campbell 

Spenser 

Poiie 

Wiihius,  tr. 

Cowper 

Young 

Eemans 
Mrs.  Esling 
E.  B.  Broioning 
Wordsworth 
Tr.  by  Moore 
Horace,  tr. 


Mant 

Mant 

White 

Coleridge 

Wordsworth 

Herbert 

Byron 

Whittier 

Bryant 

Whittier 

Herbert 

Spenser 

Young 

Weld 


Cowper 

Prior 

Shakespeare 

Whittier 

Longfelloie 

Massinger 


29 

1107 
2834 
1462 
3066 

300 
1017 

518 
3019 
1573 

665 
2009 
1088 

216 
2287 
2875 

739 

843 

945 
1275 
1344 

556 
1031 
2195 
1531 

737 
1620 

347 
1730 

C86 
2730 

154 
1296 

863 

951 
3061 
170JJ 

193 
201ti 
1018 

616 
.2451 
1840 
1366 
1975 
2398 
1113 
2405 
1442 

567 
2680 
2193 
2883 
1733 


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